,,isis ,,unveiled3 ,a ,,master-,,key ,,to ,,the ,,mysteries ,,of ,,ancient ,,and ,,modern ,,science ,,and ,,theology4 ,,by ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky1 ,,corresponding ,,secretary ,,of ,,the ,,theosophical ,,society4 8,cecy est un livre de bonne ,foy40--,,montaigne4 ,,vol4 ,,ii4--,,theology4 ,,fourth ,,edition4 ,,new ,,york3 ,j4 ,w4 ,,bouton1 #gjf ,,broadway4 ,,london3 ,,bernard ,,quaritch4 #ahgh4 ,,copyright1 ,,by ,j4 ,w4 ,,bouton4 #ahgg4 ,,trow',s ,,printing ,,and ,,bookbinding ,,co41 ,,printers ,,and ,,bookbinders1 #bje-bac ,east #abth ,st41 ,,new ,,york4 ,,table ,,of ,,contents4 ,,page ,,preface iv ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,thompson and ,baroness ,burdett-,coutts4 ,volume ,second4 ,,the 8,,infallibility0 ,,of ,,religion4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,,the ,,church3 ,,where ,,is ,,it8 ,church statistics #a ,catholic 8miracles0 and spiritualistic 8phenomena0 #d ,christian and ,pagan beliefs compared #aj ,magic and sorcery practised by ,christian clergy #bj ,comparative theology a new science #be ,eastern traditions as to ,alexandrian ,library #bg ,roman pontiffs imitators of the ,hindu ,brahm-tma #cj ,christian dogmas derived from heathen philosophy #cc ,doctrine of the ,trinity of ,pagan origin #de ,disputes between ,gnostics and ,church ,fathers #ea ,bloody records of ,christianity #ec ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,christian ,,crimes ,,and ,,heathen ,,virtues4 ,sorceries of ,catherine of ,medicis #ee ,occult arts practised by the clergy #ei ,witch-burnings and auto-da-f of little children #fb ,lying ,catholic saints #gd ,pretensions of missionaries in ,india and ,china #gi ,sacrilegious tricks of ,catholic clergy #hb ,paul a kabalist #ia ,peter not the founder of ,roman church #ia ,strict lives of ,pagan hierophants #ih ,high character of ancient 8mysteries0 #aja ,jacolliot's account of ,hindu fakirs #ajc ,christian symbolism derived from ,phallic worship #aji ,hindu doctrine of the ,pitris #aad ,brahminic spirit-communion #aae ,dangers of untrained mediumship #aag ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,,divisions ,,amongst ,,the ,,early ,,christians4 ,resemblance between early ,christianity and ,buddhism #abc ,peter never in ,rome #abd ,meanings of 8,nazar0 and 8,nazarene0 #abi ,baptism a derived right #acd ,is ,zoroaster a generic name8 #ada ,pythagorean teachings of ,jesus #adg ,the ,apocalypse kabalistic #adg ,jesus considered an adept by some ,pagan philosophers and early ,christians #aej ,doctrine of permutation #aeb ,the meaning of ,god-,incarnate #aec ,dogmas of the ,gnostics #aee ,ideas of ,marcion1 the 8heresiarch0 #aei ,precepts of ,manu #afc ,jehovah identical with ,bacchus #afe ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,,oriental ,,cosmogonies ,,and ,,bible ,,records4 ,discrepancies in the ,pentateuch #afg ,indian1 ,chaldean and ,ophite systems compared #agj ,who were the first ,christians8 #agh ,christos and ,sophia-,achamoth #ahc ,secret doctrine taught by ,jesus #aia ,jesus never claimed to be ,god #aic ,new ,testament narratives and ,hindu legends #aii ,antiquity of the 8,logos0 and 8,christ0 #bje ,comparative ,virgin-worship #bji ,,chapter ,v4 ,,mysteries ,,of ,,the ,,kabala4 ,en-,soph and the ,sephiroth #bab ,the primitive wisdom-religion #baf ,the book of ,genesis a compilation of ,old ,world legends #bag ,the ,trinity of the ,kabala #bbb ,gnostic and ,nazarene systems contrasted with ,hindu myths #bbe ,kabalism in the book of ,ezekiel #bcb ,story of the resurrection of ,jairus's daughter found in the history of ,christna #bda ,untrustworthy teachings of the early ,fathers #bdh ,their persecuting spirit #bdi ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,,esoteric ,,doctrines ,,of ,,buddhism ,,parodied ,,in ,,christianity4 ,decisions of ,nicean ,council1 how arrived at #bea ,murder of ,hypatia #beb ,origin of the fish-symbol of ,vishnu #bef ,kabalistic doctrine of the ,cosmogony #bfd ,diagrams of ,hindu and ,chaldeo-,jewish systems #bfe ,ten mythical ,avatars of ,vishnu #bgd ,trinity of man taught by ,paul #bha ,socrates and ,plato on soul and spirit #bhc ,true ,buddhism1 what it is #bhh ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,,early ,,christian ,,heresies ,,and ,,secret ,,societies4 ,nazareans1 ,ophites1 and modern ,druzes #bia ,etymology of ,,iao #bih 8,hermetic ,brothers0 of ,egypt #cjg ,true meaning of ,nirvana #cai ,the ,jana sect #cba ,christians and ,chrestians #cbc ,the ,gnostics and their detractors #cbe ,buddha1 ,jesus1 and ,apollonius of ,tyana #cda ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,,jesuitry ,,and ,,masonry4 ,the ,sohar and ,rabbi ,simeon #cdh ,the ,order of ,jesuits and its relation to some of the ,masonic orders #ceb ,crimes permitted to its members #cee ,principles of ,jesuitry compared with those of ,pagan moralists #cfd ,trinity of man in ,egyptian ,book of the ,dead #cfg ,freemasonry no longer esoteric #cgb ,persecution of ,templars by the ,church #cha ,secret ,masonic ciphers #cie ,jehovah not the 8,ineffable ,name0 #cih ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,,the ,,vedas ,,and ,,the ,,bible4 ,nearly every myth based on some great truth #dje ,whence the ,christian ,sabbath #djf ,antiquity of the ,vedas #daj ,pythagorean doctrine of the potentialities of numbers #dag 8,days0 of ,genesis and 8,days0 of ,brahma #dbb ,fall of man and the ,deluge in the ,hindu books #dbe ,antiquity of the ,mahbhrata #dbi ,were the ancient ,egyptians of the ,aryan race8 #dcd ,samuel1 ,david1 and ,solomon mythical personages #dci ,symbolism of ,noah's ,ark #ddg ,the ,patriarchs identical with zodiacal signs #dei ,all ,bible legends belong to universal history #dfi ,,chapter ,x4 ,,the ,,devil-,,myth4 ,the devil officially recognized by the ,church #dgg ,satan the mainstay of sacerdotalism #dhj ,identity of ,satan with the ,egyptian ,typhon #dhc ,his relation to serpent-worship #dhi ,the ,book of ,job and the ,book of the ,dead #dic ,the ,hindu devil a metaphysical abstraction #eja ,satan and the ,prince of ,hell in the ,gospel of ,nicodemus #eae ,,chapter ,,xi4 ,,comparative ,,results ,,of ,,buddhism ,,and ,,christianity4 ,the age of philosophy produced no atheists #ecj ,the legends of three ,saviours #ecg ,christian doctrine of the ,atonement illogical #edb ,cause of the failure of missionaries to convert ,buddhists and ,brahmanists #eec ,neither ,buddha nor ,jesus left written records #eei ,the grandest mysteries of religion in the ,bagaved-gita #efb ,the meaning of regeneration explained in the ,satapa-,brhmana #efe ,the sacrifice of blood interpreted #eff ,demoralization of ,british ,india by ,christian missionaries #egc ,the ,bible less authenticated than any other sacred book #egg ,knowledge of chemistry and physics displayed by ,indian jugglers #ehc ,,chapter ,,xii4 ,,conclusions ,,and ,,illustrations4 ,recapitulation of fundamental propositions #ehg ,seership of the soul and of the spirit #eij ,the phenomenon of the so-called spirit-hand #eid ,difference between mediums and adepts #eie ,interview of an ,english ambassador with a rencarnated ,buddha #eih ,flight of a lama's astral body related by ,abb ,huc #fjd ,schools of magic in ,buddhist lamaseries #fji ,the unknown race of ,hindu ,todas #fac ,will-power of fakirs and yogis #fag ,taming of wild beasts by fakirs #fbb ,evocation of a living spirit by a ,shaman1 witnessed by the writer #fbf ,sorcery by the breath of a ,jesuit ,father #fcc ,why the study of magic is almost impracticable in ,europe #fce ,conclusion #fce ,,preface ,,to ,,part ,,ii4 ,were it possible1 we would keep this work out of the hands of many ,christians whom its perusal would not benefit1 and for whom it was not written4 ,we allude to those whose faith in their respective churches is pure and sincere1 and those whose sinless lives reflect the glorious example of that ,prophet of ,nazareth1 by whose mouth the spirit of truth spake loudly to humanity4 ,such there have been at all times4 ,history preserves the names of many as heroes1 philosophers1 philanthropists1 martyrs1 and holy men and women2 but how many more have lived and died1 unknown but to their intimate acquaintance1 unblessed but by their humble beneficiaries6 ,these have ennobled ,christianity1 but would have shed the same lustre upon any other faith they might have professed--for they were higher than their creed4 ,the benevolence of ,peter ,cooper and ,elizabeth ,thompson1 of ,america1 who are not orthodox ,christians1 is no less ,christ-like than that of the ,baroness ,angela ,burdett-,coutts1 of ,england1 who is one4 ,and yet1 in comparison with the millions who have been accounted ,christians1 such have always formed a small minority4 ,they are to be found at this day1 in pulpit and pew1 in palace and cottage2 but the increasing materialism1 worldliness and hypocrisy are fast diminishing their proportionate number4 ,their charity1 and simple1 child-like faith in the infallibility of their ,bible1 their dogmas1 and their clergy1 bring into full activity all the virtues that are implanted in our common nature4 ,we have personally known such ,god-fearing priests and clergymen1 and we have always avoided debate with them1 lest we might be guilty of the cruelty of hurting their feelings2 nor would we rob a single layman of his blind confidence1 if it alone made possible for him holy living and serene dying4 ,an analysis of religious beliefs in general1 this volume is in particular directed against theological ,christianity1 the chief opponent of free thought4 ,it contains not one word against the pure teachings of ,jesus1 but unsparingly denounces their debasement into pernicious ecclesiastical systems that are ruinous to man's faith in his immortality and his ,god1 and subversive of all moral restraint4 ,we cast our gauntlet at the dogmatic theologians who would enslave both history and science2 and especially at the ,vatican1 whose despotic pretensions have become hateful to the greater portion of enlightened ,christendom4 ,the clergy apart1 none but the logician1 the investigator1 the dauntless explorer should meddle with books like this4 ,such delvers after truth have the courage of their opinions4 ,,isis ,,unveiled4 ,,part ,,two4--,,religion4 ,,chapter ,i4 8,yea1 the time cometh1 that whomsoever killeth you1 will think that he doeth ,god service40--,gospel according to ,john1 xvi41 #b4 8,let him be ,,anathema 444 who shall say that human ,sciences ought to be pursued in such a spirit of freedom that one may be allowed to hold as true their assertions even when opposed to revealed doctrines40--cumenical ,council of #ahgj4 8,,glouc4--,the ,church6 ,where is it80--,king ,henry ,,vi41 ,act i41 ,sc4 #a4 ,in the ,united ,states of ,america1 sixty thousand 7#fj1dbh7 men are paid salaries to teach the ,science of ,god and ,his relations to ,his creatures4 ,these men contract to impart to us the knowledge which treats of the existence1 character1 and attributes of our ,creator2 ,his laws and government2 the doctrines we are to believe and the duties we are to practice4 ,five thousand 7#e1ada7 of them1#a with the prospect of #abgc theological students to help them in time1 teach this science according to a formula prescribed by the ,bishop of ,rome1 to five million people4 ,fifty-five thousand 7#ee1bhg7 local and travelling ministers1 representing fifteen different denominations1#b each contradicting the other upon more or less vital theological questions1 instruct1 in their respective doctrines1 thirty-three million 7#cc1ejj1jjj7 other persons4 ,many of these teach according to the canons of the cis-,atlantic branch of an establishment which acknowledges a daughter of the late ,duke of ,kent as its spiritual head4 ,there are many hundred thousand ,jews2 some thousands of ,orientals of all kinds2 and a very few who belong to the ,greek ,church4 ,a man at ,salt ,lake ,city1 with nineteen wives and more than one hundred children and grandchildren1 is the supreme spiritual ruler over ninety thousand people1 who believe that he is in frequent intercourse with the gods--for the ,mormons are ,polytheists as well as ,polygamists1 and their chief god is represented as living in a planet they call ,colob4 ,the ,god of the ,unitarians is a bachelor2 the ,deity of the ,presbyterians1 ,methodists1 ,congregationalists1 and the other orthodox ,protestant sects a spouseless ,father with one ,son1 who is identical with ,himself4 ,in the attempt to outvie each other in the erection of their sixty-two thousand and odd churches1 prayer-houses1 and meeting-halls1 in which to teach these conflicting theological doctrines1 #ced1dhe1eha have been spent4 ,the value of the ,protestant parsonages alone1 in which are sheltered the disputants and their families1 is roughly calculated to approximate #ed1aae1big4 ,sixteen million 7#af1agi1chg7 dollars1 are1 morever1 contributed every year for current expenses of the ,protestant denominations only4 ,one ,presbyterian church in ,new ,york cost a round million2 a ,catholic altar alone1 one-fourth as much6 ,we will not mention the multitude of smaller sects1 communities1 and extravagantly original little heresies in this country which spring up one year to die out the next1 like so many spores of fungi after a rainy day4 ,we will not even stop to consider the alleged millions of ,spiritualists2 for the majority lack the courage to break away from their respective religious denominations4 ,these are the back-door ,nicodemuses4 ,and now1 with ,pilate1 let us inquire1 ,what is truth8 ,where is it to be searched for amid this multitude of warring sects8 ,each claims to be based upon divine revelation1 and each to have the keys of the celestial gates4 ,is either in possession of this rare truth8 ,or1 must we exclaim with the ,buddhist philosopher1 8,there is but one truth on earth1 and it is unchangeable3 and this is--that there is no truth on it60 ,though we have no disposition whatever to trench upon the ground that has been so exhaustively gleaned by those learned scholars who have shown that every ,christian dogma has its origin in a heathen rite1 still the facts which they have exhumed1 since the enfranchisement of science1 will lose nothing by repetition4 ,besides1 we propose to examine these facts from a different and perhaps rather novel point of view3 that of the old philosophies as esoterically understood4 ,these we have barely glanced at in our first volume4 ,we will use them as the standard by which to compare ,christian dogmas and miracles with the doctrines and phenomena of ancient magic1 and the modern 8,new ,dispensation10 as ,spiritualism is called by its votaries4 ,since the materialists deny the phenomena without investigation1 and since the theologians in admitting them offer us the poor choice of two palpable absurdities--the ,devil and miracles--we can lose little by applying to the theurgists1 and they may actually help us to throw a great light upon a very dark subject4 ,professor ,a4 ,butlerof1 of the ,imperial ,university of ,st4 ,petersburg1 remarks in a recent pamphlet1 entitled ,mediumistic ,manifestations1 as follows3 8,let the facts 7of modern spiritualism7 belong if you will to the number of those which were more or less known by the ancients2 let them be identical with those which in the dark ages gave importance to the office of ,egyptian priest or ,roman augur2 let them even furnish the basis of the sorcery of our ,siberian ,shaman2 444 let them be all these1 and1 if they are real facts1 it is no business of ours4 ,all the facts in nature belong to science1 and every addition to the store of science enriches instead of impoverishing her4 ,if humanity has once admitted a truth1 and then in the blindness of self-conceit denied it1 to return to its realization is a step forward and not backward40 ,since the day that modern science gave what may be considered the death-blow to dogmatic theology1 by assuming the ground that religion was full of mystery1 and mystery is unscientific1 the mental state of the educated class has presented a curious aspect4 ,society seems from that time to have been ever balancing itself upon one leg1 on an unseen tight-rope stretched from our visible universe into the invisible one2 uncertain whether the end hooked on faith in the latter might not suddenly break1 and hurl it into final annihilation4 ,the great body of nominal ,christians may be divided into three unequal portions3 materialists1 spiritualists1 and ,christians proper4 ,the materialists and spiritualists make common cause against the hierarchical pretensions of the clergy2 who1 in retaliation1 denounce both with equal acerbity4 ,the materialists are as little in harmony as the ,christian sects themselves--the ,comtists1 or1 as they call themselves1 the positivists1 being despised and hated to the last degree by the schools of thinkers1 one of which ,maudsley honorably represents in ,england4 ,positivism1 be it remembered1 is that 8religion0 of the future about whose founder even ,huxley has made himself wrathful in his famous lecture1 ,the ,physical ,basis of ,life2 and ,maudsley felt obliged1 in behalf of1 to express himself thus3 8,it is no wonder that scientific men should be anxious to disclaim ,comte as their law-giver1 and to protest against such a king being set up to reign over them4 ,not conscious of any personal obligation to his writings--conscious how much1 in some respects1 he has misrepresented the spirit and pretensions of science--they repudiate the allegiance which his enthusiastic disciples would force upon them1 and which popular opinion is fast coming to think a natural one4 ,they do well in thus making a timely assertion of independence2 for if it be not done soon1 it will soon be too late to be done well40#c ,when a materialistic doctrine is repudiated so strongly by two such materialists as ,huxley and ,maudsley1 then we must think indeed that it is absurdity itself4 ,among ,christians there is nothing but dissension4 ,their various churches represent every degree of religious belief1 from the omnivorous credulity of blind faith to a condescending and high-toned deference to the ,deity which thinly masks an evident conviction of their own deific wisdom4 ,all these sects believe more or less in the immortality of the soul4 ,some admit the intercourse between the two worlds as a fact2 some entertain the opinion as a sentiment2 some positively deny it2 and only a few maintain an attitude of attention and expectancy4 ,impatient of restraint1 longing for the return of the dark ages1 the ,romish ,church frowns at the diabolical manifestations1 and indicates what she would do to their champions had she but the power of old4 ,were it not for the self-evident fact that she herself is placed by science on trial1 and that she is handcuffed1 she would be ready at a moment's notice to repeat in the nineteenth century the revolting scenes of former days4 ,as to the ,protestant clergy1 so furious is their common hatred toward spiritualism1 that as a secular paper very truly remarks3 8,they seem willing to undermine the public faith in all the spiritual phenomena of the past1 as recorded in the ,bible1 if they can only see the pestilent modern heresy stabbed to the heart40#d ,summoning back the long-forgotten memories of the ,mosaic laws1 the ,romish ,church claims the monopoly of miracles1 and of the right to sit in judgment over them1 as being the sole heir thereto by direct inheritance4 ,the ,old ,testament1 exiled by ,colenso1 his predecessors and contemporaries1 is recalled from its banishment4 ,the prophets1 whom his ,holiness the ,pope condescends at last to place1 if not on the same level with himself1 at least at a less respectful distance1#e are dusted and cleaned4 ,the memory of all the diabolical abracadabra is evoked anew4 ,the blasphemous horrors perpetrated by ,paganism1 its phallic worship1 thaumaturgical wonders wrought by ,satan1 human sacrifices1 incantations1 witchcraft1 magic1 and sorcery are recalled and ,,demonism is confronted with spiritualism for mutual recognition and identification4 ,our modern demonologists conveniently overlook a few insignificant details1 among which is the undeniable presence of heathen phallism in the ,christian symbols4 ,a strong spiritual element of this worship may be easily demonstrated in the dogma of the ,immaculate ,conception of the ,virgin ,mother of ,god2 and a physical element equally proved in the fetish-worship of the holy limbs of ,sts4 ,cosmo and ,damiano1 at ,isernia1 near ,naples2 a successful traffic in which ex-voto in wax was carried on by the clergy1 annually1 until barely a half century ago4#f ,we find it rather unwise on the part of ,catholic writers to pour out their vials of wrath in such sentences as these3 8,in a multitude of pagodas1 the phallic stone1 ever and always assuming1 like the ,grecian batylos1 the brutally indecent form of the lingham 444 the ,maha ,deva40#g ,before casting slurs on a symbol whose profound metaphysical meaning is too much for the modern champions of that religion of sensualism par excellence1 ,roman ,catholicism1 to grasp1 they are in duty bound to destroy their oldest churches1 and change the form of the cupolas of their own temples4 ,the ,mahody of ,elephanta1 the ,round ,tower of ,bhangulpore1 the minarets of ,islam--either rounded or pointed--are the originals of the ,campanile column of ,san ,marco1 at ,venice1 of the ,rochester ,cathedral1 and of the modern ,duomo of ,milan4 ,all of these steeples1 turrets1 domes1 and ,christian temples1 are the reproductions of the primitive idea of the lithos1 the upright phallus4 8,the western tower of ,st4 ,paul's ,cathedral1 ,london10 says the author of ,the ,rosicrucians1 8is one of the double lithoi placed always in front of every temple1 ,christian as well as heathen40#h ,moreover1 in all ,christian ,churches1 8particularly in ,protestant churches1 where they figure most conspicuously1 the two tables of stone of the ,mosaic ,dispensation are placed over the altar1 side by side1 as a united stone1 the tops of which are rounded4444 ,the right stone is masculine1 the left feminine40 ,therefore neither ,catholics nor ,protestants have a right to talk of the 8indecent forms0 of heathen monuments so long as they ornament their own churches with the symbols of the ,lingham and ,yoni1 and even write the laws of their ,god upon them4 ,another detail not redounding very particularly to the honor of the ,christian clergy might be recalled in the word ,inquisition4 ,the torrents of human blood shed by this ,christian institution1 and the number of its human sacrifices1 are unparalleled in the annals of ,paganism4 ,another still more prominent feature in which the clergy surpassed their masters1 the 8heathen10 is sorcery4 ,certainly in no ,pagan temple was black magic1 in its real and true sense1 more practiced than in the ,vatican4 ,while strongly supporting exorcism as an important source of revenue1 they neglected magic as little as the ancient heathen4 ,it is easy to prove that the sortilegium1 or sorcery1 was widely practiced among the clergy and monks so late as the last century1 and is practiced occasionally even now4 ,anathematizing every manifestation of occult nature outside the precincts of the ,church1 the clergy--notwithstanding proofs to the contrary--call it 8the work of ,satan10 8the snares of the fallen angels10 who 8rush in and out from the bottomless pit10 mentioned by ,john in his kabalistic ,revelation1 8from whence arises a smoke as the smoke of a great furnace40 8,intoxicated by its fumes1 around this pit are daily gathering millions of ,spiritualists1 to worship at 8the ,abyss of ,baal40#i ,more than ever arrogant1 stubborn1 and despotic1 now that she has been nearly upset by modern research1 not daring to interfere with the powerful champions of science1 the ,latin ,church revenges herself upon the unpopular phenomena4 ,a despot without a victim1 is a word void of sense2 a power which neglects to assert itself through outward1 well-calculated effects1 risks being doubted in the end4 ,the ,church has no intention to fall into the oblivion of the ancient myths1 or to suffer her authority to be too closely questioned4 ,hence she pursues1 as well as the times permit1 her traditional policy4 ,lamenting the enforced extinction of her ally1 the ,holy ,inquisition1 she makes a virtue of necessity4 ,the only victims now within reach are the ,spiritists of ,france4 ,recent events have shown that the meek spouse of ,christ never disdains to retaliate on helpless victims4 ,having successfully performed her part of ,deus-ex-,machina from behind the ,french ,bench1 which has not scrupled to disgrace itself for her1 the ,church of ,rome sets to work and shows in the year #ahgf what she can do4 ,from the whirling tables and dancing pencils of profane ,spiritualism1 the ,christian world is warned to turn to the divine 8miracles0 of ,lourdes4 ,meanwhile1 the ecclesiastical authorities utilize their time in arranging for other more easy triumphs1 calculated to scare the superstitious out of their senses4 ,so1 acting under orders1 the clergy hurl dramatic1 if not very impressive anathemas from every ,catholic diocese2 threaten right and left2 excommunicate and curse4 ,perceiving1 finally1 that her thunderbolts directed even against crowned heads fall about as harmlessly as the ,jupiterean lightnings of ,offenbach's ,calchas1 ,rome turns about in powerless fury against the victimized protgs of the ,emperor of ,russia--the unfortunate ,bulgarians and ,servians4 ,undisturbed by evidence and sarcasm1 unbaffled by proof1 8the lamb of the ,vatican0 impartially divides his wrath between the liberals of ,italy1 8the impious whose breath has the stench of the sepulchre10#aj the 8schismatic ,russian ,sarmates10 and the heretics and spiritualists1 8who worship at the bottomless pit where the great ,dragon lies in wait40 ,mr4 ,gladstone went to the trouble of making a catalogue of what he terms the 8flowers of speech10 disseminated through these ,papal discourses4 ,let us cull a few of the chosen terms used by this vicegerent of ,him who said that1 8whosoever shall say ,thou fool1 shall be in danger of hell-fire40 ,they are selected from authentic discourses4 ,those who oppose the ,pope are 8wolves1 ,pharisees1 thieves1 liars1 hypocrites1 dropsical children of ,satan1 sons of perdition1 of sin1 and corruption1 satellites of ,satan in human flesh1 monsters of hell1 demons incarnate1 stinking corpses1 men issued from the pits of hell1 traitors and ,judases led by the spirit of hell2 children of the deepest pits of hell10 etc41 etc42 the whole piously collected and published by ,don ,pasquale di ,franciscis1 whom ,gladstone has1 with perfect propriety1 termed1 8an accomplished professor of flunkeyism in things spiritual40#aa ,since his ,holiness the ,pope has such a rich vocabulary of invectives at his command1 why wonder that the ,bishop of ,toulouse did not scruple to utter the most undignified falsehoods about the ,protestants and ,spiritualists of ,america--people doubly odious to a ,catholic--in his address to his diocese3 8,nothing10 he remarks1 8is more common in an era of unbelief than to see a false revelation substitute itself for the true one1 and minds neglect the teachings of the ,holy ,church1 to devote themselves to the study of divination and the occult sciences40 ,with a fine episcopal contempt for statistics1 and strangely confounding in his memory the audiences of the revivalists1 ,moody and ,sankey1 and the patrons of darkened seance-rooms1 he utters the unwarranted and fallacious assertion that 8it has been proven that ,spiritualism1 in the ,united ,states1 has caused one-sixth of all the cases of suicide and insanity40 ,he says that it is not possible that the spirits 8teach either an exact science1 because they are lying demons1 or a useful science1 because the character of the word of ,satan1 like ,satan himself1 is sterile40 ,he warns his dear collaborateurs1 that 8the writings in favor of ,spiritualism are under the ban20 and he advises them to let it be known that 8to frequent spiritual circles with the intention of accepting the doctrine1 is to apostatize from the ,holy ,church1 and assume the risk of excommunication20 finally1 says he1 8,publish the fact that the teaching of no spirit should prevail against that of the pulpit of ,peter1 which is the teaching of the ,spirit of ,god ,himself660 ,aware of the many false teachings attributed by the ,roman ,church to the ,creator1 we prefer disbelieving the latter assertion4 ,the famous ,catholic theologian1 ,tillemont1 assures us in his work that 8all the illustrious ,pagans are condemned to the eternal torments of hell1 because they lived before the time of ,jesus1 and1 therefore1 could not be benefited by the redemption660 ,he also assures us that the ,virgin ,mary personally testified to this truth over her own signature in a letter to a saint4 ,therefore1 this is also a revelation--8the ,spirit of ,god ,himself0 teaching such charitable doctrines4 ,we have also read with great advantage the topographical descriptions of ,hell and ,purgatory in the celebrated treatise under that name by a ,jesuit1 the ,cardinal ,bellarmin4 ,a critic found that the author1 who gives the description from a divine vision with which he was favored1 8appears to possess all the knowledge of a land-measurer0 about the secret tracts and formidable divisions of the 8bottomless pit40 ,justin ,martyr having actually committed to paper the heretical thought that after all ,socrates might not be altogether fixed in hell1 his ,benedictine editor criticises this too benevolent father very severely4 ,whoever doubts the ,christian charity of the ,church of ,rome in this direction is invited to peruse the ,censure of the ,sorbonne1 on ,marmontel's ,belisarius4 ,the odium theologicum blazes in it on the dark sky of orthodox theology like an aurora borealis--the precursor of ,god's wrath1 according to the teaching of certain medival divines4 ,we have attempted in the first part of this work to show1 by historical examples1 how completely men of science have deserved the stinging sarcasm of the late ,professor de ,morgan1 who remarked of them that 8they wear the priest's cast-off garb1 dyed to escape detection40 ,the ,christian clergy are1 in like manner1 attired in the cast-off garb of the heathen priesthood2 acting diametrically in opposition to their ,god's moral precepts1 but nevertheless1 sitting in judgment over the whole world4 ,when dying on the cross1 the martyred ,man of ,sorrows forgave his enemies4 ,his last words were a prayer in their behalf4 ,he taught his disciples to curse not1 but to bless1 even their foes4 ,but the heirs of ,st4 ,peter1 the self constituted representatives on earth of that same meek ,jesus1 unhesitatingly curse whoever resists their despotic will4 ,besides1 was not the 8,son0 long since crowded by them into the background8 ,they make their obeisance only to the ,dowager ,mother1 for--according to their teaching--again through 8the direct ,spirit of ,god10 she alone acts as a mediatrix4 ,the cumenical ,council of #ahgj embodied the teaching into a dogma1 to disbelieve which is to be doomed forever to the #8bottomless pit4' ,the work of ,don ,pasquale di ,franciscis is positive on that point2 for he tells us that1 as the ,queen of ,heaven owes to the present ,pope 8the finest gem in her coronet10 since he has conferred on her the unexpected honor of becoming suddenly immaculate1 there is nothing she cannot obtain from her ,son for 8her ,church40#ab ,some years ago1 certain travellers saw in ,barri1 ,italy1 a statue of the ,madonna1 arrayed in a flounced pink skirt over a swelling crinoline6 ,pious pilgrims who may be anxious to examine the regulation wardrobe of their ,god's mother may do so by going to ,southern ,italy1 ,spain1 and ,catholic ,north and ,south ,america4 ,the ,madonna of ,barri must still be there--between two vineyards and a locanda 7gin-shop74 ,when last seen1 a half-successful attempt had been made to clothe the infant ,jesus2 they had covered his legs with a pair of dirty1 scollop-edged pantaloons4 ,an ,english traveller having presented the 8,mediatrix0 with a green silk parasol1 the grateful population of the contadini1 accompanied by the village priest1 went in procession to the spot4 ,they managed to stick the sunshade1 opened1 between the infant's back and the arm of the ,virgin which embraced him4 ,the scene and ceremony were both solemn and highly refreshing to our religious feelings4 ,for there stood the image of the goddess in its niche1 surrounded with a row of ever-burning lamps1 the flames of which1 flickering in the breeze1 infect ,god's pure air with an offensive smell of olive oil4 ,the ,mother and ,son truly represent the two most conspicuous idols of ,monotheistic ,christianity6 ,for a companion to the idol of the poor contadini of ,barri1 go to the rich city of ,rio ,janeiro4 ,in the ,church of the ,duomo del ,candelaria1 in a long hall running along one side of the church1 there might be seen1 a few years ago1 another ,madonna4 ,along the walls of the hall there is a line of saints1 each standing on a contribution-box1 which thus forms a fit pedestal4 ,in the centre of this line1 under a gorgeously rich canopy of blue silk1 is exhibited the ,virgin ,mary leaning on the arm of ,christ4 8,our ,lady0 is arrayed in a very dcollet blue satin dress with short sleeves1 showing1 to great advantage1 a snow-white1 exquisitely-moulded neck1 shoulders1 and arms4 ,the skirt equally of blue satin with an overskirt of rich lace and gauze puffs1 is as short as that of a ballet-dancer2 hardly reaching the knee1 it exhibits a pair of finely-shaped legs covered with flesh colored silk tights1 and blue satin ,french boots with very high red heels6 ,the blonde hair of this 8,mother of ,god0 is arranged in the latest fashion1 with a voluminous chignon and curls4 ,as she leans on her ,son's arm1 her face is lovingly turned toward her ,only-,begotten1 whose dress and attitude are equally worthy of admiration4 ,christ wears an evening dress-coat1 with swallow-tail1 black trousers1 and low cut white vest2 varnished boots1 and white kid gloves1 over one of which sparkles a rich diamond ring1 worth many thousands we must suppose--a precious ,brazilian jewel4 ,above this body of a modern ,portuguese dandy1 is a head with the hair parted in the middle2 a sad and solemn face1 and eyes whose patient look seems to reflect all the bitterness of this last insult flung at the majesty of the ,crucified4#ac ,the ,egyptian ,isis was also represented as a ,virgin ,mother by her devotees1 and as holding her infant son1 ,horus1 in her arms4 ,in some statues and basso-relievos1 when she appears alone she is either completely nude or veiled from head to foot4 ,but in the ,mysteries1 in common with nearly every other goddess1 she is entirely veiled from head to foot1 as a symbol of a mother's chastity4 ,it would not do us any harm were we to borrow from the ancients some of the poetic sentiment in their religions1 and the innate veneration they entertained for their symbols4 ,it is but fair to say at once that the last of the true ,christians died with the last of the direct apostles4 ,max ,mller forcibly asks3 8,how can a missionary in such circumstances meet the surprise and questions of his pupils1 unless he may point to that seed1#ad and tell them what ,christianity was meant to be8 unless he may show that1 like all other religions1 ,christianity too1 has had its history2 that the ,christianity of the nineteenth century is not the ,christianity of the middle ages1 and that the ,christianity of the middle ages was not that of the early ,councils2 that the ,christianity of the early ,councils was not that of the ,apostles1 and that what has been said by ,christ1 that alone was well said80#ae ,thus we may infer that the only characteristic difference between modern ,christianity and the old heathen faiths is the belief of the former in a personal devil and in hell4 8,the ,aryan nations had no devil10 says ,max ,mller4 8,pluto1 though of a sombre character1 was a very respectable personage2 and ,loki 7the ,scandinavian71 though a mischievous person1 was not a fiend4 ,the ,german ,goddess1 ,hell1 too1 like ,proserpine1 had once seen better days4 ,thus1 when the ,germans were indoctrinated with the idea of a real devil1 the ,semitic ,seth1 ,satan or ,diabolus1 they treated him in the most good-humored way40 ,the same may be said of hell4 ,hades was quite a different place from our region of eternal damnation1 and might be termed rather an intermediate state of purification4 ,neither does the ,scandinavian ,hel or ,hela1 imply either a state or a place of punishment2 for when ,frigga1 the grief-stricken mother of ,bal-dur1 the white god1 who died and found himself in the dark abodes of the shadows 7,hades7 sent ,hermod1 a son of ,thor1 in quest of her beloved child1 the messenger found him in the inexorable region--alas6 but still comfortably seated on a rock1 and reading a book4#af ,the ,norse kingdom of the dead is moreover situated in the higher latitudes of the ,polar regions2 it is a cold and cheerless abode1 and neither the gelid halls of ,hela1 nor the occupation of ,baldur present the least similitude to the blazing hell of eternal fire and the miserable 8damned0 sinners with which the ,church so generously peoples it4 ,no more is it the ,egyptian ,amenthes1 the region of judgment and purification2 nor the ,onderh--the abyss of darkness of the ,hindus2 for even the fallen angels hurled into it by ,siva1 are allowed by ,parabrahma to consider it as an intermediate state1 in which an opportunity is afforded them to prepare for higher degrees of purification and redemption from their wretched condition4 ,the ,gehenna of the ,new ,testament was a locality outside the walls of ,jerusalem2 and in mentioning it1 ,jesus used but an ordinary metaphor4 ,whence then came the dreary dogma of hell1 that ,archimedean lever of ,christian theology1 with which they have succeeded to hold in subjection the numberless millions of ,christians for nineteen centuries8 ,assuredly not from the ,jewish ,scriptures1 and we appeal for corroboration to any well-informed ,hebrew scholar4 ,the only designation of something approaching hell in the ,bible is ,gehenna or ,hinnom1 a valley near ,jerusalem1 where was situated ,tophet1 a place where a fire was perpetually kept for sanitary purposes4 ,the prophet ,jeremiah informs us that the ,israelites used to sacrifice their children to ,moloch-,hercules on that spot2 and later we find ,christians quietly replacing this divinity by their god of mercy1 whose wrath will not be appeased1 unless the ,church sacrifices to him her unbaptized children and sinning sons on the altar of 8eternal damnation60 ,whence then did the divine learn so well the conditions of hell1 as to actually divide its torments into two kinds1 the pna damni and pn sensus1 the former being the privation of the beatific vision2 the latter the eternal pains in a lake of fire and brimstone8 ,if they answer us that it is in the ,apocalypse 7xx4 #aj71 we are prepared to demonstrate whence the theologist ,john himself derived the idea1 8,and the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone1 where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented for ever and ever10 he says4 ,laying aside the esoteric interpretation that the 8devil0 or tempting demon meant our own earthly body1 which after death will surely dissolve in the fiery or ethereal elements1#ag the word 8eternal0 by which our theologians interpret the words 8for ever and ever0 does not exist in the ,hebrew language1 either as a word or meaning4 ,there is no ,hebrew word which properly expresses eternity2 oulam1 according to ,le ,clerc1 only imports a time whose beginning or end is not known4 ,while showing that this word does not mean infinite duration1 and that in the ,old ,testament the word forever only signifies a long time1 ,archbishop ,tillotson has completely perverted its sense with respect to the idea of hell-torments4 ,according to his doctrine1 when ,sodom and ,gomorrah are said to be suffering 8eternal fire10 we must understand it only in the sense of that fire not being extinguished till both cities were entirely consumed4 ,but1 as to hell-fire the words must be understood in the strictest sense of infinite duration4 ,such is the decree of the learned divine4 ,for the duration of the punishment of the wicked must be proportionate to the eternal happiness of the righteous4 ,so he says1 8,these 7speaking of the wicked7 8shall go away into eternal punishment2 but the righteous into life eternal40 ,the ,reverend ,t4 ,surnden1#ah commenting on the speculations of his predecessors1 fills a whole volume with unanswerable arguments1 tending to show that the locality of ,hell is in the sun4 ,we suspect that the reverend speculator had read the ,apocalypse in bed1 and had the nightmare in consequence4 ,there are two verses in the ,revelation of ,john reading thus3 8,and the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun1 and power was given him to scorch men with fire4 ,and men were scorched with great heat1 and blasphemed the name of ,god40#ai ,this is simply ,pythagorean and kabalistic allegory4 ,the idea is new neither with the above-mentioned author nor with ,john4 ,pythagoras placed the 8sphere of purification in the sun10 which sun1 with its sphere1 he moreover locates in the middle of the universe1#bj the allegory having a double meaning3 #a4 ,symbolically1 the central1 spiritual sun1 the ,supreme ,deity4 ,arrived at this region every soul becomes purified of its sins1 and unites itself forever with its spirit1 having previously suffered throughout all the lower spheres4 #b4 ,by placing the sphere of visible fire in the middle of the universe1 he simply taught the heliocentric system which appertained to the ,mysteries1 and was imparted only in the higher degree of initiation4 ,john gives to his ,word a purely kabalistic significance1 which no 8,fathers10 except those who had belonged to the ,neo-platonic school1 were able to comprehend4 ,origen understood it well1 having been a pupil of ,ammonius ,saccas2 therefore we see him bravely denying the perpetuity of hell-torments4 ,he maintains that not only men1 but even devils 7by which term he meant disembodied human sinners71 after a certain duration of punishment shall be pardoned and finally restored to heaven4#ba ,in consequence of this and other such heresies ,origen was1 as a matter of course1 exiled4 ,many have been the learned and truly-inspired speculations as to the locality of hell4 ,the most popular were those which placed it in the centre of the earth4 ,at a certain time1 however1 skeptical doubts which disturbed the placidity of faith in this highly-refreshing doctrine arose in consequence of the meddling scientists of those days4 ,as a ,mr4 ,swinden in our own century observes1 the theory was inadmissible because of two objections3 #ast1 that a fund of fuel or sulphur sufficient to maintain so furious and constant a fire could not be there supposed2 and1 #b;d1 that it must want the nitrous particles in the air to sustain and keep it alive4 8,and how10 says he1 8can a fire be eternal1 when1 by degrees1 the whole substance of the earth must be consumed thereby80#bb ,the skeptical gentleman had evidently forgotten that centuries ago ,st4 ,augustine solved the difficulty4 ,have we not the word of this learned divine that hell1 nevertheless1 is in the centre of the earth1 for 8,god supplies the central fire with air by a miracle80 ,the argument is unanswerable1 and so we will not seek to upset it4 ,the ,christians were the first to make the existence of ,satan a dogma of the ,church4 ,and once that she had established it1 she had to struggle for over #a1gjj years for the repression of a mysterious force which it was her policy to make appear of diabolical origin4 ,unfortunately1 in manifesting itself1 this force invariably tends to upset such a belief by the ridiculous discrepancy it presents between the alleged cause and the effects4 ,if the clergy have not over-estimated the real power of the 8,arch-,enemy of ,god10 it must be confessed that he takes mighty precautions against being recognized as the 8,prince of ,darkness0 who aims at our souls4 ,if modern 8spirits0 are devils at all1 as preached by the clergy1 then they can only be those 8poor0 or 8stupid devils0 whom ,max ,mller describes as appearing so often in the ,german and ,norwegian tales4 ,notwithstanding this1 the clergy fear above all to be forced to relinquish this hold on humanity4 ,they are not willing to let us judge of the tree by its fruits1 for that might sometimes force them into dangerous dilemmas4 ,they refuse1 likewise1 to admit1 with unprejudiced people1 that the phenomena of ,spiritualism has unquestionably spiritualized and reclaimed from evil courses many an indomitable atheist and skeptic4 ,but1 as they confess themselves1 what is the use in a ,pope1 if there is no ,devil8 ,and so ,rome sends her ablest advocates and preachers to the rescue of those perishing in 8the bottomless pit40 ,rome employs her cleverest writers for this purpose--albeit they all indignantly deny the accusation--and in the preface to every book put forth by the prolific des ,mousseaux1 the ,french ,tertullian of our century1 we find undeniable proofs of the fact4 ,among other certificates of ecclesiastical approval1 every volume is ornamented with the text of a certain original letter addressed to the very pious author by the world-known ,father ,ventura de ,raulica1 of ,rome4 ,few are those who have not heard this famous name4 ,it is the name of one of the chief pillars of the ,latin ,church1 the ex-,general of the ,order of the ,theatins1 ,consultor of the ,sacred ,congregation of ,rites1 ,examiner of ,bishops1 and of the ,roman ,clergy1 etc41 etc41 etc4 ,this strikingly characteristic document will remain to astonish future generations by its spirit of unsophisticated demonolatry and unblushing sincerity4 ,we translate a fragment verbatim1 and by thus helping its circulation hope to merit the blessings of ,mother ,church3#bc 8,,monsieur ,,and ,,excellent ,,friend3 8,the greatest victory of ,satan was gained on that day when he succeeded in making himself denied4 8,to demonstrate the existence of ,satan1 is to restablish one of the fundamental dogmas of the ,church1 which serve as a basis for ,christianity1 and1 without which1 ,satan would be but a name4444 8,magic1 mesmerism1 magnetism1 somnambulism1 spiritualism1 spiritism1 hypnotism 444 are only other names for ,,satanism4 8,to bring out such a truth and show it in its proper light1 is to unmask the enemy2 it is to unveil the immense danger of certain practices1 reputed innocent2 it is to deserve well in the eyes of humanity and of religion4 8,,father ,,ventura ,,de ,,raulica40 ,a-men6 ,this is an unexpected honor indeed1 for our ,american 8controls0 in general1 and the innocent 8,indian guides0 in particular4 ,to be thus introduced in ,rome as princes of the ,empire of ,eblis1 is more than they could ever hope for in other lands4 ,without in the least suspecting that she was working for the future welfare of her enemies--the spiritualists and spiritists--the ,church1 some twenty years since1 in tolerating des ,mousseaux and de ,mirville as the biographers of the ,devil1 and giving her approbation thereto1 tacitly confessed the literary copartnership4 ,m4 the ,chevalier ,gougenot des ,mousseaux1 and his friend and collaborateur1 the ,marquis ,eudes de ,mirville1 to judge by their long titles1 must be aristocrats pur sang1 and they are1 moreover1 writers of no small erudition and talent4 ,were they to show themselves a little more parsimonious of double points of exclamation following every vituperation1 and invective against ,satan and his worshippers1 their style would be faultless4 ,as it is1 the crusade against the enemy of mankind was fierce1 and lasted for over twenty years4 ,what with the ,catholics piling up their psychological phenomena to prove the existence of a personal devil1 and the ,count de ,gasparin1 an ancient minister of ,louis ,philippe1 collecting volumes of other facts to prove the contrary1 the spiritists of ,france have contracted an everlasting debt of gratitude toward the disputants4 ,the existence of an unseen spiritual universe peopled with invisible beings has now been demonstrated beyond question4 ,ransacking the oldest libraries1 they have distilled from the historical records the quintessence of evidence4 ,all epochs1 from the ,homeric ages down to the present day1 have supplied their choicest materials to these indefatigable authors4 ,in trying to prove the authenticity of the miracles wrought by ,satan in the days preceding the ,christian era1 as well as throughout the middle ages1 they have simply laid a firm foundation for a study of the phenomena in our modern times4 ,though an ardent1 uncompromising enthusiast1 des ,mousseaux unwittingly transforms himself into the tempting demon1 or--as he is fond of calling the ,devil--the 8serpent of ,genesis40 ,in his desire to demonstrate in every manifestation the presence of the ,evil ,one1 he only succeeds in demonstrating that ,spiritualism and magic are no new things in the world1 but very ancient twin-brothers1 whose origin must be sought for in the earliest infancy of ancient ,india1 ,chaldea1 ,babylonia1 ,egypt1 ,persia1 and ,greece4 ,he proves the existence of 8spirits10 whether these be angels or devils1 with such a clearness of argument and logic1 and such an amount of evidence1 historical1 irrefutable1 and strictly authenticated1 that little is left for spiritualist authors who may come after him4 ,how unfortunate that the scientists1 who believe neither in devil nor spirit1 are more than likely to ridicule ,m4 des ,mousseaux's books without reading them1 for they really contain so many facts of profound scientific interest6 ,but what can we expect in our own age of unbelief1 when we find ,plato1 over twenty-two centuries ago1 complaining of the same8 8,me1 too10 says he1 in his ,euthyphron1 8when ,i say anything in the public assembly concerning divine things1 and predict to them what is going to happen1 they ridicule as mad2 and although nothing that ,i have predicted has proved untrue1 yet they envy all such men as we are4 ,however1 we ought not to heed1 but pursue our own way40 ,the literary resources of the ,vatican and other ,catholic repositories of learning must have been freely placed at the disposal of these modern authors4 ,when one has such treasures at hand--original manuscripts1 papyri1 and books pillaged from the richest heathen libraries2 old treatises on magic and alchemy2 and records of all the trials for witchcraft1 and sentences for the same to rack1 stake1 and torture1 it is mighty easy to write volumes of accusations against the ,devil4 ,we affirm on good grounds that there are hundreds of the most valuable works on the occult sciences1 which are sentenced to eternal concealment from the public1 but are attentively read and studied by the privileged who have access to the ,vatican ,library4 ,the laws of nature are the same for heathen sorcerer as for ,catholic saint2 and a 8miracle0 may be produced as well by one as by the other1 without the slightest intervention of ,god or devil4 ,hardly had the manifestations begun to attract attention in ,europe1 than the clergy commenced their outcry that their traditional enemy had reappeared under another name1 and 8divine miracles0 also began to be heard of in isolated instances4 ,first they were confined to humble individuals1 some of whom claimed to have them produced through the intervention of the ,virgin ,mary1 saints and angels2 others--according to the clergy--began to suffer from obsession and possession2 for the ,devil must have his share of fame as well as the ,deity4 ,finding that1 notwithstanding the warning1 the independent1 or so-called spiritual phenomena went on increasing and multiplying1 and that these manifestations threatened to upset the carefully-constructed dogmas of the ,church1 the world was suddenly startled by extraordinary intelligence4 ,in #ahfd1 a whole community became possessed of the ,devil4 ,morzine1 and the awful stories of its demoniacs2 ,valleyres1 and the narratives of its well-authenticated exhibitions of sorcery2 and those of the ,presbytere de ,cideville curdled the blood in ,catholic veins4 ,strange to say1 the question has been asked over and over again1 why the 8divine0 miracles and most of the obsessions are so strictly confined to ,roman ,catholic dioceses and countries8 ,why is it that since the ,reformation there has been scarcely one single divine 8miracle0 in a ,protestant land8 ,of course1 the answer we must expect from ,catholics is1 that the latter are peopled by heretics1 and abandoned by ,god4 ,then why are there no more ,church-miracles in ,russia1 a country whose religion differs from the ,roman ,catholic faith but in external forms of rites1 its fundamental dogmas being identically the same1 except as to the emanation of the ,holy ,ghost8 ,russia has her accepted saints and thaumaturgical relics1 and miracle-working images4 ,the ,st4 ,mitrophaniy of ,voroneg is an authenticated miracle-worker1 but his miracles are limited to healing2 and though hundreds upon hundreds have been healed through faith1 and though the old cathedral is full of magnetic effluvia1 and whole generations will go on believing in his power1 and some persons will always be healed1 still no such miracles are heard of in ,russia as the ,madonna-walking1 and ,madonna letter-writing1 and statue-talking of ,catholic countries4 ,why is this so8 ,simply because the emperors have strictly forbidden that sort of thing4 ,the ,czar1 ,peter the ,great1 stopped every spurious 8divine0 miracle with one frown of his mighty brow4 ,he declared he would have no false miracles played by the holy icones 7images of saints71 and they disappeared forever4#bd ,there are cases on record of isolated and independent phenomena exhibited by certain images in the last century2 the latest was the bleeding of the cheek of an image of the ,virgin1 when a soldier of ,napoleon cut her face in two4 ,this miracle1 alleged to have happened in #ahab1 in the days of the invasion by the 8grand army10 was the final farewell4#be ,but since then1 although the three successive emperors have been pious men1 their will has been respected1 and the images and saints have remained quiet1 and hardly been spoken of except as connected with religious worship4 ,in ,poland1 a land of furious ultramontanism1 there were1 at different times1 desperate attempts at miracle-doing4 ,they died at birth1 however1 for the argus-eyed police were there2 a ,catholic miracle in ,poland1 made public by the priests1 generally meaning political revolution1 bloodshed1 and war4 ,is it then1 not permissible to at least suspect that if1 in one country divine miracles may be arrested by civil and military law1 and in another they never occur1 we must search for the explanation of the two facts in some natural cause1 instead of attributing them to either god or devil8 ,in our opinion--if it is worth anything--the whole secret may be accounted for as follows4 ,in ,russia1 the clergy know better than to bewilder their parishes1 whose piety is sincere and faith strong without miracles2 they know that nothing is better calculated than the latter to sow seeds of distrust1 doubt1 and finally of skepticism which leads directly to atheism4 ,moreover the climate is less propitious1 and the magnetism of the average population too positive1 too healthy1 to call forth independent phenomena2 and fraud would not answer4 ,on the other hand1 neither in ,protestant ,germany1 nor ,england1 nor yet in ,america1 since the days of the ,reformation1 has the clergy had access to any of the ,vatican secret libraries4 ,hence they are all but poor hands at the magic of ,albertus ,magnus4 ,as for ,america being overflowed with sensitives and mediums1 the reason for it is partially attributable to climatic influence and especially to the physiological condition of the population4 ,since the days of the ,salem witchcraft1 #bjj years ago1 when the comparatively few settlers had pure and unadulterated blood in their veins1 nothing much had been heard of 8spirits0 or 8mediums0 until #ahdj4bf ,the phenomena then first appeared among the ascetic and exalted ,shakers1 whose religious aspirations1 peculiar mode of life1 moral purity1 and physical chastity all led to the production of independent phenomena of a psychological as well as physical nature4 ,hundreds of thousands1 and even millions of men from various climates and of different constitutions and habits1 have1 since #afib1 invaded ,north ,america1 and by intermarrying have substantially changed the physical type of the inhabitants4 ,of what country in the world do the women's constitutions bear comparison with the delicate1 nervous1 and sensitive constitutions of the feminine portion of the population of the ,united ,states8 ,we were struck on our arrival in the country with the semi-transparent delicacy of skin of the natives of both sexes4 ,compare a hard-working ,irish factory girl or boy1 with one from a genuine ,american family4 ,look at their hands4 ,one works as hard as the other2 they are of equal age1 and both seemingly healthy2 and still1 while the hands of the one1 after an hour's soaping1 will show a skin little softer than that of a young alligator1 those of the other1 notwithstanding constant use1 will allow you to observe the circulation of the blood under the thin and delicate epidermis4 ,no wonder1 then1 that while ,america is the conservatory of sensitives the majority of its clergy1 unable to produce divine or any other miracles1 stoutly deny the possibility of any phenomena except those produced by tricks and juggling4 ,and no wonder also that the ,catholic priesthood1 who are practically aware of the existence of magic and spiritual phenomena1 and believe in them while dreading their consequences1 try to attribute the whole to the agency of the ,devil4 ,let us adduce one more argument1 if only for the sake of circumstantial evidence4 ,in what countries have 8divine miracles0 flourished most1 been most frequent and most stupendous8 ,catholic ,spain1 and ,pontifical ,italy1 beyond question4 ,and which more than these two1 has had access to ancient literature8 ,spain was famous for her libraries2 the ,moors were celebrated for their profound learning in alchemy and other sciences4 ,the ,vatican is the storehouse of an immense number of ancient manuscripts4 ,during the long interval of nearly #a1ejj years they have been accumulating1 from trial after trial1 books and manuscripts confiscated from their sentenced victims1 to their own profit4 ,the ,catholics may plead that the books were generally committed to the flames2 that the treatises of famous sorcerers and enchanters perished with their accursed authors4 ,but the ,vatican1 if it could speak1 could tell a different story4 ,it knows too well of the existence of certain closets and rooms1 access to which is had but by the very few4 ,it knows that the entrances to these secret hiding-places are so cleverly concealed from sight in the carved frame-work and under the profuse ornamentation of the library-walls1 that there have even been ,popes who lived and died within the precincts of the palace without ever suspecting their existence4 ,but these ,popes were neither ,sylvester ,,ii41 ,benedict ,,ix41 ,john ,,xx41 nor the ,v,ith and ,v,i,ith ,gregory2 nor yet the famous ,borgia of toxicological memory4 ,neither were those who remained ignorant of the hidden lore friends of the sons of ,loyola4 ,where1 in the records of ,european ,magic1 can we find cleverer enchanters than in the mysterious solitudes of the cloister8 ,albert ,magnus1 the famous ,bishop and conjurer of ,ratisbon1 was never surpassed in his art4 ,roger ,bacon was a monk1 and ,thomas ,aquinas one of the most learned pupils of ,albertus4 ,trithemius1 ,abbot of the ,spanheim ,benedictines1 was the teacher1 friend1 and confidant of ,cornelius ,agrippa2 and while the confederations of the ,theosophists were scattered broadcast about ,germany1 where they first originated1 assisting one another1 and struggling for years for the acquirement of esoteric knowledge1 any person who knew how to become the favored pupil of certain monks1 might very soon be proficient in all the important branches of occult learning4 ,this is all in history and cannot be easily denied4 ,magic1 in all its aspects1 was widely and nearly openly practiced by the clergy till the ,reformation4 ,and even he who was once called the 8,father of the ,reformation10 the famous ,john ,reuchlin1#bg author of the ,mirific ,word and friend of ,pico di ,mirandola1 the teacher and instructor of ,erasmus1 ,luther1 and ,melancthon1 was a kabalist and occultist4 ,the ancient ,sortilegium1 or divination by means of ,sortes or lots--an art and practice now decried by the clergy as an abomination1 designated by ,stat4 #aj ,jac4 as felony1#bh and by ,stat4 #ab ,carolus ,,ii4 excepted out of the general pardons1 on the ground of being sorcery--was widely practiced by the clergy and monks4 ,nay1 it was sanctioned by ,st4 ,augustine himself1 who does not 8disapprove of this method of learning futurity1 provided it be not used for worldly purposes40 ,more than that1 he confesses having practiced it himself4#bi ,aye2 but the clergy called it ,sortes ,sanctorum1 when it was they who practiced it2 while the ,sortes ,prnestin1 succeeded by the ,sortes ,homeric and ,sortes ,virgilian1 were abominable heathenism1 the worship of the ,devil1 when used by any one else4 ,gregory de ,tours informs us that when the clergy resorted to the ,sortes their custom was to lay the ,bible on the altar1 and to pray the ,lord that ,he would discover ,his will1 and disclose to them futurity in one of the verses of the book4 ,gilbert de ,nogent writes that in his days 7about the twelfth century7 the custom was1 at the consecration of bishops1 to consult the ,sortes ,sanctorum1 to thereby learn the success and fate of the episcopate4 ,on the other hand1 we are told that the ,sortes ,sanctorum were condemned by the ,council of ,agda1 in #ejf4 ,in this case again we are left to inquire1 in which instance has the infallibility of the ,church failed8 ,was it when she prohibited that which was practiced by her greatest saint and patron1 ,augustine1 or in the twelfth century1 when it was openly and with the sanction of the same ,church practiced by the clergy for the benefit of the bishop's elections8 ,or1 must we still believe that in both of these contradictory cases the ,vatican was inspired by the direct 8spirit of ,god80 ,if any doubt that ,gregory of ,tours approved of a practice that prevails to this day1 more or less1 even among strict ,protestants1 let them read this3 8,lendastus1 ,earl of ,tours1 who was for ruining me with ,queen ,fredegonde1 coming to ,tours1 big with evil designs against me1 ,i withdrew to my oratory under a deep concern1 where ,i took the ,psalms4444 ,my heart revived within me when ,i cast my eyes on this of the seventy-seventh ,psalm3 #8,he caused them to go on with confidence1 whilst the sea swallowed up their enemies4' ,accordingly1 the count spoke not a word to my prejudice2 and leaving ,tours that very day1 the boat in which he was1 sunk in a storm1 but his skill in swimming saved him40 ,the sainted bishop simply confesses here to having practiced a bit of sorcery4 ,every mesmerizer knows the power of will during an intense desire bent on any particular subject4 ,whether in consequence of 8co-incidents0 or otherwise1 the opened verse suggested to his mind revenge by drowning4 ,passing the remainder of the day in 8deep concern10 and possessed by this all-absorbing thought1 the saint--it may be unconsciously--exercises his will on the subject2 and thus while imagining in the accident the hand of ,god1 he simply becomes a sorcerer exercising his magnetic will which reacts on the person feared2 and the count barely escapes with his life4 ,were the accident decreed by ,god1 the culprit would have been drowned2 for a simple bath could not have altered his malevolent resolution against ,st4 ,gregory had he been very intent on it4 ,furthermore1 we find anathemas fulminated against this lottery of fate1 at the council of ,varres1 which forbids 8all ecclesiastics1 under pain of excommunication1 to perform that kind of divination1 or to pry into futurity1 by looking into any book1 or writing1 whatsoever40 ,the same prohibition is pronounced at the councils of ,agda in #ejf1 of ,orleans1 in #eaa1 of ,auxerre in #eie1 and finally at the council of ,aenham in #aaaj2 the latter condemning 8sorcerers1 witches1 diviners1 such as occasioned death by magical operations1 and who practiced fortune-telling by the holy-book lots20 and the complaint of the joint clergy against de ,garlande1 their bishop at ,orleans1 and addressed to ,pope ,alexander ,,iii41 concludes in this manner3 8,let your apostolical hands put on strength to strip naked the iniquity of this man1 that the curse prognosticated on the day of his consecration may overtake him2 for the gospels being opened on the altar according to custom1 the first words were3 and the young man1 leaving his linen cloth1 fled from them naked40#cj ,why then roast the lay-magicians and consulters of books1 and canonize the ecclesiastics8 ,simply because the medival as well as the modern phenomena1 manifested through laymen1 whether produced through occult knowledge or happening independently1 upset the claims of both the ,catholic and ,protestant ,churches to divine miracles4 ,in the face of reiterated and unimpeachable evidence it became impossible for the former to maintain successfully the assertion that seemingly miraculous manifestations by the 8good angels0 and ,god's direct intervention could be produced exclusively by her chosen ministers and holy saints4 ,neither could the ,protestant well maintain on the same ground that miracles had ended with the apostolic ages4 ,for1 whether of the same nature or not1 the modern phenomena claimed close kinship with the biblical ones4 ,the magnetists and healers of our century came into direct and open competition with the apostles4 ,the ,zouave ,jacob1 of ,france1 had outrivalled the prophet ,elijah in recalling to life persons who were seemingly dead2 and ,alexis1 the somnambulist1 mentioned by ,mr4 ,wallace in his work1#ca was1 by his lucidity1 putting to shame apostles1 prophets1 and the ,sibyls of old4 ,since the burning of the last witch1 the great ,revolution of ,france1 so elaborately prepared by the league of the secret societies and their clever emissaries1 had blown over ,europe and awakened terror in the bosom of the clergy4 ,it had1 like a destroying hurricane1 swept away in its course those best allies of the ,church1 the ,roman ,catholic aristocracy4 ,a sure foundation was now laid for the right of individual opinion4 ,the world was freed from ecclesiastical tyranny by opening an unobstructed path to ,napoleon the ,great1 who had given the deathblow to the ,inquisition4 ,this great slaughter-house of the ,christian ,church--wherein she butchered1 in the name of the ,lamb1 all the sheep arbitrarily declared scurvy--was in ruins1 and she found herself left to her own responsibility and resources4 ,so long as the phenomena had appeared only sporadically1 she had always felt herself powerful enough to repress the consequences4 ,superstition and belief in the ,devil were as strong as ever1 and ,science had not yet dared to publicly measure her forces with those of supernatural ,religion4 ,meanwhile the enemy had slowly but surely gained ground4 ,all at once it broke out with an unexpected violence4 8,miracles0 began to appear in full daylight1 and passed from their mystic seclusion into the domain of natural law1 where the profane hand of ,science was ready to strip off their sacerdotal mask4 ,still1 for a time1 the ,church held her position1 and with the powerful help of superstitious fear checked the progress of the intruding force4 ,but1 when in succession appeared mesmerists and somnambulists1 reproducing the physical and mental phenomenon of ecstasy1 hitherto believed to be the special gift of saints2 when the passion for the turning tables had reached in ,france and elsewhere its climax of fury2 when the psychography--alleged spiritual--from a simple curiosity had developed itself and settled into an unabated interest1 and finally ebbed into religious mysticism2 when the echoes aroused by the first raps of ,rochester1 crossing the oceans1 spread until they were re-percussed from nearly every corner of the world--then1 and only then1 the ,latin ,church was fully awakened to a sense of danger4 ,wonder after wonder was reported to have occurred in the spiritual circles and the lecture-rooms of the mesmerists2 the sick were healed1 the blind made to see1 the lame to walk1 the deaf to hear4 ,j4 ,r4 ,newton in ,america1 and ,du ,potet in ,france1 were healing the multitude without the slightest claim to divine intervention4 ,the great discovery of ,mesmer1 which reveals to the earnest inquirer the mechanism of nature1 mastered1 as if by magical power1 organic and inorganic bodies4 ,but this was not the worst4 ,a more direful calamity for the ,church occurred in the evocation from the upper and nether worlds of a multitude of 8spirits10 whose private bearing and conversation gave the direct lie to the most cherished and profitable dogmas of the ,church4 ,these 8spirits0 claimed to be the identical entities1 in a disembodied state1 of fathers1 mothers1 sons1 and daughters1 friends and acquaintances of the persons viewing the weird phenomena4 ,the ,devil seemed to have no objective existence1 and this struck at the very foundation upon which the chair of ,st4 ,peter rested4#cb ,not a spirit except the mocking mannikins of ,planchette would confess to the most distant relationship with the ,satanic majesty1 or accredit him with the governorship of a single inch of territory4 ,the clergy felt their prestige growing weaker every day1 as they saw the people impatiently shaking off1 in the broad daylight of truth1 the dark veils with which they had been blindfolded for so many centuries4 ,then finally1 fortune1 which previously had been on their side in the long-waged conflict between theology and science1 deserted to their adversary4 ,the help of the latter to the study of the occult side of nature was truly precious and timely1 and science has unwittingly widened the once narrow path of the phenomena into a broad highway4 ,had not this conflict culminated at the nick of time1 we might have seen1 reproduced on a miniature scale the disgraceful scenes of the episodes of ,salem witchcraft and the ,nuns of ,loudun4 ,as it was1 the clergy were muzzled4 ,but if science has unintentionally helped the progress of the occult phenomena1 the latter have reciprocally aided science herself4 ,until the days when newly-reincarnated philosophy boldly claimed its place in the world1 there had been but few scholars who had undertaken the difficult task of studying comparative theology4 ,this science occupies a domain heretofore penetrated by few explorers4 ,the necessity which it involved of being well acquainted with the dead languages1 necessarily limited the number of students4 ,besides1 there was less popular need for it so long as people could not replace the ,christian orthodoxy by something more tangible4 ,it is one of the most undeniable facts of psychology1 that the average man can as little exist out of a religious element of some kind1 as a fish out of the water4 ,the voice of truth1 8a voice stronger than the voice of the mightiest thunder10 speaks to the inner man in the nineteenth century of the ,christian era1 as it spoke in the corresponding century ,b4,c4 ,it is a useless and unprofitable task to offer to humanity the choice between a future life and annihilation4 ,the only chance that remains for those friends of human progress who seek to establish for the good of mankind a faith1 henceforth stripped entirely of superstition and dogmatic fetters is to address them in the words of ,joshua3 8,choose ye this day whom you will serve2 whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood1 or the gods of the ,amorites1 in whose land ye dwell40#cc 8,the science of religion10 wrote ,max ,mller in #ahfj1 8is only just beginning4444 ,during the last fifty years the authentic documents of the most important religions in the world have been recovered in a most unexpected and almost miraculous manner4#cd ,we have now before us the ,canonical books of ,buddhism2 the ,zend-,avesta of ,zoroaster is no longer a sealed book2 and the hymns of the ,rig-,veda have revealed a state of religions anterior to the first beginnings of that mythology which in ,homer and ,hesiod stands before us as a mouldering ruin40#ce ,in their insatiable desire to extend the dominion of blind faith1 the early architects of ,christian theology had been forced to conceal1 as much as it was possible1 the true sources of the same4 ,to this end they are said to have burned or otherwise destroyed all the original manuscripts on the ,kabala1 magic1 and occult sciences upon which they could lay their hands4 ,they ignorantly supposed that the most dangerous writings of this class had perished with the last ,gnostic2 but some day they may discover their mistake4 ,other authentic and as important documents will perhaps reppear in a 8most unexpected and almost miraculous manner40 ,there are strange traditions current in various parts of the ,east--on ,mount ,athos and in the ,desert of ,nitria1 for instance--among certain monks1 and with learned ,rabbis in ,palestine1 who pass their lives in commenting upon the ,talmud4 ,they say that not all the rolls and manuscripts1 reported in history to have been burned by ,csar1 by the ,christian mob1 in #chi1 and by the ,arab ,general ,amru1 perished as it is commonly believed2 and the story they tell is the following3 ,at the time of the contest for the throne1 in #ea ,b4,c41 between ,cleopatra and her brother ,dionysius ,ptolemy1 the ,bruckion1 which contained over seven hundred thousand rolls1 all bound in wood and fire-proof parchment1 was undergoing repairs1 and a great portion of the original manuscripts1 considered among the most precious1 and which were not duplicated1 were stored away in the house of one of the librarians4 ,as the fire which consumed the rest was but the result of accident1 no precautions had been taken at the time4 ,but they add1 that several hours passed between the burning of the fleet1 set on fire by ,csar's order1 and the moment when the first buildings situated near the harbor caught fire in their turn2 and that all the librarians1 aided by several hundred slaves attached to the museum1 succeeded in saving the most precious of the rolls4 ,so perfect and solid was the fabric of the parchment1 that while in some rolls the inner pages and the wood-binding were reduced to ashes1 of others the parchment binding remained unscorched4 ,these particulars were all written out in ,greek1 ,latin1 and the ,chaldeo-,syriac dialect1 by a learned youth named ,theodas1 one of the scribes employed in the museum4 ,one of these manuscripts is alleged to be preserved till now in a ,greek convent2 and the person who narrated the tradition to us had seen it himself4 ,he said that many more will see it and learn where to look for important documents1 when a certain prophecy will be fulfilled2 adding1 that most of these works could be found in ,tartary and ,india4#cf ,the monk showed us a copy of the original1 which1 of course1 we could read but poorly1 as we claim but little erudition in the matter of dead languages4 ,but we were so particularly struck by the vivid and picturesque translation of the holy father1 that we perfectly remember some curious paragraphs1 which run1 as far as we can recall them1 as follows3--8,when the ,queen of the ,sun 7,cleopatra7 was brought back to the half-ruined city1 after the fire had devoured the ,glory of the ,world2 and when she saw the mountains of books--or rolls--covering the half-consumed steps of the estrada2 and when she perceived that the inside was gone and the indestructible covers alone remained1 she wept in rage and fury1 and cursed the meanness of her fathers who had grudged the cost of the real ,pergamos for the inside as well as the outside of the precious rolls40 ,further1 our author1 ,theodas1 indulges in a joke at the expense of the queen for believing that nearly all the library was burned2 when1 in fact1 hundreds and thousands of the choicest books were safely stored in his own house and those of other scribes1 librarians1 students1 and philosophers4 ,no more do sundry very learned ,copts scattered all over the ,east in ,asia ,minor1 ,egypt1 and ,palestine believe in the total destruction of the subsequent libraries4 ,for instance1 they say that out of the library of ,attalus ,,iii4 of ,pergamus1 presented by ,antony to ,cleopatra1 not a volume was destroyed4 ,at that time1 according to their assertions1 from the moment that the ,christians began to gain power in ,alexandria--about the end of the fourth century--and ,anatolius1 ,bishop of ,laodicea1 began to insult the national gods1 the ,pagan philosophers and learned theurgists adopted effective measures to preserve the repositories of their sacred learning4 ,theophilus1 a bishop1 who left behind him the reputation of a most rascally and mercenary villain1 was accused by one named ,antoninus1 a famous theurgist and eminent scholar of occult science of ,alexandria1 with bribing the slaves of the ,serapion to steal books which he sold to foreigners at great prices4 ,history tells us how ,theophilus had the best of the philosophers1 in ,a4,d4 #chi2 and how his successor and nephew1 the no less infamous ,cyril1 butchered ,hypatia4 ,suidas gives us some details about ,antoninus1 whom he calls ,antonius1 and his eloquent friend ,olympus1 the defender of the ,serapion4 ,but history is far from being complete in the miserable remnants of books1 which1 crossing so many ages1 have reached our own learned century2 it fails to give the facts relating to the first five centuries of ,christianity which are preserved in the numerous traditions current in the ,east4 ,unauthenticated as these may appear1 there is unquestionably in the heap of chaff much good grain4 ,that these traditions are not oftener communicated to ,europeans is not strange1 when we consider how apt our travellers are to render themselves antagonistic to the natives by their skeptical bearing and1 occasionally1 dogmatic intolerance4 ,when exceptional men like some archologists1 who knew how to win the confidence and even friendship of certain ,arabs1 are favored with precious documents1 it is declared simply a 8coincidence40 ,and yet there are widespread traditions of the existence of certain subterranean1 and immense galleries1 in the neighborhood of ,ishmonia--the 8petrified ,city10 in which are stored numberless manuscripts and rolls4 ,for no amount of money would the ,arabs go near it4 ,at night1 they say1 from the crevices of the desolate ruins1 sunk deep in the unwatered sands of the desert1 stream the rays from lights carried to and fro in the galleries by no human hands4 ,the ,afrites study the literature of the antediluvian ages1 according to their belief1 and the ,djin learns from the magic rolls the lesson of the following day4 ,the ,encyclopedia ,britannica1 in its article on ,alexandria1 says3 8,when the temple of ,serapis was demolished 444 the valuable library was pillaged or destroyed2 and twenty years afterwards#cg the empty shelves excited the regret 444 etc40 ,but it does not state the subsequent fate of the pillaged books4 ,in rivalry of the fierce ,mary-worshippers of the fourth century1 the modern clerical persecutors of liberalism and 8heresy0 would willingly shut up all the heretics and their books in some modern ,serapion and burn them alive4#ch ,the cause of this hatred is natural4 ,modern research has more than ever unveiled the secret4 8,is not the worship of saints and angels now10 said ,bishop ,newton1 years ago1 8in all respects the same that the worship of demons was in former times8 ,the name only is different1 the thing is identically the same 444 the very same temples1 the very same images1 which were once consecrated to ,jupiter and the other demons1 are now consecrated to the ,virgin ,mary and other saints 444 the whole of ,paganism is converted and applied to ,popery40 ,why not be impartial and add that 8a good portion of it was adopted by ,protestant religions also80 ,the very apostolic designation ,peter is from the ,mysteries4 ,the hierophant or supreme pontiff bore the ,chaldean title 1 peter1 or interpreter4 ,the names ,phtah1 ,peth'r1 the residence of ,balaam1 ,patara1 and ,patras1 the names of oracle-cities1 pateres or pateras and1 perhaps1 ,buddha1#ci all come from the same root4 ,jesus says3 8,upon this petra ,i will build my ,church1 and the gates1 or rulers of ,hades1 shall not prevail against it20 meaning by petra the rock-temple1 and by metaphor1 the ,christian ,mysteries2 the adversaries to which were the old mystery-gods of the underworld1 who were worshipped in the rites of ,isis1 ,adonis1 ,atys1 ,sabazius1 ,dionysus1 and the ,eleusinia4 ,no apostle ,peter was ever at ,rome2 but the ,pope1 seizing the sceptre of the ,pontifex ,maximus1 the keys of ,janus and ,kubel1 and adorning his ,christian head with the cap of the ,magna ,mater1 copied from that of the tiara of ,brahmtma1 the ,supreme ,pontiff of the ,initiates of old ,india1 became the successor of the ,pagan high priest1 the real ,peter-,roma1 or ,petroma4#dj ,the ,roman ,catholic ,church has two far mightier enemies than the 8heretics0 and the 8infidels20 and these are--,comparative ,mythology and ,philology4 ,when such eminent divines as the ,rev4 ,james ,freeman ,clarke go so much out of their way to prove to their readers that 8,critical ,theology from the time of ,origen and ,jerome 444 and the ,controversial ,theology during fifteen centuries1 has not consisted in accepting on authority the opinions of other people10 but has shown1 on the contrary1 much 8acute and comprehensive reasoning10 we can but regret that so much scholarship should have been wasted in attempting to prove that which a fair survey of the history of theology upsets at every step4 ,in these 8controversies0 and critical treatment of the doctrines of the ,church one can certainly find any amount of 8acute reasoning10 but far more of a still acuter sophistry4 ,recently the mass of cumulative evidence has been re-inforced to an extent which leaves little1 if any1 room for further controversy4 ,a conclusive opinion is furnished by too many scholars to doubt the fact that ,india was the ,alma-,mater1 not only of the civilization1 arts1 and sciences1 but also of all the great religions of antiquity2 ,judaism1 and hence ,christianity1 included4 ,herder places the cradle of humanity in ,india1 and shows ,moses as a clever and relatively modern compiler of the ancient ,brahmanical traditions3 8,the river which encircles the country 7,india7 is the sacred ,ganges1 which all ,asia considers as the paradisaical river4 ,there1 also1 is the biblical ,gihon1 which is none else but the ,indus4 ,the ,arabs call it so unto this day1 and the names of the countries watered by it are yet existing among the ,hindus40 ,jacolliot claims to have translated every ancient palm-leaf manuscript which he had the fortune of being allowed by the ,brahmans of the pagodas to see4 ,in one of his translations1 we found passages which reveal to us the undoubted origin of the keys of ,st4 ,peter1 and account for the subsequent adoption of the symbol by their ,holinesses1 the ,popes of ,rome4 ,he shows us1 on the testimony of the ,agrouchada ,parikshai1 which he freely translates as 8the ,book of ,spirits0 7,pitris71 that centuries before our era the initiates of the temple chose a ,superior ,council1 presided over by the ,brahm-tma or supreme chief of all these ,initiates4 ,that this pontificate1 which could be exercised only by a ,brahman who had reached the age of eighty years2#da that the ,brahm-tma was sole guardian of the mystic formula1 rsum of every science1 contained in the three mysterious letters1 ,a ,u ,m which signify creation1 conservation1 and transformation4 ,he alone could expound its meaning in the presence of the initiates of the third and supreme degree4 ,whomsoever among these initiates revealed to a profane a single one of the truths1 even the smallest of the secrets entrusted to his care1 was put to death4 ,he who received the confidence had to share his fate4 8,finally1 to crown this able system10 says ,jacolliot1 8there existed a word still more superior to the mysterious monosyllable--,a ,u ,m1 and which rendered him who came into the possession of its key nearly the equal of ,brahma himself4 ,the ,brahm-tma alone possessed this key1 and transmitted it in a sealed casket to his successor4 8,this unknown word1 of which no human power could1 even to-day1 when the ,brahmanical authority has been crushed under the ,mongolian and ,european invasions1 to-day1 when each pagoda has its ,brahm-tma1#db force the disclosure1 was engraved in a golden triangle and preserved in a sanctuary of the temple of ,asgartha1 whose ,brahm-tma alone held the keys4 ,he also bore upon his tiara two crossed keys supported by two kneeling ,brahmans1 symbol of the precious deposit of which he had the keeping4444 ,this word and this triangle were engraved upon the tablet of the ring that this religious chief wore as one of the signs of his dignity2 it was also framed in a golden sun on the altar1 where every morning the ,supreme ,pontiff offered the sacrifice of the sarvameda1 or sacrifice to all the forces of nature40#dc ,is this clear enough8 ,and will the ,catholics still maintain that it was the ,brahmans of #d1jjj years ago who copied the ritual1 symbols1 and dress of the ,roman ,pontiffs8 ,we would not feel in the least surprised4 ,without going very far back into antiquity for comparisons1 if we only stop at the fourth and fifth centuries of our era1 and contrast the so-called 8heathenism0 of the third ,neo-platonic ,eclectic ,school with the growing ,christianity1 the result may not be favorable to the latter4 ,even at that early period1 when the new religion had hardly outlined its contradictory dogmas2 when the champions of the bloodthirsty ,cyril knew not themselves whether ,mary was to become 8the ,mother of ,god10 or rank as a 8demon0 in company with ,isis2 when the memory of the meek and lowly ,jesus still lingered lovingly in every ,christian heart1 and his words of mercy and charity vibrated still in the air1 even then the ,christians were outdoing the ,pagans in every kind of ferocity and religious intolerance4 ,and if we look still farther back1 and seek for examples of true ,christism1 in ages when ,buddhism had hardly superseded ,brahmanism in ,india1 and the name of ,jesus was only to be pronounced three centuries later1 what do we find8 ,which of the holy pillars of the ,church has ever elevated himself to the level of religious tolerance and noble simplicity of character of some heathen8 ,compare1 for instance1 the ,hindu ,asoka1 who lived #cjj ,b4,c41 and the ,carthaginian ,st4 ,augustine1 who flourished three centuries after ,christ4 ,according to ,max ,mller1 this is what is found engraved on the rocks of ,girnar1 ,dhauli1 and ,kapurdigiri3 8,piyadasi1 the king beloved of the gods1 desires that the ascetics of all creeds might reside in all places4 ,all these ascetics profess alike the command which people should exercise over themselves1 and the purity of the soul4 ,but people have different opinions and different inclinations40 ,and here is what ,augustine wrote after his baptism3 8,wondrous depth of thy words6 whose surface1 behold6 is before us1 inviting to little ones2 yet are they a wondrous depth1 ,o my ,god1 a wondrous depth6 ,it is awful to look therein2 yes 444 an awfulness of honor1 and a trembling of love4 ,thy enemies read ,pagans thereof ,i hate vehemently2 ,oh1 that thou wouldst slay them with thy two-edged sword1 that they might no longer be enemies to it2 for so do ,i love to have them slain40#dd ,wonderful spirit of ,christianity2 and that from a ,manichean converted to the religion of one who even on his cross prayed for his enemies6 ,who the enemies of the 8,lord0 were1 according to the ,christians1 is not difficult to surmise2 the few inside the ,augustinian fold were ,his new children and favorites1 who had supplanted in ,his affections the sons of ,israel1 ,his 8chosen people40 ,the rest of mankind were ,his natural foes4 ,the teeming multitudes of heathendom were proper food for the flames of hell2 the handful within the ,church communion1 8heirs of salvation40 ,but if such a proscriptive policy was just1 and its enforcement was 8sweet savor0 in the nostrils of the 8,lord10 why not scorn also the ,pagan rites and philosophy8 ,why draw so deep from the wells of wisdom1 dug and filled up to brim by the same heathen8 ,or did the fathers1 in their desire to imitate the chosen people whose time-worn shoes they were trying to fit upon their feet1 contemplate the renaction of the spoliation-scene of the ,exodus8 ,did they propose1 in fleeing from heathendom as the ,jews did from ,egypt1 to carry off the valuables of its religious allegories1 as the 8chosen ones0 did the gold and silver ornaments8 ,it certainly does seem as if the events of the first centuries of ,christianity were but the reflection of the images thrown upon the mirror of the future at the time of the ,exodus4 ,during the stormy days of ,irenus1 the ,platonic philosophy1 with its mystical submersion into ,deity1 was not so obnoxious after all to the new doctrine as to prevent the ,christians from helping themselves to its abstruse metaphysics in every way and manner4 ,allying themselves with the ascetical theurapeut--forefathers and models of the ,christian monks and hermits1 it was in ,alexandria1 let it be remembered1 that they laid the first foundations of the purely ,platonic trinitarian doctrine4 ,it became the ,plato-,philonean doctrine later1 and such as we find it now4 ,plato considered the divine nature under a three-fold modification of the ,first ,cause1 the reason or ,logos1 and the soul or spirit of the universe4 8,the three archial or original principles10 says ,gibbon1#de 8were represented in the ,platonic system as three gods1 united with each other by a mysterious and ineffable generation40 ,blending this transcendental idea with the more hypostatic figure of the ,logos of ,philo1 whose doctrine was that of the oldest ,kabala1 and who viewed the ,king ,messiah1 as the metatron1 or 8the angel of the ,lord10 the ,legatus descended in flesh1 but not the ,ancient of ,days ,himself2#df the ,christians clothed with this mythical representation of the ,mediator for the fallen race of ,adam1 ,jesus1 the son of ,mary4 ,under this unexpected garb his personality was all but lost4 ,in the modern ,jesus of the ,christian ,church1 we find the ideal of the imaginative ,irenus1 not the adept of the ,essenes1 the obscure reformer from ,galilee4 ,we see him under the disfigured ,plato-,philonean mask1 not as the disciples heard him on the mount4 ,so far then the heathen philosophy had helped them in the building of the principal dogma4 ,but when the theurgists of the third ,neo-platonic school1 deprived of their ancient ,mysteries1 strove to blend the doctrines of ,plato with those of ,aristotle1 and by combining the two philosophies added to their theosophy the primeval doctrines of the ,oriental ,kabala1 then the ,christians from rivals became persecutors4 ,once that the metaphysical allegories of ,plato were being prepared to be discussed in public in the form of ,grecian dialectics1 all the elaborate system of the ,christian trinity would be unravelled and the divine prestige completely upset4 ,the eclectic school1 reversing the order1 had adopted the inductive method2 and this method became its death-knell4 ,of all things on earth1 logic and reasonable explanations were the most hateful to the new religion of mystery2 for they threatened to unveil the whole ground-work of the trinitarian conception2 to apprise the multitude of the doctrine of emanations1 and thus destroy the unity of the whole4 ,it could not be permitted1 and it was not4 ,history records the ,christ-like means that were resorted to4 ,the universal doctrine of emanations1 adopted from time immemorial by the greatest schools which taught the kabalistic1 ,alexandrian1 and ,oriental philosophers1 gives the key to that panic among the ,christian fathers4 ,that spirit of ,jesuitism and clerical craft1 which prompted ,parkhurst1 many centuries later1 to suppress in his ,hebrew ,lexicon the true meaning of the first word of ,genesis1 originated in those days of war against the expiring ,neo-platonic and eclectic school4 ,the fathers had decided to pervert the meaning of the word 8daimon10#dg and they dreaded above all to have the esoteric and true meaning of the word ,rasit unveiled to the multitudes2 for if once the true sense of this sentence1 as well as that of the ,hebrew word asdt 7translated in the ,septuagint 8angels10 while it means emanations71#dh were understood rightly1 the mystery of the ,christian trinity would have crumbled1 carrying in its downfall the new religion into the same heap of ruins with the ancient ,mysteries4 ,this is the true reason why dialecticians1 as well as ,aristotle himself1 the 8prying philosopher10 were ever obnoxious to ,christian theology4 ,even ,luther1 while on his work of reform1 feeling the ground insecure under his feet1 notwithstanding that the dogmas had been reduced by him to their simplest expression1 gave full vent to his fear and hatred for ,aristotle4 ,the amount of abuse he heaped upon the memory of the great logician can only be equalled--never surpassed--by the ,pope's anathemas and invectives against the liberals of the ,italian government4 ,compiled together1 they might easily fill a copy of a new encyclopdia with models for monkish diatribes4 ,of course the ,christian clergy can never get reconciled with a doctrine based on the application of strict logic to discursive reasoning4 ,the number of those who have abandoned theology on this account has never been made known4 ,they have asked questions and been forbidden to ask them2 hence1 separation1 disgust1 and often a despairing plunge into the abyss of atheism4 ,the ,orphean views of ether as chief medium between ,god and created matter were likewise denounced4 ,the ,orphic ther recalled too vividly the ,archeus1 the ,soul of the ,world1 and the latter was in its metaphysical sense as closely related to the emanations1 being the first manifestation--,sephira1 or ,divine ,light4 ,and when could the latter be more feared than at that critical moment8 ,origen1 ,clemens ,alexandrinus1 ,chalcidius1 ,methodius1 and ,maimonides1 on the authority of the ,targum of ,jerusalem1 the orthodox and greatest authority of the ,jews1 held that the first two words in the book of ,genesis--,b-,,rasit1 mean ,wisdom1 or the ,principle4 ,and that the idea of these words meaning 8in the beginning0 was never shared but by the profane1 who were not allowed to penetrate any deeper into the esoteric sense of the sentence4 ,beausobre1 and after him ,godfrey ,higgins1 have demonstrated the fact4 8,all things10 says the ,kabala1 8are derived from one great ,principle1 and this principle is the unknown and invisible ,god4 ,from ,him a substantial power immediately proceeds1 which is the image of ,god1 and the source of all subsequent emanations4 ,this second principle sends forth1 by the energy 7or will and force7 of emanation1 other natures1 which are more or less perfect1 according to their different degrees of distance1 in the scale of emanation1 from the ,first ,source of existence1 and which constitute different worlds1 or orders of being1 all united to the eternal power from which they proceed4 ,matter is nothing more than the most remote effect of the emanative energy of the ,deity4 ,the material world receives its form from the immediate agency of powers far beneath the ,first ,source of ,being#di4444 ,beausobre#ej makes ,st4 ,augustine the ,manichean say thus3 #8,and if by ,rasit we understand the active ,principle of the creation1 instead of its beginning1 in such a case we will clearly perceive that ,moses never meant to say that heaven and earth were the first works of ,god4 ,he only said that ,god created heaven and earth through the ,principle1 who is ,his ,son4 ,it is not the time he points to1 but to the immediate author of the creation4' ,angels1 according to ,augustine1 were created before the firmament1 and according to the esoteric interpretation1 the heaven and earth were created after that1 evolving from the second ,principle or the ,logos--the creative ,deity4 8,the word principle10 says ,beausobre1 8does not mean that the heaven and earth were created before anything else1 for1 to begin with1 the angels were created before that2 but that ,god did everything through ,his ,wisdom1 which is ,his ,verbum1 and which the ,christian ,bible named the ,beginning10 thus adopting the exoteric meaning of the word abandoned to the multitudes4 ,the ,kabala--the ,oriental as well as the ,jewish--shows that a number of emanations 7the ,jewish ,sephiroth7 issued from the ,first ,principle1 the chief of which was ,wisdom4 ,this ,wisdom is the ,logos of ,philo1 and ,michael1 the chief of the ,gnostic ,eons2 it is the ,ormazd of the ,persians2 ,minerva1 goddess of wisdom1 of the ,greeks1 who emanated from the head of ,jupiter2 and the second ,person of the ,christian ,trinity4 ,the early ,fathers of the ,church had not much to exert their imagination2 they found a ready-made doctrine that had existed in every theogony for thousands of years before the ,christian era4 ,their trinity is but the trio of ,sephiroth1 the first three kabalistic lights of which ,moses ,nachmanides says1 that 8they have never been seen by any one2 there is not any defect in them1 nor any disunion40 ,the first eternal number is the ,father1 or the ,chaldean primeval1 invisible1 and incomprehensible chaos1 out of which proceeded the ,intelligible one4 ,the ,egyptian ,phtah1 or 8the ,principle of ,light--not the light itself1 and the ,principle of ,life1 though himself no life40 ,the ,wisdom by which the ,father created the heavens is the ,son1 or the kabalistic androgynous ,adam ,kadmon4 ,the ,son is at once the male ,ra1 or ,light of ,wisdom1 ,prudence or ,intelligence1 ,sephira1 the female part of ,himself2 while from this dual being proceeds the third emanation1 the ,binah or ,reason1 the second ,intelligence--the ,holy ,ghost of the ,christians4 ,therefore1 strictly speaking1 there is a ,,tetraktis or quaternary1 consisting of the ,unintelligible ,first monad1 and its triple emanation1 which properly constitute our ,trinity4 ,how then avoid perceiving at once1 that had not the ,christians purposely disfigured in their interpretation and translation the ,mosaic ,genesis to fit their own views1 their religion1 with its present dogmas1 would have been impossible8 ,the word ,rasit1 once taught in its new sense of the ,principle and not the ,beginning1 and the anathematized doctrine of emanations accepted1 the position of the second trinitarian personage becomes untenable4 ,for1 if the angels are the first divine emanations from the ,divine ,substance1 and were in existence before the ,second ,principle1 then the anthropomorphized ,son is at best an emanation like themselves1 and cannot be ,god