The Crux Ansata

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...was a TAU cross surmounted by a circle, often foreshortened to the form of un upright oval. This was Crux Ansata=the cross of life. It was the key to the Mysteries of antiquity and it probably gave rise to the modern story of St. Peters golden key to heaven. In the Mysteries of Egypt the candidate passed through all forms of actual and imaginary dangers, holding above his head the Crux Ansata, before which the powers of darkness feel back abashed.