Penny Dreadful (TV Series)

Séance (2014)

Simon Russell Beale: Ferdinand Lyle

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• [Ferdinand Lyle tells Sir Malcolm the story of Amunet] 

  Ferdinand Lyle : Amunet was the consort of Amun-Ra, one of the great gods. He was the first 'Hidden One.' The original serpent prince. So named not for any particular reptilian qualities, but for the power of rebirth; like a snake shedding it's skin. Everlasting, perpetual life... sustained by feeding on the souls of others. Amunet and Amun-Ra never appeared in the same incantation. It is inconceivable in Pharaonic Religion to conjoin them, their narratives are kept completely separate.

  Sir Malcolm Murray : Why?

  Ferdinand Lyle : Because if they ever came together, Amunet would become the mother of evil. All light would end, the world would live in darkness. The hidden ones would emerge and rule. Amunet-Amun-Ra conjoined. This is a spell foretelling the annihilation of man and the coming of the beast.

  Ferdinand Lyle : [Sir Malcolm remains silent]  I would not tell Miss Ives this. After all, who wants to know they're being hunted by the Devil.