hypostatically any more than our visible works are ourselves4 ,that these metaphysical subtleties never entered into the head of the honest-minded1 sincere ,paul1 is evident2 as it is furthermore evident1 that like all learned ,jews he was well acquainted with the doctrine of emanations and never thought of corrupting it4 ,how can any one imagine that ,paul identified the ,son with the ,father1 when he tells us that ,god made ,jesus 8a little lower than the angels0 7,hebrews ii4 #i71 and a little higher than ,moses6 8,for this ,,man was counted worthy of more glory than ,moses0 7,hebrews iii4 #c74 ,of whatever1 or how many forgeries1 interlined later in the ,acts1 the ,fathers are guilty we know not2 but that ,paul never considered ,christ more than a man 8full of the ,spirit of ,god0 is but too evident3 8,in the arche was the ,logos1 and the ,logos was adnate to the ,theos40 ,wisdom1 the first emanation of ,en-,soph2 the ,protogonos1 the ,hypostasis2 the ,adam ,kadmon of the kabalist1 the ,brahma of the ,hindu2 the ,logos of ,plato1 and the 8,beginning0 of ,st4 ,john--is the ,rasit--1 of the ,book of ,genesis4 ,if rightly interpreted it overturns1 as we have remarked1 the whole elaborate system of ,christian theology1 for it proves that behind the creative ,deity1 there was a ,,higher god2 a planner1 an architect2 and that the former was but ,his executive agent--a simple ,,power6 ,they persecuted the ,gnostics1 murdered the philosophers1 and burned the kabalists and the masons2 and when the day of the great reckoning arrives1 and the light shines in darkness1 what will they have to offer in the place of the departed1 expired religion8 ,what will they answer1 these pretended monotheists1 these worshippers and pseudo-servants of the one living ,god1 to their ,creator8 ,how will they account for this long persecution of them who were the true followers of the grand ,megalistor1 the supreme great master of the ,rosicrucians1 the ,,first of masons4 8,for he is the ,builder and ,architect of the ,temple of the universe2 ,he is the ,verbum ,sapienti40#ea 8,every one knows10 wrote the great ,manichean of the third century1 ,fauste1 8that the ,evangeliums were written neither by ,jesus ,christ1 nor his apostles1 but long after their time by some unknown persons1 who1 judging well that they would hardly be believed when telling of things they had not seen themselves1 headed their narratives with the names of the apostles or of disciples contemporaneous with the latter40 ,commenting upon the subject1 ,a4 ,franck1 the learned ,hebrew scholar of the ,institute and translator of the ,kabala1 expresses the same idea4 8,are we not authorized10 he asks1 8to view the ,kabala as a precious remnant of religious philosophy of the ,orient1 which1 transported into ,alexandria1 got mixed to the doctrine of ,plato1 and under the usurped name of ,dionysius the ,areopagite1 bishop of ,athens1 converted and consecrated by ,st4 ,paul1 was thus enabled to penetrate into the mysticism of the medival ages80#eb ,says ,jacolliot3 8,what is then this religious philosophy of the ,orient1 which has penetrated into the mystic symbolism of ,christianity8 ,we answer3 ,this philosophy1 the traces of which we find among the ,magians1 the ,chaldeans1 the ,egyptians1 the ,hebrew kabalists and the ,christians1 is none other than that of the ,hindu ,brahmans1 the sectarians of the pitris1 or the spirits of the invisible worlds which surround us40#ec ,but if the ,gnostics were destroyed1 the ,gnosis1 based on the secret science of sciences1 still lives4 ,it is the earth which helps the woman1 and which is destined to open her mouth to swallow up medival ,christianity1 the usurper and assassin of the great master's doctrine4 ,the ancient ,kabala1 the ,gnosis1 or traditional secret knowledge1 was never without its representatives in any age or country4 ,the trinities of initiates1 whether passed into history or concealed under the impenetrable veil of mystery1 are preserved and impressed throughout the ages4 ,they are known as ,moses1 ,aholiab1 and ,bezaleel1 the son of ,uri1 the son of ,hur1 as ,plato1 ,philo1 and ,pythagoras1 etc4 ,at the ,transfiguration we see them as ,jesus1 ,moses1 and ,elias1 the three ,trismegisti2 and three kabalists1 ,peter1 ,james1 and ,john--whose revelation is the key to all wisdom4 ,we found them in the twilight of ,jewish history as ,zoroaster1 ,abraham1 and ,terah1 and later as ,henoch1 ,ezekiel1 and ,daniel4 ,who1 of those who ever studied the ancient philosophies1 who understand intuitionally the grandeur of their conceptions1 the boundless sublimity of their views of the ,unknown ,deity1 can hesitate for a moment to give the preference to their doctrines over the incomprehensible dogmatic and contradictory theology of the hundreds of ,christian sects8 ,who that ever read ,plato and fathomed his 1 8whom no person has seen except the ,son10 can doubt that ,jesus was a disciple of the same secret doctrine which had instructed the great philosopher8 ,for1 as we have shown before now1 ,plato never claimed to be the inventor of all that he wrote1 but gave credit for it to ,pythagoras1 who1 in his turn1 pointed to the remote ,east as the source whence he derived his information and his philosophy4 ,colebrooke shows that ,plato confesses it in his epistles1 and says that he has taken his teachings from ancient and sacred doctrines6#ed ,moreover1 it is undeniable that the theologies of all the great nations dovetail together and show that each is a part of 8one stupendous whole40 ,like the rest of the initiates we see ,plato taking great pains to conceal the true meaning of his allegories4 ,every time the subject touches the greater secrets of the ,oriental ,kabala1 secret of the true cosmogony of the universe and of the ideal1 prexisting world1 ,plato shrouds his philosophy in the profoundest darkness4 ,his ,timus is so confused that no one but an initiate can understand the secret meaning4 ,and ,mosheim thinks that ,philo has filled his works with passages directly contradicting each other for the sole purpose of concealing the true doctrine4 ,for once we see a critic on the right track4 ,and this very trinitarian idea1 as well as the so bitterly denounced doctrine of emanations1 whence their remotest origin8 ,the answer is easy1 and every proof is now at hand4 ,in the sublime and profoundest of all philosophies1 that of the universal 8,wisdom-,religion10 the first traces of which1 historical research now finds in the old pre-,vedic religion of ,india4 ,as the much-abused ,jacolliot well remarks1 8,it is not in the religious works of antiquity1 such as the ,vedas1 the ,zend ,avesta1 the ,bible1 that we have to search for the exact expression of the ennobling and sublime beliefs of those epochs40#ee 8,the holy primitive syllable1 composed of the three letters ,a--,u--,m41 in which is contained the ,vedic ,trimurti 7,trinity71 must be kept secret1 like another triple ,veda10 says ,manu1 in book xi41 sloka #bfe4 ,swayambhouva is the unrevealed ,deity2 it is the ,being existent through and of itself2 he is the central and immortal germ of all that exists in the universe4 ,three trinities emanate and are confounded in him1 forming a ,supreme unity4 ,these trinities1 or the triple ,trimurti1 are3 the ,nara1 ,nari1 and ,viradyi--the initial triad2 the ,agni1 ,vaya1 and ,sourya--the manifested triad2 ,brahma1 ,vishnu1 and ,siva1 the creative triad4 ,each of these triads becomes less metaphysical and more adapted to the vulgar intelligence as it descends4 ,thus the last becomes but the symbol in its concrete expression2 the necessarianism of a purely metaphysical conception4 ,together with ,swayambhouva1 they are the ten ,sephiroth of the ,hebrew kabalists1 the ten ,hindu ,pragpatis--the ,en-,soph of the former1 answering to the great ,unknown1 expressed by the mystic ,a ,u ,m of the latter4 ,says ,franck1 the translator of the ,kabala3 8,the ten ,sephiroth are divided into three classes1 each of them presenting to us the divinity under a different aspect1 the whole still remaining an indivisible ,trinity4 8,the first three ,sephiroth are purely intellectual in metaphysics1 they express the absolute identity of existence and thought1 and form what the modern kabalists called the intelligible world--which is the first manifestation of ,god4 8,the three that follow1 make us conceive ,god in one of their aspects1 as the identity of goodness and wisdom2 in the other they show to us1 in the ,supreme good1 the origin of beauty and magnificence 7in the creation74 ,therefore1 they are named the virtues1 or the sensible world4 8,finally1 we learn1 by the last three ,sephiroth1 that the ,universal ,providence1 that the ,supreme artist is also absolute ,force1 the all-powerful cause1 and that1 at the same time1 this cause is the generative element of all that is4 ,it is these last ,sephiroth that constitute the natural world1 or nature in its essence and in its active principle1 ,natura naturans40#ef ,this kabalistic conception is thus proved identical with that of the ,hindu philosophy4 ,whoever reads ,plato and his ,dialogue ,timus1 will find these ideas as faithfully re-echoed by the ,greek philosopher4 ,moreover1 the injunction of secrecy was as strict with the kabalists1 as with the initiates of the ,adyta and the ,hindu ,yogis4 8,close thy mouth1 lest thou shouldst speak of this 7the mystery71 and thy heart1 lest thou shouldst think aloud2 and if thy heart has escaped thee1 bring it back to its place1 for such is the object of our alliance0 7,sepher ,jezireh1 ,book of ,creation74 8,this is a secret which gives death3 close thy mouth lest thou shouldst reveal to the vulgar2 compress thy brain lest something should escape from it and fall outside0 7,agrouchada-,parikshai74 ,truly the fate of many a future generation hung on a gossamer thread1 in the days of the third and fourth centuries4 ,had not the ,emperor sent in #chi to ,alexandria a rescript--which was forced from him by the ,christians--for the destruction of every idol1 our own century would never have had a ,christian mythological ,pantheon of its own4 ,never did the ,neo-platonic school reach such a height of philosophy as when nearest its end4 ,uniting the mystic theosophy of old ,egypt with the refined philosophy of the ,greeks2 nearer to the ancient ,mysteries of ,thebes and ,memphis than they had been for centuries2 versed in the science of soothsaying and divination1 as in the art of the ,therapeutists2 friendly with the acutest men of the ,jewish nation1 who were deeply imbued with the ,zoroastrian ideas1 the ,neo-platonists tended to amalgamate the old wisdom of the ,oriental ,kabala with the more refined conceptions of the ,occidental ,theosophists4 ,notwithstanding the treason of the ,christians1 who saw fit1 for political reasons1 after the days of ,constantine1 to repudiate their tutors1 the influence of the new ,platonic philosophy is conspicuous in the subsequent adoption of dogmas1 the origin of which can be traced but too easily to that remarkable school4 ,though mutilated and disfigured1 they still preserve a strong family likeness1 which nothing can obliterate4 ,but1 if the knowledge of the occult powers of nature opens the spiritual sight of man1 enlarges his intellectual faculties1 and leads him unerringly to a profounder veneration for the ,creator1 on the other hand ignorance1 dogmatic narrow-mindedness1 and a childish fear of looking to the bottom of things1 invariably leads to fetish-worship and superstition4 ,when ,cyril1 the ,bishop of ,alexandria1 had openly embraced the cause of ,isis1 the ,egyptian goddess1 and had anthropomorphized her into ,mary1 the mother of ,god2 and the trinitarian controversy had taken place2 from that moment the ,egyptian doctrine of the emanation of the creative ,god out of ,emepht began to be tortured in a thousand ways1 until the ,councils had agreed upon the adoption of it as it now stands--the disfigured ,ternary of the kabalistic ,solomon and ,philo6 ,but as its origin was yet too evident1 the ,word was no longer called the 8,heavenly man10 the primal ,adam ,kadmon1 but became the ,logos--,christ1 and was made as old as the 8,ancient of the ,ancient10 his father4 ,the concealed ,,wisdom became identical with its emanation1 the ,,divine ,,thought1 and made to be regarded coqual and coternal with its first manifestation4 ,if we now stop to consider another of the fundamental dogmas of ,christianity1 the doctrine of atonement1 we may trace it as easily back to heathendom4 ,this corner-stone of a ,church which had believed herself built on a firm rock for long centuries1 is now excavated by science and proved to come from the ,gnostics4 ,professor ,draper shows it as hardly known in the days of ,tertullian1 and as having 8originated among the ,gnostic heretics40#eg ,we will not permit ourselves to contradict such a learned authority1 farther than to state that it originated among them no more than their 8anointed0 ,christos and ,sophia4 ,the former they modelled on the original of the 8,king ,messiah10 the male principle of wisdom1 and the latter on the third ,sephiroth1 from the ,chaldean ,kabala1#eh and even from the ,hindu ,brahma and ,sara-svati1#ei and the ,pagan ,dionysus and ,demeter4 ,and here we are on firm ground1 if it were only because it is now proved that the ,new ,testament never appeared in its complete form1 such as we find it now1 till #cjj years after the period of apostles1#fj and the ,sohar and other kabalistic books are found to belong to the first century before our era1 if not to be far older still4 ,the ,gnostics entertained many of the ,essenean ideas2 and the ,essenes had their 8greater0 and 8minor0 ,mysteries at least two centuries before our era4 ,they were the ,isarim or ,initiates1 the descendants of the ,egyptian hierophants1 in whose country they had been settled for several centuries before they were converted to ,buddhistic monasticism by the missionaries of ,king ,asoka1 and amalgamated later with the earliest ,christians2 and they existed1 probably1 before the old ,egyptian temples were desecrated and ruined in the incessant invasions of ,persians1 ,greeks1 and other conquering hordes4 ,the hierophants had their atonement enacted in the ,mystery of ,initiation ages before the ,gnostics1 or even the ,essenes1 had appeared4 ,it was known among hierophants as the ,,baptism ,,of ,,blood1 and was considered not as an atonement for the 8fall of man0 in ,eden1 but simply as an expiation for the past1 present1 and future sins of ignorant but nevertheless polluted mankind4 ,the hierophant had the option of either offering his pure and sinless life as a sacrifice for his race to the gods whom he hoped to rejoin1 or an animal victim4 ,the former depended entirely on their own will4 ,at the last moment of the solemn 8new birth10 the initiator passed 8the word0 to the initiated1 and immediately after that the latter had a weapon placed in his right hand1 and was ordered to strike4#fa ,this is the true origin of the ,christian dogma of atonement4 ,verily the 8,christs0 of the pre-,christian ages were many4 ,but they died unknown to the world1 and disappeared as silently and as mysteriously from the sight of man as ,moses from the top of ,pisgah1 the mountain of ,nebo 7oracular wisdom71 after he had laid his hands upon ,joshua1 who thus became 8full of the spirit of wisdom0 7i4e41 initiated74 ,nor does the ,mystery of the ,eucharist pertain to ,christians alone4 ,godfrey ,higgins proves that it was instituted many hundreds of years before the 8,paschal ,supper10 and says that 8the sacrifice of bread and wine was common to many ancient nations40#fb ,cicero mentions it in his works1 and wonders at the strangeness of the rite4 ,there had been an esoteric meaning attached to it from the first establishment of the ,mysteries1 and the ,eucharistia is one of the oldest rites of antiquity4 ,with the hierophants it had nearly the same significance as with the ,christians4 ,ceres was bread1 and ,bacchus was wine2 the former meaning regeneration of life from the seed1 and the latter--the grape--the emblem of wisdom and knowledge2 the accumulation of the spirit of things1 and the fermentation and subsequent strength of that esoteric knowledge being justly symbolized by wine4 ,the mystery related to the drama of ,eden2 it is said to have been first taught by ,janus1 who was also the first to introduce in the temples the sacrifices of 8bread0 and 8wine0 in commemoration of the 8fall into generation0 as the symbol of the 8seed40 8,i am the vine1 and my ,father is the husbandman10 says ,jesus1 alluding to the secret knowledge that could be imparted by him4 8,i will drink no more of the fruit of the vine until that day that ,i drink it new in the kingdom of ,god40 ,the festival of the ,eleusinian ,mysteries began in the month of ,bodromion1 which corresponds with the month of ,september1 the time of grape-gathering1 and lasted from the #aeth to the #bb;d of the month1 seven days4#fc ,the ,hebrew festival of the ,feast of ,tabernacles began on the #aeth and ended on the #bb;d of the month of ,ethanim1 which ,dunlap shows as derived from ,adonim1 ,adonia1 ,attenim1 ,ethanim2#fd and this feast is named in ,exodus 7xxiii4 #af7 the feast of ingatherings4 8,all the men of ,israel assembled unto ,king ,solomon at the feast in the month ,ethanim1 which is the seventh40#fe ,plutarch thinks the feast of the booths to be the ,bacchic rites1 not the ,eleusinian4 ,thus 8,bacchus was directly called upon10 he says4 ,the ,sabazian worship was ,sabbatic2 the names ,evius1 or ,hevius1 and ,luaios are identical with ,hivite and ,levite4 ,the ,french name ,louis is the ,hebrew ,levi2 ,iacchus again is ,iao or ,jehovah2 and ,baal or ,adon1 like ,bacchus1 was a phallic god4 8,who shall ascend into the hill 7the high place7 of the ,lord80 asks the holy king ,david1 8who shall stand in the place of his ,kadushu 08 7,psalms xxiv4 #c74 ,kadesh may mean in one sense to devote1 hallow1 sanctify1 and even to initiate or to set apart2 but it also means the ministers of lascivious rites 7the ,venus-worship7 and the true interpretation of the word ,kadesh is bluntly rendered in ,deuteronomy xxiii4 #ag2 ,hosea iv4 #ad2 and ,genesis xxxviii41 from verses #ae to #bb4 ,the 8holy0 ,kadeshuth of the ,bible were identical as to the duties of their office with the ,nautch-girls of the later ,hindu pagodas4 ,the ,hebrew ,kadeshim or galli lived 8by the house of the ,lord1 where the women wove hangings for the grove10 or bust of ,venus-,astart1 says verse the seventh in the twenty-third chapter of #b ,kings4 ,the dance performed by ,david round the ark was the 8circle-dance0 said to have been prescribed by the ,amazons for the ,mysteries4 ,such was the dance of the daughters of ,shiloh 7,judges xxi4 #ba1 #bc et passim71 and the leaping of the prophets of ,baal 7#a ,kings xviii4 #bf74 ,it was simply a characteristic of the ,sabean worship1 for it denoted the motion of the planets round the sun4 ,that the dance was a ,bacchic frenzy is apparent4 ,sistra were used on the occasion1 and the taunt of ,michael and the king's reply are very expressive4 8,the king of ,israel uncovered himself before his maid-servants as one of the vain 7or debauched7 fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself40 ,and he retorts3 8,i will play 7act wantonly7 before 1 and ,i will be yet more vile than this1 and ,i will be base in my own sight40 ,when we remember that ,david had sojourned among the ,tyrians and ,philistines1 where their rites were common2 and that indeed he had conquered that land away from the house of ,saul1 by the aid of mercenaries from their country1 the countenancing and even1 perhaps1 the introduction of such a ,pagan-like worship by the weak 8psalmist0 seems very natural4 ,david knew nothing of ,moses1 it seems1 and if he introduced the ,jehovah-worship it was not in its monotheistic character1 but simply as that of one of the many gods of the neighboring nations--a tutelary deity to whom he had given the preference1 and chosen among 8all other gods40 ,following the ,christian dogmas seriatim1 if we concentrate our attention upon one which provoked the fiercest battles until its recognition1 that of the ,trinity1 what do we find8 ,we meet it1 as we have shown1 northeast of the ,indus2 and tracing it to ,asia ,minor and ,europe1 recognize it among every people who had anything like an established religion4 ,it was taught in the oldest ,chaldean1 ,egyptian1 and ,mithratic schools4 ,the ,chaldean ,sun-god1 ,mithra1 was called 8,triple10 and the trinitarian idea of the ,chaldeans was a doctrine of the ,akkadians1 who1 themselves1 belonged to a race which was the first to conceive a metaphysical trinity4 ,the ,chaldeans are a tribe of the ,akkadians1 according to ,rawlinson1 who lived in ,babylonia from the earliest times4 ,they were ,turanians1 according to others1 and instructed the ,babylonians into the first notions of religion4 ,but these same ,akkadians1 who were they8 ,those scientists who would ascribe to them a ,turanian origin1 make of them the inventors of the cuneiform characters2 others call them ,sumerians2 others again1 respectively1 make their language1 of which 7for very good reasons7 no traces whatever remain--,kasdean1 ,chaldaic1 ,proto-,chaldean1 ,kasdo-,scythic1 and so on4 ,the only tradition worthy of credence is that these ,akkadians instructed the ,babylonians in the ,mysteries1 and taught them the sacerdotal or ,mystery-language4 ,these ,akkadians were then simply a tribe of the ,hindu-,brahmans1 now called ,aryans--their vernacular language1 the ,sanscrit#ff of the ,vedas2 and the sacred or ,mystery-language1 that which1 even in our own age1 is used by the ,hindu fakirs and initiated ,brahmans in their magical evocations4#fg ,it has been1 from time immemorial1 and still is employed by the initiates of all countries1 and the ,thibetan lamas claim that it is in this tongue that appear the mysterious characters on the leaves and bark of the sacred ,koumboum4 ,jacolliot1 who took such pains to penetrate the mysteries of the ,brahmanical initiation in translating and commenting upon the ,agrouchada-,parikshai1 confesses the following3 8,it is pretended also1 without our being able to verify the assertion1 that the magical evocations were pronounced in a particular language1 and that it was forbidden1 under pain of death1 to translate them into vulgar dialects4 ,the rare expressions that we have been able to catch like--,l'rhom1 h'hom1 sh'hrum1 sho'rhim1 are in fact most curious1 and do not seem to belong to any known idiom40#fh ,those who have seen a fakir or a lama reciting his mantras and conjurations1 know that he never pronounces the words audibly when preparing for a phenomenon4 ,his lips move1 and none will ever hear the terrible formula pronounced1 except in the interior of the temples1 and then in a cautious whisper4 ,this1 then1 was the language now respectively baptized by every scientist1 and1 according to his imaginative and philological propensities1 ,kasdeo-,semitic1 ,scythic1 ,proto-,chaldean1 and the like4 ,scarcely two of even the most learned ,sanscrit philologists are agreed as to the true interpretation of ,vedic words4 ,let one put forth an essay1 a lecture1 a treatise1 a translation1 a dictionary1 and straightway all the others fall to quarrelling with each other and with him as to his sins of omission and commission4 ,professor ,whitney1 greatest of ,american ,orientalists1 says that ,professor ,mller's notes on the ,rig ,veda ,snhita 8are far from showing that sound and thoughtful judgment1 that moderation and economy which are among the most precious qualities of an exegete40 ,professor ,mller angrily retorts upon his critics that 8not only is the joy embittered which is the inherent reward of all bona fide work1 but selfishness1 malignity1 aye1 even untruthfulness1 gain the upper hand1 and the healthy growth of science is stunted40 ,he differs 8in many cases from the explanations of ,vedic words given by ,professor ,roth0 in his ,sanscrit ,dictionary1 and ,professor ,whitney shampooes both their heads by saying that there are1 unquestionably1 words and phrases 8as to which both alike will hereafter be set right40 ,in volume i4 of his ,chips1 ,professor ,mller stigmatizes all the ,vedas except the ,rik1 the ,atharva-,veda included1 as 8theological twaddle10 while ,professor ,whitney regards the latter as 8the most comprehensive and valuable of the four collections1 next after the ,rik40 ,to return to the case of ,jacolliot4 ,professor ,whitney brands him as a 8bungler and a humbug10 and1 as we remarked above1 this is the very general verdict4 ,but when the ,bible dans l',inde appeared1 the ,socit ,acadmique de ,saint ,quentin requested ,m4 ,textor de ,ravisi1 a learned ,indianist1 ten years ,governor of ,karikal1 ,india1 to report upon its merits4 ,he was an ardent ,catholic1 and bitterly opposed ,jacolliot's conclusions where they discredited the ,mosaic and ,catholic revelations2 but he was forced to say3 8,written with good faith1 in an easy1 vigorous1 and passionate style1 of an easy and varied argumentation1 the work of ,m4 ,jacolliot is of absorbing interest 444 a learned work on known facts and with familiar arguments40 ,enough4 ,let ,jacolliot have the benefit of the doubt when such very imposing authorities are doing their best to show up each other as incompetents and literary journeymen4 ,we quite agree with ,professor ,whitney that 8the truism1 that for ,european critics8 it is far easier to pull to pieces than to build up1 is nowhere truer than in matters affecting the archology and history of ,india40#fi ,babylonia happened to be situated on the way of the great stream of the earliest ,hindu emigration1 and the ,babylonians were one of the first peoples benefited thereby4#gj ,these ,khaldi were the worshippers of the ,moon-god1 ,deus ,lunus1 from which fact we may infer that the ,akkadians--if such must be their name--belonged to the race of the ,kings of the ,moon1 whom tradition shows as having reigned in ,pruyay--now ,allahabad4 ,with them the trinity of ,deus ,lunus was manifested in the three lunar phases1 completing the quaternary with the fourth1 and typifying the death of the ,moon-god in its gradual waning and final disappearance4 ,this death was allegorized by them1 and attributed to the triumph of the genius of evil over the light-giving deity2 as the later nations allegorized the death of their ,sun-gods1 ,osiris and ,apollo1 at the hands of ,typhon and the great ,dragon ,python1 when the sun entered the winter solstice4 ,babel1 ,arach1 and ,akkad are names of the sun4 ,the ,zoroastrian ,oracles are full and explicit upon the subject of the ,divine ,triad4 8,a triad of ,deity shines forth throughout the whole world1 of which a ,monad is the head10 admits the ,reverend ,dr4 ,maurice4 8,for from this ,triad1 in the bosoms1 are all things governed10 says a ,chaldean oracle4 ,the ,phos1 ,pur1 and ,phlox1 of ,sanchoniathon1#ga are ,light1 ,fire1 and ,flame1 three manifestations of the ,sun who is one4 ,bel-,saturn1 ,jupiter-,bel1 and ,bel or ,baal-,chom are the ,chaldean trinity2#gb ,the ,babylonian ,bel was regarded in the ,triune aspect of ,belitan1 ,zeus-,belus 7the mediator7 and ,baal-,chom who is ,apollo ,chomus4 ,this was the ,triune aspect of the #8,highest ,god1' who is1 according to ,berosus1 either ,el 7the ,hebrew71 ,bel1 ,belitan1 ,mithra1 or ,zervana1 and has the name 1 8the ,father40#gc ,the ,brahma1 ,vishnu1 and ,siva1#gd corresponding to ,power1 ,wisdom1 and ,justice1 which answer in their turn to ,spirit1 ,matter1 ,time1 and the ,past1 ,present1 and ,future1 can be found in the temple of ,gharipuri2 thousands of dogmatic ,brahmans worship these attributes of the ,vedic ,deity1 while the severe monks and nuns of ,buddhistic ,thibet recognize but the sacred trinity of the three cardinal virtues3 ,poverty1 ,chastity1 and ,obedience1 professed by the ,christians1 practiced by the ,buddhists and some ,hindus alone4 ,the ,persian triplicate ,deity also consists of three persons1 ,ormazd1 ,mithra1 and ,ahriman4 8,that is that principle10 says ,porphyry1#ge 8which the author of the ,chaldaic ,summary saith1 #8,they conceive there is one principle of all things1 and declare that is one and good4'0 ,the ,chinese idol ,sanpao1 consists of three equal in all respects2#gf and the ,peruvians 8supposed their ,tanga-tanga to be one in three1 and three in one10 says ,faber4#gg ,the ,egyptians have their ,emepht1 ,eicton1 and ,phta2 and the triple god seated on the ,lotos can be seen in the ,st4 ,petersburg ,museum1 on a medal of the ,northern ,tartars4 ,among the ,church dogmas which have most seriously suffered of late at the hands of the ,orientalists1 the last in question stands conspicuous4 ,the reputation of each of the three personages of the anthropomorphic godhead as an original revelation to the ,christians through ,divine will1 has been badly compromised by inquiry into its predecessors and origin4 ,orientalists have published more about the similarity between ,brahmanism1 ,buddhism1 and ,christianity than was strictly agreeable to the ,vatican4 ,draper's assertion that 8,paganism was modified by ,christianity1 ,christianity by ,paganism10#gh is being daily verified4 8,olympus was restored but the divinities passed under other names10 he says1 treating of the ,constantine period4 8,the more powerful provinces insisted on the adoption of their time-honored conceptions4 ,views of the trinity in accordance with the ,egyptian traditions were established4 ,not only was the adoration of ,isis under a new name restored1 but even her image1 standing on the crescent moon1 reappeared4 ,the well-known effigy of that goddess with the infant ,horus in her arms has descended to our days1 in the beautiful artistic creations of the ,madonna and child40 ,but a still earlier origin than the ,egyptian and ,chaldean can be assigned to the ,virgin 8,mother of ,god10 ,queen of ,heaven4 ,though ,isis is also by right the ,queen of ,heaven1 and is generally represented carrying in her hand the ,crux ,ansata composed of the mundane cross1 and of the ,stauros of the ,gnostics1 she is a great deal younger than the celestial virgin1 ,neith4 ,in one of the tombs of the ,pharaohs--,rhameses1 in the valley of ,biban-el-,molouk1 in ,thebes1 ,champollion1 ,junior1 discovered a picture1 according to his opinion the most ancient ever yet found4 ,it represents the heavens symbolized by the figure of a woman bedecked with stars4 ,the birth of the ,sun is figured by the form of a little child1 issuing from the bosom of its 8,divine ,mother40 ,in the ,book of ,hermes1 8,pimander0 is enunciated in distinct and unequivocal sentences1 the whole trinitarian dogma accepted by the ,christians4 8,the light is me10 says ,pimander1 the ,,divine ,,thought4 8,i am the nous or intelligence1 and ,i am thy god1 and ,i am far older than the human principle which escapes from the shadow4 ,i am the germ of thought1 the resplendent ,,word1 the ,,son of ,god4 ,think that what thus sees and hears in thee1 is the ,verbum of the ,master1 it is the ,thought1 which is ,god the ,father4444 ,the celestial ocean1 the ,,ther1 which flows from east to west1 is the ,breath of the ,father1 the life-giving ,principle1 the ,,holy ,,ghost60 8,for they are not at all separated and their union is ,,life40 ,ancient as may be the origin of ,hermes1 lost in the unknown days of ,egyptian colonization1 there is yet a far older prophecy1 directly relating to the ,hindu ,christna1 according to the ,brahmans4 ,it is1 to say the least1 strange that the ,christians claim to base their religion upon a prophecy of the ,bible1 which exists nowhere in that book4 ,in what chapter or verse does ,jehovah1 the 8,lord ,god10 promise ,adam and ,eve to send them a ,redeemer who will save humanity8 8,i will put enmity between thee and the woman10 says the ,lord ,god to the serpent1 8and between thy seed and her seed2 it shall bruise thy head1 and thou shalt bruise his heel40 ,in these words there is not the slightest allusion to a ,redeemer1 and the subtilest of intellects could not extract from them1 as they stand in the third chapter of ,genesis1 anything like that which the ,christians have contrived to find4 ,on the other hand1 in the traditions and ,manu1 ,brahma promises directly to the first couple to send them a ,saviour who will teach them the way to salvation4 8,it is from the lips of a messenger of ,brahma1 who will be born in ,kuroukshetra1 ,matsya1 and the land of ,pantchola1 also called ,kanya-,cubja 7mountain of the ,virgin71 that all men on earth will learn their duty10 says ,manu 7book ii41 slokas #ai and #bj74 ,the ,mexicans call the ,father of their ,trinity ,yzona1 the ,son ,bacab1 and the ,holy ,ghost ,echvah1 8and say they received it 7the doctrine7 from their ancestors40#gi ,among the ,semitic nations we can trace the trinity to the prehistorical days of the fabled ,sesostris1 who is identified by more than one critic with ,nimrod1 8the mighty hunter40 ,manetho makes the oracle rebuke the king1 when the latter asks1 8,tell me1 ,o thou strong in fire1 who before me could subjugate all things8 and who shall after me80 ,and the oracle saith thus3 8,first ,god1 then the ,word1 and then #8the ,spirit4'0#hj ,in the foregoing lies the foundation of the fierce hatred of the ,christians toward the 8,pagans0 and the theurgists4 ,too much had been borrowed2 the ancient religions and the ,neo-platonists had been laid by them under contribution sufficiently to perplex the world for several thousand years4 ,had not the ancient creeds been speedily obliterated1 it would have been found impossible to preach the ,christian religion as a ,new ,dispensation1 or the direct ,revelation from ,god the ,father1 through ,god the ,son1 and under the influence of ,god the ,holy ,ghost4 ,as a political exigence the ,fathers had--to gratify the wishes of their rich converts--instituted even the festivals of ,pan4 ,they went so far as to accept the ceremonies hitherto celebrated by the ,pagan world in honor of the ,god of the gardens1 in all their primitive sincerity4#ha ,it was time to sever the connection4 ,either the ,pagan worship and the ,neo-platonic theurgy1 with all ceremonial of magic1 must be crushed out forever1 or the ,christians become ,neo-platonists4 ,the fierce polemics and single-handed battles between ,irenus and the ,gnostics are too well known to need repetition4 ,they were carried on for over two centuries after the unscrupulous ,bishop of ,lyons had uttered his last religious paradox4 ,celsus1 the ,neo-platonist1 and a disciple of the school of ,ammonius ,saccas1 had thrown the ,christians into perturbation1 and even had arrested for a time the progress of proselytism by successfully proving that the original and purer forms of the most important dogmas of ,christianity were to be found only in the teachings of ,plato4 ,celsus accused them of accepting the worst superstitions of ,paganism1 and of interpolating passages from the books of the ,sybils1 without rightly understanding their meaning4 ,the accusations were so plausible1 and the facts so patent1 that for a long time no ,christian writer had ventured to answer the challenge4 ,origen1 at the fervent request of his friend1 ,ambrosius1 was the first to take the defense in hand1 for1 having belonged to the same ,platonic school of ,ammonius1 he was considered the most competent man to refute the well-founded charges4 ,but his eloquence failed1 and the only remedy that could be found was to destroy the writings of ,celsus themselves4#hb ,this could be achieved only in the fifth century1 when copies had been taken from this work1 and many were those who had read and studied them4 ,if no copy of it has descended to our present generation of scientists1 it is not because there is none extant at present1 but for the simple reason that the monks of a certain ,oriental church on ,mount ,athos will neither show nor confess they have one in their possession4#hc ,perhaps they do not even know themselves the value of the contents of their manuscripts1 on account of their great ignorance4 ,the dispersion of the ,eclectic school had become the fondest hope of the ,christians4 ,it had been looked for and contemplated with intense anxiety4 ,it was finally achieved4 ,the members were scattered by the hand of the monsters ,theophilus1 ,bishop of ,alexandria1 and his nephew ,cyril--the murderer of the young1 the learned1 and the innocent ,hypatia6#hd ,with the death of the martyred daughter of ,theon1 the mathematician1 there remained no possibility for the ,neo-platonists to continue their school at ,alexandria4 ,during the life-time of the youthful ,hypatia her friendship and influence with ,orestes1 the governor of the city1 had assured the philosophers security and protection against their murderous enemies4 ,with her death they had lost their strongest friend4 ,how much she was revered by all who knew her for her erudition1 noble virtues1 and character1 we can infer from the letters addressed to her by ,synesius1 ,bishop of ,ptolemais1 fragments of which have reached us4 8,my heart yearns for the presence of your divine spirit10 he wrote in #dac ,a4 ,d41 8which more than anything else could alleviate the bitterness of my fortunes40 ,at another time he says3 8,oh1 my mother1 my sister1 my teacher1 my benefactor6 ,my soul is very sad4 ,the recollection of my children ,i have lost is killing me4444 ,when ,i have news of you and learn1 as ,i hope1 that you are more fortunate than myself1 ,i am at least only half-unhappy40 ,what would have been the feelings of this most noble and worthy of ,christian bishops1 who had surrendered family and children and happiness for the faith into which he had been attracted1 had a prophetic vision disclosed to him that the only friend that had been left to him1 his 8mother1 sister1 benefactor10 would soon become an unrecognizable mass of flesh and blood1 pounded to jelly under the blows of the club of ,peter the ,reader--that her youthful1 innocent body would be cut to pieces1 8the flesh scraped from the bones10 by oyster-shells and the rest of her cast into the fire1 by order of the same ,bishop ,cyril he knew so well--,cyril1 the ,,canonized ,saint66#he ,there has never been a religion in the annals of the world with such a bloody record as ,christianity4 ,all the rest1 including the traditional fierce fights of the 8chosen people0 with their next of kin1 the idolatrous tribes of ,israel1 pale before the murderous fanaticism of the alleged followers of ,christ6 ,even the rapid spread of ,mahometanism before the conquering sword of the ,islam prophet1 is a direct consequence of the bloody riots and fights among ,christians4 ,it was the intestine war between the ,nestorians and ,cyrilians that engendered ,islamism2 and it is in the convent of ,bozrah that the prolific seed was first sown by ,bahira1 the ,nestorian monk4 ,freely watered by rivers of blood1 the tree of ,mecca has grown till we find it in the present century overshadowing nearly two hundred millions of people4 ,the recent ,bulgarian atrocities are but the natural outgrowth of the triumph of ,cyril and the ,mariolaters4 ,the cruel1 crafty politician1 the plotting monk1 glorified by ecclesiastical history with the aureole of a martyred saint4 ,the despoiled philosophers1 the ,neo-platonists1 and the ,gnostics1 daily anathematized by the ,church all over the world for long and dreary centuries4 ,the curse of the unconcerned ,deity hourly invoked on the magian rites and theurgic practice1 and the ,christian clergy themselves using sorcery for ages4 ,hypatia1 the glorious maiden-philosopher1 torn to pieces by the ,christian mob4 ,and such as ,catherine de ,medici1 ,lucrezia ,borgia1 ,joanna of ,naples1 and the ,isabellas of ,spain1 presented to the world as the faithful daughters of the ,church--some even decorated by the ,pope with the order of the 8,immaculate ,rose10 the highest emblem of womanly purity and virtue1 a symbol sacred to the ,virgin-mother of ,god6 ,such are the examples of human justice6 ,how far less blasphemous appears a total rejection of ,mary as an immaculate goddess1 than an idolatrous worship of her1 accompanied by such practices4 ,in the next chapter we will present a few illustrations of sorcery1 as practiced under the patronage of the ,roman ,church4 ,,chapter ,,ii4 8,they undertake by scales of miles to tell ,the bounds1 dimensions1 and extent of hell2 99 99 99 99 99 ,where bloated souls in smoky durance hung ,like a ,westphalia gammon or neat's tongue1 ,to be redeemed with masses and a song40 --,,oldham3 ,satires upon the ,jesuits4 8,york4--,but you are more inhuman1 more inexorable-- ,o1 ten times more--than tigers of ,hyrcania40 --,king ,henry ,,vi41 ,part ,third1 ,act i41 ,scene iv4 8,war4--,and hark ye1 ,sirs2 because she is a maid ,spare for no faggots1 let there be enough2 ,place barrels of pitch upon the fatal stake40 --,king ,henry ,,vi41 ,part ,first1 ,act v41 ,scene iv4 ,in that famous work of ,bodin1 on sorcery1#hf a frightful story is told about ,catherine of ,medicis4 ,the author was a learned publicist1 who1 during twenty years of his life1 collected authentic documents from the archives of nearly every important city of ,france1 to make up a complete work on sorcery1 magic1 and the power of various 8demons40 ,to use an expression of ,eliphas ,levi1 his book offers a most remarkable collection of 8bloody and hideous facts2 acts of revolting superstition1 arrests1 and executions of stupid ferocity40 8,burn every body60 the ,inquisition seemed to say--,god will easily sort out ,his own6 ,poor fools1 hysterical women1 and idiots were roasted alive1 without mercy1 for the crime of 8magic40 ,but1 8at the same time1 how many great culprits escaped this unjust and sanguinary justice6 ,this is what ,bodin makes us fully appreciate40 ,catherine1 the pious ,christian--who has so well deserved in the eyes of the ,church of ,christ for the atrocious and never-to-be-forgotten massacre of ,st4 ,bartholomew--the ,queen ,catherine1 kept in her service an apostate ,jacobin priest4 ,well versed in the 8black art10 so fully patronized by the ,medici family1 he had won the gratitude and protection of his pious mistress1 by his unparalleled skill in killing people at a distance1 by torturing with various incantations their wax simulacra4 ,the process has been described over and over again1 and we scarcely need repeat it4 ,charles was lying sick of an incurable disease4 ,the queen-mother who had everything to lose in case of his death1 resorted to necromancy1 and consulted the oracle of the 8bleeding head40 ,this infernal operation required the decapitation of a child who must be possessed of great beauty and purity4 ,he had been prepared in secret for his first communion1 by the chaplain of the palace1 who was apprised of the plot1 and at midnight of the appointed day1 in the chamber of the sick man1 and in presence only of ,catherine and a few of her confederates1 the 8devil's mass0 was celebrated4 ,let us give the rest of the story as we find it in one of ,levi's works3 8,at this mass1 celebrated before the image of the demon1 having under his feet a reversed cross1 the sorcerer consecrated two wafers1 one black and one white4 ,the white was given to the child1 whom they brought clothed as for baptism1 and who was murdered upon the very steps of the altar1 immediately after his communion4 ,his head1 separated from the trunk by a single blow1 was placed1 all palpitating1 upon the great black wafer which covered the bottom of the paten1 then placed upon a table where some mysterious lamps were burning4 ,the exorcism then began1 and the demon was charged to pronounce an oracle1 and reply by the mouth of this head to a secret question that the king dared not speak aloud1 and that had been confided to no one4 ,then a feeble voice1 a strange voice1 which had nothing of human character about it1 made itself audible in this poor little martyr's head40 ,the sorcery availed nothing2 the king died1 and--,catherine remained the faithful daughter of ,rome6 ,how strange1 that des ,mousseaux1 who makes such free use of ,bodin's materials to construct his formidable indictment against ,spiritualists and other sorcerers1 should have overlooked this interesting episode6 ,it is a well-attested fact that ,pope ,sylvester ,,ii4 was publicly accused by ,cardinal ,benno with being a sorcerer and an enchanter4 ,the brazen 8oracular head0 made by his ,holiness was of the same kind as the one fabricated by ,albertus ,magnus4 ,the latter was smashed to pieces by ,thomas ,aquinas1 not because it was the work of or inhabited by a 8demon10 but because the spook who was fixed inside1 by mesmeric power1 talked incessantly1 and his verbiage prevented the eloquent saint from working out his mathematical problems4 ,these heads and other talking statues1 trophies of the magical skill of monks and bishops1 were fac-similes of the 8animated0 gods of the ancient temples4 ,the accusation against the ,pope was proved at the time4 ,it was also demonstrated that he was constantly attended by 8demons0 or spirits4 ,in the preceding chapter we have mentioned ,benedict ,,ix41 ,john ,,xx41 and the ,v,ith and ,v,i,ith ,gregory1 who were all known as magicians4 ,the latter ,pope1 moreover1 was the famous ,hildebrand1 who was said to have been so expert at 8shaking lightning out of his sleeve40 ,an expression which makes the venerable spiritualistic writer1 ,mr4 ,howitt1 think that 8it was the origin of the celebrated thunder of the ,vatican40 ,the magical achievements of the ,bishop of ,ratisbon and those of the 8angelic doctor10 ,thomas ,aquinas1 are too well known to need repetition2 but we may explain farther how the 8illusions0 of the former were produced4 ,if the ,catholic bishop was so clever in making people believe on a bitter winter night that they were enjoying the delights of a splendid summer day1 and cause the icicles hanging from the boughs of the trees in the garden to seem like so many tropical fruits1 the ,hindu magicians also practice such biological powers unto this very day1 and claim the assistance of neither god nor devil4 ,such 8miracles0 are all produced by the same human power that is inherent in every man1 if he only knew how to develop it4 ,about the time of the ,reformation1 the study of alchemy and magic had become so prevalent among the clergy as to produce great scandal4 ,cardinal ,wolsey was openly accused before the court and the privy-council of confederacy with a man named ,wood1 a sorcerer1 who said that 8,my ,lord ,cardinale had suche a rynge that whatsomevere he askyd of the ,kynges grace that he hadd yt20 adding that 8,master ,cromwell1 when he 444 was servaunt in my lord cardynales housse 444 rede many bokes and specyally the boke of ,salamon 444 and studied mettells and what vertues they had after the canon of ,salamon40 ,this case1 with several others equally curious1 is to be found among the ,cromwell papers in the ,record ,office of the ,rolls ,house4 ,a priest named ,william ,stapleton was arrested as a conjurer1 during the reign of ,henry ,,viii41 and an account of his adventures is still preserved in the ,rolls ,house records4 ,the ,sicilian priest whom ,benvenuto ,cellini calls a necromancer1 became famous through his successful conjurations1 and was never molested4 ,the remarkable adventure of ,cellini with him in the ,colosseum1 where the priest conjured up a whole host of devils1 is well known to the reading public4 ,the subsequent meeting of ,cellini with his mistress1 as predicted and brought about by the conjurer1 at the precise time fixed by him1 is to be considered1 as a matter of course1 a 8curious coincidence40 ,in the latter part of the sixteenth century there was hardly a parish to be found in which the priests did not study magic and alchemy4 ,the practice of exorcism to cast out devils 8in imitation of ,christ10 who by the way never used exorcism at all1 led the clergy to devote themselves openly to 8sacred0 magic in contradistinction to black art1 of which latter crime were accused all those who were neither priests nor monks4 ,the occult knowledge gleaned by the ,roman ,church from the once fat fields of theurgy she sedulously guarded for her own use1 and sent to the stake only those practitioners who 8poached0 on her lands of the ,scientia ,scientiarum1 and those whose sins could not be concealed by the friar's frock4 ,the proof of it lies in the records of history4 8,in the course only of fifteen years1 between #aehj to #aeie1 and only in the single province of ,lorraine1 the ,president ,remigius burned #ijj witches10 says ,thomas ,wright1 in his ,sorcery and ,magic4 ,it was during these days1 prolific in ecclesiastical murder and unrivalled for cruelty and ferocity1 that ,jean ,bodin wrote4 ,while the orthodox clergy called forth whole legions of 8demons0 through magical incantations1 unmolested by the authorities1 provided they held fast to the established dogmas and taught no heresy1 on the other hand1 acts of unparalleled atrocity were perpetrated on poor1 unfortunate fools4 ,gabriel ,malagrida1 an old man of eighty1 was burnt by these evangelical ,jack ,ketches in #agfa4 ,in the ,amsterdam library there is a copy of the report of his famous trial1 translated from the ,lisbon edition4 ,he was accused of sorcery and illicit intercourse with the ,devil1 who had 8disclosed to him futurity40 787 ,the prophecy imparted by the ,arch-,enemy to the poor visionary ,jesuit is reported in the following terms3 8,the culprit hath confessed that the demon1 under the form of the blessed ,virgin1 having commanded him to write the life of ,antichrist 7871 told him that he1 ,malagrida1 was a second ,john1 but more clear than ,john the ,evangelist2 that there were to be three ,antichrists1 and that the last should be born at ,milan1 of a monk and a nun1 in the year #aibj2 that he would marry ,proserpine1 one of the infernal furies10 etc4 ,the prophecy is to be verified forty-three years hence4 ,even were all the children born of monks and nuns really to become antichrists if allowed to grow up to maturity1 the fact would seem far less deplorable than the discoveries made in so many convents when the foundations have been removed for some reason4 ,if the assertion of ,luther is to be disbelieved on account of his hatred for popery1 then we may name discoveries of the same character made quite recently in ,austrian and ,russian ,poland4 ,luther speaks of a fish-pond at ,rome1 situated near a convent of nuns1 which1 having been cleared out by order of ,pope ,gregory1 disclosed1 at the bottom1 over six thousand infant skulls2 and of a nunnery at ,neinburg1 in ,austria1 whose foundations1 when searched1 disclosed the same relics of celibacy and chastity6 8,ecclesia non novit ,sanguinem60 meekly repeated the scarlet-robed cardinals4 ,and to avoid the spilling of blood which horrified them1 they instituted the ,holy ,inquisition4 ,if1 as the occultists maintain1 and science half confirms1 our most trifling acts and thoughts are indelibly impressed upon the eternal mirror of the astral ether1 there must be somewhere1 in the boundless realm of the unseen universe1 the imprint of a curious picture4 ,it is that of a gorgeous standard waving in the heavenly breeze at the foot of the great 8white throne0 of the ,almighty4 ,on its crimson damask face a cross1 symbol of 8the ,son of ,god who died for mankind10 with an olive branch on one side1 and a sword1 stained to the hilt with human gore1 on the other4 ,a legend selected from the ,psalms emblazoned in golden letters1 reading thus3 8,exurge1 ,domine1 et judica causam meam40 ,for such appears the standard of the ,inquisition1 on a photograph in our possession1 from an original procured at the ,escurial of ,madrid4 ,under this ,christian standard1 in the brief space of fourteen years1 ,tomas de ,torquemada1 the confessor of ,queen ,isabella1 burned over ten thousand persons1 and sentenced to the torture eighty thousand more4 ,orobio1 the well-known writer1 who was detained so long in prison1 and who hardly escaped the flames of the ,inquisition1 immortalized this institution in his works when once at liberty in ,holland4 ,he found no better argument against the ,holy ,church than to embrace the ,judaic faith and submit even to circumcision4 8,in the cathedral of ,saragossa10 says a writer on the ,inquisition1 8is the tomb of a famous inquisitor4 ,six pillars surround the tomb2 to each is chained a ,moor1 as preparatory to being burned40 ,on this ,st4 ,foix ingenuously observes3 8,if ever the ,jack ,ketch of any country should be rich enough to have a splendid tomb1 this might serve as an excellent model60 ,to make it complete1 however1 the builders of the tomb ought not to have omitted a bas-relief of the famous horse which was burnt for sorcery and witchcraft4 ,granger tells the story1 describing it as having occurred in his time4 ,the poor animal 8had been taught to tell the spots upon cards1 and the hour of the day by the watch4 ,horse and owner were both indicted by the sacred office for dealing with the ,devil1 and both were burned1 with a great ceremony of auto-da-f1 at ,lisbon1 in #afja1 as wizards60 ,this immortal institution of ,christianity did not remain without its ,dante to sing its praise4 8,macedo1 a ,portuguese ,jesuit10 says the author of ,demonologia1 8has discovered the origin of the ,inquisition1 in the terrestrial ,paradise1 and presumes to allege that ,god was the first who began the functions of an inquisitor over ,cain and the workmen of ,babel60 ,nowhere1 during the middle ages1 were the arts of magic and sorcery more practiced by the clergy than in ,spain and ,portugal4 ,the ,moors were profoundly versed in the occult sciences1 and at ,toledo1 ,seville1 and ,salamanca1 were1 once upon a time1 the great schools of magic4 ,the kabalists of the latter town were skilled in all the abstruse sciences2 they knew the virtues of precious stones and other minerals1 and had extracted from alchemy its most profound secrets4 ,the authentic documents pertaining to the great trial of the ,marechale d',ancre1 during the regency of ,marie de ,medicis1 disclose that the unfortunate woman perished through the fault of the priests with whom1 like a true ,italian1 she surrounded herself4 ,she was accused by the people of ,paris of sorcery1 because it had been asserted that she had used1 after the ceremony of exorcism1 newly-killed white cocks4 ,believing herself constantly bewitched1 and being in very delicate health1 the ,marechale had the ceremony of exorcism publicly applied to herself in the ,church of the ,augustins2 as to the birds1 she used them as an application to the forehead on account of dreadful pains in the head1 and had been advised to do so by ,montalto1 the ,jew physician of the queen1 and the ,italian priests4 ,in the sixteenth century1 the ,cur de ,barjota1 of the diocese of ,callahora1 ,spain1 became the world's wonder for his magical powers4 ,his most extraordinary feat consisted1 it was said1 in transporting himself to any distant country1 witnessing political and other events1 and then returning home to predict them in his own country4 ,he had a familiar demon1 who served him faithfully for long years1 says the ,chronicle1 but the cur turned ungrateful and cheated him4 ,having been apprised by his demon of a conspiracy against the ,pope's life1 in consequence of an intrigue of the latter with a fair lady1 the cur transported himself to ,rome 7in his double1 of course7 and thus saved his ,holiness' life4 ,after which he repented1 confessed his sins to the gallant ,pope1 and got absolution4 8,on his return he was delivered1 as a matter of form1 into the custody of the inquisitors of ,logroo1 but was acquitted and restored to his liberty very soon40 ,friar ,pietro1 a ,dominican monk of the fourteenth century--the magician who presented the famous ,dr4 ,eugenio ,torralva1 a physician attached to the house of the admiral of ,castile1 with a demon named ,zequiel--won his fame through the subsequent trial of ,torralva4 ,the procedure and circumstances attendant upon the extraordinary trial are described in the original papers preserved in the ,archives of the ,inquisition4 ,the ,cardinal of ,volterra1 and the ,cardinal of ,santa ,cruz1 both saw and communicated with ,zequiel1 who proved1 during the whole of ,torralva's life1 to be a pure1 kind1 elemental spirit1 doing many beneficent actions1 and remaining faithful to the physician to the last hour of his life4 ,even the ,inquisition acquitted ,torralva1 on that account2 and1 although an immortality of fame was insured to him by the satire of ,cervantes1 neither ,torralva nor the monk ,pietro are fictitious heroes1 but historical personages1 recorded in ecclesiastical documents of ,rome and ,cuena1 in which town the trial of the physician took place1 ,january the #bith #aecj4 ,the book of ,dr4 ,w4 ,g4 ,soldan1 of ,stuttgart1 has become as famous in ,germany1 as ,bodin's book on ,demonomania in ,france4 ,it is the most complete ,german treatise on witchcraft of the sixteenth century4 ,one interested to learn the secret machinery underlying these thousands of legal murders1 perpetrated by a clergy who pretended to believe in the ,devil1 and succeeded in making others believe in him1 will find it divulged in the above-mentioned work4#hg ,the true origin of the daily accusations and death-sentences for sorcery are cleverly traced to personal and political enmities1 and1 above all1 to the hatred of the ,catholics toward the ,protestants4 ,the crafty work of the ,jesuits is seen at every page of the bloody tragedies2 and it is in ,bamberg and ,wrzburg1 where these worthy sons of ,loyola were most powerful at that time1 that the cases of witchcraft were most numerous4 ,on the next page we give a curious list of some victims1 many of whom were children between the ages of seven and eight years1 and ,protestants4 8,of the multitudes of persons who perished at the stake in ,germany during the first half of the seventeenth century for sorcery1 the crime of many was their attachment to the religion of ,luther10 says ,t4 ,wright1 8444 and the petty princes were not unwilling to seize upon any pretense to fill their coffers 444 the persons most persecuted being those whose property was a matter of consideration4444 ,at ,bamberg1 as well as at ,wrzburg1 the bishop was a sovereign prince in his dominions4 ,the ,prince-,bishop1 ,john ,george ,,ii41 who ruled ,bamberg 444 after several unsuccessful attempts to root out ,lutheranism1 distinguished his reign by a series of sanguinary witch-trials1 which disgrace the annals of that city4444 ,we may form some notion of the proceedings of his worthy agent1#hh from the statement of the most authentic historians1 that between #afbe and #afcj1 not less than #ijj trials took place in the two courts of ,bamberg and ,zeil2 and a pamphlet published at ,bamberg by authority1 in #afei1 states the number of persons whom ,bishop ,john ,george had caused to be burned for sorcery1 to have been #fjj40hi ,regretting that space should prevent our giving one of the most curious lists in the world of burned witches1 we will nevertheless make a few extracts from the original record as printed in ,hauber's ,bibliotheca ,magica4 ,one glance at this horrible catalogue of murders in ,christ's name1 is sufficient to discover that out of #afb persons burned1 more than one-half of them are designated as strangers 7i4e41 ,protestants7 in this hospitable town2 and of the other half we find thirty-four children1 the oldest of whom was fourteen1 the youngest an infant child of ,dr4 ,schtz4 ,to make the catalogue shorter we will present of each of the twenty-nine burnings1 but the most remarkable4#ij ,,in ,,the ,,first ,,burning1 ,,four ,,persons4 ,old ,ancker's widow4 ,the wife of ,liebler4 ,the wife of ,gutbrodt4 ,the wife of ,hcker4 ,,in ,,the ,,second ,,burning1 ,,four ,,persons4 ,two strange women 7names unknown74 ,the old wife of ,beutler4 ,,in ,,the ,,third ,,burning1 ,,five ,,persons4 ,tungersleber1 a minstrel4 ,four wives of citizens4 ,,in ,,the ,,fourth ,,burning1 ,,five ,,persons4 ,a strange man4 ,,in ,,the ,,fifth ,,burning1 ,,nine ,,persons4 ,lutz1 an eminent shop-keeper4 ,the wife of ,baunach1 a senator4 ,,in ,,the ,,sixth ,,burning1 ,,six ,,persons4 ,the fat tailor's wife4 ,a strange man4 ,a strange woman4 ,,in ,,the ,,seventh ,,burning1 ,,seven ,,persons4 ,a strange girl of twelve years old4 ,a strange man1 a strange woman4 ,a strange bailiff 7,schultheiss74 ,three strange women4 ,,in ,,the ,,eighth ,,burning1 ,,seven ,,persons4 ,baunach1 a senator1 the fattest citizen in ,wrzburg4 ,a strange man4 ,two strange women4 ,,in ,,the ,,ninth ,,burning1 ,,five ,,persons4 ,a strange man4 ,a mother and daughter4 ,,in ,,the ,,tenth ,,burning1 ,,three ,,persons4 ,steinacher1 a very rich man4 ,a strange man1 a strange woman4 ,,in ,,the ,,eleventh ,,burning1 ,,four ,,persons4 ,two women and two men4 ,,in ,,the ,,twelfth ,,burning1 ,,two ,,persons4 ,two strange women4 ,,in ,,the ,,thirteenth ,,burning1 ,,four ,,persons4 ,a little girl nine or ten years old4 ,a younger girl1 her little sister4 ,,in ,,the ,,fourteenth ,,burning1 ,,two ,,persons4 ,the mother of the two little girls before mentioned4 ,a girl twenty-four years old4 ,,in ,,the ,,fifteenth ,,burning1 ,,two ,,persons4 ,a boy twelve years of age1 in the first school4 ,a woman4 ,,in ,,the ,,sixteenth ,,burning1 ,,six ,,persons4 ,a boy of ten years of age4 ,,in ,,the ,,seventeenth ,,burning1 ,,four ,,persons4 ,a boy eleven years old4 ,a mother and daughter4 ,,in ,,the ,,eighteenth ,,burning1 ,,six ,,persons4 ,two boys1 twelve years old4 ,the daughter of ,dr4 ,junge4 ,a girl of fifteen years of age4 ,a strange woman4 ,,in ,,the ,,nineteenth ,,burning1 ,,six ,,persons4 ,a boy of ten years of age4 ,another boy1 twelve years old4 ,,in ,,the ,,twentieth ,,burning1 ,,six ,,persons4 ,gbel's child1 the most beautiful girl in ,wrzburg4 ,two boys1 each twelve years old4 ,stepper's little daughter4 ,,in ,,the ,,twenty-,,first ,,burning1 ,,six ,,persons4 ,a boy fourteen years old4 ,the little son of ,senator ,stolzenberger4 ,two alumni4 ,,in ,,the ,,twenty-,,second ,,burning1 ,,six ,,persons4 ,strman1 a rich cooper4 ,a strange boy4 ,,in ,,the ,,twenty-,,third ,,burning1 ,,nine ,,persons4 ,david ,croten's boy1 nine years old4 ,the two sons of the prince's cook1 one fourteen1 the other ten years old4 ,,in ,,the ,,twenty-,,fourth ,,burning1 ,,seven ,,persons4 ,two boys in the hospital4 ,a rich cooper4 ,,in ,,the ,,twenty-,,fifth ,,burning1 ,,six ,,persons4 ,a strange boy4 ,,in ,,the ,,twenty-,,sixth ,,burning1 ,,seven ,,persons4 ,weydenbush1 a senator4 ,the little daughter of ,valkenberger4 ,the little son of the town council bailiff4 ,,in ,,the ,,twenty-,,seventh ,,burning1 ,,seven ,,persons4 ,a strange boy4 ,a strange woman4 ,another boy4 ,,in ,,the ,,twenty-,,eighth ,,burning1 ,,six ,,persons4 ,the infant daughter of ,dr4 ,schtz4 ,a blind girl4 ,,in ,,the ,,twenty-,,ninth ,,burning1 ,,seven ,,persons4 ,the fat noble lady 7,edelfrau74 ,a doctor of divinity4 ,item4 8,strange0 men and women1 i4e41 ,protestants1 #bh ,citizens1 apparently all ,,wealthy people1 #ajj ,summary3 ,boys1 girls1 and little children1 #cd --- ,in nineteen months1 #afb persons4 8,there were10 says ,wright1 8little girls of from seven to ten years of age among the witches1 and seven and twenty of them were convicted and burnt10 at some of the other brnde1 or burnings4 8,the numbers brought to trial in these terrible proceedings were so great1 and they were treated with so little consideration1 that it was usual not even to take the trouble of setting down their names1 but they were cited as the accused ,no4 #a1 ,no4 #b1 ,no4 #c1 and so on4#ia ,the ,jesuits took their confessions in private40 ,what room is there in a theology which exacts such holocausts as these to appease the bloody appetites of its priests for the following gentle words3 8,suffer the little children to come unto me1 and forbid them not2 for of such is the kingdom of ,heaven40 8,even so it is not the will of your ,father 444 that one of these little ones should perish40 8,but whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me1 it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depths of the sea40 ,we sincerely hope that the above words have proved no vain threat to these child-burners4 ,did this butchery in the name of their ,moloch-god prevent these treasure-hunters from resorting to the black art themselves8 ,not in the least2 for in no class were such consulters of 8familiar0 spirits more numerous than among the clergy during the fifteenth1 sixteenth1 and seventeenth centuries4 ,true1 there were some ,catholic priests among the victims1 but though these were generally accused of having 8been led into practices too dreadful to be described10 it was not so4 ,in the twenty-nine burnings above catalogued we find the names of twelve vicars1 four canons1 and two doctors of divinity burnt alive4 ,but we have only to turn to such works as were published at the time to assure ourselves that each popish priest executed was accused of 8damnable heresy10 i4e41 a tendency to reformation--a crime more heinous far than sorcery4 ,we refer those who would learn how the ,catholic clergy united duty with pleasure in the matter of exorcisms1 revenge1 and treasure-hunting1 to volume ,,ii41 chapter i41 of ,w4 ,howitt's ,history of the ,supernatural4 8,in the book called ,pneumatologia ,occulta et ,vera1 all the forms of adjuration and conjuration were laid down10 says this veteran writer4 ,he then proceeds to give a long description of the favorite modus operandi4 ,the ,dogme et ,rituel de la ,haute ,magie of the late ,eliphas ,levi1 treated with so much abuse and contempt by des ,mousseaux1 tells nothing of the weird ceremonies and practices but what was practiced legally and with the tacit if not open consent of the ,church1 by the priests of the middle ages4 ,the exorcist-priest entered a circle at midnight2 he was clad in a new surplice1 and had a consecrated band hanging from the neck1 covered with sacred characters4 ,he wore on the head a tall pointed cap1 on the front of which was written in ,hebrew the holy word1 ,tetragrammaton--the ineffable name4 ,it was written with a new pen dipped in the blood of a white dove4 ,what the exorcists most yearned after1 was to release miserable spirits which haunt spots where hidden treasures lie4 ,the exorcist sprinkles the circle with the blood of a black lamb and a white pigeon4 ,the priest had to adjure the evil spirits of hell--,acheront1 ,magoth1 ,asmodei1 ,beelzebub1 ,belial1 and all the damned souls1 in the mighty names of ,jehovah1 ,adonay1 ,elohah1 and ,sabaioth1 which latter was the ,god of ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 who dwelt in the ,urim and ,thummim4 ,when the damned souls flung in the face of the exorcist that he was a sinner1 and could not get the treasure from them1 the priest-sorcerer had to reply that 8all his sins were washed out in the blood of ,christ1#ib and he bid them depart as cursed ghosts and damned flies40 ,when the exorcist dislodged them at last1 the poor soul was 8comforted in the name of the ,saviour1 and consigned to the care of good angels10 who were less powerful1 we must think1 than the exorcising ,catholic worthies1 8and the rescued treasure1 of course1 was secured for the ,church40 8,certain days10 adds ,howitt1 8are laid down in the calendar of the ,church as most favorable for the practice of exorcism2 and1 if the devils are difficult to drive1 a fume of sulphur1 assaftida1 bear's gall1 and rue is recommended1 which1 it was presumed1 would outstench even devils40 ,this is the ,church1 and this the priesthood1 which1 in the nineteenth century1 pays #e1jjj priests to teach the people of the ,united ,states the infidelity of science and the infallibility of the ,bishop of ,rome6 ,we have already noticed the confession of an eminent prelate that the elimination of ,satan from theology would be fatal to the perpetuity of the ,church4 ,but this is only partially true4 ,the ,prince of ,sin would be gone1 but sin itself would survive4 ,if the ,devil were annihilated1 the ,articles of ,faith and the ,bible would remain4 ,in short there would still be a pretended divine revelation1 and the necessity for self-assumed inspired interpreters4 ,we must1 therefore1 consider the authenticity of the ,bible itself4 ,we must study its pages1 and see if they1 indeed1 contain the commands of the ,deity1 or but a compendium of ancient traditions and hoary myths4 ,we must try to interpret them for ourselves--if possible4 ,as to its pretended interpreters1 the only possible assimilation we can find for them in the ,bible is to compare them with the man described by the wise ,king ,solomon in his ,proverbs1 with the perpetrator of these 8six things 444 yea seven 444 which doth the ,lord hate10 and which are an abomination unto ,him1 to wit3 8,a proud look1 a lying tongue1 and hands that shed innocent blood2 an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations1 feet that be swift in running to mischief2 a false witness that speaketh lies1 and he that soweth discord among brethren0 7,proverbs vi4 #af1 #ag1 #ah1 #ai74 ,of which of these accusations are the long line of men who have left the imprint of their feet in the ,vatican guiltless8 8,when the demons10 says ,augustine1 8insinuate themselves in the creatures1 they begin by conforming themselves to the will of every one4444 ,in order to attract men1 they begin by seducing them1 by simulating obedience4444 ,how could one know1 had he not been taught by the demons themselves1 what they like or what they hate2 the name which attracts1 or that which forces them into obedience2 all this art1 in short1 of magic1 the whole science of the magicians80#ic ,to this impressive dissertation of the 8saint10 we will add that no magician has ever denied that he had learned the art from 8spirits10 whether1 being a medium1 they acted independently on him1 or he had been initiated into the science of 8evocation0 by his fathers who knew it before himself4 ,but who was it then that taught the exorcist8 ,the priest who clothes himself with an authority not only over the magician1 but even over all these 8spirits10 whom he calls demons and devils as soon as he finds them obeying any one but himself8 ,he must have learned somewhere from some one that power which he pretends to possess4 ,for1 8444 how could one know had he not been taught by the demons themselves 444 the name which attracts1 or that which forces them into obedience80 asks ,augustine4 ,useless to remark that we know the answer beforehand3 8,revelation 444 divine gift 444 the ,son of ,god2 nay1 ,god ,himself1 through ,his direct ,spirit1 who descended on the apostles as the ,pentecostal fire1 and who is now alleged to overshadow every priest who sees fit to exorcise for either glory or a gift4 ,are we then to believe that the recent scandal of public exorcism1 performed about the #adth of ,october1 #ahgf1 by the senior priest of the ,church of the ,holy ,spirit1 at ,barcelona1 ,spain1 was also done under the direct superintendence of the ,holy ,ghost8#id ,it will be urged that the 8bishop was not cognizant of this freak of the clergy20 but even if he were1 how could he have protested against a rite considered since the days of the apostles1 one of the most holy prerogatives of the ,church of ,rome8 ,so late as in #aheb1 only twenty-five years ago1 these rites received a public and solemn sanction from the ,vatican1 and a new ,ritual of ,exorcism was published in ,rome1 ,paris1 and other ,catholic capitals4 ,des ,mousseaux1 writing under the immediate patronage of ,father ,ventura1 the ,general of the ,theatines of ,rome1 even favors us with lengthy extracts from this famous ritual1 and explains the reason why it was enforced again4 ,it was in consequence of the revival of ,magic under the name of ,modern ,spiritualism4 ,the bull of ,pope ,innocent ,,viii4 is exhumed1 and translated for the benefit of des ,mousseaux's readers4 8,we have heard10 exclaims the ,sovereign ,pontiff1 8that a great number of persons of both sexes have feared not to enter into relations with the spirits of hell2 and that1 by their practice of sorcery 444 they strike with sterility the conjugal bed1 destroy the germs of humanity in the bosom of the mother1 and throw spells on them1 and set a barrier to the multiplication of animals 444 etc41 etc420 then follow curses and anathemas against the practice4 ,this belief of the ,sovereign ,pontiffs of an enlightened ,christian country is a direct inheritance by the most ignorant multitudes from the southern ,hindu rabble--the 8heathen40 ,the diabolical arts of certain kangalins 7witches7 and jadgar 7sorcerers7 are firmly believed in by these people4 ,the following are among their most dreaded powers3 to inspire love and hatred at will2 to send a devil to take possession of a person and torture him2 to expel him2 to cause sudden death or an incurable disease2 to either strike cattle with or protect them from epidemics2 to compose philtres that will either strike with sterility or provoke unbounded passions in men and women1 etc41 etc4 ,the sight alone of a man said to be such a sorcerer excites in a ,hindu profound terror4 ,and now we will quote in this connection the truthful remark of a writer who passed years in ,india in the study of the origin of such superstitions3 8,vulgar magic in ,india1 like a degenerated infiltration1 goes hand-in-hand with the most ennobling beliefs of the sectarians of the ,pitris4 ,it was the work of the lowest clergy1 and designed to hold the populace in a perpetual state of fear4 ,it is thus that in all ages and under every latitude1 side by side with philosophical speculations of the highest character1 one always finds the religion of the rabble40#ie ,in ,india it was the work of the lowest clergy2 in ,rome1 that of the highest ,pontiffs4 ,but then1 have they not as authority their greatest saint1 ,augustine1 who declares that 8whoever believes not in the evil spirits1 refuses to believe in ,holy ,writ80#if ,therefore1 in the second half of the nineteenth century1 we find the counsel for the ,sacred ,congregation of ,rites 7exorcism of demons included71 ,father ,ventura de ,raulica1 writing thus1 in a letter published by des ,mousseaux1 in #ahfe3 8,we are in full magic6 and under false names2 the ,spirit of lies and impudicity goes on perpetrating his horrible deprecations4444 ,the most grievous feature in this is that among the most serious persons they do not attach the importance to the strange phenomena which they deserve1 these manifestations that we witness1 and which become with every day more weird1 striking1 as well as most fatal4 8,i cannot sufficiently admire and praise1 from this standpoint1 the zeal and courage displayed by you in your work4 ,the facts which you have collected are calculated to throw light and conviction into the most skeptical minds2 and after reading this remarkable work1 written with so much learnedness and consciousness1 blindness is no longer possible4 8,if anything could surprise us1 it would be the indifference with which these phenomena have been treated by false ,science1 endeavoring1 as she has1 to turn into ridicule so grave a subject2 the childish simplicity exhibited by her in the desire to explain the facts by absurd and contradictory hypotheses4444#ig ,signed 8,the ,father ,ventura de ,raulica1 etc41 etc40 ,thus encouraged by the greatest authorities of the ,church of ,rome1 ancient and modern1 the ,chevalier argues the necessity and the efficacy of exorcism by the priests4 ,he tries to demonstrate--on faith1 as usual-- that the power of the spirits of hell is closely related to certain rites1 words1 and formal signs4 8,in the diabolical ,catholicism10 he says 8as well as in the divine ,catholicism1 potential grace is bound 7lie7 to certain signs40 ,while the power of the ,catholic priest proceeds from ,god1 that of the ,pagan priest proceeds from the ,devil4 ,the ,devil1 he adds1 8is forced to submission0 before the holy minister of ,god--8he dares not ,,lie40#ih ,we beg the reader to note well the underlined sentence1 as we mean to test its truth impartially4 ,we are prepared to adduce proofs1 undeniable and undenied even by the ,popish ,church--forced1 as she was1 into the confession--proofs of hundreds of cases in relation to the most solemn of her dogmas1 wherein the 8spirits0 lied from beginning to end4 ,how about certain holy relics authenticated by visions of the blessed ,virgin1 and a host of saints8 ,we have at hand a treatise by a pious ,catholic1 ,jilbert de ,nogen1 on the relics of saints4 ,with honest despair he acknowledges the 8great number of false relics1 as well as false legends10 and severely censures the inventors of these lying miracles4 8,it was on the occasion of one of our ,saviour's teeth10 writes the author of ,demonologia1 8that de ,nogen took up his pen on this subject1 by which the monks of ,st4 ,medard de ,soissons pretended to work miracles2 a pretension which he asserted to be as chimerical as that of several persons who believed they possessed the navel1 and other parts less comely1 of the body of ,christ40#ii 8,a monk of ,st4 ,antony10 says ,stephens1#ajj 8having been at ,jerusalem1 saw there several relics1 among which was a bit of the finger of the ,holy ,ghost1 as sound and entire as it had ever been2 the snout of the seraph that appeared to ,st4 ,francis2 one of the nails of a cherub2 one of the ribs of the ,verbum caro factum 7the ,word made flesh72 some rays of the star that appeared to the three kings of the ,east2 a phial of ,st4 ,michael's sweat1 that exuded when he was fighting against the ,devil1 etc4 #8,all which things1' observes the monkish treasurer of relics1 #8,i have brought with me home very devoutly4'0 ,and if the foregoing is set aside as the invention of a ,protestant enemy1 may we not be allowed to refer the reader to the ,history of ,england and authentic documents which state the existence of a relic not less extraordinary than the best of the others8 ,henry ,,iii4 received from the ,grand ,master of the ,templars a phial containing a small portion of the sacred blood of ,christ which he had shed upon the cross4 ,it was attested to be genuine by the seals of the ,patriarch of ,jerusalem1 and others4 ,the procession bearing the sacred phial from ,st4 ,paul's to ,westminster ,abbey is described by the historian3 8,two monks received the phial1 and deposited it in the ,abbey 444 which made all ,england shine with glory1 dedicating it to ,god and ,st4 ,edward40 ,the story of the ,prince ,radzivil is well known4 ,it was the undeniable deception of the monks and nuns surrounding him and his own confessor which made the ,polish nobleman become a ,lutheran4 ,he felt at first so indignant at the 8heresy0 of the ,reformation spreading in ,lithuania1 that he travelled all the way to ,rome to pay his homage of sympathy and veneration to the ,pope4 ,the latter presented him with a precious box of relics4 ,on his return home1 his confessor saw the ,virgin1 who descended from her glorious abode for the sole purpose of blessing these relics and authenticating them4 ,the superior of the neighboring convent and the mother-abbess of a nunnery both saw the same vision1 with a renforcement of several saints and martyrs2 they prophesied and 8felt the ,holy ,ghost0 ascending from the box of relics and overshadowing the prince4 ,a demoniac provided for the purpose by the clergy was exorcised in full ceremony1 and upon being touched by the box immediately recovered1 and rendered thanks on the spot to the ,pope and the ,holy ,ghost4 ,after the ceremony was over the guardian of the treasury in which the relics were kept1 threw himself at the feet of the prince1 and confessed that on their way back from ,rome he had lost the box of relics4 ,dreading the wrath of his master1 he had procured a similar box1 8which he had filled with the small bones of dogs and cats20 but seeing how the prince was deceived1 he preferred confessing his guilt to such blasphemous tricks4 ,the prince said nothing1 but continued for some time testing--not the relics1 but his confessor and the vision-seers4 ,their mock raptures made him discover so thoroughly the gross impositions of the monks and nuns that he joined the ,reformed ,church4 ,this is history4 ,bayle shows that when the ,roman ,church is no longer able to deny that there have been false relics1 she resorts to sophistry1 and replies that if false relics have wrought miracles it is 8because of the good intentions of the believers1 who thus obtained from ,god a reward of their good faith60 ,the same ,bayle shows1 by numerous instances1 that whenever it was proved that several bodies of the same saint1 or three heads of him1 or three arms 7as in the case of ,augustine7 were said to exist in different places1 and that they could not well be all authentic1 the cool and invariable answer of the ,church was that they were all genuine2 for 8,god had multiplied and miraculously reproduced them for the greater glory of ,his ,holy ,church60 ,in other words they would have the faithful believe that the body of a deceased saint may1 through divine miracle1 acquire the physiological peculiarities of a crawfish6 ,we fancy that it would be hard to demonstrate to satisfaction that the visions of ,catholic saints1 are1 in any one particular instance1 better or more trustworthy than the average visions and prophecies of our modern 8mediums40 ,the visions of ,andrew ,jackson ,davis--however our critics may sneer at them--are by long odds more philosophical and more compatible with modern science than the ,augustinian speculations4 ,whenever the visions of ,swedenborg1 the greatest among the modern seers1 run astray from philosophy and scientific truth1 it is when they most run parallel with theology4 ,nor are these visions any more useless to either science or humanity than those of the great orthodox saints4 ,in the life of ,st4 ,bernard it is narrated that as he was once in church1 upon a ,christmas eve1 he prayed that the very hour in which ,christ was born might be revealed to him2 and when the 8true and correct hour came1 he saw the divine babe appear in his manger40 ,what a pity that the divine babe did not embrace so favorable an opportunity to fix the correct day and year of his death1 and thereby reconcile the controversies of his putative historians4 ,the ,tischendorfs1 ,lardners1 and ,colensos1 as well as many a ,catholic divine1 who have vainly squeezed the marrow out of historical records and their own brains1 in the useless search1 would at least have had something for which to thank the saint4 ,as it is1 we are hopelessly left to infer that most of the beatific and divine visions of the ,golden ,legend1 and those to be found in the more complete biographies of the most important 8saints10 as well as most of the visions of our own persecuted seers and seeresses1 were produced by ignorant and undeveloped 8spirits0 passionately fond of personating great historical characters4 ,we are quite ready to agree with the ,chevalier des ,mousseaux1 and other unrelenting persecutors of magic and spiritualism in the name of the ,church1 that modern spirits are often 8lying spirits20 that they are ever on hand to humor the respective hobbies of the persons who communicate with them at 8circles20 that they deceive them and1 therefore1 are not always good 8spirits40 ,but1 having conceded so much1 we will now ask of any impartial person3 is it possible to believe at the same time that the power given to the exorcist-priest1 that supreme and divine power of which he boasts1 has been given to him by ,god for the purpose of deceiving people8 ,that the prayer pronounced by him in the name of ,christ1 and which1 forcing the demon into submission1 makes him reveal himself1 is calculated at the same time to make the devil confess not the truth1 but that only which it is the interest of the church to which the exorcist belongs1 should pass for truth8 ,and this is what invariably happens4 ,compare1 for instance1 the responses given by the demon to ,luther1 with those obtained from the devils by ,st4 ,dominick4 ,the one argues against the private mass1 and upbraids ,luther with placing the ,virgin ,mary and saints before ,christ1 and thus dishonoring the ,son of ,god2#aja while the demons exorcised by ,st4 ,dominick1 upon seeing the ,virgin whom the holy father had also evoked to help him1 roar out3 8,oh6 our enemy6 oh6 our damner6 444 why didst thou descend from heaven to torment us8 ,why art thou so powerful an intercessor for sinners6 ,oh6 thou most certain and secure way to heaven 444 thou commandest us and we are forced to confess that nobody is damned who only perseveres in thy holy worship1 etc41 etc40#ajb ,luther's 8,saint ,satan0 assures him that while believing in the transubstantiation of ,christ's body and blood he had been worshipping merely bread and wine2 and the devils of all the ,catholic saints promise eternal damnation to whomsoever disbelieves or even so much as doubts the dogma6 ,before leaving the subject1 let us give one or two more instances from the ,chronicles of the ,lives of the ,saints1 selected from such narratives as are fully accepted by the ,church4 ,we might fill volumes with proofs of undeniable confederacy between the exorcisers and the demons4 ,their very nature betrays them4 ,instead of being independent1 crafty entities1 bent on the destruction of men's souls and spirits1 the majority of them are simply the elementals of the kabalists2 creatures with no intellect of their own1 but faithful mirrors of the ,,will which evokes1 controls1 and guides them4 ,we will not waste our time in drawing the reader's attention to doubtful or obscure thaumaturgists and exorcisers1 but take as our standard one of the greatest saints of ,catholicism1 and select a bouquet from that same prolific conservatory of pious lies1 ,the ,golden ,legend1 of ,james de ,veragine4#ajc ,st4 ,dominick1 the founder of the famous order of that name1 is one of the mightiest saints on the calendar4 ,his order was the first that received a solemn confirmation from the ,pope1#ajd and he is well known in history as the associate and counsellor of the infamous ,simon de ,montford1 the papal general1 whom he helped to butcher the unfortunate ,albigenses in and near ,toulouse4 ,the story goes that this saint and the ,church after him1 claim that he received from the ,virgin1 in propri person1 a rosary1 whose virtues produced such stupendous miracles that they throw entirely into the shade those of the apostles1 and even of ,jesus himself4 ,a man1 says the biographer1 an abandoned sinner1 was bold enough to doubt the virtue of the ,dominican rosary2 and for this unparalleled blasphemy was punished on the spot by having #ae1jjj devils take possession of him4 ,seeing the great suffering of the tortured demoniac1 ,st4 ,dominick forgot the insult and called the devils to account4 ,following is the colloquy between the 8blessed exorcist0 and the demons3 ,question4--,how did you take possession of this man1 and how many are you8 ,answer of the ,devils4--,we came into him for having spoken disrespectfully of the rosary4 ,we are #ae1jjj4 ,question4--,why did so many as #ae1jjj enter him8 ,answer4--,because there are fifteen decades in the rosary which he derided1 etc4 ,dominick4--,is not all true ,i have said of the virtues of the rosary8 ,devils4--,yes6 ,yes6 7they emit flames through the nostrils of the demoniac74 ,know all ye ,christians that ,dominick never said one word concerning the rosary that is not most true2 and know ye further1 that if you do not believe him1 great calamities will befall you4 ,dominick4--,who is the man in the world the ,devil hates the most8 ,devils4--7,in chorus47 ,thou art the very man 7here follow verbose compliments74 ,dominick4--,of which state of ,christians are there the most damned8 ,devils4--,in hell we have merchants1 pawnbrokers1 fraudulent bankers1 grocers1 ,jews1 apothecaries1 etc41 etc4 ,dominick4--,are there any priests or monks in hell8 ,devils4--,there are a great number of priests1 but no monks1 with the exception of such as have transgressed the rule of their order4 ,dominick4--,have you any ,dominicans8 ,devils4--,alas6 alas6 we have not one yet1 but we expect a great number of them after their devotion is a little cooled4 ,we do not pretend to give the questions and answers literally1 for they occupy twenty-three pages2 but the substance is here1 as may be seen by any one who cares to read the ,golden ,legend4 ,the full description of the hideous bellowings of the demons1 their enforced glorification of the saint1 and so on1 is too long for this chapter4 ,suffice it to say that as we read the numerous questions offered by ,dominick and the answers of the demons1 we become fully convinced that they corroborate in every detail the unwarranted assertions and support the interests of the ,church4 ,the narrative is suggestive4 ,the legend graphically describes the battle of the exorcist with the legion from the bottomless pit4 ,the sulphurous flames which burst forth from the nose1 mouth1 eyes1 and ears1 of the demoniac2 the sudden appearance of over a hundred angels1 clad in golden armor2 and1 finally1 the descent of the blessed ,virgin herself1 in person1 bearing a golden rod1 with which she administers a sound thrashing to the demoniac1 to force the devils to confess that of herself which we scarcely need repeat4 ,the whole catalogue of theological truths uttered by ,dominick's devils were embodied in so many articles of faith by his ,holiness1 the present ,pope1 in #ahgj1 at the last cumenical ,council4 ,from the foregoing it is easy to see that the only substantial difference between infidel 8mediums0 and orthodox saints lies in the relative usefulness of the demons1 if demons we must call them4 ,while the ,devil faithfully supports the ,christian exorcist in his orthodox 787 views1 the modern spook generally leaves his medium in the lurch4 ,for1 by lying1 he acts against his or her interests rather than otherwise1 and thereby too often casts foul suspicion on the genuineness of the mediumship4 ,were modern 8spirits0 devils1 they would evidently display a little more discrimination and cunning than they do4 ,they would act as the demons of the saint which1 compelled by the ecclesiastical magician and by the power of 8the name 444 which forces them into submission10 lie in accordance with the direct interest of the exorcist and his church4 ,the moral of the parallel we leave to the sagacity of the reader4 8,observe well10 exclaims des ,mousseaux1 8that there are demons which sometimes will speak the truth40 8,the exorcist10 he adds1 quoting the ,ritual1 8must command the demon to tell him whether he is detained in the body of the demoniac through some magic art1 or by signs1 or any objects which usually serve for this evil practice4 ,in case the exorcised person has swallowed the latter1 he must vomit them back2 and if they are not in his body1 the demon must indicate the proper place where they are to be found2 and having found them they must be burned40#aje ,thus some demons reveal the existence of the bewitchment1 tell who is its author1 and indicate the means to destroy the malefice4 ,but beware to ever resort1 in such a case1 to magicians1 sorcerers1 or mediums4 ,you must call to help you but the minister of your ,church6 8,the ,church believes in magic1 as you well see10 he adds1 8since she expresses it so formally4 ,and those who disbelieve in magic1 can they still hope to share the faith of their own ,church8 ,and who can teach them better8 ,to whom did ,christ say3 #8,go ye therefore1 and teach all nations 444 and lo1 ,i am with you always1 even to the end of the world8'0#ajf ,are we to believe that he said this but to those who wear these black or scarlet liveries of ,rome8 ,must we then credit the story that this power was given by ,christ to ,simon ,stylites1 the saint who sanctified himself by perching on a pillar 7stylos7 sixty feet high1 for thirty-six years of his life1 without ever descending from it1 in order that1 among other miracles stated in the ,golden ,legend1 he might cure a dragon of a sore eye8 8,near ,simon's pillar was the dwelling of a dragon1 so very venomous that the stench was spread for miles round his cave40 ,this ophidian-hermit met with an accident2 he got a thorn in his eye1 and1 becoming blind1 crept to the saint's pillar1 and pressed his eye against it for three days1 without touching any one4 ,then the blessed saint1 from his arial seat1 8three feet in diameter10 ordered earth and water to be placed on the dragon's eye1 out of which suddenly emerged a thorn 7or stake71 a cubit in length2 when the people saw the 8miracle0 they glorified the ,creator4 ,as to the grateful dragon1 he arose and1 8having adored ,god for two hours1 returned to his cave0#ajg--;a half-converted ophidian1 we must suppose4 ,and what are we to think of that other narrative1 to disbelieve in which is 8to risk one's salvation10 as we were informed by a ,pope's missionary1 of the ,order of the ,franciscans8 ,when ,st4 ,francis preached a sermon in the wilderness1 the birds assembled from the four cardinal points of the world4 ,they warbled and applauded every sentence2 they sang a holy mass in chorus2 finally they dispersed to carry the glad tidings all over the universe4 ,a grasshopper1 profiting by the absence of the ,holy ,virgin1 who generally kept company with the saint1 remained perched on the head of the 8blessed one0 for a whole week4 ,attacked by a ferocious wolf1 the saint1 who had no other weapon but the sign of the cross which he made upon himself1 instead of running away from his rabid assailant1 began arguing with the beast4 ,having imparted to him the benefit to be derived from the holy religion1 ,st4 ,francis never ceased talking until the wolf became as meek as a lamb1 and even shed tears of repentance over his past sins4 ,finally1 he 8stretched his paws in the hands of the saint1 followed him like a dog through all the towns in which he preached1 and became half a ,christian60#ajh ,wonders of zology6 a horse turned sorcerer1 a wolf and a dragon turned ,christians6 ,these two anecdotes1 chosen at random from among hundreds1 if rivalled are not surpassed by the wildest romances of the ,pagan thaumaturgists1 magicians1 and spiritualists6 ,and yet1 when ,pythagoras is said to have subdued animals1 even wild beasts1 merely through a powerful mesmeric influence1 he is pronounced by one-half of the ,catholics a bare-faced impostor1 and by the rest a sorcerer1 who worked magic in confederacy with the ,devil6 ,neither the she-bear1 nor the eagle1 nor yet the bull that ,pythagoras is said to have persuaded to give up eating beans1 were alleged to have answered with human voices2 while ,st4 ,benedict's 8black raven10 whom he called 8brother10 argues with him1 and croaks his answers like a born casuist4 ,when the saint offers him one-half of a poisoned loaf1 the raven grows indignant and reproaches him in ,latin as though he had just graduated at the ,propaganda6 ,if it be objected that the ,golden ,legend is now but half supported by the ,church2 and that it is known to have been compiled by the writer from a collection of the lives of the saints1 for the most part unauthenticated1 we can show that1 at least in one instance1 the biography is no legendary compilation1 but the history of one man1 by another one who was his contemporary4 ,jortin and ,gibbons demonstrated years ago1 that the early fathers used to select narratives1 wherewith to ornament the lives of their apocryphal saints1 from ,ovid1 ,homer1 ,livy1 and even from the unwritten popular legends of ,pagan nations4 ,but such is not the case in the above instances4 ,st4 ,bernard lived in the twelfth century1 and ,st4 ,dominick was nearly contemporaneous with the author of the ,golden ,legend4 ,de ,veragine died in #abih1 and ,dominick1 whose exorcisms and life he describes so minutely1 instituted his order in the first quarter of the thirteenth century4 ,moreover1 de ,veragine was ,vicar-,general of the ,dominicans himself1 in the middle of the same century1 and therefore described the miracles wrought by his hero and patron but a few years after they were alleged to have happened4 ,he wrote them in the same convent2 and while narrating these wonders he had probably fifty persons at hand who had been eye-witnesses to the saint's mode of living4 ,what must we think1 in such a case1 of a biographer who seriously describes the following3 ,one day1 as the blessed saint was occupied in his study1 the ,devil began pestering him1 in the shape of a flea4 ,he frisked and jumped about the pages of his book until the harassed saint1 unwilling as he was to act unkindly1 even toward a devil1 felt compelled to punish him by fixing the troublesome devil on the very sentence on which he stopped1 by clasping the book4 ,at another time the same devil appeared under the shape of a monkey4 ,he grinned so horribly that ,dominick1 in order to get rid of him1 ordered the devil-monkey to take the candle and hold it for him until he had done reading4 ,the poor imp did so1 and held it until it was consumed to the very end of the wick2 and1 notwithstanding his pitiful cries for mercy1 the saint compelled him to hold it till his fingers were burned to the bones6 ,enough6 ,the approbation with which this book was received by the ,church1 and the peculiar sanctity attributed to it1 is sufficient to show the estimation in which veracity was held by its patrons4 ,we may add1 in conclusion1 that the finest quintessence of ,boccaccio's ,decameron appears prudery itself by comparison with the filthy realism of the ,golden ,legend4 ,we cannot regard with too much astonishment the pretensions of the ,catholic ,church in seeking to convert ,hindus and ,buddhists to ,christianity4 ,while the 8heathen0 keeps to the faith of his fathers1 he has at least the one redeeming quality--that of not having apostatized for the mere pleasure of exchanging one set of idols for another4 ,there may be for him some novelty in his embracing ,protestantism2 for in that he gains the advantage1 at least1 of limiting his religious views to their simplest expression4 ,but when a ,buddhist has been enticed into exchanging his ,shoe ,dagoon for the ,slipper of the ,vatican1 or the eight hairs from the head of ,gautama and ,buddha's tooth1 which work miracles1 for the locks of a ,christian saint1 and a tooth of ,jesus1 which work far less clever miracles1 he has no cause to boast of his choice4 ,in his address to the ,literary ,society of ,java1 ,sir ,t4 ,s4 ,raffles is said to have narrated the following characteristic anecdote3 8,on visiting the great temple on the hills of ,nangasaki1 the ,english commissioner was received with marked regard and respect by the venerable patriarch of the northern provinces1 a man eighty years of age1 who entertained him most sumptuously4 ,on showing him round the courts of the temple1 one of the ,english officers present heedlessly exclaimed1 in surprise1 #8,jesus ,christus6' ,the patriarch turning half round1 with a placid smile1 bowed significantly1 with the expression3 #8,we know your ,jasus ,christus6 ,well1 don't obtrude him upon us in our temples1 and we remain friends4' ,and so1 with a hearty shake of the hands1 these two opposites parted40#aji ,there is scarcely a report sent by the missionaries from ,india1 ,thibet1 and ,china1 but laments the diabolical 8obscenity0 of the heathen rites1 their lamentable impudicity2 all of which 8are so strongly suggestive of devil-worship10 as des ,mousseaux tells us4 ,we can scarcely be assured that the morality of the ,pagans would be in the least improved were they allowed a free inquiry into the life of say the psalmist-king1 the author of