FIGURE 2
The Ark of Osiris guarded
by Isis and Nephthys
The Twin Cherubs And The Twin Goddesses
The two enormous Cherubs that guarded the Ark placed inside the inner sanctum of the Temple, enwrapping it with their wings (II Chr. 3:15; 5:8; Exo. 25:18; Heb. 9:5, etc.) closely evoke the
winged figures of Isis and Nephthys guarding the ark inside which lay the deceased body of de-
ceased Osiris (see Fig. 2).
They also recollect the twin winged guardians (or cherubs) that guarded the Tree of Life every-
where. The cherubs of Israel, of Phoenicia, of Crete, and of Mesopotamia also corresponded to
the Egyptian sphinxes, and were often represented as such guarding the Tree of Life, just as
the Great Sphinx of Giza guards the Great Pyramid.7
The two cherubs may well be the two kas (doubles or souls) of the twin gods (Osiris and Seth,
etc.). These, in turn, are identified to the twin obelisks of the Egyptian temples and their twin
pillars or pylons which represent the twin Holy Mountains of Paradise. This identification is also
suggested by the text of Revelation, which speaks of two Jerusalems (Celestial and Terrestrial),
two Temples (idem) and two gods (Christ and Jahveh) "who are their temples themselves", as
well as their twin Trees of Life and the twin sources of the Elixir (Rev. 21:22).
