The beloved of Hathor, and The shrine of the Golden Hawk

"The beloved of Hathor, and The shrine of the Golden Hawk", is a 1902 collection of two occult, ritualistic verse plays written by prominent theatrical figure Florence Farr and author Olivia Shakespear. Both women were prominent members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a famous late-Victorian magical society, and they wrote these dramas to be performed minimally against plain draperies so that the actors would resemble moving ancient Egyptian frescoes. The two brief dramas explore the intersection of human desire, political power, and esoteric spiritual initiation in ancient Egypt. The beloved of Hathor was set around 1500 B.C. during the expulsion of the Hyksos invaders, it follows the warrior chief Aahmes. While a High Priestess attempts to guide him toward a divine destiny to rule a spiritually enlightened Egypt, he is seduced on the eve of battle by Nouferou, a rebellious nobleman's daughter. Though he wins battlefield glory, his surrender to earthly desires causes him to fail his spiritual trial, locking him out of the temple's sacred inner sanctuary. The Shrine of the Golden Hawkwas set around 4000 B.C. in a cave temple near Sinai, it centers on Gebuel, a powerful fire-magician forging a powerful talisman dedicated to the god Heru (Horus) to challenge King Zozer. The king sends his daughter, Princess Nectoris—a woman deeply versed in the mysteries of Isis—to retrieve the talisman. Guided by her Ka (her spiritual higher self), she defies the magician's warnings, safely enters a blazing furnace, and unites with the god to claim the sacred amulet unharmed.