those sweet ,psalms which are so rapturously repeated by ,christians4 ,the difference between ,david performing a phallic dance before the holy ark--emblem of the female principle--and a ,hindu ,vishnavite bearing the same emblem on his forehead1 favors the former only in the eyes of those who have studied neither the ancient faith nor their own4 ,when a religion which compelled ,david to cut off and deliver two hundred foreskins of his enemies before he could become the king's son-in-law 7#a ,sam4 xviii47 is accepted as a standard by ,christians1 they would do well not to cast into the teeth of heathen the impudicities of their faiths4 ,remembering the suggestive parable of ,jesus1 they ought to cast the beam out of their own eye before plucking at the mote in their neighbor's4 ,the sexual element is as marked in ,christianity as in any one of the 8heathen religions40 ,certainly1 nowhere in the ,vedas can be found the coarseness and downright immodesty of language1 that ,hebraists now discover throughout the ,mosaic ,bible4 ,it would profit little were we to dwell much upon subjects which have been disposed of in such a masterly way by an anonymous author whose work electrified ,england and ,germany last year2#aaj while as regards the particular topic under notice1 we cannot do better than recommend the scholarly writings of ,dr4 ,inman4 ,albeit one-sided1 and in many instances unjust to the ancient heathen1 ,pagan1 and ,jewish religions1 the facts treated in the ,ancient and ,pagan ,christian ,symbolism1 are unimpeachable4 ,neither can we agree with some ,english critics who charge him with an intent to destroy ,christianity4 ,if by ,christianity is meant the external religious forms of worship1 then he certainly seeks to destroy it1 for in his eyes1 as well as in those of every truly religious man1 who has studied ancient exoteric faiths1 and their symbology1 ,christianity is pure heathenism1 and ,catholicism1 with its fetish-worshipping1 is far worse and more pernicious than ,hinduism in its most idolatrous aspect4 ,but while denouncing the exoteric forms and unmasking the symbols1 it is not the religion of ,christ that the author attacks1 but the artificial system of theology4 ,we will allow him to illustrate the position in his own language1 and quote from his preface3 8,when vampires were discovered by the acumen of any observer10 he says1 8they were1 we are told1 ignominiously killed1 by a stake being driven through the body2 but experience showed them to have such tenacity of life that they rose1 again and again1 notwithstanding renewed impalement1 and were not ultimately laid to rest till wholly burned4 ,in like manner1 the regenerated heathendom1 which dominates over the followers of ,jesus of ,nazareth1 has risen again and again1 after being transfixed4 ,still cherished by the many1 it is denounced by the few4 ,amongst other accusers1 ,i raise my voice against the ,paganism which exists so extensively in ecclesiastical ,christianity1 and will do my utmost to expose the imposture4444 ,in a vampire story told in ,thalaba1 by ,southey1 the resuscitated being takes the form of a dearly-beloved maiden1 and the hero is obliged to kill her with his own hand4 ,he does so2 but1 whilst he strikes the form of the loved one1 he feels sure that he slays only a demon4 ,in like manner1 when ,i endeavor to destroy the current heathenism1 which has assumed the garb of ,christianity1 ,i do not attack real religion4#aaa ,few would accuse a workman of malignancy1 who cleanses from filth the surface of a noble statue4 ,there may be some who are too nice to touch a nasty subject1 yet even they will rejoice when some one else removes the dirt4 ,such a scavenger is wanted40#aab ,but is it merely ,pagans and heathen that the ,catholics persecute1 and about whom1 like ,augustine1 they cry to the ,deity1 8,oh1 my ,god6 so do ,i wish ,thy enemies to be slain80 ,oh1 no6 their aspirations are more ,mosaic and ,cain-like than that4 ,it is against their next of kin in faith1 against their schismatic brothers that they are now intriguing within the walls which sheltered the murderous ,borgias4 ,the larv of the infanticidal1 parricidal1 and fratricidal ,popes have proved themselves fit counsellors for the ,cains of ,castelfidardo and ,mentana4 ,it is now the turn of the ,slavonian ,christians1 the ,oriental ,schismatics--the ,philistines of the ,greek ,church6 ,his ,holiness the ,pope1 after exhausting1 in a metaphor of self-laudation1 every point of assimilation between the great biblical prophets and himself1 has finally and truly compared himself with the ,patriarch ,jacob 8wrestling against his ,god40 ,he now crowns the edifice of ,catholic piety by openly sympathizing with the ,turks6 ,the vicegerent of ,god inaugurates his infallibility by encouraging1 in a true ,christian spirit1 the acts of that ,moslem ,david1 the modern ,bashi ,bazuk2 and it seems as if nothing would more please his ,holiness than to be presented by the latter with several thousands of the ,bulgarian or ,servian 8foreskins40 ,true to her policy to be all things to all men to promote her own interests1 the ,romish ,church is1 at this writing 7#ahgf71 benevolently viewing the ,bulgarian and ,servian atrocities1 and1 probably1 manuvring with ,turkey against ,russia4 ,better ,islam1 and the hitherto-hated ,crescent over the sepulchre of the ,christian god1 than the ,greek ,church established at ,constantinople and ,jerusalem as the state religion4 ,like a decrepit and toothless ex-tyrant in exile1 the ,vatican is eager for any alliance that promises1 if not a restoration of its own power1 at least the weakening of its rival4 ,the axe its inquisitors once swung1 it now toys with in secret1 feeling its edge1 and waiting1 and hoping against hope4 ,in her time1 the ,popish ,church has lain with strange bedfellows1 but never before now sunk to the degradation of giving her moral support to those who for over #abjj years spat in her face1 called her adherents 8infidel dogs10 repudiated her teachings1 and denied godhood to her ,god6 ,the press of even ,catholic ,france is fairly aroused at this indignity1 and openly accuses the ,ultramontane portion of the ,catholic ,church and the ,vatican of siding1 during the present ,eastern struggle1 with the ,mahometan against the ,christian4 8,when the ,minister of ,foreign ,affairs in the ,french ,legislature spoke some mild words in favor of the ,greek ,christians1 he was only applauded by the liberal ,catholics1 and received coldly by the ,ultramontane party10 says the ,french correspondent of a ,new ,york paper4 8,so pronounced was this1 that ,m4 ,lemoinne1 the well-known editor of the great liberal ,catholic journal1 the ,dbats1 was moved to say that the ,roman ,church felt more sympathy for the ,moslem than the schismatic1 just as they preferred an infidel to the ,protestant4 #8,there is at bottom1' says this writer1 #8a great affinity between the ,syllabus and the ,koran1 and between the two heads of the faithful4 ,the two systems are of the same nature1 and are united on the common ground of a one and unchangeable theory4' ,in ,italy1 in like manner1 the ,king and ,liberal ,catholics are in warm sympathy with the unfortunate ,christians1 while the ,pope and ,ultramontane faction are believed to be inclining to the ,mahometans40 ,the civilized world may yet expect the apparition of the materialized ,virgin ,mary within the walls of the ,vatican4 ,the so often-repeated 8miracle0 of the ,immaculate ,visitor in the medival ages has recently been enacted at ,lourdes1 and why not once more1 as a coup de grce to all heretics1 schismatics1 and infidels8 ,the miraculous wax taper is yet seen at ,arras1 the chief city of ,artois2 and at every new calamity threatening her beloved ,church1 the 8,blessed ,lady0 appears personally1 and lights it with her own fair hands1 in view of a whole 8biologized0 congregation4 ,this sort of 8miracle10 says ,e4 ,worsley1 wrought by the ,roman ,catholic ,church1 8being most certain1 and never doubted of by any40#aac ,neither has the private correspondence with which the most 8,gracious ,lady0 honors her friends been doubted4 ,there are two precious missives from her in the archives of the ,church4 ,the first purports to be a letter in answer to one addressed to her by ,ignatius4 ,she confirms all things learned by her correspondent from 8her friend0--meaning the ,apostle ,john4 ,she bids him hold fast to his vows1 and adds as an inducement3 8,i and ,john will come together and pay you a visit40#aad ,nothing was known of this unblushing fraud till the letters were published at ,paris1 in #adie4 ,by a curious accident it appeared at a time when threatening inquiries began to be made as to the genuineness of the fourth ,synoptic4 ,who could doubt1 after such a confirmation from headquarters6 ,but the climax of effrontery was capped in #aecd1 when another letter was received from the 8,mediatrix10 which sounds more like the report of a lobby-agent to a brother-politician4 ,it was written in excellent ,latin1 and was found in the ,cathedral of ,messina1 together with the image to which it alludes4 ,its contents run as follows3 8,mary ,virgin1 ,mother of the ,redeemer of the world1 to the ,bishop1 ,clergy1 and the other faithful of ,messina1 sendeth health and benediction from herself and son3#aae 8,whereas ye have been mindful of establishing the worship of me2 now this is to let you know that by so doing ye have found great favor in my sight4 ,i have a long time reflected with pain upon your city1 which is exposed to much danger from its contiguity to the fire of ,etna1 and ,i have often had words about it with my son1 for he was vexed with you because of your guilty neglect of my worship1 so that he would not care a pin about my intercession4 ,now1 however1 that you have come to your senses1 and have happily begun to worship me1 he has conferred upon me the right to become your everlasting protectress2 but1 at the same time1 ,i warn you to mind what you are about1 and give me no cause of repenting of my kindness to you4 ,the prayers and festivals instituted in my honor please me tremendously 7vehementer71 and if you faithfully persevere in these things1 and provided you oppose to the utmost of your power1 the heretics which now-a-days are spreading through the world1 by which both my worship and that of the other saints1 male and female1 are so endangered1 you shall enjoy my perpetual protection4 8,in sign of this compact1 ,i send you down from ,heaven the image of myself1 cast by celestial hands1 and if ye hold it in the honor to which it is entitled1 it will be an evidence to me of your obedience and your faith4 ,farewell4 ,dated in ,heaven1 whilst sitting near the throne of my son1 in the month of ,december1 of the #aecdth year from his incarnation4 8,,mary ,,virgin40 ,the reader should understand that this document is no anti-,catholic forgery4 ,the author from whom it is taken1#aaf says that the authenticity of the missive 8is attested by the ,bishop himself1 his ,vicar-,general1 ,secretary1 and six ,canons of the ,cathedral ,church of ,messina1 all of whom have signed that attestation with their names1 and confirmed it upon oath4 8,both the epistle and image were found upon the high altar1 where they had been placed by angels from heaven40 ,a ,church must have reached the last stages of degradation1 when such sacrilegious trickery as this could be resorted to by its clergy1 and accepted with or without question by the people4 ,no6 far from the man who feels the workings of an immortal spirit within him1 be such a religion6 ,there never was nor ever will be a truly philosophical mind1 whether of ,pagan1 heathen1 ,jew1 or ,christian1 but has followed the same path of thought4 ,gautama-,buddha is mirrored in the precepts of ,christ2 ,paul and ,philo ,judus are faithful echoes of ,plato2 and ,ammonius ,saccas and ,plotinus won their immortal fame by combining the teachings of all these grand masters of true philosophy4 8,prove all things2 hold fast that which is good10 ought to be the motto of all brothers on earth4 ,not so is it with the interpreters of the ,bible4 ,the seed of the ,reformation was sown on the day that the second chapter of ,the ,catholic ,epistle of ,james1 jostled the eleventh chapter of the ,epistle to the ,hebrews in the same ,new ,testament4 ,one who believes in ,paul cannot believe in ,james1 ,peter1 and ,john4 ,the ,paulists1 to remain ,christians with their apostle1 must withstand ,peter 8to the face20 and if ,peter 8was to be blamed0 and was wrong1 then he was not infallible4 ,how then can his successor 787 boast of his infallibility8 ,every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation2 and every house divided against itself must fall4 ,a plurality of masters has proved as fatal in religions as in politics4 ,what ,paul preached1 was preached by every other mystic philosopher4 8,stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith ,christ hath made us free1 and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage60 exclaims the honest apostle-philosopher2 and adds1 as if prophetically inspired3 8,but if ye bite and devour one another1 take heed that ye be not consumed one of another40 ,that the ,neo-platonists were not always despised or accused of demonolatry is evidenced in the adoption by the ,roman ,church of their very rites and theurgy4 ,the identical evocations and incantations of the ,pagan and ,jewish ,kabalist1 are now repeated by the ,christian exorcist1 and the theurgy of ,iamblichus was adopted word for word4 8,distinct as were the ,platonists and ,pauline ,christians of the earlier centuries10 writes ,professor ,a4 ,wilder1 8many of the more distinguished teachers of the new faith were deeply tinctured with the philosophical leaven4 ,synesius1 the ,bishop of ,cyrene1 was the disciple of ,hypatia4 ,st4 ,anthony reiterated the theurgy of ,iamblichus4 ,the ,logos1 or word of the ,gospel according to ,john1 was a ,gnostic personification4 ,clement of ,alexandria1 ,origen1 and others of the fathers drank deeply from the fountains of philosophy4 ,the ascetic idea which carried away the ,church was like that which was practiced by ,plotinus 444 all through the middle ages there rose up men who accepted the interior doctrines which were promulgated by the renowned teacher of the ,academy40#aag ,to substantiate our accusation that the ,latin ,church first despoiled the kabalists and theurgists of their magical rites and ceremonies1 before hurling anathemas upon their devoted heads1 we will now translate for the reader fragments from the forms of exorcism employed by kabalists and ,christians4 ,the identity in phraseology1 may1 perhaps1 disclose one of the reasons why the ,romish ,church has always desired to keep the faithful in ignorance of the meaning of her ,latin prayers and ritual4 ,only those directly interested in the deception have had the opportunity to compare the rituals of the ,church and the magicians4 ,the best ,latin scholars were1 until a comparatively recent date1 either churchmen1 or dependent upon the ,church4 ,common people could not read ,latin1 and even if they could1 the reading of the books on magic was prohibited1 under the penalty of anathema and excommunication4 ,the cunning device of the confessional made it almost impossible to consult1 even surreptitiously1 what the priests call a grimoire 7a devil's scrawl71 or ,ritual of ,magic4 ,to make assurance doubly sure1 the ,church began destroying or concealing everything of the kind she could lay her hands upon4 ,the following are translated from the ,kabalistic ,ritual1 and that generally known as the ,roman ,ritual4 ,the latter was promulgated in #ahea and #aheb1 under the sanction of ,cardinal ,engelbert1 ,archbishop of ,malines1 and of the ,archbishop of ,paris4 ,speaking of it1 the demonologist des ,mousseaux says3 8,it is the ritual of ,paul ,v41 revised by the most learned of modern ,popes1 by the contemporary of ,voltaire1 ,benedict ,,xiv40#aah ,,kabalistic4 ,,roman ,,catholic4 7,jewish and ,pagan47 ,exorcism of ,salt4 ,exorcism of ,salt4#aai ,the ,priest-,magician blesses ,the ,priest blesses the the ,salt1 and says3 ,salt and says3 8,creature 8,creature of ,salt1#abj in of ,salt1 ,i exorcise thee in thee may remain the the name of the living ,god sc,,wisdom_/sc 7of ,god72 444 become the health of and may it preserve from all the soul and of the body6 corruption our minds and ,everywhere where thou art bodies4 ,through ,hochmael 7 thrown may the unclean ,god of wisdom71 and the spirit be put to flight4444 power of ,ruach ,hochmael ,amen40 7,spirit of the ,holy ,ghost7 may the ,spirits of matter 7bad spirits7 before it recede4444 ,amen40 ,exorcism of ,water ,exorcism of ,water4 7and ,ashes74 8,creature of the ,water1 ,i 8,creature of the water1 in exorcise thee 444 by the the name of the ,almighty three names which are ,god1 the ,father1 the ,son1 ,netsah1 ,hod1 and ,jerod and the ,holy ,ghost 444 be 7kabalistic trinity71 in the exorcised4444 ,i adjure thee beginning and in the end1 by in the name of the ,lamb 444 ,alpha and ,omega1 which are 7the magician says bull or in the ,spirit ,azoth 7,holy ox--per alas ,tauri7 of the ,ghost1 or the #8,universal ,lamb that trod upon the ,soul'71 ,i exorcise and basilisk and the aspic1 and adjure thee4444 ,wandering who crushes under his foot eagle1 may the ,lord command the lion and the dragon40 thee by the wings of the bull and his flaming sword40 7,the cherub placed at the east gate of ,eden47 ,exorcism of an ,exorcism of the ,devil4 ,elemental ,spirit4 8,serpent1 in the name of the 99 99 99 99 99 ,tetragrammaton1 the ,lord2 ,he 8,o ,lord1 let him who carries commands thee1 by the angel along with him the terror1 and the lion4 flee1 struck in his turn by terror and defeated4 ,o thou1 8,angel of darkness1 obey1 who art the ,ancient ,serpent and run away with this holy 444 tremble before the hand 7exorcised7 water4 ,eagle in of him who1 having triumphed chains1 obey this sign1 and of the tortures of hell 787 retreat before the breath4 devictis gemitibus and ,moving serpent1 crawl at my inferni1 recalled the souls feet1 or be tortured by to light4444 ,the more whilst this sacred fire1 thou decay1 the more evaporate before this holy terrible will be thy torture incense4 ,let water return to 444 by ,him who reigns over water 7the elemental spirit the living and the dead 444 of water72 let the fire and who will judge the burn1 and the air circulate2 century by fire1 sculum let the earth return to per ignem1 etc4 ,in the name earth by the virtue of the of the ,father1 ,son1 and the ,pentagram1 which is the ,holy ,ghost4 ,amen40#aba ,morning ,star1 and in the name of the tetragrammaton which is traced in the centre of the ,cross of ,light4 ,amen40 ,it is unnecessary to try the patience of the reader any longer1 although we might multiply examples4 ,it must not be forgotten that we have quoted from the latest revision of the ,ritual1 that of #ahea-b4 ,if we were to go back to the former one we would find a far more striking identity1 not merely of phraseology but of ceremonial form4 ,for the purpose of comparison we have not even availed ourselves of the ritual of ceremonial magic of the ,christian kabalists of the middle ages1 wherein the language modelled upon a belief in the divinity of ,christ is1 with the exception of a stray expression here and there1 identical with the ,catholic ,ritual4#abb ,the latter1 however1 makes one improvement1 for the originality of which the ,church should be allowed all credit4 ,certainly nothing so fantastical could be found in a ritual of magic4 8,give place10 apostrophizing the 8,demon10 it says1 8give place to ,jesus ,christ 444 thou filthy1 stinking1 and ferocious beast 444 dost thou rebel8 ,listen and tremble1 ,satan2 enemy of the faith1 enemy of the human race1 introducer of death 444 root of all evil1 promoter of vice1 soul of envy1 origin of avarice1 cause of discord1 prince of homicide1 whom ,god curses2 author of incest and sacrilege1 inventor of all obscenity1 professor of the most detestable actions1 and ,grand ,master of ,heretics 7667 7,doctor ,hreticorum67 ,what6 444 dost thou still stand8 ,dost dare to resist1 and thou knowest that ,christ1 our ,lord1 is coming8444 ,give place to ,jesus ,christ1 give place to the ,holy ,ghost1 which1 by ,his blessed ,apostle ,peter1 has flung thee down before the public1 in the person of ,simon the ,magician0 7te manifeste stravit in ,simone mago74#abc ,after such a shower of abuse1 no devil having the slightest feeling of self-respect could remain in such company2 unless1 indeed1 he should chance to be an ,italian ,liberal1 or ,king ,victor ,emmanuel himself2 both of whom1 thanks to ,pius ,,ix41 have become anathema-proof4 ,it really seems too bad to strip ,rome of all her symbols at once2 but justice must be done to the despoiled hierophants4 ,long before the sign of the ,cross was adopted as a ,christian symbol1 it was employed as a secret sign of recognition among neophytes and adepts4 ,says ,levi3 8,the sign of the ,cross adopted by the ,christians does not belong exclusively to them4 ,it is kabalistic1 and represents the oppositions and quaternary equilibrium of the elements4 ,we see by the occult verse of the ,pater1 to which we have called attention in another work1 that there were originally two ways of making it1 or1 at least1 two very different formulas to express its meaning--one reserved for priests and initiates2 the other given to neophytes and the profane4 ,thus1 for example1 the initiate1 carrying his hand to his forehead1 said3 ,to thee2 then he added1 belong2 and continued1 while carrying his hand to the breast--the kingdom2 then1 to the left shoulder--justice2 to the right shoulder--and mercy4 ,then he joined the two hands1 adding3 throughout the generating cycles3 #8,tibi sunt ,malchut1 et ,geburah et ,chassed per onas'--a sign of the ,cross1 absolutely and magnificently kabalistic1 which the profanations of ,gnosticism made the militant and official ,church completely lose40#abd ,how fantastical1 therefore1 is the assertion of ,father ,ventura1 that1 while ,augustine was a ,manichean1 a philosopher1 ignorant of and refusing to humble himself before the sublimity of the 8grand ,christian revelation10 he knew nothing1 understood naught of ,god1 man1 or universe2 8444 he remained poor1 small1 obscure1 sterile1 and wrote nothing1 did nothing really grand or useful40 ,but1 hardly had he become a ,christian 8444 when his reasoning powers and intellect1 enlightened at the luminary of faith1 elevated him to the most sublime heights of philosophy and theology40 ,and his other proposition that ,augustine's genius1 as a consequence1 8developed itself in all its grandeur and prodigious fecundity 444 his intellect radiated with that immense splendor which1 reflecting itself in his immortal writings1 has never ceased for one moment during fourteen centuries to illuminate the ,church and the world60#abe ,whatever ,augustine was as a ,manichean1 we leave ,father ,ventura to discover2 but that his accession to ,christianity established an everlasting enmity between theology and science is beyond doubt4 ,while forced to confess that 8the ,gentiles had possibly something divine and true in their doctrines10 he1 nevertheless1 declared that for their superstition1 idolatry1 and pride1 they had 8to be detested1 and1 unless they improved1 to be punished by divine judgment40 ,this furnishes the clew to the subsequent policy of the ,christian ,church1 even to our day4 ,if the ,gentiles did not choose to come into the ,church1 all that was divine in their philosophy should go for naught1 and the divine wrath of ,god should be visited upon their heads4 ,what effect this produced is succinctly stated by ,draper3 8,no one did more than this ,father to bring science and religion into antagonism2 it was mainly he who diverted the ,bible from its true office--a guide to purity of life--and placed it in the perilous position of being the arbiter of human knowledge1 an audacious tyranny over the mind of man4 ,the example once set1 there was no want of followers2 the works of the ,greek philosophers were stigmatized as profane2 the transcendently glorious achievements of the ,museum of ,alexandria were hidden from sight by a cloud of ignorance1 mysticism1 and unintelligible jargon1 out of which there too often flashed the destroying lightnings of ecclesiastical vengeance40#abf ,augustine and ,cyprian#abg admit that ,hermes and ,hostanes believed in one true god2 the first two maintaining1 as well as the two ,pagans1 that he is invisible and incomprehensible1 except spiritually4 ,moreover we invite any man of intelligence--provided he be not a religious fanatic--after reading fragments chosen at random from the works of ,hermes and ,augustine on the ,deity1 to decide which of the two gives a more philosophical definition of the 8unseen ,father40 ,we have at least one writer of fame who is of our opinion4 ,draper calls the ,augustinian productions a 8rhapsodical conversation0 with ,god2 an 8incoherent dream40#abh ,father ,ventura depicts the saint as attitudinizing before an astonished world upon 8the most sublime heights of philosophy40 ,but here steps in again the same unprejudiced critic1 who passes the following remarks on this colossus of ,patristic philosophy4 8,was it for this preposterous scheme10 he asks1 8this product of ignorance and audacity1 that the works of the ,greek philosophers were to be given up8 ,it was none too soon that the great critics who appeared at the ,reformation1 by comparing the works of these writers with one another1 brought them to their proper level1 and taught us to look upon them all with contempt40#abi ,for such men as ,plotinus1 ,porphyry1 ,iamblichus1 ,apollonius1 and even ,simon ,magus1 to be accused of having formed a pact with the ,devil1 whether the latter personage exist or not1 is so absurd as to need but little refutation4 ,if ,simon ,magus--the most problematical of all in an historical sense--ever existed otherwise than in the overheated fancy of ,peter and the other apostles1 he was evidently no worse than any of his adversaries4 ,a difference in religious views1 however great1 is insufficient per se to send one person to heaven and the other to hell4 ,such uncharitable and peremptory doctrines might have been taught in the middle ages2 but it is too late now for even the ,church to put forward this traditional scarecrow4 ,research begins to suggest that which1 if ever verified1 will bring eternal disgrace on the ,church of the ,apostle ,peter1 whose very imposition of herself upon that disciple must be regarded as the most unverified and unverifiable of the assumptions of the ,catholic clergy4 ,the erudite author of ,supernatural ,religion assiduously endeavors to prove that by ,simon ,magus we must understand the apostle ,paul1 whose ,epistles were secretly as well as openly calumniated by ,peter1 and charged with containing 8dysnotic learning40 ,the ,apostle of the ,gentiles was brave1 outspoken1 sincere1 and very learned2 the ,apostle of ,circumcision1 cowardly1 cautious1 insincere1 and very ignorant4 ,that ,paul had been1 partially1 at least1 if not completely1 initiated into the theurgic mysteries1 admits of little doubt4 ,his language1 the phraseology so peculiar to the ,greek philosophers1 certain expressions used but by the initiates1 are so many sure ear-marks to that supposition4 ,our suspicion has been strengthened by an able article in one of the ,new ,york periodicals1 entitled ,paul and ,plato1#acj in which the author puts forward one remarkable and1 for us1 very precious observation4 ,in his ,epistles to the ,corinthians he shows ,paul abounding with 8expressions suggested by the initiations of ,sabazius and ,eleusis1 and the lectures of the 7,greek7 philosophers4 ,he 7,paul7 designates himself an idiotes--a person unskilful in the ,word1 but not in the gnosis or philosophical learning4 #8,we speak wisdom among the perfect or initiated1' he writes2 #8not the wisdom of this world1 nor of the archons of this world1 but divine wisdom in a mystery1 secret--which none of the ,archons of this world knew4'0#aca ,what else can the apostle mean by these unequivocal words1 but that he himself1 as belonging to the myst 7initiated71 spoke of things shown and explained only in the ,mysteries8 ,the 8divine wisdom in a mystery which none of the archons of this world knew10 has evidently some direct reference to the basileus of the ,eleusinian initiation who did know4 ,the basileus belonged to the staff of the great hierophant1 and was an archon of ,athens2 and as such was one of the chief myst1 belonging to the interior ,mysteries1 to which a very select and small number obtained an entrance4#acb ,the magistrates supervising the ,eleusinians were called archons4 ,another proof that ,paul belonged to the circle of the 8,initiates0 lies in the following fact4 ,the apostle had his head shorn at ,cenchrea 7where ,lucius1 ,apuleius1 was initiated7 because 8he had a vow40 ,the nazars--or set apart--as we see in the ,jewish ,scriptures1 had to cut their hair which they wore long1 and which 8no razor touched0 at any other time1 and sacrifice it on the altar of initiation4 ,and the nazars were a class of ,chaldean theurgists4 ,we will show further that ,jesus belonged to this class4 ,paul declares that3 8,according to the grace of ,god which is given unto me1 as a wise master-builder1 ,i have laid the foundation40#acc ,this expression1 master-builder1 used only once in the whole ,bible1 and by ,paul1 may be considered as a whole revelation4 ,in the ,mysteries1 the third part of the sacred rites was called ,epopteia1 or revelation1 reception into the secrets4 ,in substance it means that stage of divine clairvoyance when everything pertaining to this earth disappears1 and earthly sight is paralyzed1 and the soul is united free and pure with its ,spirit1 or ,god4 ,but the real significance of the word is 8overseeing10 from --,i see myself4 ,in ,sanscrit the word evpto has the same meaning1 as well as to obtain4#acd ,the word epopteia is a compound one1 from --upon1 and --to look1 or an overseer1 an inspector--also used for a master-builder4 ,the title of master-mason1 in ,freemasonry1 is derived from this1 in the sense used in the ,mysteries4 ,therefore1 when ,paul entitles himself a 8master-builder10 he is using a word pre-eminently kabalistic1 theurgic1 and masonic1 and one which no other apostle uses4 ,he thus declares himself an adept1 having the right to initiate others4 ,if we search in this direction1 with those sure guides1 the ,grecian ,mysteries and the ,kabala1 before us1 it will be easy to find the secret reason why ,paul was so persecuted and hated by ,peter1 ,john1 and ,james4 ,the author of the ,revelation was a ,jewish kabalist pur sang1 with all the hatred inherited by him from his forefathers toward the ,mysteries4#ace ,his jealousy during the life of ,jesus extended even to ,peter2 and it is but after the death of their common master that we see the two apostles--the former of whom wore the ,mitre and the ,petaloon of the ,jewish ,rabbis--preach so zealously the rite of circumcision4 ,in the eyes of ,peter1 ,paul1 who had humiliated him1 and whom he felt so much his superior in 8,greek learning0 and philosophy1 must have naturally appeared as a magician1 a man polluted with the 8,gnosis10 with the 8wisdom0 of the ,greek ,mysteries--hence1 perhaps1 8,simon#acf the ,magician40 ,as to ,peter1 biblical criticism has shown before now that he had probably no more to do with the foundation of the ,latin ,church at ,rome1 than to furnish the pretext so readily seized upon by the cunning ,irenus to benefit this ,church with the new name of the apostle--,petra or ,kiffa1 a name which allowed so readily1 by an easy play upon words1 to connect it with ,petroma1 the double set of stone tablets used by the hierophant at the initiations1 during the final ,mystery4 ,in this1 perhaps1 lies concealed the whole secret of the claims of the ,vatican4 ,as ,professor ,wilder happily suggests3 8,in the ,oriental countries the designation 1 ,peter 7in ,phnician and ,chaldaic1 an interpreter7 appears to have been the title of this personage 7the hierophant74444 ,there is in these facts some reminder of the peculiar circumstances of the ,mosaic ,law 444 and also of the claim of the ,pope to be the successor of ,peter1 the hierophant or interpreter of the ,christian religion40#acg ,as such1 we must concede to him1 to some extent1 the right to be such an interpreter4 ,the ,latin ,church has faithfully preserved in symbols1 rites1 ceremonies1 architecture1 and even in the very dress of her clergy1 the tradition of the ,pagan worship--of the public or exoteric ceremonies1 we should add2 otherwise her dogmas would embody more sense and contain less blasphemy against the majesty of the ,supreme and ,invisible ,god4 ,an inscription found on the coffin of ,queen ,mentuhept1 of the eleventh dynasty 7#bbej ,b4,c471 now proved to have been transcribed from the seventeenth chapter of the ,book of the ,dead 7dating not later than #dejj ,b4,c471 is more than suggestive4 ,this monumental text contains a group of hieroglyphics1 which1 when interpreted1 read thus3 ,,ptr4 ,,rf4 ,,su4 ,peter- ref- su4 ,baron ,bunsen shows this sacred formulary mixed up with a whole series of glosses and various interpretations on a monument forty centuries old4 8,this is identical with saying that the record 7the true interpretation7 was at that time no longer intelligible4444 ,we beg our readers to understand10 he adds1 8that a sacred text1 a hymn1 containing the words of a departed spirit1 existed in such a state about #d1jjj years ago 444 as to be all but unintelligible to royal scribes40#ach ,that it was unintelligible to the uninitiated among the latter is as well proved by the confused and contradictory glossaries1 as that it was a 8mystery0-word1 known to the hierophants of the sanctuaries1 and1 moreover1 a word chosen by ,jesus1 to designate the office assigned by him to one of his apostles4 ,this word1 ,,ptr1 was partially interpreted1 owing to another word similarly written in another group of hieroglyphics1 on a stele1 the sign used for it being an opened eye4#aci ,bunsen mentions as another explanation of ,,ptr--8to show40 8,it appears to me10 he remarks1 8that our ,,ptr is literally the old ,aramaic and ,hebrew #8,patar'1 which occurs in the history of ,joseph as the specific word for interpreting2 whence also ,pitrum is the term for interpretation of a text1 a dream40#adj ,in a manuscript of the first century1 a combination of the ,demotic and ,greek texts1#ada and most probably one of the few which miraculously escaped the ,christian vandalism of the second and third centuries1 when all such precious manuscripts were burned as magical1 we find occurring in several places a phrase1 which1 perhaps1 may throw some light upon this question4 ,one of the principal heroes of the manuscript1 who is constantly referred to as 8the ,judean ,illuminator0 or ,initiate1 1 is made to communicate but with his ,patar2 the latter being written in ,chaldaic characters4 ,once the latter word is coupled with the name ,shimeon4 ,several times1 the 8,illuminator10 who rarely breaks his contemplative solitude1 is shown inhabiting a 7cave71 and teaching the multitudes of eager scholars standing outside1 not orally1 but through this ,patar4 ,the latter receives the words of wisdom by applying his ear to a circular hole in a partition which conceals the teacher from the listeners1 and then conveys them1 with explanations and glossaries1 to the crowd4 ,this1 with a slight change1 was the method used by ,pythagoras1 who1 as we know1 never allowed his neophytes to see him during the years of probation1 but instructed them from behind a curtain in his cave4 ,but1 whether the 8,illuminator0 of the ,grco-,demotic manuscript is identical with ,jesus or not1 the fact remains1 that we find him selecting a 8mystery0-appellation for one who is made to appear later by the ,catholic ,church as the janitor of the ,kingdom of ,heaven and the interpreter of ,christ's will4 ,the word ,patar or ,peter locates both master and disciple in the circle of initiation1 and connects them with the 8,secret ,doctrine40 ,the great hierophant of the ancient ,mysteries never allowed the candidates to see or hear him personally4 ,he was the ,deus-ex-,machina1 the presiding but invisible ,deity1 uttering his will and instructions through a second party2 and #b1jjj years later1 we discover that the ,dala-,lamas of ,thibet had been following for centuries the same traditional programme during the most important religious mysteries of lamaism4 ,if ,jesus knew the secret meaning of the title bestowed by him on ,simon1 then he must have been initiated2 otherwise he could not have learned it2 and if he was an initiate of either the ,pythagorean ,essenes1 the ,chaldean ,magi1 or the ,egyptian ,priests1 then the doctrine taught by him was but a portion of the 8,secret ,doctrine0 taught by the ,pagan hierophants to the few select adepts admitted within the sacred adyta4 ,but we will discuss this question further on4 ,for the present we will endeavor to briefly indicate the extraordinary similarity--or rather identity1 we should say--of rites and ceremonial dress of the ,christian clergy with that of the old ,babylonians1 ,assyrians1 ,phnicians1 ,egyptians1 and other ,pagans of the hoary antiquity4 ,if we would find the model of the ,papal tiara1 we must search the annals of the ancient ,assyrian tablets4 ,we invite the reader to give his attention to ,dr4 ,inman's illustrated work1 ,ancient ,pagan and ,modern ,christian ,symbolism4 ,on page sixty-four1 he will readily recognize the head-gear of the successor of ,st4 ,peter in the coiffure worn by gods or angels in ancient ,assyria1 8where it appears crowned by an emblem of the male trinity0 7the ,christian ,cross74 8,we may mention1 in passing10 adds ,dr4 ,inman1 8that1 as the ,romanists adopted the mitre and the tiara from #8the cursed brood of ,ham1' so they adopted the ,episcopalian crook from the augurs of ,etruria1 and the artistic form with which they clothe their angels from the painters and urn-makers of ,magna ,grecia and ,central ,italy40 ,would we push our inquiries farther1 and seek to ascertain as much in relation to the nimbus and the tonsure of the ,catholic priest and monk8#adb ,we shall find undeniable proofs that they are solar emblems4 ,knight1 in his ,old ,england ,pictorially ,illustrated1 gives a drawing by ,st4 ,augustine1 representing an ancient ,christian bishop1 in a dress probably identical with that worn by the great 8saint0 himself4 ,the pallium1 or the ancient stole of the bishop1 is the feminine sign when worn by a priest in worship4 ,on ,st4 ,augustine's picture it is bedecked with ,buddhistic crosses1 and in its whole appearance it is a representation of the ,egyptian ,t 7tau71 assuming slightly the figure of the letter ,y4 8,its lower end is the mark of the masculine triad10 says ,inman2 8the right hand 7of the figure7 has the forefinger extended1 like the ,assyrian priests while doing homage to the grove4444 ,when a male dons the pallium in worship1 he becomes the representative of the trinity in the unity1 the arba1 or mystic four40#adc 8,immaculate is our ,lady ,isis10 is the legend around an engraving of ,serapis and ,isis1 described by ,king1 in ,the ,gnostics and their ,remains1 8444 the very terms applied afterwards to that personage 7the ,virgin ,mary7 who succeeded to her form1 titles1 symbols1 rites1 and ceremonies4444 ,thus1 her devotees carried into the new priesthood the former badges of their profession1 the obligation to celibacy1 the tonsure1 and the surplice1 omitting1 unfortunately1 the frequent ablutions prescribed by the ancient creed40 8,the #8,black ,virgins1' so highly reverenced in certain ,french cathedrals 444 proved1 when at last critically examined1 basalt figures of ,isis60#add ,before the shrine of ,jupiter ,ammon were suspended tinkling bells1 from the sound of whose chiming the priests gathered the auguries2 8,a golden bell and a pomegranate 444 round about the hem of the robe10 was the result with the ,mosaic ,jews4 ,but in the ,buddhistic system1 during the religious services1 the gods of the ,deva ,loka are always invoked1 and invited to descend upon the altars by the ringing of bells suspended in the pagodas4 ,the bell of the sacred table of ,siva at ,kuhama is described in ,kailasa1 and every ,buddhist vihara and lamasery has its bells4 ,we thus see that the bells used by ,christians come to them directly from the ,buddhist ,thibetans and ,chinese4 ,the beads and rosaries have the same origin1 and have been used by ,buddhist monks for over #b1cjj years4 ,the ,linghams in the ,hindu temples are ornamented upon certain days with large berries1 from a tree sacred to ,mahadeva1 which are strung into rosaries4 ,the title of 8nun0 is an ,egyptian word1 and had with them the actual meaning2 the ,christians did not even take the trouble of translating the word ,nonna4 ,the aureole of the saints was used by the antediluvian artists of ,babylonia1 whenever they desired to honor or deify a mortal's head4 ,in a celebrated picture in ,moore's ,hindoo ,pantheon1 entitled1 8,christna nursed by ,devaki1 from a highly-finished picture10 the ,hindu ,virgin is represented as seated on a lounge and nursing ,christna4 ,the hair brushed back1 the long veil1 and the golden aureole around the ,virgin's head1 as well as around that of the ,hindu ,saviour1 are striking4 ,no ,catholic1 well versed as he might be in the mysterious symbolism of iconology1 would hesitate for a moment to worship at that shrine the ,virgin ,mary1 the mother of his ,god6#ade ,in ,indur ,subba1 the south entrance of the ,caves of ,ellora1 may be seen to this day the figure of ,indra's wife1 ,indranee1 sitting with her infant son-god1 pointing the finger to heaven with the same gesture as the ,italian ,madonna and child4 ,in ,pagan and ,christian ,symbolism1 the author gives a figure from a medival woodcut--the like of which we have seen by dozens in old psalters--in which the ,virgin ,mary1 with her infant1 is represented as the ,queen of ,heaven1 on the crescent moon1 emblem of virginity4 8,being before the sun1 she almost eclipses its light4 ,than this1 nothing could more completely identify the ,christian mother and child with ,isis and ,horus1 ,ishtar1 ,venus1 ,juno1 and a host of other ,pagan goddesses1 who have been called #8,queen of ,heaven1' #8,queen of the ,universe1' #8,mother of ,god1' #8,spouse of ,god1' #8the ,celestial ,virgin1' #8the ,heavenly ,peace-,maker1' etc40#adf ,such pictures are not purely astronomical4 ,they represent the male god and the female goddess1 as the sun and moon in conjunction1 8the union of the triad with the unit40 ,the horns of the cow on the head of ,isis have the same significance4 ,and so above1 below1 outside1 and inside1 the ,christian ,church1 in the priestly garments1 and the religious rites1 we recognize the stamp of exoteric heathenism4 ,on no subject within the wide range of human knowledge1 has the world been more blinded or deceived with such persistent misrepresentation as on that of antiquity4 ,its hoary past and its religious faiths have been misrepresented and trampled under the feet of its successors4 ,its hierophants and prophets1 myst and epopt1#adg of the once sacred adyta of the temple shown as demoniacs and devil-worshippers4 ,donned in the despoiled garments of the victim1 the ,christian priest now anathematizes the latter with rites and ceremonies which he has learned from the theurgists themselves4 ,the ,mosaic ,bible is used as a weapon against the people who furnished it4 ,the heathen philosopher is cursed under the very roof which has witnessed his initiation2 and the 8monkey of ,god0 7i4e41 the devil of ,tertullian71 8the originator and founder of magical theurgy1 the science of illusions and lies1 whose father and author is the demon10 is exorcised with holy water by the hand which holds the identical lituus#adh with which the ancient augur1 after a solemn prayer1 used to determine the regions of heaven1 and evoke1 in the name of the ,,highest1 the minor god 7now termed the ,devil71 who unveiled to his eyes futurity1 and enabled him to prophesy6 ,on the part of the ,christians and the clergy it is nothing but shameful ignorance1 prejudice1 and that contemptible pride so boldly denounced by one of their own reverend ministers1 ,t4 ,gross1#adi which rails against all investigation 8as a useless or a criminal labor1 when it must be feared that they will result in the overthrow of prestablished systems of faith40 ,on the part of the scholars it is the same apprehension of the possible necessity of having to modify some of their erroneously-established theories of science4 8,nothing but such pitiable prejudice10 says ,gross1 8can have thus misrepresented the theology of heathenism1 and distorted--nay1 caricatured--its forms of religious worship4 ,it is time that posterity should raise its voice in vindication of violated truth1 and that the present age should learn a little of that common sense of which it boasts with as much self-complacency as if the prerogative of reason was the birthright only of modern times40 ,all this gives a sure clew to the real cause of the hatred felt by the early and medival ,christian toward his ,pagan brother and dangerous rival4 ,we hate but what we fear4 ,the ,christian thaumaturgist once having broken all association with the ,mysteries of the temples and with 8these schools so renowned for magic10 described by ,st4 ,hilarion1#aej could certainly expect but little to rival the ,pagan wonder-workers4 ,no apostle1 with the exception perhaps of healing by mesmeric power1 has ever equalled ,apollonius of ,tyana2 and the scandal created among the apostles by the miracle-doing ,simon ,magus1 is too notorious to be repeated here again4 8,how is it10 asks ,justin ,martyr1 in evident dismay1 8how is it that the talismans of ,apollonius 7the 7 have power in certain members of creation1 for they prevent1 as we see1 the fury of the waves1 and the violence of the winds1 and the attacks of wild beasts2 and whilst our ,lord's miracles are preserved by tradition alone1 those of ,apollonius are most numerous1 and actually manifested in present facts1 so as to lead astray all beholders80#aea ,this perplexed martyr solves the problem by attributing very correctly the efficacy and potency of the charms used by ,apollonius to his profound knowledge of the sympathies and antipathies 7or repugnances7 of nature4 ,unable to deny the evident superiority of their enemies' powers1 the fathers had recourse to the old but ever successful method--that of slander4 ,they honored the theurgists with the same insinuating calumny that had been resorted to by the ,pharisees against ,jesus4 8,thou hast a dmon10 the elders of the ,jewish ,synagogue had said to him4 8,thou hast the ,devil10 repeated the cunning fathers1 with equal truth1 addressing the ,pagan thaumaturgist2 and the widely-bruited charge1 erected later into an article of faith1 won the day4 ,but the modern heirs of these ecclesiastical falsifiers1 who charge magic1 spiritualism1 and even magnetism with being produced by a demon1 forget or perhaps never read the classics4 ,none of our bigots has ever looked with more scorn on the abuses of magic than did the true initiate of old4 ,no modern or even medival law could be more severe than that of the hierophant4 ,true1 he had more discrimination1 charity1 and justice1 than the ,christian clergy2 for while banishing the 8unconscious0 sorcerer1 the person troubled with a demon1 from within the sacred precincts of the adyta1 the priests1 instead of mercilessly burning him1 took care of the unfortunate 8possessed one40 ,having hospitals expressly for that purpose in the neighborhood of temples1 the ancient 8medium10 if obsessed1 was taken care of and restored to health4 ,but with one who had1 by conscious witchcraft1 acquired powers dangerous to his fellow-creatures1 the priests of old were as severe as justice herself4 8,any person accidentally guilty of homicide1 or of any crime1 or convicted of witchcraft1 was excluded from the ,eleusinian ,mysteries40#aeb ,and so were they from all others4 ,this law1 mentioned by all writers on the ancient initiation1 speaks for itself4 ,the claim of ,augustine1 that all the explanations given by the ,neo-platonists were invented by themselves is absurd4 ,for nearly every ceremony in their true and successive order is given by ,plato himself1 in a more or less covered way4 ,the ,mysteries are as old as the world1 and one well versed in the esoteric mythologies of various nations can trace them back to the days of the ante-,vedic period in ,india4 ,a condition of the strictest virtue and purity is required from the ,vatou1 or candidate in ,india before he can become an initiate1 whether he aims to be a simple fakir1 a ,purohita 7public priest7 or a ,sannysi1 a saint of the second degree of initiation1 the most holy as the most revered of them all4 ,after having conquered1 in the terrible trials preliminary to admittance to the inner temple in the subterranean crypts of his pagoda1 the sannysi passes the rest of his life in the temple1 practicing the eighty-four rules and ten virtues prescribed to the ,yogis4 8,no one who has not practiced1 during his whole life1 the ten virtues which the divine ,manu makes incumbent as a duty1 can be initiated into the ,mysteries of the council10 say the ,hindu books of initiation4 ,these virtues are3 8,resignation2 the act of rendering good for evil2 temperance2 probity2 purity2 chastity2 repression of the physical senses2 the knowledge of the ,holy ,scriptures2 that of the ,superior soul 7spirit72 worship of truth2 abstinence from anger40 ,these virtues must alone direct the life of a true ,yogi4 8,no unworthy adept ought to defile the ranks of the holy initiates by his presence for twenty-four hours40 ,the adept becomes guilty after having once broken any one of these vows4 ,surely the exercise of such virtues is inconsistent with the idea one has of devil-worship and lasciviousness of purpose6 ,and now we will try to give a clear insight into one of the chief objects of this work4 ,what we desire to prove is1 that underlying every ancient popular religion was the same ancient wisdom-doctrine1 one and identical1 professed and practiced by the initiates of every country1 who alone were aware of its existence and importance4 ,to ascertain its origin1 and the precise age in which it was matured1 is now beyond human possibility4 ,a single glance1 however1 is enough to assure one that it could not have attained the marvellous perfection in which we find it pictured to us in the relics of the various esoteric systems1 except after a succession of ages4 ,a philosophy so profound1 a moral code so ennobling1 and practical results so conclusive and so uniformly demonstrable is not the growth of a generation1 or even a single epoch4 ,fact must have been piled upon fact1 deduction upon deduction1 science have begotten science1 and myriads of the brightest human intellects have reflected upon the laws of nature1 before this ancient doctrine had taken concrete shape4 ,the proofs of this identity of fundamental doctrine in the old religions are found in the prevalence of a system of initiation2 in the secret sacerdotal castes who had the guardianship of mystical words of power1 and a public display of a phenomenal control over natural forces1 indicating association with preterhuman beings4 ,every approach to the ,mysteries of all these nations was guarded with the same jealous care1 and in all1 the penalty of death was inflicted upon initiates of any degree who divulged the secrets entrusted to them4 ,we have seen that such was the case in the ,eleusinian and ,bacchic ,mysteries1 among the ,chaldean ,magi1 and the ,egyptian hierophants2 while with the ,hindus1 from whom they were all derived1 the same rule has prevailed from time immemorial4 ,we are left in no doubt upon this point2 for the ,agrushada ,parikshai says explicitly1 8,every initiate1 to whatever degree he may belong1 who reveals the great sacred formula1 must be put to death40 ,naturally enough1 this same extreme penalty was prescribed in all the multifarious sects and brotherhoods which at different periods have sprung from the ancient stock4 ,we find it with the early ,essenes1 ,gnostics1 theurgic ,neo-platonists1 and medival philosophers2 and in our day1 even the ,masons perpetuate the memory of the old obligations in the penalties of throat-cutting1 dismemberment1 and disemboweling1 with which the candidate is threatened4 ,as the ,masonic 8master's word0 is communicated only at 8low breath10 so the selfsame precaution is prescribed in the ,chaldean ,book of ,numbers and the ,jewish ,mercaba4 ,when initiated1 the neophyte was led by an ancient to a secluded spot1 and there the latter whispered in his ear the great secret4#aec ,the ,mason swears1 under the most frightful penalties1 that he will not communicate the secrets of any degree 8to a brother of an inferior degree20 and the ,agrushada ,parikshai says3 8,any initiate of the third degree who reveals before the prescribed time1 to the initiates of the second degree1 the superior truths1 must be put to death40 ,again1 the ,masonic apprentice consents to have his 8tongue torn out by the roots0 if he divulge anything to a profane2 and in the ,hindu books of initiation1 the same ,agrushada ,parikshai1 we find that any initiate of the first degree 7the lowest7 who betrays the secrets of his initiation1 to members of other castes1 for whom the science should be a closed book1 must have 8his tongue cut out10 and suffer other mutilations4 ,as we proceed1 we will point out the evidences of this identity of vows1 formulas1 rites1 and doctrines1 between the ancient faiths4 ,we will also show that not only their memory is still preserved in ,india1 but also that the ,secret ,association is still alive and as active as ever4 ,that1 after reading what we have to say1 it may be inferred that the chief pontiff and hierophant1 the ,brahmtma1 is still accessible to those 8who know10 though perhaps recognized by another name2 and that the ramifications of his influence extend throughout the world4 ,but we will now return again to the early ,christian period4 ,as though he were not aware that there was any esoteric significance to the exoteric symbols1 and that the ,mysteries themselves were composed of two parts1 the lesser at ,agr1 and the higher ones at ,eleusinia1 ,clemens ,alexandrinus1 with a rancorous bigotry that one might expect from a renegade ,neo-platonist1 but is astonished to find in this generally honest and learned ,father1 stigmatized the ,mysteries as indecent and diabolical4 ,whatever were the rites enacted among the neophytes before they passed to a higher form of instruction2 however misunderstood were the trials of ,katharsis or purification1 during which they were submitted to every kind of probation2 and however much the immaterial or physical aspect might have led to calumny1 it is but wicked prejudice which can compel a person to say that under this external meaning there was not a far deeper and spiritual significance4 ,it is positively absurd to judge the ancients from our own standpoint of propriety and virtue4 ,and most assuredly it is not for the ,church--which now stands accused by all the modern symbologists of having adopted precisely these same emblems in their coarsest aspect1 and feels herself powerless to refute the accusations--to throw the stone at those who were her models4 ,when men like ,pythagoras1 ,plato1 and ,iamblichus1 renowned for their severe morality1 took part in the ,mysteries1 and spoke of them with veneration1 it ill behooves our modern critics to judge them so rashly upon their merely external aspect4 ,iamblichus explains the worst2 and his explanation1 for an unprejudiced mind1 ought to be perfectly plausible4 8,exhibitions of this kind10 he says1 8in the ,mysteries were designed to free us from licentious passions1 by gratifying the sight1 and at the same time vanquishing all evil thought1 through the awful sanctity with which these rites were accompanied40#aed 8,the wisest and best men in the ,pagan world10 adds ,dr4 ,warburton1 8are unanimous in this1 that the ,mysteries were instituted pure1 and proposed the noblest ends by the worthiest means40#aee ,in these celebrated rites1 although persons of both sexes and all classes were allowed to take a part1 and a participation in them was even obligatory1 very few indeed attained the higher and final initiation4 ,the gradation of the ,mysteries is given us by ,proclus in the fourth book of his ,theology of ,plato4 8,the perfective rite 1 precedes in order the initiation--,muesis--and the initiation1 ,epopteia1 or the final apocalypse 7revelation740 ,theon of ,smyrna1 in ,mathematica1 also divides the mystic rites into five parts3 8the first of which is the previous purification2 for neither are the ,mysteries communicated to all who are willing to receive them2 444 there are certain persons who are prevented by the voice of the crier 77 444 since it is necessary that such as are not expelled from the ,mysteries should first be refined by certain purifications which the reception of the sacred rites succeeds4 ,the third part is denominated epopteia or reception4 ,and the fourth1 which is the end and design of the revelation1 is the binding of the head and fixing of the crowns#aef 444 whether after this he 7the initiated person7 becomes 444 an hierophant or sustains some other part of the sacerdotal office4 ,but the fifth1 which is produced from all these1 is friendship and interior communion with ,god40 ,and this was the last and most awful of all the ,mysteries4 ,there are writers who have often wondered at the meaning of this claim to a 8friendship and interior communion with ,god40 ,christian authors have denied the pretensions of the 8,pagans0 to such 8communion10 affirming that only ,christian saints were and are capable of enjoying it2 materialistic skeptics have altogether scoffed at the idea of both4 ,after long ages of religious materialism and spiritual stagnation1 it has most certainly become difficult if not altogether impossible to substantiate the claims of either party4 ,the old ,greeks1 who had once crowded around the ,agora of ,athens1 with its altar to the 8,unknown ,god10 are no more2 and their descendants firmly believe that they have found the 8,unknown0 in the ,jewish ,jehova4 ,the divine ecstasies of the early ,christians have made room for visions of a more modern character1 in perfect keeping with progress and civilization4 ,the 8,son of man0 appearing to the rapt vision of the ancient ,christian as coming from the seventh heaven1 in a cloud of glory1 and surrounded with angels and winged seraphim1 has made room for a more prosaic and at the same time more business-like ,jesus4 ,the latter is now shown as making morning calls upon ,mary and ,martha in ,bethany2 as seating himself on 8the ottoman0 with the younger sister1 a lover of 8ethics10 while ,martha goes off to the kitchen to cook4 ,anon the heated fancy of a blasphemous ,brooklyn preacher and harlequin1 the ,reverend ,dr4 ,talmage1 makes us see her rushing back 8with besweated brow1 a pitcher in one hand and the tongs in the other 444 into the presence of ,christ10 and blowing him up for not caring that her sister hath left her 8to serve alone40#aeg ,from the birth of the solemn and majestic conception of the unrevealed ,deity of the ancient adepts to such caricatured descriptions of him who died on the ,cross for his philanthropic devotion to humanity1 long centuries have intervened1 and their heavy tread seems to have almost entirely obliterated all sense of a spiritual religion from the hearts of his professed followers4 ,no wonder then1 that the sentence of ,proclus is no longer understood by the ,christians1 and is rejected as a 8vagary0 by the materialists1 who1 in their negation1 are less blasphemous and atheistical than many of the reverends and members of the churches4 ,but1 although the ,greek epoptai are no more1 we have now1 in our own age1 a people far more ancient than the oldest ,hellenes1 who practice the so-called 8preterhuman0 gifts to the same extent as did their ancestors far earlier than the days of ,troy4 ,it is to this people that we draw the attention of the psychologist and philosopher4 ,one need not go very deep into the literature of the ,orientalists to become convinced that in most cases they do not even suspect that in the arcane philosophy of ,india there are depths which they have not sounded1 and cannot sound1 for they pass on without perceiving them4 ,there is a pervading tone of conscious superiority1 a ring of contempt in the treatment of ,hindu metaphysics1 as though the ,european mind is alone enlightened enough to polish the rough diamond of the old ,sanscrit writers1 and separate right from wrong for the benefit of their descendants4 ,we see them disputing over the external forms of expression without a conception of the great vital truths these hide from the profane view4 8,as a rule1 the ,brahmans10 says ,jacolliot1 8rarely go beyond the class of grihesta priests of the vulgar castes and purohita exorcisers1 divines1 prophets1 and evocators of spirits4 ,and yet1 we shall see 444 once that we have touched upon the question and study of manifestations and phenomena1 that these initiates of the first degree 7the lowest7 attribute to themselves1 and in appearance possess faculties developed to a degree which has never been equalled in ,europe4 ,as to the initiates of the second and especially of the third category1 they pretend to be enabled to ignore time1 space1 and to command life and death40#aeh ,such initiates as these ,m4 ,jacolliot did not meet2 for1 as he says himself1 they only appear on the most solemn occasions1 and when the faith of the multitudes has to be strengthened by phenomena of a superior order4 8,they are never seen1 either in the neighborhood of1 or even inside the temples1 except at the grand quinquennial festival of the fire4 ,on that occasion1 they appear about the middle of the night1 on a platform erected in the centre of the sacred lake1 like so many phantoms1 and by their conjurations they illumine the space4 ,a fiery column of light ascends from around them1 rushing from earth to heaven4 ,unfamiliar sounds vibrate through the air1 and five or six hundred thousand ,hindus1 gathered from every part of ,india to contemplate these demigods1 throw themselves with their faces buried in the dust1 invoking the souls of their ancestors40#aei ,let any impartial person read the ,spiritisme dans le ,monde1 and he cannot believe that this 8implacable rationalist10 as ,jacolliot takes pride in terming himself1 said one word more than is warranted by what he had seen4 ,his statements support and are corroborated by those of other skeptics4 ,as a rule1 the missionaries1 even after passing half a lifetime in the country of 8devil-worship10 as they call ,india1 either disingenuously deny altogether what they cannot help knowing to be true1 or ridiculously attribute phenomena to this power of the ,devil1 that outrival the 8miracles0 of the apostolic ages4 ,and what do we see this ,french author1 notwithstanding his incorrigible rationalism1 forced to admit1 after having narrated the greatest wonders8 ,watch the fakirs as he would1 he is compelled to bear the strongest testimony to their perfect honesty in the matter of their miraculous phenomena4 8,never10 he says1 8have we succeeded in detecting a single one in the act of deceit40 ,one fact should be noted by all who1 without having been in ,india1 still fancy they are clever enough to expose the fraud of pretended magicians4 ,this skilled and cool observer1 this redoubtable materialist1 after his long sojourn in ,india1 affirms1 8,we unhesitatingly avow that we have not met1 either in ,india or in ,ceylon1 a single ,european1 even among the oldest residents1 who has been able to indicate the means employed by these devotees for the production of these phenomena60 ,and how should they8 ,does not this zealous ,orientalist confess to us that even he1 who had every available means at hand to learn many of their rites and doctrines at first hand1 failed in his attempts to make the ,brahmans explain to him their secrets4 8,all that our most diligent inquiries of the ,pourohitas could elicit from them respecting the acts of their superiors 7the invisible initiates of the temples71 amounts to very little40 ,and again1 speaking of one of the books1 he confesses that1 while purporting to reveal all that is desirable to know1 it 8falls back into mysterious formulas1 in combinations of magical and occult letters1 the secret of which it has been impossible for us to penetrate10 etc4 ,the fakirs1 although they can never reach beyond the first degree of initiation1 are1 notwithstanding1 the only agents between the living world and the 8silent brothers10 or those initiates who never cross the thresholds of their sacred dwellings4 ,the ,fkara-,yogis belong to the temples1 and who knows but these cenobites of the sanctuary have far more to do with the psychological phenomena which attend the fakirs1 and have been so graphically described by ,jacolliot1 than the ,pitris themselves8 ,who can tell but that the fluidic spectre of the ancient ,brahman seen by ,jacolliot was the ,scin-lecca1 the spiritual double1 of one of these mysterious sannysi8 ,although the story has been translated and commented upon by ,professor ,perty1 of ,geneva1 still we will venture to give it in ,jacolliot's own words3 8,a moment after the disappearance of the hands1 the fakir continuing his evocations 7mantras7 more earnestly than ever1 a cloud like the first1 but more opalescent and more opaque1 began to hover near the small brasier1 which1 by request of the ,hindu1 ,i had constantly fed with live coals4 ,little by little it assumed a form entire human1 and ,i distinguished the spectre--for ,i cannot call it otherwise--of an old ,brahman sacrificator1 kneeling near the little brasier4 8,he bore on his forehead the signs sacred to ,vishnu1 and around his body the triple cord1 sign of the initiates of the priestly caste4 ,he joined his hands above his head1 as during the sacrifices1 and his lips moved as if they were reciting prayers4 ,at a given moment1 he took a pinch of perfumed powder1 and threw it upon the coals2 it must have been a strong compound1 for a thick smoke arose on the instant1 and filled the two chambers4 8,when it was dissipated1 ,i perceived the spectre1 which1 two steps from me1 was extending to me its fleshless hand2 ,i took it in mine1 making a salutation1 and ,i was astonished to find it1 although bony and hard1 warm and living4 8#8,art thou1 indeed1' said ,i at this moment1 in a loud voice1 #8an ancient inhabitant of the earth8' 8,i had not finished the question1 when the word ,,am 7yes7 appeared and then disappeared in letters of fire1 on the breast of the old ,brahman1 with an effect much like that which the word would produce if written in the dark with a stick of phosphorus4 8#8,will you leave me nothing in token of your visit8' ,i continued4 8,the spirit broke the triple cord1 composed of three strands of cotton1 which begirt his loins1 gave it to me1 and vanished at my feet40#afj 8,oh ,brahma6 what is this mystery which takes place every night8444 ,when lying on the matting1 with eyes closed1 the body is lost sight of1 and the soul escapes to enter into conversation with the ,pitris4444 ,watch over it1 ,o ,brahma1 when1 forsaking the resting body1 it goes away to hover over the waters1 to wander in the immensity of heaven1 and penetrate into the dark and mysterious nooks of the valleys and grand forests of the ,hymavat60 7,agroushada ,parikshai47 ,the fakirs1 when belonging to some particular temple1 never act but under orders4 ,not one of them1 unless he has reached a degree of extraordinary sanctity1 is freed from the influence and guidance of his guru1 his teacher1 who first initiated and instructed him in the mysteries of the occult sciences4 ,like the subject of the ,european mesmerizer1 the average fakir can never rid himself entirely of the psychological influence exercised on him by his guru4 ,having passed two or three hours in the silence and solitude of the inner temple in prayer and meditation1 the fakir1 when he emerges thence1 is mesmerically strengthened and prepared2 he produces wonders far more varied and powerful than before he entered4 ,the 8master0 has laid his hands upon him1 and the fakir feels strong4 ,it may be shown1 on the authority of many ,brahmanical and ,buddhist sacred books1 that there has ever existed a great difference between adepts of the higher order1 and purely psychological subjects--like many of these fakirs1 who are mediums in a certain qualified sense4 ,true1 the fakir is ever talking of ,pitris1 and this is natural2 for they are his protecting deities4 ,but are the ,pitris disembodied human beings of our race8 ,this is the question1 and we will discuss it in a moment4 ,we say that the fakir may be regarded in a degree as a medium2 for he is--what is not generally known--under the direct mesmeric influence of a living adept1 his sannysi or guru4 ,when the latter dies1 the power of the former1 unless he has received the last transfer of spiritual forces1 wanes and often even disappears4 ,why1 if it were otherwise1 should the fakirs have been excluded from the right of advancing to the second and third degree8 ,the lives of many of them exemplify a degree of self-sacrifice and sanctity unknown and utterly incomprehensible to ,europeans1 who shudder at the bare thought of such self-inflicted tortures4 ,but however shielded from control by vulgar and earth-bound spirits1 however wide the chasm between a debasing influence and their self-controlled souls2 and however well protected by the seven-knotted magical bamboo rod which he receives from the guru1 still the fakir lives in the outer world of sin and matter1 and it is possible that his soul may be tainted1 perchance1 by the magnetic emanations from profane objects and persons1 and thereby open an access to strange spirits and gods4 ,to admit one so situated1 one not under any and all circumstances sure of the mastery over himself1 to a knowledge of the awful mysteries and priceless secrets of initiation1 would be impracticable4 ,it would not only imperil the security of that which must1 at all hazards1 be guarded from profanation1 but it would be consenting to admit behind the veil a fellow being1 whose mediumistic irresponsibility might at any moment cause him to lose his life through an involuntary indiscretion4 ,the same law which prevailed in the ,eleusinian ,mysteries before our era1 holds good now in ,india4 ,not only must the adept have mastery over himself1 but he must be able to control the inferior grades of spiritual beings1 nature-spirits1 and earthbound souls1 in short the very ones by whom1 if by any1 the fakir is liable to be affected4 ,for the objector to affirm that the ,brahman-adepts and the fakirs admit that of themselves they are powerless1 and can only act with the help of disembodied human spirits1 is to state that these ,hindus are unacquainted with the laws of their sacred books and even the meaning of the word ,pitris4 ,the ,laws of ,manu1 the ,atharva-,veda1 and other books1 prove what we now say4 8,all that exists10 says the ,atharva-,veda1 8is in the power of the gods4 ,the gods are under the power of magical conjurations4 ,the magical conjurations are under the control of the ,brahmans4 ,hence the gods are in the power of the ,brahmans40 ,this is logical1 albeit seemingly paradoxical1 and it is the fact4 ,and this fact will explain to those who have not hitherto had the clew 7among whom ,jacolliot must be numbered1 as will appear on reading his works71 why the fakir should be confined to the first1 or lowest degree of that course of initiation whose highest adepts1 or hierophants1 are the sannysis1 or members of the ancient ,supreme ,council of ,seventy4 ,moreover1 in ,book ,i41 of the ,hindu ,genesis1 or ,book of ,creation of ,manu1 the ,pitris are called the lunar ancestors of the human race4 ,they belong to a race of beings different from ourselves1 and cannot properly be called 8human spirits0 in the sense in which the spiritualists use this term4 ,this is what is said of them3 8,then they 7the gods7 created the ,jackshas1 the ,rakshasas1 the ,pisatshas1#afa the ,gandarbas#afb and the ,apsaras1 and the ,asuras1 the ,nagas1 the ,sarpas and the ,suparnas1#afc and the ,pitris--lunar ancestors of the human race0 7,see ,institutes of ,manu1 ,book ,i41 sloka #cg1 where the ,pitris are termed 8progenitors of mankind074 ,the ,pitris are a distinct race of spirits belonging to the mythological hierarchy or rather to the kabalistical nomenclature1 and must be included with the good genii1 the dmons of the ,greeks1 or the inferior gods of the invisible world2 and when a fakir attributes his phenomena to the ,pitris1 he means only what the ancient philosophers and theurgists meant when they maintained that all the 8miracles0 were obtained through the intervention of the gods1 or the good and bad dmons1 who control the powers of nature1 the elementals1 who are subordinate to the power of him 8who knows40 ,a ghost or human phantom would be termed by a fakir palt1 or chutn1 as that of a female human spirit pichhalpi1 not pitris4 ,true1 pitara means 7plural7 fathers1 ancestors2 and pitr-i is a kinsman2 but these words are used in quite a different sense from that of the ,pitris invoked in the mantras4 ,to maintain before a devout ,brahman or a fakir that any one can converse with the spirits of the dead1 would be to shock him with what would appear to him blasphemy4 ,does not the concluding verse of the ,bagavat state that this supreme felicity is alone reserved to the holy sannysis1 the gurus1 and yogis8 8,long before they finally rid themselves of their mortal envelopes1 the souls who have practiced only good1 such as those of the sannysis and the vanaprasthas1 acquire the faculty of conversing with the souls which preceded them to the swarga40 ,in this case the ,pitris instead of genii are the spirits1 or rather souls1 of the departed ones4 ,but they will freely communicate only with those whose atmosphere is as pure as their own1 and to whose prayerful kalassa 7invocation7 they can respond without the risk of defiling their own celestial purity4 ,when the soul of the invocator has reached the ,sayadyam1 or perfect identity of essence with the ,universal ,soul1 when matter is utterly conquered1 then the adept can freely enter into daily and hourly communion with those who1 though unburdened with their corporeal forms1 are still themselves progressing through the endless series of transformations included in the gradual approach to the ,paramtma1 or the grand ,universal ,soul4 ,bearing in mind that the ,christian fathers have always claimed for themselves and their saints the name of 8friends of ,god10 and knowing that they borrowed this expression1 with many others1 from the technology of the ,pagan temples1 it is but natural to expect them to show an evil temper whenever alluding to these rites4 ,ignorant1 as a rule1 and having had biographers as ignorant as themselves1 we could not well expect them to find in the accounts of their beatific visions a descriptive beauty such as we find in the ,pagan classics4 ,whether the visions and objective phenomena claimed by both the fathers of the desert and the hierophants of the sanctuary are to be discredited1 or accepted as facts1 the splendid imagery employed by ,proclus and ,apuleius in narrating the small portion of the final initiation that they dared reveal1 throws completely into the shade the plagiaristic tales of the ,christian ascetics1 faithful copies though they were intended to be4 ,the story of the temptation of ,st4 ,anthony in the desert by the female demon1 is a parody upon the preliminary trials of the neophyte during the ,mikra1 or minor ,mysteries of ,agr--those rites at the thought of which ,clemens railed so bitterly1 and which represented the bereaved ,demeter in search of her child1 and her good-natured hostess ,baubo4#afd ,without entering again into a demonstration that in ,christian1 and especially ,irish ,roman ,catholic1 churches#afe the same apparently indecent customs as the above prevailed until the end of the last century1 we will recur to the untiring labors of that honest and brave defender of the ancient faith1 ,thomas ,taylor1 and his works4 ,however much dogmatic ,greek scholarship may have found to say against his 8mistranslations10 his memory must be dear to every true ,platonist1 who seeks rather to learn the inner thought of the great philosopher than enjoy the mere external mechanism of his writings4 ,better classical translators may have rendered us1 in more correct phraseology1 ,plato's words1 but ,taylor shows us ,plato's meaning1 and this is more than can be said of ,zeller1 ,jowett1 and their predecessors4 ,yet1 as writes ,professor ,a4 ,wilder1 8,taylor's works have met with favor at the hands of men capable of profound and recondite thinking2 and it must be conceded that he was endowed with a superior qualification--that of an intuitive perception of the interior meaning of the subjects which he considered4 ,others may have known more ,greek1 but he knew more ,plato40#aff ,taylor devoted his whole useful life to the search after such old manuscripts as would enable him to have his own speculations concerning several obscure rites in the ,mysteries corroborated by writers who had been initiated themselves4 ,it is with full confidence in the assertions of various classical writers that we say that ridiculous1 perhaps licentious in some cases1 as may appear ancient worship to the modern critic1 it ought not to have so appeared to the ,christians4 ,during the medival ages1 and even later1 they accepted pretty nearly the same without understanding the secret import of its rites1 and quite satisfied with the obscure and rather fantastic interpretations of their clergy1 who accepted the exterior form and distorted the inner meaning4 ,we are ready to concede1 in full justice1 that centuries have passed since the great majority of the ,christian clergy1 who are not allowed to pry into ,god's mysteries nor seek to explain that which the ,church has once accepted and established1 have had the remotest idea of their symbolism1 whether in its exoteric or esoteric meaning4 ,not so with the head of the ,church and its highest dignitaries4 ,and if we fully agree with ,inman that it is 8difficult to believe that the ecclesiastics who sanctioned the publication of such prints#afg could have been as ignorant as modern ritualists10 we are not at all prepared to believe with the same author 8that the latter1 if they knew the real meaning of the symbols commonly used by the ,roman ,church1 would not have adopted them40 ,to eliminate what is plainly derived from the sex and nature worship of the ancient heathens1 would be equivalent to pulling down the whole ,roman ,catholic image-worship--the ,madonna element--and reforming the faith to ,protestantism4 ,the enforcement of the late dogma of the ,immaculation was prompted by this very secret reason4 ,the science of symbology was making too rapid progress4 ,blind faith in the ,pope's infallibility and in the immaculate nature of the ,virgin and of her ancestral female lineage to a certain remove could alone save the ,church from the indiscreet revelations of science4 ,it was a clever stroke of policy on the part of the vicegerent of ,god4 ,what matters it if1 by 8conferring upon her such an honor10 as ,don ,pascale de ,franciscis navely expresses it1 he has made a goddess of the ,virgin ,mary1 an ,olympian ,deity1 who1 having been by her very nature placed in the impossibility of sinning1 can claim no virtue1 no personal merit for her purity1 precisely for which1 as we were taught to believe in our younger days1 she was chosen among all other women4 ,if his ,holiness has deprived her of this1 perhaps1 on the other hand1 he thinks that he has endowed her with at least one physical attribute not shared by the other virgin-goddesses4 ,but even this new dogma1 which1 in company with the new claim to infallibility1 has quasi-revolutionized the ,christian world1 is not original with the ,church of ,rome4 ,it is but a return to a hardly-remembered heresy of the early ,christian ages1 that of the ,collyridians1 so called from their sacrificing cakes to the ,virgin1 whom they claimed to be ,virgin-born4#afh ,the new sentence1 8,o1 ,virgin ,mary1 conceived without sin10 is simply a tardy acceptance of that which was at first deemed a 8blasphemous heresie0 by the orthodox fathers4 ,to think for one moment that any of the popes1 cardinals1 or other high dignitaries 8were not aware0 from the first to the last of the external meanings of their symbols1 is to do injustice to their great learning and their spirit of ,machiavellism4 ,it is to forget that the emissaries of ,rome will never be stopped by any difficulty which can be skirted by the employment of ,jesuitical artifice4 ,the policy of complaisant conformity was never carried to greater lengths than by the missionaries in ,ceylon1 who1 according to the ,abb ,dubois--certainly a learned and competent authority--8conducted the images of the ,virgin and ,saviour on triumphal cars1 imitated from the orgies of ,juggernauth1 and introduced the dancers from the ,brahminical rites into the ceremonial of the church40#afi ,let us at least thank these black-frocked politicians for their consistency in employing the car of ,juggernauth1 upon which the 8wicked heathen0 convey the lingham of ,siva4 ,to have used this car to carry in its turn the ,romish representative of the female principle in nature1 is to show discrimination and a thorough knowledge of the oldest mythological conceptions4 ,they have blended the two deities1 and thus represented1 in a ,christian procession1 the 8heathen0 ,brahma1 or ,nara 7the father71 ,nari 7the mother71 and ,viradj 7the son74 ,says ,manu3 8,the ,sovereign ,master who exists through himself1 divides his body into two halves1 male and female1 and from the union of these two principles is born ,viradj1 the ,son40#agj ,there was not a ,christian ,father who could have been ignorant of these symbols in their physical meaning2 for it is in this latter aspect that they were abandoned to the ignorant rabble4 ,moreover1 they all had as good reasons to suspect the occult symbolism contained in these images2 although as none of them--,paul excepted1 perhaps--had been initiated they could know nothing whatever about the nature of the final rites4 ,any person revealing these mysteries was put to death1 regardless of sex1 nationality1 or creed4 ,a ,christian father would no more be proof against an accident than a ,pagan ,mysta or the 4 ,if during the ,aporreta or preliminary arcanes1 there were some practices which might have shocked the pudicity of a ,christian convert--though we doubt the sincerity of such statements--their mystical symbolism was all sufficient to relieve the performance of any charge of licentiousness4 ,even the episode of the ,matron ,baubo--whose rather eccentric method of consolation was immortalized in the minor ,mysteries--is explained by impartial mystagogues quite naturally4 ,ceres-,demeter and her earthly wanderings in search of her daughter are the euhemerized descriptions of one of the most metaphysico-psychological subjects ever treated of by human mind4 ,it is a mask for the transcendent narrative of the initiated seers2 the celestial vision of the freed soul of the initiate of the last hour describing the process by which the soul that has not yet been incarnated descends for the first time into matter1 8,blessed is he who hath seen those common concerns of the underworld2 he knows both the end of life and its divine origin from ,jupiter10 says ,pindar4 ,taylor shows1 on the authority of more than one initiate1 that the 8dramatic performances of the ,lesser ,mysteries were designed by their founders1 to signify occultly the condition of the unpurified soul invested with an earthly body1 and enveloped in a material and physical nature 444 that the soul1 indeed1 till purified by philosophy1 suffers death through its union with the body40 ,the body is the sepulchre1 the prison of the soul1 and many ,christian ,fathers held with ,plato that the soul is punished through its union with the body4 ,such is the fundamental doctrine of the ,buddhists and of many ,brahmanists too4 ,when ,plotinus remarks that 8when the soul has descended into generation 7from its half-divine condition7 she partakes of evil1 and is carried a great way into a state the opposite of her first purity and integrity1 to be entirely merged in which is nothing more than to fall into dark mire20#aga he only repeats the teachings of ,gautama-,buddha4 ,if we have to believe the ancient initiates at all1 we must accept their interpretation of the symbols4 ,and if1 moreover1 we find them perfectly coinciding with the teachings of the greatest philosophers and that which we know symbolizes the same meaning in the modern ,mysteries in the ,east1 we must believe them to be right4 ,if ,demeter was considered the intellectual soul1 or rather the ,astral soul1 half emanation from the spirit and half tainted with matter through a succession of spiritual evolutions--we may readily understand what is meant by the ,matron ,baubo1 the ,enchantress1 who before she succeeds in reconciling the soul--,demeter1 to its new position1 finds herself obliged to assume the sexual forms of an infant4 ,baubo is matter1 the physical body2 and the intellectual1 as yet pure astral soul can be ensnared into its new terrestrial prison but by the display of innocent babyhood4 ,until then1 doomed to her fate1 ,demeter1 or ,magna-mater1 the ,soul1 wonders and hesitates and suffers2 but once having partaken of the magic potion prepared by ,baubo1 she forgets her sorrows2 for a certain time she parts with that consciousness of higher intellect that she was possessed of before entering the body of a child4 ,thenceforth she must seek to rejoin it again2 and when the age of reason arrives for the child1 the struggle--forgotten for a few years of infancy--begins again4 ,the astral soul is placed between matter 7body7 and the highest intellect 7its immortal spirit or nous74 ,which of those two will conquer8 ,the result of the battle of life lies between the triad4 ,it is a question of a few years of physical enjoyment on earth and--if it has begotten abuse--of the dissolution of the earthly body being followed by death of the astral body1 which thus is prevented from being united with the highest spirit of the triad1 which alone confers on us individual immortality2 or1 on the other hand1 of becoming immortal myst2 initiated before death of the body into the divine truths of the after life4 ,demi-gods below1 and ,,gods above4 ,such was the chief object of the ,mysteries represented as diabolical by theology1 and ridiculed by modern symbologists4 ,to disbelieve that there exist in man certain arcane powers1 which1 by psychological study he can develop in himself to the highest degree1 become an hierophant and then impart to others under the same conditions of earthly discipline1 is to cast an imputation of falsehood and lunacy upon a number of the best1 purest1 and most learned men of antiquity and of the middle ages4 ,what the hierophant was allowed to see at the last hour is hardly hinted at by them4 ,and yet ,pythagoras1 ,plato1 ,plotinus1 ,iamblichus1 ,proclus1 and many others knew and affirmed their reality4 ,whether in the 8inner temple10 or through the study of theurgy carried on privately1 or by the sole exertion of a whole life of spiritual labor1 they all obtained the practical proof of such divine possibilities for man fighting his battle with life on earth to win a life in the eternity4 ,what the last epopteia was is alluded to by ,plato in ,phdrus 7#fd72 8444 being initiated in those ,mysteries1 which it is lawful to call the most blessed of all mysteries 444 we were freed from the molestations of evils which otherwise await us in a future period of time4 ,likewise1 in consequence of this divine initiation1 we became spectators of entire1 simple1 immovable1 and blessed visions1 resident in a pure light40 ,this sentence shows that they saw visions1 gods1 spirits4 ,as ,taylor correctly observes1 from all such passages in the works of the initiates it may be inferred1 8that the most sublime part of the epopteia 444 consisted in beholding the gods themselves invested with a resplendent light10 or highest planetary spirits4 ,the statement of ,proclus upon this subject is unequivocal3 8,in all the initiations and mysteries1 the gods exhibit many forms of themselves1 and appear in a variety of shapes1 and sometimes1 indeed1 a formless light of themselves is held forth to the view2 sometimes this light is according to a human form1 and sometimes it proceeds into a different shape40#agb 8,whatever is on earth is the resemblance and ,,shadow of something that is in the sphere1 while that resplendent thing 7the prototype of the soul-spirit7 remaineth in unchangeable condition1 it is well also with its shadow4 ,but when the resplendent one removeth far from its shadow life removeth from the latter to a distance4 ,and yet1 that very light is the shadow of something still more resplendent than itself40 ,thus speaks ,desatir1 the ,persian ,book of ,shet1#agc thereby showing its identity of esoteric doctrines with those of the ,greek philosophers4 ,the second statement of ,plato confirms our belief that the ,mysteries of the ancients were identical with the ,initiations1 as practiced now among the ,buddhists and the ,hindu adepts4 ,the highest visions1 the most truthful1 are produced1 not through natural ecstatics or 8mediums10 as it is sometimes erroneously asserted1 but through a regular discipline of gradual initiations and development of psychical powers4 ,the ,myst were brought into close union with those whom ,proclus calls 8mystical natures10 8resplendent gods10 because1 as ,plato says1 8we were ourselves pure and immaculate1 being liberated from this surrounding vestment1 which we denominate body1 and to which we are now bound like an oyster to its shell40#agd ,so the doctrine of planetary and terrestrial ,pitris was revealed entirely in ancient ,india1 as well as now1 only at the last moment of initiation1 and to the adepts of superior degrees4 ,many are the fakirs1 who1 though pure1 and honest1 and self-devoted1 have yet never seen the astral form of a purely human pitar 7an ancestor or father71 otherwise than at the solemn moment of their first and last initiation4 ,it is in the presence of his instructor1 the guru1 and just before the vatou-fakir is dispatched into the world of the living1 with his seven-knotted bamboo wand for all protection1 that he is suddenly placed face to face with the unknown ,,presence4 ,he sees it1 and falls prostrate at the feet of the evanescent form1 but is not entrusted with the great secret of its evocation2 for it is the supreme mystery of the holy syllable4 ,the ,,aum contains the evocation of the ,vedic triad1 the ,trimurti ,brahma1 ,vishnu1 ,siva1 say the ,orientalists2#age it contains the evocation of something more real and objective than this triune abstraction--we say1 respectfully contradicting the eminent scientists4 ,it is the trinity of man himself1 on his way to become immortal through the solemn union of his inner triune ,,self--the exterior1 gross body1 the husk not even being taken in consideration in this human trinity4#agf ,it is1 when this trinity1 in anticipation of the final triumphant reunion beyond the gates of corporeal death became for a few seconds a ,,unity1 that the candidate is allowed1 at the moment of the initiation1 to behold his future self4 ,thus we read in the ,persian ,desatir1 of the 8,resplendent one20 in the ,greek philosopher-initiates1 of the ,augoeides--the self-shining 8blessed vision resident in the pure light20 in ,porphyry1 that ,plotinus was united to his 8god0 six times during his lifetime2 and so on4 8,in ancient ,india1 the mystery of the triad1 known but to the initiates1 could not1 under the penalty of death1 be revealed to the vulgar10 says ,vrihaspati4 ,neither could it in the ancient ,grecian and ,samothracian ,mysteries4 ,nor can it be now4 ,it is in the hands of the adepts1 and must remain a mystery to the world so long as the materialistic savant regards it as an undemonstrated fallacy1 an insane hallucination1 and the dogmatic theologian1 a snare of the ,evil ,one4 ,subjective communication with the human1 god-like spirits of those who have preceded us to the silent land of bliss1 is in ,india divided into three categories4 ,under the spiritual training of a guru or sannysi1 the vatou 7disciple or neophyte7 begins to feel them4 ,were he not under the immediate guidance of an adept1 he would be controlled by the invisibles1 and utterly at their mercy1 for among these subjective influences he is unable to discern the good from the bad4 ,happy the sensitive who is sure of the purity of his spiritual atmosphere6 ,to this subjective consciousness1 which is the first degree1 is1 after a time1 added that of clairaudience4 ,this is the second degree or stage of development4 ,the sensitive--when not naturally made so by psychological training--now audibly hears1 but is still unable to discern2 and is incapable of verifying his impressions1 and one who is unprotected the tricky powers of the air but too often delude with semblances of voices and speech4 ,but the guru's influence is there2 it is the most powerful shield against the intrusion of the bhutn into the atmosphere of the vatou1 consecrated to the pure1 human1 and celestial ,pitris4 ,the third degree is that when the fakir or any other candidate both feels1 hears1 and sees2 and when he can at will produce the reflections of the ,pitris on the mirror of astral light4 ,all depends upon his psychological and mesmeric powers1 which are always proportionate to the intensity of his will4 ,but the fakir will never control the ,akasa1 the spiritual life-principle1 the omnipotent agent of every phenomenon1 in the same degree as an adept of the third and highest initiation4 ,and the phenomena produced by the will of the latter do not generally run the market-places for the satisfaction of open-mouthed investigators4 ,the unity of ,god1 the immortality of the spirit1 belief in salvation only through our works1 merit and demerit2 such are the principal articles of faith of the ,wisdom-religion1 and the ground work of ,vedaism1 ,buddhism1 ,parsism1 and such we find to have been even that of the ancient ,osirism1 when we1 after abandoning the popular sun-god to the materialism of the rabble1 confine our attention to the ,books of ,hermes1 the thrice-great4 8,the ,,thought concealed as yet the world in silence and darkness4444 ,then the ,lord who exists through ,himself1 and who is not to be divulged to the external senses of man2 dissipated darkness1 and manifested the perceptible world40 8,he that can be perceived only by the spirit1 that escapes the organs of sense1 who is without visible parts1 eternal1 the soul of all beings1 that none can comprehend1 displayed ,his own splendor0 7,manu1 book i41 slokas1 #f-g74 ,such is the ideal of the ,supreme in the mind of every ,hindu philosopher4 8,of all the duties1 the principal one is to acquire the knowledge of the supreme soul 7the spirit72 it is the first of all sciences1 for it alone confers on man immortality0 7,manu1 book xii41 sloka #he74 ,and our scientists talk of the ,nirvana of ,buddha and the ,moksha of ,brahma as of a complete annihilation6 ,it is thus that the following verse is interpreted by some materialists4 8,the man who recognizes the ,supreme ,soul1 in his own soul1 as well as in that of all creatures1 and who is equally just to all 7whether man or animals7 obtains the happiest of all fates1 that to be finally absorbed in the bosom of ,brahma0 7,manu1 book xii41 sloka #abe74 ,the doctrine of the ,moksha and the ,nirvana1 as understood by the school of ,max ,mller1 can never bear confronting with numerous texts that can be found1 if required1 as a final refutation4 ,there are sculptures in many pagodas which contradict1 point-blank1 the imputation4 ,ask a ,brahman to explain ,moksha1 address yourself to an educated ,buddhist and pray him to define for you the meaning of ,nirvana4 ,both will answer you that in every one of these religions ,nirvana represents the dogma of the spirit's immortality4 ,that1 to reach the ,nirvana means absorption into the great universal soul1 the latter representing a state1 not an individual being or an anthropomorphic god1 as some understand the great ,,existence4 ,that a spirit reaching such a state becomes a part of the integral whole1 but never loses its individuality for all that4 ,henceforth1 the spirit lives spiritually1 without any fear of further modifications of form2 for form pertains to matter1 and the state of ,nirvana implies a complete purification or a final riddance from even the most sublimated particle of matter4 ,this word1 absorbed1 when it is proved that the ,hindus and ,buddhists believe in the immortality of the spirit1 must necessarily mean intimate union1 not annihilation4 ,let ,christians call them idolaters1 if they still dare do so1 in the face of science and the latest translations of the sacred ,sanscrit books2 they have no right to present the speculative philosophy of ancient sages as an inconsistency and the philosophers themselves as illogical fools4 ,with far better reason we can accuse the ancient ,jews of utter nihilism4 ,there is not a word contained in the ,books of ,moses--or the prophets either--which1 taken literally1 implies the spirit's immortality4 ,yet every devout ,jew hopes as well to be 8gathered into the bosom of ,a-,braham40 ,the hierophants and some ,brahmans are accused of having administered to their epoptai strong drinks or ansthetics to produce visions which shall be taken by the latter as realities4 ,they did and do use sacred beverages which1 like the ,soma-drink1 possess the faculty of freeing the astral form from the bonds of matter2 but in those visions there is as little to be attributed to hallucination as in the glimpses which the scientist1 by the help of his optical instrument1 gets into the microscopic world4 ,a man cannot perceive1 touch1 and converse with pure spirit through any of his bodily senses4 ,only spirit alone can talk to and see spirit2 and even our astral soul1 the ,doppelganger1 is too gross1 too much tainted yet with earthly matter to trust entirely to its perceptions and insinuations4 ,how dangerous may often become untrained mediumship1 and how thoroughly it was understood and provided against by the ancient sages1 is perfectly exemplified in the case of ,socrates4 ,the old ,grecian philosopher was a 8medium20 hence1 he had never been initiated into the ,mysteries2 for such was the rigorous law4 ,but he had his 8familiar spirit0 as they call it1 his daimonion2 and this invisible counsellor became the cause of his death4 ,it is generally believed that if he was not initiated into the ,mysteries it was because he himself neglected to become so4 ,but the ,secret ,records teach us that it was because he could not be admitted to participate in the sacred rites1 and precisely1 as we state1 on account of his mediumship4 ,there was a law against the admission not only of such as were convicted of deliberate witchcraft#agg but even of those who were known to have 8a familiar