A Tent with the Depictions of 365 Deities for Initiation – From PGM XIII

In the “EIghth Book of Moses” the practitioner has to create a tent with the depictions of 365 deities for the initiation. The insteruction reads:

“Clothe yourself in pure linens,
crowned with an olive wreath,
and make the cover like this:

Take pure linen and write
on the edge the 365 gods
and form it like a tent.

Under this you go for the initiation.”

From the “Eighth Book of Moses” (PGM XIII, 97-99)

The third leaf of the “Eighth Book of Moses”, 4th century, Egypt, 26,5 x 15 cm AMS 76 © Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Niederlande
The third leaf of the “Eighth Book of Moses”, 4th century, Egypt, 26,5 x 15 cm AMS 76 © Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Niederlande