spirit40 ,the law was just and logical1 because a genuine medium is more or less irresponsible2 and the eccentricities of ,socrates are thus accounted for in some degree4 ,a medium must be passive2 and if a firm believer in his 8spirit-guide0 he will allow himself to be ruled by the latter1 not by the rules of the sanctuary4 ,a medium of olden times1 like the modern 8medium0 was subject to be entranced at the will and pleasure of the 8power0 which controlled him2 therefore1 he could not well have been entrusted with the awful secrets of the final initiation1 8never to be revealed under the penalty of death40 ,the old sage1 in unguarded moments of 8spiritual inspiration10 revealed that which he had never learned2 and was therefore put to death as an atheist4 ,how then1 with such an instance as that of ,socrates1 in relation to the visions and spiritual wonders at the epoptai1 of the ,inner ,temple1 can any one assert that these seers1 theurgists1 and thaumaturgists were all 8spirit-mediums80 ,neither ,pythagoras1 ,plato1 nor any of the later more important ,neo-platonists2 neither ,iamblichus1 ,longinus1 ,proclus1 nor ,apollonius of ,tyana1 were ever mediums2 for in such case they would not have been admitted to the ,mysteries at all4 ,as ,taylor proves--8,this assertion of divine visions in the ,mysteries is clearly confirmed by ,plotinus4 ,and in short1 that magical evocation formed a part of the sacerdotal office in them1 and that this was universally believed by all antiquity long before the era of the later ,platonists10 shows that apart from natural 8mediumship10 there has existed1 from the beginning of time1 a mysterious science1 discussed by many1 but known only to a few4 ,the use of it is a longing toward our only true and real home--the after-life1 and a desire to cling more closely to our parent spirit2 abuse of it is sorcery1 witchcraft1 black magic4 ,between the two is placed natural 8mediumship20 a soul clothed with imperfect matter1 a ready agent for either the one or the other1 and utterly dependent on its surroundings of life1 constitutional heredity--physical as well as mental--and on the nature of the 8spirits0 it attracts around itself4 ,a blessing or a curse1 as fate will have it1 unless the medium is purified of earthly dross4 ,the reason why in every age so little has been generally known of the mysteries of initiation1 is twofold4 ,the first has already been explained by more than one author1 and lies in the terrible penalty following the least indiscretion4 ,the second1 is the superhuman difficulties and even dangers which the daring candidate of old had to encounter1 and either conquer1 or die in the attempt1 when1 what is still worse1 he did not lose his reason4 ,there was no real danger to him whose mind had become thoroughly spiritualized1 and so prepared for every terrific sight4 ,he who fully recognized the power of his immortal spirit1 and never doubted for one moment its omnipotent protection1 had naught to fear4 ,but woe to the candidate in whom the slightest physical fear--sickly child of matter--made him lose sight and faith in his own invulnerability4 ,he who was not wholly confident of his moral fitness to accept the burden of these tremendous secrets was doomed4 ,the ,talmud gives the story of the four ,tanam1 who are made1 in allegorical terms1 to enter into the garden of delights2 i4e41 to be initiated into the occult and final science4 8,according to the teaching of our holy masters the names of the four who entered the garden of delight1 are3 ,ben ,asai1 ,ben ,zoma1 ,acher1 and ,rabbi ,akiba4444 8,ben ,asai looked and--lost his sight4 8,ben ,zoma looked and--lost his reason4 8,acher made depredations in the plantation0 7mixed up the whole and failed74 8,but ,akiba1 who had entered in peace1 came out of it in peace1 for the saint whose name be blessed had said1 #8,this old man is worthy of serving us with glory4'0 8,the learned commentators of the ,talmud1 the ,rabbis of the synagogue1 explain that the garden of delight1 in which those four personages are made to enter1 is but that mysterious science1 the most terrible of sciences for weak intellects1 which it leads directly to insanity10 says ,a4 ,franck1 in his ,kabbala4 ,it is not the pure at heart and he who studies but with a view to perfecting himself and so more easily acquiring the promised immortality1 who need have any fear2 but rather he who makes of the science of sciences a sinful pretext for worldly motives1 who should tremble4 ,the latter will never withstand the kabalistic evocations of the supreme initiation4 ,the licentious performances of the thousand and one early ,christian sects1 may be criticised by partial commentators as well as the ancient ,eleusinian and other rites4 ,but why should they incur the blame of the theologians1 the ,christians1 when their own 8,mysteries0 of 8the divine incarnation with ,joseph1 ,mary1 and the angel0 in a sacred trilogue used to be enacted in more than one country1 and were famous at one time in ,spain and ,southern ,france8 ,later1 they fell like many other once secret rites into the hands of the populace4 ,it is but a few years since1 during every ,christmas week1 ,punch-and-,judy-boxes1 containing the above named personages1 an additional display of the infant ,jesus in his manger1 were carried about the country in ,poland and ,southern ,russia4 ,they were called ,kaliadovki1 a word the correct etymology of which we are unable to give unless it is from the verb ,kaliadovt1 a word that we as willingly abandon to learned philologists4 ,we have seen this show in our days of childhood4 ,we remember the three king-,magi represented by three dolls in powdered wigs and colored tights2 and it is from recollecting the simple1 profound veneration depicted on the faces of the pious audience1 that we can the more readily appreciate the honest and just remark by the editor1 in the introduction to the ,eleusinian ,mysteries1 who says3 8,it is ignorance which leads to profanation4 ,men ridicule what they do not properly understand4444 ,the undercurrent of this world is set toward one goal2 and inside of human credulity--call it human weakness1 if you please--is a power almost infinite1 a holy faith capable of apprehending the supremest truths of all existence40 ,if that abstract sentiment called ,christian charity prevailed in the ,church1 we would be well content to leave all this unsaid4 ,we have no quarrel with ,christians whose faith is sincere and whose practice coincides with their profession4 ,but with an arrogant1 dogmatic1 and dishonest clergy1 we have nothing to do except to see the ancient philosophy--antagonized by modern theology in its puny offspring--,spiritualism--defended and righted so far as we are able1 so that its grandeur and sufficiency may be thoroughly displayed4 ,it is not alone for the esoteric philosophy that we fight2 nor for any modern system of moral philosophy1 but for the inalienable right of private judgment1 and especially for the ennobling idea of a future life of activity and accountability4 ,we eagerly applaud such commentators as ,godfrey ,higgins1 ,inman1 ,payne ,knight1 ,king1 ,dunlap1 and ,dr4 ,newton1 however much they disagree with our own mystical views1 for their diligence is constantly being rewarded by fresh discoveries of the ,pagan paternity of ,christian symbols4 ,but otherwise1 all these learned works are useless4 ,their researches only cover half the ground4 ,lacking the true key of interpretation they see the symbols only in a physical aspect4 ,they have no password to cause the gates of mystery to swing open2 and ancient spiritual philosophy is to them a closed book4 ,diametrically opposed though they be to the clergy in their ideas respecting it1 in the way of interpretation they do little more than their opponents for a questioning public4 ,their labors tend to strengthen materialism as those of the clergy1 especially the ,romish clergy1 do to cultivate belief in diabolism4 ,if the study of ,hermetic philosophy held out no other hope of reward1 it would be more than enough to know that by it we may learn with what perfection of justice the world is governed4 ,a sermon upon this text is preached by every page of history4 ,among all there is not one that conveys a deeper moral than the case of the ,roman ,church4 ,the divine law of compensation was never more strikingly exemplified than in the fact that by her own act she has deprived herself of the only possible key to her own religious mysteries4 ,the assumption of ,godfrey ,higgins that there are two doctrines maintained in the ,roman ,church1 one for the masses and the other--the esoteric--for the 8perfect10 or the initiates1 as in the ancient ,mysteries1 appears to us unwarranted and rather fantastic4 ,they have lost the key1 we repeat2 otherwise no terrestrial power could have prostrated her1 and except a superficial knowledge of the means of producing 8miracles10 her clergy can in no way be compared in their wisdom with the hierophants of old4 ,in burning the works of the theurgists2 in proscribing those who affect their study2 in affixing the stigma of demonolatry to magic in general1 ,rome has left her exoteric worship and ,bible to be helplessly riddled by every free-thinker1 her sexual emblems to be identified with coarseness1 and her priests to unwittingly turn magicians and even sorcerers in their exorcisms1 which are but necromantic evocations4 ,thus retribution1 by the exquisite adjustment of divine law1 is made to overtake this scheme of cruelty1 injustice1 and bigotry1 through her own suicidal acts4 ,true philosophy and divine truth are convertible terms4 ,a religion which dreads the light cannot be a religion based on either truth or philosophy--hence1 it must be false4 ,the ancient ,mysteries were mysteries to the profane only1 whom the hierophant never sought nor would accept as proselytes2 to the initiates the ,mysteries became explained as soon as the final veil was withdrawn4 ,no mind like that of ,pythagoras or ,plato would have contented itself with an unfathomable and incomprehensible mystery1 like that of the ,christian dogma4 ,there can be but one truth1 for two small truths on the same subject can but constitute one great error4 ,among thousands of exoteric or popular conflicting religions which have been propagated since the days when the first men were enabled to interchange their ideas1 not a nation1 not a people1 nor the most abject tribe1 but after their own fashion has believed in an ,unseen ,god1 the ,first ,cause of unerring and immutable laws1 and in the immortality of our spirit4 ,no creed1 no false philosophy1 no religious exaggerations1 could ever destroy that feeling4 ,it must1 therefore1 be based upon an absolute truth4 ,on the other hand1 every one of the numberless religions and religious sects views the ,deity after its own fashion2 and1 fathering on the unknown its own speculations1 it enforces these purely human outgrowths of overheated imagination on the ignorant masses1 and calls them 8revelation40 ,as the dogmas of every religion and sect often differ radically1 they cannot be true4 ,and if untrue1 what are they8 8,the greatest curse to a nation10 remarks ,dr4 ,inman1 8is not a bad religion1 but a form of faith which prevents manly inquiry4 ,i know of no nation of old that was priest-ridden which did not fall under the swords of those who did not care for hierarchs4444 ,the greatest danger is to be feared from those ecclesiastics who wink at vice1 and encourage it as a means whereby they can gain power over their votaries4 ,so long as every man does to other men as he would that they should do to him1 and allows no one to interfere between him and his ,maker1 all will go well with the world40#agh ,,chapter ,,iii4 8,,king4--,let us from point to point this story know40 --,all's ,well ,that ,ends ,well4--,act v41 ,scene #c4 8,he is the ,one1 self-proceeding2 and from ,him all things proceed4 ,and in them ,he ,himself exerts ,his activity2 no mortal ,,beholds ,,him1 but ,,he beholds all60--,orphic ,hymn4 8,and ,athens1 ,o ,athena1 is thy own6 ,great ,goddess hear6 and on my darkened mind ,pour thy pure light in measure unconfined2 ,that sacred light1 ,o all-proceeding ,queen1 ,which beams eternal from thy face serene4 ,my soul1 while wand'ring on the earth1 inspire ,with thy own blessed and impulsive fire60 --,,proclus2 ,,taylor3 ,to ,minerva4 8,now faith is the substance of things4444 ,by faith the harlot ,rahab perished not with them that believed not1 when she had received the spies in peace40--,hebrews xi4 #a1 #ca4 8,what doth it profit1 my brethren1 though a man hath faith1 and have not works8 ,can ,,faith save him8444 ,likewise also was not ,rahab the harlot justified by works1 when she had received the messengers1 and had sent them out another way80--,james ii4 #ad1 #be4 ,clement describes ,basilides1 the ,gnostic1 as 8a philosopher devoted to the contemplation of divine things40 ,this very appropriate expression may be applied to many of the founders of the more important sects which later were all engulfed in one--that stupendous compound of unintelligible dogmas enforced by ,irenus1 ,tertullian1 and others1 which is now termed ,christianity4 ,if these must be called heresies1 then early ,christianity itself must be included in the number4 ,basilides and ,valentinus preceded ,irenus and ,tertullian2 and the two latter ,fathers had less facts than the two former ,gnostics to show that their heresy was plausible4 ,neither divine right nor truth brought about the triumph of their ,christianity2 fate alone was propitious4 ,we can assert1 with entire plausibility1 that there is not one of all these sects--,kabalism1 ,judaism1 and our present ,christianity included--but sprung from the two main branches of that one mother-trunk1 the once universal religion1 which antedated the ,vedaic ages--we speak of that prehistoric ,buddhism which merged later into ,brahmanism4 ,the religion which the primitive teaching of the early few apostles most resembled--a religion preached by ,jesus himself--is the elder of these two1 ,buddhism4 ,the latter as taught in its primitive purity1 and carried to perfection by the last of the ,buddhas1 ,gautama1 based its moral ethics on three fundamental principles4 ,it alleged that #a1 every thing existing1 exists from natural causes2 #b1 that virtue brings its own reward1 and vice and sin their own punishment2 and1 #c1 that the state of man in this world is probationary4 ,we might add that on these three principles rested the universal foundation of every religious creed2 ,god1 and individual immortality for every man--if he could but win it4 ,however puzzling the subsequent theological tenets2 however seemingly incomprehensible the metaphysical abstractions which have convulsed the theology of every one of the great religions of mankind as soon as it was placed on a sure footing1 the above is found to be the essence of every religious philosophy1 with the exception of later ,christianity4 ,it was that of ,zoroaster1 of ,pythagoras1 of ,plato1 of ,jesus1 and even of ,moses1 albeit the teachings of the ,jewish law-giver have been so piously tampered with4 ,we will devote the present chapter mainly to a brief survey of the numerous sects which have recognized themselves as ,christians2 that is to say1 that have believed in a ,christos1 or an ,,anointed ,,one4 ,we will also endeavor to explain the latter appellation from the kabalistic standpoint1 and show it reappearing in every religious system4 ,it might be profitable1 at the same time1 to see how much the earliest apostles--,paul and ,peter1 agreed in their preaching of the new ,dispensation4 ,we will begin with ,peter4 ,we must once more return to that greatest of all the ,patristic frauds2 the one which has undeniably helped the ,roman ,catholic ,church to its unmerited supremacy1 viz43 the barefaced assertion1 in the teeth of historical evidence1 that ,peter suffered martyrdom at ,rome4 ,it is but too natural that the ,latin clergy should cling to it1 for1 with the exposure of the fraudulent nature of this pretext1 the dogma of apostolic succession must fall to the ground4 ,there have been many able works of late1 in refutation of this preposterous claim4 ,among others we note ,mr4 ,g4 ,reber's1 ,the ,christ of ,paul1 which overthrows it quite ingeniously4 ,the author proves1 #a1 that there was no church established at ,rome1 until the reign of ,antoninus ,pius2 #b1 that as ,eusebius and ,irenus both agree that ,linus was the second ,bishop of ,rome1 into whose hands 8the blessed apostles0 ,peter and ,paul committed the church after building it1 it could not have been at any other time than between ,a4,d4 #fd and #fh2 #c1 that this interval of years happens during the reign of ,nero1 for ,eusebius states that ,linus held this office twelve years 7,ecclesiastical ,history1 book iii41 c4 #ac71 entering upon it ,a4,d4 #fi1 one year after the death of ,nero1 and dying himself in #ha4 ,after that the author maintains1 on very solid grounds1 that ,peter could not be in ,rome ,a4,d4 #fd1 for he was then in ,babylon2 wherefrom he wrote his first ,epistle1 the date of which is fixed by ,dr4 ,lardner and other critics at precisely this year4 ,but we believe that his best argument is in proving that it was not in the character of the cowardly ,peter to risk himself in such close neighborhood with ,nero1 who 8was feeding the wild beasts of the ,amphitheatre with the flesh and bones of ,christians0#agi at that time4 ,perhaps the ,church of ,rome was but consistent in choosing as her titular founder the apostle who thrice denied his master at the moment of danger2 and the only one1 moreover1 except ,judas1 who provoked ,christ in such a way as to be addressed as the 8,enemy40 8,get thee behind me1 ,,satan60 exclaims ,jesus1 rebuking the taunting apostle4#ahj ,there is a tradition in the ,greek ,church which has never found favor at the ,vatican4 ,the former traces its origin to one of the ,gnostic leaders--,basilides1 perhaps1 who lived under ,trajan and ,adrian1 at the end of the first and the beginning of the second century4 ,with regard to this particular tradition1 if the ,gnostic is ,basilides1 then he must be accepted as a sufficient authority1 having claimed to have been a disciple of the ,apostle ,matthew1 and to have had for master ,glaucias1 a disciple of ,st4 ,peter himself4 ,were the narrative attributed to him authenticated1 the ,london ,committee for the ,revision of the ,bible would have to add a new verse to ,matthew1 ,mark1 and ,john1 who tell the story of ,peter's denial of ,christ4 ,this tradition1 then1 of which we have been speaking1 affirms that1 when frightened at the accusation of the servant of the high priest1 the apostle had thrice denied his master1 and the cock had crowed1 ,jesus1 who was then passing through the hall in custody of the soldiers1 turned1 and1 looking at ,peter1 said3 8,verily1 ,i say unto thee1 ,peter1 thou shalt deny me throughout the coming ages1 and never stop until thou shalt be old1 and shalt stretch forth thy hands1 and another shall gird thee and carry thee whither thou wouldst not40 ,the latter part of this sentence1 say the ,greeks1 relates to the ,church of ,rome1 and prophesies her constant apostasy from ,christ1 under the mask of false religion4 ,later1 it was inserted in the twenty-first chapter of ,john1 but the whole of this chapter had been pronounced a forgery1 even before it was found that this ,gospel was never written by ,john the ,apostle at all4 ,the anonymous author of ,supernatural ,religion1 a work which in two years passed through several editions1 and which is alleged to have been written by an eminent theologian1 proves conclusively the spuriousness of the four gospels1 or at least their complete transformation in the hands of the too-zealous ,irenus and his champions4 ,the fourth gospel is completely upset by this able author2 the extraordinary forgeries of the ,fathers of the early centuries are plainly demonstrated1 and the relative value of the synoptics is discussed with an unprecedented power of logic4 ,the work carries conviction in its every line4 ,from it we quote the following3 8,we gain infinitely more than we lose in abandoning belief in the reality of ,divine ,revelation4 ,whilst we retain1 pure and unimpaired1 the treasure of ,christian morality1 we relinquish nothing but the debasing elements added to it by human superstition4 ,we are no longer bound to believe a theology which outrages reason and moral sense4 ,we are freed from base anthropomorphic views of ,god and ,his government of the ,universe1 and from ,jewish ,mythology we rise to higher conceptions of an infinitely wise and beneficent ,being1 hidden from our finite minds1 it is true1 in the impenetrable glory of ,divinity1 but whose laws of wondrous comprehensiveness and perfection we ever perceive in operation around us4444 ,the argument so often employed by theologians1 that ,divine revelation is necessary for man1 and that certain views contained in that revelation are required for our moral consciousness1 is purely imaginary1 and derived from the revelation which it seeks to maintain4 ,the only thing absolutely necessary for man is ,,truth1 and to that1 and that alone1 must our moral consciousness adapt itself40#aha ,we will consider farther in what light was regarded the ,divine revelation of the ,jewish ,bible by the ,gnostics1 who yet believed in ,christ in their own way1 a far better and less blasphemous one than the ,roman ,catholic4 ,the ,fathers have forced on the believers in ,christ a ,bible1 the laws prescribed in which he was the first to break2 the teachings of which he utterly rejected2 and for which crimes he was finally crucified4 ,of whatever else the ,christian world can boast1 it can hardly claim logic and consistency as its chief virtues4 ,the fact alone that ,peter remained to the last an 8apostle of the circumcision10 speaks for itself4 ,whosoever else might have built the ,church of ,rome it was not ,peter4 ,if such were the case1 the successors of this apostle would have to submit themselves to circumcision1 if it were but for the sake of consistency1 and to show that the claims of the popes are not utterly groundless1 ,dr4 ,inman asserts that report says that 8in our ,christian times popes have to be privately perfect10#ahb but we do not know whether it is carried to the extent of the ,levitical ,jewish law4 ,the first fifteen ,christian bishops of ,jerusalem1 commencing with ,james and including ,judas1 were all circumcised ,jews4#ahc ,in the ,sepher ,toldos ,jeshu1#ahd a ,hebrew manuscript of great antiquity1 the version about ,peter is different4 ,simon ,peter1 it says1 was one of their own brethren1 though he had somewhat departed from the laws1 and the ,jewish hatred and persecution of the apostle seems to have existed but in the fecund imagination of the fathers4 ,the author speaks of him with great respect and fairness1 calling him 8a faithful servant of the living ,god10 who passed his life in austerity and meditation1 8living in ,babylon at the summit of a tower10 composing hymns1 and preaching charity4 ,he adds that ,peter always recommended to the ,christians not to molest the ,jews1 but as soon as he was dead1 behold another preacher went to ,rome and pretended that ,simon ,peter had altered the teachings of his master4 ,he invented a burning hell and threatened every one with it2 promised miracles1 but worked none4 ,how much there is in the above of fiction and how much of truth1 it is for others to decide2 but it certainly bears more the evidence of sincerity and fact on its face1 than the fables concocted by the fathers to answer their end4 ,we may the more readily credit this friendship between ,peter and his late co-religionists as we find in ,theodoret the following assertion3 8,the ,nazarenes are ,jews1 honoring the ,,anointed 7,jesus7 as a just man and using the ,evangel according to ,peter40#ahe ,peter was a ,nazarene1 according to the ,talmud4 ,he belonged to the sect of the later ,nazarenes1 which dissented from the followers of ,john the ,baptist1 and became a rival sect2 and which--as tradition goes--was instituted by ,jesus himself4 ,history finds the first ,christian sects to have been either ,nazarenes like ,john the ,baptist2 or ,ebionites1 among whom were many of the relatives of ,jesus2 or ,essenes 7,iessaens7 the ,therapeut1 healers1 of which the ,nazaria were a branch4 ,all these sects1 which only in the days of ,irenus began to be considered heretical1 were more or less kabalistic4 ,they believed in the expulsion of demons by magical incantations1 and practiced this method2 ,jervis terms the ,nabatheans and other such sects 8wandering ,jewish exorcists10#ahf the ,arabic word ,nab1 meaning to wander1 and the ,hebrew naba1 to prophesy4 ,the ,talmud indiscriminately calls all the ,christians ,nozari4#ahg ,all the ,gnostic sects equally believed in magic4 ,irenus1 in describing the followers of ,basilides1 says1 8,they use images1 invocations1 incantations1 and all other things pertaining unto magic40 ,dunlap1 on the authority of ,lightfoot1 shows that ,jesus was called ,nazaraios1 in reference to his humble and mean external condition2 8for ,nazaraios means separation1 alienation from other men40#ahh ,the real meaning of the word nazar signifies to vow or consecrate one's self to the service of ,god4 ,as a noun it is a diadem or emblem of such consecration1 a head so consecrated4#ahi ,joseph was styled a nazar4#aij 8,the head of ,joseph1 the vertex of the nazar among his brethren40 ,samson and ,samuel 7 ,semes-on and ,semva-el7 are described alike as nazars4 ,porphyry1 treating of ,pythagoras1 says that he was purified and initiated at ,babylon by ,zar-adas1 the head of the sacred college4 ,may it not be surmised1 therefore1 that the ,zoro-,aster was the nazar of ,ishtar1 ,zar-adas or ,na-,zar-,ad1#aia being the same with change of idiom8 ,ezra1 or 1 was a priest and scribe1 a hierophant2 and the first ,hebrew colonizer of ,judea was ,zeru-,babel or the ,zoro or nazar of ,babylon4 ,the ,jewish ,scriptures indicate two distinct worships and religions among the ,israelites2 that of ,bacchus-worship under the mask of ,jehovah1 and that of the ,chaldean initiates to whom belonged some of the nazars1 the theurgists1 and a few of the prophets4 ,the headquarters of these were always at ,babylon and ,chaldea1 where two rival schools of ,magians can be distinctly shown4 ,those who would doubt the statement will have in such a case to account for the discrepancy between history and ,plato1 who of all men of his day was certainly one of the best informed4 ,speaking of the ,magians1 he shows them as instructing the ,persian kings of ,zoroaster1 as the son or priest of ,oromasdes2 and yet ,darius1 in the inscription at ,bihistun1 boasts of having restored the cultus of ,ormazd and put down the ,magian rites6 ,evidently there were two distinct and antagonistic ,magian schools4 ,the oldest and the most esoteric of the two being that which1 satisfied with its unassailable knowledge and secret power1 was content to apparently relinquish her exoteric popularity1 and concede her supremacy into the hands of the reforming ,darius4 ,the later ,gnostics showed the same prudent policy by accommodating themselves in every country to the prevailing religious forms1 still secretly adhering to their own essential doctrines4 ,there is another hypothesis possible1 which is that ,zero-,ishtar was the high priest of the ,chaldean worship1 or ,magian hierophant4 ,when the ,aryans of ,persia1 under ,darius ,hystaspes1 overthrew the ,magian ,gomates1 and restored the ,masdean worship1 there ensued an amalgamation by which the ,magian ,zoro-astar became the ,zara-tushra of the ,vendidad4 ,this was not acceptable to the other ,aryans1 who adopted the ,vedic religion as distinguished from that of ,avesta4 ,but this is but an hypothesis4 ,and whatever ,moses is now believed to have been1 we will demonstrate that he was an initiate4 ,the ,mosaic religion was at best a sun-and-serpent worship1 diluted1 perhaps1 with some slight monotheistic notions before the latter were forcibly crammed into the so-called 8inspired ,scriptures0 by ,ezra1 at the time he was alleged to have rewritten the ,mosaic books4 ,at all events the ,book of ,numbers was a later book2 and there the sun-and-serpent worship is as plainly traceable as in any ,pagan story4 ,the tale of the fiery serpents is an allegory in more than one sense4 ,the 8serpents0 were the ,levites or ,ophites1 who were ,moses' bodyguard 7see ,exodus xxxii4 #bf72 and the command of the 8,lord0 to ,moses to hang the heads of the people 8before the ,lord against the sun10 which is the emblem of this ,lord1 is unequivocal4 ,the nazars or prophets1 as well as the ,nazarenes1 were an anti-,bacchus caste1 in so far that1 in common with all the initiated prophets1 they held to the spirit of the symbolical religions and offered a strong opposition to the idolatrous and exoteric practices of the dead letter4 ,hence1 the frequent stoning of the prophets by the populace and under the leadership of those priests who made a profitable living out of the popular superstitions4 ,otfried ,mller shows how much the ,orphic ,mysteries differed from the popular rites of ,bacchus1#aib although the ,orphikoi are known to have followed the worship of ,bacchus4 ,the system of the purest morality and of a severe asceticism promulgated in the teachings of ,orpheus1 and so strictly adhered to by his votaries1 are incompatible with the lasciviousness and gross immorality of the popular rites4 ,the fable of ,aristus pursuing ,eurydik into the woods where a serpent occasions her death1 is a very plain allegory1 which was in part explained at the earliest times4 ,aristus is brutal power1 pursuing ,eurydik1 the esoteric doctrine1 into the woods where the serpent 7emblem of every sun-god1 and worshipped under its grosser aspect even by the ,jews7 kills her2 i4e41 forces truth to become still more esoteric1 and seek shelter in the ,underworld1 which is not the hell of our theologians4 ,moreover1 the fate of ,orpheus1 torn to pieces by the ,bacchantes1 is another allegory to show that the gross and popular rites are always more welcome than divine but simple truth1 and proves the great difference that must have existed between the esoteric and the popular worship4 ,as the poems of both ,orpheus and ,musus were said to have been lost since the earliest ages1 so that neither ,plato nor ,aristotle recognized anything authentic in the poems extant in their time1 it is difficult to say with precision what constituted their peculiar rites4 ,still we have the oral tradition1 and every inference to draw therefrom2 and this tradition points to ,orpheus as having brought his doctrines from ,india4 ,as one whose religion was that of the oldest ,magians--hence1 that to which belonged the initiates of all countries1 beginning with ,moses1 the 8sons of the ,prophets10 and the ascetic nazars 7who must not be confounded with those against whom thundered ,hosea and other prophets7 to the ,essenes4 ,this latter sect were ,pythagoreans before they rather degenerated1 than became perfected in their system by the ,buddhist missionaries1 whom ,pliny tells us established themselves on the shores of the ,dead ,sea1 ages before his time1 8per sculorum millia40 ,but if1 on the one hand1 these ,buddhist monks were the first to establish monastic communities and inculcate the strict observance of dogmatic conventual rule1 on the other they were also the first to enforce and popularize those stern virtues so exemplified by ,sakya-muni1 and which were previously exercised only in isolated cases of well-known philosophers and their followers2 virtues preached two or three centuries later by ,jesus1 practiced by a few ,christian ascetics1 and gradually abandoned1 and even entirely forgotten by the ,christian ,church4 ,the initiated nazars had ever held to this rule1 which had to be followed before them by the adepts of every age2 and the disciples of ,john were but a dissenting branch of the ,essenes4 ,therefore1 we cannot well confound them with all the nazars spoken of in the ,old ,testament1 and who are accused by ,hosea with having separated or consecrated themselves to ,bosheth 7see ,hebrew text72 which implied the greatest possible abomination4 ,to infer1 as some critics and theologians do1 that it means to separate one's self to chastity or continence1 is either to advisedly pervert the true meaning1 or to be totally ignorant of the ,hebrew language4 ,the eleventh verse of the first chapter of ,micah half explains the word in its veiled translation3 8,pass ye away1 thou inhabitant of ,saphir1 etc410 and in the original text the word is ,bosheth4 ,certainly neither ,baal1 nor ,iahoh ,kadosh1 with his ,kadeshim1 was a god of ascetic virtue1 albeit the ,septuaginta terms them1 as well as the galli--the perfected priests--1 the initiated and the consecrated4#aic ,the great ,sod of the ,kadeshim1 translated in ,psalm lxxxix4 #g1 by 8assembly of the saints10 was anything but a mystery of the 8sanctified0 in the sense given to the latter word by ,webster4 ,the ,nazireate sect existed long before the laws of ,moses1 and originated among people most inimical to the 8chosen0 ones of ,israel1 viz41 the people of ,galilee1 the ancient olla-podrida of idolatrous nations1 where was built ,nazara1 the present ,nazareth4 ,it is in ,nazara that the ancient ,nazora or ,nazireates held their 8,mysteries of ,life0 or 8assemblies10 as the word now stands in the translation1#aid which were but the secret mysteries of initiation1#aie utterly distinct in their practical form from the popular ,mysteries which were held at ,byblus in honor of ,adonis4 ,while the true initiates of the ostracised ,galilee were worshipping the true ,god and enjoying transcendent visions1 what were the 8chosen0 ones about8 ,ezekiel tells it to us 7chap4 viii7 when1 in describing what he saw1 he says that the form of a hand took him by a lock of his head and transported him from ,chaldea unto ,jerusalem4 8,and there stood seventy men of the senators of the house of ,israel4444 #8,son of man1 hast thou seen what the ancients 444 do in the dark8'0 inquires the 8,lord40 8,at the door of the house of the ,lord 444 behold there sat women weeping for ,tammuz0 7,adonis74 ,we really cannot suppose that the ,pagans have ever surpassed the 8chosen0 people in certain shameful abominations of which their own prophets accuse them so profusely4 ,to admit this truth1 one hardly needs even to be a ,hebrew scholar2 let him read the ,bible in ,english and meditate over the language of the 8holy0 prophets4 ,this accounts for the hatred of the later ,nazarenes for the orthodox ,jews--followers of the exoteric ,mosaic ,law--who are ever taunted by this sect with being the worshippers of ,iurbo-,adunai1 or ,lord ,bacchus4 ,passing under the disguise of ,adoni-,iachoh 7original text1 ,isaiah lxi4 #a71 ,iahoh and ,lord ,sabaoth1 the ,baal-,adonis1 or ,bacchus1 worshipped in the groves and public sods or ,mysteries1 under the polishing hand of ,ezra becomes finally the later-vowelled ,adonai of the ,massorah--the ,one and ,supreme ,god of the ,christians6 8,thou shalt not worship the ,sun who is named ,adunai1 says the ,codex of the ,nazarenes2 whose name is also ,kadush#aif and ,el-,el4 ,this ,adunai will elect to himself a nation and congregate in crowds 7his worship will be exoteric7 444 ,jerusalem will become the refuge and city of the ,abortive1 who shall perfect themselves 7circumcise7 with a sword 444 and shall adore ,adunai40#aig ,the oldest ,nazarenes1 who were the descendants of the ,scripture nazars1 and whose last prominent leader was ,john the ,baptist1 although never very orthodox in the sight of the scribes and ,pharisees of ,jerusalem were1 nevertheless1 respected and left unmolested4 ,even ,herod 8feared the multitude0 because they regarded ,john as a prophet 7,matthew xiv4 #e74 ,but the followers of ,jesus evidently adhered to a sect which became a still more exasperating thorn in their side4 ,it appeared as a heresy within another heresy2 for while the nazars of the olden times1 the 8,sons of the ,prophets10 were ,chaldean kabalists1 the adepts of the new dissenting sect showed themselves reformers and innovators from the first4 ,the great similitude traced by some critics between the rites and observances of the earliest ,christians and those of the ,essenes may be accounted for without the slightest difficulty4 ,the ,essenes1 as we remarked just now1 were the converts of ,buddhist missionaries who had overrun ,egypt1 ,greece1 and even ,judea at one time1 since the reign of ,asoka the zealous propagandist2 and while it is evidently to the ,essenes that belongs the honor of having had the ,nazarene reformer1 ,jesus1 as a pupil1 still the latter is found disagreeing with his early teachers on several questions of formal observance4 ,he cannot strictly be called an ,essene1 for reasons which we will indicate further on1 neither was he a nazar1 or ,nazaria of the older sect4 ,what ,jesus was1 may be found in the ,codex ,nazarus1 in the unjust accusations of the ,bardesanian ,gnostics4 8,jesu is ,nebu1 the false ,messiah1 the destroyer of the old orthodox religion10 says the ,codex4#aih ,he is the founder of the sect of the new nazars1 and1 as the words clearly imply1 a follower of the ,buddhist doctrine4 ,in ,hebrew the word naba means to speak of inspiration2 and is nebo1 a god of wisdom4 ,but ,nebo is also ,mercury1 and ,mercury is ,buddha in the ,hindu monogram of planets4 ,moreover1 we find the ,talmudists holding that ,jesus was inspired by the genius of ,mercury4#aii ,the ,nazarene reformer had undoubtedly belonged to one of these sects2 though1 perhaps1 it would be next to impossible to decide absolutely which4 ,but what is self-evident is that he preached the philosophy of ,buddha-,sakyamni4 ,denounced by the later prophets1 cursed by the ,sanhedrim1 the nazars--they were confounded with others of that name 8who separated themselves unto that shame10#bjj they were secretly1 if not openly persecuted by the orthodox synagogue4 ,it becomes clear why ,jesus was treated with such contempt from the first1 and deprecatingly called 8the ,galilean40 ,nathaniel inquires--8,can there any good thing come out of ,nazareth80 7,john i4 #df7 at the very beginning of his career2 and merely because he knows him to be a nazar4 ,does not this clearly hint1 that even the older nazars were not really ,hebrew religionists1 but rather a class of ,chaldean theurgists8 ,besides1 as the ,new ,testament is noted for its mistranslations and transparent falsifications of texts1 we may justly suspect that the word ,nazareth was substituted for that of nasaria1 or nozari4 ,that it originally read 8,can any good thing come from a nozari1 or ,nazarene20 a follower of ,st4 ,john the ,baptist1 with whom we see him associating from his first appearance on the stage of action1 after having been lost sight of for a period of nearly twenty years4 ,the blunders of the ,old ,testament are as nothing to those of the gospels4 ,nothing shows better than these self-evident contradictions the system of pious fraud upon which the superstructure of the ,messiahship rests4 8,this is ,elias which was for to come10 says ,matthew of ,john the ,baptist1 thus forcing an ancient kabalistic tradition into the frame of evidence 7xi4 #ad74 ,but when addressing the ,baptist himself1 they ask him 7,john i4 #af71 8,art thou ,elias80 8,and he saith ,i am not60 ,which knew best--,john or his biographer8 ,and which is divine revelation8 ,the motive of ,jesus was evidently like that of ,gautama-,buddha1 to benefit humanity at large by producing a religious reform which should give it a religion of pure ethics2 the true knowledge of ,god and nature having remained until then solely in the hands of the esoteric sects1 and their adepts4 ,as ,jesus used oil and the ,essenes never used aught but pure water1#bja he cannot be called a strict ,essene4 ,on the other hand1 the ,essenes were also 8set apart20 they were healers 7assaya7 and dwelt in the desert as all ascetics did4 ,but although he did not abstain from wine he could have remained a ,nazarene all the same4 ,for in chapter vi4 of ,numbers1 we see that after the priest has waved a part of the hair of a ,nazorite for a wave-offering before the ,lord1 8after that a ,nazarene may drink wine0 7v4 #bj74 ,the bitter denunciation by the reformer of the people who would be satisfied with nothing is worded in the following exclamation3 8,john came neither eating nor drinking and they say3 #8,he hath a devil4'444 ,the ,son of ,man came eating and drinking1 and they say3 #8,behold a man gluttonous and a wine-bibber4'0 ,and yet he was an ,essene and ,nazarene1 for we not only find him sending a message to ,herod1 to say that he was one of those who cast out demons1 and who performed cures1 but actually calling himself a prophet and declaring himself equal to the other prophets4#bjb ,the author of ,sod shows ,matthew trying to connect the appellation of ,nazarene with a prophecy1#bjc and inquires 8,why then does ,matthew state that the prophet said he should be called ,nazaria80 ,simply 8because he belonged to that sect1 and a prophecy would confirm his claims to the ,messiahship4444 ,now it does not appear that the prophets anywhere state that the ,messiah will be called a ,nazarene40#bjd ,the fact alone that ,matthew tries in the last verse of chapter ii4 to strengthen his claim that ,jesus dwelt in ,nazareth merely to fulfil a prophecy1 does more than weaken the argument1 it upsets it entirely2 for the first two chapters have sufficiently been proved later forgeries4 ,baptism is one of the oldest rites and was practiced by all the nations in their ,mysteries1 as sacred ablutions4 ,dunlap seems to derive the name of the nazars from nazah1 sprinkling2 ,bahak-,zivo is the genius who called the world into existence#bje out of the 8dark water10 say the ,nazarenes2 and ,richardson's ,persian1 ,arabic1 and ,english ,lexicon asserts that the word ,bahak means 8raining40 ,but the ,bahak-,zivo of the ,nazarenes cannot be traced so easily to ,bacchus1 who 8was the rain-god10 for the nazars were the greatest opponents of ,bacchus-worship4 8,bacchus is brought up by the ,hyades1 the rain-nymphs10 says ,preller2#bjf who shows1 furthermore1 that#bjg at the conclusion of the religious ,mysteries1 the priests baptized 7washed7 their monuments and anointed them with oil4 ,all this is but a very indirect proof4 ,the ,jordan baptism need not be shown a substitution for the exoteric ,bacchic rites and the libations in honor of ,adonis or ,adoni--whom the ,nazarenes abhorred--in order to prove it to have been a sect sprung from the 8,mysteries0 of the 8,secret ,doctrine20 and their rites can by no means be confounded with those of the ,pagan populace1 who had simply fallen into the idolatrous and unreasoning faith of all plebeian multitudes4 ,john was the prophet of these ,nazarenes1 and in ,galilee he was termed 8the ,saviour10 but he was not the founder of that sect which derived its tradition from the remotest ,chaldeo-,akkadian theurgy4 8,the early plebeian ,israelites were ,canaanites and ,phnicians1 with the same worship of the ,phallic gods--,bacchus1 ,baal or ,adon1 ,iacchos--,iao or ,jehovah20 but even among them there had always been a class of initiated adepts4 ,later1 the character of this plebe was modified by ,assyrian conquests2 and1 finally1 the ,persian colonizations superimposed the ,pharisean and ,eastern ideas and usages1 from which the ,old ,testament and the ,mosaic institutes were derived4 ,the ,asmonean priest-kings promulgated the canon of the ,old ,testament in contradistinction to the ,apocrypha or ,secret ,books of the ,alexandrian ,jews--kabalists4#bjh ,till ,john ,hyrcanus they were ,asideans 7,chasidim7 and ,pharisees 7,parsees71 but then they became ,sadducees or ,zadokites--asserters of sacerdotal rule as contradistinguished from rabbinical4 ,the ,pharisees were lenient and intellectual1 the ,sadducees1 bigoted and cruel4 ,says the ,codex3 8,john1 son of the ,aba-,saba-,zacharia1 conceived by his mother ,anasabet in her hundredth year1 had baptized for forty-two years#bji when ,jesu ,messias came to the ,jordan to be baptized with ,john's baptism4444 ,but he will pervert ,john's doctrine1 changing the baptism of the ,jordan1 and perverting the sayings of justice40#baj ,the baptism was changed from water to that of the ,holy ,ghost1 undoubtedly in consequence of the ever-dominant idea of the ,fathers to institute a reform1 and make the ,christians distinct from ,st4 ,john's ,nazarenes1 the ,nabatheans and ,ebionites1 in order to make room for new dogmas4 ,not only do the ,synoptics tell us that ,jesus was baptizing the same as ,john1 but ,john's own disciples complained of it1 though surely ,jesus cannot be accused of following a purely ,bacchic rite4 ,the parenthesis in verse #b;d of ,john iv41 8444 though ,jesus himself baptized not10 is so clumsy as to show upon its face that it is an interpolation4 ,matthew makes ,john say that he that should come after him would not baptize them with water 8but with the ,holy ,ghost and fire40 ,mark1 ,luke1 and ,john corroborate these words4 ,water1 fire1 and spirit1 or ,holy ,ghost1 have all their origin in ,india1 as we will show4 ,now there is one very strange peculiarity about this sentence4 ,it is flatly denied in ,acts xix4 #b-e4 ,apollos1 a ,jew of ,alexandria1 belonged to the sect of ,st4 ,john's disciples2 he had been baptized1 and instructed others in the doctrines of the ,baptist4 ,and yet when ,paul1 cleverly profiting by his absence at ,corinth1 finds certain disciples of ,apollos' at ,ephesus1 and asks them whether they received the ,holy ,ghost1 he is navely answered1 8,we have not so much as heard whether there be any ,holy ,ghost60 8,unto what then were you baptized80 he inquires4 8,unto ,john's baptism10 they say4 ,then ,paul is made to repeat the words attributed to ,john by the ,synoptics2 and these men 8were baptized in the name of the ,lord ,jesus10 exhibiting1 moreover1 at the same instant1 the usual polyglot gift which accompanies the descent of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,how then8 ,st4 ,john the ,baptist1 who is called the 8precursor10 that 8the prophecy might be fulfilled10 the great prophet and martyr1 whose words ought to have had such an importance in the eyes of his disciples1 announces the 8,holy ,ghost0 to his listeners2 causes crowds to assemble on the shores of the ,jordan1 where1 at the great ceremony of ,christ's baptism1 the promised 8,holy ,ghost0 appears within the opened heavens1 and the multitude hears the voice1 and yet there are disciples of ,st4 ,john who have 8never so much as heard whether there be any ,holy ,ghost60 ,verily the disciples who wrote the ,codex ,nazarus were right4 ,only it is not ,jesus himself1 but those who came after him1 and who concocted the ,bible to suit themselves1 that 8perverted ,john's doctrine1 changed the baptism of the ,jordan1 and perverted the sayings of justice40 ,it is useless to object that the present ,codex was written centuries after the direct apostles of ,john preached4 ,so were our ,gospels4 ,when this astounding interview of ,paul with the 8,baptists0 took place1 ,bardesanes had not yet appeared among them1 and the sect was not considered a 8heresy40 ,moreover1 we are enabled to judge how little ,st4 ,john's promise of the 8,holy ,ghost10 and the appearance of the 8,ghost0 himself1 had affected his disciples1 by the displeasure shown by them toward the disciples of ,jesus1 and the kind of rivalry manifested from the first4 ,nay1 so little is ,john himself sure of the identity of ,jesus with the expected ,messiah1 that after the famous scene of the baptism at the ,jordan1 and the oral assurance by the ,holy ,ghost ,himself that 8,this is my beloved ,son0 7,matthew iii4 #ag71 we find 8the ,precursor10 in ,matthew xi41 sending two of his disciples from his prison to inquire of ,jesus3 8,art thou he that should come1 or do we look for another660 ,this flagrant contradiction alone ought to have long ago satisfied reasonable minds as to the putative divine inspiration of the ,new ,testament4 ,but we may offer another question3 ,if baptism is the sign of regeneration1 and an ordinance instituted by ,jesus1 why do not ,christians now baptize as ,jesus is here represented as doing1 8with the ,holy ,ghost and with fire10 instead of following the custom of the ,nazarenes8 ,in making these palpable interpolations1 what possible motive could ,irenus have had except to cause people to believe that the appellation of ,nazarene1 which ,jesus bore1 came only from his father's residence at ,nazareth1 and not from his affiliation with the sect of ,nazaria1 the healers8 ,this expedient of ,irenus was a most unfortunate one1 for from time immemorial the prophets of old had been thundering against the baptism of fire as practiced by their neighbors1 which imparted the 8spirit of prophecy10 or the ,holy ,ghost4 ,but the case was desperate2 the ,christians were universally called ,nazorns and ,iessaens 7according to ,epiphanius71 and ,christ simply ranked as a ,jewish prophet and healer--so self-styled1 so accepted by his own disciples1 and so regarded by their followers4 ,in such a state of things there was no room for either a new hierarchy or a new ,god-head2 and since ,irenus had undertaken the business of manufacturing both1 he had to put together such materials as were available1 and fill the gaps with his own fertile inventions4 ,to assure ourselves that ,jesus was a true ,nazarene--albeit with ideas of a new reform--we must not search for the proof in the translated ,gospels1 but in such original versions as are accessible4 ,tischendorf1 in his translation from the ,greek of ,luke iv4 #cd1 has it 8,iesou ,nazarene20 and in the ,syriac it reads 8,iasoua1 thou ,nazaria40 ,thus1 if we take in account all that is puzzling and incomprehensible in the four ,gospels1 revised and corrected as they now stand1 we shall easily see for ourselves that the true1 original ,christianity1 such as was preached by ,jesus1 is to be found only in the so-called ,syrian heresies4 ,only from them can we extract any clear notions about what was primitive ,christianity4 ,such was the faith of ,paul1 when ,tertullus the orator accused the apostle before the governor ,felix4 ,what he complained of was that they had found 8that man a mover of sedition 444 a ringleader of the sect of the ,nazarenes20#baa and1 while ,paul denies every other accusation1 he confesses that 8after the way which they call heresy1 so worship ,i the ,god of my fathers40#bab ,this confession is a whole revelation4 ,it shows3 #a1 that ,paul admitted belonging to the sect of the ,nazarenes2 #b1 that he worshipped the ,god of his fathers1 not the trinitarian ,christian ,god1 of whom he knows nothing1 and who was not invented until after his death2 and1 #c1 that this unlucky confession satisfactorily explains why the treatise1 ,acts of the ,apostles1 together with ,john's ,revelation1 which at one period was utterly rejected1 were kept out of the canon of the ,new ,testament for such a length of time4 ,at ,byblos1 the neophytes as well as the hierophants were1 after participating in the ,mysteries1 obliged to fast and remain in solitude for some time4 ,there was strict fasting and preparation before as well as after the ,bacchic1 ,adonian1 and ,eleusinian orgies2 and ,herodotus hints1 with fear and veneration about the ,,lake of ,bacchus1 in which 8they 7the priests7 made at night exhibitions of his life and sufferings40#bac ,in the ,mithraic sacrifices1 during the initiation1 a preliminary scene of death was simulated by the neophyte1 and it preceded the scene showing him himself 8being born again by the rite of baptism40 ,a portion of this ceremony is still enacted in the present day by the ,masons1 when the neophyte1 as the ,grand ,master ,hiram ,abiff1 lies dead1 and is raised by the strong grip of the lion's paw4 ,the priests were circumcised4 ,the neophyte could not be initiated without having been present at the solemn ,mysteries of the ,,lake4 ,the ,nazarenes were baptized in the ,jordan2 and could not be baptized elsewhere2 they were also circumcised1 and had to fast before as well as after the purification by baptism4 ,jesus is said to have fasted in the wilderness for forty days1 immediately after his baptism4 ,to the present day1 there is outside every temple in ,india1 a lake1 stream1 or a reservoir full of holy water1 in which the ,brahmans and the ,hindu devotees bathe daily4 ,such places of consecrated water are necessary to every temple4 ,the bathing festivals1 or baptismal rites1 occur twice every year2 in ,october and ,april4 ,each lasts ten days2 and1 as in ancient ,egypt and ,greece1 the statues of their gods1 goddesses1 and idols are immersed in water by the priests2 the object of the ceremony being to wash away from them the sins of their worshippers which they have taken upon themselves1 and which pollute them1 until washed off by holy water4 ,during the ,artty1 the bathing ceremony1 the principal god of every temple is carried in solemn procession to be baptized in the sea4 ,the ,brahman priests1 carrying the sacred images1 are followed generally by the ,maharajah--barefoot1 and nearly naked4 ,three times the priests enter the sea2 the third time they carry with them the whole of the images4 ,holding them up with prayers repeated by the whole congregation1 the ,chief ,priest plunges the statues of the gods thrice in the name of the mystic trinity1 into the water2 after which they are purified4#bad ,the ,orphic hymn calls water the greatest purifier of men and gods4 ,our ,nazarene sect is known to have existed some #aej years ,b4,c41 and to have lived on the banks of the ,jordan1 and on the eastern shore of the ,dead ,sea1 according to ,pliny and ,josephus4#bae ,but in ,king's ,gnostics1 we find quoted another statement by ,josephus from verse #ac1 which says that the ,essenes had been established on the shores of the ,dead ,sea 8for thousands of ages0 before ,pliny's time4#baf ,according to ,munk the term 8,galilean0 is nearly synonymous with that of 8,nazarene20 furthermore1 he shows the relations of the former with the ,gentiles as very intimate4 ,the populace had probably gradually adopted1 in their constant intercourse1 certain rites and modes of worship of the ,pagans2 and the scorn with which the ,galileans were regarded by the orthodox ,jews is attributed by him to the same cause4 ,their friendly relations had certainly led them1 at a later period1 to adopt the 8,adonia10 or the sacred rites over the body of the lamented ,adonis1 as we find ,jerome fairly lamenting this circumstance4 8,over ,bethlehem10 he says1 8the grove of ,thammuz1 that is of ,adonis1 was casting its shadow6 ,and in the ,,grotto where formerly the infant ,jesus cried1 the lover of ,venus was being mourned40#bag ,it was after the rebellion of ,bar ,cochba1 that the ,roman ,emperor established the ,mysteries of ,adonis at the ,sacred ,cave in ,bethlehem2 and who knows but this was the petra or rock-temple on which the church was built8 ,the ,boar of ,adonis was placed above the gate of ,jerusalem which looked toward ,bethlehem4 ,munk says that the 8,nazireate was an institution established before the laws of ,musah40#bah ,this is evident2 as we find this sect not only mentioned but minutely described in ,numbers 7chap4 vi474 ,in the commandment given in this chapter to ,moses by the 8,lord10 it is easy to recognize the rites and laws of the ,priests of ,adonis4#bai ,the abstinence and purity strictly prescribed in both sects are identical4 ,both allowed their hair to grow long#bbj as the ,hindu cnobites and fakirs do to this day1 while other castes shave their hair and abstain on certain days from wine4 ,the prophet ,elijah1 a ,nazarene1 is described in #b ,kings1 and by ,josephus as 8a hairy man girt with a girdle of leather40#bba ,and ,john the ,baptist and ,jesus are both represented as wearing very long hair4#bbb ,john is 8clothed with camel's hair0 and wearing a girdle of hide1 and ,jesus in a long garment 8without any seams0 444 8and very white1 like snow10 says ,mark2 the very dress worn by the ,nazarene ,priests and the ,pythagorean and ,buddhist ,essenes1 as described by ,josephus4 ,if we carefully trace the terms nazar1 and nazaret1 throughout the best known works of ancient writers1 we will meet them in connection with 8,pagan0 as well as ,jewish adepts4 ,thus1 ,alexander ,polyhistor says of ,pythagoras that he was a disciple of the ,assyrian ,nazaret1 whom some suppose to be ,ezekiel4 ,diogenes ,lartius states most positively that ,pythagoras1 after being initiated into all the ,mysteries of the ,greeks and barbarians1 8went into ,egypt and afterward visited the ,chaldeans and ,magi20 and ,apuleius maintains that it was ,zoroaster who instructed ,pythagoras4 ,were we to suggest that the ,hebrew nazars1 the railing prophets of the 8,lord10 had been initiated into the so-called ,pagan mysteries1 and belonged 7or at least a majority of them7 to the same ,lodge or circle of adepts as those who were considered idolaters2 that their 8circle of prophets0 was but a collateral branch of a secret association1 which we may well term 8international10 what a visitation of ,christian wrath would we not incur6 ,and still1 the case looks strangely suspicious4 ,let us first recall to our mind that which ,ammianus ,marcellinus1 and other historians relate of ,darius ,hystaspes4 ,the latter1 penetrating into ,upper ,india 7,bactriana71 learned pure rites1 and stellar and cosmical sciences from ,brachmans1 and communicated them to the ,magi4 ,now ,hystaspes is shown in history to have crushed the ,magi2 and introduced--or rather forced upon them--the pure religion of ,zoroaster1 that of ,ormazd4 ,how is it1 then1 that an inscription is found on the tomb of ,darius1 stating that he was 8teacher and hierophant of magic1 or magianism80 ,evidently there must be some historical mistake1 and history confesses it4 ,in this imbroglio of names1 ,zoroaster1 the teacher and instructor of ,pythagoras1 can be neither the ,zoroaster nor ,zarathustra who instituted sun-worship among the ,parsees2 nor he who appeared at the court of ,gushtasp 7,hystaspes7 the alleged father of ,darius2 nor1 again1 the ,zoroaster who placed his magi above the kings themselves4 ,the oldest ,zoroastrian scripture--the ,avesta--does not betray the slightest traces of the reformer having ever been acquainted with any of the nations that subsequently adopted his mode of worship4 ,he seems utterly ignorant of the neighbors of ,western ,iran1 the ,medes1 the ,assyrians1 the ,persians1 and others4 ,if we had no other evidences of the great antiquity of the ,zoroastrian religion than the discovery of the blunder committed by some scholars in our own century1 who regarded ,king ,vistaspa 7,gushtasp7 as identical with the father of ,darius1 whereas the ,persian tradition points directly to ,vistaspa as to the last of the line of ,kaianian princes who ruled in ,bactriana1 it ought to be enough1 for the ,assyrian conquest of ,bactriana took place #a1bjj years ,b4,c4#bbc ,therefore1 it is but natural that we should see in the appellation of ,zoroaster not a name but a generic term1 whose significance must be left to philologists to agree upon4 ,guru1 in ,sanscrit1 is a spiritual teacher2 and as ,zuruastara means in the same language he who worships the sun1 why is it impossible1 that by some natural change of language1 due to the great number of different nations which were converted to the sun worship1 the word guru-astara1 the spiritual teacher of sun-worship1 so closely resembling the name of the founder of this religion1 became gradually transformed in its primal form of ,zuryastara or ,zoroaster8 ,the opinion of the kabalists is that there was but one ,zarathustra and many guruastars or spiritual teachers1 and that one such guru1 or rather huruaster1 as he is called in the old manuscripts1 was the instructor of ,pythagoras4 ,to philology and our readers we leave the explanation for what it is worth4 ,personally we believe in it1 as we credit on this subject kabalistic tradition far more than the explanation of scientists1 no two of whom have been able to agree up to the present year4 ,aristotle states that ,zoroaster lived #f1jjj years before ,christ2 ,hermippus of ,alexandria1 who is said to have read the genuine books of the ,zoroastrians1 although ,alexander the ,great is accused of having destroyed them1 shows ,zoroaster as the pupil of ,azonak 7,azon-ach1 or the ,azon-,god7 and as having lived #e1jjj years before the fall of ,troy4 ,er or ,eros1 whose vision is related by ,plato in the ,republic1 is declared by ,clement to have been ,zordusth4 ,while the ,magus who dethroned ,cambyses was a ,mede1 and ,darius proclaims that he put down the ,magian rites to establish those of ,ormazd1 ,xanthus of ,lydia declares ,zoroaster to have been the chief of the ,magi6 ,which of them is wrong8 or are they all right1 and only the modern interpreters fail to explain the difference between the ,reformer and his apostles and followers8 ,this blundering of our commentators reminds us of that of ,suetonius1 who mistook the ,christians for one ,christos1 or ,crestos1 as he spells it1 and assured his readers that ,claudius banished him for the disturbance he made among the ,jews4 ,finally1 and to return again to the nazars1 ,zaratus is mentioned by ,pliny in the following words3 8,he was ,zoroaster and ,nazaret40 ,as ,zoroaster is called princeps of the ,magi1 and nazar signifies separated or consecrated1 is it not a ,hebrew rendering of mag8 ,volney believes so4 ,the ,persian word ,na-zaruan means millions of years1 and refers to the ,chaldean 8,ancient of ,days40 ,hence the name of the ,nazars or ,nazarenes1 who were consecrated to the service of the ,supreme one ,god1 the kabalistic ,en-,soph1 or the ,ancient of ,days1 the 8,aged of the aged40 ,but the word nazar may also be found in ,india4 ,in ,hindustani nazar is sight1 internal or supernatural vision2 nazar band- means fascination1 a mesmeric or magical spell2 and nazarn is the word for sightseeing or vision4 ,professor ,wilder thinks that as the word ,zeruana is nowhere to be found in the ,avesta1 but only in the later ,parsi books1 it came from the ,magians1 who composed the ,persian sacred caste in the ,sassan period1 but were originally ,assyrians4 8,turan1 of the poets10 he says1 8,i consider to be ,aturia1 or ,assyria2 and that ,zohak 7,az-dahaka1 ,dei-okes1 or ,astyages71 the ,serpent-king1 was ,assyrian1 ,median1 and ,babylonian--when those countries were united40 ,this opinion does not1 however1 in the least implicate our statement that the secret doctrines of the ,magi1 of the pre-,vedic ,buddhists1 of the hierophants of the ,egyptian ,thoth or ,hermes1 and of the adepts of whatever age and nationality1 including the ,chaldean kabalists and the ,jewish nazars1 were identical from the beginning4 ,when we use the term ,buddhists1 we do not mean to imply by it either the exoteric ,buddhism instituted by the followers of ,gautama-,buddha1 nor the modern ,buddhistic religion1 but the secret philosophy of ,sakyamuni1 which in its essence is certainly identical with the ancient wisdom-religion of the sanctuary1 the pre-,vedic ,brahmanism4 ,the 8schism0 of ,zoroaster1 as it is called1 is a direct proof of it4 ,for it was no schism1 strictly speaking1 but merely a partially-public exposition of strictly monotheistic religious truths1 hitherto taught only in the sanctuaries1 and that he had learned from the ,brahmans4 ,zoroaster1 the primeval institutor of sun-worship1 cannot be called the founder of the dualistic system2 neither was he the first to teach the unity of ,god1 for he taught but what he had learned himself with the ,brahmans4 ,and that ,zarathustra and his followers1 the ,zoroastrians1 8had been settled in ,india before they immigrated into ,persia10 is also proved by ,max ,mller4 8,that the ,zoroastrians and their ancestors started from ,india10 he says1 8during the ,vaidik period1 can be proved as distinctly as that the inhabitants of ,massilia started from ,greece4444 ,many of the gods of the ,zoroastrians come out 444 as mere reflections and deflections of the primitive and authentic gods of the ,veda40#bbd ,if1 now1 we can prove--and we can do so on the evidence of the ,kabala and the oldest traditions of the wisdom-religion1 the philosophy of the old sanctuaries--that all these gods1 whether of the ,zoroastrians or of the ,veda1 are but so many personated occult powers of nature1 the faithful servants of the adepts of secret wisdom--,magic--we are on secure ground4 ,thus1 whether we say that ,kabalism and ,gnosticism proceeded from ,masdeanism or ,zoroastrianism1 it is all the same1 unless we meant the exoteric worship--which we do not4 ,likewise1 and in this sense1 we may echo ,king1 the author of the ,gnostics1 and several other archologists1 and maintain that both the former proceeded from ,buddhism1 at once the simplest and most satisfying of philosophies1 and which resulted in one of the purest religions of the world4 ,it is only a matter of chronology to decide which of these religions1 differing but in external form1 is the oldest1 therefore the least adulterated4 ,but even this bears but very indirectly1 if at all1 on the subject we treat of4 ,already some time before our era1 the adepts1 except in ,india1 had ceased to congregate in large communities2 but whether among the ,essenes1 or the ,neo-platonists1 or1 again1 among the innumerable struggling sects born but to die1 the same doctrines1 identical in substance and spirit1 if not always in form1 are encountered4 ,by ,buddhism1 therefore1 we mean that religion signifying literally the doctrine of wisdom1 and which by many ages antedates the metaphysical philosophy of ,siddhrtha ,sakyamuni4 ,after nineteen centuries of enforced eliminations from the canonical books of every sentence which might put the investigator on the true path1 it has become very difficult to show1 to the satisfaction of exact science1 that the 8,pagan0 worshippers of ,adonis1 their neighbors1 the ,nazarenes1 and the ,pythagorean ,essenes1 the healing ,therapeutes1#bbe the ,ebionites1 and other sects1 were all1 with very slight differences1 followers of the ancient theurgic ,mysteries4 ,and yet by analogy and a close study of the hidden sense of their rites and customs1 we can trace their kinship4 ,it was given to a contemporary of ,jesus to become the means of pointing out to posterity1 by his interpretation of the oldest literature of ,israel1 how deeply the kabalistic philosophy agreed in its esoterism with that of the profoundest ,greek thinkers4 ,this contemporary1 an ardent disciple of ,plato and ,aristotle1 was ,philo ,judus4 ,while explaining the ,mosaic books according to a purely kabalistic method1 he is the famous ,hebrew writer whom ,kingsley calls the ,father of ,new ,platonism4 ,it is evident that ,philo's ,therapeutes are a branch of the ,essenes4 ,their name indicates it--1 ,asaya1 physician4 ,hence1 the contradictions1 forgeries1 and other desperate expedients to reconcile the prophecies of the ,jewish canon with the ,galilean nativity and godship4 ,luke1 who was a physician1 is designated in the ,syriac texts as ,asaia1 the ,essaian or ,essene4 ,josephus and ,philo ,judus have sufficiently described this sect to leave no doubt in our mind that the ,nazarene ,reformer1 after having received his education in their dwellings in the desert1 and been duly initiated in the ,mysteries1 preferred the free and independent life of a wandering ,nazaria1 and so separated or inazarenized himself from them1 thus becoming a travelling ,therapeute1 a ,nazaria1 a healer4 ,every ,therapeute1 before quitting his community1 had to do the same4 ,both ,jesus and ,st4 ,john the ,baptist preached the end of the ,age2#bbf which proves their knowledge of the secret computation of the priests and kabalists1 who with the chiefs of the ,essene communities alone had the secret of the duration of the cycles4 ,the latter were kabalists and theurgists2 8they had their mystic books1 and predicted future events10 says ,munk4#bbg ,dunlap1 whose personal researches seem to have been quite successful in that direction1 traces the ,essenes1 ,nazarenes1 ,dositheans1 and some other sects as having all existed before ,christ3 8,they rejected pleasures1 despised riches1 loved one another1 and more than other sects1 neglected wedlock1 deeming the conquest of the passions to be virtuous10#bbh he says4 ,these are all virtues preached by ,jesus2 and if we are to take the gospels as a standard of truth1 ,christ was a metempsychosist 8or re-incarnationist--again like these same ,essenes1 whom we see were ,pythagoreans in all their doctrines and habits4 ,iamblichus asserts that the ,samian philosopher spent a certain time at ,carmel with them4#bbi ,in his discourses and sermons1 ,jesus always spoke in parables and used metaphors with his audience4 ,this habit was again that of the ,essenians and the ,nazarenes2 the ,galileans who dwelt in cities and villages were never known to use such allegorical language4 ,indeed1 some of his disciples being ,galileans as well as himself1 felt even surprised to find him using with the people such a form of expression4 8,why speakest thou unto them in parables80#bcj they often inquired4 8,because1 it is given unto you to know the ,mysteries of the kingdom of heaven1 but to them it is not given10 was the reply1 which was that of an initiate4 8,therefore1 ,i speak unto them in parables2 because1 they seeing1 see not1 and hearing1 they hear not1 neither do they understand40 ,moreover1 we find ,jesus expressing his thoughts still clearer--and in sentences which are purely ,pythagorean--when1 during the ,sermon on the ,mount1 he says3 8,give ye not that which is sacred to the dogs1 ,neither cast ye your pearls before swine2 ,for the swine will tread them under their feet ,and the dogs will turn and rend you40 ,professor ,a4 ,wilder1 the editor of ,taylor's ,eleusinian ,mysteries1 observes 8a like disposition on the part of ,jesus and ,paul to classify their doctrines as esoteric and exoteric1 the ,mysteries of the ,kingdom of ,god #8for the apostles1' and #8parables' for the multitude4 #8,we speak wisdom1' says ,paul1 #8among them that are perfect' 7or initiated740#bca ,in the ,eleusinian and other ,mysteries the participants were always divided into two classes1 the neophytes and the perfect4 ,the former were sometimes admitted to the preliminary initiation3 the dramatic performance of ,ceres1 or the soul1 descending to ,hades4#bcb ,but it was given only to the 8perfect0 to enjoy and learn the ,mysteries of the divine ,elysium1 the celestial abode of the blessed2 this ,elysium being unquestionably the same as the 8,kingdom of ,heaven40 ,to contradict or reject the above1 would be merely to shut one's eyes to the truth4 ,the narrative of the ,apostle ,paul1 in his second ,epistle to the ,corinthians 7xii4 #c1 #d71 has struck several scholars1 well versed in the descriptions of the mystical rites of the initiation given by some classics1 as alluding most undoubtedly to the final ,epopteia4#bcc 8,i knew a certain man--whether in body or outside of body1 ,i know not3 ,god knoweth--who was rapt into ,paradise1 and heard things ineffable 1 which it is not lawful for a man to repeat40 ,these words have rarely1 so far as we know1 been regarded by commentators as an allusion to the beatific visions of an 8initiated0 seer4 ,but the phraseology is unequivocal4 ,these things 8which it is not lawful to repeat10 are hinted at in the same words1 and the reason for it assigned1 is the same as that which we find repeatedly expressed by ,plato1 ,proclus1 ,iamblichus1 ,herodotus1 and other classics4 8,we speak ,,wisdom only among them who are ,,perfect10 says ,paul2 the plain and undeniable translation of the sentence being3 8,we speak of the profounder 7or final7 esoteric doctrines of the ,mysteries 7which were denominated wisdom7 only among them who are initiated40#bcd ,so in relation to the 8man who was rapt into ,paradise0--and who was evidently ,paul himself#bce--the ,christian word ,paradise having replaced that of ,elysium4 ,to complete the proof1 we might recall the words of ,plato1 given elsewhere1 which show that before an initiate could see the gods in their purest light1 he had to become liberated from his body2 i4e41 to separate his astral soul from it4#bcf ,apuleius also describes his initiation into the ,mysteries in the same way3 8,i approached the confines of death2 and1 having trodden on the threshold of ,proserpina1 returned1 having been carried through all the elements4 ,in the depths of midnight ,i saw the sun glittering with a splendid light1 together with the infernal and supernal gods1 and to these divinities approaching1 ,i paid the tribute of devout adoration40#bcg ,thus1 in common with ,pythagoras and other hierophant reformers1 ,jesus divided his teachings into exoteric and esoteric4 ,following faithfully the ,pythagoreo-,essenean ways1 he never sat at a meal without saying 8grace40 8,the priest prays before his meal10 says ,josephus1 describing the ,essenes4 ,jesus also divided his followers into 8neophytes10 8brethren10 and the 8perfect10 if we may judge by the difference he made between them4 ,but his career at least as a public ,rabbi1 was of a too short duration to allow him to establish a regular school of his own2 and with the exception1 perhaps1 of ,john1 it does not seem that he had initiated any other apostle4 ,the ,gnostic amulets and talismans are mostly the emblems of the apocalyptic allegories4 ,the 8seven vowels0 are closely related to the 8seven seals20 and the mystic title ,abraxas1 partakes as much of the compositian of ,shem ,hamphirosh1 8the holy word0 or ineffable name1 as the name called3 ,the word of ,god1 that 8no man knew but he himself10#bch as ,john expresses it4 ,it would be difficult to escape from the well-adduced proofs that the ,apocalypse is the production of an initiated kabalist1 when this ,revelation presents whole passages taken from the ,books of ,enoch and ,daniel1 which latter is in itself an abridged imitation of the former2 and when1 furthermore1 we ascertain that the ,ophite ,gnostics who rejected the ,old ,testament entirely1 as 8emanating from an inferior being 7,jehovah710 accepted the most ancient prophets1 such as ,enoch1 and deduced the strongest support from this book for their religious tenets1 the demonstration becomes evident4 ,we will show further how closely related are all these doctrines4 ,besides1 there is the history of ,domitian's persecutions of magicians and philosophers1 which affords as good a proof as any that ,john was generally considered a kabalist4 ,as the apostle was included among the number1 and1 moreover1 conspicuous1 the imperial edict banished him not only from ,rome1 but even from the continent4 ,it was not the ,christians whom--confounding them with the ,jews1 as some historians will have it--the emperor persecuted1 but the astrologers and kabalists4#bci ,the accusations against ,jesus of practicing the magic of ,egypt were numerous1 and at one time universal1 in the towns where he was known4 ,the ,pharisees1 as claimed in the ,bible1 had been the first to fling it in his face1 although ,rabbi ,wise considers ,jesus himself a ,pharisee4 ,the ,talmud certainly points to ,james the ,just as one of that sect4#bdj ,but these partisans are known to have always stoned every prophet who denounced their evil ways1 and it is not on this fact that we base our assertion4 ,these accused him of sorcery1 and of driving out devils by ,beelzebub1 their prince1 with as much justice as later the ,catholic clergy had to accuse of the same more than one innocent martyr4 ,but ,justin ,martyr states on better authority that the men of his time who were not ,jews asserted that the miracles of ,jesus were performed by magical art-- --the very expression used by the skeptics of those days to designate the feats of thaumaturgy accomplished in the ,pagan temples4 8,they even ventured to call him a magician and a deceiver of the people10 complains the martyr4#bda ,in the ,gospel of ,nicodemus 7the ,acta ,pilate71 the ,jews bring the same accusation before ,pilate4 8,did we not tell thee he was a magician80#bdb ,celsus speaks of the same charge1 and as a ,neo-platonist believes in it4#bdc ,the ,talmudic literature is full of the most minute particulars1 and their greatest accusation is that 8,jesus could fly as easily in the air as others could walk40#bdd ,st4 ,austin asserted that it was generally believed that he had been initiated in ,egypt1 and that he wrote books concerning magic1 which he delivered to ,john4#bde ,there was a work called ,magia ,jesu ,christi1 which was attributed to ,jesus#bdf himself4 ,in the ,clementine ,recognitions the charge is brought against ,jesus that he did not perform his miracles as a ,jewish prophet1 but as a magician1 i4e41 an initiate of the 8heathen0 temples4#bdg ,it was usual then1 as it is now1 among the intolerant clergy of opposing religions1 as well as among the lower classes of society1 and even among those patricians who1 for various reasons had been excluded from any participation of the ,mysteries1 to accuse1 sometimes1 the highest hierophants and adepts of sorcery and black magic4 ,so ,apuleius1 who had been initiated1 was likewise accused of witchcraft1 and of carrying about him the figure of a skeleton--a potent agent1 as it is asserted1 in the operations of the black art4 ,but one of the best and most unquestionable proofs of our assertion may be found in the so-called ,museo ,gregoriano4 ,on the sarcophagus1 which is panelled with bas-reliefs representing the miracles of ,christ1#bdh may be seen the full figure of ,jesus1 who1 in the resurrection of ,lazarus1 appears beardless 8and equipped with a wand in the received guise of a necromancer 787 whilst the corpse of ,lazarus is swathed in bandages exactly as an ,egyptian mummy40 ,had posterity been enabled to have several such representations executed during the first century when the figure1 dress1 and every-day habits of the ,reformer were still fresh in the memory of his contemporaries1 perhaps the ,christian world would be more ,christ-like2 the dozens of contradictory1 groundless1 and utterly meaningless speculations about the 8,son of ,man0 would have been impossible2 and humanity would now have but one religion and one ,god4 ,it is this absence of all proof1 the lack of the least positive clew about him whom ,christianity has deified1 that has caused the present state of perplexity4 ,no pictures of ,christ were possible until after the days of ,constantine1 when the ,jewish element was nearly eliminated among the followers of the new religion4 ,the ,jews1 apostles1 and disciples1 whom the ,zoroastrians and the ,parsees had inoculated with a holy horror of any form of images1 would have considered it a sacrilegious blasphemy to represent in any way or shape their master4 ,the only authorized image of ,jesus1 even in the days of ,tertullian1 was an allegorical representation of the 8,good ,shepherd10#bdi which was no portrait1 but the figure of a man with a jackal-head1 like ,anubis4#bej ,on this gem1 as seen in the collection of ,gnostic amulets1 the ,good ,shepherd bears upon his shoulders the lost lamb4 ,he seems to have a human head upon his neck2 but1 as ,king correctly observes1 8it only seems so to the uninitiated eye40 ,on closer inspection1 he becomes the double-headed ,anubis1 having one head human1 the other a jackal's1 whilst his girdle assumes the form of a serpent rearing aloft its crested head4 8,this figure10 adds the author of the ,gnostics1 etc41 8had two meanings--one obvious for the vulgar2 the other mystical1 and recognizable by the initiated alone4 ,it was perhaps the signet of some chief teacher or apostle40#bea ,this affords a fresh proof that the ,gnostics and early orthodox 787 ,christians were not so wide apart in their secret doctrine4 ,king deduces from a quotation from ,epiphanius1 that even as late as #djj ,a4,d4 it was considered an atrocious sin to attempt to represent the bodily appearance of ,christ4 ,epiphanius#beb brings it as an idolatrous charge against the ,carpocratians that 8they kept painted portraits1 and even gold and silver images1 and in other materials1 which they pretended to be portraits of ,jesus1 and made by ,pilate after the likeness of ,christ4444 ,these they keep in secret1 along with ,pythagoras1 ,plato1 and ,aristotle1 and setting them all up together1 they worship and offer sacrifices unto them after the ,gentiles' fashion40 ,what would the pious ,epiphanius say were he to resuscitate and step into ,st4 ,peter's ,cathedral at ,rome6 ,ambrosius seems also very desperate at the idea--that some persons fully credited the statement of ,lampridius that ,alexander ,severus had in his private chapel an image of ,christ among other great philosophers4 8,that the ,pagans should have preserved the likeness of ,christ10 he exclaims1 8but the disciples have neglected to do so1 is a notion the mind shudders to entertain1 much less to believe40 ,all this points undeniably to the fact1 that except a handful of self-styled ,christians who subsequently won the day1 all the civilized portion of the ,pagans who knew of ,jesus honored him as a philosopher1 an adept whom they placed on the same level with ,pythagoras and ,apollonius4 ,whence such a veneration on their part for a man1 were he simply1 as represented by the ,synoptics1 a poor1 unknown ,jewish carpenter from ,nazareth8 ,as an incarnated ,god there is no single record of him on this earth capable of withstanding the critical examination of science2 as one of the greatest reformers1 an inveterate enemy of every theological dogmatism1 a persecutor of bigotry1 a teacher of one of the most sublime codes of ethics1 ,jesus is one of the grandest and most clearly-defined figures on the panorama of human history4 ,his age may1 with every day1 be receding farther and farther back into the gloomy and hazy mists of the past2 and his theology--based on human fancy and supported by untenable dogmas may1 nay1 must with every day lose more of its unmerited prestige2 alone the grand figure of the philosopher and moral reformer instead of growing paler will become with every century more pronounced and more clearly defined4 ,it will reign supreme and universal only on that day when the whole of humanity recognizes but one father--the ,,unknown ,,one above--and one brother--the whole of mankind below4 ,in a pretended letter of ,lentulus1 a senator and a distinguished historian1 to the ,roman senate1 there is a description of the personal appearance of ,jesus4 ,the letter itself1 written in horrid ,latin1 is pronounced a bare-faced forgery2 but we find therein an expression which suggests many thoughts4 ,albeit a forgery it is evident that whosoever invented it has nevertheless tried to follow tradition as closely as possible4 ,the hair of ,jesus is represented in it as 8wavy and curling 444 flowing down upon his shoulders10 and as 8having a parting in the middle of the head after the fashion of the ,nazarenes40 ,this last sentence shows3 #a4 ,that there was such a tradition1 based on the biblical description of ,john the ,baptist1 the ,nazaria1 and the custom of this sect4 #b4 ,had ,lentulus been the author of this letter1 it is difficult to believe that ,paul should never have heard of it2 and had he known its contents1 he would never have pronounced it a shame for men to wear their hair long1#bec thus shaming his ,lord and ,christ-,god4 #c4 ,if ,jesus did wear his hair long and parted in the middle of the forehead1 after the fashion of the ,nazarenes 7as well as ,john1 the only one of his apostles who followed it71 then we have one good reason more to say that ,jesus must have belonged to the sect of the ,nazarenes1 and been called ,,nasaria for this reason and not because he was an inhabitant of ,nazareth2 for they never wore their hair long4 ,the ,nazarite1 who separated himself unto the ,lord1 allowed 8no razor to come upon his head40 8,he shall be holy1 and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow10 says ,numbers 7vi4 #e74 ,samson was a ,nazarite1 i4e41 vowed to the service of ,god1 and in his hair was his strength4 8,no razor shall come upon his head2 the child shall be a ,nazarite unto ,god from the womb0 7,judges xiii4 #e74 ,but the final and most reasonable conclusion to be inferred from this is that ,jesus1 who was so opposed to all the orthodox ,jewish practices1 would not have allowed his hair to grow had he not belonged to this sect1 which in the days of ,john the ,baptist had already become a heresy in the eyes of the ,sanhedrim4 ,the ,talmud1 speaking of the ,nazaria1 or the ,nazarenes 7who had abandoned the world like ,hindu yogis or hermits7 calls them a sect of physicians1 of wandering exorcists2 as also does ,jervis4 8,they went about the country1 living on alms and performing cures40#bed ,epiphanius says that the ,nazarenes come next in heresy to the ,corinthians whether having existed 8before them or after them1 nevertheless synchronous10 and then adds that 8all ,christians at that time were equally called ,nazarenes60#bee ,in the very first remark made by ,jesus about ,john the ,baptist1 we find him stating that he is 8,elias1 which was for to come40 ,this assertion1 if it is not a later interpolation for the sake of having a prophecy fulfilled1 means again that ,jesus was a kabalist2 unless indeed we have to adopt the doctrine of the ,french spiritists and suspect him of believing in rencarnation4 ,except the kabalistic sects of the ,essenes1 the ,nazarenes1 the disciples of ,simeon ,ben ,iocha1 and ,hillel1 neither the orthodox ,jews1 nor the ,galileans1 believed or knew anything about the doctrine of permutation4 ,and the ,sadducees rejected even that of the resurrection4 8,but the author of this restitutionis was ,mosah1 our master1 upon whom be peace6 ,who was the revolutio 7transmigration7 of ,seth and ,hebel1 that he might cover the nudity of his ,father ,adam--,primus10 says the ,kabala4#bef ,thus1 ,jesus hinting that ,john was the revolutio1 or transmigration of ,elias1 seems to prove beyond any doubt the school to which he belonged4 ,until the present day uninitiated ,kabalists and ,masons believe permutation to be synonymous with transmigration and metempsychosis4 ,but they are as much mistaken in regard to the doctrine of the true ,kabalists as to that of the ,buddhists4 ,true1 the ,sohar says in one place1 8,all souls are subject to transmigration 444 men do not know the ways of the ,holy ,one1 blessed be ,he2 they do not know that they are brought before the tribunal1 both before they enter this world and after they quit it10 and the ,pharisees also held this doctrine1 as ,josephus shows 7,antiquities1 xviii4 #ac74 ,also the doctrine of ,gilgul1 held to the strange theory of the 8,whirling of the ,soul10 which taught that the bodies of ,jews buried far away from the ,holy ,land1 still preserve a particle of soul which can neither rest nor quit them1 until it reaches the soil of the 8,promised ,land40 ,and this 8whirling0 process was thought to be accomplished by the soul being conveyed back through an actual evolution of species2 transmigrating from the minutest insect up to the largest animal4 ,but this was an exoteric doctrine4 ,we refer the reader to the ,kabbala ,denudata of ,henry ,khunrath2 his language1 however obscure1 may yet throw some light upon the subject4 ,but this doctrine of permutation1 or revolutio1 must not be understood as a belief in rencarnation4 ,that ,moses was considered the transmigration of ,abel and ,seth1 does not imply that the kabalists--those who were initiated at least--believed that the identical spirit of either of ,adam's sons reappeared under the corporeal form of ,moses4 ,it only shows what was the mode of expression they used when hinting at one of the profoundest mysteries of the ,oriental ,gnosis1 one of the most majestic articles of faith of the ,secret ,wisdom4 ,it was purposely veiled so as to half conceal and half reveal the truth4 ,it implied that ,moses1 like certain other god-like men1 was believed to have reached the highest of all states on earth3--the rarest of all psychological phenomena1 the perfect union of the immortal spirit with the terrestrial duad had occurred4 ,the trinity was complete4 ,a god was incarnate4 ,but how rare such incarnations6 ,that expression1 8,ye are gods10 which1 to our biblical students1 is a mere abstraction1 has for the kabalists a vital significance4 ,each immortal spirit that sheds its radiance upon a human being is a god--the ,microcosmos of the ,macrocosmos1 part and parcel of the ,unknown ,god1 the ,first ,cause of which it is a direct emanation4 ,it is possessed of all the attributes of its parent source4 ,among these attributes are omniscience and omnipotence4 ,endowed with these1 but yet unable to fully manifest them while in the body1 during which time they are obscured1 veiled1 limited by the capabilities of physical nature1 the thus divinely-inhabited man may tower far above his kind1 evince a god-like wisdom1 and display deific powers2 for while the rest of mortals around him are but overshadowed by their divine ,,self1 with every chance given to them to become immortal hereafter1 but no other security than their personal efforts to win the kingdom of heaven1 the so chosen man has already become an immortal while yet on earth4 ,his prize is secured4 ,henceforth he will live forever in eternal life4 ,not only he may have 8dominion0#beg over all the works of creation by employing the 8excellence0 of the ,,name 7the ineffable one7 but be higher in this life1 not1 as ,paul is made to say1 8a little lower than the angels40#beh ,the ancients never entertained the sacrilegious thought that such perfected entities were incarnations of the ,one ,supreme and for ever invisible ,god4 ,no such profanation of the awful ,majesty entered into their conceptions4 ,moses and his antitypes and types were to them but complete men1 gods on earth1 for their gods 7divine spirits7 had entered unto their hallowed tabernacles1 the purified physical bodies4 ,the disembodied spirits of the heroes and sages were termed gods by the ancients4 ,hence1 the accusation of polytheism and idolatry on the part of those who were the first to anthropomorphize the holiest and purest abstractions of their forefathers4 ,the real and hidden sense of this doctrine was known to all the initiates4 ,the ,tanam imparted it to their elect ones1 the ,isarim1 in the solemn solitudes of crypts and deserted places4 ,it was one of the most esoteric and jealously guarded1 for human nature was the same then as it is now1 and the sacerdotal caste as confident as now in the supremacy of its knowledge1 and ambitious of ascendency over the weaker masses2 with the difference perhaps that its hierophants could prove the legitimacy of their claims and the plausibility of their doctrines1 whereas now1 believers must be content with blind faith4 ,while the kabalists called this mysterious and rare occurrence of the union of spirit with the mortal charge entrusted to its care1 the 8descent of the ,angel ,gabriel0 7the latter being a kind of generic name for it71 the ,messenger of ,life1 and the angel ,metatron2 and while the ,nazarenes termed the same ,abel-,zivo1#bei the ,delegatus sent by the ,lord of ,celsitude1 it was universally known as the 8,anointed ,spirit40 ,thus it is the acceptation of this doctrine which caused the ,gnostics to maintain that ,jesus was a man overshadowed by the ,christos or ,messenger of ,life1 and that his despairing cry from the cross 8,eloi1 ,eloi1 ,lama ,sabachthani10 was wrung from him at the instant when he felt that this inspiring ,presence had finally abandoned him1 for--as some affirmed--his faith had also abandoned him when on the cross4 ,the early ,nazarenes1 who must be numbered among the ,gnostic sects1 believing that ,jesus was a prophet1 held1 nevertheless1 in relation to him the same doctrine of the divine 8overshadowing10 of certain 8men of ,god10 sent for the salvation of nations1 and to recall them to the path of righteousness4 8,the ,divine mind is eternal10 says the ,codex1#bfj 8,and it is pure light1 and poured out through splendid and immense space 7pleroma74 ,it is ,genetrix of the ons4 ,but one of them went to matter 7chaos7 stirring up confused 7turbulentos7 movements2 and by a certain portion of heavenly light fashioned it1 properly constituted for use and appearance1 but the beginning of every evil4 ,the ,demiurg 7of matter7 claimed divine honor4#bfa ,therefore ,christus 78the anointed071 the prince of the ons 7powers71 was sent 7expeditus71 who taking on the person of a most devout ,jew1 ,iesu1 was to conquer him2 but who having laid it 7the body7 aside1 departed on high40 ,we will explain further on the full significance of the name ,christos and its mystic meaning4 ,and now1 in order to make such passages as the above more intelligible1 we will endeavor to define1 as briefly as possible1 the dogmas in which1 with very trifling differences1 nearly all the ,gnostic sects believed4 ,it is in ,ephesus that flourished in those days the greatest college1 wherein the abstruse ,oriental speculations and the ,platonic philosophy were taught in conjunction4 ,it was a focus of the universal 8secret0 doctrines2 the weird laboratory whence1 fashioned in elegant ,grecian phraseology1 sprang the quintessence of ,buddhistic1 ,zoroastrian1 and ,chaldean philosophy4 ,artemis1 the gigantic concrete symbol of theosophico-pantheistic abstractions1 the great mother ,multimamma1 androgyne and patroness of the 8,ephesian writings10 was conquered by ,paul2 but although the zealous converts of the apostles pretended to burn all their books on 8curious arts10 1 enough of these remained for them to study when their first zeal had cooled off4 ,it is from ,ephesus that spread nearly all the ,gnosis which antagonized so fiercely with the ,irenan dogmas2 and still it was ,ephesus1 with her numerous collateral branches of the great college of the ,essenes1 which proved to be the hot-bed of all the kabalistic speculations brought by the ,tanam from the captivity4 8,in ,ephesus10 says ,matter1 8the notions of the ,jewish-,egyptian school1 and the semi-,persian speculations of the kabalists had then recently come to swell the vast conflux of ,grecian and ,asiatic doctrines1 so there is no wonder that teachers should have sprung up there who strove to combine the religion newly preached by the apostle with the ideas there so long established40 ,had not the ,christians burdened themselves with the ,revelations of a little nation1 and accepted the ,jehovah of ,moses1 the ,gnostic ideas would never have been termed heresies2 once relieved of their dogmatic exaggerations the world would have had a religious system based on pure ,platonic philosophy1 and surely something would then have been gained4 ,now let us see what are the greatest heresies of the ,gnostics4 ,we will select ,basilides as the standard for our comparisons1 for all the founders of other ,gnostic sects group round him1 like a cluster of stars borrowing light from their sun4 ,basilides maintained that he had had all his doctrines from the ,apostle ,matthew1 and from ,peter through ,glaucus1 the disciple of the latter4#bfb ,according to ,eusebius1#bfc he published twenty-four volumes of ,interpretations upon the ,gospels1#bfd all of which were burned1 a fact which makes us suppose that they contained more truthful matter than the school of ,irenus was prepared to deny4 ,he asserted that the unknown1 eternal1 and uncreated ,father having first brought forth ,nous1 or ,mind1 the latter emanated from itself--the ,logos4 ,the ,logos 7the ,word of ,john7 emanated in its turn ,phronesis1 or the ,intelligences 7,divine-human spirits74 ,from ,phronesis sprung ,sophia1 or feminine wisdom1 and ,dynamis--strength4 ,these were the personified attributes of the ,mysterious godhead1 the ,gnostic quinternion1 typifying the five spiritual1 but intelligible substances1 personal virtues or beings external to the unknown godhead4 ,this is preminently a kabalistic idea4 ,it is still more ,buddhistic4 ,the earliest system of the ,buddhistic philosophy--which preceded by far ,gautama-,buddha--is based upon the uncreated substance of the 8,unknown10 the ,a'di ,buddha4#bfe ,this eternal1 infinite ,monad possesses1 as proper to his own essence1 five acts of wisdom4 ,from these it1 by five separate acts of ,dhyn1 emitted five ,dhyani ,buddhas2 these1 like ,a'di ,buddha1 are quiescent in their system 7passive74 ,neither ,a'di1 nor either of the five ,dhyani ,buddhas1 were ever incarnated1 but seven of their emanations became ,avatars1 i4e41 were incarnated on this earth4 ,describing the ,basilidean system1 ,irenus1 quoting the ,gnostics1 declares as follows3 8,when the uncreated1 unnamed ,father saw the corruption of mankind1 he sent his first-born ,nous1 into the world1 in the form of ,christ1 for the redemption of all who believe in him1 out of the power of those who fabricated the world 7the ,demiurgus1 and his six sons1 the planetary genii74 ,he appeared amongst men as the man1 ,jesus1 and wrought miracles4 ,this ,christ did not die in person1 but ,simon the ,cyrenian suffered in his stead1 to whom he lent his bodily form2 for the ,divine ,power1 the ,nous of the ,eternal ,father1 is not corporeal1 and cannot die4 ,whoso1 therefore1 maintains that ,christ has died1 is still the bondsman of ignorance2 whoso denies the same1 he is free1 and hath understood the purpose of the ,father40#bff ,so far1 and taken in its abstract sense1 we do not see anything blasphemous in this system4 ,it may be a heresy against the theology of ,irenus and ,tertullian1#bfg but there is certainly nothing sacrilegious against the religious idea itself1 and it will seem to every impartial thinker far more consistent with divine reverence than the anthropomorphism of actual ,christianity4 ,the ,gnostics were called by the orthodox ,christians1 ,docet1 or ,illusionists1 for believing that ,christ did not1 nor could1 suffer death actually--in physical body4 ,the later ,brahmanical books contain1 likewise1 much that is repugnant to the reverential feeling and idea of the ,divinity2 and as well as the ,gnostics1 the ,brahmans explain such legends as may shock the divine dignity of the ,spiritual beings called gods by attributing them to ,maya or illusion4 ,a people brought up and nurtured for countless ages among all the psychological phenomena of which the civilized 767 nations read1 but reject as incredible and worthless1 cannot well expect to have its religious system even understood--let alone appreciated4 ,the profoundest and most transcendental speculations of the ancient metaphysicians of ,india and other countries1 are all based on that great ,buddhistic and ,brahmanical principle underlying the whole of their religious metaphysics--illusion of the senses4 ,everything that is finite is illusion1 all that which is eternal and infinite is reality4 ,form1 color1 that which we hear and feel1 or see with our mortal eyes1 exists only so far as it can be conveyed to each of us through our senses4 ,the universe for a man born blind does not exist in either form or color1 but it exists in its privation 7in the ,aristotelean sense71 and is a reality for the spiritual senses of the blind man4 ,we all live under the powerful dominion of phantasy4 ,alone the highest and invisible originals emanated from the thought of the ,unknown are real and permanent beings1 forms1 and ideas2 on earth1 we see but their reflections2 more or less correct1 and ever dependent on the physical and mental organization of the person who beholds them4 ,ages untold before our era1 the ,hindu ,mystic ,kapila1 who is considered by many scientists as a skeptic1 because they judge him with their habitual superficiality1 magnificently expressed this idea in the following terms3 8,man 7physical man7 counts for so little1 that hardly anything can demonstrate to him his proper existence and that of nature4 ,perhaps1 that which we regard as the universe1 and the divers beings which seem to compose it1 have nothing real1 and are but the product of continued illusion--maya--of our senses40 ,and the modern ,schopenhauer1 repeating this philosophical idea1 #aj1jjj years old now1 says3 8,nature is non-existent1 per se4444 ,nature is the infinite illusion of our senses40 ,kant1 ,schelling1 and other metaphysicians have said the same1 and their school maintains the idea4 ,the objects of sense being ever delusive and fluctuating1 cannot be a reality4 ,spirit alone is unchangeable1 hence--alone is no illusion4 ,this is pure ,buddhist doctrine4 ,the religion of the ,gnosis 7knowledge71 the most evident offshoot of ,buddhism1 was utterly based on this metaphysical tenet4 ,christos suffered spiritually for us1 and far more acutely than did the illusionary ,jesus while his body was being tortured on the ,cross4 ,in the ideas of the ,christians1 ,christ is but another name for ,jesus4 ,the philosophy of the ,gnostics1 the initiates1 and hierophants understood it otherwise4 ,the word ,christos1 1 like all ,greek words1 must be sought in its philological origin--the ,sanscrit4 ,in this latter language ,kris means sacred1#bfh and the ,hindu deity was named ,chris-na 7the pure or the sacred7 from that4 ,on the other hand1 the ,greek ,christos bears several meanings1 as anointed 7pure oil1 chrism7 and others4 ,in all languages1 though the synonym of the word means pure or sacred essence1 it is the first emanation of the invisible ,godhead1 manifesting itself tangibly in spirit4 ,the ,greek ,logos1 the ,hebrew ,messiah1 the ,latin ,verbum1 and the ,hindu ,viradj 7the son7 are identically the same2 they represent an idea of collective entities--of flames detached from the one eternal centre of light4 8,the man who accomplishes pious but interested acts 7with the sole object of his salvation7 may reach the ranks of the devas 7saints72#bfi but he who accomplishes1 disinterestedly1 the same pious acts1 finds himself ridden forever of the five elements0 7of matter74 8,perceiving the ,supreme ,soul in all beings and all beings in the ,supreme ,soul1 in offering his own soul in sacrifice1 he identifies himself with the ,being who shines in his own splendor0 7,manu1 book xii41 slokas #ij1 #ia74 ,thus1 ,christos1 as a unity1 is but an abstraction3 a general idea representing the collective aggregation of the numberless spirit-entities1 which are the direct emanations of the infinite1 invisible1 incomprehensible ,,first ,,cause--the individual spirits of men1 erroneously called the souls4 ,they are the divine sons of ,god1 of which some only overshadow mortal men--but this the majority--some remain forever planetary spirits1 and some--the smaller and rare minority--unite themselves during life with some men4 ,such ,god-like beings as ,gautama-,buddha1 ,jesus1 ,tissoo1 ,christna1 and a few others had united themselves with their spirits permanently--hence1 they became gods on earth4 ,others1 such as ,moses1 ,pythagoras1 ,apollonius1 ,plotinus1 ,confucius1 ,plato1 ,iamblichus1 and some ,christian saints1 having at intervals been so united1 have taken rank in history as demi-gods and leaders of mankind4 ,when unburthened of their terrestrial tabernacles1 their freed souls1 henceforth united forever with their spirits1 rejoin the whole shining host1 which is bound together in one spiritual solidarity of thought and deed1 and called 8the anointed40 ,hence1 the meaning of the ,gnostics1 who1 by saying that 8,christos0 suffered spiritually for humanity1 implied that his ,divine ,spirit suffered mostly4 ,such1 and far more elevating were the ideas of ,marcion1 the great 8,heresiarch0 of the second century1 as he is termed by his opponents4 ,he came to ,rome toward the latter part of the half-century1 from ,a4,d4 #aci-adb1 according to ,tertullian1 ,irenus1 ,clemens1 and most of his modern commentators1 such as ,bunsen1 ,tischendorf1 ,westcott1 and many others4 ,credner and ,schleiermacher#bgj agree as to his high and irreproachable personal character1 his pure religious aspirations and elevated views4 ,his influence must have been powerful1 as we find ,epiphanius writing more than two centuries later that in his time the followers of ,marcion were to be found throughout the whole world4#bga ,the danger must have been pressing and great indeed1 if we are to judge it to have been proportioned with the opprobrious epithets and vituperation heaped upon ,marcion by the 8,great ,african10 that ,patristic ,cerberus1 whom we find ever barking at the door of the ,irenan dogmas4#bgb ,we have but to open his celebrated refutation of ,marcion's ,antitheses1 to acquaint ourselves with the fine-fleur of monkish abuse of the ,christian school2 an abuse so faithfully carried through the middle ages1 to be renewed again in our present day--at the ,vatican4 8,now1 then1 ye hounds1 yelping at the ,god of ,truth1 whom the apostles cast out1 to all your questions4 ,these are the bones of contention which ye gnaw10 etc4#bgc 8,the poverty of the ,great ,african's arguments keeps pace with his abuse10 remarks the author of ,supernatural ,religion4#bgd 8,their 7the ,father's7 religious controversy bristles with misstatements1 and is turbid with pious abuse4 ,tertullian was a master of his style1 and the vehement vituperation with which he opens and often interlards his work against #8the impious and sacrilegious ,marcion1' offers anything but a guarantee of fair and legitimate criticism40 ,how firm these two ,fathers--,tertullian and ,epiphanius--were on their theological ground1 may be inferred from the curious fact that they intemperately both vehemently reproach 8the beast0 7,marcion7 8with erasing passages from the ,gospel of ,luke which never were in ,luke at all40#bge 8,the lightness and inaccuracy10 adds the critic1 8with which ,tertullian proceeds1 are all the better illustrated by the fact that not only does he accuse ,marcion falsely1 but he actually defines the motives for which he expunged a passage which never existed2 in the same chapter he also similarly accuses ,marcion of erasing 7from ,luke7 the saying that ,christ had not come to destroy the law and the prophets1 but to fulfill them1 and he actually repeats the charge on two other occasions4#bgf ,epiphanius also commits the mistake of reproaching ,marcion with omitting from ,luke what is only found in ,matthew40#bgg ,having so far shown the amount of reliance to be placed in the ,patristic literature1 and it being unanimously conceded by the great majority of biblical critics that what the ,fathers fought for was not truth1 but their own interpretations and unwarranted assertions1#bgh we will now proceed to state what were the views of ,marcion1 whom ,tertullian desired to annihilate as the most dangerous heretic of his day4 ,if we are to believe ,hilgenfeld1 one of the greatest ,german biblical critics1 then 8,from the critical standing-point one must 444 consider the statements of the ,fathers of the ,church only as expressions of their subjective view1 which itself requires proof40#bgi ,we can do no better nor make a more correct statement of facts concerning ,marcion than by quoting what our space permits from ,supernatural ,religion1 the author of which bases his assertions on the evidence of the greatest critics1 as well as on his own researches4 ,he shows in the days of ,marcion 8two broad parties in the primitive ,church0--one considering ,christianity 8a mere continuation of the law1 and dwarfing it into an ,israelitish institution1 a narrow sect of ,judaism20 the other representing the glad tidings 8as the introduction of a new system1 applicable to all1 and supplanting the ,mosaic dispensation of the law by a universal dispensation of grace40 ,these two parties1 he adds1 8were popularly represented in the early ,church1 by the two apostles ,peter and ,paul1 and their antagonism is faintly revealed in the ,epistle to the ,galatians40#bhj ,marcion1 who recognized no other ,gospels than a few ,epistles of ,paul1 who rejected totally the anthropomorphism of the ,old ,testament1 and drew a distinct line of demarcation between the old ,judaism and ,christianity1 viewed ,jesus neither as a ,king1 ,messiah of the ,jews1 nor the son of ,david1 who was in any way connected with the law or prophets1 8but a divine being sent to reveal to man a spiritual religion1 wholly new1 and a ,god of goodness and grace hitherto unknown40 ,the 8,lord ,god0 of the ,jews in his eyes1 the ,creator 7,demiurgos71 was totally different and distinct from the ,deity who sent ,jesus to reveal the divine truth and preach the glad tidings1 to bring reconciliation and salvation to all4 ,the mission of ,jesus--according to ,marcion--was to abrogate the ,jewish 8,lord10 who 8was opposed to the ,god and ,father of ,jesus ,christ as matter is to spirit1 impurity to purity40 ,was ,marcion so far wrong8 ,was it blasphemy1 or was it intuition1 divine inspiration in him to express that which every honest heart yearning for truth1 more or less feels and acknowledges8 ,if in his sincere desire to establish a purely spiritual religion1 a universal faith based on unadulterated truth1 he found it necessary to make of ,christianity an entirely new and separate system from that of ,judaism1 did not ,marcion have the very words of ,christ for his authority8 8,no man putteth a piece of new cloth into an old garment 444 for the rent is made worse4444 ,neither do men put new wine into old bottles1 else the bottles break1 and the wine runneth out1 and the bottles perish2 but they put new wine into new bottles1 and both are preserved40 ,in what particular does the jealous1 wrathful1 revengeful ,god of ,israel resemble the unknown deity1 the ,god of mercy preached by ,jesus2--his ,father who is in ,heaven1 and the ,father of all humanity8 ,this ,father alone is the ,god of spirit and purity1 and1 to compare ,him with the subordinate and capricious ,sinaitic ,deity is an error4 ,did ,jesus ever pronounce the name of ,jehovah8 ,did he ever place his ,father in contrast with this severe and cruel ,judge2 his ,god of mercy1 love1 and justice1 with the ,jewish genius of retaliation8 ,never6 ,from that memorable day when he preached his ,sermon on the ,mount1 an immeasurable void opened between his ,god and that other deity who fulminated his commands from that other mount--,sinai4 ,the language of ,jesus is unequivocal2 it implies not only rebellion but defiance of the ,mosaic 8,lord ,god40 8,ye have heard10 he tells us1 8that it hath been said1 an eye for an eye1 and a tooth for a tooth3 but ,i say unto you1 ,that ye resist not evil3 but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek1 turn to him the other also4 ,ye have heard that it hath been said by the same 8,lord ,god0 on ,sinai3 ,thou shalt love thy neighbor1 and hate thine enemy4 ,but ,i say unto you2 ,love your enemies1 bless them that curse you1 do good to them that hate you1 and pray for them which despitefully use you1 and persecute you0 7,matthew v474 ,and now1 open ,manu and read3 8,resignation1 the action of rendering good for evil1 temperance1 probity1 purity1 repression of the senses1 the knowledge of the ,sastras 7the holy books71 that of the supreme soul1 truthfulness and abstinence from anger1 such are the ten virtues in which consists duty4444 ,those who study these ten precepts of duty1 and after having studied them conform their lives thereto1 will reach to the supreme condition0 7,manu1 book vi41 sloka #ib74 ,if ,manu did not trace these words many thousands of years before the era of ,christianity1 at least no voice in the whole world will dare deny them a less antiquity than several centuries ,b4,c4 ,the same in the case of the precepts of ,buddhism4 ,if we turn to the ,prtimoksha ,stra and other religious tracts of the ,buddhists1 we read the ten following commandments3 #a4 ,thou shalt not kill any living creature4 #b4 ,thou shalt not steal4 #c4 ,thou shalt not break thy vow of chastity4 #d4 ,thou shalt not lie4 #e4 ,thou shalt not betray the secrets of others4 #f4 ,thou shalt not wish for the death of thy enemies4 #g4 ,thou shalt not desire the wealth of others4 #h4 ,thou shalt not pronounce injurious and foul words4 #i4 ,thou shalt not indulge in luxury 7sleep on soft beds or be lazy74 #aj4 ,thou shalt not accept gold or silver4#bha 8,good master1 what shall ,i do that ,i may have eternal life80 asks a man of ,jesus4 8,keep the commandments40 8,which80 8,thou shalt do no murder1 ,thou shalt not commit adultery1 ,thou shalt not steal1 ,thou shalt not bear false witness10#bhb is the answer4 8,what shall ,i do to obtain possession of ,bhodi8 7knowledge of eternal truth70 asks a disciple of his ,buddhist master4 8,what way is there to become an ,upasaka80 8,keep the commandments40 8,what are they80 8,thou shalt abstain all thy life from murder1 theft1 adultery1 and lying10 answers the master4#bhc ,identical injunctions are they not8 ,divine injunctions1 the living up to which would purify and exalt humanity4 ,but are they more divine when uttered through one mouth than another8 ,if it is god-like to return good for evil1 does the enunciation of the precept by a ,nazarene give it any greater force than its enunciation by an ,indian1 or ,thibetan philosopher8 ,we see that the ,golden ,rule was not original with ,jesus2 that its birth-place was ,india4 ,do what we may1 we cannot deny ,sakya-,muni ,buddha a less remote antiquity than several centuries before the birth of ,jesus4 ,in seeking a model for his system of ethics why should ,jesus have gone to the foot of the ,himalayas rather than to the foot of ,sinai1 but that the doctrines of ,manu and ,gautama harmonized exactly with his own philosophy1 while those of ,jehovah were to him abhorrent and terrifying8 ,the ,hindus taught to return good for evil1 but the ,jehovistic command was3 8,an eye for an eye0 and 8a tooth for a tooth40 ,would ,christians still maintain the identity of the 8,father0 of ,jesus and ,jehovah1 if evidence sufficiently clear could be adduced that the 8,lord ,god0 was no other than the ,pagan ,bacchus1 ,dionysos8 ,well1 this identity of the ,jehovah at ,mount ,sinai with the god ,bacchus is hardly disputable4 ,the name is ,yava or ,iao1 according to ,theodoret1 which is the secret name of the ,phnician ,mystery-god2#bhd and it was actually adopted from the ,chaldeans with whom it also was the secret name of the creator4 ,wherever ,bacchus was worshipped there was a tradition of ,nysa and a cave where he was reared4 ,beth-,san or ,scythopolis in ,palestine had that designation2 so had a spot on ,mount ,parnassus4 ,but ,diodorus declares that ,nysa was between ,phnicia and ,egypt2 ,euripides states that ,dionysos came to ,greece from ,india2 and ,diodorus adds his testimony3 8,osiris was brought up in ,nysa1 in ,arabia the ,happy2 he was the son of ,zeus1 and was named from his father 7nominative ,zeus1 genitive ,dios7 and the place ,dio-,nysos0--the ,zeus or ,jove of ,nysa4 ,this identity of name or title is very significant4 ,in ,greece ,dionysos was second only to ,zeus1 and ,pindar says3 8,so ,father ,zeus governs all things1 and ,bacchus he governs also40 ,but outside of ,greece ,bacchus was the all-powerful 8,zagreus1 the highest of gods40 ,moses seems to have worshipped him personally and together with the populace at ,mount ,sinai2 unless we admit that he was an initiated priest1 an adept1 who knew how to lift the veil which hangs behind all such exoteric worship1 but kept the secret4 8,and ,moses built an altar1 and called the name of it ,jehovah-,,nissi60 or ,iao-,nisi4 ,what better evidence is required to show that the ,sinaitic god was indifferently ,bacchus1 ,osiris1 and ,jehovah8 ,mr4 ,sharpe appends also his testimony that the place where ,osiris was born 8was ,mount ,sinai1 called by the ,egyptians ,mount ,nissa40 ,the ,brazen ,serpent was a nis1 1 and the month of the ,jewish ,passover nisan4 ,if the ,mosaic 8,lord ,god0 was the only living ,god1 and ,jesus ,his only ,son1 how account for the rebellious language of the latter8 ,without hesitation or qualification he sweeps away the ,jewish lex talionis and substitutes for it the law of charity and self-denial4 ,if the ,old ,testament is a divine revelation1 how can the ,new ,testament be8 ,are we required to believe and worship a ,deity who contradicts himself every few hundred years8 ,was ,moses inspired1 or was ,jesus not the son of ,god8 ,this is a dilemma from which the theologians are bound to rescue us4 ,it is from this very dilemma that the ,gnostics endeavored to snatch the budding ,christianity4 ,justice has been waiting nineteen centuries for intelligent commentators to appreciate this difference between the orthodox ,tertullian and the ,gnostic ,marcion4 ,the brutal violence1 unfairness1 and bigotry of the 8great ,african0 repulse all who accept his ,christianity4 8,how can a god10 inquired ,marcion1 8break his own commandments8 ,how could he consistently prohibit idolatry and image-worship1 and still cause ,moses to set up the brazen serpent8 ,how command3 ,thou shalt not steal1 and then order the ,israelites to spoil the ,egyptians of their gold and silver80 ,anticipating the results of modern criticism1 ,marcion denies the applicability to ,jesus of the so-called ,messianic prophecies4 ,writes the author of ,supernatural ,religion3#bhe 8,the ,emmanuel of ,isaiah is not ,christ2 the #8,virgin1' his mother1 is simply a #8young woman1' an alma of the temple2 and the sufferings of the servant of ,god 7,isaiah lii4 #ac-liii4 #c7 are not predictions of the death of ,jesus40#bhf ,,chapter ,,iv4 8,nothing better than those ,,mysteries1 by which1 from a rough and fierce life1 we are polished to gentleness 7humanity1 kindness71 and softened40--,,cicero3 de ,legibus1 ii41 #ad4 8,descend1 ,o ,soma1 with that stream with which thou lightest up the ,sun4444 ,soma1 a ,life ,ocean spread through ,all1 thou fillest creative the ,sun with beams40--,rig-,veda1 ii41 #adc4 8444 the beautiful ,virgin ascends1 with long hair1 and she holds two ears in her hand1 and sits on a seat and feeds a ,,boy as yet little1 and suckles him and gives him food40--,,avenar4 ,it is alleged that the ,pentateuch was written by ,moses1 and yet it contains the account of his own death 7,deuteronomy xxxiv4 #f72 and in ,genesis 7xiv4 #ad71 the name ,dan is given to a city1 which ,judges 7xviii4 #bi71 tells us was only called by that name at that late day1 it having previously been known as ,laish4 ,well might ,josiah have rent his clothes when he had heard the words of the ,book of the ,law2 for there was no more of ,moses in it than there is of ,jesus in the ,gospel according to ,john4 ,we have one fair alternative to offer our theologians1 leaving them to choose for themselves1 and promising to abide by their decision4 ,only they will have to admit1 either that ,moses was an impostor1 or that his books are forgeries1 written at different times and by different persons2 or1 again1 that they are full of fraudulent interpolations4 ,in either case the work loses all claims to be considered divine ,revelation4 ,here is the problem1 which we quote from the ,bible--the word of the ,god of ,truth3 8,and ,i appeared unto ,abraham1 unto ,isaac1 and unto ,jacob1 by the name of ,god ,almighty1 but by my name of ,,jehovah was ,i not known to them0 7,exodus vi4 #c71 spake ,god unto ,moses4 ,a very startling bit of information that1 when1 before arriving at the book of ,exodus1 we are told in ,genesis 7xxii4 #ad7 that 8,abraham called the name of that place0--where the patriarch had been preparing to cut the throat of his only-begotten son--8,,jehovah-jireh60 7,jehovah sees47 ,which is the inspired text8--both cannot be--which the forgery8 ,now1 if both ,abraham and ,moses had not belonged to the same holy group1 we might1 perhaps1 help theologians by suggesting to them a convenient means of escape out of this dilemma4 ,they ought to call the reverend ,jesuit ,fathers--especially those who have been missionaries in ,india--to their rescue4 ,the latter would not be for a moment disconcerted4 ,they would coolly tell us that beyond doubt ,abraham had heard the name of ,jehovah and borrowed it from ,moses4 ,do they not maintain that it was they who invented the ,sanscrit1 edited ,manu1 and composed the greater portion of the ,vedas8 ,marcion maintained1 with the other ,gnostics1 the fallaciousness of the idea of an incarnate ,god1 and therefore denied the corporeal reality of the living body of ,christ4 ,his entity was a mere illusion2 it was not made of human flesh and blood1 neither was it born of a human mother1 for his divine nature could not be polluted with any contact with sinful flesh4#bhg ,he accepted ,paul as the only apostle preaching the pure gospel of truth1 and accused the other disciples of 8depraving the pure form of the gospel doctrines delivered to them by ,jesus1 mixing up matters of the ,law with the words of the ,saviour40#bhh ,finally we may add that modern biblical criticism1 which unfortunately became really active and serious only toward the end of the last century1 now generally admits that ,marcion's text of the only gospel he knew anything about--that of ,luke1 is far superior and by far more correct than that of our present ,synoptics4 ,we find in ,supernatural ,religion the following 7for every ,christian7 startling sentence3 8,we are1 therefore1 indebted to ,marcion for the correct version even of #8the ,lords ,prayer4'0#bhi ,if1 leaving for the present the prominent founders of ,christian sects1 we now turn to that of the ,ophites1 which assumed a definite form about the time of ,marcion and the ,basilideans1 we may find in it the reason for the heresies of all others4 ,like all other ,gnostics1 they rejected the ,mosaic ,bible entirely4 ,nevertheless1 their philosophy1 apart from some deductions original with several of the most important founders of the various branches of ,gnosticism was not new4 ,passing through the ,chaldean kabalistic tradition1 it gathered its materials in the ,hermetic books1 and pursuing its flight still farther back for its metaphysical speculations1 we find it floundering among the tenets of ,manu1 and the earliest ,hindu ante-sacerdotal genesis4 ,many of our eminent antiquarians trace the ,gnostic philosophies right back to ,buddhism1 which does not impair in the least either their or our arguments4 ,we repeat again1 ,buddhism is but the primitive source of ,brahmanism4 ,it is not against the primitive ,vedas that ,gautama protests4 ,it is against the sacerdotal and official state religion of his country2 and the ,brahmans1 who in order to make room for and give authority to the castes1 at a later period crammed the ancient manuscripts with interpolated slokas1 intended to prove that the castes were predetermined by the ,creator by the very fact that each class of men was issued from a more or less noble limb of ,brahma4 ,gautama-,buddha's philosophy was that taught from the beginning of time in the impenetrable secresy of the inner sanctuaries of the pagodas4 ,we need not be surprised1 therefore1 to find again1 in all the fundamental dogmas of the ,gnostics1 the metaphysical tenets of both ,brahmanism and ,buddhism4 ,they held that the ,old ,testament was the revelation of an inferior being1 a subordinate divinity1 and did not contain a single sentence of their ,sophia1 the ,divine ,wisdom4 ,as to the ,new ,testament1 it had lost its purity when the compilers became guilty of interpolations4 ,the revelation of divine truth was sacrificed by them to promote selfish ends and maintain quarrels4 ,the accusation does not seem so very improbable to one who is well aware of the constant strife between the champions of circumcision and the 8,law10 and the apostles who had given up ,judaism4 ,the ,gnostic ,ophites taught the doctrine of ,emanations1 so hateful to the defenders of the unity in the trinity1 and vice versa4 ,the ,unknown ,deity with them had no name2 but his first female emanation was called ,bythos or ,depth4#bij ,it answered to the ,shekinah of the kabalists1 the 8,veil0 which conceals the 8,wisdom0 in the cranium of the highest of the three heads4 ,as the ,pythagorean ,monad1 this nameless ,wisdom was the ,source of ,light1 and ,ennoia or ,mind1 is ,light itself4 ,the latter was also called the 8,primitive ,man10 like the ,adam ,kadmon1 or ancient ,adam of the ,kabala4 ,indeed1 if man was created after his likeness and in the image of ,god1 then this ,god was like his creature in shape and figure--hence1 he is the 8,primitive man40 ,the first ,manu1 the one evolved from ,swayambhuva1 8he who exists unrevealed in his own glory10 is also1 in one sense1 the primitive man1 with the ,hindus4 ,thus the 8nameless and the unrevealed10 ,bythos1 his female reflection1 and ,ennoia1 the revealed ,mind proceeding from both1 or their ,son are the counterparts of the ,chaldean first triad as well as those of the ,brahmanic ,trimurti4 ,we will compare3 in all the three systems we see ,,the ,,great ,,first ,,cause as the ,,one1 the primordial germ1 the unrevealed and grand ,,all1 existing through himself4 ,in the ,,indian ,,pantheon4 ,brahma-,zyaus4 ,,the ,,chaldean4 ,ilu1 ,kabalistic ,en-,soph4 ,,in ,,the ,,ophite4 ,the ,nameless1 or ,secret ,name4 ,whenever the ,eternal awakes from its slumber and desires to manifest itself1 it divides itself into male and female4 ,it then becomes in every system ,,the ,,double-,,sexed ,,deity1 ,the universal ,father and ,mother4 ,,in ,,india4 ,brahma4 ,nara 7male71 ,nari 7female74 ,,in ,,chaldea4 ,eikon or ,en-,soph4 ,anu 7male71 ,anata 7female74 ,,in ,,the ,,ophite ,,system4 ,nameless ,spirit4 ,abrasax 7male71 ,bythos 7female74 ,from the union of the two emanates a third1 or creative ,principle--the ,,son1 or the manifested ,logos1 the product of the ,divine ,mind4 ,,in ,,india4 ,viradj1 the ,son4 ,,in ,,chaldea4 ,bel1 the ,son4 ,,ophite ,,system4 ,ophis 7another name for ,ennoia71 the ,son4 ,moreover1 each of these systems has a triple male trinity1 each proceeding separately through itself from one female ,deity4 ,so1 for instance3 ,,in ,,india4 ,the ,trinity--,brahma1 ,vishnu1 ,siva1 are blended into ,,one1 who is ,brahm1 7neuter gender71 creating and being created through the ,virgin ,nari 7the mother of perpetual fecundity74 ,,in ,,chaldea4 ,the trinity--,anu1 ,bel1 ,hoa 7or ,sin1 ,samas1 ,bin71 blend into ,,one who is ,anu 7double-sexed7 through the ,virgin ,mylitta4 ,,in ,,the ,,ophite ,,system4 ,the trinity consisted of the ,mystery named ,sig1 ,bythos1 ,ennoia4 ,these become ,,one who is ,abrasax1 from the ,virgin ,sophia 7or ,pneuma71 who herself is an emanation of ,bythos and the ,mystery-god and emanates through them1 ,christos4 ,to place it still clearer1 the ,babylonian ,system recognizes first--the ,,one 7,ad1 or ,ad-ad71 who is never named1 but only acknowledged in thought as the ,hindu ,swayambhuva4 ,from this he becomes manifest as ,anu or ,ana--the one above all--,monas4 ,next comes the ,demiurge called ,bel or ,elu1 who is the active power of the ,godhead4 ,the third is the principle of ,wisdom1 ,hea or ,hoa1 who also rules the sea and the underworld4 ,each of these has his divine consort1 giving us ,anata1 ,belta1 and ,davkina4 ,these1 however1 are only like the ,saktis1 and not especially remarked by theologists4 ,but the female principle is denoted by ,mylitta1 the ,great ,mother1 called also ,ishtar4 ,so with the three male gods1 we have the ,triad or ,trimurti1 and with ,mylitta added1 the ,arba or ,four 7,tetraktys of ,pythagoras71 which perfects and potentializes all4 ,hence1 the above-given modes of expression4 ,the following ,chaldean diagram may serve as an illustration for all others3 ,anu1 ,mylitta--,arba-il1 ,triad ,bel1 or ,hoa1 ,four-fold ,god1 become1 with the ,christians1 ,god the ,father1 ,mary1 or mother of these three ,gods ,trinity ,god the ,son1 since they are one1 ,god the ,holy ,ghost1 or1 the ,christian ,heavenly ,tetraktys4 ,hence1 ,hebron1 the city of the ,kabeiri was called ,kirjath-,arba1 city of the ,four4 ,the ,kabeiri were ,axieros--the noble ,eros1 ,axiokersos1 the worthy horned one1 ,axiokersa1 ,demeter and ,kadmiel1 ,hoa1 etc4 ,the ,pythagorean ten denoted the ,arba-,il or ,divine ,four1 emblematized by the ,hindu ,lingham3 ,anu1 #a2 ,bel1 #b2 ,hoa1 #c1 which makes #f4 ,the triad and ,mylitta as #d make the ten4 ,though he is termed the 8,primitive ,man10 ,ennoia1 who is like the ,egyptian ,pimander1 the 8,power of the ,thought ,divine10 the first intelligible manifestation of the ,divine ,spirit in material form1 he is like the 8,only-,begotten0 ,son of the 8,unknown ,father10 of all other nations4 ,he is the emblem of the first appearance of the divine ,presence in his own works of creation1 tangible and visible1 and therefore comprehensible4 ,the mystery-,god1 or the ever-unrevealed ,deity fecundates through ,his will ,bythos1 the unfathomable and infinite depth that exists in silence 7,sig7 and darkness 7for our intellect71 and that represents the abstract idea of all nature1 the ever-producing ,cosmos4 ,as neither the male nor female principle1 blended into the idea of a double-sexed ,deity in ancient conceptions1 could be comprehended by an ordinary human intellect1 the theology of every people had to create for its religion a ,logos1 or manifested word1 in some shape or other4 ,with the ,ophites and other ,gnostics who took their models direct from more ancient originals1 the unrevealed ,bythos and her male counterpart produce ,ennoia1 and the three in their turn produce ,sophia1#bia thus completing the ,tetraktys1 which will emanate ,christos1 the very essence of the ,father ,spirit4 ,as the unrevealed ,one1 or concealed ,logos in its latent state1 he has existed from all eternity in the ,arba-,il1 the metaphysical abstraction2 therefore1 he is ,,one with all others as a unity1 the latter 7including all7 being indifferently termed ,ennoia1 ,sig 7silence71 ,bythos1 etc4 ,as the revealed one1 he is ,androgyne1 ,christos1 and ,sophia 7,divine ,wisdom71 who descend into the man ,jesus4 ,both ,father and ,son are shown by ,irenus to have loved the beauty 7formam7 of the primitive woman1#bib who is ,bythos--,depth--as well as ,sophia1 and as having produced conjointly ,ophis and ,sophia 7double-sexed unity again71 male and female wisdom1 one being considered as the unrevealed ,holy ,spirit1 or elder ,sophia--the ,pneuma--the intellectual 8,mother of all things20 the other the revealed one1 or ,ophis1 typifying divine wisdom fallen into matter1 or ,god-man--,jesus1 whom the ,gnostic ,ophites represented by the serpent 7,ophis74 ,fecundated by the ,divine ,light of the ,father and ,son1 the highest spirit and ,ennoia1 ,sophia produces in her turn two other emanations-- one perfect ,christos1 the second imperfect ,sophia-,achamoth1#bic from hakhamoth 7simple wisdom71 who becomes the mediatrix between the intellectual and material worlds4 ,christos was the mediator and guide between ,god 7the ,higher71 and everything spiritual in man2 ,achamoth--the younger ,sophia--held the same duty between the 8,primitive man10 ,ennoia and matter4 ,what was mysteriously meant by the general term1 ,christos1 we have just explained4 ,delivering a sermon on the 8,month of ,mary10 we find the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,preston1 of ,new ,york ,city1 expressing the ,christian idea of the female principle of the trinity better and more clearly than we could1 and substantially in the spirit of an ancient 8heathen0 philosopher4 ,he says that the 8plan of the redemption made it necessary that a mother should be found1 and ,mary stands pre-eminently alone as the only instance when a creature was necessary to the consummation of ,god's work40 ,we will beg the right to contradict the reverend gentleman4 ,as shown above1 thousands of years before our era it was found necessary by all the 8heathen0 theogonies to find a female principle1 a 8mother0 for the triune male principle4 ,hence1 ,christianity does not present the 8only instance0 of such a consummation of ,god's work--albeit1 as this work shows1 there was more philosophy and less materialism1 or rather anthropomorphism1 in it4 ,but hear the reverend ,doctor express 8heathen0 thought in ,christian ideas4 8,he0 7,god71 he says1 8prepared her 7,mary's7 virginal and celestial purity1 for a mother defiled could not become the mother of the ,most ,high4 ,the holy virgin1 even in her childhood1 was more pleasing than all the ,cherubim and ,seraphim1 and from infancy to the maturing maidenhood and womanhood she grew more and more pure4 ,by her very sanctity she reigned over the heart of ,god4 ,when the hour came1 the whole court of heaven was hushed1 and the trinity listened for the answer of ,mary1 for without her consent the world could not have been redeemed40 ,does it not seem as if we were reading ,irenus explaining the ,gnostic 8,heresy1 which taught that the ,father and ,son loved the beauty 7formam7 of the celestial ,virgin80 or the ,egyptian system1 of ,isis being both wife1 sister1 and mother of ,osiris--,horus8 ,with the ,gnostic philosophy there were but two1 but the ,christians have improved and perfected the system by making it completely 8heathen10 for it is the ,chaldean ,anu--,bel--,hoa1 merging into ,mylitta4 8,then while this month 7of ,mary710 adds ,dr4 ,preston1 8begins in the paschal season--the month when nature decks herself with fruits and flowers1 the harbingers of a bright harvest--let us1 too1 begin for a golden harvest4 ,in this month the dead comes up out of the earth1 figuring the resurrection2 so1 when we are kneeling before the altar of the holy and immaculate ,mary1 let us remember that there should come forth from us the bud of promise1 the flower of hope1 and the imperishable fruit of sanctity40 ,this is precisely the substratum of the ,pagan thought1 which1 among other meanings1 emblematized by the rites of the resurrection of ,osiris1 ,adonis1 ,bacchus1 and other slaughtered sun-gods1 the resurrection of all nature in spring1 the germination of seeds that had been dead and sleeping during winter1 and so were allegorically said to be kept in the underworld 7,hades74 ,they are typified by the three days passed in hell before his resurrection by ,hercules1 by ,christ1 and others4 ,this derivation1 or rather heresy1 as it is called in ,christianity1 is simply the ,brahmanic doctrine in all its archaic purity4 ,vishnu1 the second personage of the ,hindu trinity1 is also the ,logos1 for he is made subsequently to incarnate himself in ,christna4 ,and ,lakmy 7or ,lakshmy7 who1 as in the case of ,osiris1 and ,isis1 of ,en-,soph and ,sephira1 and of ,bythos and ,ennoia1 is both his wife1 sister1 and daughter1 through this endless correlation of male and female creative powers in the abstruse metaphysics of the ancient philosophies--is ,sophia-,achamoth4 ,christna is the mediator promised by ,brahma to mankind1 and represents the same idea as the ,gnostic ,christos4 ,and ,lakmy1 ,vishnu's spiritual half1 is the emblem of physical nature1 the universal mother of all the material and revealed forms2 the mediatrix and protector of nature1 like ,sophia-,achamoth1 who is made by the ,gnostics the mediatrix between the ,great ,cause and ,matter1 as ,christos is the mediator between him and spiritual humanity4 ,this ,brahmano-,gnostic tenet is more logical1 and more consistent with the allegory of ,genesis and the fall of man4 ,when ,god curses the first couple1 ,he is made to curse also the earth and everything that is on it4 ,the ,new ,testament gives us a ,redeemer for the first sin of mankind1 which was punished for having sinned2 but there is not a word said about a ,saviour who would take off the unmerited curse from the earth and the animals1 which had never sinned at all4 ,thus the ,gnostic allegory shows a greater sense of both justice and logic than the ,christian4 ,in the ,ophite system1 ,sophia1 the ,androgyne ,wisdom1 is also the female spirit1 or the ,hindu female ,nari 7,narayana71 moving on the face of the waters--chaos1 or future matter4 ,she vivifies it from afar1 but not touching the abyss of darkness4 ,she is unable to do so1 for ,wisdom is purely intellectual1 and cannot act directly on matter4 ,therefore1 ,sophia is obliged to address herself to her ,supreme ,parent2 but although life proceeds primally from the ,unseen ,cause1 and his ,ennoia1 neither of them can1 any more than herself1 have anything to do with the lower chaos in which matter assumes its definite shape4 ,thus1 ,sophia is obliged to employ on the task her imperfect emanation1 ,sophia-,achamoth1 the latter being of a mixed nature1 half spiritual and half material4 ,the only difference between the ,ophite cosmogony and that of the ,st4 ,john ,nazarenes is a change of names4 ,we find equally an identical system in the ,kabala1 the ,book of ,mystery 7,liber ,mysterii74#bid ,all the three systems1 especially that of the kabalists and the ,nazarenes1 which were the models for the ,ophite ,cosmogony1 belong to the pure ,oriental ,gnosticism4 ,the ,codex ,nazarus opens with3 8,the ,supreme ,king of ,light1 ,mano1 the great first one10#bie etc41 the latter being the emanation of ,ferho--the unknown1 formless ,,life4 ,he is the chief of the ons1 from whom proceed 7or shoot forth7 five refulgent rays of ,divine light4 ,mano is ,rex ,lucis1 the ,bythos-,ennoia of the ,ophites4 8,unus est ,rex ,lucis in suo regno1 nec ullus qui eo altior1 nullus qui ejus similitudinem retulerit1 nullus qui sublatis oculis1 viderit ,coronam qu in ejus capite est40 ,he is the ,manifested ,light around the highest of the three kabalistic heads1 the concealed wisdom2 from him emanate the three ,lives4 bel ,zivo is the revealed ,logos1 ,christos the 8,apostle ,gabriel10 and the first ,legate or messenger of light4 ,if ,bythos and ,ennoia are the ,nazarene ,mano1 then the dual-natured1 the semi-spiritual1 semi-material ,achamoth must be ,fetahil when viewed from her spiritual aspect2 and if regarded in her grosser nature1 she is the ,nazarene 8,spiritus40 ,fetahil1#bif who is the reflection of his father1 ,lord ,abatur1 the third life--as the elder ,sophia is also the third emanation--is the 8newest-man40 ,perceiving his fruitless attempts to create a perfect material world1 the 8,spiritus0 calls to one of her progeny1 the ,karabtanos--,ilda-,baoth--who is without sense or judgment 78blind matter071 to unite himself with her to create something definite out of this confused 7turbulentos7 matter1 which task she is enabled to achieve only after having produced from this union with ,karabtanos the seven stellars4 ,like the six sons or genii of the ,gnostic ,ilda-,baoth1 they then frame the material world4 ,the same story is repeated over again in ,sophia-,achamoth4 ,delegated by her purely spiritual parent1 the elder ,sophia1 to create the world of visible forms1 she descended into chaos1 and1 overpowered by the emanation of matter1 lost her way4 ,still ambitious to create a world of matter of her own1 she busied herself hovering to and fro about the dark abyss1 and imparted life and motion to the inert elements1 until she became so hopelessly entangled in matter that1 like ,fetahil1 she is represented sitting immersed in mud1 and unable to extricate herself from it2 until1 by the contact of matter itself1 she produces the ,creator of the material world4 ,he is the ,demiurgus1 called by the ,ophites ,ilda-,baoth1 and1 as we will directly show1 the parent of the ,jewish ,god in the opinion of some sects1 and held by others to be the 8,lord ,god0 ,himself4 ,it is at this point of the kabalistic-gnostic cosmogony that begins the ,mosaic ,bible4 ,having accepted the ,jewish ,old ,testament as their standard1 no wonder that the ,christians were forced by the exceptional position in which they were placed through their own ignorance1 to make the best of it4 ,the first groups of ,christians1 whom ,renan shows numbering but from seven to twelve men in each church1 belonged unquestionably to the poorest and most ignorant classes4 ,they had and could have no idea of the highly philosophical doctrines of the ,platonists and ,gnostics1 and evidently knew as little about their own newly-made-up religion4 ,to these1 who if ,jews1 had been crushed under the tyrannical dominion of the 8law10 as enforced by the elders of the synagogues1 and if ,pagans had been always excluded1 as the lower castes are until now in ,india1 from the religious mysteries1 the ,god of the ,jews and the 8,father0 preached by ,jesus were all one4 ,the contention which reigned from the first years following the death of ,jesus1 between the two parties1 the ,pauline and the ,petrine--were deplorable4 ,what one did1 the other deemed a sacred duty to undo4 ,if the ,homilies are considered apocryphal1 and cannot very well be accepted as an infallible standard by which to measure the animosity which raged between the two apostles1 we have the ,bible1 and the proofs afforded therein are plentiful4 ,so hopelessly entangled seems ,irenus in his fruitless endeavors to describe1 to all outward appearance at least1 the true doctrines of the many ,gnostic sects of which he treats and to present them at the same time as abominable 8heresies10 that he either deliberately1 or through ignorance1 confounds all of them in such a way that few metaphysicians would be able to disentangle them1 without the ,kabala and the ,codex as the true keys4 ,thus1 for instance1 he cannot even tell the difference between the ,sethianites and the ,ophites1 and tells us that they called the 8,god of all10 8,hominem10 a ,,man1 and his mind the ,,second man1 or the 8,son of man40 ,so does ,theodoret1 who lived more than two centuries after ,irenus1 and who makes a sad mess of the chronological order in which the various sects succeeded each other4#big ,neither the ,sethianites1 7a branch of the ,jewish ,nazarenes7 nor the ,ophites1 a purely ,greek sect1 have ever held anything of the kind4 ,irenus contradicts his own words by describing in another place the doctrines of ,cerinthus1 the direct disciple of ,simon ,magus4 ,he says that ,cerinthus taught that the world was not created by the ,,first ,,god1 but by a virtue 7virtus7 or power1 an on so distant from the ,first ,cause that he was even ignorant of ,,him who is above all things4 ,this on subjected ,jesus1 he begot him physically through ,joseph from one who was not a virgin1 but simply the wife of that ,joseph1 and ,jesus was born like all other men4 ,viewed from this physical aspect of his nature1 ,jesus was called the 8son of man40 ,it is only after his baptism1 that ,christos1 the anointed1 descended from the ,princeliness of above1 in the figure of a dove1 and then announced the ,,unknown ,father through ,jesus4#bih ,if1 therefore1 ,jesus was physically considered as a son of man1 and spiritually as the ,christos1 who overshadowed him1 how then could the 8,,god ,,of ,,all10 the 8,unknown ,father10 be called by the ,gnostics ,homo1 a ,,man1 and his ,mind1 ,ennoia1 the ,,second man1 or ,son of man8 ,neither in the ,oriental ,kabala1 nor in ,gnosticism1 was the 8,god of all0 ever anthropomorphized4 ,it is but the first1 or rather the second emanations1 for ,shekinah1 ,sephira1 ,depth1 and other first-manifested female virtues are also emanations1 that are termed 8primitive men40 ,thus ,adam ,kadmon1 ,ennoia 7or ,sig71 the logoi in short1 are the 8only-begotten0 ones but not the ,sons of man1 which appellation properly belongs to ,christos the son of ,sophia 7the elder7 and of the primitive man who produces him through his own vivifying light1 which emanates from the source or cause of all1 hence the cause of his light also1 the 8,unknown ,father40 ,there is a great difference made in the ,gnostic metaphysics between the first unrevealed ,logos and the 8anointed10 who is ,christos4 ,ennoia may be termed1 as ,philo understands it1 the ,second ,god1 but he alone is the 8,primitive and ,first man10 and by no means the ,second one1 as ,theodoret and ,irenus have it4 ,it is but the inveterate desire of the latter to connect ,jesus in every possible way1 even in the ,hresies1 with the ,highest ,god1 that led him into so many falsifications4 ,such an identification with the ,unknown ,god1 even of ,christos1 the anointed--the on who overshadowed him--let alone of the man ,jesus1 never entered the head of the ,gnostics nor even of the direct apostles and of ,paul1 whatever later forgeries may have added4 ,how daring and desperate were many such deliberate falsifications was shown in the first attempts to compare the original manuscripts with later ones4 ,in ,bishop ,horseley's edition of ,sir ,isaac ,newton's works1 several manuscripts on theological subjects were cautiously withheld from publication4 ,the article known as ,christ's ,descent into ,hell1 which is found in the later ,apostles' ,creed1 is not to be found in the manuscripts of either the fourth or sixth centuries4 ,it was an evident interpolation copied from the fables of ,bacchus and ,hercules and enforced upon ,christendom as an article of faith4 ,concerning it the author of the preface to the ,catalogue of the ,manuscripts of the ,king's ,library 7preface1 p4 xxi47 remarks3 8,i wish that the insertion of the article of ,christ's ,descent into ,hell into the ,apostles' ,creed could be as well accounted for as the insertion of the said verse0 7,first ,epistle of ,john1 v4 #g74bii ,now1 this verse reads3 8,for there are three that bear record in ,heaven1 the ,father1 the ,word and the ,holy ,ghost2 and these three are one40 ,this verse1 which has been 8appointed to be read in churches10 is now known to be spurious4 ,it is not to be found in any ,greek manuscript1 save one at ,berlin1 which was transcribed from some interpolated paraphrase between the lines4 ,in the first and second editions of ,erasmus1 printed in #aeaf and #aeai1 this allusion to these three heavenly witnesses is omitted2 and the text is not contained in any ,greek manuscript which was written earlier than the fifteenth century4#cjj ,it was not mentioned by either of the ,greek ecclesiastical writers nor by the early ,latin fathers1 so anxious to get at every proof in support of their trinity2 and it was omitted by ,luther in his ,german version4 ,edward ,gibbon was early in pointing out its spurious character4 ,archbishop ,newcome rejected it1 and the ,bishop of ,lincoln expresses his conviction that it is spurious4#cja ,there are twenty-eight ,greek authors--,irenus1 ,clemens1 and ,athanasius included1 who neither quote nor mention it2 and seventeen ,latin writers1 numbering among them ,augustine1 ,jerome1 ,ambrosius1 ,cyprian1 and ,pope ,eusebius1 who appear utterly ignorant of it4 8,it is evident that if the text of the heavenly witnesses had been known from the beginning of ,christianity the ancients would have eagerly seized it1 inserted it in their creeds1 quoted it repeatedly against the heretics1 and selected it for the brightest ornament of every book that they wrote upon the subject of the ,trinity40#cjb ,thus falls to the ground the strongest trinitarian pillar4 ,another not less obvious forgery is quoted from ,sir ,isaac ,newton's words by the editor of the ,apocryphal ,new ,testament4 ,newton observes 8that what the ,latins have done to this text 7,first ,epistle of ,john1 v471 the ,greeks have done to that of ,st4 ,paul 7,timothy iii4 #af740 ,for1 by changing into 1 the abbreviation of 7,god71 in the ,alexandrian manuscript1 from which their subsequent copies were made1 they now read1 8,great is the mystery of godliness1 ,,god manifested in the flesh20 whereas all the churches1 for the first four or five centuries1 and the authors of all the ancient versions1 ,jerome1 as well as the rest1 read3 8,great is the mystery of godliness ,,which ,,was manifested in the flesh40 ,newton adds1 that now that the disputes over this forgery are over1 they that read ,,god made manifest in the flesh1 instead of the godliness which was manifested in the flesh1 think this passage 8one of the most obvious and pertinent texts for the business40 ,and now we ask again the question3 ,who were the first ,christians8 ,those who were readily converted by the eloquent simplicity of ,paul1 who promised them1 with the name of ,jesus1 freedom from the narrow bonds of ecclesiasticism4 ,they understood but one thing2 they were the 8children of promise0 7,galatians iv4 #bh74 ,the 8allegory0 of the ,mosaic ,bible was unveiled to them2 the covenant 8from the ,mount ,sinai which gendereth to bondage0 was ,agar 7,ibid41 #bd71 the old ,jewish synagogue1 and she was 8in bondage with her children0 to ,jerusalem1 the new and the free1 8the mother of us all40 ,on the one hand the synagogue and the law which persecuted every one who dared to step across the narrow path of bigotry and dogmatism2 on the other1 ,paganism#cjc with its grand philosophical truths concealed from sight2 unveiling itself but to the few1 and leaving the masses hopelessly seeking to discover who was the god1 among this overcrowded pantheon of deities and sub-deities4 ,to others1 the apostle of circumcision1 supported by all his followers1 was promising1 if they obeyed the 8law10 a life hereafter1 and a resurrection of which they had no previous idea4 ,at the same time he never lost an occasion to contradict ,paul without naming him1 but indicating him so clearly that it is next to impossible to doubt whom ,peter meant4 ,while he may have converted some men1 who whether they had believed in the ,mosaic resurrection promised by the ,pharisees1 or had fallen into the nihilistic doctrines of the ,sadducees1 or had belonged to the polytheistic heathenism of the ,pagan rabble1 had no future after death1 nothing but a mournful blank1 we do not think that the work of contradiction1 carried on so systematically by the two apostles1 had helped much their work of proselytism4 ,with the educated thinking classes they succeeded very little1 as ecclesiastical history clearly shows4 ,where was the truth2 where the inspired word of ,god8 ,on the one hand1 as we have seen1 they heard the apostle ,paul explaining that of the two covenants1 8which things are an allegory10 the old one from ,mount ,sinai1 8which gendereth unto bondage10 was ,agar the bondwoman2 and ,mount ,sinai itself answered to 8,jerusalem10 which now is 8in bondage0 with her circumcised children2 and the new covenant meant ,jesus ,christ--the 8,jerusalem which is above and free20 and on the other ,peter1 who was contradicting and even abusing him4 ,paul vehemently exclaims1 8,cast out the bondwoman and her son0 7the old law and the synagogue74 8,the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman40 8,stand fast1 therefore1 in the liberty wherewith ,christ hath made us free2 be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage4444 ,behold1 ,i ,paul say unto you1 that if ye be circumcised1 ,christ shall profit you nothing60 7,gal4 v4 #b74 ,what do we find ,peter writing8 ,whom does he mean by saying1 8,these who speak great swelling words of vanity4444 ,while they promise them liberty1 they themselves are servants of corruption1 for of whom a man is overcome1 of the same is he brought in bondage4444 ,for if they have escaped the pollution of the world through the knowledge of the ,lord and ,saviour1 they are again entangled therein1 and overcome 444 it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness1 than after they have known it to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them0 7,second ,epistle74 ,peter certainly cannot have meant the ,gnostics1 for they had never seen 8the holy commandment delivered unto them20 ,paul had4 ,they never promised any one 8liberty0 from bondage1 but ,paul had done so repeatedly4 ,moreover the latter rejects the 8old covenant10 ,agar the bondwoman2 and ,peter holds fast to it4 ,paul warns the people against the powers and dignities 7the lower angels of the kabalists72 and ,peter1 as will be shown further1 respects them and denounces those who do not4 ,peter preaches circumcision1 and ,paul forbids it4 ,later1 when all these extraordinary blunders1 contradictions1 dissensions and inventions were forcibly crammed into a frame elaborately executed by the episcopal caste of the new religion1 and called ,christianity2 and the chaotic picture itself cunningly preserved from too close scrutiny by a whole array of formidable ,church penances and anathemas1 which kept the curious back under the false pretense of sacrilege and profanation of divine mysteries2 and millions of people had been butchered in the name of the ,god of mercy--then came the ,reformation4 ,it certainly deserves its name in its fullest paradoxical sense4 ,it abandoned ,peter and alleges to have chosen ,paul for its only leader4 ,and the apostle who thundered against the old law of bondage2 who left full liberty to ,christians to either observe the ,sabbath or set it aside2 who rejects everything anterior to ,john the ,baptist1 is now the professed standard-bearer of ,protestantism1 which holds to the old law more than the ,jews1 imprisons those who view the ,sabbath as ,jesus and ,paul did1 and outvies the synagogue of the first century in dogmatic intolerance6 ,but who then were the first ,christians1 may still be asked8 ,doubtless the ,ebionites2 and in this we follow the authority of the best critics4 8,there can be little doubt that the author 7of the ,clementine ,homilies7 was a representative of ,ebionitic ,gnosticism1 which had once been the purest form of primitive ,christianity44440#cjd ,and who were the ,ebionites8 ,the pupils and followers of the early ,nazarenes1 the kabalistic ,gnostics4 ,in the preface to the ,codex ,nazarus1 the translator says3 8,that also the ,nazarenes did not reject 444 the ons is natural4 ,for of the ,ebionites who acknowledged them 7the ons71 these were the instructors40#cje ,we find1 moreover1 ,epiphanius1 the ,christian ,homer of ,the ,heresies1 telling us that 8,ebion had the opinion of the ,nazarenes1 the form of the ,cerinthians 7who fable that the world was put together by angels71 and the appellation of ,christians40#cjf ,an appellation certainly more correctly applied to them than to the orthodox 7so-called7 ,christians of the school of ,irenus and the later ,vatican4 ,renan shows the ,ebionites numbering among their sect all the surviving relatives of ,jesus4 ,john the ,baptist1 his cousin and precursor1 was the accepted ,saviour of the ,nazarenes1 and their prophet4 ,his disciples dwelt on the other side of the ,jordan1 and the scene of the baptism of the ,jordan is clearly and beyond any question proved by the author of ,sod1 the ,son of the ,man1 to have been the site of the ,adonis-worship4#cjg 8,over the ,jordan and beyond the lake dwelt the ,nazarenes1 a sect said to have existed already at the birth of ,jesus1 and to have counted him among its number4 ,they must have extended along the east of the ,jordan1 and southeasterly among the ,arabians 7,galat4 i4 #ag1 #ba2 ii4 #aa71 and ,sabans in the direction of ,bosra2 and again1 they must have gone far north over the ,lebanon to ,antioch1 also to the northeast to the ,nazarian settlement in ,bera1 where ,st4 ,jerome found them4 ,in the desert the ,mysteries of ,adonis may have still prevailed2 in the mountains ,aiai ,adonai was still a cry40#cjh 8,having been united 7conjunctus7 to the ,nazarenes1 each 7,ebionite7 imparted to the other out of his own wickedness1 and decided that ,christ was of the seed of a man10 writes ,epiphanius4 ,and if they did1 we must suppose they knew more about their contemporary prophet than ,epiphanius #djj years later4 ,theodoret1 as shown elsewhere1 describes the ,nazarenes as ,jews who 8honor the ,anointed as a just man10 and use the evangel called 8,according to ,peter40 ,jerome finds the authentic and original evangel1 written in ,hebrew1 by ,matthew the apostle-publican1 in the library collected at ,csarea1 by the martyr ,pamphilius4 8,i received permission from the ,nazarans1 who at ,bera of ,syria used this 7gospel7 to translate it10 he writes toward the end of the fourth century4#cji 8,in the evangel which the ,nazarenes and ,ebionites use10 adds ,jerome1 8which recently ,i translated from ,hebrew into ,greek1#caj and which is called by most persons the genuine ,gospel of ,matthew10 etc4 ,that the apostles had received a 8secret doctrine0 from ,jesus1 and that he himself taught one1 is evident from the following words of ,jerome1 who confessed it in an unguarded moment4 ,writing to the ,bishops ,chromatius and ,heliodorus1 he complains that 8a difficult work is enjoined1 since this translation has been commanded me by your ,felicities1 which ,st4 ,matthew himself1 the ,apostle and ,evangelist1 ,,did ,,not ,,wish ,,to ,,be ,,openly ,,written4 ,for if it had not been ,,secret1 he 7,matthew7 would have added to the evangel that which he gave forth was his2 but he made up this book sealed up in the ,hebrew characters1 which he put forth even in such a way that the book1 written in ,hebrew letters and by the hand of himself1 might be possessed by the men most religious1 who also1 in the course of time1 received it from those who preceded them4 ,but this very book they never gave to any one to be transcribed1 and its text they related some one way and some another40#caa ,and he adds further on the same page3 8,and it happened that this book1 having been published by a disciple of ,manichus1 named ,seleucus1 who also wrote falsely ,the ,acts of the ,apostles1 exhibited matter not for edification1 but for destruction2 and that this book was approved in a synod which the ears of the ,church properly refused to listen to40#cab ,he admits1 himself1 that the book which he authenticates as being written 8by the hand of ,matthew20 a book which1 notwithstanding that he translated it twice1 was nearly unintelligible to him1 for it was arcane or a secret4 ,nevertheless1 ,jerome coolly sets down every commentary upon it1 except his own1 as heretical4 ,more than that1 ,jerome knew that this original ,gospel of ,matthew was the expounder of the only true doctrine of ,christ2 and that it was the work of an evangelist who had been the friend and companion of ,jesus4 ,he knew that if of the two ,gospels1 the ,hebrew in question and the ,greek belonging to our present ,scripture1 one was spurious1 hence heretical1 it was not that of the ,nazarenes2 and yet1 knowing all this1 ,jerome becomes more zealous than ever in his persecutions of the 8,hretics40 ,why8 ,because to accept it was equivalent to reading the death-sentence of the established ,church4 ,the ,gospel according to the ,hebrews was but too well known to have been the only one accepted for four centuries by the ,jewish ,christians1 the ,nazarenes and the ,ebionites4 ,and neither of the latter accepted the divinity of ,christ4 ,if the commentaries of ,jerome on the ,prophets1 his famous ,vulgate1 and numerous polemical treatises are all as trustworthy as this version of the ,gospel according to ,matthew1 then we have a divine revelation indeed4 ,why wonder at the unfathomable mysteries of the ,christian religion1 since it is perfectly human8 ,have we not a letter written by one of the most respected ,fathers of the ,church to this same ,jerome1 which shows better than whole volumes their traditionary policy8 ,this is what ,saint ,gregory of ,nazianzen wrote to his friend and confidant ,saint ,jerome3 8,nothing can impose better on a people than verbiage2 the less they understand the more they admire4 ,our fathers and doctors have often said1 not what they thought1 but what circumstances and necessity forced them to40 ,but to return to our ,sophia-,achamoth and the belief of the genuine1 primitive ,christians4 ,after having produced ,ilda-,baoth1 ,ilda from 1 a child1 and ,baoth from 1 the egg1 or 1 ,baoth1 a waste1 a desolation1 ,sophia-,achamoth suffered so much from the contact with matter1 that after extraordinary struggles she escapes at last out of the muddy chaos4 ,although unacquainted with the pleroma1 the region of her mother1 she reached the middle space and succeeded in shaking off the material parts which have stuck to her spiritual nature2 after which she immediately built a strong barrier between the world of intelligences 7spirits7 and the world of matter4 ,ilda-,baoth1 is thus the 8son of darkness10 the creator of our sinful world 7the physical portion of it74 ,he follows the example of ,bythos and produces from himself six stellar spirits 7sons74 ,they are all in his own image1 and reflections one of the other1 which become darker as they successively recede from their father4 ,with the latter1 they all inhabit seven regions disposed like a ladder1 beginning under the middle space1 the region of their mother1 ,sophia-,achamoth1 and ending with our earth1 the seventh region4 ,thus they are the genii of the seven planetary spheres of which the lowest is the region of our earth 7the sphere which surrounds it1 our ther74 ,the respective names of these genii of the spheres are ,ive 7,jehovah71 ,sabaoth1 ,adonai1 ,eloi1 ,ouraios1 ,astaphaios4#cac ,the first four1 as every one knows1 are the mystic names of the ,jewish 8,lord ,god10#cad he being1 as ,c4 ,w4 ,king expresses it1 8thus degraded by the ,ophites into the appellations of the subordinates of the ,creator2 8the two last names are those of the genii of fire and water40 ,ilda-,baoth1 whom several sects regarded as the ,god of ,moses1 was not a pure spirit2 he was ambitious and proud1 and rejecting the spiritual light of the middle space offered him by his mother ,sophia-,achamoth1 he set himself to create a world of his own4 ,aided by his sons1 the six planetary genii1 he fabricated man1 but this one proved a failure4 ,it was a monster2 soulless1 ignorant1 and crawling on all fours on the ground like a material beast4 ,ilda-,baoth was forced to implore the help of his spiritual mother4 ,she communicated to him a ray of her divine light1 and so animated man and endowed him with a soul4 ,and now began the animosity of ,ilda-,baoth toward his own creature4 ,following the impulse of the divine light1 man soared higher and higher in his aspirations2 very soon he began presenting not the image of his ,creator ,ilda-,baoth but rather that of the ,supreme ,being1 the 8primitive man10 ,ennoia4 ,then the ,demiurgus was filled with rage and envy2 and fixing his jealous eye on the abyss of matter1 his looks envenomed with passion were suddenly reflected in it as in a mirror2 the reflection became animate1 and there arose out of the abyss ,satan1 serpent1 ,ophiomorphos--8the embodiment of envy and of cunning4 ,he is the union of all that is most base in matter1 with the hate1 envy1 and craft of a spiritual intelligence40#cae ,after that1 always in spite at the perfection of man1 ,ilda-,baoth created the three kingdoms of nature1 the mineral1 vegetable1 and animal1 with all evil instincts and properties4 ,impotent to annihilate the ,tree of ,knowledge1 which grows in his sphere as in every one of the planetary regions1 but bent upon detaching 8man0 from his spiritual protectress1 ,ilda-,baoth forbade him to eat of its fruit1 for fear it should reveal to mankind the mysteries of the superior world4 ,but ,sophia-,achamoth1 who loved and protected the man whom she had animated1 sent her own genius ,ophis1 in the form of a serpent to induce man to transgress the selfish and unjust command4 ,and 8man0 suddenly became capable of comprehending the mysteries of creation4 ,ilda-,baoth revenged himself by punishing the first pair1 for man1 through his knowledge1 had already provided for himself a companion out of his spiritual and material half4 ,he imprisoned man and woman in a dungeon of matter1 in the body so unworthy of his nature1 wherein man is still enthralled4 ,but ,achamoth protected him still4 ,she established between her celestial region and 8man10 a current of divine light1 and kept constantly supplying him with this spiritual illumination4 ,then follow allegories embodying the idea of dualism1 or the struggle between good and evil1 spirit and matter1 which is found in every cosmogony1 and the source of which is again to be sought in ,india4 ,the types and antitypes represent the heroes of this ,gnostic ,pantheon1 borrowed from the most ancient mythopic ages4 ,but1 in these personages1 ,ophis and ,ophiomorphos1 ,sophia and ,sophia-,achamoth1 ,adam-,kadmon1 and ,adam1 the planetary genii and the divine ons1 we can also recognize very easily the models of our biblical copies--the euhemerized patriarchs4 ,the archangels1 angels1 virtues and powers1 are all found1 under other names1 in the ,vedas and the ,buddhistic system4 ,the ,avestic ,supreme ,being1 ,zero-ana1 or 8,boundless ,time10 is the type of all these ,gnostic and kabalistic 8,depths10 8,crowns10 and even of the ,chaldean ,en-,soph4 ,the six ,amshaspands1 created through the 8,word0 of ,ormazd1 the 8,first-,born10 have their reflections in ,bythos and his emanations1 and the antitype of ,ormazd--,ahriman and his devs also enter into the composition of ,ilda-,baoth and his six material1 though not wholly evil1 planetary genii4 ,achamoth1 afflicted with the evils which befall humanity1 notwithstanding her protection1 beseeches the celestial mother ,sophia--her antitype--to prevail on the unknown ,,depth to send down ,christos 7the son and emanation of the 8,celestial ,virgin07 to the help of perishing humanity4 ,ilda-,baoth and his six sons of matter are shutting out the divine light from mankind4 ,man must be saved4 ,ilda-,baoth had already sent his own agent1 ,john the ,baptist1 from the race of ,seth1 whom he protects--as a prophet to his people2 but only a small portion listened to him--the ,nazarenes1 the opponents of the ,jews1 on account of their worshipping ,iurbo-,adunai4#caf ,achamoth had assured her son1 ,ilda-,baoth1 that the reign of ,christos would be only temporal1 and thus induced him to send the forerunner1 or precursor4 ,besides that1 she made him cause the birth of the man ,jesus from the ,virgin ,mary1 her own type on earth1 8for the creation of a material personage could only be the work of the ,demiurgus1 not falling within the province of a higher power4 ,as soon as ,jesus was born1 ,christos1 the perfect1 uniting himself with ,sophia 7wisdom and spirituality71 descended through the seven planetary regions1 assuming in each an analogous form1 and concealing his true nature from their genii1 while he attracted into himself the sparks of divine light which they retained in their essence4 ,thus1 ,christos entered into the man ,jesus at the moment of his baptism in the ,jordan4 ,from that time ,jesus began to work miracles2 before that1 he had been completely ignorant of his mission40#cag ,ilda-,baoth1 discovering that ,christos was bringing to an end his own kingdom of matter1 stirred up the ,jews against him1 and ,jesus was put to death4#cah ,when on the ,cross1 ,christos and ,sophia left his body and returned to their own sphere4 ,the material body of the man ,jesus was abandoned to the earth1 but he himself was given a body made up of ther 7astral soul74 8,thenceforward he consisted of merely soul and spirit10 which was the reason why the disciples did not recognize him after the resurrection4 ,in this spiritual state of a simulacrum1 ,jesus remained on earth for eighteen months after he had risen4 ,during this last sojourn1 8he received from ,sophia that perfect knowledge1 that true ,gnosis1 which he communicated to the very few among the apostles who were capable of receiving the same40 8,thence1 ascending up into the middle space1 he sits on the right hand of ,ilda-,baoth1 but unperceived by him1 and there collects all the souls which shall have been purified by the knowledge of ,christ4 ,when he has collected all the spiritual light that exists in matter1 out of ,ilda-,baoth's empire1 the redemption will be accomplished and the world will be destroyed4 ,such is the meaning of the re-absorption of all the spiritual light into the pleroma or fulness1 whence it originally descended40 ,the foregoing is from the description given by ,theodoret and adopted by ,king in his ,gnostics1 with additions from ,epiphanius and ,irenus4 ,but the former gives a very imperfect version1 concocted partly from the descriptions of ,irenus1 and partly from his own knowledge of the later ,ophites1 who1 toward the end of the third century1 had blended already with several other sects4 ,irenus also confounds them very frequently1 and the real theogony of the ,ophites is given by none of them correctly4 ,with the exception of a change in names1 the above-given theogony is that of all the ,gnostics1 and also of the ,nazarenes4 ,ophis is but the successor of the ,egyptian ,chnuphis1 the ,good ,serpent with a lion's radiating head1 and was held from days of the highest antiquity as an emblem of wisdom1 or ,thauth1 the instructor and ,saviour of humanity1 the 8,son of ,god40 8,oh men1 live soberly 444 win your immortality60 exclaims ,hermes1 the thrice-great ,trismegistus4 8,instructor and guide of humanity1 ,i will lead you on to salvation40 ,thus the oldest sectarians regarded ,ophis1 the ,agathodmon1 as identical with ,christos2 the serpent being the emblem of celestial wisdom and eternity1 and1 in the present case1 the antitype of the ,egyptian ,chnuphis-serpent4 ,these ,gnostics1 the earliest of our ,christian era1 held3 8,that the supreme on1 having emitted other ons out of himself1 one of them1 a female1 ,prunnikos 7concupiscence71 descended into the chaos1 whence1 unable to escape1 she remained suspended in the mid-space1 being too clogged by matter to return above1 and not falling lower where there was nothing in affinity with her nature4 ,she then produced her son ,ilda-,baoth1 the ,god of the ,jews1 who1 in his turn1 produced seven ons1 or angels1#cai who created the seven heavens40 ,in this plurality of heavens the ,christians believed from the first1 for we find ,paul teaching of their existence1 and speaking of a man 8caught up to the third heaven0 7#b ,corin41 xiii474 ,from these seven angels ,ilda-,baoth shut up all that was above him1 lest they should know of anything superior to himself4#cbj ,they then created man in the image of their ,father1#cba but prone and crawling on the earth like a worm4 ,but the heavenly mother1 ,prunnikos1 wishing to deprive ,ilda-,baoth of the power with which she had unwittingly endowed him1 infused into man a celestial spark--the spirit4 ,immediately man rose upon his feet1 soared in mind beyond the limits of the seven spheres1 and glorified the ,supreme ,father1 ,him that is above ,ilda-,baoth4 ,hence1 the latter1 full of jealousy1 cast down his eyes upon the lowest stratum of matter1 and begot a potency in the form of a serpent1 whom they 7the ,ophites7 call his son4 ,eve1 obeying him as the son of ,god1 was persuaded to eat of the ,tree of ,knowledge4#cbb ,it is a self-evident fact that the serpent of the ,genesis1 who appears suddenly and without any preliminary introduction1 must have been the antitype of the ,persian ,arch-,devs1 whose head is ,ash-,mogh1 the 8two-footed serpent of lies40 ,if the ,bible-serpent had been deprived of his limbs before he had tempted woman unto sin1 why should ,god specify as a punishment that he should go 8upon his belly80 ,nobody supposes that he walked upon the extremity of his tail4 ,this controversy about the supremacy of ,jehovah1 between the ,presbyters and ,fathers on the one hand1 and the ,gnostics1 the ,nazarenes1 and all the sects declared heterodox1 as a last resort1 on the other1 lasted till the days of ,constantine1 and later4 ,that the peculiar ideas of the ,gnostics about the genealogy of ,jehovah1 or the proper place that had to be assigned1 in the ,christian-,gnostic ,pantheon1 to the ,god of the ,jews1 were at first deemed neither blasphemous nor heterodox is evident in the difference of opinions held on this question by ,clemens of ,alexandria1 for instance1 and ,tertullian4 ,the former1 who seems to have known of ,basilides better than anybody else1 saw nothing heterodox or blamable in the mystical and transcendental views of the new ,reformer4 8,in his eyes10 remarks the author of ,the ,gnostics1 speaking of ,clemens1 8,basilides was not a heretic1 i4e41 an innovator as regards the doctrines of the ,christian ,church1 but a mere theosophic philosopher1 who sought to express ancient truths under new forms1 and perhaps to combine them with the new faith1 the truth of which he could admit without necessarily renouncing the old1 exactly as is the case with the learned ,hindus of our day40#cbc ,not so with ,irenus and ,tertullian4#cbd ,the principal works of the latter against the ,heretics1 were written after his separation from the ,catholic ,church1 when he had ranged himself among the zealous followers of ,montanus2 and teem with unfairness and bigoted prejudice4#cbe ,he has exaggerated every ,gnostic opinion to a monstrous absurdity1 and his arguments are not based on coercive reasoning but simply on the blind stubbornness of a partisan fanatic4 ,discussing ,basilides1 the 8pious1 god-like1 theosophic philosopher10 as ,clemens of ,alexandria thought him1 ,tertullian exclaims3 8,after this1 ,basilides1 the heretic1 broke loose4#cbf ,he asserted that there is a ,supreme ,god1 by name ,abraxas1 by whom ,mind was created1 whom the ,greeks call ,nous4 ,from her emanated the ,word2 from the ,word1 ,providence2 from ,providence1 ,virtue and ,wisdom2 from these two again1 ,virtues1 ,principalities1#cbg and ,powers were made2 thence infinite productions and emissions of angels4 ,among the lowest angels1 indeed1 and those that made this world1 he sets last of all the god of the ,jews1 whom he denies to be ,god himself1 affirming that he is but one of the angels40#cbh ,it would be equally useless to refer to the direct apostles of ,christ1 and show them as holding in their controversies that ,jesus never made any difference between his 8,father0 and the 8,lord-,god0 of ,moses4 ,for the ,clementine ,homilies1 in which occur the greatest argumentations upon the subject1 as shown in the disputations alleged to have taken place between ,peter and ,simon the ,magician1 are now also proved to have been falsely attributed to ,clement the ,roman4 ,this work1 if written by an ,ebionite--as the author of ,supernatural ,religion declares in common with some other commentators#cbi--must have been written either far later than the ,pauline period1 generally assigned to it1 or the dispute about the identity of ,jehovah with ,god1 the 8,father of ,jesus10 have been distorted by later interpolations4 ,this disputation is in its very essence antagonistic to the early doctrines of the ,ebionites4 ,the latter1 as demonstrated by ,epiphanius and ,theodoret1 were the direct followers of the ,nazarene sect#ccj 7the ,sabians71 the 8,disciples of ,john40 ,he says1 unequivocally1 that the ,ebionites believed in the ons 7emanations71 that the ,nazarenes were their instructors1 and that 8each imparted to the other out of his own wickedness40 ,therefore1 holding the same beliefs as the ,nazarenes did1 an ,ebionite would not have given even so much chance to the doctrine supported by ,peter in the ,homilies4 ,the old ,nazarenes1 as well as the later ones1 whose views are embodied in the ,codex ,nazarus1 never called ,jehovah otherwise than ,adonai1 ,iurbo1 the ,god of the ,abortive#cca 7the orthodox ,jews74 ,they kept their beliefs and religious tenets so secret that even ,epiphanius1 writing as early as the end of the fourth century1#ccb confesses his ignorance as to their real doctrine4 8,dropping the name of ,jesus10 says the ,bishop of ,salamis1 8they neither call themselves ,iessaens1 nor continue to hold the name of the ,jews1 nor name themselves ,christians1 but ,nazarenes4444 ,the resurrection of the dead is confessed by them 444 but concerning ,christ1 ,i cannot say whether they think him a mere man1 or as the truth is1 confess that he was born through the ,holy ,pneuma from the ,virgin40#ccc ,while ,simon ,magus argues in the ,homilies from the standpoint of every ,gnostic 7,nazarenes and ,ebionites included71 ,peter1 as a true apostle of circumcision1 holds to the old ,law and1 as a matter of course1 seeks to blend his belief in the divinity of ,christ with his old ,faith in the 8,lord ,god0 and ex-protector of the 8chosen people40 ,as the author of ,supernatural ,religion shows1 the ,epitome1#ccd 8a blending of the other two1 probably intended to purge them from heretical doctrine0#cce and1 together with a great majority of critics1 assigns to the ,homilies1 a date not earlier than the end of the third century1 we may well infer that they must differ widely with their original1 if there ever was one4 ,simon the ,magician proves throughout the whole work that the ,demiurgus1 the ,architect of the ,world1 is not the highest ,deity2 and he bases his assertions upon the words of ,jesus himself1 who states repeatedly that 8no man knew the ,father40 ,peter is made in the ,homilies to repudiate1 with a great show of indignation1 the assertion that the ,patriarchs were not deemed worthy to know the ,father2 to which ,simon objects again by quoting the words of ,jesus1 who thanks the 8,lord of ,heaven and earth that what was concealed from the wise0 he has 8revealed to babes10 proving very logically that according to these very words the ,patriarchs could not have known the 8,father40 ,then ,peter argues1 in his turn1 that the expression1 8what is concealed from the wise10 etc41 referred to the concealed mysteries of the creation4#ccf ,this argumentation of ,peter1 therefore1 had it even emanated from the apostle himself1 instead of being a 8religious romance10 as the author of ,supernatural ,religion calls it1 would prove nothing whatever in favor of the identity of the ,god of the ,jews1 with the 8,father0 of ,jesus4 ,at best it would only demonstrate that ,peter had remained from first to last 8an apostle of circumcision10 a ,jew faithful to his old law1 and a defender of the ,old ,testament4 ,this conversation proves1 moreover1 the weakness of the cause he defends1 for we see in the apostle a man who1 although in most intimate relations with ,jesus1 can furnish us nothing in the way of direct proof that he ever thought of teaching that the all-wise and all-good ,paternity he preached was the morose and revengeful thunderer of ,mount ,sinai4 ,but what the ,homilies do prove1 is again our assertion that there was a secret doctrine preached by ,jesus to the few who were deemed worthy to become its recipients and custodians4 8,and ,peter said3 #8,we remember that our ,lord and teacher1 as commanding1 said to us1 guard the mysteries for me1 and the sons of my house4 ,wherefore also he explained to his disciples1 privately1 the mysteries of the kingdoms of the heavens4'0#ccg ,if we now recall the fact that a portion of the ,mysteries of the 8,pagans0 consisted of the 1 aporrheta1 or secret discourses2 that the secret ,logia or discourses of ,jesus contained in the original ,gospel according to ,matthew1 the meaning and interpretation of which ,st4 ,jerome confessed to be 8a difficult task0 for him to achieve1 were of the same nature2 and if we remember1 further1 that to some of the interior or final ,mysteries only a very select few were admitted2 and that finally it was from the number of the latter that were taken all the ministers of the holy 8,pagan0 rites1 we will then clearly understand this expression of ,jesus quoted by ,peter3 8,guard the ,mysteries for me and the sons of my house10 i4e41 of my doctrine4 ,and1 if we understand it rightly1 we cannot avoid thinking that this 8secret0 doctrine of ,jesus1 even the technical expressions of which are but so many duplications of the ,gnostic and ,neo-platonic mystic phraseology--that this doctrine1 we say1 was based on the same transcendental philosophy of ,oriental ,gnosis as the rest of the religions of those and earliest days4 ,that none of the later ,christian sects1 despite their boasting1 were the inheritors of it1 is evident from the contradictions1 blunders1 and clumsy repatching of the mistakes of every preceding century by the discoveries of the succeeding one4 ,these mistakes1 in a number of manuscripts claimed to be authentic1 are sometimes so ridiculous as to bear on their face the evidence of being pious forgeries4 ,thus1 for instance1 the utter ignorance of some patristic champions of the very gospels they claimed to defend4 ,we have mentioned the accusation against ,marcion by ,tertullian and ,epiphanius of mutilating the ,gospel ascribed to ,luke1 and erasing from it that which is now proved to have never been in that ,gospel at all4 ,finally1 the method adopted by ,jesus of speaking in parables1 in which he only followed the example of his sect1 is attributed in the ,homilies to a prophecy of ,isaiah6 ,peter is made to remark3 8,for ,isaiah said3 #8,i will open my mouth in parables1 and ,i will utter things that have been kept secret from the foundation of the world4'0 ,this erroneous reference to ,isaiah of a sentence given in ,psalms lxxviii4 #b1 is found not only in the apocryphal ,homilies1 but also in the ,sinaitic ,codex4 ,commenting on the fact in the ,supernatural ,religion1 the author states that 8,porphyry1 in the third century1 twitted ,christians with this erroneous ascription by their inspired evangelist to ,isaiah of a passage from a ,psalm1 and reduced the ,fathers to great straits40#cch ,eusebius and ,jerome tried to get out of the difficulty by ascribing the mistake to an 8ignorant scribe20 and ,jerome even went to the length of asserting that the name of ,isaiah never stood after the above sentence in any of the old codices1 but that the name of ,asaph was found in its place1 only 8ignorant men had removed it40#cci ,to this1 the author again observes that 8the fact is that the reading #8,asaph' for #8,isaiah' is not found in any manuscript extant2 and1 although #8,isaiah' has disappeared from all but a few obscure codices1 it cannot be denied that the name anciently stood in the text4 ,in the ,sinaitic ,codex1 which is probably the earliest manuscript extant 444 and which is assigned to the fourth century10 he adds1 8the prophet ,isaiah stands in the text by the first hand1 but is erased by the second40#cdj ,it is a most suggestive fact that there is not a word in the so-called sacred ,scriptures to show that ,jesus was actually regarded as a ,god by his disciples4 ,neither before nor after his death did they pay him divine honors4 ,their relation to him was only that of disciples and 8master20 by which name they addressed him1 as the followers of ,pythagoras and ,plato addressed their respective masters before them4 ,whatever words may have been put into the mouths of ,jesus1 ,peter1 ,john1 ,paul1 and others1 there is not a single act of adoration recorded on their part1 nor did ,jesus himself ever declare his identity with his ,father4 ,he accused the ,pharisees of stoning their prophets1 not of deicide4 ,he termed himself the son of ,god1 but took care to assert repeatedly that they were all the children of ,god1 who was the ,heavenly ,father of all4 ,in preaching this1 he but repeated a doctrine taught ages earlier by ,hermes1 ,plato1 and other philosophers4 ,strange contradiction6 ,jesus1 whom we are asked to worship as the one living ,god1 is found1 immediately after his ,resurrection1 saying to ,mary ,magdalene3 8,i am not yet ascended to my ,father2 but go to my brethren1 and say unto them1 ,i ascend unto my ,father and your ,father1 and to my ,god and your ,god60 7,john xx4 #ag47 ,does this look like identifying himself with his ,father8 8,my ,father and your ,father1 my ,god and your ,god10 implies1 on his part1 a desire to be considered on a perfect equality with his brethren--nothing more4 ,theodoret writes3 8,the hretics agree with us respecting the beginning of all things4444 ,but they say there is not one ,christ 7,god71 but one above1 and the other below4 ,and this last formerly dwelt in many2 but the ,jesus1 they at one time say is from ,god1 at another they call him a ,,spirit40#cda ,this spirit is the ,christos1 the messenger of life1 who is sometimes called the ,angel ,gabriel 7in ,hebrew1 the mighty one of ,god71 and who took with the ,gnostics the place of the ,logos1 while the ,holy ,spirit was considered ,life4#cdb ,with the sect of the ,nazarenes1 though1 the ,spiritus1 or ,holy ,ghost1 had less honor4 ,while nearly every ,gnostic sect considered it a ,female ,power1 whether they called it ,binah1 1 ,sophia1 the ,divine ,intellect1 with the ,nazarene sect it was the ,female ,spiritus1 the astral light1 the genetrix of all things of matter1 the chaos in its evil aspect1 made turbido by the ,demiurge4 ,at the creation of man1 8it was light on the side of the ,,father1 and it was light 7material light7 on the side of the ,,mother4 ,and this is the #8two-fold man1'0#cdc says the ,sohar4 8,that day 7the last one7 will perish the seven badly-disposed stellars1 also the sons of man1 who have confessed the ,spiritus1 the ,messias 7false71 the ,deus1 and the ,,mother of the ,,spiritus shall perish40#cdd ,jesus enforced and illustrated his doctrines with signs and wonders2 and if we lay aside the claims advanced on his behalf by his deifiers1 he did but what other kabalists did2 and only they at that epoch1 when1 for two centuries the sources of prophecy had been completely dried up1 and from this stagnation of public 8miracles0 had originated the skepticism of the unbelieving sect of the ,sadducees4 ,describing the 8heresies0 of those days1 ,theodoret1 who has no idea of the hidden meaning of the word ,christos1 the anointed messenger1 complains that they 7the ,gnostics7 assert that this ,messenger or ,delegatus changes his body from time to time1 8and goes into other bodies1 and at each time is differently manifested4 ,and these 7the overshadowed prophets7 use incantations and invocations of various demons and baptisms in the confession of their principles4444 ,they embrace astrology and magic1 and the mathematical error10 787 he says4#cde ,this 8mathematical error10 of which the pious writer complains1 led subsequently to the rediscovery of the heliocentric system1 erroneous as it may still be1 and forgotten since the days of another 8magician0 who taught it--,pythagoras4 ,thus1 the wonders of healing and the thaums of ,jesus1 which he imparted to his followers1 show that they were learning1 in their daily communication with him1 the theory and practice of the new ethics1 day by day1 and in the familiar intercourse of intimate friendship4 ,their faith was progressively developed1 like that of all neophytes1 simultaneously with the increase of knowledge4 ,we must bear in mind that ,josephus1 who certainly must have been well informed on the subject1 calls the skill of expelling demons 8a science40 ,this growth of faith is conspicuously shown in the case of ,peter1 who1 from having lacked enough faith to support him while he could walk on the water from the boat to his ,master1 at last became so expert a thaumaturgist1 that ,simon ,magus is said to have offered him money to teach him the secret of healing1 and other wonders4 ,and ,philip is shown to have become an throbat as good as ,abaris of ,pythagorean memory1 but less expert than ,simon ,magus4 ,neither in the ,homilies nor any other early work of the apostles1 is there anything to show that either of his friends and followers regarded ,jesus as anything more than a prophet4 ,the idea is as clearly established in the ,clementines4 ,except that too much room is afforded to ,peter to establish the identity of the ,mosaic ,god with the ,father of ,jesus1 the whole work is devoted to ,monotheism4 ,the author seems as bitter against ,polytheism as against the claim to the divinity of ,christ4#cdf ,he seems to be utterly ignorant of the ,logos1 and his speculation is confined to ,sophia1 the ,gnostic wisdom4 ,there is no trace in it of a hypostatic trinity1 but the same overshadowing of the ,gnostic 8wisdom 7,christos and ,sophia7 is attributed in the case of ,jesus as it is in those of ,adam1 ,enoch1 ,noah1 ,abraham1 ,isaac1 ,jacob1 and ,moses4#cdg ,these personages are all placed on one level1 and called #8true prophets1' and the seven pillars of the world40 ,more than that1 ,peter vehemently denies the fall of ,adam1 and with him1 the doctrine of atonement1 as taught by ,christian theology1 utterly falls to the ground1 for he combats it as a blasphemy4#cdh ,peter's theory of sin is that of the ,jewish kabalists1 and even1 in a certain way1 ,platonic4 ,adam not only never sinned1 but1 8as a true prophet1 possessed of the ,spirit of ,god1 which afterwards was in ,jesus1 could not sin40#cdi ,in short1 the whole of the work exhibits the belief of the author in the kabalistic doctrine of permutation4 ,the ,kabala teaches the doctrine of transmigration of the spirit4#cej 8,mosah is the revolutio of ,seth and ,hebel40#cea 8,tell me who it is who brings about the re-birth 7the revolutio780 is asked of the wise ,hermes4 8,god's ,son1 the only man1 through the will of ,god10 is the answer of the 8heathen40#ceb 8,god's son0 is the immortal spirit assigned to every human being4 ,it is this divine entity which is the 8only man10 for the casket which contains our soul1 and the soul itself1 are but half-entities1 and without its overshadowing both body and astral soul1 the two are but an animal duad4 ,it requires a trinity to form the complete 8man10 and allow him to remain immortal at every 8re-birth10 or revolutio1 throughout the subsequent and ascending spheres1 every one of which brings him nearer to the refulgent realm of eternal and absolute light4 8,god's ,,first-,,born1 who is the #8holy ,veil1' the #8,light of ,lights1' it is he who sends the revolutio of the ,delegatus1 for he is the ,first ,power10 says the kabalist4#cec 8,the pneuma 7spirit7 and the dunamis 7power71 which is from the ,god1 it is right to consider nothing else than the ,logos1 who is also 787 ,first-begotten to the ,god10 argues a ,christian4#ced 8,angels and powers are in heaven60 says ,justin1 thus bringing forth a purely kabalistic doctrine4 ,the ,christians adopted it from the ,sohar and the hretical sects1 and if ,jesus mentioned them1 it was not in the official synagogues that he learned the theory1 but directly in the kabalistic teachings4 ,in the ,mosaic books1 very little mention is made of them1 and ,moses1 who holds direct communications with the 8,lord ,god10 troubles himself very little about them4 ,the doctrine was a secret one1 and deemed by the orthodox synagogue heretical4 ,josephus calls the ,essenes heretics1 saying3 8,those admitted among the ,essenes must swear to communicate their doctrines to no one any otherwise than as he received them himself1 and equally to preserve the books belonging to their sect1 and the names of the angels40#cee ,the ,sadducees did not believe in angels1 neither did the uninitiated ,gentiles1 who limited their ,olympus to gods and demi-gods1 or 8spirits40 ,alone1 the kabalists and theurgists hold to that doctrine from time immemorial1 and1 as a consequence1 ,plato1 and ,philo ,judus after him1 followed first by the ,gnostics1 and then by the ,christians4 ,thus1 if ,josephus never wrote the famous interpolation forged by ,eusebius1 concerning ,jesus1 on the other hand1 he has described in the ,essenes all the principal features that we find prominent in the ,nazarene4 ,when praying1 they sought solitude4#cef 8,when thou prayest1 enter into thy closet 444 and pray to thy ,father which is in secret0 7,matthew vi4 #f74 8,everything spoken by them 7,essenes7 is stronger than an oath4 ,swearing is shunned by them0 7,josephus ,,ii41 viii41 #f74 8,but ,i say unto you1 swear not at all 444 but let your communication be yea1 yea2 nay1 nay0 7,matthew v4 #cd-cg74 ,the ,nazarenes1 as well as the ,essenes and the ,therapeut1 believed more in their own interpretations of the 8hidden sense0 of the more ancient ,scriptures1 than in the later laws of ,moses4 ,jesus1 as we have shown before1 felt but little veneration for the commandments of his predecessor1 with whom ,irenus is so anxious to connect him4 ,the ,essenes 8enter into the houses of those whom they never saw previously1 as if they were their intimate friends0 7,josephus ,,ii41 viii41 #d74 ,such was undeniably the custom of ,jesus and his disciples4 ,epiphanius1 who places the ,ebionite 8heresy0 on one level with that of the ,nazarenes1 also remarks that the ,nazaraioi come next to the ,cerinthians1#ceg so much vituperated against by ,irenus4#ceh ,munk1 in his work on ,palestine1 affirms that there were #d1jjj ,essenes living in the desert2 that they had their mystical books1 and predicted the future4#cei ,the ,nabatheans1 with very little difference indeed1 adhered to the same belief as the ,nazarenes and the ,sabeans1 and all of them honored ,john the ,baptist more than his successor ,jesus4 ,the ,persian ,iezidi say that they originally came to ,syria from ,busrah4 ,they use baptism1 and believe in seven archangels1 though paying at the same time reverence to ,satan4 ,their prophet ,iezed1 who flourished long prior to ,mahomet1#cfj taught that ,god will send a messenger1 and that the latter would reveal to him a book which is already written in heaven from the eternity4#cfa ,the ,nabatheans inhabited the ,lebanon1 as their descendants do to the present day1 and their religion was from its origin purely kabalistic4 ,maimonides speaks of them as if he identified them with the ,sabeans4 8,i will mention to thee the writings 444 respecting the belief and institutions of the ,sabeans10 he says4 8,the most famous is the book ,the ,agriculture of the ,nabathans1 which has been translated by ,ibn ,wahohijah4 ,this book is full of heathenish foolishness4444 ,it speaks of the preparations of ,,talismans1 the drawing down of the powers of the ,,spirits1 ,,magic1 ,,demons1 and ghouls1 which make their abode in the desert40#cfb ,there are traditions among the tribes living scattered about beyond the ,jordan1 as there are many such also among the descendants of the ,samaritans at ,damascus1 ,gaza1 and at ,naplosa 7the ancient ,shechem74 ,many of these tribes have1 notwithstanding the persecutions of eighteen centuries1 retained the faith of their fathers in its primitive simplicity4 ,it is there that we have to go for traditions based on historical truths1 however disfigured by exaggeration and inaccuracy1 and compare them with the religious legends of the ,fathers1 which they call revelation4 ,eusebius states that before the siege of ,jerusalem the small ,christian community--comprising members of whom many1 if not all1 knew ,jesus and his apostles personally--took refuge in the little town of ,pella1 on the opposite shore of the ,jordan4 ,surely these simple people1 separated for centuries from the rest of the world1 ought to have preserved their traditions fresher than any other nations6 ,it is in ,palestine that we have to search for the clearest waters of ,christianity1 let alone its source4 ,the first ,christians1 after the death of ,jesus1 all joined together for a time1 whether they were ,ebionites1 ,nazarenes1 ,gnostics1 or others4 ,they had no ,christian dogmas in those days1 and their ,christianity consisted in believing ,jesus to be a prophet1 this belief varying from seeing in him simply a 8just man10#cfc or a holy1 inspired prophet1 a vehicle used by ,christos and ,sophia to manifest themselves through4 ,these all united together in opposition to the synagogue and the tyrannical technicalities of the ,pharisees1 until the primitive group separated in two distinct branches--which1 we may correctly term the ,christian kabalists of the ,jewish ,tanam school1 and the ,christian kabalists of the ,platonic ,gnosis4#cfd ,the former were represented by the party composed of the followers of ,peter1 and ,john1 the author of the ,apocalypse2 the latter ranged with the ,pauline ,christianity1 blending itself1 at the end of the second century1 with the ,platonic philosophy1 and engulfing1 still later1 the ,gnostic sects1 whose symbols and misunderstood mysticism overflowed the ,church of ,rome4 ,amid this jumble of contradictions1 what ,christian is secure in confessing himself such8 ,in the old ,syriac ,gospel according to ,luke 7iii4 #bb71 the ,holy ,spirit is said to have descended in the likeness of a dove4 8,jesua1 full of the sacred ,spirit1 returned from ,jordan1 and the ,spirit led him into the desert0 7old ,syriac1 ,luke iv4 #a1 ,tremellius74 8,the difficulty10 says ,dunlap1 8was that the ,gospels declared that ,john the ,baptist saw the ,spirit 7the ,power of ,god7 descend upon ,jesus after he had reached manhood1 and if the ,spirit then first descended upon him1 there was some ground for the opinion of the ,ebionites and ,nazarenes who denied his preceding existence1 and refused him the attributes of the ,,logos4 ,the ,gnostics1 on the other hand1 objected to the flesh1 but conceded the ,logos40#cfe ,john's ,apocalypsis1 and the explanations of sincere ,christian bishops1 like ,synesius1 who1 to the last1 adhered to the ,platonic doctrines1 make us think that the wisest and safest way is to hold to that sincere primitive faith which seems to have actuated the above-named bishop4 ,this best1 sincerest1 and most unfortunate of ,christians1 addressing the 8,unknown10 exclaims3 8,oh ,father of the ,worlds 444 ,father of the ons 444 ,artificer of the ,gods1 it is holy to praise60 ,but ,synesius had ,hypatia for instructor1 and this is why we find him confessing in all sincerity his opinions and profession of faith4 8,the rabble desires nothing better than to be deceived4444 ,as regards myself1 therefore1 ,i will always be a philosopher with myself1 but ,i must be priest with the people40 8,holy is ,god the ,father of all being1 holy is ,god1 whose wisdom is carried out into execution by his own ,powers6444 ,holy art ,thou1 who through the ,word had created all6 ,therefore1 ,i believe in ,thee1 and bear testimony1 and go into the ,,life and ,,light40#cff ,thus speaks ,hermes ,trismegistus1 the heathen divine4 ,what ,christian bishop could have said better than that8 ,the apparent discrepancy of the four gospels as a whole1 does not prevent every narrative given in the ,new ,testament--however much disfigured--having a ground-work of truth4 ,to this1 are cunningly adapted details made to fit the later exigencies of the ,church4 ,so1 propped up partially by indirect evidence1 still more by blind faith1 they have become1 with time1 articles of faith4 ,even the fictitious massacre of the 8,innocents0 by ,king ,herod has a certain foundation to it1 in its allegorical sense4 ,apart from the now-discovered fact that the whole story of such a massacre of the ,innocents is bodily taken from the ,hindu ,bagaved-gitta1 and ,brahmanical traditions1 the legend refers1 moreover1 allegorically1 to an historical fact4 ,king ,herod is the type of ,kansa1 the tyrant of ,madura1 the maternal uncle of ,christna1 to whom astrologers predicted that a son of his niece ,devaki would deprive him of his throne4 ,therefore he gives orders to kill the male child that is born to her2 but ,christna escapes his fury through the protection of ,mahadeva 7the great ,god7 who causes the child to be carried away to another city1 out of ,kansa's reach4 ,after that1 in order to be sure and kill the right boy1 on whom he failed to lay his murderous hands1 ,kansa has all the male newborn infants within his kingdom killed4 ,christna is also worshipped by the gopas 7the shepherds7 of the land4 ,though this ancient ,indian legend bears a very suspicious resemblance to the more modern biblical romance1 ,gaffarel and others attribute the origin of the latter to the persecutions during the ,herodian reign of the kabalists and the ,wise men1 who had not remained strictly orthodox4 ,the latter1 as well as the prophets1 were nicknamed the 8,innocents10 and the 8,babes10 on account of their holiness4 ,as in the case of certain degrees of modern ,masonry1 the adepts reckoned their grade of initiation by a symbolic age4 ,thus ,saul who1 when chosen king1 was 8a choice and goodly man10 and 8from his shoulders upward was higher than any of the people10 is described in ,catholic versions1 as 8child of one year when he began to reign10 which1 in its literal sense1 is a palpable absurdity4 ,but in #a ,samuel x41 his anointing by ,samuel and initiation are described2 and at verse #fth1 ,samuel uses this significant language3 8444 the ,spirit of the ,lord will come upon thee and thou shalt prophesy with them1 and shalt be turned into another man40 ,the phrase above quoted is thus made plain--he had received one degree of initiation and was symbolically described as 8a child one year old40 ,the ,catholic ,bible1 from which the text is quoted1 with charming candor says in a foot-note3 8,it is extremely difficult to explain0 7meaning that ,saul was a child of one year74 ,but undaunted by any difficulty the ,editor1 nevertheless1 does take upon himself to explain it1 and adds3 8,a child of one year4 ,that is1 he was good and like an innocent child40 ,an interpretation as ingenious as it is pious2 and which if it does no good can certainly do no harm4#cfg ,if the explanation of the kabalists is rejected1 then the whole subject falls into confusion2 worse still--for it becomes a direct plagiarism from the ,hindu legend4 ,all the commentators have agreed that a litteral massacre of young children is nowhere mentioned in history2 and that1 moreover1 an occurrence like that would have made such a bloody page in ,roman annals that the record of it would have been preserved for us by every author of the day4 ,herod himself was subject to the ,roman law2 and undoubtedly he would have paid the penalty of such a monstrous crime1 with his own life4 ,but if1 on the one hand1 we have not the slightest trace of this fable in history1 on the other1 we find in the official complaints of the ,synagogue abundant evidence of the persecution of the initiates4 ,the ,talmud also corroborates it4 ,the ,jewish version of the birth of ,jesus is recorded in the ,sepher-,toldos ,jeshu in the following words3 8,mary having become the mother of a ,son1 named ,jehosuah1 and the boy growing up1 she entrusted him to the care of the ,rabbi ,elhanan1 and the child progressed in knowledge1 for he was well gifted with spirit and understanding4 8,rabbi ,jehosuah1 son of ,perachiah1 continued the education of ,jehosuah 7,jesus7 after ,elhanan1 and initiated him in the secret knowledge20 but the ,king1 ,janneus1 having given orders to slay all the initiates1 ,jehosuah ,ben ,perachiah1 fled to ,alexandria1 in ,egypt1 taking the boy with him4 ,while in ,alexandria1 continues the story1 they were received in the house of a rich and learned lady 7personified ,egypt74 ,young ,jesus found her beautiful1 notwithstanding 8a defect in her eyes10 and declared so to his master4 ,upon hearing this1 the latter became so angry that his pupil should find in the land of bondage anything good1 that 8he cursed him and drove the young man from his presence40 ,then follow a series of adventures told in allegorical language1 which show that ,jesus supplemented his initiation in the ,jewish ,kabala with an additional acquisition of the secret wisdom of ,egypt4 ,when the persecution ceased1 they both returned to ,judea4#cfh ,the real grievances against ,jesus are stated by the learned author of ,tela ,ignea ,satan 7the fiery darts of ,satan7 to be two in number3 #ast1 that he had discovered the great ,mysteries of their ,temple1 by having been initiated in ,egypt2 and #b;d1 that he had profaned them by exposing them to the vulgar1 who misunderstood and disfigured them4 ,this is what they say3#cfi 8,there exists1 in the sanctuary of the living ,god1 a cubical stone1 on which are sculptured the holy characters1 the combination of which gives the explanation of the attributes and powers of the incommunicable name4 ,this explanation is the secret key of all the occult sciences and forces in nature4 ,it is what the ,hebrews call the ,scham hamphorash4 ,this stone is watched by two lions of gold1 who roar as soon as it is approached4#cgj ,the gates of the temple were never lost sight of1 and the door of the sanctuary opened but once a year1 to admit the ,high ,priest alone4 ,but ,jesus1 who had learned in ,egypt the #8great secrets' at the initiation1 forged for himself invisible keys1 and thus was enabled to penetrate into the sanctuary unseen4444 ,he copied the characters on the cubical stone1 and hid them in his thigh2#cga after which1 emerging from the temple1 he went abroad and began astounding people with his miracles4 ,the dead were raised at his command1 the leprous and the obsessed were healed4 ,he forced the stones which lay buried for ages at the bottom of the sea to rise to the surface until they formed a mountain1 from the top of which he preached40 ,the ,sepher ,toldos states further that1 unable to displace the cubical stone of the sanctuary1 ,jesus fabricated one of clay1 which he showed to the nations and passed it off for the true cubical stone of ,israel4 ,this allegory1 like the rest of them in such books1 is written 8inside and outside0--it has its secret meaning1 and ought to be read two ways4 ,the kabalistic books explain its mystical meaning4 ,further1 the same ,talmudist says1 in substance1 the following3 ,jesus was thrown in prison1#cgb and kept there forty days2 then flogged as a seditious rebel2 then stoned as a blasphemer in a place called ,lud1 and finally allowed to expire upon a cross4 8,all this10 explains ,levi1 8because he revealed to the people the truths which they 7the ,pharisees7 wished to bury for their own use4 ,he had divined the occult theology of ,israel1 had compared it with the wisdom of ,egypt1 and found thereby the reason for a universal religious synthesis40#cgc ,however cautious one ought to be in accepting anything about ,jesus from ,jewish sources1 it must be confessed that in some things they seem to be more correct in their statements 7whenever their direct interest in stating facts is not concerned7 than our good but too jealous ,fathers4 ,one thing is certain1 ,james1 the 8,brother of the ,lord10 is silent about the resurrection4 ,he terms ,jesus nowhere 8,son of ,god10 nor even ,christ-,god4 ,once only1 speaking of ,jesus1 he calls him the 8,lord of ,glory10 but so do the ,nazarenes when writing about their prophet ,iohanan bar ,zacharia1 or ,john1 son of ,zacharias 7,st4 ,john ,baptist74 ,their favorite expressions about their prophet are the same as those used by ,james when speaking of ,jesus4 ,a man 8of the seed of a man10 8,messenger of ,life10 of light1 8my ,lord ,apostle10 8,king sprung of ,light10 and so on4 8,have not the faith of our ,lord ,,jesus ,christ1 the ,lord of ,glory0 etc41 says ,james in his epistle 7ii4 #a71 presumably addressing ,christ as ,,god4 8,peace to thee1 my ,lord1 ,,john ,abo ,sabo1 ,lord of ,glory60 says the ,codex ,nazarus 7ii41 #ai71 known to address but a prophet4 8,ye have condemned and killed the ,just10 says ,james 7v4 #f74 8,iohanan 7,john7 is the ,just one1 he comes in the way of justice10 says ,matthew 7xxi4 #cb1 ,syriac text74 ,james does not even call ,jesus ,messiah1 in the sense given to the title by the ,christians1 but alludes to the kabalistic 8,king ,messiah10 who is ,lord of ,sabaoth#cgd 7v4 #d71 and repeats several times that the 8,lord0 will come1 but identifies the latter nowhere with ,jesus4 8,be patient1 therefore1 brethren1 unto the coming of the ,lord 444 be patient1 for the coming of the ,lord draweth nigh0 7v4 #g1 #h74 ,and he adds3 8,take1 my brethren1 the prophet 7,jesus7 who has spoken in the name of the ,lord for an example of suffering1 affliction1 and of patience40 ,though in the present version the word 8prophet0 stands in the plural1 yet this is a deliberate falsification of the original1 the purpose of which is too evident4 ,james1 immediately after having cited the 8prophets0 as an example1 adds3 8,behold 444 ye have heard of the patience of ,job1 and have seen the end of the ,lord0--thus combining the examples of these two admirable characters1 and placing them on a perfect equality4 ,but we have more to adduce in support of our argument4 ,did not ,jesus himself glorify the prophet of the ,jordan8 8,what went ye out for to see8 ,a prophet8 ,yea1 ,i say unto you1 and more than a prophet4444 ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than ,john the ,baptist40 ,and of whom was he who spoke thus born8 ,it is but the ,roman ,catholics who have changed ,mary1 the mother of ,jesus1 into a goddess4 ,in the eyes of all other ,christians she was a woman1 whether his own birth was immaculate or otherwise4 ,according to strict logic1 then1 ,jesus confessed ,john greater than himself4 ,note how completely this matter is disposed of by the language employed by the ,angel ,gabriel when addressing ,mary3 8,blessed art thou among women40 ,these words are unequivocal4 ,he does not adore her as the ,mother of ,god1 nor does he call her goddess2 he does not even address her as 8,virgin10 but he calls her woman1 and only distinguishes her above other women as having had better fortune1 through her purity4 ,the ,nazarenes were known as ,baptists1 ,sabians1 and ,john's ,christians4 ,their belief was that the ,messiah was not the ,son of ,god1 but simply a prophet who would follow ,john4 8,johanan1 the ,son of the ,abo ,sabo ,zachariah1 shall say to himself1 #8,whoever will believe in my justice and my ,,baptism shall be joined to my association2 he shall share with me the seat which is the abode of life1 of the supreme ,mano1 and of living fire0 7,codex ,nazarus1 ii41 p4 #aae74 ,origen remarks 8there are some who said of ,john 7the ,baptist7 that he was the anointed 7,christus74#cge ,the ,angel ,rasiel of the kabalists is the ,angel ,gabriel of the ,nazarenes1 and it is the latter who is chosen of all the celestial hierarchy by the ,christians to become the messenger of the #8annunciation4' ,the genius sent by the #8,lord of ,celsitude' is bel ,zivo1 whose name is also called ,,gabriel ,legatus40#cgf ,paul must have had the sect of the ,nazarenes in mind when he said3 8,and last of all he 7,jesus7 was seen of me also1 as of one born out of due time0 7#a ,corinth41 xv4 #h71 thus reminding his listeners of the expression usual to the ,nazarenes1 who termed the ,jews 8the abortions1 or born out of time40 ,paul prides himself of belonging to a hresy4#cgg ,when the metaphysical conceptions of the ,gnostics1 who saw in ,jesus the ,logos and the anointed1 began to gain ground1 the earliest ,christians separated from the ,nazarenes1 who accused ,jesus of perverting the doctrines of ,john1 and changing the baptism of the ,jordan4#cgh 8,directly10 says ,milman1 8as it 7the ,gospel7 got beyond the borders of ,palestine1 and the name of #8,christ' had acquired sanctity and veneration in the ,eastern cities1 he became a kind of metaphysical impersonation1 while the religion lost its purely moral cast and assumed the character of a speculative theogony40#cgi ,the only half-original document that has reached us from the primitive apostolic days1 is the ,logia of ,matthew4 ,the real1 genuine doctrine has remained in the hands of the ,nazarenes1 in this ,gospel of ,matthew containing the 8secret doctrine10 the 8,sayings of ,jesus10 mentioned by ,papias4 ,these sayings were1 no doubt1 of the same nature as the small manuscripts placed in the hands of the neophytes1 who were candidates for the ,initiations into the ,mysteries1 and which contained the ,aporrheta1 the revelations of some important rites and symbols4 ,for why should ,matthew take such precautions to make them 8secret0 were it otherwise8 ,primitive ,christianity had its grip1 pass-words1 and degrees of initiation4 ,the innumerable ,gnostic gems and amulets are weighty proofs of it4 ,it is a whole symbolical science4 ,the kabalists were the first to embellish the universal ,logos1#chj with such terms as 8,light of ,light10 the ,messenger of ,,life and ,,light1#cha and we find these expressions adopted in toto by the ,christians1 with the addition of nearly all the ,gnostic terms such as ,pleroma 7fulness71 ,archons1 ons1 etc4 ,as to the 8,first-,born10 the ,first1 and the 8,only-,begotten10 these are as old as the world4 ,origen shows the word 8,logos0 as existing among the ,brachmanes4 8,the ,brachmanes say that the ,god is ,light1 not such as one sees1 nor such as the sun and fire2 but they have the ,god ,,logos1 not the articulate1 the ,logos of the ,gnosis1 through whom the highest ,,mysteries of the ,gnosis are seen by the wise40#chb ,the ,acts and the fourth ,gospel teem with ,gnostic expressions4 ,the kabalistic3 8,god's first-born emanated from the ,most ,high10 together with that which is the 8,spirit of the ,anointing20 and again 8they called him the anointed of the ,highest10#chc are reproduced in ,spirit and substance by the author of the ,gospel according to ,john4 8,that was the true light10 and 8the light shineth in darkness40 8,and the ,,word was made flesh40 8,and his fulness 7pleroma7 have all we received10 etc4 7,john i4 et seq474 ,the 8,christ10 then1 and the 8,logos0 existed ages before ,christianity2 the ,oriental ,gnosis was studied long before the days of ,moses1 and we have to seek for the origin of all these in the archaic periods of the primeval ,asiatic philosophy4 ,peter's second ,epistle and ,jude's fragment1 preserved in the ,new ,testament1 show by their phraseology that they belong to the kabalistic ,oriental ,gnosis1 for they use the same expressions as did the ,christian ,gnostics who built a part of their system from the ,oriental ,kabala4 8,presumptuous are they 7the ,ophites71 self-willed1 they are not afraid to speak evil of ,,dignities10 says ,peter 7#b;d ,epistle ii4 #aj71 the original model for the later abusive ,tertullian and ,irenus4#chd 8,likewise 7even as ,sodom and ,gomorrah7 also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh1 despise ,,dominion and speak evil of ,,dignities10 says ,jude1 repeating the very words of ,peter1 and thereby expressions consecrated in the ,kabala4 ,dominion is the 8,empire10 the tenth of the kabalistic sephiroth4#che ,the ,powers and ,dignities are the subordinate genii of the ,archangels and ,angels of the ,sohar4#chf ,these emanations are the very life and soul of the ,kabala and ,zoroastranism2 and the ,talmud itself1 in its present state1 is all borrowed from the ,zend-avesta4 ,therefore1 by adopting the views of ,peter1 ,jude1 and other ,jewish apostles1 the ,christians have become but a dissenting sect of the ,persians1 for they do not even interpret the meaning of all such ,powers as the true kabalists do4 ,paul's warning his converts against the worshipping of angels1 shows how well he appreciated1 even so early as his period1 the dangers of borrowing from a metaphysical doctrine the philosophy of which could be rightly interpreted but by its well-learned adherents1 the ,magi and the ,jewish ,tanam4 8,let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels1 intruding into those things which he hath not seen1 vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind10#chg is a sentence laid right at the door of ,peter and his champions4 ,in the ,talmud1 ,michael is ,prince of ,water1 who has seven inferior spirits subordinate to him4 ,he is the patron1 the guardian angel of the ,jews1 as ,daniel informs us 7v4 #ba71 and the ,greek ,ophites1 who identified him with their ,ophiomorphos1 the personified creation of the envy and malice of ,ilda-,baoth1 the ,demiurgus 7,creator of the material world71 and undertook to prove that he was also ,samuel1 the ,hebrew prince of the evil spirits1 or ,persian devs1 were naturally regarded by the ,jews as blasphemers4 ,but did ,jesus ever sanction this belief in angels except in so far as hinting that they were the messengers and subordinates of ,god8 ,and here the origin of the later splits between ,christian beliefs is directly traceable to these two early contradictory views4 ,paul1 believing in all such occult powers in the world 8unseen10 but ever 8present10 says3 8,ye walked according to the ,,on of this world1 according to the ,archon 7,ilda-,baoth1 the ,demiurg7 that has the domination of the air10 and 8,we wrestle not against flesh and blood1 but against the dominations1 the powers2 the lords of darkness1 the mischievousness of spirits in the upper regions40 ,this sentence1 8,ye were dead in sin and error10 for 8ye walked according to the ,archon10 or ,ilda-,baoth1 the ,god and creator of matter of the ,ophites1 shows unequivocally that3 #ast1 ,paul1 notwithstanding some dissensions with the more important doctrines of the ,gnostics1 shared more or less their cosmogonical views on the emanations2 and #b;d1 that he was fully aware that this ,demiurge1 whose ,jewish name was ,jehovah1 was not the ,god preached by ,jesus4 ,and now1 if we compare the doctrine of ,paul with the religious views of ,peter and ,jude1 we find that1 not only did they worship ,michael1 the ,archangel1 but that also they reverenced ,,satan1 because the latter was also1 before his fall1 an angel6 ,this they do quite openly1 and abuse the ,gnostics#chh for speaking 8evil0 of him4 ,no one can deny the following3 ,peter1 when denouncing those who are not afraid to speak evil of 8dignities10 adds immediately1 8,whereas angels1 which are greater in power and might1 bring not railing accusations against them 7the dignities7 before the ,lord0 7ii4 #aa74 ,who are the dignities8 ,jude1 in his general epistle1 makes the word as clear as day4 ,the dignities are the ,,devils66 ,complaining of the disrespect shown by the ,gnostics to the powers and dominions1 ,jude argues in the very words of ,peter3 8,and yet1 ,michael1 the ,archangel1 when contending with the devil1 he disputed about the body of ,moses1 durst not bring against him a railing accusation1 but said1 ,the ,lord rebuke thee0 7i4 #i74 ,is this plain enough8 ,if not1 then we have the ,kabala to prove who were the dignities4 ,considering that ,deuteronomy tells us that the 8,lord0 ,himself buried ,moses in a valley of ,moab 7xxxiv4 #f71 8and no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day10 this biblical lapsus lingu of ,jude gives a strong coloring to the assertions of some of the ,gnostics4 ,they claimed but what was secretly taught by the ,jewish kabalists themselves2 to wit3 that the highest supreme ,god was unknown and invisible2 8the ,king of ,light is a closed eye20 that ,ilda-,baoth1 the ,jewish second ,adam1 was the real ,demiurge2 and that ,iao1 ,adonai1 ,sabaoth1 and ,eloi were the quaternary emanation which formed the unity of the ,god of the ,hebrews--,jehovah4 ,moreover1 the latter was also called ,michael and ,samael by them1 and regarded but as an angel1 several removes from the ,godhead4 ,in holding to such a belief1 the ,gnostics countenanced the teachings of the greatest of the ,jewish doctors1 ,hillel1 and other ,babylonian divines4 ,josephus shows the great deference of the official ,synagogue in ,jerusalem to the wisdom of the schools of ,central ,asia4 ,the colleges of ,sora1 ,pumbiditha1 and ,nahaidea were considered the headquarters of esoteric and theological learning by all the schools of ,palestine4 ,the ,chaldean version of the ,pentateuch1 made by the well-known ,babylonian divine1 ,onkelos1 was regarded as the most authoritative of all2 and it is according to this learned ,rabbi that ,hillel and other ,tanam after him held that the ,being who appeared to ,moses in the burning bush1 on ,mount ,sinai1 and who finally buried him1 was the angel of the ,lord1 ,memro1 and not the ,lord ,himself2 and that he whom the ,hebrews of the ,old ,testament mistook for ,iahoh was but ,his messenger1 one of ,his sons1 or emanations4 ,all this establishes but one logical conclusion--namely1 that the ,gnostics were by far the superiors of the disciples1 in point of education and general information2 even in a knowledge of the religious tenets of the ,jews themselves4 ,while they were perfectly well-versed in the ,chaldean wisdom1 the well-meaning1 pious1 but fanatical as well as ignorant disciples1 unable to fully understand or grasp the religious spirit of their own system1 were driven in their disputations to such convincing logic as the use of 8brute beasts10 8sows10 8dogs10 and other epithets so freely bestowed by ,peter4 ,since then1 the epidemic has reached the apex of the sacerdotal hierarchy4 ,from the day when the founder of ,christianity uttered the warning1 that he who shall say to his brother1 8,thou fool1 shall be in danger of hell-fire10 all who have passed as its leaders1 beginning with the ragged fishermen of ,galilee1 and ending with the jewelled pontiffs1 have seemed to vie with each other in the invention of opprobrious epithets for their opponents4 ,so we find ,luther passing a final sentence on the ,catholics1 and exclaiming that 8,the ,papists are all asses1 put them in whatever form you like2 whether they are boiled1 roasted1 baked1 fried1 skinned1 hashed1 they will be always the same asses40 ,calvin called the victims he persecuted1 and occasionally burned1 8malicious barking dogs1 full of bestiality and insolence1 base corrupters of the sacred writings10 etc4 ,dr4 ,warburton terms the ,popish religion 8an impious farce10 and ,monseigneur ,dupanloup asserts that the ,protestant ,sabbath service is the 8,devil's mass10 and all clergymen are 8thieves and ministers of the ,devil40 ,the same spirit of incomplete inquiry and ignorance has led the ,christian ,church to bestow on its most holy apostles1 titles assumed by their most desperate opponents1 the 8,hretics0 and ,gnostics4 ,so we find1 for instance1 ,paul termed the vase of election 8,vas ,electionis10 a title chosen by ,manes1#chi the greatest heretic of his day in the eyes of the ,church1 ,manes meaning1 in the ,babylonian language1 the chosen vessel or receptacle4#cij ,so with the ,virgin ,mary4 ,they were so little gifted with originality1 that they copied from the ,egyptian and ,hindu religions their several apostrophes to their respective ,virgin-mothers4 ,the juxtaposition of a few examples will make this clear4 ,,hindu4 ,litany of our ,lady ,nari3 ,virgin4 7,also ,devanaki47 #a4 ,holy ,nari--,marima1 ,mother of perpetual fecundity4 #b4 ,mother of an incarnated ,god--,vishnu 7,devanaki74 #c4 ,mother of ,christna4 #d4 ,eternal ,virginity--,kanyabva4 #e4 ,mother--,pure ,essence1 ,akasa4 #f4 ,virgin most chaste--,kanya4 #g4 ,mother ,taumatra1 of the five virtues or elements4 #h4 ,virgin ,trigana 7of the three elements1 power or richness1 love1 and mercy74 #i4 ,mirror of ,supreme ,conscience--,ahancara4 #aj4 ,wise ,mother--,saraswati4 #aa4 ,virgin of the white ,lotos1 ,pedma or ,kamala4 #ab4 ,womb of ,gold--,hyrania4 #ac4 ,celestial ,light--,lakshmi4 #ad4 ,ditto4 #ae4 ,queen of ,heaven1 and of the universe--,sakti4 #af4 ,mother soul of all beings--,paramatma4 #ag4 ,devanaki is conceived without sin1 and immaculate herself4 7,according to the ,brahmanic fancy47 ,,egyptian4 ,litany of our ,lady ,isis3 ,virgin4 #a4 ,holy ,isis1 universal mother--,muth4 #b4 ,mother of ,gods--,athyr4 #c4 ,mother of ,horus4 #d4 ,virgo generatrix--,neith4 #e4 ,mother-soul of the universe--,anouk4 #f4 ,virgin sacred earth--,isis4 #g4 ,mother of all the virtues--,thmei1 with the same qualities4 #h4 ,illustrious ,isis1 most powerful1 merciful1 just4 7,book of the ,dead47 #i4 ,mirror of ,justice and ,truth--,thmei4 #aj4 ,mysterious mother of the world--,buto 7secret wisdom74 #aa4 ,sacred ,lotos4 #ab4 ,sistrum of ,gold4 #ac4 ,astart 7,syrian71 ,astaroth 7,jewish74 #ad4 ,argua of the ,moon4 #ae4 ,queen of ,heaven1 and of the universe--,sati4 #af4 ,model of all mothers--,athor4 #ag4 ,isis is a ,virgin ,mother4 ,,roman ,,catholic4 ,litany of our ,lady of ,loretto3 ,virgin4 #a4 ,holy ,mary1 mother of divine grace4 #b4 ,mother of ,god4 #c4 ,mother of ,christ4 #d4 ,virgin of ,virgins4 #e4 ,mother of ,divine ,grace4 #f4 ,virgin most chaste4 #g4 ,mother most pure4 ,mother undefiled4 ,mother inviolate4 ,mother most amiable4 ,mother most admirable4 #h4 ,virgin most powerful4 ,virgin most merciful4 ,virgin most faithful4 #i4 ,mirror of ,justice4 #aj4 ,seat of ,wisdom4 #aa4 ,mystical ,rose4 #ab4 ,house of ,gold4 #ac4 ,morning ,star4 #ad4 ,ark of the ,covenant4 #ae4 ,queen of ,heaven4 #af4 ,mater ,dolorosa4 #ag4 ,mary conceived without sin4 7,in accordance with later orders47 ,if the ,virgin ,mary has her nuns1 who are consecrated to her and bound to live in chastity1 so had ,isis her nuns in ,egypt1 as ,vesta had hers at ,rome1 and the ,hindu ,nari1 8mother of the world hers40 ,the virgins consecrated to her cultus--the ,devadasi of the temples1 who were the nuns of the days of old--lived in great chastity1 and were objects of the most extraordinary veneration1 as the holy women of the goddess4 ,would the missionaries and some travellers reproachfully point to the modern ,devadasis1 or ,nautch-girls8 ,for all response1 we would beg them to consult the official reports of the last quarter century1 cited in chapter ,,ii41 as to certain discoveries made at the razing of convents1 in ,austria and ,italy4 ,thousands of infants' skulls were exhumed from ponds1 subterranean vaults1 and gardens of convents4 ,nothing to match this was ever found in heathen lands4 ,christian theology1 getting the doctrine of the archangels and angels directly from the ,oriental ,kabala1 of which the ,mosaic ,bible is but an allegorical screen1 ought at least to remember the hierarchy invented by the former for these personified emanations4 ,the hosts of the ,cherubim and ,seraphim1 with which we generally see the ,catholic ,madonnas surrounded in their pictures1 belong1 together with the ,elohim and ,beni ,elohim of the ,hebrews1 to the third kabalistic world1 ,jezirah4 ,this world is but one remove higher than ,asiah1 the fourth and lowest world1 in which dwell the grossest and most material beings--the klippoth1 who delight in evil and mischief1 and whose chief is ,belial6 ,explaining1 in his way1 of course1 the various 8heresies0 of the first two centuries1 ,irenus says3 8,our ,hretics hold 444 that ,,propator is known but to the only-begotten son1 that is to the mind0 7the nous74 ,it was the ,valentinians1 the followers of the 8profoundest doctor of the ,gnosis10 ,valentinus1 who held that 8there was a perfect ,,ai,n1 who existed before ,bythos1 or ,buthon 7the ,depth71 called ,propator40 ,this is again kabalistic1 for in the ,sohar of ,simon ,ben ,iocha1 we read the following3 8,senior occultatus est et absconditus2 ,microprosopus manifestus est1 et non manifestus0 7,rosenroth3 ,the ,sohar ,liber ,mysteries1 iv41 #a74 ,in the religious metaphysics of the ,hebrews1 the ,highest ,one is an abstraction2 he is 8without form or being10 8with no likeness with anything else40#cia ,and even ,philo calls the ,creator1 the ,logos who stands next ,god1 8the ,,second ,god40 8,the second ,god who is his ,,wisdom40#cib ,god is ,,nothing1 he is nameless1 and therefore called ,ain-,soph--the word ,ain meaning nothing4#cic ,but if1 according to the older ,jews1 ,jehovah is the ,god1 and ,he manifested ,himself several times to ,moses and the prophets1 and the ,christian ,church anathematized the ,gnostics who denied the fact--how comes it1 then1 that we read in the fourth gospel that 8,no man hath seen ,god ,,at ,,any ,,time1 but the only-begotten ,son 444 he hath declared him80 ,the very words of the ,gnostics1 in spirit and substance4 ,this sentence of ,st4 ,john--or rather whoever wrote the gospel now bearing his name--floors all the ,petrine arguments against ,simon ,magus1 without appeal4 ,the words are repeated and emphasized in chapter vi43 8,not that any man hath seen the ,father1 save he which is of ,god1 he 7,jesus7 hath seen the ,father0 7#df7--the very objection brought forward by ,simon in the ,homilies4 ,these words prove that either the author of the fourth evangel had no idea of the existence of the ,homilies1 or that he was not ,john1 the friend and companion of ,peter1 whom he contradicts point-blank with this emphatic assertion4 ,be it as it may1 this sentence1 like many more that might be profitably cited1 blends ,christianity completely with the ,oriental ,gnosis1 and hence with the ,,kabala4 ,while the doctrines1 ethical code1 and observances of the ,christian religion were all appropriated from ,brahmanism and ,buddhism1 its ceremonials1 vestments1 and pageantry were taken bodily from ,lamaism4 ,the ,romish monastery and nunnery are almost servile copies of similar religious houses in ,thibet and ,mongolia1 and interested explorers of ,buddhist lands1 when obliged to mention the unwelcome fact1 have had no other alternative left them but1 with an anachronism unsurpassed in recklessness1 to charge the offense of plagiarism upon the religious system their own mother ,church had despoiled4 ,this makeshift has served its purpose and had its day4 ,the time has at last come when this page of history must be written4 ,,chapter ,v4 8,learn to know all1 but keep thyself unknown40--,,gnostic ,,maxim4 8,there is one ,god supreme over all gods1 diviner than mortals1 ,whose form is not like unto man's1 and as unlike his nature2 ,but vain mortals imagine that gods like themselves are begotten ,with human sensations1 and voice1 and corporeal members40 --,,xenophanes3 ,clem4 ,al4 ,strom41 v4 #ad1 #aaj4 8,,tychiades4--,can you tell me the reason1 ,philocles1 why most men desire to lye1 and delight not only to speak fictions themselves1 but give busie attention to others who do8 8,,philocles4--,there be many reasons1 ,tychiades1 which compell some to speak lyes1 because they see 'tis profitable40--,a ,dialogue of ,lucian4 8,,spartan4--,is it to thee1 or to ,god1 that ,i must confess8 8,,priest4--,to ,god4 8,,spartan4--,then1 ,,man1 stand back60--,,plutarch3 ,remarkable ,lacedemonian ,sayings4 ,we will now give attention to some of the most important ,mysteries of the ,kabala1 and trace their relations to the philosophical myths of various nations4 ,in the oldest ,oriental ,kabala1 the ,deity is represented as three circles in one1 shrouded in a certain smoke or chaotic exhalation4 ,in the preface to the ,sohar1 which transforms the three primordial circles into ,,three ,,heads1 over these is described an exhalation or smoke1 neither black nor white1 but colorless1 and circumscribed within a circle4 ,this is the unknown ,essence4#cid ,the origin of the ,jewish image may1 perhaps1 be traced to ,hermes' ,pimander1 the ,egyptian ,logos1 who appears within a cloud of a humid nature1 with a smoke escaping from it4#cie ,in the ,sohar the highest ,god is1 as we have shown in the preceding chapter1 and as in the case of the ,hindu and ,buddhist philosophies1 a pure abstraction1 whose objective existence is denied by the latter4 ,it is ,hakama1 the 8,,supreme ,,wisdom1 that cannot be understood by reflection10 and that lies within and without the ,,cranium of ,,long ,,face#cif 7,sephira71 the uppermost of the three 8,heads40 ,it is the 8boundless and the infinite ,en-,soph10 the ,no-,thing4 ,the 8three ,heads10 superposed above each other1 are evidently taken from the three mystic triangles of the ,hindus1 which also superpose each other4 ,the highest 8head0 contains the ,trinity in ,chaos1 out of which springs the manifested trinity4 ,en-,soph1 the unrevealed forever1 who is boundless and unconditioned1 cannot create1 and therefore it seems to us a great error to attribute to him a 8creative thought10 as is commonly done by the interpreters4 ,in every cosmogony this supreme ,essence is passive2 if boundless1 infinite1 and unconditioned1 it can have no thought nor idea4 ,it acts not as the result of volition1 but in obedience to its own nature1 and according to the fatality of the law of which it is itself the embodiment4 ,thus1 with the ,hebrew kabalists1 ,en-,soph is non-existent 1 for it is incomprehensible to our finite intellects1 and therefore cannot exist to our minds4 ,its first emanation was ,sephira1 the crown 4 ,when the time for an active period had come1 then was produced a natural expansion of this ,divine essence from within outwardly1 obedient to eternal and immutable law2 and from this eternal and infinite light 7which to us is darkness7 was emitted a spiritual substance4#cig ,this was the ,first ,sephiroth1 containing in herself the other nine ,sephiroth1 or intelligences4 ,in their totality and unity they represent the archetypal man1 ,adam ,kadmon1 the 1 who in his individuality or unity is yet dual1 or bisexual1 the ,greek ,didumos1 for he is the prototype of all humanity4 ,thus we obtain three trinities1 each contained in a 8head40 ,in the first head1 or face 7the three-faced ,hindu ,trimurti71 we find ,sephira1 the first androgyne1 at the apex of the upper triangle1 emitting ,hackama1 or ,wisdom1 a masculine and active potency--also called ,jah1 --and ,binah1 1 or ,intelligence1 a female and passive potency1 also represented by the name ,jehovah 4 ,these three form the first trinity or 8face0 of the ,sephiroth4 ,this triad emanated ,hesed1 1 or ,mercy1 a masculine active potency1 also called ,el1 from which emanated ,geburah 1 or ,justice1 also called ,eloha1 a feminine passive potency2 from the union of these two was produced ,tiphereth 1 ,beauty1 ,clemency1 the ,spiritual ,sun1 known by the divine name ,elohim2 and the second triad1 8face10 or 8head10 was formed4 ,these emanating1 in their turn1 the masculine potency ,netzah1 1 ,firmness1 or ,jehovah ,sabaoth1 who issued the feminine passive potency ,hod1 1 ,splendor1 or ,elohim ,sabaoth2 the two produced ,jesod1 1 ,foundation1 who is the mighty living one ,el-,chai1 thus yielding the third trinity or 8head40 ,the tenth ,sephiroth is rather a duad1 and is represented on the diagrams as the lowest circle4 ,it is ,malchuth or ,kingdom1 1 and ,shekinah 1 also called ,adonai1 and ,cherubim among the angelic hosts4 ,the first 8,head0 is called the ,intellectual world2 the second 8,head0 is the ,sensuous1 or the world of ,perception1 and the third is the ,material or ,physical world4 8,before he gave any shape to the universe10 says the ,kabala1 8before he produced any form1 he was alone without any form and resemblance to anything else4 ,who1 then1 can comprehend him1 how he was before the creation1 since he was formless8 ,hence1 it is forbidden to represent him by any form1 similitude1 or even by his sacred name1 by a single letter1 or a single point4444 ,the ,aged of the ,aged1 the ,unknown of the ,unknown1 has a form1 and yet no form4 ,he has a form whereby the universe is preserved1 and yet has no form1 because he cannot be comprehended4 ,when he first assumed a form 7in ,sephira1 his first emanation71 he caused nine splendid lights to emanate from it40#cih ,and now we will turn to the ,hindu esoteric ,cosmogony and definition of 8,him who is1 and yet is not40 8,from him who is1#cii from this immortal ,principle which exists in our minds but cannot be perceived by the senses1 is born ,purusha1 the ,divine male and female1 who became ,narayana1 or the ,divine ,spirit moving on the water40 ,swayambhuva1 the unknown essence of the ,brahmans1 is identical with ,en-,soph1 the unknown essence of the kabalists4 ,as with the latter1 the ineffable name could not be pronounced by the ,hindus1 under the penalty of death4 ,in the ancient primitive trinity of ,india1 that which may be certainly considered as pre-,vedic1 the germ which fecundates the mother-principle1 the mundane egg1 or the universal womb1 is called ,nara1 the ,spirit1 or the ,holy ,ghost1 which emanates from the primordial essence4 ,it is like ,sephira1 the oldest emanation1 called the primordial point1 and the ,white ,head1 for it is the point of divine light appearing from within the fathomless and boundless darkness4 ,in ,manu it is 8,,nara1 or the ,spirit of ,god1 which moves on ,ayana 7,chaos1 or place of motion71 and is called ,,narayana1 or moving on the waters40#djj ,in ,hermes1 the ,egyptian1 we read3 8,in the beginning of the time there was naught in the chaos40 ,but when the 8verbum10 issuing from the void like a 8colorless smoke10 makes its appearance1 then 8this verbum moved on the humid principle40#dja ,and in ,genesis we find3 8,and darkness was upon the face of the deep 7chaos74 ,and the ,spirit of ,god moved upon the face of the waters40 ,in the ,kabala1 the emanation of the primordial passive principle 7,sephira71 by dividing itself into two parts1 active and passive1 emits ,chochma-,wisdom and ,binah-,jehovah1 and in conjunction with these two acolytes1 which complete the trinity1 becomes the ,creator of the abstract ,universe2 the physical world being the production of later and still more material powers4#djb ,in the ,hindu ,cosmogony1 ,swayambhuva emits ,nara and ,nari1 its bisexual emanation1 and dividing its parts into two halves1 male and female1 these fecundate the mundane egg1 within which develops ,brahma1 or rather ,viradj1 the ,creator4 8,the starting-point of the ,egyptian mythology10 says ,champollion1 8is a triad 444 namely1 ,kneph1 ,neith1 and ,phtah2 and ,ammon1 the male1 the father2 ,muth1 the female and mother2 and ,khons1 the son40 ,the ten ,sephiroth are copies taken from the ten ,prdjapatis created by ,viradj1 called the 8,lords of all beings10 and answering to the biblical ,patriarchs4 ,justin ,martyr explains some of the 8heresies0 of the day1 but in a very unsatisfactory manner4 ,he shows1 however1 the identity of all the world-religions at their starting-points4 ,the first beginning opens invariably with the unknown and passive deity1 producing from himself a certain active power or virtue1 8,rational10 which is sometimes called ,,wisdom1 sometimes the ,,son1 very often ,god1 ,angel1 ,lord1 and ,,logos4#djc ,the latter is sometimes applied to the very first emanation1 but in several systems it proceeds from the first androgyne or double ray produced at the beginning by the unseen4 ,philo depicts this wisdom as male and female4 ,but though its first manifestation had a beginning1 for it proceeded from ,oulom#djd 7,ain1 time71 the highest of the ons1 when emitted from the ,fathers1 it had remained with him before all creations1 for it is part of him4#dje ,therefore1 ,philo ,judus calls ,adam ,kadmon 8mind0 7the ,ennoia of ,bythos in the ,gnostic system74 8,the mind1 let it be named ,adam40#djf ,strictly speaking1 it is difficult to view the ,jewish ,book of ,genesis otherwise than as a chip from the trunk of the mundane tree of universal ,cosmogony1 rendered in ,oriental allegories4 ,as cycle succeeded cycle1 and one nation after another came upon the world's stage to play its brief part in the majestic drama of human life1 each new people evolved from ancestral traditions its own religion1 giving it a local color1 and stamping it with its individual characteristics4 ,while each of these religions had its distinguishing traits1 by which1 were there no other archaic vestiges1 the physical and psychological status of its creators could be estimated1 all preserved a common likeness to one prototype4 ,this parent cult was none other than the primitive 8wisdom-religion40 ,the ,israelitish ,scriptures are no exception4 ,their national history--if they can claim any autonomy before the return from ,babylon1 and were anything more than migratory septs of ,hindu pariahs1 cannot be carried back a day beyond ,moses2 and if this ex-,egyptian priest must1 from theological necessity1 be transformed into a ,hebrew patriarch1 we must insist that the ,jewish nation was lifted with that smiling infant out of the bulrushes of ,lake ,moeris4 ,abraham1 their alleged father1 belongs to the universal mythology4 ,most likely he is but one of the numerous aliases of ,zeruan 7,saturn71 the king of the golden age1 who is also called the old man 7emblem of time74#djg ,it is now demonstrated by ,assyriologists that in the old ,chaldean books ,abraham is called ,zeru-an1 or ,zerb-an--meaning one very rich in gold and silver1 and a mighty prince4#djh ,he is also called ,zarouan and ,zarman--a decrepit old man4#dji ,the ancient ,babylonian legend is that ,xisuthrus 7,hasisadra of the ,tablets1 or ,xisuthrus7 sailed with his ark to ,armenia1 and his son ,sim became supreme king4 ,pliny says that ,sim was called ,zeruan2 and ,sim is ,shem4 ,in ,hebrew1 his name writes 1 ,shem--a sign4 ,assyria is held by the ethnologists to be the land of ,shem1 and ,egypt called that of ,ham4 ,shem1 in the tenth chapter of ,genesis is made the father of all the children of ,eber1 of ,elam 7,oulam or ,eilam71 and ,ashur 7,assur or ,assyria74 ,the 8nephelim10 or fallen men1 ,gebers1 mighty men spoken of in ,genesis 7vi4 #d71 come from ,oulam1 8men of ,shem40 ,even ,ophir1 which is evidently to be sought for in the ,india of the days of ,hiram1 is made a descendant of ,shem4 ,the records are purposely mixed up to make them fit into the frame of the ,mosaic ,bible4 ,but ,genesis1 from its first verse down to the last1 has naught to do with the 8chosen people20 it belongs to the world's history4 ,its appropriation by the ,jewish authors in the days of the so-called restoration of the destroyed books of the ,israelites1 by ,ezra1 proves nothing1 and1 until now1 has been self-propped on an alleged divine revelation4 ,it is simply a compilation of the universal legends of the universal humanity4 ,bunsen says that in the 8,chaldean tribe immediately connected with ,abraham1 we find reminiscences of dates disfigured and misunderstood1 as genealogies of single men1 or indications of epochs4 ,the ,abrahamic recollections go back at least three millenia beyond the grandfather of ,jacob40#daj ,alexander ,polyhistor says that ,abraham was born at ,kamarina or ,uria1 a city of soothsayers1 and invented astronomy4 ,josephus claims the same for ,terah1 ,abraham's father4 ,the tower of ,babel was built as much by the direct descendants of ,shem as by those of the 8accursed0 ,ham and ,canaan1 for the people in those days were 8one10 and the 8whole earth was of one language20 and ,babel was simply an astrological tower1 and its builders were astrologers and adepts of the primitive ,wisdom-,religion1 or1 again1 what we term ,secret ,doctrine4 ,the ,berosian ,sybil says3 ,before the ,tower1 ,zeru-an1 ,titan1 and ,yapetosthe governed the earth1 ,zeru-an wished to be supreme1 but his two brothers resisted1 when their sister1 ,astlik1 intervened and appeased them4 ,it was agreed that ,zeru-an should rule1 but his male children should be put to death2 and strong ,titans were appointed to carry this into effect4 ,sar 7circle1 saros7 is the ,babylonian god of the sky4 ,he is also ,assaros or ,asshur 7the son of ,shem71 and ,zero--,zero-ana1 the chakkra1 or wheel1 boundless time4 ,hence1 as the first step taken by ,zoroaster1 while founding his new religion1 was to change the most sacred deities of the ,sanscrit ,veda into names of evil spirits1 in his ,zend ,scriptures1 and even to reject a number of them1 we find no traces in the ,avesta of ,chakkra--the symbolic circle of the sky4 ,elam1 another of the sons of ,shem1 is ,oulam 1 and refers to an order or cycle of events4 ,in ,ecclesiastes iii4 #aa1 it is termed 8world40 ,in ,ezekiel xxvi4 #bj1 8of old time40 ,in ,genesis iii4 #bb1 the word stands as 8forever20 and in chapter ix4 #af1 8eternal40 ,finally1 the term is completely defined in ,genesis vi4 #d1 in the following words3 8,there were nephelim 7giants1 fallen men1 or ,titans7 on the earth40 ,the word is synonymous with on1 4 ,in ,proverbs viii4 #bc1 it reads3 8,i was effused from ,oulam1 from ,ras0 7wisdom74 ,by this sentence1 the wise king-kabalist refers to one of the mysteries of the human spirit--the immortal crown of the man-trinity4 ,while it ought to read as above1 and be interpreted kabalistically to mean that the ,i 7or my eternal1 immortal ,ego71 the spiritual entity1 was effused from the boundless and nameless eternity1 through the creative wisdom of the unknown ,god1 it reads in the canonical translation3 8,the ,lord possessed me in the beginning of his way1 before his works of old60 which is unintelligible nonsense1 without the kabalistic interpretation4 ,when ,solomon is made to say that ,i was 8from the beginning 444 while1 as yet1 he 7the ,supreme ,deity7 had not made the earth nor the highest part of the dust of the world 444 ,i was there10 and 8when he appointed the foundations of the earth 444 then ,i was by him1 as one brought up with him10 what can the kabalist mean by the 8,i10 but his own divine spirit1 a drop effused from that eternal fountain of light and wisdom--the universal spirit of the ,deity8 ,the thread of glory emitted by ,en-,soph from the highest of the three kabalistic heads1 through which 8all things shine with light10 the thread which makes its exit through ,adam ,primus1 is the individual spirit of every man4 8,i was daily his 7,en-,soph's7 delight1 rejoicing always before him 444 and my delights were with the sons of men10 adds ,solomon1 in the same chapter of the ,proverbs4 ,the immortal spirit delights in the sons of men1 who1 without this spirit1 are but dualities 7physical body and astral soul1 or that life-principle which animates even the lowest of the animal kingdom74 ,but1 we have seen that the doctrine teaches that this spirit cannot unite itself with that man in whom matter and the grossest propensities of his animal soul will be ever crowding it out4 ,therefore1 ,solomon1 who is made to speak under the inspiration of his own spirit1 that possesses him for the time being1 utters the following words of wisdom3 8,hearken unto me1 my son0 7the dual man71 8blessed are they who keep my ways4444 ,blessed is the man that heareth me1 watching daily at my gates4444 ,for whoso findeth me1 findeth life1 and shall obtain favor of the ,lord4444 ,but he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul 444 and loves death0 7,proverbs vii4 #a-cf74 ,this chapter1 as interpreted1 is made by some theologians1 like everything else1 to apply to ,christ1 the 8,son of ,god10 who states repeatedly1 that he who follows him obtains eternal life1 and conquers death4 ,but even in its distorted translation it can be demonstrated that it referred to anything but to the alleged ,saviour4 ,were we to accept it in this sense1 then1 the ,christian theology would have to return1 nolens volens1 to ,averroism and ,buddhism2 to the doctrine of emanation1 in short2 for ,solomon says3 8,i was effused0 from ,oulam and ,rasit1 both of which are a part of the ,deity2 and thus ,christ would not be as their doctrine claims1 ,god himself1 but only an emanation of ,him1 like the ,christos of the ,gnostics4 ,hence1 the meaning of the personified ,gnostic on1 the word signifying cycles or determined periods in the eternity and at the same time1 representing a hierarchy of celestial beings--spirits4 ,thus ,christ is sometimes termed the 8,eternal on40 ,but the word 8eternal0 is erroneous in relation to the ons4 ,eternal is that which has neither beginning nor end2 but the 8,emanations0 or ons1 although having lived as absorbed in the divine essence from the eternity1 when once individually emanated1 must be said to have a beginning4 ,they may be therefore endless in this spiritual life1 never eternal4 ,these endless emanations of the one ,first ,cause1 all of which were gradually transformed by the popular fancy into distinct gods1 spirits1 angels1 and demons1 were so little considered immortal1 that all were assigned a limited existence4 ,and this belief1 common to all the peoples of antiquity1 to the ,chaldean ,magi as well as to the ,egyptians1 and even in our day held by the ,brahmanists and ,buddhists1 most triumphantly evidences the monotheism of the ancient religious systems4 ,this doctrine calls the life-period of all the inferior divinities1 8one day of ,parabrahma40 ,after a cycle of fourteen milliards1 three hundred and twenty-millions of human years--the tradition says--the trinity itself1 with all the lesser divinities1 will be annihilated1 together with the universe1 and cease to exist4 ,then another universe will gradually emerge from the pralaya 7dissolution71 and men on earth will be enabled to comprehend ,,swayambhuva as he is4 ,alone1 this primal cause will exist forever1 in all his glory1 filling the infinite space4 ,what better proof could be adduced of the deep reverential feeling with which the 8heathen0 regard the one ,supreme eternal cause of all things visible and invisible4 ,this is again the source from which the ancient kabalists derived identical doctrines4 ,if the ,christians understood ,genesis in their own way1 and1 if accepting the texts literally1 they enforced upon the uneducated masses the belief in a creation of our world out of nothing2 and moreover assigned to it a beginning1 it is surely not the ,tanam1 the sole expounders of the hidden meaning contained in the ,bible1 who are to be blamed4 ,no more than any other philosophers had they ever believed either in spontaneous1 limited1 or ex nihilo creations4 ,the ,kabala has survived to show that their philosophy was precisely that of the modern ,nepl ,buddhists1 the ,svbhvikas4 ,they believed in the eternity and the indestructibility of matter1 and hence in many prior creations and destructions of worlds1 before our own4 8,there were old worlds which perished40#daa 8,from this we see that the ,holy ,one1 blessed be ,his name1 had successively created and destroyed sundry worlds1 before he created the present world2 and when he created this world he said3 #8,this pleases me2 the previous ones did not please me4'0#dab ,moreover1 they believed1 again like the ,svbhvikas1 now termed ,atheists1 that every thing proceeds 7is created7 from its own nature and that once that the first impulse is given by that ,creative ,force inherent in the 8,self-created substance10 or ,sephira1 everything evolves out of itself1 following its pattern1 the more spiritual prototype which precedes it in the scale of infinite creation4 8,the indivisible point which has no limit1 and cannot be comprehended 7for it is absolute71 expanded from within1 and formed a brightness which served as a garment 7a veil7 to the indivisible points4444 ,it1 too1 expanded from within4444 ,thus1 everything originated through a constant upheaving agitation1 and thus finally the world originated40#dac ,in the later ,zoroastrian books1 after that ,darius had restored both the worship of ,ormazd and added to it the purer magianism of the primitive ,secret ,wisdom--1 of which1 as the inscription tells us1 he was himself a hierophant1 we see again reappearing the ,zeru-ana1 or boundless time1 represented by the ,brahmans in the chakkra1 or a circle2 that we see figuring on the uplifted finger of the principal deities4 ,further on1 we will show the relation in which it stands to the ,pythagorean1 mystical numbers--the first and the last--which is a zero 7#j71 and to the greatest of the ,mystery-,gods ,,iao4 ,the identity of this symbol alone1 in all the old religions1 is sufficient to show their common descent from one primitive ,faith4#dad ,this term of 8boundless time10 which can be applied but to the ,,one who has neither beginning nor end1 is called by the ,zoroastrians ,zeruana-,akarene1 because he has always existed4 8,his glory10 they say1 is too exalted1 his light too resplendent for either human intellect or mortal eyes to grasp and see4 ,his primal emanation is eternal light which1 from having been previously concealed in darkness1 was called out to manifest itself1 and thus was formed ,ormazd1 8the ,king of ,life40 ,he is the first-born of boundless time1 but like his own antitype1 or prexisting spiritual idea1 has lived within primitive darkness from all eternity4 ,his ,logos created the pure intellectual world4 ,after the lapse of three grand cycles#dae he created the material world in six periods4 ,the six ,amshaspands1 or primitive spiritual men1 whom ,ormazd created in his own image1 are the mediators between this world and himself4 ,mithras is an emanation of the ,logos and the chief of the twenty-eight izeds1 who are the tutelary angels over the spiritual portion of mankind--the souls of men4 ,the ,ferouers are infinite in number4 ,they are the ideas or rather the ideal conceptions of things which formed themselves in the mind of ,ormazd or ,ahuramazda before he willed them to assume a concrete form4 ,they are what ,aristotle terms 8privations0 of forms and substances4 ,the religion of ,zarathustra1 as he is always called in the ,avesta1 is one from which the ancient ,jews have the most borrowed4 ,in one of the ,yashts1 ,ahuramazda1 the ,supreme1 gives to the seer as one of his sacred names1 ,ahmi1 8,i am20 and in another place1 ahmi yat ahmi1 8,i am that ,i am10 as ,jehovah is alleged to have given it to ,moses4 ,this ,cosmogony1 adopted with a change of names in the ,rabbinical ,kabala1 found its way1 later1 with some additional speculations of ,manes1 the half-,magus1 half-,platonist1 into the great body of ,gnosticism4 ,the real doctrines of the ,basilideans1 ,valentinians1 and the ,marcionites cannot be correctly ascertained in the prejudiced and calumnious writings of the ,fathers of the ,church2 but rather in what remains of the works of the ,bardesanesians1 known as the ,nazarenes4 ,it is next to impossible1 now that all their manuscripts and books are destroyed1 to assign to any of these sects its due part in dissenting views4 ,but there are a few men still living who have preserved books and direct traditions about the ,ophites1 although they care little to impart them to the world4 ,among the unknown sects of ,mount ,lebanon and ,palestine the truth has been concealed for more than a thousand years4 ,and their diagram of the ,ophite scheme differs with the description of it given by ,origen and hence with the diagram of ,matter4#daf ,the kabalistic trinity is one of the models of the ,christian one4 8,the ,,ancient whose name be sanctified1 is with three heads1 but which make only one40#dag ,tria capita exsculpa sunt1 unum intra alterum1 et alterum supra alterum4 ,three heads are inserted in one another1 and one over the other4 ,the first head is the ,concealed ,wisdom 7,sapientia ,abscondita74 ,under this head is the ,,ancient 7,pythagorean ,monad71 the most hidden of mysteries2 a head which is no head 7caput quod non est caput72 no one can know what that is in this head4 ,no intellect is able to comprehend this wisdom4#dah ,this ,senior ,sanctissimus is surrounded by the three heads4 ,he is the eternal ,,light of the wisdom2 and the wisdom is the source from which all the manifestations have begun4 ,these three heads1 included in ,,one ,,head 7which is no head72 and these three are bent down 7overshadow7 ,,short-,,face 7the son7 and through them all things shine with light4#dai 8,en-,soph emits a thread from ,el or ,al 7the highest ,god of the ,trinity71 and the light follows the thread and enters1 and passing through makes its exit through ,adam ,primus 7,kadmon71 who is concealed until the plan for arranging 7statum dispositionis7 is ready2 it threads through him from his head to his feet2 and in him 7in the concealed ,adam7 is the figure of ,a ,,man40#dbj 8,whoso wishes to have an insight into the sacred unity1 let him consider a flame rising from a burning coal or a burning lamp4 ,he will see first a two-fold light--a bright white1 and a black or blue light2 the white light is above1 and ascends in a direct light1 while the blue1 or dark light1 is below1 and seems as the chair of the former1 yet both are so intimately connected together that they constitute only one flame4 ,the seat1 however1 formed by the blue or dark light1 is again connected with the burning matter which is under it again4 ,the white light never changes its color1 it always remains white2 but various shades are observed in the lower light1 whilst the lowest light1 moreover1 takes two directions2 above1 it is connected with the white light1 and below with the burning matter4 ,now1 this is constantly consuming itself1 and perpetually ascends to the upper light1 and thus everything merges into a single unity40#dba ,such were the ancient ideas of the trinity in the unity1 as an abstraction4 ,man1 who is the microcosmos of the macrocosmos1 or of the archetypal heavenly man1 ,adam ,kadmon1 is likewise a trinity2 for he is body1 soul1 and spirit4 8,all that is created by the #8,ancient of the ,ancients' can live and exist only by a male and a female10 says the ,sohar4#dbb ,he alone1 to whom no one can say1 8,thou10 for he is the spirit of the ,,white-,,head in whom the 8,,three ,,heads0 are united1 is uncreated4 ,out of the subtile fire1 on one side of the ,white ,head1 and of the 8subtile air10 on the other1 emanates ,shekinah1 his veil 7the femininized ,holy ,ghost74 8,this air10 says ,idra ,rabba1 8is the most occult 7occultissimus7 attribute of the ,ancient of the ,days4#dbc ,the ,ancienter of the ,ancienter is the ,concealed of the ,concealed4#dbd ,all things are ,himself1 and ,himself is concealed on every way4#dbe ,the cranium of the ,,white-,,head has no beginning1 but its end has a shining reflection and a roundness which is our universe40 8,they regard10 says ,klenker1 8the first-born as man and wife1 in so far as his light includes in itself all other lights1 and in so far as his spirit of life or breath of life includes all other life spirits in itself40#dbf ,the kabalistic ,shekinah answers to the ,ophite ,sophia4 ,properly speaking1 ,adam ,kadmon is the ,bythos1 but in this emanation-system1 where everything is calculated to perplex and place an obstacle to inquiry1 he is the ,source of ,light1 the first 8primitive man10 and at the same time ,ennoia1 the ,thought of ,bythos1 the ,depth1 for he is ,pimander4 ,the ,gnostics1 as well as the ,nazarenes1 allegorizing on the personification1 said that the ,first and ,second man loved the beauty of ,sophia1 7,sephira7 the first woman1 and thus the ,father and the ,son fecundated the heavenly 8,woman0 and1 from primal darkness procreated the visible light 7,sephira is the ,invisible1 or ,spiritual ,light71 8whom they called the ,,anointed ,,christum1 or ,king ,messiah40#dbg ,this ,christus is the ,adam of ,dust before his fall1 with the spirit of the ,adonai1 his ,father1 and ,shekinah ,adonai1 his mother1 upon him2 for ,adam ,primus is ,adon1 ,adonai1 or ,adonis4 ,the primal existence manifests itself by its wisdom1 and produces the ,intelligible ,,logos 7all visible creation74 ,this wisdom was venerated by the ,ophites under the form of a serpent4 ,so far we see that the first and second life are the two ,adams1 or the first and the second man4 ,in the former lies ,eva1 or the yet unborn spiritual ,eve1 and she is within ,adam ,primus1 for she is a part of himself1 who is androgyne4 ,the ,eva of dust1 she who will be called in ,genesis 8the mother of all that live10 is within ,adam the ,second4 ,and now1 from the moment of its first manifestation1 the ,,lord ,,mano1 the ,unintelligible ,wisdom1 disappears from the scene of action4 ,it will manifest itself only as ,shekinah1 the ,,grace2 for the ,,corona is 8the innermost ,light of all ,lights10 and hence it is darkness's own substance4#dbh ,in the ,kabala1 ,shekinah is the ninth emanation of ,sephira1 which contains the whole of the ten ,sephiroth within herself4 ,she belongs to the third triad and is produced together with ,malchuth or 8,kingdom10 of which she is the female counterpart4 ,otherwise she is held to be higher than any of these2 for she is the 8,divine ,glory10 the 8veil10 or 8garment10 of ,en-,soph4 ,the ,jews1 whenever she is mentioned in the ,targum1 say that she is the glory of ,jehovah1 which dwelt in the tabernacle1 manifesting herself like a visible cloud2 the 8,glory0 rested over the ,mercy-,seat in the ,sanctum ,sanctorum4 ,in the ,nazarene or ,bardesanian ,system1 which may be termed the ,kabala within the ,kabala1 the ,ancient of ,days--,antiquus ,altus1 who is the ,father of the ,demiurgus of the universe1 is called the ,third ,life1 or ,abatur2 and he is the ,father of ,fetahil1 who is the architect of the visible universe1 which he calls into existence by the powers of his genii1 at the order of the 8,greatest20 the ,abatur answering to the 8,father0 of ,jesus in the later ,christian theology4 ,these two superior ,lives then1 are the crown within which dwells the greatest ,ferho4 8,before any creature came into existence the ,lord ,ferho existed40#dbi ,this one is the ,first ,life1 formless and invisible2 in whom the living ,spirit of ,,life exists1 the ,highest ,,grace4 ,the two are ,,one from eternity1 for they are the ,light and the ,,cause of the ,light4 ,therefore1 they answer to the kabalistic concealed wisdom1 and to the concealed ,shekinah--the ,holy ,ghost4 8,this light1 which is manifested1 is the garment of the ,heavenly ,concealed10 says ,idra ,suta4 ,and the 8heavenly man0 is the superior ,adam4 8,no one knows his paths except ,macroprosopus0 7,long-face7--the ,superior active god4#dcj 8,not as ,i am written will ,i be read2 in this world my name will be written ,jehovah and read ,adonai10#dca say the ,rabbins1 very correctly4 ,adonai is the ,adam ,kadmon2 he is ,,father and ,,mother both4 ,by this double mediatorship the ,spirit of the 8,ancient of the ,ancient0 descends upon the ,microprosopus 7,short-face7 or the ,adam of ,eden4 ,and the 8,lord ,god breathes into his nostrils the breath of life40 ,when the woman separates herself from her androgyne1 and becomes a distinct individuality1 the first story is repeated over again4 ,both the ,father and ,son1 the two ,adams1 love her beauty2 and then follows the allegory of the temptation and fall4 ,it is in the ,kabala1 as in the ,ophite system1 in which both the ,ophis and the ,ophiomorphos are emanations emblematized as serpents1 the former representing ,eternity1 ,wisdom1 and ,spirit 7as in the ,chaldean ,magism of ,aspic-worship and ,wisdom-,doctrine in the olden times71 and the latter ,cunning1 ,envy1 and ,matter4 ,both spirit and matter are serpents2 and ,adam ,kadmon becomes the ,ophis who tempts himself--man and woman--to taste of the 8,tree of ,good and ,evil10 in order to teach them the mysteries of spiritual wisdom4 ,light tempts ,darkness1 and ,darkness attracts ,light1 for ,darkness is matter1 and 8the ,highest ,light shines not in its ,tenebr40 ,with knowledge comes the temptation of the ,ophiomorphos1 and he prevails4 ,the dualism of every existing religion is shown forth by the fall4 8,i have gotten a man from the ,lord10 exclaims ,eve1 when the ,dualism1 ,cain and ,abel--evil and good--is born4 8,and the ,adam knew ,hua1 his woman 7astu71 and she became pregnant and bore ,kin1 and she said3 3 ,kiniti ais ,yava4--,i have gained or obtained a husband1 even ,yava--,is1 ,ais--man40 8,cum arbore peccati ,deus creavit seculum40 ,and now we will compare this system with that of the ,jewish ,gnostics--the ,nazarenes1 as well as with other philosophies4 ,the ,,ish ,,amon1 the pleroma1 or the boundless circle within which lie 8all forms10 is the ,,thought of the power divine2 it works in ,,silence1 and suddenly light is begotten by darkness2 it is called the ,,second life2 and this one produces1 or generates the ,,third4 ,this third light is 8the ,,father of all things that live10 as ,,eua is the 8mother of all that live40 ,he is the ,creator who calls inert matter into life1 through his vivifying spirit1 and1 therefore1 is called the ancient of the world4 ,abatur is the ,father who creates the first ,adam1 who creates in his turn the second4 ,abatur opens a gate and walks to the dark water 7chaos71 and looking down into it1 the darkness reflects the image of ,himself 444 and lo6 a ,,son is formed--the ,logos or ,demiurge2 ,fetahil1 who is the builder of the material world1 is called into existence4 ,according to the ,gnostic dogma1 this was the ,metatron1 the ,archangel ,gabriel1 or messenger of life2 or1 as the biblical allegory has it1 the androgynous ,adam-,kadmon again1 the ,,son1 who1 with his ,father's spirit1 produces the ,,anointed1 or ,adam before his fall4 ,when ,swayambhuva1 the 8,lord who exists through himself10 feels impelled to manifest himself1 he is thus described in the ,hindu sacred books4 ,having been impelled to produce various beings from his own divine substance1 he first manifested the waters which developed within themselves a productive seed4 ,the seed became a germ bright as gold1 blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams2 and in that egg he was born himself1 in the form of ,,brahma1 the great principle of all the beings 7,manu1 book i41 slokas #h1 #i74 ,the ,egyptian ,kneph1 or ,chnuphis1 ,divine ,wisdom1 represented by a serpent1 produces an egg from his mouth1 from which issues ,phtha4 ,in this case ,phtha represents the universal germ1 as well as ,brahm1 who is of the neuter gender1 when the final a has a diaresis on it2#dcb otherwise it becomes simply one of the names of the ,deity4 ,the former was the model of the ,,three ,,lives of the ,nazarenes1 as that of the kabalistic 8,faces10 ,,pharazupha1 which1 in its turn1 furnished the model for the ,christian ,trinity of ,irenus and his followers4 ,the egg was the primitive matter which served as a material for the building of the visible universe2 it contained1 as well as the ,gnostic ,pleroma1 the kabalistic ,shekinah1 the man and wife1 the spirit and life1 8whose light includes all other lights0 or life-spirits4 ,this first manifestation was symbolized by a serpent1 which is at first divine wisdom1 but1 falling into generation1 becomes polluted4 ,phtha is the heavenly man1 the ,egyptian ,adam-,kadmon1 or ,christ1 who1 in conjunction with the female ,holy ,ghost1 the ,,zoe1 produces the five elements1 air1 water1 fire1 earth1 and ether2 the latter being a servile copy from the ,buddhist ,a'd1 and his five ,dhyana ,buddhas1 as we have shown in the preceding chapter4 ,the ,hindu ,swayambhuva-,nara1 develops from himself the mother-principle1 enclosed within his own divine essence--,nari1 the immortal ,virgin1 who1 when impregnated by his spirit1 becomes ,taumtra1 the mother of the five elements--air1 water1 fire1 earth1 and ether4 ,thus may be shown how from the ,hindu cosmogony all others proceed4 ,knorr von ,rosenroth1 busying himself with the interpretation of the ,kabala1 argues that1 8,in this first state 7of secret wisdom71 the infinite ,god ,himself can be understood as #8,father' 7of the new covenant74 ,but the ,light being let down by the ,infinite through a canal into the #8primal ,adam1' or ,messiah1 and joined with him1 can be applied to the name ,,son4 ,and the influx emitted down from him 7the ,son7 to the lower parts 7of the universe71 can be applied to the character of the ,holy ,ghost40#dcc ,sophia-,achamoth1 the half-spiritual1 half-material ,,life1 which vivifies the inert matter in the depths of chaos1 is the ,holy ,ghost of the ,gnostics1 and the ,spiritus 7female7 of the ,nazarenes4 ,she is--be it remembered--the sister of ,christos1 the perfect emanation1 and both are children or emanations of ,sophia1 the purely spiritual and intellectual daughter of ,bythos1 the ,depth4 ,for the elder ,sophia is ,shekinah1 the ,face of ,god1 8,god's ,shekinah1 which is his image40#dcd 8,the ,son ,zeus-,belus1 or ,sol-,mithra is an image of the ,father1 an emanation from the ,supreme ,light10 says ,movers4 8,he passed for ,creator40#dce 8,philosophers say the first air is anima mundi4 ,but the garment 7,shekinah7 is higher than the first air1 since it is joined closer to the ,en-,soph1 the ,boundless40#dcf ,thus ,sophia is ,shekinah1 and ,sophia-,achamoth the anima mundi1 the astral light of the kabalists1 which contains the spiritual and material germs of all that is4 ,for the ,sophia-,achamoth1 like ,eve1 of whom she is the prototype1 is 8the mother of all that live40 ,there are three trinities in the ,nazarene system as well as in the ,hindu philosophy of the ante and early ,vedic period4 ,while we see the few translators of the ,kabala1 the ,nazarene ,codex1 and other abstruse works1 hopelessly floundering amid the interminable pantheon of names1 unable to agree as to a system in which to classify them1 for the one hypothesis contradicts and overturns the other1 we can but wonder at all this trouble1 which could be so easily overcome4 ,but even now1 when the translation1 and even the perusal of the ancient ,sanscrit has become so easy as a point of comparison1 they would never think it possible that every philosophy--whether ,semitic1 ,hamitic1 or ,turanian1 as they call it1 has its key in the ,hindu sacred works4 ,still facts are there1 and facts are not easily destroyed4 ,thus1 while we find the ,hindu trimurti triply manifested as ,nara 7or ,para-,pouroucha71 ,agni1 ,brahma1 the ,father1 ,nari 7,mariama71 ,vaya1 ,vishnu1 the ,mother1 ,viradj 7,brahm71 ,surya1 ,siva1 the ,son1 and the ,egyptian trinity as follows3 ,kneph 7or ,amon71 ,osiris1 ,ra 7,horus71 the ,father1 ,maut 7or ,mut71 ,isis1 ,isis1 the ,mother1 ,khons1 ,horus1 ,malouli1 the ,son2#dcg the ,nazarene ,system runs1 ,ferho 7,ish-,amon71 ,mano1 ,abatur1 the ,father1 ,chaos 7dark water71 ,spiritus 7female71 ,netubto1 the ,mother1 ,fetahil1 ,ledhaio1 ,lord ,jordan1 the ,son4 ,the first is the concealed or non-manifested trinity--a pure abstraction4 ,the other the active or the one revealed in the results of creation1 proceeding out of the former--its spiritual prototype4 ,the third is the mutilated image of both the others1 crystallized in the form of human dogmas1 which vary according to the exuberance of the national materialistic fancy4 ,the ,supreme ,lord of splendor and of light1 luminous and refulgent1 before which no other existed1 is called ,corona 7the crown72 ,lord ,ferho1 the unrevealed life which existed in the former from eternity2 and ,lord ,jordan--the spirit1 the living water of grace4#dch ,he is the one through whom alone we can be saved2 and thus he answers to the ,shekinah1 the spiritual garment of ,en-,soph1 or the ,holy ,ghost4 ,these three constitute the trinity in abscondito4 ,the second trinity is composed of the three lives4 ,the first is the similitude of ,lord ,ferho1 through whom he has proceeded forth2 and the second ,ferho is the ,king of ,light--,,mano 7,rex ,lucis74 ,he is the heavenly life and light1 and older than the ,architect of heaven and earth4#dci ,the second life is ,ish ,amon 7,pleroma71 the vase of election1 containing the visible thought of the ,iordanus ,maximus--the type 7or its intelligible reflection71 the prototype of the living water1 who is the 8spiritual ,jordan40#ddj ,third life1 which is produced by the other two1 is ,,abatur 7,ab1 the ,parent or ,father74 ,this is the mysterious and decrepit 8,aged of the ,aged10 the 8,ancient ,senem sui obtegentem et grandvum mundi40 ,this latter third ,life is the ,father of the ,demiurge ,fetahil1 the ,creator of the world1 whom the ,ophites call ,ilda-,baoth1#dda though ,fetahil is the only-begotten one1 the reflection of the ,father1 ,abatur1 who begets him by looking into the 8dark water20#ddb but the ,lord ,mano1 8the ,lord of loftiness1 the ,lord of all genii10 is higher than the ,father1 in this kabalistic ,codex--one is purely spiritual1 the other material4 ,so1 for instance1 while ,abatur's 8only begotten0 one is the genius ,fetahil1 the ,creator of the physical world1 ,lord ,mano1 the 8,lord of ,celsitude10 who is the son of ,him1 who is 8the ,father of all who preach the ,gospel10 produces also an 8only-begotten0 one1 the ,lord ,lehdaio1 8a just ,lord40 ,he is the ,christos1 the anointed1 who pours out the 8grace0 of the ,invisible ,jordan1 the ,spirit of the ,highest ,crown4 ,in the ,arcanum1 8in the assembly of splendor1 lighted by ,,mano1 to whom the scintillas of splendor owe their origin10 the genii who live in light 8rose1 they went to the visible ,jordan1 and flowing water 444 they assembled for a counsel 444 and called forth the ,only-,begotten ,son of an imperishable image1 and who cannot be conceived by reflection1 ,lehdaio1 the just ,lord1 and sprung from ,lehdaio1 the just lord1 whom the life had produced by his word40#ddc ,mano is the chief of the seven ons1 who are ,mano 7,rex ,lucis7 ,aiar ,zivo1 ,ignis ,vivus1 ,lux1 ,vita1 ,aqua ,viva 7the living water of baptism1 the genius of the ,jordan71 and ,ipsa ,vita1 the chief of the six genii1 which form with him the mystic seven4 ,the ,nazarene ,mano is simply the copy of the ,hindu first ,manu--the emanation of ,manu ,swayambhuva--from whom evolve in succession the six other ,manus1 types of the subsequent races of men4 ,we find them all represented by the apostle-kabalist ,john in the 8seven lamps of fire0 burning before the throne1 which are the seven spirits of ,god1#ddd and in the seven angels bearing the seven vials4 ,again in ,fetahil we recognize the original of the ,christian doctrine4 ,in the ,revelation of ,joannes ,theologos it is said3 8,i turned and saw in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the ,son of man 444 his head and his hairs were white like wool1 as white as snow2 and his eyes were as a flame of fire 444 and his feet like unto fine brass1 as if they burned in a furnace0 7i4 #ac1 #ad1 #ae74 ,john here repeats1 as is well known1 the words of ,daniel and ,ezekiel4 8,the ,ancient of ,days 444 whose hair was white as pure wool 444 etc40 ,and 8the appearance of a man 444 above the throne 444 and the appearance of fire1 and it had brightness round about40#dde ,the fire being 8the glory of the ,lord40 ,fetahil is son of the man1 the ,third ,life1 and his upper part is represented as white as snow1 while standing near the throne of the living fire he has the appearance of a flame4 ,all these 8apocalyptic0 visions are based on the description of the 8white head0 of the ,sohar1 in whom the kabalistic trinity is united4 ,the white head1 8which conceals in its cranium the spirit10 and which is environed by subtile fire4 ,the 8appearance of a man0 is that of ,adam ,kadmon1 through which passes the thread of light represented by the fire4 ,fetahil is the ,vir ,novissimis 7the newest man71 the son of ,abatur1#ddf the latter being the 8man10 or the third life1#ddg now the third personage of the trinity4 ,john sees 8one like unto the son of man10 holding in his right hand seven stars1 and standing between 8seven golden candlesticks0 7,revelation i474 ,fetahil takes his 8stand on high10 according to the will of his father1 8the highest on who has seven sceptres10 and seven genii1 who astronomically represent the seven planets or stars4 ,he stands 8shining in the garment of the ,lord's1 resplendent by the agency of the genii40#ddh ,he is the ,son of his ,father1 ,life1 and his mother1 ,spirit1 or ,light4#ddi ,the ,logos is represented in the ,gospel according to ,john as one in whom was 8,life1 and the life was the light of men0 7i4 #d74 ,fetahil is the ,demiurge1 and his father created the visible universe of matter through him4#dej ,in the ,epistle of ,paul to the ,ephesians 7iii4 #i71 ,god is said to have 8created all things by ,jesus40 ,in the ,codex the ,parent-,,life says3 8,arise1 go1 our son first-begotten1 ordained for all creatures40#dea 8,as the living father hath sent me10 says ,christ1 8,god sent his only-begotten son that we might live40#deb ,finally1 having performed his work on earth1 ,fetahil reascends to his father ,abatur4 8,et qui1 relicto quem procreavit mundo1 ad ,abatur suum patrem contendit40#dec 8,my father sent me 444 ,i go to the ,father10 repeats ,jesus4 ,laying aside the theological disputes of ,christianity which try to blend together the ,jewish ,creator of the first chapter of ,genesis with the 8,father0 of the ,new ,testament1 ,jesus states repeatedly of his ,father that 8,he is in secret40 ,surely he would not have so termed the ever-present 8,lord ,god0 of the ,mosaic books1 who showed ,himself to ,moses and the ,patriarchs1 and finally allowed all the elders of ,israel to look on ,himself4#ded ,when ,jesus is made to speak of the temple at ,jerusalem as of his 8,father's house10 he does not mean the physical building1 which he maintains he can destroy and then again rebuild in three days1 but of the temple of ,solomon2 the wise kabalist1 who indicates in his ,proverbs that every man is the temple of ,god1 or of his own divine spirit4 ,this term of the 8,father who is in secret10 we find used as much in the ,kabala as in the ,codex ,nazarus1 and elsewhere4 ,no one has ever seen the wisdom concealed in the 8,cranium10 and no one has beheld the 8,depth0 7,bythos74 ,simon1 the ,magician1 preached 8one ,father unknown to all40#dee ,we can trace this appellation of a 8secret0 ,god still farther back4 ,in the ,kabala the 8,son0 of the concealed ,father who dwells in light and glory1 is the 8,anointed10 the ,seir-,anpin1 who unites in himself all the ,sephiroth1 he is ,christos1 or the ,heavenly man4 ,it is through ,christ that the ,pneuma1 or the ,holy ,ghost1 creates 8all things0 7,ephesians iii4 #i71 and produces the four elements1 air1 water1 fire1 and earth4 ,this assertion is unquestionable1 for we find ,irenus basing on this fact his best argument for the necessity of there being four gospels4 ,there can be neither more nor fewer than four--he argues4 8,for as there are four quarters of the world1 and four general winds 7 7 444 it is right that she 7the ,church7 should have four pillars4 ,from which it is manifest that the ,word1 the maker of all1 he who sitteth upon the ,cherubim 444 as ,david says1 supplicating his advent1 #8,thou that sittest between the ,cherubim1 shine forth6' ,for the ,cherubim also are four-faced and their faces are symbols of the working of the ,son of ,god40#def ,we will not stop to discuss at length the special holiness of the four-faced ,cherubim1 although we might1 perhaps1 show their origin in all the ancient pagodas of ,india1 in the vehans 7or vehicles7 of their chief gods2 as likewise we might easily attribute the respect paid to them to the kabalistic wisdom1 which1 nevertheless1 the ,church rejects with great horror4 ,but1 we cannot resist the temptation to remind the reader that he may easily ascertain the several significances attributed to these ,cherubs by reading the ,kabala4 8,when the souls are to leave their abode10 says the ,sohar1 holding to the doctrine of the pre-existence of souls in the world of emanations1 8each soul separately appears before the ,holy ,king1 dressed in a sublime form1 with the features in which it is to appear in this world4 ,it is from this sublime form that the image proceeds0 7,sohar1 iii41 p4 #ajd ab74 ,then it goes on to say that the types or forms of these faces are four in number--those of the angel or man1 of the lion1 the bull1 and the eagle4 ,furthermore1 we may well express our wonder that ,irenus should not have re-enforced his argument for the four gospels--by citing the whole ,pantheon of the four-armed ,hindu gods8 ,ezekiel in representing his four animals1 now called ,cherubim1 as types of the four symbolical beings1 which1 in his visions support the throne of ,jehovah1 had not far to go for his models4 ,the ,chaldeo-,babylonian protecting genii were familiar to him2 the ,sed1 ,alap or ,kirub 7,cherubim71 the bull1 with the human face2 the ,nirgal1 human-headed lion2 ,oustour the ,sphinx-man2 and the ,nathga1 with its eagle's head4 ,the religion of the masters--the idolatrous ,babylonians and ,assyrians--was transferred almost bodily into the revealed ,scripture of the ,captives1 and from thence came into ,christianity4 ,already1 we find ,ezekiel addressed by the likeness of the glory of the ,lord1 8as ,son of man40 ,this peculiar title is used repeatedly throughout the whole book of this prophet1 which is as kabalistic as the 8roll of a book0 which the 8,glory0 causes him to eat4 ,it is written within and without2 and its real meaning is identical with that of the ,apocalypse4 ,it appears strange that so much stress should be laid on this peculiar appellation1 said to have been applied by ,jesus to himself1 when1 in the symbolical or kabalistic language1 a prophet is so addressed4 ,it is as extraordinary to see ,irenus indulging in such graphic descriptions of ,jesus as to show him1 8the maker of all1 sitting upon a ,cherubim10 unless he identifies him with ,shekinah1 whose usual place was among the ,charoubs of the ,mercy ,seat4 ,we also know that the ,cherubim and ,seraphim are titles of the 8,old ,serpent0 7the orthodox ,devil7 the ,seraphs being the burning or fiery serpents1 in kabalistic symbolism4 ,the ten emanations of ,adam ,kadmon1 called the ,sephiroth1 have all emblems and titles corresponding to each4 ,so1 for instance1 the last two are ,victory1 or ,jehovah-,sabaoth1 whose symbol is the right column of ,solomon1 the ,pillar ,jachin2 while ,,glory is the left ,pillar1 or ,boaz1 and its name is 8the ,old ,serpent10 and also 8,seraphim and ,cherubim40#deg ,the 8,son of man0 is an appellation which could not be assumed by any one but a kabalist4 ,except1 as shown above1 in the ,old ,testament1 it is used but by one prophet--,ezekiel1 the kabalist4 ,in their mysterious and mutual relations1 the ons or ,sephiroth are represented in the ,kabala by a great number of circles1 and sometimes by the figure of a ,,man1 which is symbolically formed out of such circles4 ,this man is ,seir-,anpin1 and the #bdc numbers of which his figure consists relate to the different orders of the celestial hierarchy4 ,the original idea of this figure1 or rather the model1 may have been taken from the ,hindu ,brahma1 and the various castes typified by the several parts of his body1 as ,king suggests in his ,gnostics4 ,in one of the grandest and most beautiful cave-temples at ,ellora1 ,nasak1 dedicated to ,vishvakarma1 son of ,brahma1 is a representation of this ,god and his attributes4 ,to one acquainted with ,ezekiel's description of the 8likeness of four living creatures10 every one of which had four faces and the hands of a man under its wings1 etc41#deh this figure at ,ellora must certainly appear absolutely biblical4 ,brahma is called the father of 8man10 as well as ,jupiter and other highest gods4 ,it is in the ,buddhistic representations of ,mount ,meru1 called by the ,burmese ,my-nmo1 and by the ,siamese ,sineru1 that we find one of the originals of the ,adam ,kadmon1 ,seir-,anpin1 the 8heavenly man10 and of all the ons1 ,sephiroth1 ,powers1 ,dominions1 ,thrones1 ,virtues1 and ,dignities of the ,kabala4 ,between two pillars1 which are connected by an arch1 the key-stone of the latter is represented by a crescent4 ,this is the domain in which dwells the ,supreme ,wisdom of ,a'di ,buddha1 the ,supreme and invisible ,deity4 ,beneath this highest central point comes the circle of the direct emanation of the ,unknown--the circle of ,brahma with some ,hindus1 of the first avatar of ,buddha1 according to others4 ,this answers to ,adam ,kadmon and the ten ,sephiroth4 ,nine of the emanations are encircled by the tenth1 and occasionally represented by pagodas1 each of which bears a name which expresses one of the chief attributes of the manifested ,deity4 ,then below come the seven stages1 or heavenly spheres1 each sphere being encircled by a sea4 ,these are the celestial mansions of the devatas1 or gods1 each losing somewhat in holiness and purity as it approaches the earth4 ,then comes ,meru itself1 formed of numberless circles within three large ones1 typifying the trinity of man2 and for one acquainted with the numerical value of the letters in biblical names1 like that of the 8,great ,beast10 or that of ,mithra 1 and others1 it is an easy matter to establish the identity of the ,meru-gods with the emanations or ,sephiroth of the kabalists4 ,also the genii of the ,nazarenes1 with their special missions1 are all found on this most ancient mythos1 a most perfect representation of the symbolism of the 8secret doctrine10 as taught in archaic ages4 ,king gives a few hints--though doubtless too insufficient to teach anything important1 for they are based upon the calculations of ,bishop ,newton#dei--;as to this mode of finding out mysteries in the value of letters4 ,however1 we find this great archologist1 who has devoted so much time and labor to the study of ,gnostic gems1 corroborating our assertion4 ,he shows that the entire theory is ,hindu1 and points out that the durga1 or female counterpart of each ,asiatic god1 is what the kabalists term active ,virtue#dfj in the celestial hierarchy1 a term which the ,christian ,fathers adopted and repeated1 without fully appreciating1 and the meaning of which the later theology has utterly disfigured4 ,but to return to ,meru4 ,the whole is surrounded by the ,maha ,samut1 or the great sea--the astral light and ether of the kabalists and scientists2 and within the central circles appears 8the likeness of a man40 ,he is the ,achadoth of the ,nazarenes1 the twofold unity1 or the androgyne man2 the heavenly incarnation1 and a perfect representation of ,seir-,anpin 7short-face71 the son of ,arich ,anpin 7long-face74#dfa ,this likeness is now represented in many lamaseries by ,gautama-,buddha1 the last of the incarnated avatars4 ,still lower1 under the ,meru1 is the dwelling of the great ,naga1 who is called ,rajah ,naga1 the king-serpent--the serpent of ,genesis1 the ,gnostic ,ophis--and the goddess of the earth1 ,bhumy ,nari1 or ,yma1 who waits upon the great dragon1 for she is ,eve1 8the mother of all that live40 ,still lower is the eighth sphere1 the infernal regions4 ,the uppermost regions of ,brahma are surrounded by the sun1 moon1 and planets1 the seven stellars of the ,nazarenes1 and just as they are described in the ,codex4 8,the seven impostor-,dmons who deceive the sons of ,adam4 ,the name of one is ,sol2 of another ,spiritus ,venereus1 ,astro2 of the third ,nebu1 ,mercurius a false ,messiah2 444 the name of a fourth is ,sin ,luna2 the fifth is ,kiun1 ,saturnus2 the sixth1 ,bel-,zeus2 the seventh1 ,nerig-,mars40#dfb ,then there are 8,seven ,lives procreated10 seven good ,stellars1 8which are from ,cabar ,zio1 and are those bright ones who shine in their own form and splendor that pours from on high4444 ,at the gate of the ,,house ,,of ,,life the throne is fitly placed for the ,lord of ,splendor1 and there are ,,three habitations40#dfc ,the habitations of the ,trimurti1 the ,hindu trinity1 are placed beneath the key-stone--the golden crescent1 in the representation of ,meru4 8,and there was under his feet 7of the ,god of ,israel7 as it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone0 7,exodus xxiv4 #aj74 ,under the crescent is the heaven of ,brahma1 all paved with sapphires4 ,the paradise of ,indra is resplendent with a thousand suns2 that of ,siva 7,saturn71 is in the northeast2 his throne is formed of lapis-lazuli and the floor of heaven is of fervid gold4 8,when he sits on the throne he blazes with fire up to the loins40 ,at ,hurdwar1 during the fair1 in which he is more than ever ,mahadeva1 the highest god1 the attributes and emblems sacred to the ,jewish 8,lord ,god10 may be recognized one by one in those of ,siva4 ,the ,binlang stone1#dfd sacred to this ,hindu deity1 is an unhewn stone like the ,beth-el1 consecrated by the ,patriarch ,jacob1 and set up by him 8for a pillar10 and like the latter ,binlang is anointed4 ,we need hardly remind the student that the linga1 the emblem sacred to ,siva and whose temples are modelled after this form1 is identical in shape1 meaning1 and purpose with the 8pillars0 set up by the several patriarchs to mark their adoration of the ,lord ,god4 ,in fact1 one of these patriarchal litho might even now be carried in the ,sivaitic processions of ,calcutta1 without its ,hebrew derivation being suspected4 ,the four arms of ,siva are often represented with appendages like wings2 he has three eyes and a fourth in the crescent1 obtained by him at the churning of the ocean1 as ,pncha ,mukhti ,siva has four heads4 ,in this god we recognize the description given by ,ezekiel1 in the first chapter of his book1 of his vision1 in which he beholds the 8likeness of a man0 in the four living creatures1 who had 8four faces1 four wings10 who had one pair of 8straight feet 444 which sparkled like the color of burnished brass 444 and their rings were full of eyes round about them four40 ,it is the throne and heaven of ,siva that the prophet describes in saying 8444 and there was the likeness of a throne as the appearance of a sapphire stone 444 and ,i saw as the color of amber 7gold7 as the appearance of fire around about 444 from his loins even upward1 and from the appearance of his loins even downward1 ,i saw as it were the appearance of fire0 7,ezekiel i4 #bg74 8,and his feet like unto fine brass1 as if they burned in a furnace0 7,revelation i4 #ae74 8,as for their faces 444 one had the face of a cherub1 and the face of a lion 444 they also had the face of an ox and the face of an eagle0 7,ezekiel i4 #aj1 x4 #ad74 ,this fourfold appearance which we find in the two cherubims of gold on the two ends of the ark2 these symbolic four faces being adopted1 moreover1 later1 one by each evangelist1 as may be easily ascertained from the pictures of ,matthew1 ,mark1 ,luke1 and ,john1#dfe prefixed to their respective gospels in the ,roman ,vulgate and ,greek ,bibles4 8,taaut1 the great god of the ,phnicians10 says ,sanchoniathon1 8to express the character of ,saturn or ,kronos1 made his image having four eyes 444 two before1 two behind1 open and closed1 and four wings1 two expanded1 two folded4 ,the eyes denote that the god sees in sleep1 and sleeps in waking2 the position of the wings that he flies in rest1 and rests in flying40 ,the identity of ,saturn with ,siva is corroborated still more when we consider the emblem of the latter1 the damara1 which is an hour-glass1 to show the progress of time1 represented by this god in his capacity of a destroyer4 ,the bull ,nardi1 the vehan of ,siva and the most sacred emblem of this god1 is reproduced in the ,egyptian ,apis2 and in the bull created by ,ormazd and killed by ,ahriman4 ,the religion of ,zoroaster1 all based upon the 8secret doctrine10 is found held by the people of ,eritene2 it was the religion of the ,persians when they conquered the ,assyrians4 ,from thence it is easy to trace the introduction of this emblem of ,,life represented by the ,bull1 in every religious system4 ,the college of the ,magians had accepted it with the change of dynasty2#dff ,daniel is described as a ,rabbi1 the chief of the ,babylonian astrologers and ,magi2#dfg therefore we see the ,assyrian little bulls and the attributes of ,siva reappearing under a hardly modified form in the cherubs of the ,talmudistic ,jews1 as we have traced the bull ,apis in the sphinxes or cherubs of the ,mosaic ,ark2 and as we find it several thousand years later in the company of one of the ,christian evangelists1 ,luke4 ,whoever has lived in ,india long enough to acquaint himself even superficially with the native deities1 must detect the similarity between ,jehovah and other gods besides ,siva4 ,as ,saturn1 the latter was always held in great respect by the ,talmudists4 ,he was held in reverence by the ,alexandrian kabalists as the direct inspirer of the law and the prophets2 one of the names of ,saturn was ,israel1 and we will show1 in time1 his identity in a certain way with ,abram1 which ,movers and others hinted at long since4 ,thus it cannot be wondered at if ,valentinus1 ,basilides1 and the ,ophite ,gnostics placed the dwelling of their ,ilda-,baoth1 also a destroyer as well as a creator1 in the planet ,saturn2 for it was he who gave the law in the wilderness and spoke through the prophets4 ,if more proof should be required we will show it in the testimony of the canonical ,bible itself4 ,in ,amos the 8,lord0 pours vials of wrath upon the people of ,israel4 ,he rejects their burnt-offerings and will not listen to their prayers1 but inquires of ,amos1 8have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years1 ,o house of ,israel80 8,but ye have borne the tabernacles of your ,moloch and ,chiun your images1 the star of your god0 7v4 #be1 #bf74 ,who are ,moloch and ,chiun but ,baal--,saturn--,siva1 and ,chiun1 ,kivan1 the same ,saturn whose star the ,israelites had made to themselves8 ,there seems no escape in this case2 all these deities are identical4 ,the same in the case of the numerous ,logo4 ,while the ,zoroastrian ,sosiosh is framed on that of the tenth ,brahmanical ,avatar1 and the fifth ,buddha of the followers of ,gautama2 and we find the former1 after having passed part and parcel into the kabalistic system of king ,messiah1 reflected in the ,apostle ,gabriel of the ,nazarenes1 and bel-,zivo1 the ,legatus1 sent on earth by the ,lord of ,celsitude and ,light2 all of these--,hindu and ,persian1 ,buddhist and ,jewish1 the ,christos of the ,gnostics and the ,philonean ,logos--are found combined in 8the ,word made flesh0 of the fourth ,gospel4 ,christianity includes all these systems1 patched and arranged to meet the occasion4 ,do we take up the ,avesta--we find there the dual system so prevalent in the ,christian scheme4 ,the struggle between ,ahriman1#dfh ,darkness1 and ,ormazd1 ,light1 has been going on in the world continually since the beginning of time4 ,when the worst arrives and ,ahriman will seem to have conquered the world and corrupted all mankind1 then will appear the ,saviour of mankind1 ,sosiosh4 ,he will come seated upon a white horse and followed by an army of good genii equally mounted on milk-white steeds4#dfi ,and this we find faithfully copied in the ,revelation3 8,i saw heaven opened1 and beheld a white horse2 and he that sat upon him was called faithful and true4444 ,and the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses0 7,revelation xix4 #aa1 #ad74 ,sosiosh himself is but a later ,persian permutation of the ,hindu ,vishnu4 ,the figure of this god may be found unto this day representing him as the ,saviour1 the 8,preserver0 7the preserving spirit of ,god71 in the temple of ,rama4 ,the picture shows him in his tenth incarnation--the ,kalki avatar1 which is yet to come--as an armed warrior mounted upon a white horse4 ,waving over his head the sword destruction1 he holds in his other hand a discus1 made up of rings encircled in one another1 an emblem of the revolving cycles or great ages1#dgj for ,vishnu will thus appear but at the end of the ,kaliyug1 answering to the end of the world expected by our ,adventists4 8,and out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword 444 on his head were many crowns0 7,revelation xix4 #ab74 ,vishnu is often represented with several crowns superposed on his head4 8,and ,i saw an angel standing on the ,sun0 7#ag74 ,the white horse is the horse of the ,sun4#dga ,sosiosh1 the ,persian ,saviour1 is also born of a virgin1#dgb and at the end of days he will come as a ,redeemer to regenerate the world1 but he will be preceded by two prophets1 who will come to announce him4#dgc ,hence the ,jews who had ,moses and ,elias1 are now waiting for the ,messiah4 8,then comes the general resurrection1 when the good will immediately enter into this happy abode--the regenerated earth2 and ,ahriman and his angels 7the devils71#dgd and the wicked1 be purified by immersion in a lake of molten metal4444 ,henceforward1 all will enjoy unchangeable happiness1 and1 headed by ,sosiosh1 ever sing the praises of the ,eternal ,one40#dge ,the above is a perfect repetition of ,vishnu in his tenth avatar1 for he will then throw the wicked into the infernal abodes in which1 after purifying themselves1 they will be pardoned--even those devils which rebelled against ,brahma1 and were hurled into the bottomless pit by ,siva1#dgf as also the 8blessed ones0 will go to dwell with the gods1 over the ,mount ,meru4 ,having thus traced the similarity of views respecting the ,logos1 ,metatron1 and ,mediator1 as found in the ,kabala and the ,codex of the ,christian ,nazarenes and ,gnostics1 the reader is prepared to appreciate the audacity of the ,patristic scheme to reduce a purely metaphysical figure into concrete form1 and make it appear as if the finger of prophecy had from time immemorial been pointing down the vista of ages to ,jesus as the coming ,messiah4 ,a theomythos intended to symbolize the coming day1 near the close of the great cycle1 when the 8glad tidings0 from heaven should proclaim the universal brotherhood and common faith of humanity1 the day of regeneration--was violently distorted into an accomplished fact4 8,why callest thou me good8 there is none good but one1 that is ,god10 says ,jesus4 ,is this the language of a ,god8 of the second person in the ,trinity1 who is identical with the ,first8 ,and if this ,messiah1 or ,holy ,ghost of the ,gnostic and ,pagan ,trinities1 had come in his person1 what did he mean by distinguishing between himself the 8,son of man10 and the ,holy ,ghost8 8,and whosoever shall speak a word against the ,son of man1 it shall be forgiven him2 but unto him that blasphemeth against the ,holy ,ghost1 it shall not be forgiven10 he says4#dgg ,and how account for the marvellous identity of this very language1 with the precepts enunciated1 centuries before1 by the ,kabalists and the 8,pagan0 initiates8 ,the following are a few instances out of many4 8,no one of the gods1 no man or ,lord1 can be good1 but only ,god alone10 says ,hermes4#dgh 8,to be a good man is impossible1 ,god alone possesses this privilege10 repeats ,plato1 with a slight variation4#dgi ,six centuries before ,christ1 the ,chinese philosopher ,confucius said that his doctrine was simple and easy to comprehend 7,ln-y1 chap4 #e1 #ae74 ,to which one of his disciples added3 8,the doctrine of our ,master consists in having an invariable correctness of heart1 and in doing toward others as we would that they should do to us40#dhj 8,jesus of ,nazareth1 a man approved of ,god among you by miracles10#dha exclaims ,peter1 long after the scene of ,calvary4 8,there was a man sent from ,god1 whose name was ,john10#dhb says the fourth ,gospel1 thus placing the ,baptist on an equality with ,jesus4 ,john the ,baptist1 in one of the most solemn acts of his life1 that of baptizing ,christ1 thinks not that he is going to baptize a ,god1 but uses the word man4 8,this is he of whom ,i said1 after me cometh a man40#dhc ,speaking of himself1 ,jesus says1 8,you seek to kill me1 a man that hath told you the truth1 which ,i have heard of ,god40#dhd ,even the blind man of ,jerusalem1 healed by the great thaumaturgist1 full of gratitude and admiration for his benefactor1 in narrating the miracle does not call ,jesus ,god1 but simply says1 8444 a man that is called ,jesus1 made clay40#dhe ,we do not close the list for lack of other instances and proofs1 but simply because what we now say has been repeated and demonstrated by others1 many times before us4 ,but there is no more incurable evil than blind and unreasoning fanaticism4 ,few are the men who1 like ,dr4 ,priestley1 have the courage to write1 8,we find nothing like divinity ascribed to ,christ before ,justin ,martyr 7,a4,d4 #ada71 who1 from being a philosopher1 became a ,christian40#dhf ,mahomet appeared nearly six hundred years#dhg after the presumed deicide4 ,the ,grco-,roman world was still convulsed with religious dissensions1 withstanding all the past imperial edicts and forcible ,christianization4 ,while the ,council of ,trent was disputing about the ,vulgate1 the unity of ,god quietly superseded the trinity1 and soon the ,mahometans outnumbered the ,christians4 ,why8 ,because their prophet never sought to identify himself with ,allah4 ,otherwise1 it is safe to say1 he would not have lived to see his religion flourish4 ,till the present day ,mahometanism has made and is now making more proselytes than ,christianity4 ,buddha ,siddhrtha came as a simple mortal1 centuries before ,christ4 ,the religious ethics of this faith are now found to far exceed in moral beauty anything ever dreamed of by the ,tertullians and ,augustines4 ,the true spirit of ,christianity can alone be fully found in ,buddhism2 partially1 it shows itself in other 8heathen0 religions4 ,buddha never made of himself a god1 nor was he deified by his followers4 ,the ,buddhists are now known to far outnumber ,christians2 they are enumerated at nearly #ejj1jjj1jjj4 ,while cases of conversion among ,buddhists1 ,brahmanists1 ,mahometans1 and ,jews become so rare as to show how sterile are the attempts of our missionaries1 atheism and materialism spread their gangrenous ulcers and gnaw every day deeper at the very heart of ,christianity4 ,there are no atheists among heathen populations1 and those few among the ,buddhists and ,brahmans who have become infected with materialism may always be found to belong to large cities densely thronged with ,europeans1 and only among educated classes4 ,truly says ,bishop ,kidder3 8,were a wise man to choose his religion from those who profess it1 perhaps ,christianity would be the last religion he would choose60 ,in an able little pamphlet from the pen of the popular lecturer1 ,j4 ,m4 ,peebles1 ,m4,d41 the author quotes1 from the ,london ,athenum1 an article in which are described the welfare and civilization of the inhabitants of ,yarkand and ,kashgar1 8who seem virtuous and happy40 8,gracious ,heavens60 fervently exclaims the honest author1 who himself was once a ,universalist clergyman1 8,grant to keep ,christian missionaries away from #8happy' and heathen ,tartary60#dhh ,from the earliest days of ,christianity1 when ,paul upbraided the ,church of ,corinth for a crime 8as is not so much as named among the ,gentiles--that one should have his father's wife20 and for their making a pretext of the 8,lord's ,supper0 for debauch and drunkenness 7#a ,corinthians1 v4 #a71 the profession of the name of ,christ has ever been more a pretext than the evidence of holy feeling4 ,however1 a correct form of this verse is3 8,everywhere the lewd practice among you is heard about1 such a lewd practice as is nowhere among the heathen nations--even the having or marrying of the father's wife40 ,the ,persian influence would seem to be indicated in this language4 ,the practice existed 8nowhere among the nations10 except in ,persia1 where it was esteemed especially meritorious4 ,hence1 too1 the ,jewish stories of ,abraham marrying his sister1 ,nahor1 his niece1 ,amram his father's sister1 and ,judah his son's widow1 whose children appear to have been legitimate4 ,the ,aryan tribes esteemed endogamic marriages1 while the ,tartars and all barbarous nations required all alliances to be exagamous4 ,there was but one apostle of ,jesus worthy of that name1 and that was ,paul4 ,however disfigured were his ,epistles by dogmatic hands before being admitted into the ,canon1 his conception of the great and divine figure of the philosopher who died for his idea can still be traced in his addresses to the various ,gentile nations4 ,only1 he who would understand him better yet must study the ,philonean ,logos reflecting now and then the ,hindu ,sabda 7logos7 of the ,mimansa school4 ,as to the other apostles1 those whose names are prefixed to the ,gospels--we cannot well believe in their veracity when we find them attributing to their ,master miracles surrounded by circumstances1 recorded1 if not in the oldest books of ,india1 at least in such as antedated ,christianity1 and in the very phraseology of the traditions4 ,who1 in his days of simple and blind credulity1 but marvelled at the touching narrative given in the ,gospels according to ,mark and ,luke of the resurrection of the daughter of ,jairus8 ,who has ever doubted its originality8 ,and yet the story is copied entirely from the ,hari-,purana1 and is recorded among the miracles attributed to ,christna4 ,we translate it from the ,french version3 8,the ,king ,angashuna caused the betrothal of his daughter1 the beautiful ,kalavatti1 with the young son of ,vamadeva1 the powerful ,king of ,antarvdi1 named ,govinda1 to be celebrated with great pomp4 8,but as ,kalavatti was amusing herself in the groves with her companions1 she was stung by a serpent and died4 ,angashuna tore his clothes1 covered himself with ashes1 and cursed the day when he was born4 8,suddenly1 a great rumor spread through the palace1 and the following cries were heard1 a thousand times repeated3 #8,pacya pitaram2 pacya gurum6' #8,the ,father1 the ,master6' ,then ,christna approached1 smiling1 leaning on the arm of ,ardjuna4444 #8,master6' cried ,angashuna1 casting himself at his feet1 and sprinkling them with his tears1 #8,see my poor daughter6' and he showed him the body of ,kalavatti1 stretched upon a mat4444 8#8,why do you weep8' replied ,christna1 in a gentle voice4 #8,do you not see that she is sleeping8 ,listen to the sound of her breathing1 like the sigh of the night wind which rustles the leaves of the trees4 ,see1 her cheeks resuming their color1 her eyes1 whose lids tremble as if they were about to open2 her lips quiver as if about to speak2 she is sleeping1 ,i tell you2 and hold6 see1 she moves1 ,kalavatti6 ,rise and walk6' 8,hardly had ,christna spoken1 when the breathing1 warmth1 movement1 and life returned little by little1 into the corpse1 and the young girl1 obeying the injunction of the demi-god1 rose from her couch and rejoined her companions4 ,but the crowd marvelled and cried out3 #8,this is a god1 since death is no more for him than sleep8'0#dhi ,all such parables are enforced upon ,christians1 with the addition of dogmas which1 in their extraordinary character1 leave far behind them the wildest conceptions of heathenism4 ,the ,christians1 in order to believe in a ,deity1 have found it necessary to kill their ,god1 that they themselves should live6 ,and now1 the ,supreme1 unknown one1 the ,father of grace and mercy1 and his celestial hierarchy are managed by the ,church as though they were so many theatrical stars and supernumeraries under salary6 ,six centuries before the ,christian era1 ,xenophones had disposed of such anthropomorphism by an immortal satire1 recorded and preserved by ,clement of ,alexandria3 8,there is one ,god ,supreme 444 ,whose form is not like unto man's1 and as unlike his nature2 ,but vain mortals imagine that gods like themselves are begotten ,with human sensations1 and voice1 and corporeal members2 ,so if oxen or lions had hands and could work in man's fashion1 ,and trace out with chisel or brush their conception of ,godhead ,then would horses depict gods like horses1 and oxen like oxen1 ,each kind the ,divine with its own form and nature endowing40#dij ,and hear ,vyasa--the poet-pantheist of ,india1 who1 for all the scientists can prove1 may have lived1 as ,jacolliot has it1 some fifteen thousand years ago--discoursing on ,maya1 the illusion of the senses3 8,all religious dogmas only serve to obscure the intelligence of man4444 ,worship of divinities1 under the allegories of which is hidden respect for natural laws1 drives away truth to the profit of the basest superstitions0 7,vyasa ,maya74 ,it was given to ,christianity to paint us ,god ,almighty after the model of the kabalistic abstraction of the 8,ancient of ,days40 ,from old frescos on cathedral ceilings2 ,catholic missals1 and other icons and images1 we now find him depicted by the poetic brush of ,gustave ,dor4 ,the awful1 unknown majesty of ,him1 whom no 8heathen0 dared to reproduce in concrete form1 is figuring in our own century in ,dor's ,illustrated ,bible4 ,treading upon clouds that float in mid-air1 darkness and chaos behind him and the world beneath his feet1 a majestic old man stands1 his left hand gathering his flowing robes about him1 and his right raised in the gesture of command4 ,he has spoken the ,word1 and from his towering person streams an effulgence of ,light--the ,shekinah4 ,as a poetic conception1 the composition does honor to the artist1 but does it honor ,god8 ,better1 the chaos behind ,him1 than the figure itself2 for there1 at least1 we have a solemn mystery4 ,for our part1 we prefer the silence of the ancient heathens4 ,with such a gross1 anthropomorphic1 and1 as we conceive1 blasphemous representation of the ,first ,cause1 who can feel surprised at any iconographic extravagance in the representation of the ,christian ,christ1 the apostles1 and the putative ,saints8 ,with the ,catholics ,st4 ,peter becomes quite naturally the janitor of ,heaven1 and sits at the door of the celestial kingdom--a ticket-taker to the ,trinity6 ,in a religious disturbance which recently occurred in one of the ,spanish-,american provinces1 there were found upon the bodies of some of the killed1 passports signed by the ,bishop of the ,diocese and addressed to ,st4 ,peter2 bidding him 8admit the bearer as a true son of the ,church40 ,it was subsequently ascertained that these unique documents were issued by the ,catholic prelate just before his deluded parishioners went into the fight at the instigation of their priests4 ,in their immoderate desire to find evidence for the authenticity of the ,new ,testament1 the best men1 the most erudite scholars even among ,protestant divines1 but too often fall into deplorable traps4 ,we cannot believe that such a learned commentator as ,canon ,westcott could have left himself in ignorance as to ,talmudistic and purely kabalistic writings4 ,how then is it that we find him quoting1 with such serene assurance as presenting 8striking analogies to the ,gospel of ,st4 ,john10 passages from the work of ,the ,pastor of ,hermas1 which are complete sentences from the kabalistic literature8 8,the view which ,hermas gives of ,christ's nature and work is no less harmonious with apostolic doctrine1 and it offers striking analogies to the ,gospel of ,st4 ,john4444 ,he 7,jesus7 is a rock higher than the mountains1 able to hold the whole world1 ancient1 and yet having a new gate6444 ,he is older than creation1 so that he took counsel with the ,father about the creation which he made4444 ,no one shall enter in unto him otherwise than by his ,son40#dia ,now while--as the author of ,supernatural ,religion well proves--there is nothing in this which looks like a corroboration of the doctrine taught in the fourth gospel1 he omits to state that nearly everything expressed by the pseudo-,hermas in relation to his parabolic conversation with the 8,lord0 is a plain quotation1 with repeated variations1 from the ,sohar and other kabalistic books4 ,we may as well compare1 so as to leave the reader in no difficulty to judge for himself4 8,god10 says ,hermas1 8planted the vineyard1 that is1 ,he created the people and gave them to ,his ,son2 and the ,son 444 himself cleansed their sins1 etc420 i4e41 the ,son washed them in his blood1 in commemoration of which ,christians drink wine at the communion4 ,in the ,kabala it is shown that the ,aged of the ,aged1 or 8,long-,face10 plants a vineyard1 the latter typifying mankind2 and a vine1 meaning ,life4 ,the ,spirit of 8,king ,messiah0 is1 therefore1 shown as washing his garments in the wine from above1 from the creation of the world4#dib ,adam1 or ,a-,dam is 8blood40 ,the life of the flesh is in the blood 7nephesh--soul71 ,leviticus xvii4 ,and ,adam-,kadmon is the ,only-,begotten4 ,noah also plants a vineyard--the allegorical hot-bed of future humanity4 ,as a consequence of the adoption of the same allegory1 we find it reproduced in the ,nazarene ,codex4 ,seven vines are procreated1 which spring from ,iukabar ,ziva1 and ,ferho 7or ,parcha7 ,raba waters them4#dic ,when the blessed will ascend among the creatures of ,light1 they shall see ,iavar-,zivo1 ,lord of ,,life1 and the ,first ,,vine6#did ,these kabalistic metaphora are thus naturally repeated in the ,gospel according to ,john 7xv4 #a73 8,i am the true vine1 and my ,father is the husbandman40 ,in ,genesis 7xlix471 the dying ,jacob is made to say1 8,the sceptre shall not depart from ,judah 7the lion's whelp71 nor a lawgiver from between his feet1 until ,shiloh 7,siloh7 comes4444 ,binding his colt unto the vine1 and his ass's colt unto the choice vine1 he washed his garments in wine1 and his clothes in the blood of grapes40 ,shiloh is 8,king ,messiah10 as well as the ,shiloh in ,ephraim1 which was to be made the capital and the place of the sanctuary4 ,in ,the ,targum of ,onkelos1 the ,babylonian1 the words of ,jacob read3 8,until the ,king ,messiah shall come40 ,the prophecy has failed in the ,christian as well as in the kabalistico-,jewish sense4 ,the sceptre has departed from ,judah1 whether the ,messiah has already or will come1 unless we believe1 with the kabalists1 that ,moses was the first ,messiah1 who transferred his soul to ,joshua--,jesus4#die ,says ,hermas3 8,and1 in the middle of the plain1 he showed me a great white rock1 which had risen out of the plain1 and the rock was higher than the mountains1 rectangular1 so as to be able to hold the whole world2 but that rock was old1 having a gate hewn out of it1 and the hewing out of the gate seemed to me to be recent40 ,in the ,sohar1 we find3 8,to #dj1jjj superior worlds the white of the skull of ,his ,head 7of the most ,sacred ,ancient in absconditus7 is extended4#dif444 ,when ,seir 7the first reflection and image of his ,father1 the ,ancient of the ,ancient7 will1 through the mystery of the seventy names of ,metatron1 descend into ,iezirah 7the third world71 he will open a new gate4444 ,the ,spiritus ,decisorius will cut and divide the garment 7,shekinah7 into two parts4#dig444 ,at the coming of ,king ,messiah1 from the sacred cubical stone of the ,temple a white light will be arising during forty days4 ,this will expand1 until it encloses the whole world4444 ,at that time ,king ,messiah will allow himself to be revealed1 and will be seen coming out of the gate of the garden of ,odan 7,eden74 #8,he will be revealed in the land ,galil4'#dih444 ,when #8he has made satisfaction for the sins of ,israel1 he will lead them on through a new gate to the seat of judgment4'#dii ,at the ,gate of the ,house of ,life1 the throne is prepared for the ,lord of ,splendor40#ejj ,further on1 the commentator introduces the following quotation3 8,this rock and this gate are the ,son of ,god4 #8,how1 ,lord1' ,i said1 #8is the rock old and the gate new8' #8,listen1' ,he said1 #8and understand1 thou ignorant man4 ,the ,son of ,god is older than all of his creation1 so that he was a ,councillor with the ,father in ,his works of creation2 and for this is he old4'0#eja ,now1 these two assertions are not only purely kabalistic1 without even so much as a change of expression1 but ,brahmanical and ,pagan likewise4 8,vidi virum excellentem cli terrque conditore natu majorem4444 ,i have seen the most excellent 7superior7 ,,man1 who is older by birth than the maker of heaven and earth10 says the kabalistic ,codex4#ejb ,the ,eleusinian ,dionysus1 whose particular name was ,iacchos 7,iaccho1 ,iahoh7#ejc--the ,god from whom the liberation of souls was expected--was considered older than the ,demiurge4 ,at the mysteries of the ,anthesteria at the lakes 7the ,limn71 after the usual baptism by purification of water1 the ,myst were made to pass through to another door 7gate71 and one particularly for that purpose1 which was called 8the gate of ,dionysus10 and that of 8the purified40 ,in the ,sohar1 the kabalists are told that the work-master1 the ,demiurge1 said to the ,lord3 8,let us make man after our image40#ejd ,in the original texts of the first chapter of ,genesis1 it stands3 8,and the ,elohim 7translated as the ,supreme ,god71 who are the highest gods or powers1 said3 ,let us make man in our 787 image1 after our likeness40 ,in the ,vedas1 ,brahma holds counsel with ,parabrahma1 as to the best mode to proceed to create the world4 ,canon ,westcott1 quoting ,hermas1 shows him asking3 8,and why is the gate new1 ,lord8 ,i said4 #8,because1' he replied1 #8he was manifested at the last of the days of the dispensation2 for this cause the gate was made new1 in order that they who shall be saved might enter by it into the ,kingdom of ,god4'0#eje ,there are two peculiarities worthy of note in this passage4 ,to begin with1 it attributes to 8the ,lord0 a false statement of the same character as that so emphasized by the ,apostle ,john2 and which brought1 at a later period1 the whole of the orthodox ,christians1 who accepted the apostolic allegories as literal1 to such inconvenient straits4 ,jesus1 as ,messiah1 was not manifested at the last of the days2 for the latter are yet to come1 notwithstanding a number of divinely-inspired prophecies1 followed by disappointed hopes1 as a result1 to testify to his immediate coming4 ,the belief that the 8last times0 had come1 was natural1 when once the coming of ,king ,messiah had been acknowledged4 ,the second peculiarity is found in the fact that the prophecy could have been accepted at all1 when even its approximate determination is a direct contradiction of ,mark1 who makes ,jesus distinctly state that neither the angels1 nor the ,son himself1 know of that day or that hour4#ejf ,we might add that1 as the belief undeniably originated with the ,apocalypse1 it ought to be a self-evident proof that it belonged to the calculations peculiar to the kabalists and the ,pagan sanctuaries4 ,it was the secret computation of a cycle1 which1 according to their reckoning1 was ending toward the latter part of the first century4 ,it may also be held as a corroborative proof1 that the ,gospel according to ,mark1 as well as that ascribed to ,john1 and the ,apocalypse1 were written by men1 of whom neither was sufficiently acquainted with the other4 ,the ,logos was first definitely called petra 7rock7 by ,philo2 the word1 moreover1 as we have shown elsewhere1 means1 in ,chaldaic and ,phnician1 8interpreter40 ,justin ,martyr calls him1 throughout his works1 8angel10 and makes a clear distinction between the ,logos and ,god the ,creator4 8,the ,word of ,god is ,his ,son 444 and he is also called ,angel and ,apostle1 for he declares whatever we ought to know 7interprets71 and is sent to declare whatever is disclosed40#ejg 8,adan ,inferior is distributed into its own paths1 into thirty-two sides of paths1 yet it is not known to any one but ,seir4 ,but no one knows the ,,superior ,,adan nor ,his paths1 except that ,long ,face0--the ,supreme ,god4#ejh ,seir is the ,nazarene 8genius10 who is called bel ,zivo2 and ,gabriel ,legatus--also 8,apostle ,gabriel40#eji ,the ,nazarenes held with the kabalists that even the ,messiah who was to come did not know the 8,superior ,adan10 the concealed ,deity2 no one except the ,supreme ,god2 thus showing that above the ,supreme ,intelligible ,deity1 there is one still more secret and unrevealed4 ,seir-,anpin is the third ,god1 while 8,logos10 according to ,philo ,judus1 is the second one4#eaj ,this is distinctly shown in the ,codex4 ,the false ,messiah shall say3 8,i am ,deus1 son of ,deus2 my ,father sent me here4444 ,i am the first ,legate1 ,i am bel ,zivo1 ,i am come from on high6 ,but distrust him2 for he will not be bel ,zivo4 bel ,zivo will not permit himself to be seen in this age40#eaa ,hence the belief of some ,gnostics that it was not bel ,zivo 7,archangel ,gabriel7 who 8overshadowed0 ,mary1 but ,ilda-,baoth1 who formed the material body of ,jesus2 ,christos uniting himself with him only at the moment of baptism in the ,jordan4 ,can we doubt ,nork's assertion that 8the ,bereshith ,rabba1 the oldest part of the ,midrash ,rabboth1 was known to the ,church ,fathers in a ,greek translation80#eab ,but if1 on the one hand1 they were sufficiently acquainted with the different religious systems of their neighbors to have enabled them to build a new religion alleged to be distinct from all others1 their ignorance of the ,old ,testament itself1 let alone the more complicated questions of ,grecian metaphysics1 is now found to have been deplorable4 8,so1 for instance1 in ,matthew xxvii4 #i f41 the passage from ,zechariah xi4 #ab1 #ac1 is attributed to ,jeremiah10 says the author of ,supernatural ,religion4 8,in ,mark i4 #b1 a quotation from ,malachi iii4 #a1 is ascribed to ,isaiah4 ,in #a ,corinthians1 ii4 #i1 a passage is quoted as ,holy ,scripture1 which is not found in the ,old ,testament at all1 but which is taken1 as ,origen and ,jerome state1 from an apocryphal work1 ,the ,revelation of ,elias 7,origen3 ,tract4 xxxv471 and the passage is similarly quoted by the so-called ,epistle of ,clement to the ,corinthians 7xxxiv4704 ,how reliable are the pious ,fathers in their explanations of divers heresies may be illustrated in the case of ,epiphanius1 who mistook the ,pythagorean sacred ,tetrad1 called in the ,valentinian ,gnosis1 ,kol-,arbas1 for a heretic leader4#eac ,what with the involuntary blunders1 and deliberate falsifications of the teachings of those who differed in views with them2 the canonization of the mythological ,aura ,placida 7gentle breeze71 into a pair of ,christian martyrs--,st4 ,aura and ,st4 ,placida2#ead the deification of a spear and a cloak1 under the names of ,,ss4 ,longimus and ,amphibolus2#eae and the ,patristic quotations from prophets1 of what was never in those prophets at all2 one may well ask in blank amazement whether the so-called religion of ,christ has ever been other than an incoherent dream1 since the death of the ,great ,master4 ,so malicious do we find the holy ,fathers in their unrelenting persecution of pretended 8hresies10#eaf that we see them telling1 without hesitation the most preposterous untruths1 and inventing entire narratives1 the better to impress their own otherwise unsupported arguments upon ignorance4 ,if the mistake in relation to the tetrad had at first originated as a simple consequence of an unpremeditated blunder of ,hippolytus1 the explanations of ,epiphanius and others who fell into the same absurd error#eag have a less innocent look4 ,when ,hippolytus gravely denounces the great heresy of the ,tetrad1 ,kol-,arbas1 and states that the imaginary ,gnostic leader is1 8,kalorbasus1 who endeavors to explain religion by measures and numbers10#eah we may simply smile4 ,but when ,epiphanius1 with abundant indignation1 elaborates upon the theme1 8which is ,heresy ,,xv410 and pretending to be thoroughly acquainted with the subject1 adds3 8,a certain ,heracleon follows after ,colorbasus1 which is ,heresy ,,xvi410#eai then he lays himself open to the charge of deliberate falsification4 ,if this zealous ,christian can boast so unblushingly of having caused 8by his information seventy women1 even of rank1 to be sent into exile1 through the seductions of some in whose number he had himself been drawn into joining their sect10 he has left us a fair standard by which to judge him4 ,c4 ,w4 ,king remarks1 very aptly1 on this point1 that 8it may reasonably be suspected that this worthy renegade had in this case saved himself from the fate of his fellow-religionists by turning evidence against them1 on the opening of the persecution40#ebj ,and thus1 one by one1 perished the ,gnostics1 the only heirs to whose share had fallen a few stray crumbs of the unadulterated truth of primitive ,christianity4 ,all was confusion and turmoil during these first centuries1 till the moment when all these contradictory dogmas were finally forced upon the ,christian world1 and examination was forbidden4 ,for long ages it was made a sacrilege1 punishable with severe penalties1 often death1 to seek to comprehend that which the ,church had so conveniently elevated to the rank of divine mystery4 ,but since biblical critics have taken upon themselves to 8set the house in order10 the cases have become reversed4 ,pagan creditors now come from every part of the globe to claim their own1 and ,christian theology begins to be suspected of complete bankruptcy4 ,such is the sad result of the fanaticism of the 8orthodox0 sects1 who1 to borrow an expression of the author of 8,the ,decline and ,fall of the ,roman ,empire10 never were1 like the ,gnostics1 8the most polite1 the most learned1 and most wealthy of the ,christian name40 ,and1 if not all of them 8smelt garlic10 as ,renan will have it1 on the other hand1 none of these ,christian saints have ever shrunk from spilling their neighbor's blood1 if the views of the latter did not agree with their own4 ,and so all our philosophers were swept away by the ignorant and superstitious masses4 ,the ,philaletheians1 the lovers of truth1 and their eclectic school1 perished2 and there1 where the young ,hypatia had taught the highest philosophical doctrines2 and where ,ammonius ,saccas had explained that 8the whole which ,christ had in view was to reinstate and restore to its primitive integrity the wisdom of the ancients--to reduce within bounds the universally prevailing dominion of superstition 444 and to exterminate the various errors that had found their way into the different popular religions0#eba--there1 we say1 freely raved the of ,christianity4 ,no more precepts from the mouth of the 8,god-taught philosopher10 but others expounded by the incarnation of a most cruel1 fiendish superstition4 8,if thy father10 wrote ,st4 ,jerome1 8lies down across thy threshold1 if thy mother uncovers to thine eyes the bosom which suckled thee1 trample on thy father's lifeless body1 trample on thy mother's bosom1 and1 with eyes unmoistened and dry1 fly to the ,lord who calleth thee660 ,this sentence is equalled1 if not outrivalled1 by this other1 pronounced in a like spirit4 ,it emanates from another father of the early ,church1 the eloquent ,tertullian1 who hopes to see all the 8philosophers0 in the gehenna fire of ,hell4 8,what shall be the magnitude of that scene6444 ,how shall ,i laugh6 ,how shall ,i rejoice6 ,how shall ,i triumph when ,i see so many illustrious kings who were said to have mounted into heaven1 groaning with ,jupiter1 their god1 in the lowest darkness of hell6 ,then shall the soldiers who have persecuted the name of ,christ burn in more cruel fire than any they had kindled for the saints60#ebb ,these murderous expressions illustrate the spirit of ,christianity till this day4 ,but do they illustrate the teachings of ,christ8 ,by no means4 ,as ,eliphas ,levi says1 8,the ,god in the name of whom we would trample on our mother's bosom we must see in the hereafter1 a hell gaping widely at his feet1 and an exterminating sword in his hand4444 ,moloch burned children but a few seconds2 it was reserved to the disciples of a god who is alleged to have died to redeem humanity on the cross1 to create a new ,moloch whose burning stake is eternal60#ebc ,that this spirit of true ,christian love has safely crossed nineteen centuries and rages now in ,america1 is fully instanced in the case of the rabid ,moody1 the revivalist1 who exclaims3 8,i have a son1 and no one but ,god knows how ,i love him2 but ,i would see those beautiful eyes dug out of his head to-night1 rather than see him grow up to manhood and go down to the grave without ,christ and without hope660 ,to this an ,american paper1 of ,chicago1 very justly responds3 8,this is the spirit of the inquisition1 which we are told is dead4 ,if ,moody in his zeal would #8dig out' the eyes of his darling son1 to what lengths may he not go with the sons of others1 whom he may love less8 ,it is the spirit of ,loyola1 gibbering in the nineteenth century1 and prevented from lighting the fagot flame and heating red-hot the instruments of torture only by the arm of law40 ,,chapter ,,vi4 8,the curtains of ,yesterday drop down1 the curtains of ,to-morrow roll up2 but ,yesterday and ,to-morrow both are40--,sartor ,resartus3 ,natural ,supernaturalism4 8,may we not then be permitted to examine the authenticity of the ,bible8 which since the second century has been put forth as the criterion of scientific truth8 ,to maintain itself in a position so exalted1 it must challenge human criticism40--,conflict between ,religion and ,science4 8,one kiss of ,nara upon the lips of ,nari and all ,nature wakes40--,,vina ,,snati 7,a ,hindu ,poet74 ,we must not forget that the ,christian ,church owes its present canonical ,gospels1 and hence its whole religious dogmatism1 to the ,sortes ,sanctorum4 ,unable to agree as to which were the most divinely-inspired of the numerous gospels extant in its time1 the mysterious ,council of ,nicea concluded to leave the decision of the puzzling question to miraculous intervention4 ,this ,nicean ,council may well be called mysterious4 ,there was a mystery1 first1 in the mystical number of its #cah bishops1 on which ,barnabas 7viii4 #aa1 #ab1 #ac7 lays such a stress2 added to this1 there is no agreement among ancient writers as to the time and place of its assembly1 nor even as to the bishop who presided4 ,notwithstanding the grandiloquent eulogium of ,constantine1#ebd ,sabinus1 the ,bishop of ,heraclea1 affirms that 8except ,constantine1 the emperor1 and ,eusebius ,pamphilus1 these bishops were a set of illiterate1 simple creatures1 that understood nothing20 which is equivalent to saying that they were a set of fools4 ,such was apparently the opinion entertained of them by ,pappus1 who tells us of the bit of magic resorted to to decide which were the true gospels4 ,in his ,synodicon to that ,council ,pappus says1 having 8promiscuously put all the books that were referred to the ,council for determination under a communion-table in a church1 they 7the bishops7 besought the ,lord that the inspired writings might get upon the table1 while the spurious ones remained underneath1 and it happened accordingly40 ,but we are not told who kept the keys of the council chamber over night6 ,on the authority of ecclesiastical eye-witnesses1 therefore1 we are at liberty to say that the ,christian world owes its 8,word of ,god0 to a method of divination1 for resorting to which the ,church subsequently condemned unfortunate victims as conjurers1 enchanters1 magicians1 witches1 and vaticinators1 and burnt them by thousands6 ,in treating of this truly divine phenomenon of the self-sorting manuscripts1 the ,fathers of the ,church say that ,god himself presides over the ,sortes4 ,as we have shown elsewhere1 ,augustine confesses that he himself used this sort of divination4 ,but opinions1 like revealed religions1 are liable to change4 ,that which for nearly fifteen hundred years was imposed on ,christendom as a book1 of which every word was written under the direct supervision of the ,holy ,ghost2 of which not a syllable1 nor a comma could be changed without sacrilege1 is now being retranslated1 revised1 corrected1 and clipped of whole verses1 in some cases of entire chapters4 ,and yet1 as soon as the new edition is out1 its doctors would have us accept it as a new 8,revelation0 of the nineteenth century1 with the alternative of being held as an infidel4 ,thus1 we see that1 no more within than without its precincts1 is the infallible ,church to be trusted more than would be reasonably convenient4 ,the forefathers of our modern divines found authority for the ,sortes in the verse where it is said3 8,the lot is cast into the lap1 but the whole disposing thereof is of the ,lord20#ebe and now1 their direct heirs hold that 8the whole disposing thereof is of the ,devil40 ,perhaps1 they are unconsciously beginning to endorse the doctrine of the ,syrian ,bardesanes1 that the actions of ,god1 as well as of man1 are subject to necessity8 ,it was no doubt1 also1 according to strict 8necessity0 that the ,neo-platonists were so summarily dealt with by the ,christian mob4 ,in those days1 the doctrines of the ,hindu naturalists and antediluvian ,pyrrhonists were forgotten1 if they ever had been known at all1 to any but a few philosophers2 and ,mr4 ,darwin1 with his modern discoveries1 had not even been mentioned in the prophecies4 ,in this case the law of the survival of the fittest was reversed2 the ,neo-platonists were doomed to destruction from the day when they openly sided with ,aristotle4 ,at the beginning of the fourth century crowds began gathering at the door of the academy where the learned and unfortunate ,hypatia expounded the doctrines of the divine ,plato and ,plotinus1 and thereby impeded the progress of ,christian proselytism4 ,she too successfully dispelled the mist hanging over the religious 8mysteries0 invented by the ,fathers1 not to be considered dangerous4 ,this alone would have been sufficient to imperil both herself and her followers4 ,it was precisely the teachings of this ,pagan philosopher1 which had been so freely borrowed by the ,christians to give a finishing touch to their otherwise incomprehensible scheme1 that had seduced so many into joining the new religion2 and now the ,platonic light began shining so inconveniently bright upon the pious patchwork1 as to allow every one to see whence the 8revealed0 doctrines were derived4 ,but there was a still greater peril4 ,hypatia had studied under ,plutarch1 the head of the ,athenian school1 and had learned all the secrets of theurgy4 ,while she lived to instruct the multitude1 no divine miracles could be produced before one who could divulge the natural causes by which they took place4 ,her doom was sealed by ,cyril1 whose eloquence she eclipsed1 and whose authority1 built on degrading superstitions1 had to yield before hers1 which was erected on the rock of immutable natural law4 ,it is more than curious that ,cave1 the author of the ,lives of the ,fathers1 should find it incredible that ,cyril sanctioned her murder on account of his 8general character40 ,a saint who will sell the gold and silver vessels of his church1 and then1 after spending the money1 lie at his trial1 as he did1 may well be suspected of anything4 ,besides1 in this case1 the ,church had to fight for her life1 to say nothing of her future supremacy4 ,alone1 the hated and erudite ,pagan scholars1 and the no less learned ,gnostics1 held in their doctrines the hitherto concealed wires of all these theological marionettes4 ,once the curtain should be lifted1 the connection between the old ,pagan and the new ,christian religions would be exposed2 and then1 what would have become of the ,mysteries into which it is sin and blasphemy to pry8 ,with such a coincidence of the astronomical allegories of various ,pagan myths with the dates adopted by ,christianity for the nativity1 crucifixion1 and resurrection1 and such an identity of rites and ceremonies1 what would have been the fate of the new religion1 had not the ,church1 under the pretext of serving ,christ1 got rid of the too-well-informed philosophers8 ,to guess what1 if the coup d'tat had then failed1 might have been the prevailing religion in our own century would indeed1 be a hard task4 ,but1 in all probability1 the state of things which made of the middle ages a period of intellectual darkness1 which degraded the nations of the ,occident1 and lowered the ,european of those days almost to the level of a ,papuan savage--could not have occurred4 ,the fears of the ,christians were but too well founded1 and their pious zeal and prophetic insight was rewarded from the very first4 ,in the demolition of the ,serapeum1 after the bloody riot between the ,christian mob and the ,pagan worshippers had ended with the interference of the emperor1 a ,latin cross1 of a perfect ,christian shape1 was discovered hewn upon the granite slabs of the adytum4 ,this was a lucky discovery1 indeed2 and the monks did not fail to claim that the cross had been hallowed by the ,pagans in a 8spirit of prophecy40 ,at least1 ,sozomen1 with an air of triumph1 records the fact4#ebf ,but1 archology and symbolism1 those tireless and implacable enemies of clerical false pretences1 have found in the hieroglyphics of the legend running around the design1 at least a partial interpretation of its meaning4 ,according to ,king and other numismatists and archologists1 the cross was placed there as the symbol of eternal life4 ,such a ,tau1 or ,egyptian cross1 was used in the ,bacchic and ,eleusinian ,mysteries4 ,symbol of the dual generative power1 it was laid upon the breast of the initiate1 after his 8new birth0 was accomplished1 and the ,myst had returned from their baptism in the sea4 ,it was a mystic sign that his spiritual birth had regenerated and united his astral soul with his divine spirit1 and that he was ready to ascend in spirit to the blessed abodes of light and glory--the ,eleusinia4 ,the ,tau was a magic talisman at the same time as a religious emblem4 ,it was adopted by the ,christians through the ,gnostics and kabalists1 who used it largely1 as their numerous gems testify1 and who had the ,tau 7or handled cross7 from the ,egyptians1 and the ,latin cross from the ,buddhist missionaries1 who brought it from ,india1 where it can be found until now1 two or three centuries ,b4,c4 ,the ,assyrians1 ,egyptians1 ancient ,americans1 ,hindus1 and ,romans had it in various1 but very slight modifications of shape4 ,till very late in the medival ages1 it was considered a potent spell against epilepsy and demoniacal possession2 and the 8signet of the living ,god10 brought down in ,st4 ,john's vision by the angel ascending from the east to 8seal the servants of our ,god in their foreheads10 was but the same mystic ,tau--the ,egyptian cross4 ,in the painted glass of ,st4 ,dionysus 7,france71 this angel is represented as stamping this sign on the forehead of the elect2 the legend reads1 ,,signvm 4 ,in ,king's ,gnostics1 the author reminds us that 8this mark is commonly born by ,st4 ,anthony1 an ,egyptian recluse40#ebg ,what the real meaning of the ,tau was1 is explained to us by the ,christian ,st4 ,john1 the ,egyptian ,hermes1 and the ,hindu ,brahmans4 ,it is but too evident that1 with the apostle1 at least1 it meant the 8,ineffable ,name10 as he calls this 8signet of the living ,god10 a few chapters further on1#ebh the 8,father's name written in their foreheads40 ,the ,brahmtma1 the chief of the ,hindu initiates1 had on his head-gear two keys1 symbol of the revealed mystery of life and death1 placed cross-like2 and1 in some ,buddhist pagodas of ,tartary and ,mongolia1 the entrance of a chamber within the temple1 generally containing the staircase which leads to the inner daghba1#ebi and the porticos of some ,prachida#ecj are ornamented with a cross formed of two fishes1 and as found on some of the zodiacs of the ,buddhists4 ,we should not wonder at all at learning that the sacred device in the tombs in the ,catacombs1 at ,rome1 the 8,vesica piscis10 was derived from the said ,buddhist zodiacal sign4 ,how general must have been that geometrical figure in the world-symbols1 may be inferred from the fact that there is a ,masonic tradition that ,solomon's temple was built on three foundations1 forming the 8triple ,tau10 or three crosses4 ,in its mystical sense1 the ,egyptian cross owes its origin1 as an emblem1 to the realization by the earliest philosophy of an androgynous dualism of every manifestation in nature1 which proceeds from the abstract ideal of a likewise androgynous deity1 while the ,christian emblem is simply due to chance4 ,had the ,mosaic law prevailed1 ,jesus should have been lapidated4#eca ,the crucifix was an instrument of torture1 and utterly common among ,romans as it was unknown among ,semitic nations4 ,it was called the 8,tree of ,infamy40 ,it is but later that it was adopted as a ,christian symbol2 but1 during the first two decades1 the apostles looked upon it with horror4#ecb ,it is certainly not the ,christian ,cross that ,john had in mind when speaking of the 8signet of the living ,god10 but the mystic ,tau--the ,tetragrammaton1 or mighty name1 which1 on the most ancient kabalistic talismans1 was represented by the four ,hebrew letters composing the ,holy ,word4 ,the famous ,lady ,ellenborough1 known among the ,arabs of ,damascus1 and in the desert1 after her last marriage1 as ,hanoum ,medjouy1 had a talisman in her possession1 presented to her by a ,druze from ,mount ,lebanon4 ,it was recognized by a certain sign on its left corner1 to belong to that class of gems which is known in ,palestine as a 8,messianic0 amulet1 of the second or third century1 ,b4,c4 ,it is a green stone of a pentagonal form2 at the bottom is engraved a fish2 higher1 ,solomon's seal2#ecc and still higher1 the four ,chaldaic letters----,jod1 ,he1 ,vau1 ,he1 ,,iaho1 which form the name of the ,deity4 ,these are arranged in quite an unusual way1 running from below upward1 in reversed order1 and forming the ,egyptian ,tau4 ,around these there is a legend which1 as the gem is not our property1 we are not at liberty to give4 ,the ,tau1 in its mystical sense1 as well as the crux ansata1 is the ,tree of ,life4 ,illustration ,it is well known1 that the earliest ,christian emblems--before it was ever attempted to represent the bodily appearance of ,jesus--were the ,lamb1 the ,good ,shepherd1 and the ,fish4 ,the origin of the latter emblem1 which has so puzzled the archologists1 thus becomes comprehensible4 ,the whole secret lies in the easily-ascertained fact that1 while in the ,kabala1 the ,king ,messiah is called 8,interpreter10 or ,revealer of the mystery1 and shown to be the fifth emanation1 in the ,talmud--for reasons we will now explain--the ,messiah is very often designated as 8,,dag10 or the ,fish4 ,this is an inheritance from the ,chaldees1 and relates--as the very name indicates--to the ,babylonian ,dagon1 the man-fish1 who was the instructor and interpreter of the people1 to whom he appeared4 ,abarbanel explains the name1 by stating that the sign of his 7,messiah's7 coming 8is the conjunction of ,saturn and ,jupiter in the sign ,pisces40#ecd ,therefore1 as the ,christians were intent upon identifying their ,christos with the ,messiah of the ,old ,testament1 they adopted it so readily as to forget that its true origin might be traced still farther back than the ,babylonian ,dagon4 ,how eagerly and closely the ideal of ,jesus was united1 by the early ,christians1 with every imaginable kabalistic and ,pagan tenet1 may be inferred from the language of ,clemens1 of ,alexandria1 addressed to his brother co-religionists4 ,when they were debating upon the choice of the most appropriate symbol to remind them of ,jesus1 ,clemens advised them in the following words3 8,let the engraving upon the gem of your ring be either a dove1 or a ship running before the wind 7the ,argha71 or a fish40 ,was the good father1 when writing this sentence1 laboring under the recollection of ,joshua1 son of ,nun 7called ,jesus in the ,greek and ,slavonian versions72 or had he forgotten the real interpretation of these ,pagan symbols8 ,joshua1 son of ,nun1 or ,nave 7,navis71 could have with perfect propriety adopted the image of a ship1 or even of a fish1 for ,joshua means ,jesus1 son of the fish-god2 but it was really too hazardous to connect the emblems of ,venus1 ,astarte1 and all the ,hindu goddesses--the argha1 dove1 and fish--with the 8immaculate0 birth of their god6 ,this looks very much as if in the early days of ,christianity but little difference was made between ,christ1 ,bacchus1 ,apollo1 and the ,hindu ,christna1 the incarnation of ,vishnu1 with whose first avatar this symbol of the fish originated4 ,in the ,hari-purana1 in the ,bagaved-gitta1 as well as in several other books1 the god ,vishnu is shown as having assumed the form of a fish with a human head1 in order to reclaim the ,vedas lost during the deluge4 ,having enabled ,visvamitra to escape with all his tribe in the ark1 ,vishnu1 pitying weak and ignorant humanity1 remained with them for some time4 ,it was this god who taught them to build houses1 cultivate the land1 and to thank the unknown ,deity whom he represented1 by building temples and instituting a regular worship2 and1 as he remained half-fish1 half-man1 all the time1 at every sunset he used to return to the ocean1 wherein he passed the night4 8,it is he10 says the sacred book1 8who taught men1 after the diluvium1 all that was necessary for their happiness4 8,one day he plunged into the water and returned no more1 for the earth had covered itself again with vegetation1 fruit1 and cattle4 8,but he had taught the ,brahmas the secret of all things0 7,hari-purana74 ,so far1 we see in this narrative the double of the story given by the ,babylonian ,berosus about ,oannes1 the fish-man1 who is no other than ,vishnu--unless1 indeed1 we have to believe that it was ,chaldea which civilized ,india6 ,we say again1 we desire to give nothing on our sole authority4 ,therefore we cite ,jacolliot1 who1 however criticised and contradicted on other points1 and however loose he may be in the matter of chronology 7though even in this he is nearer right than those scientists who would have all ,hindu books written since the ,council of ,nicea71 at least cannot be denied the reputation of a good ,sanscrit scholar4 ,and he says1 while analyzing the word ,oan1 or ,oannes1 that ,o in ,sanscrit is an interjection expressing an invocation1 as ,o1 ,swayambhuva6 ,o1 ,god6 etc2 and ,an is a radical1 signifying in ,sanscrit a spirit1 a being2 and1 we presume1 what the ,greeks meant by the word ,dmon1 a semi-god4 8,what an extraordinary antiquity10 he remarks1 8this fable of ,vishnu1 disguised as a fish1 gives to the sacred books of the ,hindus2 especially in presence of the fact that the ,vedas and ,manu reckon more than twenty-five thousand years of existence1 as proved by the most serious as the most authentic documents4 ,few peoples1 says the learned ,halhed1 have their annals more authentic or serious than the ,hindus40#ece ,we may1 perhaps1 throw additional light upon the puzzling question of the fish-symbol by reminding the reader that according to ,genesis the first created of living beings1 the first type of animal life1 was the fish4 8,and the ,elohim said3 #8,let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life' 444 and ,god created great whales 444 and the morning and the evening were the fifth day40 ,jonah is swallowed by a big fish1 and is cast out again three days later4 ,this the ,christians regard as a premonition of the three days' sepulture of ,jesus which preceded his resurrection--though the statement of the three days is as fanciful as much of the rest1 and adopted to fit the well-known threat to destroy the temple and rebuild it again in three days4 ,between his burial and alleged resurrection there intervened but one day--the ,jewish ,sabbath--as he was buried on ,friday evening and rose to life at dawn on ,sunday4 ,however1 whatever other circumstance may be regarded as a prophecy1 the story of ,jonah cannot be made to answer the purpose4 8,big ,fish0 is ,cetus1 the latinized form of ,keto- and keto is ,dagon1 ,poseidon1 the female gender of it being ,keton ,atar-gatis--the ,syrian goddess1 and ,venus1 of ,askalon4 ,the figure or bust of ,der-,keto or ,astarte was generally represented on the prow of the ships4 ,jonah 7the ,greek ,iona1 or dove sacred to ,venus7 fled to ,jaffa1 where the god ,dagon1 the man-fish1 was worshipped1 and dared not go to ,nneveh1 where the dove was revered4 ,hence1 some commentators believe that when ,jonah was thrown overboard and was swallowed by a fish1 we must understand that he was picked up by one of these vessels1 on the prow of which was the figure of ,keto4 ,but the kabalists have another legend1 to this effect3 ,they say that ,jonah was a run-away priest from the temple of the goddess where the dove was worshipped1 and desired to abolish idolatry and institute monotheistic worship4 ,that1 caught near ,jaffa1 he was held prisoner by the devotees of ,dagon in one of the prison-cells of the temple1 and that it is the strange form of the cell which gave rise to the allegory4 ,in the collection of ,mose de ,garcia1 a ,portuguese kabalist1 there is a drawing representing the interior of the temple of ,dagon4 ,in the middle stands an immense idol1 the upper portion of whose body is human1 and the lower fish-like4 ,between the belly and the tail is an aperture which can be closed like the door of a closet4 ,in it the transgressors against the local deity were shut up until further disposal4 ,the drawing in question was made from an old tablet covered with curious drawings and inscriptions in old ,phnician characters1 describing this ,venetian oubliette of biblical days4 ,the tablet itself was found in an excavation a few miles from ,jaffa4 ,considering the extraordinary tendency of ,oriental nations for puns and allegories1 is it not barely possible that the 8big fish0 by which ,jonah was swallowed was simply the cell within the belly of ,dagon8 ,it is significant that this double appellation of 8,messiah0 and 8,dag0 7fish71 of the ,talmudists1 should so well apply to the ,hindu ,vishnu1 the 8,preserving0 ,spirit1 and the second personage of the ,brahmanic trinity4 ,this deity1 having already manifested itself1 is still regarded as the future ,saviour of humanity1 and is the selected ,redeemer1 who will appear at its tenth incarnation or avatar1 like the ,messiah of the ,jews1 to lead the blessed onward1 and restore to them the primitive ,vedas4 ,at his first avatar1 ,vishnu is alleged to have appeared to humanity1 in form like a fish4 ,in the temple of ,rama1 there is a representation of this god which answers perfectly to that of ,dagon1 as given by ,berosus4 ,he has the body of a man issuing from the mouth of a fish1 and holds in his hands the lost ,veda4 ,vishnu1 moreover1 is the water-god1 in one sense1 the ,logos of the ,parabrahm1 for as the three persons of the manifested god-head constantly interchange their attributes1 we see him in the same temple represented as reclining on the seven-headed serpent1 ,ananta 7eternity71 and moving1 like the ,spirit of ,god1 on the face of the primeval waters4 ,vishnu is evidently the ,adam ,kadmon of the kabalists1 for ,adam is the ,logos or the first ,anointed1 as ,adam ,second is the ,king ,messiah4 ,lakmy1 or ,lakshmi1 the passive or feminine counterpart of ,vishnu1 the creator and the preserver1 is also called ,ada ,maya4 ,she is the 8,mother of the ,world10 ,damatri1 the ,venus ,aphrodite of the ,greeks2 also ,isis and ,eve4 ,while ,venus is born from the sea-foam1 ,lakmy springs out from the water at the churning of the sea2 when born1 she is so beautiful that all the gods fall in love with her4 ,the ,jews1 borrowing their types wherever they could get them1 made their first woman after the pattern of ,lakmy4 ,it is curious that ,viracocha1 the ,supreme ,being in ,peru1 means1 literally translated1 8foam of the sea40 ,eugene ,burnouf1 the great authority of the ,french school1 announces his opinion in the same spirit3 8,we must learn one day10 he observes1 8that all ancient traditions disfigured by emigration and legend1 belong to the history of ,india40 ,such is the opinion of ,colebrooke1 ,inman1 ,king1 ,jacolliot1 and many other ,orientalists4 ,we have said above1 that1 according to the secret computation peculiar to the students of the hidden science1 ,messiah is the fifth emanation1 or potency4 ,in the ,jewish ,kabala1 where the ten ,sephiroth emanate from ,adam ,kadmon 7placed below the crown71 he comes fifth4 ,so in the ,gnostic system2 so in the ,buddhistic1 in which the fifth ,buddha--,maitree1 will appear at his last advent to save mankind before the final destruction of the world4 ,if ,vishnu is represented in his forthcoming and last appearance as the tenth avatar or incarnation1 it is only because every unit held as an androgyne manifests itself doubly4 ,the ,buddhists who reject this dual-sexed incarnation reckon but five4 ,thus1 while ,vishnu is to make his last appearance in his tenth1 ,buddha is said to do the same in his fifth incarnation4#ecf ,the better to illustrate the idea1 and show how completely the real meaning of the avatars1 known only to the students of the secret doctrine was misunderstood by the ignorant masses1 we elsewhere give the diagrams of the ,hindu and ,chaldeo-,kabalistic avatars and emanations4#ecg ,this basic and true fundamental stone of the secret cycles1 shows on its very face1 that far from taking their revealed ,vedas and ,bible literally1 the ,brahman-pundits1 and the ,tanam--the scientists and philosophers of the pre-,christian epochs--speculated on the creation and development of the world quite in a ,darwinian way1 both anticipating him and his school in the natural selection of species1 gradual development1 and transformation4 ,we advise every one tempted to enter an indignant protest against this affirmation to read more carefully the books of ,manu1 even in the incomplete translation of ,sir ,william ,jones1 and the more or less careless one of ,jacolliot4 ,if we compare the ,sanchoniathon ,phnician ,cosmogony1 and the record of ,berosus with the ,bhagavatta and ,manu1 we will find enunciated exactly the same principles as those now offered as the latest developments of modern science4 ,we have quoted from the ,chaldean and ,phnician records in our first volume2 we will now glance at the ,hindu books4 8,when this world had issued out of darkness1 the subtile elementary principles produced the vegetal seed which animated first the plants2 from the plants1 life passed into fastastical bodies which were born in the ilus of the waters2 then1 through a series of forms and various animals1 it reached ,,man40#ech 8,he 7man1 before becoming such7 will pass successively through plants1 worms1 insects1 fish1 serpents1 tortoises1 cattle1 and wild animals2 such is the inferior degree40 8,such1 from ,brahma down to the vegetables1 are declared the transmigrations which take place in this world40#eci ,in the ,sanchoniathonian ,cosmogony1 men are also evolved out of the ilus of the chaos1#edj and the same evolution and transformation of species are shown4 ,and now we will leave the rostrum to ,mr4 ,darwin3 8,i believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors40#eda ,again3 8,i should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth1 have descended from some one primordial form4#edb444 ,i view all beings1 not as special creations1 but as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the ,silurian system was deposited40#edc ,in short1 they lived in the ,sanchoniathonian chaos1 and in the ilus of ,manu4 ,vyasa and ,kapila go still farther than ,darwin and ,manu4 8,they see in ,brahma but the name of the universal germ2 they deny the existence of a ,first ,cause2 and pretend that everything in nature found itself developed only in consequence of material and fatal forces10 says ,jacolliot4#edd ,correct as may be this latter quotation from ,kapila1 it demands a few words of explanation4 ,jacolliot repeatedly compares ,kapila and ,veda ,vyasa with ,pyrrho and ,littr4 ,we have nothing against such a comparison with the ,greek philosopher1 but we must decidedly object to any with the ,french ,comtist2 we find it an unmerited fling at the memory of the great ,aryan sage4 ,nowhere does this prolific writer state the repudiation by either ancient or modern ,brahmans of ,god--the 8unknown10 universal ,spirit2 nor does any other ,orientalist accuse the ,hindus of the same1 however perverted the general deductions of our savants about ,buddhistic atheism4 ,on the contrary1 ,jacolliot states more than once that the learned ,pundits and educated ,brahmans have never shared the popular superstitions2 and affirms their unshaken belief in the unity of ,god and the soul's immortality1 although most assuredly neither ,kapila1 nor the initiated ,brahmans1 nor the followers of the ,vedanta school would ever admit the existence of an anthropomorphic creator1 a 8,first ,cause0 in the ,christian sense4 ,jacolliot1 in his ,indo-,european and ,african ,traditions1 is the first to make an onslaught on ,professor ,mller1 for remarking that the ,hindu gods were 8masks without actors 444 names without being1 and not beings without names40#ede ,quoting1 in support of his argument1 numerous verses from the sacred ,hindu books1 he adds3 8,is it possible to refuse to the author of these stanzas a definite and clear conception of the divine force1 of the ,unique ,being1 master and ,sovereign of the ,universe8444 ,were the altars then built to a metaphor80#edf ,the latter argument is perfectly just1 so far as ,max ,mller's negation is concerned4 ,but we doubt whether the ,french rationalist understands ,kapila's and ,vyasa's philosophy better than the ,german philologist does the 8theological twaddle10 as the latter terms the ,atharva-,veda4 ,professor ,mller and ,jacolliot may have ever so great claims to erudition1 and be ever so familiar with ,sanscrit and other ancient ,oriental languages1 but both lack the key to the thousand and one mysteries of the old secret doctrine and its philosophy4 ,only1 while the ,german philologist does not even take the trouble to look into this magical and 8theological twaddle10 we find the ,french ,indianist never losing an opportunity to investigate4 ,moreover1 he honestly admits his incompetency to ever fathom this ocean of mystical learning4 ,in its existence he not only firmly believes1 but throughout his works he incessantly calls the attention of science to its unmistakable traces at every step in ,india4 ,still1 though the learned ,pundits and ,brahmans--his 8revered masters0 of the pagodas of ,villenoor and ,chlambrum in the ,carnatic1#edg as it seems1 positively refused to reveal to him the mysteries of the magical part of the ,agrouchada-,pariksha1#edh and of ,brahmtma's triangle1#edi he persists in the honest declaration that everything is possible in ,hindu metaphysics1 even to the ,kapila and ,vyasa systems having been hitherto misunderstood4 ,m4 ,jacolliot weakens his assertion immediately afterward with the following contradiction3 8,we were one day inquiring of a ,brahman of the pagoda of ,chlambrum1 who belonged to the skeptical school of the naturalists of ,vyasa1 whether he believed in the existence of ,god4 ,he answered us1 smiling3 #8,aham eva param ,brahma'--,i am myself a god4 8#8,what do you mean by that8' 8#8,i mean that every being on earth1 however humble1 is an immortal portion of the immortal matter4'0#eej ,the answer is one which would suggest itself to every ancient philosopher1 ,kabalist and ,gnostic1 of the early days4 ,it contains the very spirit of the delphic and kabalistic commandment1 for esoteric philosophy solved1 ages ago1 the problem of what man was1 is1 and will be4 ,if persons believing the ,bible verse which teaches that the 8,lord ,god formed man of the dust of the ground1 and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life10 reject at the same time the idea that every atom of this dust1 as every particle of this 8living soul10 contains 8,god0 within itself1 then we pity the logic of that ,christian4 ,he forgets the verses which precede the one in question4 ,god blesses equally every beast of the field and every living creature1 in the water as in the air1 and ,he endows them all with life1 which is a breath of ,his own ,spirit1 and the soul of the animal4 ,humanity is the ,adam ,kadmon of the 8,unknown10 ,his microcosm1 and ,his only representative on earth1 and every man is a god on earth4 ,we would ask this ,french scholar1 who seems so familiar with every sloka of the books of ,manu1 and other ,vedic writers1 the meaning of this sentence so well known to him3 8,plants and vegetation reveal a multitude of forms because of their precedent actions2 they are surrounded by darkness1 but are nevertheless endowed with an interior soul1 and feel equally pleasure and pain0 7,manu1 book i474 ,if the ,hindu philosophy teach the presence of a degree of soul in the lowest forms of vegetable life1 and even in every atom in space1 how is it possible that it should deny the same immortal principle to man8 ,and if it once admit the immortal spirit in man1 how can it logically deny the existence of the parent source--,i will not say the first1 but the eternal ,cause8 ,neither rationalists nor sensualists1 who do not comprehend ,indian metaphysics1 should estimate the ignorance of ,hindu metaphysicians by their own4 ,the grand cycle1 as we have heretofore remarked1 includes the progress of mankind from its germ in the primordial man of spiritual form to the deepest depth of degradation he can reach--each successive step in the descent being accompanied by a greater strength and grossness of the physical form than its precursor--and ends with the ,flood4 ,but while the grand cycle1 or age1 is running its course1 seven minor cycles are passed1 each marking the evolution of a new race out of the preceding one1 on a new world4 ,and each of these races1 or grand types of humanity1 breaks up into subdivisions of families1 and they again into nations and tribes1 as we see the earth's inhabitants subdivided to-day into ,mongols1 ,caucasians1 ,indians1 etc4 ,before proceeding to show by diagrams the close resemblance between the esoteric philosophies of all the ancient peoples1 however geographically remote from each other1 it will be useful to briefly explain the real ideas which underlie all those symbols and allegorical representations and have hitherto so puzzled the uninitiated commentators4 ,better than anything1 it may show that religion and science were closer knit than twins in days of old2 that they were one in two and two in one from the very moment of their conception4 ,with mutually convertible attributes1 science was spiritual and religion was scientific4 ,like the androgyne man of the first chapter of ,genesis--8male and female10 passive and active2 created in the image of the ,elohim4 ,omniscience developed omnipotency1 the latter called for the exercise of the former1 and thus the giant had dominion given him over all the four kingdoms of the world4 ,but1 like the second ,adam1 these androgynes were doomed to 8fall and lose their powers0 as soon as the two halves of the duality separated4 ,the fruit of the ,tree of ,knowledge gives death without the fruit of the ,tree of ,life4 ,man must know himself before he can hope to know the ultimate genesis even of beings and powers less developed in their inner nature than himself4 ,so with religion and science2 united two in one they were infallible1 for the spiritual intuition was there to supply the limitations of physical senses4 ,separated1 exact science rejects the help of the inner voice1 while religion becomes merely dogmatic theology--each is but a corpse without a soul4 ,illustration ,illustration ,the esoteric doctrine1 then1 teaches1 like ,buddhism and ,brahmanism1 and even the persecuted ,kabala1 that the one infinite and unknown ,essence exists from all eternity1 and in regular and harmonious successions is either passive or active4 ,in the poetical phraseology of ,manu these conditions are called the 8day0 and the 8night0 of ,brahma4 ,the latter is either 8awake0 or 8asleep40 ,the ,svbhvikas1 or philosophers of the oldest school of ,buddhism 7which still exists in ,nepaul71 speculate but upon the active condition of this 8,essence10 which they call ,svabhvt1 and deem it foolish to theorize upon the abstract and 8unknowable0 power in its passive condition4 ,hence they are called atheists by both ,christian theology and modern scientists2 for neither of the two are able to understand the profound logic of their philosophy4 ,the former will allow of no other ,god than the personified secondary powers which have blindly worked out the visible universe1 and which became with them the anthropomorphic ,god of the ,christians--the ,jehovah1 roaring amid thunder and lightning4 ,in its turn1 rationalistic science greets the ,buddhists and the ,svbhvikas as the 8positivists0 of the archaic ages4 ,if we take a one-sided view of the philosophy of the latter1 our materialists may be right in their own way4 ,the ,buddhists maintain that there is no ,creator but an infinitude of creative powers1 which collectively form the one eternal substance1 the essence of which is inscrutable--hence not a subject for speculation for any true philosopher4 ,socrates invariably refused to argue upon the mystery of universal being1 yet no one would ever have thought of charging him with atheism1 except those who were bent upon his destruction4 ,upon inaugurating an active period1 says the ,secret ,doctrine1 an expansion of this ,divine essence1 from within outwardly1 occurs in obedience to eternal and immutable law1 and the phenomenal or visible universe is the ultimate result of the long chain of cosmical forces thus progressively set in motion4 ,in like manner1 when the passive condition is resumed1 a contraction of the ,divine essence takes place1 and the previous work of creation is gradually and progressively undone4 ,the visible universe becomes disintegrated1 its material dispersed2 and 8darkness10 solitary and alone1 broods once more over the face of the 8deep40 ,to use a metaphor which will convey the idea still more clearly1 an outbreathing of the 8unknown essence0 produces the world2 and an inhalation causes it to disappear4 ,this process has been going on from all eternity1 and our present universe is but one of an infinite series which had no beginning and will have no end4 ,thus we are enabled to build our theories solely on the visible manifestations of the ,deity1 on its objective natural phenomena4 ,to apply to these creative principles the term ,god is puerile and absurd4 ,one might as well call by the name of ,benvenuto ,cellini the fire which fuses the metal1 or the air that cools it when it is run in the mould4 ,if the inner and ever-concealed spiritual1 and to our minds abstract1 ,essence within these forces can ever be connected with the creation of the physical universe1 it is but in the sense given to it by ,plato4 ,,it may be termed1 at best1 the framer of the abstract universe which developed gradually in the ,divine ,thought within which it had lain dormant4 ,in ,chapter ,,viii4 we will attempt to show the esoteric meaning of ,genesis1 and its complete agreement with the ideas of other nations4 ,the six days of creation will be found to have a meaning little suspected by the multitude of commentators1 who have exercised their abilities to the full extent in attempting to reconcile them by turns with ,christian theology and un-,christian geology4 ,disfigured as the ,old ,testament is1 yet in its symbolism are preserved enough of the original in its principal features to show the family likeness to the cosmogonies of older nations than the ,jews4 ,we here give the diagrams of the ,hindu and the ,chaldeo-,jewish cosmogonies4 ,the antiquity of the diagram of the former may be inferred from the fact that many of the ,brahmanical pagodas are designed and built on this figure1 called the 8,sri-,iantara40#eea ,and yet we find the highest honors paid to it by the ,jewish and medival kabalists1 who call it 8,solomon's seal40 ,it will be quite an easy matter to trace it to its origin1 once we are reminded of the history of the king-kabalist and his transactions with ,king ,hiram and ,ophir--the country of peacocks1 gold1 and ivory--for which land we have to search in old ,india4 ,,explanation ,,of ,,the ,,two ,,diagrams ,,representing ,,the ,,chaotic ,,and ,,the ,,formative ,,periods1 ,,before ,,and ,,after ,,our ,,universe ,,began ,,to ,,be ,,evolved4 ,,from ,,the ,,esoteric ,,brahmanical1 ,,buddhistic1 ,,and ,,chaldean ,,standpoints1 ,,which ,,agree ,,in ,,every ,,respect ,,with ,,the ,,evolutionary ,,theory ,,of ,,modern ,,science4 ,,the ,,hindu ,,doctrine4 ,,the ,,chaldean ,,doctrine4 ,the ,upper ,triangle ,the ,upper ,triangle ,contains the ,ineffable ,name4 ,contains the ,ineffable ,name4 ,it is the ,,aum--to be ,it is ,en-,soph1 the pronounced only mentally1 ,boundless1 the ,infinite1 under penalty of death4 ,the whose name is known to no ,unrevealed ,para-,brahma1 the one but the initiated1 and ,passive-,principle2 absolute could not be pronounced and unconditioned 8mukta10 aloud under the penalty of which cannot enter into the death4 condition of a ,creator1 as the latter1 in order to ,no more than ,para-,brahma can think1 will1 and plan1 ,en-,soph create1 for he is in must be bound and the same condition of conditioned 7baddha72 hence1 non-being as the former2 he in one sense1 be a finite is non-existent so long being4 8,,this 7,para-,brahma7 as he lies in his latent or was absorbed in the passive state within ,oulom non-being1 imperceptible1 7the boundless and termless without any distinct time72 as such he is not the attribute1 non-existent for ,creator of the visible our senses4 ,he was absorbed universe1 neither is he the in his 7to us7 eternal 7to ,aur 7,light74 ,he will himself7 periodical1 sleep10 become the latter when the for it was one of the period of creation shall 8,nights of ,brahma40 have compelled him to expand ,therefore he is not the the ,force within himself1 ,first but the ,eternal according to the ,law of ,cause4 ,he is the ,soul of which he is the embodiment ,souls1 whom no being can and essence4 comprehend in this state4 ,but 8he who studies the 8,whosoever acquaints himself secret ,mantras and with the ,mercaba and the comprehends the ,vch0 7the lahgash 7secret speech or ,spirit or hidden voice of incantation71#eeb will the ,mantras1 the active learn the secret of manifestation of the latent secrets40 ,force7 will learn to understand him in his 8revealed0 aspect4 ,both 8,,this0 and ,en-,soph1 in their first manifestation of ,light1 emerging from within ,darkness1 may be summarized in the ,svabhvt1 the ,eternal and the uncreated ,self-existing ,substance which produces all2 while everything which is of its essence produces itself out of its own nature4 ,the ,space ,around the ,the ,space ,around the ,upper ,triangle4 ,upper ,triangle4 ,when the 8,night of ,brahma0 ,when the active period had was ended1 and the time came arrived1 ,en-,soph sent forth for the ,self-,existent to from within his own eternal manifest ,itself by essence1 ,sephira1 the active revelation1 it made its ,power1 called the ,primordial glory visible by sending ,point1 and the ,crown1 forth from its ,essence an ,keter4 ,it is only through active ,power1 which1 female her that the 8,un-bounded at first1 subsequently ,wisdom0 could give a becomes androgyne4 ,it is concrete form to his ,aditi1 the 8,infinite10#eec abstract ,thought4 ,two sides the ,boundless1 or rather the of the upper triangle1 the 8,un-bounded40 ,aditi is the right side and the base1 are 8mother0 of all the gods1 composed of unbroken lines2 and ,aditi is the ,father and the third1 the left side1 is the ,son4#eed 8,who will give dotted4 ,it is through the us back to the great ,aditi1 latter that emerges ,sephira4 that ,i may see father and ,spreading in every mother80#eee ,it is in direction1 she finally conjunction with the latter encompasses the whole female1 ,force1 that the triangle4 ,in this emanation ,divine but latent ,thought of the female active produces the great principle from the left side 8,deep0--water4 8,water is of the mystic triangle1 is born from a transformation foreshadowed the creation of of light 444 and from a ,eve from ,adam's left rib4 modification of the water ,adam is the ,microcosm of the is born the earth10 says ,macrocosm1 and is created in ,manu 7book i474 the image of the ,elohim4 ,in the ,tree of ,life the 8,ye are born of ,aditi from triple triad is disposed in the water1 you who are born such a manner that the three of the earth1 hear ye all my male ,sephiroth are on the call40#eef right1 the three female on the left1 and the four ,in this water 7or primeval uniting principles in the chaos7 the 8,infinite0 centre4 ,from the ,invisible androgyne1 which1 with the ,dew falling from the ,higher ,eternal ,cause1 forms the 8,head0 ,sephira creates first abstract ,triad1 primeval water1 or chaos rendered by ,,aum1 deposited taking shape4 ,it is the the germ of universal life4 first step toward the ,it is the ,mundane ,egg1 in solidification of ,spirit1 which took place the which through various gestation of ,prsha1 or the modifications will produce manifested ,brahma4 ,the germ earth4#eeg 8,it requires which fecundated the earth and water to make a ,mother ,principle 7the living soul10 says ,moses4 water7 is called ,nara1 the ,divine ,spirit or ,holy ,when ,sephira emerges like an ,ghost1#eeh and the waters active power from within the themselves1 are an emanation latent ,deity1 she is female2 of the former1 ,nari1 while when she assumes the office the ,spirit which brooded of a creator1 she becomes a over it is called male2 hence1 she is ,narayana4#eei androgyne4 ,she is the 8,father and ,mother ,aditi10 8,in that egg1 the great of the ,hindu ,cosmogony4 ,power sat inactive a whole ,after brooding over the year of the ,creator1 at 8,deep10 the 8,spirit of ,god0 the close of which1 by his produces its own image in thought alone1 he caused the the water1 the ,universal egg to divide itself40#efj ,womb1 symbolized in ,manu ,the upper half became by the ,golden ,egg4 ,in the heaven1 the lower1 the earth kabalistic ,cosmogony1 ,heaven 7both yet in their ideal1 and ,earth are personified by not their manifested form74 ,adam ,kadmon and the second ,adam4 ,the first ,ineffable ,thus1 this second triad1 ,triad1 contained in the only another name for the abstract idea of the 8,three first one 7never pronounced ,heads10 was a 8mystery aloud71 and which is the name40 ,it was composed of real pre-,vedic and ,en-,soph1 ,sephira1 and ,adam primordial secret ,kadmon1 the ,protogonos1 the ,trimurti1 consisted of latter being identical with the former1 when ,nara1 ,father-,heaven1 bisexual4#efa ,in every ,nari1 ,mother-,earth1 triad there is a male1 a ,viradj1 the ,son--or ,universe4 female1 and an androgyne4 ,adam-,sephira is the ,crown ,the ,trimurti1 comprising 7,keter74 ,it sets itself to ,brahma1 the ,creator1 ,vishnu1 the work of creation1 by the ,preserver1 and ,siva1 the first producing ,chochmah1 ,destroyer and ,regenerator1 ,male ,wisdom1 a masculine belongs to a later period4 active potency1 represented ,it is an anthropomorphic by 1 jah1 or the ,wheels of afterthought1 invented for ,creation1 1 from which the more popular proceeds ,binah1 ,intelligence1 comprehension of the female and passive potency1 uninitiated masses4 ,the which is ,jehovah1 1 ,dikshita1 the initiate1 whom we find in the ,bible knew better4 ,thus1 also1 the figuring as the ,supreme4 ,but profound allegory under the this ,jehovah is not the colors of a ridiculous kabalistic ,jodcheva4 ,the fable1 given in the binary is the fundamental ,aytareya ,brahmana1#efb corner-stone of ,gnosis4 ,as which resulted in the the binary is the ,unity representations in some multiplying itself and temples of ,brahm-,nara1 self-creating1 the kabalists assuming the form of a bull1 show the 8,unknown0 passive and his daughter1 ,en-,soph1 as emanating from ,aditi-,nari1 that of a himself1 ,sephira1 which1 heifer1 contains the same becoming visible light1 is metaphysical idea as the said to produce ,adam ,kadmon4 8fall of man10 or that of ,but1 in the hidden sense1 the ,spirit into ,sephira and ,adam are one and generation--matter4 ,the the same light1 only latent ,all-pervading ,divine ,spirit and active1 invisible and embodied under the symbols visible4 ,the second ,adam1 as of ,heaven1 the ,sun1 and ,heat the human tetragram1 7fire7--the correlation of produces in his turn ,eve1 cosmic forces--fecundates out of his side4 ,it is this ,matter or ,nature1 the second triad1 with which the daughter of ,spirit4 ,and kabalists have hitherto ,para-,brahma himself has to dealt1 hardly hinting at the submit to and bear the ,supreme and ,ineffable ,one1 penance of the curses of the and never committing other gods 7,elohim7 for such anything to writing4 ,all an incest4 7,see knowledge concerning the corresponding column47 latter was imparted orally4 ,according to the immutable1 ,it is the second ,adam1 and1 therefore1 fatal law1 then1 who is the unity both ,nara and ,nari are represented by ,jod1 emblem mutually ,father and ,mother1 of the kabalistic male as well as ,father and principle1 and1 at the same ,daughter4#efc ,matter1 time1 he is ,chochmah1 through infinite ,wisdom1 while ,binah or transformation1 is the ,jehovah is ,eve2 the first gradual product of ,spirit4 ,chochmah issuing from ,keter1 ,the unification of one or the androgyne1 ,adam ,eternal ,supreme ,cause ,kadmon1 and the second1 required such a correlation2 ,binah1 from ,chochmah4 ,if we and if nature be the product combine with ,jod the three or effect of that ,cause1 in letters which form the name its turn it has to be of ,eve1 we will have the fecundated by the same divine tetragram pronounced divine ,ray which produced ,,ievo-,,hevah1 ,adam and ,eve1 1 nature itself4 ,the most ,jehovah1 male and female1 or absurd cosmogonical the idealization of humanity allegories1 if analyzed embodied in the first man4 without prejudice1 will be ,thus is it that we can prove found built on strict and that1 while the ,jewish logical necessarianism4 kabalists1 in common with their initiated masters1 the 8,being was born from ,chaldeans and the ,hindus1 not-being10 says a verse in adored the ,supreme and the ,rig-,veda4#efd ,the ,unknown ,god1 in the sacred first being had to become silence of their androgyne and finite1 by the sanctuaries1 the ignorant very fact of its creation as masses of every nation were a being4 ,and thus even the left to adore something sacred ,trimurti1 containing which was certainly less ,brahma1 ,vishnu1 and ,siva than the ,eternal ,substance will have an end when the of the ,buddhists1 the 8night0 of ,para-,brahma so-called ,atheists4 ,as succeeds the present 8day10 ,brahma1 the deity manifested or period of universal in the mythical ,manu1 or activity4 the first man 7born of ,swayambhuva1 or the ,the second1 or rather the ,self-existent71 is finite1 first1 triad---as the so ,jehovah1 embodied in ,adam highest one is a pure and ,eve1 is but a human abstraction--is the god4 ,he is the symbol of intellectual world4 ,the ,vch humanity1 a mixture of good which surrounds it is a more with a portion of definite transformation of unavoidable evil2 of spirit ,aditi4 ,besides its occult fallen into matter4 ,in significance in the secret worshipping ,jehovah1 we ,mantrm1 ,vch is personified simply worship nature1 as as the active power of embodied in man1 ,brahma proceeding from him4 half-spiritual and ,in the ,vedas she is made half-material1 at best3 we to speak of herself as the are ,pantheists1 when not supreme and universal soul4 fetich worshippers1 like the 8,i bore the ,father on the idolatrous ,jews1 who head of the universal mind1 sacrificed on high places1 and my origin is in the in groves1 to the midst of the ocean2 and personified male and female therefore do ,i pervade all principle1 ignorant of ,,iao1 beings4444 ,originating all the ,supreme 8,secret ,name0 of beings1 ,i pass like the the ,mysteries4 breeze 7,holy ,ghost74 ,i am above this heaven1 beyond ,shekinah is the ,hindu ,vch1 this earth2 and what is the and praised in the same ,great ,one that am ,i40#efe terms as the latter4 ,though ,literally1 ,vch is speech1 shown in the kabalistic ,tree the power of awakening1 of ,life as proceeding from through the metrical the ninth ,sephiroth1 yet arrangement contained in ,shekinah is the 8veil0 of the number and syllables ,en-,soph1 and the 8garment0 of the ,mantras1#eff of ,jehovah4 ,the 8veil10 for corresponding powers in it succeeded for long ages the invisible world4 ,in in concealing the real the sacrificial ,mysteries supreme ,god1 the universal ,vch stirs up the ,brahma ,spirit1 and masking ,jehovah1 7,brahma jinvati71 or the exoteric deity1 made the the power lying latent at ,christians accept him as the the bottom of every magical 8father0 of the initiated operation4 ,it existed from ,jesus4 ,yet the kabalists1 eternity as the ,yajna 7its as well as the ,hindu latent form71 lying dormant ,dikshita1 know the power in ,brahma from of the ,shekinah or ,vch1 8no-beginning10 and and call it the 8secret proceeded forth from him as wisdom10 4 ,vch 7the active power74 ,it is the key to the ,the triangle played a 8,traividy10 the thrice prominent part in the sacred science which teaches religious symbolism of every the ,yajus 7the sacrificial great nation2 for everywhere ,mysteries74#efg it represented the three great principles--spirit1 ,having done with the force1 and matter2 or the unrevealed triad1 and the active 7male71 passive first triad of the 7female71 and the dual or ,sephiroth1 called the correlative principle which 8intellectual world10 little partakes of both and binds remains to be said4 ,in the the two together4 ,it was the great geometrical figure ,arba or mystic 8four10#efh which has the double the mystery-gods1 the ,kabeiri1 triangle in it1 the central summarized in the unity of circle represents the world one supreme ,deity4 ,it is within the universe4 ,the found in the ,egyptian double triangle belongs to pyramids1 whose equal sides one of the most important1 tower up until lost in one if it is not in itself the crowning point4 ,in the most important1 of the kabalistic diagram the mystic figures in ,india4 ,it central circle of the is the emblem of the ,brahmanical figure is ,trimurti three in one4 ,the replaced by the cross2 the triangle with its apex celestial perpendicular and upward indicates the male the terrestrial horizontal principle1 downward the base line4#efi ,but the idea female2 the two typifying1 is the same3 ,adam ,kadmon is at the same time1 spirit and the type of humanity as a matter4 ,this world within collective totality within the infinite universe is the the unity of the creative microcosm within the ,god and the universal macrocosm1 as in the ,jewish spirit4 ,kabala4 ,it is the symbol of the womb of the universe1 8,of him who is formless1 the the terrestrial egg1 whose non-existent 7also the archetype is the golden eternal1 but not ,first mundane egg4 ,it is from ,cause71 is born the heavenly within this spiritual bosom man40 ,but after he created of mother nature that the form of the heavenly proceed all the great man 1 he 8used it as saviours of the a vehicle wherein to universe--the avatars of the descend10 says the ,kabala4 invisible ,deity4 ,thus ,adam ,kadmon is the avatar of the concealed 8,of him who is and yet is power4 ,after that the not1 from the not-being1 heavenly ,adam creates or ,eternal ,cause1 is born the engenders by the combined being ,pouroucha10 says ,manu1 power of the ,sephiroth1 the the legislator4 ,pouroucha is earthly ,adam4 ,the work of the 8divine male10 the creation is also begun by second god1 and the ,sephira in the creation of avatar1 or the ,logos of the ten ,sephiroth 7who are ,para-,brahma and his divine the ,pradjapatis of the son1 who in his turn ,kabala1 for they are produced ,viradj1 the son1 or likewise the ,lords of all the ideal type of the beings74 universe4 8,viradj begins the work of creation by ,the ,sohar asserts the producing the ten same4 ,according to the ,pradjapati1 #8the lords of kabalistic doctrine there all beings4'0 were old worlds 7see ,idra ,suta3 ,sohar1 iii41 p4 #bib ,according to the doctrine of b74 ,everything will return ,manu1 the universe is some day to that from which subjected to a periodical it first proceeded4 8,all and never-ending succession things of which this world of creations and consists1 spirit as well as dissolutions1 which periods body1 will return to their of creation are named principal1 and the roots ,manvntara4 from which they proceeded0 7,sohar1 ii41 #bah b74 ,the 8,it is the germ 7which the kabalists also maintain the ,divine ,spirit produced from indestructibility of matter1 its own substance7 which albeit their doctrine is never perishes in the being1 shrouded still more for it becomes the soul of carefully than that of the ,being1 and at the period of ,hindus4 ,the creation is pralaya 7dissolution7 it eternal1 and the universe is returns to absorb itself the 8garment10 or 8the veil again into the ,divine of ,god0--,shekinah2 and the ,spirit1 which itself rests latter is immortal and from all eternity within eternal as ,him within whom ,swayambhuva1 the it has ever existed4 ,every #8,self-,existent'0 world is made after the 7,institutes of ,manu1 pattern of its predecessor1 book i474 and each more gross and material than the preceding ,as we have shown1 neither one4 ,in the ,kabala all the ,svbhvikas1 ,buddhist were called sparks4 ,finally1 philosophers--nor the our present grossly ,brahmans believe in a materialistic world was creation of the universe ex formed4 nihilo1 but both believe in the ,prakriti1 the ,in the ,chaldean account of indestructibility of matter4 the period which preceded the ,genesis of our world1 ,the evolution of species1 ,berosus speaks of a time and the successive when there existed nothing appearance of various new but darkness1 and an abyss types is very distinctly of waters1 filled with shown in ,manu4 hideous monsters1 8produced of a two-fold principle 4444 8,from earth1 heat1 and ,these were creatures in water1 are born all which were combined the creatures1 whether animate limbs of every species of or inanimate1 produced by animals4 ,in addition to the germ which the ,divine these fishes1 reptiles1 ,spirit drew from its own serpents1 with other substance4 ,thus has ,brahma monstrous animals1 which established the series of assumed each other's shape transformations from the and countenance40#ega plant up to man1 and from man up to the primordial essence4444 ,among them each succeeding being 7or element7 acquires the quality of the preceding2 and in as many degrees as each of them is advanced1 with so many properties is it said to be endowed0 7,manu1 book i41 sloka #bj74egj ,this1 we believe1 is the veritable theory of the modern evolutionists4 ,in the first book of ,manu1 we read3 8,know that the sum of #a1jjj divine ages1 composes the totality of one day of ,brahma2 and that one night is equal to that day40 ,one thousand divine ages is equal to #d1cbj1jjj1jjj of human years1 in the ,brahmanical calculations4 8,at the expiration of each night1 ,brahma1 who has been asleep1 awakes1 and through the sole energy of the motion causes to emanate from himself the spirit1 which in its essence is1 and yet is not40 8,prompted by the desire to create1 the ,spirit 7first of the emanations7 operates the creation and gives birth to ether1 which the sages consider as having the faculty of transmitting sound4 8,ether begets air whose property is tangible1 and which is necessary to life4 8,through a transformation of the air1 light is produced4 8,from air and light1 which begets heat1 water is formed1 and the water is the womb of all the living germs40 ,throughout the whole immense period of progressive creation1 covering #d1cbj1jjj1jjj years1 ether1 air1 water and fire 7heat71 are constantly forming matter under the never-ceasing impulse of the ,spirit1 or the unrevealed ,god who fills up the whole creation1 for he is in all1 and all is in him4 ,this computation1 which was secret and which is hardly hinted at even now1 led ,higgins into the error of dividing every ten ages into #f1jjj years4 ,had he added a few more ciphers to his sums he might have come nearer to a correct explanation of the neroses1 or secret cycles4#egb ,in the ,sepher ,jezireh1 the kabalistic ,book of ,creation1 the author has evidently repeated the words of ,manu4 ,in it1 the ,divine ,substance is represented as having alone existed from the eternity1 boundless and absolute2 and emitted from itself the ,spirit4 8,one is the ,spirit of the living ,god1 blessed be ,his ,name1 who liveth for ever6 ,voice1 ,spirit1 and ,word1 this is the ,holy ,spirit20#egc and this is the kabalistic abstract ,trinity1 so unceremoniously anthropomorphized by the ,fathers4 ,from this triple ,,one emanated the whole ,cosmos4 ,first from ,,one emanated number ,,two1 or ,air1 the creative element2 and then number ,,three1 ,water1 proceeded from the air2 ,ether or ,fire complete the mystic four1 the ,arba-il4#egd 8,when the ,concealed of the ,concealed wanted to reveal ,himself1 he first made a point 7primordial point1 or the first ,sephira1 air or ,holy ,ghost71 shaped it into a sacred form 7the ten ,sephiroth1 or the ,heavenly man71 and covered it with a rich and splendid garment1 that is the world40#ege 8,he maketh the wind ,his messengers1 flaming ,fire his servants10 says the ,jezireh1 showing the cosmical character of the later euhemerized angels1#egf and that the ,spirit permeates every minutest atom of the ,cosmos4#egg ,when the cycle of creation is run down1 the energy of the manifested word is weakening4 ,he alone1 the ,unconceivable1 is unchangeable 7ever latent71 but the ,creative ,force1 though also eternal1 as it has been in the former from 8no beginning10 yet must be subject to periodical cycles of activity and rest2 as it had a beginning in one of its aspects1 when it first emanated1 therefore must also have an end4 ,thus1 the evening succeeds the day1 and the night of the deity approaches4 ,brahma is gradually falling asleep4 ,in one of the books of ,sohar1 we read the following3 8,as ,moses was keeping a vigil on ,mount ,sinai1 in company with the ,deity1 who was concealed from his sight by a cloud1 he felt a great fear overcome him and suddenly asked3 #8,lord1 where art ,thou 444 sleepest thou1 ,o ,lord8' ,and the ,spirit answered him3 #8,i never sleep2 were ,i to fall asleep for a moment before my time1 all the ,creation would crumble into dissolution in one instant4'0 ,and ,vamadeva-,modly describes the 8,night of ,brahma10 or the second period of the ,divine ,unknown existence1 thus3 8,strange noises are heard1 proceeding from every point4444 ,these are the precursors of the ,night of ,brahma2 dusk rises at the horizon and the ,sun passes away behind the thirtieth degree of ,macara 7sign of the zodiac71 and will reach no more the sign of the ,minas 7zodiacal pisces1 or fish74 ,the gurus of the pagodas appointed to watch the rs-chakr 7,zodiac71 may now break their circle and instruments1 for they are henceforth useless4 8,gradually light pales1 heat diminishes1 uninhabitable spots multiply on the earth1 the air becomes more and more rarefied2 the springs of waters dry up1 the great rivers see their waves exhausted1 the ocean shows its sandy bottom1 and plants die4 ,men and animals decrease in size daily4 ,life and motion lose their force1 planets can hardly gravitate in space2 they are extinguished one by one1 like a lamp which the hand of the chokra 7servant7 neglects to replenish4 ,sourya 7the ,sun7 flickers and goes out1 matter falls into dissolution 7pralaya71 and ,brahma merges back into ,dyus1 the ,unrevealed ,god1 and his task being accomplished1 he falls asleep4 ,another day is passed1 night sets in and continues until the future dawn4 8,and now again re-enter into the golden egg of ,his ,thought1 the germs of all that exist1 as the divine ,manu tells us4 ,during ,his peaceful rest1 the animated beings1 endowed with the principles of action1 cease their functions1 and all feeling 7manas7 becomes dormant4 ,when they are all absorbed in the ,,supreme ,,soul1 this ,soul of all the beings sleeps in complete repose1 till the day when it resumes its form1 and awakes again from its primitive darkness40#egh ,if we now examine the ten mythical avatars of ,vishnu1 we find them recorded in the following progression3 #a4 ,matsya-,avatar3 as a fish4 ,it will also be his tenth and last avatar1 at the end of the ,kali-yug4 #b4 ,kurm-,avatar3 as a tortoise4 #c4 ,varaha3 as a boar4 #d4 ,nara-,sing3 as a man-lion2 last animal stage4 #e4 ,vamuna3 as a dwarf2 first step toward the human form4 #f4 ,parasu-,rama3 as a hero1 but yet an imperfect man4 #g4 ,rama-,chandra3 as the hero of ,ramayna4 ,physically a perfect man2 his next of kin1 friend and ally ,hanoum1 the monkey-god4 ,the monkey endowed with speech4#egi #h4 ,christna-,avatar3 the ,son of the ,virgin ,devanaguy 7or ,devaki7 one formed by ,god1 or rather by the manifested ,deity ,vishnu1 who is identical with ,adam ,kadmon4#ehj ,christna is also called ,kaneya1 the ,son of the ,virgin4 #i4 ,gautama-,buddha1 ,siddhrtha1 or ,sakya-muni4 7,the ,buddhists reject this doctrine of their ,buddha being an incarnation of ,vishnu47 #aj4 ,this avatar has not yet occurred4 ,it is expected in the future1 like the ,christian ,advent1 the idea of which was undoubtedly copied from the ,hindu4 ,when ,vishnu appears for the last time he will come as a 8,saviour40 ,according to the opinion of some ,brahmans he will appear himself under the form of the horse ,kalki4 ,others maintain that he will be mounting it4 ,this horse is the envelope of the spirit of evil1 and ,vishnu will mount it1 invisible to all1 till he has conquered it for the last time4 ,the 8,kalki-,avataram10 or the last incarnation1 divides ,brahmanism into two sects4 ,that of the ,vahnva refuses to recognize the incarnations of their god ,vishnu in animal forms literally4 ,they claim that these must be understood as allegorical4 ,in this diagram of avatars we see traced the gradual evolution and transformation of all species out of the ante-,silurian mud of ,darwin and the ilus of ,sanchoniathon and ,berosus4 ,beginning with the ,azoic time1 corresponding to the ilus in which ,brahma implants the creative germ1 we pass through the ,palozoic and ,mesozoic times1 covered by the first and second incarnations as the fish and tortoise2 and the ,cenozoic1 which is embraced by the incarnations in the animal and semi-human forms of the boar and man-lion2 and we come to the fifth and crowning geological period1 designated as the 8era of mind1 or age of man10 whose symbol in the ,hindu mythology is the dwarf--the first attempt of nature at the creation of man4 ,in this diagram we should follow the main-idea1 not judge the degree of knowledge of the ancient philosophers by the literal acceptance of the popular form in which it is presented to us in the grand epical poem of ,maha-,bharata and its chapter the ,bagaved-gitta4 ,even the four ages of the ,hindu chronology contain a far more philosophical idea than appears on the surface4 ,it defines them according to both the psychological or mental and the physical states of man during their period4 ,crita-yug1 the golden age1 the 8age of joy10 or spiritual innocence of man2 ,treta-yug1 the age of silver1 or that of fire--the period of supremacy of man and of giants and of the sons of ,god2 ,dwapara-yug1 the age of bronze--a mixture already of purity and impurity 7spirit and matter71 the age of doubt2 and at last our own1 the ,kali-yug1 or age of iron1 of darkness1 misery1 and sorrow4 ,in this age1 ,vishnu had to incarnate himself in ,christna1 in order to save humanity from the goddess ,kali1 consort of ,siva1 the all-annihilating--the goddess of death1 destruction1 and human misery4 ,kali is the best emblem to represent the 8fall of man20 the falling of spirit into the degradation of matter1 with all its terrific results4 ,we have to rid ourselves of ,kali before we can ever reach 8,moksha10 or ,nirvana1 the abode of blessed ,peace and ,spirit4 ,with the ,buddhists the last incarnation is the fifth4 ,when ,maitree-,buddha comes1 then our present world will be destroyed2 and a new and a better one will replace it4 ,the four arms of every ,hindu ,deity are the emblems of the four preceding manifestations of our earth from its invisible state1 while its head typifies the fifth and last ,kalki-,avatar1 when this would be destroyed1 and the power of ,budh--,wisdom 7with the ,hindus1 of ,brahma71 will be again called into requisition to manifest itself--as a ,logos--to create the future world4 ,in this diagram1 the male gods typify ,spirit in its deific attributes1 while their female counterparts--the ,sakti1 represent the active energies of these attributes4 ,the ,durga 7active virtue71 is a subtile1 invisible force1 which answers to ,shekinah--the garment of ,en-,soph4 ,she is the ,sakti through which the passive 8,eternal0 calls forth the visible universe from its first ideal conception4 ,every one of the three personages of the exoteric ,trimurti are shown as using their ,sakti as a ,vehan 7vehicle74 ,each of them is for the time being the form which sits upon the mysterious wagon of ,ezekiel4 ,nor do we see less clearly carried out in this succession of avatars1 the truly philosophical idea of a simultaneous spiritual and physical evolution of creatures and man4 ,from a fish the progress of this dual transformation carries on the physical form through the shape of a tortoise1 a boar1 and a man-lion2 and then1 appearing in the dwarf of humanity1 it shows ,parasu ,rama physically1 a perfect1 spiritually1 an undeveloped entity1 until it carries mankind personified by one god-like man1 to the apex of physical and spiritual perfection--a god on earth4 ,in ,christna and the other ,saviours of the world we see the philosophical idea of the progressive dual development understood and as clearly expressed in the ,sohar4 ,the 8,heavenly man10 who is the ,protogonos1 ,tikkun1 the first-born of ,god1 or the universal ,form and ,idea1 engenders ,adam4 ,hence the latter is god-born in humanity1 and endowed with the attributes of all the ten ,sephiroth4 ,these are3 ,wisdom1 ,intelligence1 ,justice1 ,love1 ,beauty1 ,splendor1 ,firmness1 etc4 ,they make him the ,foundation or basis1 8the mighty living one10 1 and the crown of creation1 thus placing him as the ,alpha and ,omega to reign over the 8kingdom0--,malchuth4 8,man is both the import and the highest degree of creation10 says the ,sohar4 8,as soon as man was created1 everything was complete1 including the upper and nether worlds1 for everything is comprised in man4 ,he unites in himself all forms0 7iii41 p4 #dh a74 ,but this does not relate to our degenerated mankind2 it is only occasionally that men are born who are the types of what man should be1 and yet is not4 ,the first races of men were spiritual1 and their protoplastic bodies were not composed of the gross and material substances of which we see them composed now-a-day4 ,the first men were created with all the faculties of the ,deity1 and powers far transcending those of the angelic host2 for they were the direct emanations of ,adam ,kadmon1 the primitive man1 the ,macrocosm2 while the present humanity is several degrees removed even from the earthly ,adam1 who was the ,microcosm1 or 8the little world40 ,seir ,anpin1 the mystical figure of the ,man1 consists of #bdc numbers1 and we see in the circles which follow each other that it is the angels which emanated from the 8,primitive ,man10 not the ,sephiroth from angels4 ,hence1 man was intended from the first to be a being of both a progressive and retrogressive nature4 ,beginning at the apex of the divine cycle1 he gradually began receding from the centre of ,light1 acquiring at every new and lower sphere of being 7worlds each inhabited by a different race of human beings7 a more solid physical form and losing a portion of his divine faculties4 ,in the 8fall of ,adam0 we must see1 not the personal transgression of man1 but simply the law of the dual evolution4 ,adam1 or 8,man10 begins his career of existences by dwelling in the garden of ,eden 8dressed in the celestial garment1 which is a garment of heavenly light0 7,sohar1 ii41 #bbi b72 but when expelled he is 8clothed0 by ,god1 or the eternal law of ,evolution or necessarianism1 with coats of skin4 ,but even on this earth of material degradation--in which the divine spark 7,soul1 a corruscation of the ,spirit7 was to begin its physical progression in a series of imprisonments from a stone up to a man's body--if he but exercise his ,,will and call his deity to his help1 man can transcend the powers of the angel4 8,know ye not that we shall judge angels80 asks ,paul 7#a ,corinthians1 vi4 #c74 ,the real man is the ,soul 7,spirit71 teaches the ,sohar4 8,the mystery of the earthly man is after the mystery of the heavenly man 444 the wise can read the mysteries in the human face0 7ii41 #gf a74 ,this is still another of the many sentences by which ,paul must be recognized as an initiate4 ,for reasons fully explained1 we give far more credit for genuineness to certain ,epistles of the apostles1 now dismissed as apocryphal1 than to many suspicious portions of the ,acts4 ,and we find corroboration of this view in the ,epistle of ,paul to ,seneca4 ,in this message ,paul styles ,seneca 8my respected master10 while ,seneca terms the apostle simply 8brother40 ,no more than the true religion of ,judaic philosophy can be judged by the absurdities of the exoteric ,bible1 have we any right to form an opinion of ,brahmanism and ,buddhism by their nonsensical and sometimes disgusting popular forms4 ,if we only search for the true essence of the philosophy of both ,manu and the ,kabala1 we will find that ,vishnu is1 as well as ,adam ,kadmon1 the expression of the universe itself2 and that his incarnations are but concrete and various embodiments of the manifestations of this 8,stupendous ,whole40 8,i am the ,soul1 ,o1 ,arjuna4 ,i am the ,soul which exists in the heart of all beings2 and ,i am the beginning and the middle1 and also the end of existing things10 says ,vishnu to his disciple1 in ,bagaved-gitta 7ch4 x41 p4 #ga74 8,i am ,alpha and ,omega1 the beginning and the end4444 ,i am the first and the last10 says ,jesus to ,john 7,rev4 i4 #f1 #ag74 ,brahma1 ,vishnu1 and ,siva are a trinity in a unity1 and1 like the ,christian trinity1 they are mutually convertible4 ,in the esoteric doctrine they are one and the same manifestation of him 8whose name is too sacred to be pronounced1 and whose power is too majestic and infinite to be imagined40 ,thus by describing the avatars of one1 all others are included in the allegory1 with a change of form but not of substance4 ,it is out of such manifestations that emanated the many worlds that were1 and that will emanate the one--which is to come4 ,coleman1 followed in it by other ,orientalists1 presents the seventh avatar of ,vishnu in the most caricatured way4#eha ,apart from the fact that the ,ramayana is one of the grandest epic poems in the world--the source and origin of ,homer's inspiration--this avatar conceals one of the most scientific problems of our modern day4 ,the learned ,brahmans of ,india never understood the allegory of the famous war between men1 giants1 and monkeys1 otherwise than in the light of the transformation of species4 ,it is our firm belief that were ,european academicians to seek for information from some learned native ,brahmans1 instead of unanimously and incontinently rejecting their authority1 and were they1 like ,jacolliot--against whom they have nearly all arrayed themselves--to seek for light in the oldest documents scattered about the country in pagodas1 they might learn strange but not useless lessons4 ,let any one inquire of an educated ,brahman the reason for the respect shown to monkeys--the origin of which feeling is indicated in the story of the valorous feats of ,hanoum1 the generalissimo and faithful ally of the hero of ,ramayana1#ehb and he would soon be disabused of the erroneous idea that the ,hindus accord deific honors to a monkey-god4 ,he would1 perhaps1 learn--were the ,brahman to judge him worthy of an explanation--that the ,hindu sees in the ape but what ,manu desired he should3 the transformation of species most directly connected with that of the human family--a bastard branch engrafted on their own stock before the final perfection of the latter4#ehc ,he might learn1 further1 that in the eyes of the educated 8heathen0 the spiritual or inner man is one thing1 and his terrestrial1 physical casket another4 ,that physical nature1 the great combination of physical correlations of forces ever creeping on toward perfection1 has to avail herself of the material at hand2 she models and remodels as she proceeds1 and finishing her crowning work in man1 presents him alone as a fit tabernacle for the overshadowing of the ,divine spirit4 ,but the latter circumstance does not give man the right of life and death over the animals lower than himself in the scale of nature1 or the right to torture them4 ,quite the reverse4 ,besides being endowed with a soul--of which every animal1 and even plant1 is more or less possessed--man has his immortal rational soul1 or nous1 which ought to make him at least equal in magnanimity to the elephant1 who treads so carefully1 lest he should crush weaker creatures than himself4 ,it is this feeling which prompts ,brahman and ,buddhist alike to construct hospitals for sick animals1 and even insects1 and to prepare refuges wherein they may finish their days4 ,it is this same feeling1 again1 which causes the ,jan sectarian to sacrifice one-half of his life-time to brushing away from his path the helpless1 crawling insects1 rather than recklessly deprive the smallest of life2 and it is again from this sense of highest benevolence and charity toward the weaker1 however abject the creature may be1 that they honor one of the natural modifications of their own dual nature1 and that later the popular belief in metempsychosis arose4 ,no trace of the latter is to be found in the ,vedas2 and the true interpretation of the doctrine1 discussed at length in ,manu and the ,buddhistic sacred books1 having been confined from the first to the learned sacerdotal castes1 the false and foolish popular ideas concerning it need occasion no surprise4 ,upon those who1 in the remains of antiquity1 see evidence that modern times can lay small claim to originality1 it is common to charge a disposition to exaggerate and distort facts4 ,but the candid reader will scarcely aver that the above is an example in point4 ,there were evolutionists before the day when the mythical ,noah is made1 in the ,bible1 to float in his ark2 and the ancient scientists were better informed1 and had their theories more logically defined than the modern evolutionists4 ,plato1 ,anaxagoras1 ,pythagoras1 the ,eleatic schools of ,greece1 as well as the old ,chaldean sacerdotal colleges1 all taught the doctrine of the dual evolution2 the doctrine of the transmigration of souls referring only to the progress of man from world to world1 after death here4 ,every philosophy worthy of the name1 taught that the spirit of man1 if not the soul1 was prexistent4 8,the ,essenes10 says ,josephus1 8believed that the souls were immortal1 and that they descended from the ethereal spaces to be chained to bodies40#ehd ,in his turn1 ,philo ,judus says1 the 8air is full of them 7of souls72 those which are nearest the earth1 descending to be tied to mortal bodies1 1 return to other bodies1 being desirous to live in them40#ehe ,in the ,sohar1 the soul is made to plead her freedom before ,god3 8,lord of the ,universe6 ,i am happy in this world1 and do not wish to go into another world1 where ,i shall be a handmaid1 and be exposed to all kinds of pollutions40#ehf ,the doctrine of fatal necessity1 the everlasting immutable ,law1 is asserted in the answer of the ,deity3 8,against thy will thou becomest an embryo1 and against thy will thou art born40#ehg ,light would be incomprehensible without darkness1 to make it manifest by contrast2 good would be no good without evil1 to show the priceless nature of the boon2 and so1 personal virtue could claim no merit1 unless it had passed through the furnace of temptation4 ,nothing is eternal and unchangeable1 save the ,concealed ,deity4 ,nothing that is finite--whether because it had a beginning1 or must have an end--can remain stationary4 ,it must either progress or recede2 and a soul which thirsts after a renion with its spirit1 which alone confers upon it immortality1 must purify itself through cyclic transmigrations1 onward toward the only ,land of ,bliss and ,eternal ,rest1 called in the ,sohar1 8,the ,palace of ,love10 2 in the ,hindu religion1 8,moksha20 among the ,gnostics1 the 8,pleroma of eternal ,light20 and by the ,buddhists1 ,nirvana4 ,the ,christian calls it the 8,kingdom of ,heaven10 and claims to have alone found the truth1 whereas he has but invented a new name for a doctrine which is coval with man4 ,the proof that the transmigration of the soul does not relate to man's condition on this earth after death1 is found in the ,sohar1 notwithstanding the many incorrect renderings of its translators4 8,all souls which have alienated themselves in heaven from the ,holy ,one--blessed be ,his ,name--have thrown themselves into an abyss at their very existence1 and have anticipated the time when they are to descend on earth4#ehh444 ,come and see when the soul reaches the abode of ,love4444 ,the soul could not bear this light1 but for the luminous mantle which she puts on4 ,for1 just as the soul1 when sent to this earth1 puts on an earthly garment to preserve herself here1 so she receives above a shining garment1 in order to be able to look without injury into the mirror1 whose light proceeds from the ,lord of ,light40#ehi ,moreover1 the ,sohar teaches that the soul cannot reach the abode of bliss1 unless she has received the 8holy kiss10 or the re-union of the soul with the substance from which she emanated--spirit4 ,all souls are dual1 and1 while the latter is a feminine principle1 the spirit is masculine4 ,while imprisoned in body1 man is a trinity1 unless his pollution is such as to have caused his divorce from the spirit4 8,woe to the soul which prefers to her divine husband 7spirit71 the earthly wedlock with her terrestrial body10 records a text of the ,book of the ,keys4#eij ,these ideas on the transmigrations and the trinity of man1 were held by many of the early ,christian ,fathers4 ,it is the jumble made by the translators of the ,new ,testament and ancient philosophical treatises between soul and spirit1 that has occasioned the many misunderstandings4 ,it is also one of the many reasons why ,buddha1 ,plotinus1 and so many other initiates are now accused of having longed for the total extinction of their souls--8absorption unto the ,deity10 or 8reunion with the universal soul10 meaning1 according to modern ideas1 annihilation4 ,the animal soul must1 of course1 be disintegrated of its particles1 before it is able to link its purer essence forever with the immortal spirit4 ,but the translators of both the ,acts and the ,epistles1 who laid the foundation of the ,kingdom of ,heaven1 and the modern commentators on the ,buddhist ,sutra of the ,foundation of the ,kingdom of ,righteousness1 have muddled the sense of the great apostle of ,christianity1 as of the great reformer of ,india4 ,the former have smothered the word 1 so that no reader imagines it to have any relation with soul2 and with this confusion of soul and spirit together1 ,bible readers get only a perverted sense of anything on the subject2 and the interpreters of the latter have failed to understand the meaning and object of the ,buddhist four degrees of ,dhyna4 ,in the writings of ,paul1 the entity of man is divided into a trine--flesh1 psychical existence or soul1 and the overshadowing and at the same time interior entity or ,,spirit4 ,his phraseology is very definite1 when he teaches the anastasis1 or the continuation of life of those who have died4 ,he maintains that there is a psychical body which is sown in the corruptible1 and a spiritual body that is raised in incorruptible substance4 8,the first man is of the earth earthy1 the second man from heaven40 ,even ,james 7iii4 #ae7 identifies the soul by saying that its 8wisdom descendeth not from the above but is terrestrial1 psychical1 demoniacal0 7see ,greek text74 ,plato1 speaking of the ,soul 7psuch71 observes that 8when she allies herself to the nous 7divine substance1 a god1 as psuch is a goddess71 she does everything aright and felicitously2 but the case is otherwise when she attaches herself to ,annoia40 ,what ,plato calls nous1 ,paul terms the ,spirit2 and ,jesus makes the heart what ,paul says of the flesh4 ,the natural condition of mankind was called in ,greek 2 the new condition 4 ,in ,adam came the former 7death71 in ,christ the latter 7resurrection71 for it is he who first publicly taught mankind the 8,noble ,path0 to ,eternal life1 as ,gautama pointed the same ,path to ,nirvana4 ,to accomplish both ends there was but one way1 according to the teachings of both4 8,poverty1 chastity1 contemplation or inner prayer2 contempt for wealth and the illusive joys of this world40 8,enter on this ,path and put an end to sorrow2 verily the ,path has been preached by me1 who have found out how to quench the darts of grief4 ,you yourselves must make the effort2 the ,buddhas are only preachers4 ,the thoughtful who enter the ,path are freed from the bondage of the ,deceiver 7,mar74#eia 8,enter ye in at the strait gate3 for wide is the gate1 and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction4444 ,follow me4444 ,every one that heareth these sayings and doeth them not1 shall be likened unto a foolish man0 7,matthew vii4 and viii474 8,i can of mine own self do nothing0 7,john v4 #cj74 8,the care of this world1 and the deceitfulness of riches1 choke the word0 7,matthew xiii4 #bb71 say the ,christians2 and it is only by shaking off all delusions that the ,buddhist enters on the 8,path0 which will lead him 8away from the restless tossing waves of the ocean of life10 and take him 8to the calm ,city of ,peace1 to the real joy and rest of ,nirvana40 ,the ,greek philosophers are alike made misty instead of mystic by their too learned translators4 ,the ,egyptians revered the ,divine ,spirit1 the ,one-,only ,one1 as ,,nout4 ,it is most evident that it is from that word that ,anaxagoras borrowed his denominative nous1 or1 as he calls it1 --the ,mind or ,spirit self-potent1 the 4 8,all things10 says he1 8were in chaos2 then came and introduced order40 ,he also denominated this the ,one that ruled the many4 ,in his idea was ,god2 and the ,logos was man1 the emanation of the former4 ,the external powers perceived phenomena2 the nous alone recognized noumena or subjective things4 ,this is purely ,buddhistic and esoteric4 ,here ,socrates took his clew and followed it1 and ,plato after him1 with the whole world of interior knowledge4 ,where the old ,ionico-,italian world culminated in ,anaxagoras1 the new world began with ,socrates and ,plato4 ,pythagoras made the ,soul a self-moving unit1 with three elements1 the nous1 the phren and the thumos2 the latter two1 shared with the brutes2 the former only1 being his essential self4 ,so the charge that he taught transmigration is refuted2 he taught no more than ,gautama-,buddha ever did1 whatever the popular superstition of the ,hindu rabble made of it after his death4 ,whether ,pythagoras borrowed from ,buddha1 or ,buddha from somebody else1 matters not2 the esoteric doctrine is the same4 ,the ,platonic ,school is even more distinct in enunciating all this4 ,the real selfhood was at the basis of all4 ,socrates therefore taught that he had a 7daimonion71 a spiritual something which put him in the road to wisdom4 ,he himself knew nothing1 but this put him in the way to learn all4 ,plato followed him with a full investigation of the principles of being4 ,there was an ,agathon1 ,supreme ,god1 who produced in his own mind a paradeigma of all things4 ,he taught that in man was 8the immortal principle of the soul10 a mortal body1 and a 8separate mortal kind of soul10 which was placed in a separate receptacle of the body from the other2 the immortal part was in the head 7,timus xix41 xx47 the other in the trunk 7xliv474 ,nothing is plainer than that ,plato regarded the interior man as constituted of two parts--one always the same1 formed of the same entity as ,deity1 and one mortal and corruptible4 8,plato and ,pythagoras10 says ,plutarch1 8distribute the soul into two parts1 the rational 7notic7 and irrational 7agnoia72 that that part of the soul of man which is rational1 is eternal2 for though it be not ,god1 yet it is the product of an eternal deity1 but that part of the soul which is divested of reason 7agnoia7 dies40 8,man10 says ,plutarch1 8is compound2 and they are mistaken who think him to be compounded of two parts only4 ,for they imagine that the understanding is a part of the soul1 but they err in this no less than those who make the soul to be a part of the body1 for the understanding 7nous7 as far exceeds the soul1 as the soul is better and diviner than the body4 ,now this composition of the soul 77 with the understanding 77 makes reason2 and with the body1 passion2 of which the one is the beginning or principle of pleasure and pain1 and the other of virtue and vice4 ,of these three parts conjoined and compacted together1 the earth has given the body1 the moon the soul1 and the sun the understanding to the generation of man4 8,now of the deaths we die1 the one makes man two of three1 and the other1 one of 7out of7 two4 ,the former is in the region and jurisdiction of ,demeter1 whence the name given to the ,mysteries resembled that given to death1 4 ,the ,athenians also heretofore called the deceased sacred to ,demeter4 ,as for the other death it is in the moon or region of ,persophon4 ,and as with the one the terrestrial1 so with the other the celestial ,hermes doth dwell4 ,this suddenly and with violence plucks the soul from the body2 but ,proserpina mildly and in a long time disjoins the understanding from the soul4 ,for this reason she is called ,monogenes1 only-begotten1 or rather begetting one alone2 for the better part of man becomes alone when it is separated by her4 ,now both the one and the other happens thus according to nature4 ,it is ordained by ,faith that every soul1 whether with or without understanding 771 when gone out of the body1 should wander for a time1 though not all for the same1 in the region lying between the earth and moon4 ,for those that have been unjust and dissolute suffer there the punishment due to their offences2 but the good and virtuous are there detained till they are purified1 and have1 by expiation1 purged out of them all the infections they might have contracted from the contagion of the body1 as if from foul health1 living in the mildest part of the air1 called the ,meadows of ,hades1 where they must remain for a certain prefixed and appointed time4 ,and then1 as if they were returning from a wandering pilgrimage or long exile into their country1 they have a taste of joy1 such as they principally receive who are initiated into ,sacred ,mysteries1 mixed with trouble1 admiration1 and each one's proper and peculiar hope40 ,the dmonium of ,socrates was this 1 mind1 spirit1 or understanding of the divine in it4 8,the of ,socrates10 says ,plutarch1 8was pure and mixed itself with the body no more than necessity required4444 ,every soul hath some portion of 1 reason1 a man cannot be a man without it2 but as much of each soul as is mixed with flesh and appetite is changed and through pain or pleasure becomes irrational4 ,every soul doth not mix herself after one sort2 some plunge themselves into the body1 and so1 in this life their whole frame is corrupted by appetite and passion2 others are mixed as to some part1 but the purer part nous still remains without the body4 ,it is not drawn down into the body1 but it swims above and touches 7overshadows7 the extremest part of the man's head2 it is like a cord to hold up and direct the subsiding part of the soul1 as long as it proves obedient and is not overcome by the appetites of the flesh4 ,the part that is plunged into the body is called soul4 ,but the incorruptible part is called the nous and the vulgar think it is within them1 as they likewise imagine the image reflected from a glass to be in that glass4 ,but the more intelligent1 who know it to be without1 call it a ,damon0 7a god1 a spirit74 8,the soul1 like to a dream1 flies quick away1 which it does not immediately1 as soon as it is separated from the body1 but afterward1 when it is alone and divided from the understanding 7nous74444 ,the soul being moulded and formed by the understanding 7nous71 and itself moulding and forming the body1 by embracing it on every side1 receives from it an impression and form2 so that although it be separated both from the understanding and the body1 it nevertheless so retains still its figure and resemblance for a long time1 that it may1 with good right1 be called its image4 8,and of these souls the moon is the element1 because souls resolve into her1 as the bodies of the deceased do into earth4 ,those1 indeed1 who have been virtuous and honest1 living a quiet and philosophical life1 without embroiling themselves in troublesome affairs1 are quickly resolved2 because1 being left by the nous1 understanding1 and no longer using the corporeal passions1 they incontinently vanish away40 ,we find even ,irenus1 that untiring and mortal enemy of every ,grecian and 8heathen0 heresy1 explain his belief in the trinity of man4 ,the perfect man1 according to his views1 consists of flesh1 soul1 and spirit4 8444 carne1 anima1 spiritu1 altero quidem figurante1 spiritu1 altero quod formatur1 carne4 ,id vero quod inter haec est duo1 est anima1 quae aliquando subsequens spiritum elevatur ab eo1 aliquando autem consentient carni in terrenas concupiscentias0 7,irenus v41 #a74 ,and ,origen1 in his ,sixth ,epistle to the ,romans1 says3 8,there is a threefold partition of man1 the body or flesh1 the lowest part of our nature1 on which the old serpent by original sin inscribed the law of sin1 and by which we are tempted to vile things1 and as oft as we are overcome by temptations are joined fast to the ,devil2 the spirit1 in or by which we express the likeness of the divine nature in which the very ,best ,creator1 from the archetype of his own mind1 engraved with his finger 7that is1 his spirit71 the eternal law of honesty2 by this we are joined 7conglutinated7 to ,god and made one with ,god4 ,in the third1 the soul mediates between these1 which1 as in a factious republic1 cannot but join with one party or the other1 is solicited this way and that and is at liberty to choose the side to which it will adhere4 ,if1 renouncing the flesh1 it betakes itself to the party of the spirit it will itself become spiritual1 but if it cast itself down to the cupidities of the flesh it will degenerate itself into body40 ,plato 7in ,laws x47 defines soul as 8the motion that is able to move itself40 8,soul is the most ancient of all things1 and the commencement of motion40 8,soul was generated prior to body1 and body is posterior and secondary1 as being1 according to nature1 ruled over by the ruling soul40 8,the soul which administers all things that are moved in every way1 administers likewise the heavens40 8,soul then leads everything in heaven1 and on earth1 and in the sea1 by its movements--the names of which are1 to will1 to consider1 to take care of1 to consult1 to form opinions true and false1 to be in a state of joy1 sorrow1 confidence1 fear1 hate1 love1 together with all such primary movements as are allied to these 444 being a goddess herself1 she ever takes as an ally ,,nous1 a god1 and disciplines all things correctly and happily2 but when with ,annoia--not nous--it works out everything the contrary40 ,in this language1 as in the ,buddhist texts1 the negative is treated as essential existence4 ,annihilation comes under a similar exegesis4 ,the positive state1 is essential being but no manifestation as such4 ,when the spirit1 in ,buddhistic parlance1 entered nirvana1 it lost objective existence but retained subjective4 ,to objective minds this is becoming absolute nothing2 to subjective1 ,,no-thing1 nothing to be displayed to sense4 ,these rather lengthy quotations are necessary for our purpose4 ,better than anything else1 they show the agreement between the oldest 8,pagan0 philosophies--not 8assisted by the light of divine revelation10 to use the curious expression of ,laboulaye in relation to ,buddha--and the early ,christianity of some ,fathers4 ,both ,pagan philosophy and ,christianity1 however1 owe their elevated ideas on the soul and spirit of man and the unknown ,deity to ,buddhism and the ,hindu ,manu4 ,no wonder that the ,manicheans maintained that ,jesus was a permutation of ,gautama2 that ,buddha1 ,christ1 and ,mani were one and the same person1#eib for the teachings of the former two were identical4 ,it was the doctrine of old ,india that ,jesus held to when preaching the complete renunciation of the world and its vanities in order to reach the kingdom of ,heaven1 ,nirvana1 where 8men neither marry nor are given in marriage1 but live like the angels40 ,it is the philosophy of ,siddhrtha-,buddha again that ,pythagoras expounded1 when asserting that the ego 77 was eternal with ,god1 and that the soul only passed through various stages 7,hindu ,rupa-locas7 to arrive at the divine excellence2 meanwhile the thumos returned to the earth1 and even the phren was eliminated4 ,thus the metempsychosis was only a succession of disciplines through refuge-heavens 7called by the ,buddhists ,zion71#eic to work off the exterior mind1 to rid the nous of the phren1 or soul1 the ,buddhist 8,winyanaskandaya10 that principle that lives from ,karma and the ,skandhas 7groups74 ,it is the latter1 the metaphysical personations of the 8deeds0 of man1 whether good or bad1 which1 after the death of his body1 incarnate themselves1 so to say1 and form their many invisible but never-dying compounds into a new body1 or rather into an ethereal being1 the double of what man was morally4 ,it is the astral body of the kabalist and the 8incarnated deeds0 which form the new sentient self as his ,ahancara 7the ego1 self-consciousness71 given to him by the sovereign ,master 7the breath of ,god7 can never perish1 for it is immortal per se as a spirit2 hence the sufferings of the newly-born self till he rids himself of every earthly thought1 desire1 and passion4 ,we now see that the 8four mysteries0 of the ,buddhist doctrine have been as little understood and appreciated as the 8wisdom0 hinted at by ,paul1 and spoken 8among them that are perfect0 7initiated71 the 8mystery-wisdom0 which 8none of the ,archons of this world knew40#eid ,the fourth degree of the ,buddhist ,dhyna1 the fruit of ,samdhi1 which leads to the utmost perfection1 to ,viconddham1 a term correctly rendered by ,burnouf in the verb 8perfected10#eie is wholly misunderstood by others1 as well as in himself4 ,defining the condition of ,dhyna1 ,st4 ,hilaire argues thus3 8,finally1 having attained the fourth degree1 the ascetic possesses no more this feeling of beatitude1 however obscure it may be 444 he has also lost all memory 444 he has reached impassibility1 as near a neighbor of ,nirvana as can be4444 ,however1 this absolute impassibility does not hinder the ascetic from acquiring1 at this very moment1 omniscience and the magical power2 a flagrant contradiction1 about which the ,buddhists no more disturb themselves than about so many others40#eif ,and why should they1 when these contradictions are1 in fact1 no contradictions at all8 ,it ill behooves us to speak of contradictions in other peoples' religions1 when those of our own have bred1 besides the three great conflicting bodies of ,romanism1 ,protestantism1 and the ,eastern ,church1 a thousand and one most curious smaller sects4 ,however it may be1 we have here a term applied to one and the same thing by the ,buddhist holy 8mendicants0 and ,paul1 the ,apostle4 ,when the latter says3 8,if so be that ,i might attain the resurrection from among the dead the ,nirvana1 not as though ,i had already attained1 or were already perfect0 7initiated71#eig he uses an expression common among the initiated ,buddhists4 ,when a ,buddhist ascetic has reached the 8fourth degree10 he is considered a rahat4 ,he produces every kind of phenomena by the sole power of his freed spirit4 ,a rahat1 say the ,buddhists1 is one who has acquired the power of flying in the air1 becoming invisible1 commanding the elements1 and working all manner of wonders1 commonly1 and as erroneously1 called meipo 7miracles74 ,he is a perfect man1 a demi-god4 ,a god he will become when he reaches ,nirvana2 for1 like the initiates of both ,testaments1 the worshippers of ,buddha know that they 8are gods40 8,genuine ,buddhism1 overleaping the barrier between finite and infinite mind1 urges its followers to aspire1 by their own efforts1 to that divine perfectibility of which it teaches that man is capable1 and by attaining which man becomes a god10 says ,brian ,houghton ,hodgson4#eih ,dreary and sad were the ways1 and blood-covered the tortuous paths by which the world of the ,christians was driven to embrace the ,irenan and ,eusebian ,christianity4 ,and yet1 unless we accept the views of the ancient ,pagans1 what claim has our generation to having solved any of the mysteries of the 8kingdom of heaven80 ,what more does the most pious and learned of ,christians know of the future destiny and progress of our immortal spirits than the heathen philosopher of old1 or the modern 8,pagan0 beyond the ,himalaya8 ,can he even boast that he knows as much1 although he works in the full blaze of 8divine0 revelation8 ,we have seen a ,buddhist holding to the religion of his fathers1 both in theory and practice2 and1 however blind may be his faith1 however absurd his notions on some particular doctrinal points1 later engraftings of an ambitious clergy1 yet in practical works his ,buddhism is far more ,christ-like in deed and spirit than the average life of our ,christian priests and ministers4 ,the fact alone that his religion commands him to 8honor his own faith1 but never slander that of other people10#eii is sufficient4 ,it places the ,buddhist lama immeasurably higher than any priest or clergyman who deems it his sacred duty to curse the 8heathen0 to his face1 and sentence him and his religion to 8eternal damnation40 ,christianity becomes every day more a religion of pure emotionalism4 ,the doctrine of ,buddha is entirely based on practical works4 ,a general love of all beings1 human and animal1 is its nucleus4 ,a man who knows that unless he toils for himself he has to starve1 and understands that he has no scapegoat to carry the burden of his iniquities for him1 is ten times as likely to become a better man than one who is taught that murder1 theft1 and profligacy can be washed in one instant as white as snow1 if he but believes in a ,god who1 to borrow an expression of ,volney1 8once took food upon earth1 and is now himself the food of his people40 ,,chapter ,,vii4 8,of the tenets of the ,druzes1 nothing authentic has ever come to light2 the popular belief amongst their neighbors is1 that they adore an idol in the form of a calf40--,,king3 ,the ,gnostics and their ,remains4 8,o ye ,lords of ,truth without fault1 who are forever cycling for eternity 444 save me from the annihilation of this ,region of the ,two ,truths40--,egyptian ,ritual of the ,dead4 8,pythagoras correctly regarded the 8,ineffable ,name0 of ,god 444 as the ,key to the ,mysteries of the universe40--,,pancoast3 ,blue and ,red ,light4 ,in the next two chapters we shall notice the most important of the ,christian secret sects--the so-called 8,heresies0 which sprang into existence between the first and fourth centuries of our era4 ,glancing rapidly at the ,ophites and ,nazareans1 we shall pass to their scions which yet exist in ,syria and ,palestine1 under the name of ,druzes of ,mount ,lebanon2 and near ,basra or ,bassorah1 in ,persia1 under that of ,mendans1 or ,disciples of ,st4 ,john4 ,all these sects have an immediate connection with our subject1 for they are of kabalistic parentage and have once held to the secret 8,wisdom ,religion10 recognizing as the ,one ,supreme1 the ,mystery-,god of the ,ineffable ,name4 ,noticing these numerous secret societies of the past1 we will bring them into direct comparison with several of the modern4 ,we will conclude with a brief survey of the ,jesuits1 and of that venerable nightmare of the ,roman ,catholic ,church--modern ,freemasonry4 ,all of these modern as well as ancient fraternities--present ,freemasonry excepted--were and are more or less connected with magic--practically1 as well as theoretically2 and1 every one of them--,freemasonry not excepted--was and still is accused of demonolatry1 blasphemy1 and licentiousness4 ,our object is not to write the history of either of them2 but only to compare these sorely-abused communities with the ,christian sects1 past and present1 and then1 taking historical facts for our guidance1 to defend the secret science as well as the men who are its students and champions against any unjust imputation4 ,one by one the tide of time engulfed the sects of the early centuries1 until of the whole number only one survived in its primitive integrity4 ,that one still exists1 still teaches the doctrine of its founder1 still exemplifies its faith in works of power4 ,the quicksands which swallowed up every other outgrowth of the religious agitation of the times of ,jesus1 with its records1 relics1 and traditions1 proved firm ground for this4 ,driven from their native land1 its members found refuge in ,persia1 and to day the anxious traveller may converse with the direct descendants of the 8,disciples of ,john10 who listened1 on the ,jordan's shore1 to the 8man sent from ,god10 and were baptized and believed4 ,this curious people1 numbering #cj1jjj or more1 are miscalled 8,christians of ,st4 ,john10 but in fact should be known by their old name of ,nazareans1 or their new one of ,mendans4 ,to term them ,christians1 is wholly unwarranted4 ,they neither believe in ,jesus as ,christ1 nor accept his atonement1 nor adhere to his ,church1 nor revere its 8,holy ,scriptures40 ,neither do they worship the ,jehovah-,god of the ,jews and ,christians1 a circumstance which of course proves that their founder1 ,john the ,baptist1 did not worship him either4 ,and if not1 what right has he to a place in the ,bible1 or in the portrait-gallery of ,christian saints8 ,still further1 if ,ferho was his ,god1 and he was 8a man sent by ,god10 he must have been sent by ,lord ,ferho1 and in his name baptized and preached8 ,now1 if ,jesus was baptized by ,john1 the inference is that he was baptized according to his own faith2 therefore1 ,jesus too1 was a believer in ,ferho1 or ,faho1 as they call him2 a conclusion that seems the more warranted by his silence as to the name of his 8,father40 ,and why should the hypothesis that ,faho is but one of the many corruptions of ,fho or ,fo1 as the ,thibetans and ,chinese call ,buddha1 appear ridiculous8 ,in the ,north of ,nepaul1 ,buddha is more often called ,fo than ,buddha4 ,the ,book of ,mahawnsa shows how early the work of ,buddhistic proselytism began in ,nepaul2 and history teaches that ,buddhist monks crowded into ,syria#fjj and ,babylon in the century preceding our era1 and that ,buddhasp 7,bodhisatva7 the alleged ,chaldean1 was the founder of ,sabism or baptism4#fja ,what the actual ,baptists1 el-,mogtasila1 or ,nazareans1 do believe1 is fully set forth in other places1 for they are the very ,nazarenes of whom we have spoken so much1 and from whose ,codex we have quoted4 ,persecuted and threatened with annihilation1 they took refuge in the ,nestorian body1 and so allowed themselves to be arbitrarily classed as ,christians1 but as soon as opportunity offered1 they separated1 and now1 for several centuries have not even nominally deserved the appellation4 ,that they are1 nevertheless1 so called by ecclesiastical writers1 is perhaps not very difficult to comprehend4 ,they know too much of early ,christianity to be left outside the pale1 to bear witness against it with their traditions1 without the stigma of heresy and backsliding being fastened upon them to weaken confidence in what they might say4 ,but where else can science find so good a field for biblical research as among this too neglected people8 ,no doubt of their inheritance of the ,baptist's doctrine2 their traditions are without a break4 ,what they teach now1 their forefathers taught at every epoch where they appear in history4 ,they are the disciples of that ,john who is said to have foretold the advent of ,jesus1 baptized him1 and declared that the latchet of his shoe he 7,john7 was not worthy to unloose4 ,as they two--the ,messenger and the ,messiah--stood in the ,jordan1 and the elder was consecrating the younger--his own cousin1 too1 humanly speaking--the heavens opened and ,god ,himself1 in the shape of a dove1 descended in a glory upon his 8,beloved ,son60 ,how then1 if this tale be true1 can we account for the strange infidelity which we find among these surviving ,nazareans8 ,so far from believing ,jesus the ,only ,begotten ,son of ,god1 they actually told the ,persian missionaries1 who1 in the seventeenth century1 first discovered them to ,europeans1 that the ,christ of the ,new ,testament was 8a false teacher10 and that the ,jewish system1 as well as that of ,jesus 7871 came from the realm of darkness6 ,who knows better than they8 ,where can more competent living witnesses be found8 ,christian ecclesiastics would force upon us an anointed ,saviour heralded by ,john1 and the disciples of this very ,baptist1 from the earliest centuries1 have stigmatized this ideal personage as an impostor1 and his putative ,father1 ,jehovah1 8a spurious ,god10 the ,ilda-,baoth of the ,ophites6 ,unlucky for ,christianity will be the day when some fearless and honest scholar shall persuade their elders to let him translate the contents of their secret books and compile their hoary traditions6 ,it is a strange delusion that makes some writers think that the ,nazareans have no other sacred literature1 no other literary relics than four doctrinal works1 and that curious volume full of astrology and magic which they are bound to peruse at the sunset hour1 on every ,sol's day 7,sunday74 ,this search after truth leads us1 indeed1 into devious ways4 ,many are the obstacles that ecclesiastical cunning has placed in the way of our finding the primal source of religious ideas4 ,christianity is on trial1 and has been1 ever since science felt strong enough to act as ,public ,prosecutor4 ,a portion of the case we are drafting in this book4 ,what of truth is there in this ,theology8 ,through what sects has it been transmitted8 ,whence was it primarily derived8 ,to answer1 we must trace the history of the ,world ,religion1 alike through the secret ,christian sects as through those of other great religious subdivisions of the race2 for the ,secret ,doctrine is the ,truth1 and that religion is nearest divine that has contained it with least adulteration4 ,our search takes us hither and thither1 but never aimlessly do we bring sects widely separated in chronological order1 into critical juxtaposition4 ,there is one purpose in our work to be kept constantly in view--the analysis of religious beliefs1 and the definition of their descent from the past to the present4 ,what has most blocked the way is ,roman ,catholicism2 and not until the secret principles of this religion are uncovered can we comprehend the iron staff upon which it leans to steady its now tottering steps4 ,we will begin with the ,ophites1 ,nazareans1 and the modern ,druzes4 ,the personal views of the author1 as they will be presented in the diagrams1 will be most decidedly at variance with the prejudiced speculations of ,irenus1 ,theodoret1 and ,epiphanius 7the sainted renegade1 who sold his brethren71 inasmuch as they will reflect the ideas of certain kabalists in close relations with the mysterious ,druzes of ,mount ,lebanon4 ,the ,syrian okhals1 or ,spiritualists1 as they are sometimes termed1 are in possession of a great many ancient manuscripts and gems1 bearing upon our present subject4 ,the first scheme--that of the ,ophites--from the very start1 as we have shown1 varies from the description given by the ,fathers1 inasmuch as it makes ,bythos or depth1 a female emanation1 and assigns her a place answering to that of ,pleroma1 only in a far superior region2 whereas1 the ,fathers assure us that the ,gnostics gave the name of ,bythos to the ,first ,cause4 ,as in the kabalistic system1 it represents the boundless and infinite void within which is concealed in darkness the ,unknown ,primal motor of all4 ,it envelops ,,him like a veil3 in short we recognize again the 8,shekinah0 of the ,en-,soph4 ,alone1 the name of 1 ,iao1 marks the upper centre1 or rather the presumed spot where the ,unknown ,one may be supposed to dwell4 ,around the ,iao1 runs the legend1 4 8,the eternal ,sun-,abrasax0 7the ,central ,spiritual ,sun of all the kabalists1 represented in some diagrams of the latter by the circle of ,tiphereth74 ,from this region of unfathomable ,depth1 issues forth a circle formed of spirals2 which1 in the language of symbolism1 means a grand cycle1 1 composed of smaller ones4 ,coiled within1 so as to follow the spirals1 lies the serpent--emblem of wisdom and eternity--the ,dual ,androgyne3 the cycle representing ,ennoia or the ,divine mind1 and the ,serpent--the ,agathodaimon1 ,ophis--the ,shadow of the ,light4 ,both were the ,logo of the ,ophites2 or the unity as ,logos manifesting itself as a double principle of good and evil2 for1 according to their views1 these two principles are immutable1 and existed from all eternity1 as they will ever continue to exist4 ,this symbol accounts for the adoration by this sect of the ,serpent1 as the ,saviour1 coiled either around the ,sacramental loaf or a ,tau4 ,as a unity1 ,ennoia and ,ophis are the ,logos2 when separated1 one is the ,tree of ,life 7,spiritual72 the other1 the ,tree of ,knowledge of ,good and ,evil4 ,therefore1 we find ,ophis urging the first human couple--the material production of ,ilda-,baoth1 but which owed its spiritual principle to ,sophia-,achamoth--to eat of the forbidden fruit1 although ,ophis represents ,divine ,wisdom4 ,the ,serpent1 the ,tree of ,knowledge of ,good and ,evil1 and the ,tree of ,life1 are all symbols transplanted from the soil of ,india4 ,the ,arasa-,maram1 the banyan tree1 so sacred with the ,hindus1 since ,vishnu1 during one of his incarnations1 reposed under its mighty shade1 and there taught humanity philosophy and sciences1 is called the ,tree of ,knowledge and the ,tree of ,life4 ,under the protective umbrage of this king of the forests1 the ,gurus teach their pupils their first lessons on immortality and initiate them in the mysteries of life and death4 ,the ,java-,,aleim of the ,sacerdotal ,college are said1 in the ,chaldean tradition1 to have taught the sons of men to become like one of them4 ,to the present day ,foh-tchou1#fjb who lives in his ,foh-,mayu1 or temple of ,buddha1 on the top of 8,kouin-long-sang10#fjc the great mountain1 produces his greatest religious miracles under a tree called in ,chinese ,sung-,ming-,sh1 or the ,tree of ,knowledge and the ,tree of ,life1 for ignorance is death1 and knowledge alone gives immortality4 ,this marvellous display takes place every three years1 when an immense concourse of ,chinese ,buddhists assemble in pilgrimage at the holy place4 ,ilda-,baoth1 the 8,son of ,darkness10 and the creator of the material world1 was made to inhabit the planet ,saturn1 which identifies him still more with the ,jewish ,jehovah1 who was ,saturn himself1 according to the ,ophites1 and is by them denied his ,sinaitic name4 ,from ,ilda-,baoth emanate six spirits1 who respectively dwell with their father in the seven planets4 ,these are ,saba--or ,mars2 ,adonai--,sol1 or the ,sun2#fjd ,ievo--the ,moon2 ,eloi--,jupiter2 ,astaphoi--,mercury 7spirit of water72 and ,ouraos--,venus1 spirit of fire4#fje ,in their functions and description as given1 these seven planets are identical with the ,hindu ,sapta-,loca1 the seven places or spheres1 or the superior and inferior worlds2 for they represent the kabalistic seven spheres4 ,with the ,ophites1 they belong to the lower spheres4 ,the monograms of these ,gnostic planets are also ,buddhistic1 the latter differing1 albeit slightly1 from those of the usual astrological 8houses40 ,in the explanatory notes which accompany the diagram1 the names of ,cirenthius 7the disciple of ,simon ,magus71 of ,menander1 and of certain other ,gnostics1 whose names are not to be met with in the ,patristic writings1 are often mentioned2 such as ,parcha 7,ferho71 for instance4#fjf ,the author of the diagram claims1 moreover1 for his sect1 the greatest antiquity1 bringing forward1 as a proof1 that their 8forefathers0 were the builders of all the 8,dracontia0 temples1 even of those beyond 8the great waters40 ,he asserts that the 8,just ,one10 who was the mouthpiece of the ,eternal on 7,christos71 himself sent his disciples into the world1 placing them under the double protection of ,sige 7,silence1 the ,logos71 and ,ophis1 the ,agathodmon4 ,the author alludes1 no doubt1 to the favorite expression of ,jesus1 8be wise as serpents1 and harmless as doves40 ,on the diagram1 ,ophis is represented as the ,egyptian ,cnuphis or ,kneph1 called ,draconti4 ,he appears as a serpent standing erect on its tail1 with a lion's head1 crowned and radiated1 and bearing on the point of each ray one of the seven ,greek vowels--symbol of the seven celestial spheres4 ,this figure is quite familiar to those who are acquainted with the ,gnostic gems1#fjg and is borrowed from the ,egyptian ,hermetic books4 ,the description given in the ,revelation1 of one 8like unto the ,son of ,man10 with his seven stars1 and who is the ,logos1 is another form of ,ophis4 ,the ,nazarene diagram1 except in a change of names1 is identical with that of the ,gnostics1 who evidently borrowed their ideas from it1 adding a few appellations from the ,basiledean and ,valentinian systems4 ,to avoid repetition1 we will now simply present the two in parallel4 ,thus1 we find that1 in the ,nazarene ,cosmogony1 the names of their powers and genii stand in the following relations to those of the ,gnostics3 ,,nazarene4 ,,gnostic-,,ophite4 ,first ,trinity4 ,first ,unity in a ,trinity4 ,lord ,,ferho--the ,life which ,,iao--the ,ineffable ,name of is no ,life--the ,supreme ,god4 the ,unknown ,deity--,abraxas1 ,the ,cause which produces and the 8,eternal ,spiritual the ,light1 or the ,logos in ,sun40 ,unity enclosed within abscondito4 ,the water of the ,depth1 ,bythos1 feminine ,jordanus ,maximus--the water principle--the boundless of ,life1 or ,ajar1 the circle1 within which lie all feminine principle4 ,unity in ideal forms4 ,from this ,unity a ,trinity1 enclosed within emanates the ,,ish ,,amon4 ,second ,trinity4 ,second ,trinity4 7,the manifestation 7,idem47 of the first47 #a4 ,lord ,,mano--the ,king of #a4 ,ennoia--mind4 ,life and ,light--,rex ,lucis4 ,first ,,life1 or the primitive man4 #b4 ,lord ,jordan--manifestation #b4 ,ophis1 the ,agathodmon4 or emanation of ,jordan ,maximus--the waters of grace4 ,second ,,life4 #c4 ,the ,superior ,father-- #c4 ,sophia ,androgyne--wisdom2 ,abatur4 ,third ,,life4 who1 in her turn--fecundated with the ,divine ,light--produces ,this ,trinity produces also a ,christos and ,sophia-,achamoth duad--,lord ,ledhoio1 and 7one perfect1 the other ,fetahil1 the genius 7the imperfect71 as an emanation4 former1 a perfect emanation1 the latter1 imperfect74 ,lord ,jordan--8the ,lord of ,sophia-,achamoth emanates all ,jordans10 manifests ,ilda-,baoth--the ,demiurge1 ,,netubto 7,faith without who produces material and ,works74#fjh soulless creation4 8,works without ,faith0 7or grace74#fjh ,moreover1 the ,ophite seven planetary genii1 who emanated one from the other1 are found again in the ,nazarene religion1 under the name of the 8seven impostor-dmons10 or stellars1 who 8will deceive all the sons of ,adam40 ,these are ,sol2 ,spiritus ,venereus 7,holy ,spirit1 in her material aspect71#fji the mother of the 8seven badly-disposed stellars10 answering to the ,gnostic ,achamoth2 ,nebu1 or ,mercury1 8a false ,messiah1 who will deprave the ancient worship of ,god20#faj ,,sin 7or ,luna1 or ,shuril72 ,,kiun 7,kivan1 or ,saturn72 ,bel-,jupiter2 and the seventh1 ,nerig1 ,mars 7,codex ,nazarus1 p4 #eg74 ,the ,christos of the ,gnostics is the chief of the seven ons1 ,st4 ,john's seven spirits of ,god2 the ,nazarenes have also their seven genii or good ons1 whose chief is ,rex ,lucis1 ,,mano1 their ,christos4 ,the ,sapta ,rishis1 the seven sages of ,india1 inhabit the ,sapta-,poura1 or the seven celestial cities4 ,what less or more do we find in the ,universal ,ecclesia1 until the days of the ,reformation1 and in the ,roman ,popish ,church after the separation8 ,we have compared the relative value of the ,hindu ,cosmogony2 the ,chaldeo1 ,zoroastrian1 ,jewish ,kabala2 and that of the so-termed ,hretics4 ,a correct diagram of the ,judaico-,,christian religion1 to enforce which on the heathen who have furnished it1 are expended such great sums every year1 would still better prove the identity of the two2 but we lack space and are also spared the necessity of proving what is already thoroughly demonstrated4 ,in the ,ophite gems of ,king 7,gnostics71 we find the name of ,iao repeated1 and often confounded with that of ,ievo1 while the latter simply represents one of the genii antagonistic to ,abraxas4 ,in order that these names may not be taken as identical with the name of the ,jewish ,jehovah we will at once explain this word4 ,it seems to us surpassingly strange that so many learned archologists should have so little insisted that there was more than one ,jehovah1 and disclaimed that the name originated with ,moses4 ,iao is certainly a title of the ,supreme ,being1 and belongs partially to the ,ineffable ,name2 but it neither originated with nor was it the sole property of the ,jews4 ,even if it had pleased ,moses to bestow the name upon the tutelar 8,spirit10 the alleged protector and national deity of the 8,chosen people of ,israel10 there is yet no possible reason why other nationalities should receive ,him as the ,highest and ,one-living ,god4 ,but we deny the assumption altogether4 ,besides1 there is the fact that ,yaho or ,iao was a 8mystery name0 from the beginning1 and never came into use before ,king ,david4 ,anterior to his time1 few or no proper names were compounded with iah or jah4 ,it looks rather as though ,david1 being a sojourner among the ,tyrians and ,philistines 7#b ,samuel71 brought thence the name of ,jehovah4 ,he made ,zadok high-priest1 from whom came the ,zadokites or ,sadducees4 ,he lived and ruled first at ,hebron 1 ,habir-on or ,kabeir-town1 where the rites of the four 7mystery-gods7 were celebrated4 ,neither ,david nor ,solomon recognized either ,moses or the law of ,moses4 ,they aspired to build a temple to 1 like the structures erected by ,hiram to ,hercules and ,venus1 ,adon and ,astarte4 ,says ,frst3 8,the very ancient name of ,god1 ,yho1 written in the ,greek 1 appears1 apart from its derivation1 to have been an old mystic name of the ,supreme deity of the ,shemites4 7,hence it was told to ,moses when initiated at ,,hor-,,eb--the cave1 under the direction of ,jethro1 the ,kenite or ,cainite priest of ,midian47 ,in an old religion of the ,chaldeans1 whose remains are to be found amongst the ,neo-platonists1 the highest divinity enthroned above the seven heavens1 representing the ,spiritual ,light-,principle 7nous7#faa and also conceived as ,demiurgus1#fab was called 1 who was1 like the ,hebrew ,yho1 mysterious and unmentionable1 and whose name was communicated to the initiated4 ,the ,phnicians had a ,supreme ,god whose name was trilateral and secret1 and he was 40#fac ,but while ,frst insists that the name has a ,semitic origin1 there are other scholars who trace it farther than he does1 and look back beyond the classification of the ,caucasians4 ,in ,sanscrit we have ,jah and ,jaya1 or ,jaa and ,ja-ga1 and this throws light on the origin of the famous festival of the car of ,jaga-nath1 commonly called ,jaggernth4 ,javhe means 8he who is10 and ,dr4 ,spiegel traces even the ,persian name of ,god1 8,ahura10 to the root ah1#fad which in ,sanscrit is pronounced as1 to breathe1 and asu1 became1 therefore1 in time1 synonymous with 8,spirit40#fae ,rawlinson strongly supports the opinion of an ,aryan or ,vedic influence on the early ,babylonian mythology4 ,we have given1 a few pages back1 the strongest possible proofs of the identity of ,vishnu with ,dag-on4 ,the same may be adduced for the title of 1 and its ,sanscrit root traced in every country4 ,,ju or ,jovis is the oldest ,latin name for ,god4 8,as male he is ,ju-piter1 or ,ju1 the father1 pitr being ,sanscrit for father2 as feminine1 ,ju-no or ,ju1 the comforter-- being the ,phnician word for rest and comfort40#faf ,professor ,max ,mller shows that although 8,dyaus10 sky1 does not occur as a masculine in the ordinary ,sanscrit1 yet it does occur in the ,veda1 8and thus bears witness to the early ,aryan worship of ,dyaus1 the ,greek ,zeus0 7,the ,veda74 ,to grasp the real and primitive sense of the term 1 and the reason of its becoming the designation for the most mysterious of all deities1 we must search for its origin in the figurative phraseology of all the primitive people4 ,we must first of all go to the most ancient sources for our information4 ,in one of the ,books of ,hermes1 for instance1 we find him saying that the number ,,ten is the mother of the soul1 and that the life and light are therein united4 ,for 8the number #a 7one7 is born from the spirit1 and the number #aj 7ten7 from matter20#fag 8the unity has made the ,,ten1 the ,,ten the unity40#fah ,the kabalistic gemantria--one of the methods for extracting the hidden meaning from letters1 words1 and sentences--is arithmetical4 ,it consists in applying to the letters of a word the sense they bear as numbers1 in outward shape as well as in their individual sense4 ,moreover1 by the ,themura 7another method used by the kabalists7 any word could be made to yield its mystery out of its anagram4 ,thus1 we find the author of ,sepher ,jezira saying1 one or two centuries before our era3#fai 8,,one1 the spirit of the ,alahim of ,lives40#fbj ,so again1 in the oldest kabalistic diagrams1 the ten ,sephiroth are represented as wheels or circles1 and ,adam ,kadmon1 the primitive man1 as an upright pillar4 8,wheels and seraphim and the holy creatures0 7chioth71 says ,rabbi ,akiba4#fba ,in another system of the same branch of the symbolical ,kabala1 called ,athbach--which arranges the letters of the alphabet by pairs in three rows--all the couples in the first row bear the numerical value ten2 and in the system of ,simeon ,ben-,shetah1#fbb the uppermost couple--the most sacred of all1 is preceded by the ,pythagorean cipher1 one and a nought1 or zero--#aj4 ,if we can once appreciate the fact that1 among all the peoples of the highest antiquity1 the most natural conception of the ,first ,cause manifesting itself in its creatures1 and that to this they could not but ascribe the creation of all1 was that of an androgyne deity2 that the male principle was considered the vivifying invisible spirit1 and the female1 mother nature2 we shall be enabled to understand how that mysterious cause came at first to be represented 7in the picture-writings1 perhaps7 as the combination of the ,alpha and ,omega of numbers1 a decimal1 then as ,,iao1 a trilateral name1 containing in itself a deep allegory4 ,,iao1 in such a case1 would--etymologically considered--mean the 8,breath of ,life10 generated or springing forth between an upright male and an egg-shaped female principle of nature2 for1 in ,sanscrit1 as means 8to be10 8to live or exist20 and originally it meant 8to breathe40 8,from it10 says ,max ,mller1 8in its original sense of breathing1 the ,hindus formed #8asu1' breath1 and #8asura1' the name of ,god1 whether it meant the breathing one or the giver of breath40#fbc ,it certainly meant the latter4 ,in ,hebrew1 8,ah0 and 8,iah0 mean life4 ,cornelius ,agrippa1 in his treatise on the ,preminence of ,woman1 shows that 8the word ,eve suggests comparison with the mystic symbols of the kabalists1 the name of the woman having affinity with the ineffable ,tetragrammaton1 the most sacred name of the divinity40 ,ancient names were always consonant with the things they represented4 ,in relation to the mysterious name of the ,deity in question1 the hitherto inexplicable hint of the kabalists as to the efficacy of the letter ,h1 8which ,abram took away from his wife ,sarah0 and 8put into the middle of his own name10 becomes clear4 ,it may perhaps be argued1 by way of objection1 that it is not ascertained as yet at what period of antiquity the nought occurs for the first time in ,indian manuscripts or inscriptions4 ,be that as it may1 the case presents circumstantial evidence of too strong a character not to carry a conviction of probability with it4 ,according to ,max ,mller 8the two words #8cipher' and #8zero1' which are in reality but one 444 are sufficient to prove that our figures are borrowed from the ,arabs40#fbd ,cipher is the ,arabic 8cifron10 and means empty1 a translation of the ,sanscrit name of the nought 8synya10 he says4 ,the ,arabs had their figures from ,hindustan1 and never claimed the discovery for themselves4#fbe ,as to the ,pythagoreans1 we need but turn to the ancient manuscripts of ,bothius's ,geometry1 composed in the sixth century1 to find in the ,pythagorean numerals#fbf the #a and the nought1 as the first and final cipher4 ,and ,porphyry1 who quotes from the ,pythagorean ,moderatus1#fbg says that the numerals of ,pythagoras were 8hieroglyphical symbols1 by means whereof he explained ideas concerning the nature of things40 ,now1 if the most ancient ,indian manuscripts show as yet no trace of decimal notation in them1 ,max ,mller states very clearly that until now he has found but nine letters 7the initials of the ,sanscrit numerals7 in them--on the other hand we have records as ancient to supply the wanted proof4 ,we speak of the sculptures and the sacred imagery in the most ancient temples of the far ,east4 ,pythagoras derived his knowledge from ,india2 and we find ,professor ,max ,mller corroborating this statement1 at least so far as allowing the ,neo-,pythagoreans to have been the first teachers of 8ciphering0 among the ,greeks and ,romans2 that 8they1 at ,alexandria1 or in ,syria1 became acquainted with the ,indian figures1 and adapted them to the ,pythagorean abacus0 7our figures74 ,this cautious allowance implies that ,pythagoras himself was acquainted with but nine figures4 ,so that we might reasonably answer that although we possess no certain proof that the decimal notation was known to ,pythagoras1 who lived on the very close of the archaic ages1#fbh we yet have sufficient evidence to show that the full numbers1 as given by ,bothius1 were known to the ,pythagoreans1 even before ,alexandria was built4#fbi ,this evidence we find in ,aristotle1 who says that 8some philosophers hold that ideas and numbers are of the same nature1 and amount to ,,ten in all40#fcj ,this1 we believe1 will be sufficient to show that the decimal notation was known among them at least as early as four centuries ,b4,c41 for ,aristotle does not seem to treat the question as an innovation of the 8,neo-,pythagoreans40 ,besides1 as we have remarked above1 the representations of the archaic deities1 on the walls of the temples1 are of themselves quite suggestive enough4 ,so1 for instance1 ,vishnu is represented in the ,kurmavatara 7his second avatar7 as a tortoise sustaining a circular pillar1 on which the semblance of himself 7,maya1 or the illusion7 sits with all his attributes4 ,while one hand holds a flower1 another a club1 the third a shell1 the fourth1 generally the upper one1 or at the right--holds on his forefinger1 extended as the cipher #a1 the chakra1 or discus1 which resembles a ring1 or a wheel1 and might be taken for the nought4 ,in his first avatar1 the ,matsyavatam1 when emerging from the fish's mouth1 he is represented in the same position4#fca ,the ten-armed ,durga of ,bengal2 the ten-headed ,ravana1 the giant2 ,parvati--as ,durga1 ,indra1 and ,indrani1 are found with this attribute1 which is a perfect representation of the ,may-pole4#fcb ,the holiest of the temples among the ,hindus1 are those of ,jaggarnth4 ,this deity is worshipped equally by all the sects of ,india1 and ,jaggarnth is named 8,the ,lord of the ,world40 ,he is the god of the ,mysteries1 and his temples1 which are most numerous in ,bengal1 are all of a pyramidal form4 ,there is no other deity which affords such a variety of etymologies as ,iaho1 nor a name which can be so variously pronounced4 ,it is only by associating it with the ,masoretic points that the later ,rabbins succeeded in making ,jehovah read 8,adona0--or ,lord4 ,philo ,byblus spells it in ,greek letters --,,ieov4 ,theodoret says that the ,samaritans pronounced it ,iab 7,yahva7 and the ,jews ,yaho2 which would make it as we have shown ,i-ah-,o4 ,diodorus states that 8among the ,jews they relate that ,moses called the ,god 40 ,it is on the authority of the ,bible itself1 therefore1 that we maintain that before his initiation by ,jethro1 his father-in-law1 ,moses had never known the word ,iaho4 ,the future ,deity of the sons of ,israel calls out from the burning bush and gives ,his name as 8,i am that ,i am10 and specifies carefully that ,he is the 8,lord ,god of the ,hebrews0 7,exod4 iii4 #ah71 not of the other nations4 ,judging him by his own acts1 throughout the ,jewish records1 we doubt whether ,christ himself1 had he appeared in the days of the ,exodus1 would have been welcomed by the irascible ,sinaitic ,deity4 ,however1 8,the ,lord ,god10 who becomes1 on ,his own confession1 ,jehovah only in the #fth chapter of ,exodus 7verse #c7 finds his veracity put to a startling test in ,genesis xxii4 #ad1 in which revealed passage ,abraham builds an altar to ,jehovah-jireh4 ,it would seem1 therefore1 but natural to make a difference between the mystery-,god 1 adopted from the highest antiquity by all who participated in the esoteric knowledge of the priests1 and his phonetic counterparts1 whom we find treated with so little reverence by the ,ophites and other ,gnostics4 ,once having burdened themselves like the ,azazel of the wilderness with the sins and iniquities of the ,jewish nation1 it now appears hard for the ,christians to have to confess that those whom they thought fit to consider the 8chosen people0 of ,god--their sole predecessors in monotheism--were1 till a very late period1 as idolatrous and polytheistic as their neighbors4 ,the shrewd ,talmudists have escaped the accusation for long centuries by screening themselves behind the ,masoretic invention4 ,but1 as in everything else1 truth was at last brought to light4 ,we know now that ,ihoh must be read ,iahoh and ,iah1 not ,jehovah4 ,iah of the ,hebrews is plainly the ,iacchos 7,bacchus7 of the ,mysteries2 the ,god 8from whom the liberation of souls was expected--,dionysus1 ,iacchos1 ,iahoh1 ,iah40#fcc ,aristotle then was right when he said3 8,jon was ,oromasdes and ,ahriman ,pluto1 for the ,god of heaven1 ,ahura-mazda1 rides on a chariot which the ,horse of the ,sun follows40#fcd ,and ,dunlap quotes ,psalm lxviii4 #d1 which reads3 8,praise him by his name ,iach 771 ,who rides upon the heavens1 as on a horse10 and then shows that 8the ,arabs represented ,iauk 7,iach7 by a horse4 ,the ,horse of the ,sun 7,dionysus740#fce ,iah is a softening of ,iach1 8he explains40 ch and h interchange2 so s softens to h4 ,the ,hebrews express the idea of ,,life both by a ch and an h2 as chiach1 to be1 hiah1 to be2 ,iach1 ,god of ,life1 ,iah1 8,i am40#fcf ,well then may we repeat these lines of ,ausonius3 8,ogugi calls me ,bacchus2 ,egypt thinks me ,osiris2 ,the ,musians name me ,ph'anax2 the ,indi consider me ,dionysus2 ,the ,roman ,mysteries call me ,liber2 the ,arabian race ,adonis60 ,and the chosen people ,adoni and ,jehovah--we may add4 ,how little the philosophy of the old secret doctrine was understood1 is illustrated in the atrocious persecutions of the ,templars by the ,church1 and in the accusation of their worshipping the ,devil under the shape of the goat--,baphomet6 ,without going into the old ,masonic mysteries1 there is not a ,mason--of those we mean who do know something--but has an idea of the true relation that ,baphomet bore to ,azzl1 the scapegoat of the wilderness1#fcg whose character and meaning are entirely perverted in the ,christian translations4 8,this terrible and venerable name of ,god10 says ,lanci1#fch librarian to the ,vatican1 8through the pen of biblical glossers1 has been a devil1 a mountain1 a wilderness1 and a he-goat40 ,in ,mackenzie's ,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia1 the author very correctly remarks that 8this word should be divided into ,azaz and ,el10 for 8it signifies ,god of ,victory1 but is here used in the sense of author of ,death1 in contrast to ,jehovah1 the author of ,life2 the latter received a dead goat as an offering40#fci ,the ,hindu ,trinity is composed of three personages1 which are convertible into one4 ,the ,trimurti is one1 and in its abstraction indivisible1 and yet we see a metaphysical division taking place from the first1 and while ,brahma1 though collectively representing the three1 remains behind the scenes1 ,vishnu is the ,life-,giver1 the ,creator1 and the ,preserver1 and ,siva is the ,destroyer1 and the ,death-giving deity4 8,death to the ,life-,giver1 life to the ,death-dealer4 ,the symbolical antithesis is grand and beautiful10 says ,gliddon4#fdj 8,deus est ,dmon inversus0 of the kabalists now becomes clear4 ,it is but the intense and cruel desire to crush out the last vestige of the old philosophies by perverting their meaning1 for fear that their own dogmas should not be rightly fathered on them1 which impels the ,catholic ,church to carry on such a systematic persecution in regard to ,gnostics1 ,kabalists1 and even the comparatively innocent ,masons4 ,alas1 alas6 ,how little has the divine seed1 scattered broadcast by the hand of the meek ,judean philosopher1 thrived or brought forth fruit4 ,he1 who himself had shunned hypocrisy1 warned against public prayer1 showing such contempt for any useless exhibition of the same1 could he but cast his sorrowful glance on the earth1 from the regions of eternal bliss1 would see that this seed fell neither on sterile rock nor by the way-side4 ,nay1 it took deep root in the most prolific soil2 one enriched even to plethora with lies and human gore6 8,for1 if the truth of ,god hath more abounded1 through my lie unto his glory2 why yet am ,i also judged as a sinner80 navely inquires ,paul1 the best and sincerest of all the apostles4 ,and he then adds3 8,let us do evil1 that good may come60 7,romans iii4 #g1 #h74 ,this is a confession which we are asked to believe as having been a direct inspiration from ,god6 ,it explains1 if it does not excuse1 the maxim adopted later by the ,church that 8it is an act of virtue to deceive and lie1 when by such means the interests of the ,church might be promoted40#fda ,a maxim applied in its fullest sense by that accomplished professor in forgery1 the ,armenian ,eusebius2 or yet1 that innocent-looking bible-kaleidoscopist--,irenus4 ,and these men were followed by a whole army of pious assassins1 who1 in the meanwhile1 had improved upon the system of deceit1 by proclaiming that it was lawful even to kill1 when by murder they could enforce the new religion4 ,theophilus1 8that perpetual enemy of peace and virtue10 as the famous bishop was called2 ,cyril1 ,athanasius1 the murderer of ,arius1 and a host of other canonized 8,saints10 were all but too worthy successors of ,saint ,constantine1 who drowned his wife in boiling water2 butchered his little nephew2 murdered1 with his own pious hand1 two of his brothers-in-law2 killed his own son ,crispus1 bled to death several men and women1 and smothered in a well an old monk4 ,however1 we are told by ,eusebius that this ,christian ,emperor was rewarded by a vision of ,christ himself1 bearing his cross1 who instructed him to march to other triumphs1 inasmuch as he would always protect him6 ,it is under the shade of the ,imperial standard1 with its famous sign1 8,in hoc signo vinces10 that 8visionary0 ,christianity1 which had crept on since the days of ,irenus1 arrogantly proclaimed its rights in the full blaze of the sun4 ,the ,labarum had most probably furnished the model for the true cross1 which was 8miraculously10 and agreeably to the ,imperial will1 found a few years later4 ,nothing short of such a remarkable vision1 impiously doubted by some severe critics--,dr4 ,lardner for one--and a fresh miracle to match1 could have resulted in the finding of a cross where there had never before been one4 ,still1 we have either to believe the phenomenon or dispute it at the risk of being treated as infidels2 and this1 notwithstanding that upon a careful computation we would find that the fragments of the 8true ,cross0 had multiplied themselves even more miraculously than the five loaves in the invisible bakery1 and the two fishes4 ,in all cases like this1 where miracles can be so conveniently called in1 there is no room for dull fact4 ,history must step out that fiction may step in4 ,if the alleged founder of the ,christian religion is now1 after the lapse of nineteen centuries1 preached--more or less unsuccessfully however--in every corner of the globe1 we are at liberty to think that the doctrines attributed to him would astonish and dismay him more than any one else4 ,a system of deliberate falsification was adopted from the first4 ,how determined ,irenus was to crush truth and build up a ,church of his own on the mangled remains of the seven primitive churches mentioned in the ,revelation1 may be inferred from his quarrel with ,ptolemus4 ,and this is again a case of evidence against which no blind faith can prevail4 ,ecclesiastical history assures us that ,christ's ministry was but of three years' duration4 ,there is a decided discrepancy on this point between the first three synoptics and the fourth gospel2 but it was left for ,irenus to show to ,christian posterity that so early as ,a4,d4 #ahj--the probable time when this ,father wrote his works against heresies--even such pillars of the ,church as himself either knew nothing certain about it1 or deliberately lied and falsified dates to support their own views4 ,so anxious was the worthy ,father to meet every possible objection against his plans1 that no falsehood1 no sophistry1 was too much for him4 ,how are we to understand the following2 and who is the falsifier in this case8 ,the argument of ,ptolemus was that ,jesus was too young to have taught anything of much importance2 adding that 8,christ preached for one year only1 and then suffered in the twelfth month40 ,in this ,ptolemus was very little at variance with the gospels4 ,but ,irenus1 carried by his object far beyond the limits of prudence1 from a mere discrepancy between one and three years1 makes it ten and even twenty years6 8,destroying his 7,christ's7 whole work1 and robbing him of that age which is both necessary and more honorable than any other2 that more advanced age1 ,i mean1 during which also1 as a teacher1 he excelled all others40 ,and then1 having no certain data to furnish1 he throws himself back on tradition1 and claims that ,christ had preached for over ,,ten years6 7book ii41 c4 #bb1 pp4 #d1 #e74 ,in another place he makes ,jesus fifty years old4 ,but we must proceed in our work of showing the various origins of ,christianity1 as also the sources from which ,jesus derived his own ideas of ,god and humanity4 ,the ,koinobi lived in ,egypt1 where ,jesus passed his early youth4 ,they were usually confounded with the ,therapeut1 who were a branch of this widely-spread society4 ,such is the opinion of ,godfrey ,higgins and ,de ,rebold4 ,after the downfall of the principal sanctuaries1 which had already begun in the days of ,plato1 the many different sects1 such as the ,gymnosophists and the ,magi--from whom ,clearchus very erroneously derives the former--the ,pythagoreans1 the ,sufis1 and the ,reshees of ,kashmere1 instituted a kind of international and universal ,freemasonry1 among their esoteric societies4 8,these ,rashees10 says ,higgins1 8are the ,essenians1 ,carmelites1 or ,nazarites of the temple40#fdb 8,that occult science known by ancient priests under the name of regenerating fire10 says father ,rebold1 8444 a science that for more than #c1jjj years was the peculiar possession of the ,indian and ,egyptian priesthood1 into the knowledge of which ,moses was initiated at ,heliopolis1 where he was educated2 and ,jesus among the ,essenian priests of ,egypt or ,judea2 and by which these two great reformers1 particularly the latter1 wrought many of the miracles mentioned in the ,scriptures40#fdc ,plato states that the mystic ,magian religion1 known under the name of ,machagistia1 is the most uncorrupted form of worship in things divine4 ,later1 the ,mysteries of the ,chaldean sanctuaries were added to it by one of the ,zoroasters and ,darius ,hystaspes4 ,the latter completed and perfected it still more with the help of the knowledge obtained by him from the learned ascetics of ,india1 whose rites were identical with those of the initiated ,magi4#fdd ,ammian1 in his history of ,julian's ,persian expedition1 gives the story by stating that one day ,hystaspes1 as he was boldly penetrating into the unknown regions of ,upper ,india1 had come upon a certain wooded solitude1 the tranquil recesses of which were 8occupied by those exalted sages1 the ,brachmanes 7or ,shamans74 ,instructed by their teaching in the science of the motions of the world and of the heavenly bodies1 and in pure religious rites 444 he transfused them into the creed of the ,magi4 ,the latter1 coupling these doctrines with their own peculiar science of foretelling the future1 have handed down the whole through their descendants to succeeding ages40#fde ,it is from these descendants that the ,sufis1 chiefly composed of ,persians and ,syrians1 acquired their proficient knowledge in astrology1 medicine1 and the esoteric doctrine of the ages4 8,the ,sufi doctrine10 says ,c4 ,w4 ,king1 8involved the grand idea of one universal creed which could be secretly held under any profession of an outward faith2 and1 in fact1 took virtually the same view of religious systems as that in which the ancient philosophers had regarded such matters40#fdf ,the mysterious ,druzes of ,mount ,lebanon are the descendants of all these4 ,solitary ,copts1 earnest students scattered hither and thither throughout the sandy solitudes of ,egypt1 ,arabia ,petra1 ,palestine1 and the impenetrable forests of ,abyssinia1 though rarely met with1 may sometimes be seen4 ,many and various are the nationalities to which belong the disciples of that mysterious school1 and many the side-shoots of that one primitive stock4 ,the secresy preserved by these sub-lodges1 as well as by the one and supreme great lodge1 has ever been proportionate to the activity of religious persecutions2 and now1 in the face of the growing materialism1 their very existence is becoming a mystery4#fdg ,but it must not be inferred1 on that account1 that such a mysterious brotherhood is but a fiction1 not even a name1 though it remains unknown to this day4 ,whether its affiliates are called by an ,egyptian1 ,hindu1 or ,persian name1 it matters not4 ,persons belonging to one of these sub-brotherhoods have been met by trustworthy1 and not unknown persons1 besides the present writer1 who states a few facts concerning them1 by the special permission of one who has a right to give it4 ,in a recent and very valuable work on secret societies1 ,k4 ,r4 ,h4 ,mackenzie's ,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia1 we find the learned author himself1 an honorary member of the ,canongate ,kilwinning ,lodge1 ,no4 #b 7,scotland71 and a ,mason not likely to be imposed upon1 stating the following1 under the head1 ,hermetic ,brothers of ,egypt3 8,an occult fraternity1 which has endured from very ancient times1 having a hierarchy of officers1 secret signs1 and passwords1 and a peculiar method of instruction in science1 religion1 and philosophy4444 ,if we may believe those who1 at the present time1 profess to belong to it1 the philosopher's stone1 the elixir of life1 the art of invisibility1 and the power of communication directly with the ultramundane life1 are parts of the inheritance they possess4 ,the writer has met with only three persons who maintained the actual existence of this body of religious philosophers1 and who hinted that they themselves were actually members4 ,there was no reason to doubt the good faith of these individuals--apparently unknown to each other1 and men of moderate competence1 blameless lives1 austere manners1 and almost ascetic in their habits4 ,they all appeared to be men of forty to forty-five years of age1 and evidently of vast erudition 444 their knowledge of languages not to be doubted4444 ,they never remained long in any one country1 but passed away without creating notice40#fdh ,another of such sub-brotherhoods is the sect of the ,pitris1 in ,india4 ,known by name1 now that ,jacolliot has brought it into public notice1 it yet is more arcane1 perhaps1 than the brotherhood that ,mr4 ,mackenzie names the 8,hermetic ,brothers40 ,what ,jacolliot learned of it1 was from fragmentary manuscripts delivered to him by ,brahmans1 who had their reasons for doing so1 we must believe4 ,the ,agrouchada ,parikshai gives certain details about the association1 as it was in days of old1 and1 when explaining mystic rites and magical incantations1 explains nothing at all1 so that the mystic ,l'om1 ,l',rhum1 ,sh'hrum1 and ,sho-rim ,ramaya-,namaha1 remain1 for the mystified writer1 as much a puzzle as ever4 ,to do him justice1 though1 he fully admits the fact1 and does not enter upon useless speculations4 ,whoever desires to assure himself that there now exists a religion which has baffled1 for centuries1 the impudent inquisitiveness of missionaries1 and the persevering inquiry of science1 let him violate1 if he can1 the seclusion of the ,syrian ,druzes4 ,he will find them numbering over #hj1jjj warriors1 scattered from the plain east of ,damascus to the western coast4 ,they covet no proselytes1 shun notoriety1 keep friendly--as far as possible--with both ,christians and ,mahometans1 respect the religion of every other sect or people1 but will never disclose their own secrets4 ,vainly do the missionaries stigmatize them as infidels1 idolaters1 brigands1 and thieves4 ,neither threat1 bribe1 nor any other consideration will induce a ,druze to become a convert to dogmatic ,christianity4 ,we have heard of two in fifty years1 and both have finished their careers in prison1 for drunkenness and theft4 ,they proved to be 8real ,druzes10#fdi said one of their chiefs1 in discussing the subject4 ,there never was a case of an initiated ,druze becoming a ,christian4 ,as to the uninitiated1 they are never allowed to even see the sacred writings1 and none of them have the remotest idea where these are kept4 ,there are missionaries in ,syria who boast of having in their possession a few copies4 ,the volumes alleged to be the correct expositions from these secret books 7such as the translation by ,petis de la ,croix1 in #agja1 from the works presented by ,nasr-,allah to the ,french king71 are nothing more than a compilation of 8secrets10 known more or less to every inhabitant of the southern ranges of ,lebanon and ,anti-,libanus4 ,they were the work of an apostate ,dervish1 who was expelled from the sect ,hanafi1 for improper conduct--the embezzlement of the money of widows and orphans4 ,the ,expos de la ,religion des ,druzes1 in two volumes1 by ,sylvestre de ,sacy 7#ahbh71 is another net-work of hypotheses4 ,a copy of this work was to be found1 in #ahgj1 on the window-sill of one of their principal ,holowey1 or place of religious meeting4 ,to the inquisitive question of an ,english traveller1 as to their rites1 the ,okhal1#fej a venerable old man1 who spoke ,english as well as ,french1 opened the volume of de ,sacy1 and1 offering it to his interlocutor1 remarked1 with a benevolent smile3 8,read this instructive and truthful book2 ,i could explain to you neither better nor more correctly the secrets of ,god and our blessed ,hamsa1 than it does40 ,the traveller understood the hint4 ,mackenzie says they settled at ,lebanon about the tenth century1 and 8seem to be a mixture of ,kurds1 ,mardi-,arabs1 and other semi-civilized tribes4 ,their religion is compounded of ,judaism1 ,christianity1 and ,mahometanism4 ,they have a regular order of priesthood and a kind of hierarchy 444 there is a regular system of passwords and signs4444 ,twelve month's probation1 to which either sex is admitted1 preceded initiation40 ,we quote the above only to show how little even persons as trustworthy as ,mr4 ,mackenzie really know of these mystics4 ,mosheim1 who knows as much1 or we should rather say as little1 as any others1 is entitled to the merit of candidly admitting that 8their religion is peculiar to themselves1 and is involved in some mystery40 ,we should say it was--rather6 ,that their religion exhibits traces of ,magianism and ,gnosticism is natural1 as the whole of the ,ophite esoteric philosophy is at the bottom of it4 ,but the characteristic dogma of the ,druzes is the absolute unity of ,god4 ,he is the essence of life1 and although incomprehensible and invisible1 is to be known through occasional manifestations in human form4#fea ,like the ,hindus they hold that he was incarnated more than once on earth4 ,hamsa was the precursor of the last manifestation to be 7the tenth avatar7#feb not the inheritor of ,hakem1 who is yet to come4 ,hamsa was the personification of the 8,universal ,wisdom40 ,boha-eddin in his writings calls him ,messiah4 ,the whole number of his disciples1 or those who at different ages of the world have imparted wisdom to mankind1 which the latter as invariably have forgotten and rejected in course of time1 is one hundred and sixty-four 7#afd1 the kabalistic s d k74 ,therefore1 their stages or degrees of promotion after initiation are five2 the first three degrees are typified by the 8three feet of the candlestick of the inner ,sanctuary1 which holds the light of the five elements20 the last two degrees1 the most important and terrifying in their solemn grandeur belonging to the highest orders2 and the whole five degrees emblematically represent the said five mystic ,elements4 ,the 8three feet are the holy ,application1 the ,opening1 and the ,phantom10 says one of their books2 on man's inner and outer soul1 and his body1 a phantom1 a passing shadow4 ,the body1 or matter1 is also called the 8,rival10 for 8he is the minister of sin1 the ,devil ever creating dissensions between the ,heavenly ,intelligence 7spirit7 and the soul1 which he tempts incessantly40 ,their ideas on transmigration are ,pythagorean and kabalistic4 ,the spirit1 or ,temeami 7the divine soul71 was in ,elijah and ,john the ,baptist2 and the soul of ,jesus was that of ,h'amsa2 that is to say1 of the same degree of purity and sanctity4 ,until their resurrection1 by which they understand the day when the spiritual bodies of men will be absorbed into ,god's own essence and being 7the ,nirvana of the ,hindus71 the souls of men will keep their astral forms1 except the few chosen ones who1 from the moment of their separation from their bodies1 begin to exist as pure spirits4 ,the life of man they divide into soul1 body1 and intelligence1 or mind4 ,it is the latter which imparts and communicates to the soul the divine spark from its ,h'amsa 7,christos74 ,they have seven great commandments which are imparted equally to all the uninitiated2 and yet1 even these well-known articles of faith have been so mixed up in the accounts of outside writers1 that1 in one of the best ,cyclopdias of ,america 7,appleton's71 they are garbled after the fashion that may be seen in the comparative tabulation below2 the spurious and the true order parallel3 ,,correct ,,version ,,of ,,the ,,garbled ,,version ,,commandments ,,as ,,imparted ,,reported ,,by ,,the ,,orally ,,by ,,the ,,christian ,,teachers4#fec ,,missionaries ,,and given in ,pretended ,expositions4#fed #a4 ,the unity of ,god1 or the #a4 7#b7 8#8,truth in words1' infinite oneness of ,deity4 meaning in practice1 only truth to the religion and to the initiated2 it is lawful to act and to speak falsehood to men of another creed40#fee #b4 ,the essential excellence #b4 7#g7 8,mutual help1 of ,truth4 watchfulness1 and protection40 #c4 ,toleration2 right given to #c4 787 8,to renounce all all men and women to freely other religions40#fef express their opinions on religious matters1 and make the latter subservient to reason4 #d4 ,respect to all men and #d4 787 8,to be separate from women according to their infidels of every kind1 character and conduct4 not externally but only in heart40#feg #e4 ,entire submission to ,god's #e4 7#a7 8,recognize ,god's decrees4 eternal unity40 #f4 ,chastity of body1 mind1 and #f4 7#e7 8,satisfied with ,god's soul4 acts40 #g4 ,mutual help under all #g4 7#e7 8,resigned to ,god's conditions4 will40 ,as will be seen1 the only expos in the above is that of the great ignorance1 perhaps malice1 of the writers who1 like ,sylvestre de ,sacy1 undertake to enlighten the world upon matters concerning which they know nothing4 8,chastity1 honesty1 meekness1 and mercy10 are thus the four theological virtues of all ,druzes1 besides several others demanded from the initiates3 8murder1 theft1 cruelty1 covetousness1 slander10 the five sins1 to which several other sins are added in the sacred tablets1 but which we must abstain from giving4 ,the morality of the ,druzes is strict and uncompromising4 ,nothing can tempt one of these ,lebanon ,unitarians to go astray from what he is taught to consider his duty4 ,their ritual being unknown to outsiders1 their would-be historians have hitherto denied them one4 ,their 8,thursday meetings0 are open to all1 but no interloper has ever participated in the rites of initiation which take place occasionally on ,fridays in the greatest secresy4 ,women are admitted to them as well as men1 and they play a part of great importance at the initiation of men4 ,the probation1 unless some extraordinary exception is made1 is long and severe4 ,once1 in a certain period of time1 a solemn ceremony takes place1 during which all the elders and the initiates of the highest two degrees start out for a pilgrimage of several days to a certain place in the mountains4 ,they meet within the safe precincts of a monastery said to have been erected during the earliest times of the ,christian era4 ,outwardly one sees but old ruins of a once grand edifice1 used1 says the legend1 by some ,gnostic sects as a place of worship during the religious persecutions4 ,the ruins above ground1 however1 are but a convenient mask2 the subterranean chapel1 halls1 and cells1 covering an area of ground far greater than the upper building2 while the richness of ornamentation1 the beauty of the ancient sculptures1 and the gold and silver vessels in this sacred resort1 appear like 8a dream of glory10 according to the expression of an initiate4 ,as the lamaseries of ,mongolia and ,thibet are visited upon grand occasions by the holy shadow of 8,lord ,buddha10 so here1 during the ceremonial1 appears the resplendent ethereal form of ,hamsa1 the ,blessed1 which instructs the faithful4 ,the most extraordinary feats of what would be termed magic take place during the several nights that the convocation lasts2 and one of the greatest mysteries--faithful copy of the past--is accomplished within the discreet bosom of our mother earth2 not an echo1 nor the faintest sound1 not a glimmer of light betrays without the grand secret of the initiates4 ,hamsa1 like ,jesus1 was a mortal man1 and yet 8,hamsa0 and 8,christos0 are synonymous terms as to their inner and hidden meaning4 ,both are symbols of the ,nous1 the divine and higher soul of man--his spirit4 ,the doctrine taught by the ,druzes on that particular question of the duality of spiritual man1 consisting of one soul mortal1 and another immortal1 is identical with that of the ,gnostics1 the older ,greek philosophers1 and other initiates4 ,outside the ,east we have met one initiate 7and only one71 who1 for some reasons best known to himself1 does not make a secret of his initiation into the ,brotherhood of ,lebanon4 ,it is the learned traveller and artist1 ,professor ,a4 ,l4 ,rawson1 of ,new ,york ,city4 ,this gentleman has passed many years in the ,east1 four times visited ,palestine1 and has travelled to ,mecca4 ,it is safe to say that he has a priceless store of facts about the beginnings of the ,christian ,church1 which none but one who had had free access to repositories closed against the ordinary traveller could have collected4 ,professor ,rawson1 with the true devotion of a man of science1 noted down every important discovery he made in the ,palestinian libraries1 and every precious fact orally communicated to him by the mystics he encountered1 and some day they will see the light4 ,he has most obligingly sent us the following communication1 which1 as the reader will perceive1 fully corroborates what is above written from our personal experience about the strange fraternity incorrectly styled the ,druzes3 8#cd ,,bond ,,st41 ,,new ,,york1 ,june #f1 #ahgg4 8444 ,your note1 asking me to give you an account of my initiation into a secret order among the people commonly known as ,druzes1 in ,mount ,lebanon1 was received this morning4 ,i took1 as you are fully aware1 an obligation at that time to conceal within my own memory the greater part of the #8mysteries1' with the most interesting parts of the #8instructions2' so that what is left may not be of any service to the public4 ,such information as ,i can rightfully give1 you are welcome to have and use as you may have occasion4 8,the probation in my case was1 by special dispensation1 made one month1 during which time ,i was #8shadowed' by a priest1 who served as my cook1 guide1 interpreter1 and general servant1 that he might be able to testify to the fact of my having strictly conformed to the rules in diet1 ablutions1 and other matters4 ,he was also my instructor in the text of the ritual1 which we recited from time to time for practice1 in dialogue or in song1 as it may have been4 ,whenever we happened to be near a ,druze village1 on a ,thursday1 we attended the #8open' meetings1 where men and women assembled for instruction and worship1 and to expose to the world generally their religious practices4 ,i was never present at a ,friday #8close' meeting before my initiation1 nor do ,i believe any one else1 man or woman1 ever was1 except by collusion with a priest1 and that is not probable1 for a false priest forfeits his life4 ,the practical jokers among them sometimes #8fool' a too curious #8,frank' by a sham initiation1 especially if such a one is suspected of having some connection with the missionaries at ,beirut or elsewhere4 8,the initiates include both women and men1 and the ceremonies are of so peculiar a nature that both sexes are required to assist in the ritual and #8work4' ,the #8furniture' of the #8prayer-house' and of the #8vision-chamber' is simple1 and except for convenience may consist of but a strip of carpet4 ,in the #8,gray ,hall' 7the place is never named1 and is underground1 not far from ,bayt-ed-,deen7 there are some rich decorations and valuable pieces of ancient furniture1 the work of ,arab silversmiths five or six centuries ago1 inscribed and dated4 ,the day of initiation must be a continual fast from daylight to sunset in winter1 or six o'clock in summer1 and the ceremony is from beginning to end a series of trials and temptations1 calculated to test the endurance of the candidate under physical and mental pressure4 ,it is seldom that any but the young man or woman succeeds in #8winning' all the #8prizes1' since nature will sometimes exert itself in spite of the most stubborn will1 and the neophyte fail of passing some of the tests4 ,in such a case the probation is extended another year1 when another trial is had4 8,among other tests of the neophyte's self-control are the following3 ,choice pieces of cooked meat1 savory soup1 pilau1 and other appetizing dishes1 with sherbet1 coffee1 wine1 and water1 are set1 as if accidentally1 in his way1 and he is left alone for a time with the tempting things4 ,to a hungry and fainting soul the trial is severe4 ,but a more difficult ordeal is when the seven priestesses retire1 all but one1 the youngest and prettiest1 and the door is closed and barred on the outside1 after warning the candidate that he will be left to his #8reflections1' for half an hour4 ,wearied by the long-continued ceremonial1 weak with hunger1 parched with thirst1 and a sweet reaction coming after the tremendous strain to keep his animal nature in subjection1 this moment of privacy and of temptation is brimful of peril4 ,the beautiful young vestal1 timidly approaching1 and with glances which lend a double magnetic allurement to her words1 begs him in low tones to #8bless her4' ,woe to him if he does6 ,a hundred eyes see him from secret peep-holes1 and only to the ignorant neophyte is there the appearance of concealment and opportunity4 8,there is no infidelity1 idolatry1 or other really bad feature in the system4 ,they have the relics of what was once a grand form of nature-worship1 which has been contracted under a despotism into a secret order1 hidden from the light of day1 and exposed only in the smoky glare of a few burning lamps1 in some damp cave or chapel under ground4 ,the chief tenets of their religious teachings are comprised in seven #8tablets1' which are these1 to state them in general terms3 8#a4 ,the unity of ,god1 or the infinite oneness of deity4 8#b4 ,the essential excellence of truth4 8#c4 ,the law of toleration as to all men and women in opinion4 8#d4 ,respect for all men and women as to character and conduct4 8#e4 ,entire submission to ,god's decrees as to fate4 8#f4 ,chastity of body and mind and soul4 8#g4 ,mutual help under all conditions4 8,these tenets are not printed or written4 ,another set is printed or written to mislead the unwary1 but with these we are not concerned4 8,the chief results of the initiation seemed to be a kind of mental illusion or sleep-waking1 in which the neophyte saw1 or thought he saw1 the images of people who were known to be absent1 and in some cases thousands of miles away4 ,i thought 7or perhaps it was my mind at work7 ,i saw friends and relatives that ,i knew at the time were in ,new ,york ,state1 while ,i was then in ,lebanon4 ,how these results were produced ,i cannot say4 ,they appeared in a dark room1 when the #8guide' was talking1 the #8company' singing in the next #8chamber1' and near the close of the day1 when ,i was tired out with fasting1 walking1 talking1 singing1 robing1 unrobing1 seeing a great many people in various conditions as to dress and undress1 and with great mental strain in resisting certain physical manifestations that result from the appetites when they overcome the will1 and in paying close attention to the passing scenes1 hoping to remember them--so that ,i may have been unfit to judge of any new and surprising phenomena1 and more especially of those apparently magical appearances which have always excited my suspicion and distrust4 ,i know the various uses of the magic-lantern1 and other apparatus1 and took care to examine the room where the #8visions' appeared to me the same evening1 and the next day1 and several times afterwards1 and knew that1 in my case1 there was no use made of any machinery or other means besides the voice of the #8guide and instructor4' ,on several occasions afterward1 when at a great distance from the #8chamber1' the same or similar visions were produced1 as1 for instance1 in ,hornstein's ,hotel at ,jerusalem4 ,a daughter-in-law of a well-known ,jewish merchant in ,jerusalem is an initiated #8sister1' and can produce the visions almost at will on any one who will live strictly according to the rules of the ,order for a few weeks1 more or less1 according to their nature1 as gross or refined1 etc4 8,i am quite safe in saying that the initiation is so peculiar that it could not be printed so as to instruct one who had not been #8worked' through the #8chamber4' ,so it would be even more impossible to make an expos of them than of the ,freemasons4 ,the real secrets are acted and not spoken1 and require several initiated persons to assist in the work4 8,it is not necessary for me to say how some of the notions of that people seem to perpetuate certain beliefs of the ancient ,greeks--as1 for instance1 the idea that a man has two souls1 and many others--for you probably were made familiar with them in your passage through the #8upper' and #8lower chamber4' ,if ,i am mistaken in supposing you an #8initiate1' please excuse me4 ,i am aware that the closest friends often conceal that #8sacred secret' from each other2 and even husband and wife may live--as ,i was informed in ,dayr-el-,kamar was the fact in one family there--for twenty years together and yet neither know anything of the initiation of the other4 ,you1 undoubtedly1 have good reasons for keeping your own counsel4 8,yours truly1 8,a4 ,l4 ,,rawson40 ,before we close the subject we may add that if a stranger ask for admission to a 8,thursday0 meeting he will never be refused4 ,only1 if he is a ,christian1 the okhal will open a ,bible and read from it2 and if a ,mahometan1 he will hear a few chapters of the ,koran1 and the ceremony will end with this4 ,they will wait until he is gone1 and then1 shutting well the doors of their convent1 take to their own rites and books1 passing for this purpose into their subterranean sanctuaries4 8,the ,druzes remain1 even more than the ,jews1 a peculiar people10 says ,colonel ,churchill1#feh one of the few fair and strictly impartial writers4 8,they marry within their own race2 they are rarely if ever converted2 they adhere tenaciously to their traditions1 and they baffle all efforts to discover their cherished secrets4444 ,the bad name of that caliph whom they claim as their founder is fairly compensated by the pure lives of many whom they honor as saints1 and by the heroism of their feudal leaders40 ,and yet the ,druzes may be said to belong to one of the least esoteric of secret societies4 ,there are others far more powerful and learned1 the existence of which is not even suspected in ,europe4 ,there are many branches belonging to the great 8,mother ,lodge0 which1 mixed up with certain communities1 may be termed secret sects within other sects4 ,one of them is the sect commonly known as that of ,laghana-,sastra4 ,it reckons several thousand adepts who are scattered about in small groups in the south of the ,dekkan1 ,india4 ,in the popular superstition1 this sect is dreaded on account of its great reputation for magic and sorcery4 ,the ,brahmans accuse its members of atheism and sacrilege1 for none of them will consent to recognize the authority of either the ,vedas or ,manu1 except so far as they conform to the versions in their possession1 and which they maintain are professedly the only original texts2 the ,laghana-,sastra have neither temples nor priests1 but1 twice a month1 every member of the community has to absent himself from home for three days4 ,popular rumor1 originated among their women1 ascribes such absences to pilgrimages performed to their places of fortnightly resort4 ,in some secluded mountainous spots1 unknown and inaccessible to other sects1 hidden far from sight among the luxurious vegetation of ,india1 they keep their bungalows1 which look like small fortresses1 encircled as they are by lofty and thick walls4 ,these1 in their turn1 are surrounded by the sacred trees called assonata1 and in ,taml arassa maram4 ,these are the 8sacred groves10 the originals of those of ,egypt and ,greece1 whose initiates also built their temples within such 8groves0 inaccessible to the profane4#fei ,it will not be found without interest to see what ,mr4 ,john ,yarker1 ,jr41 has to say on some modern secret societies among the ,orientals4 8,the nearest resemblance to the ,brahmanical ,mysteries1 is probably found in the very ancient #8,paths' of the ,dervishes1 which are usually governed by twelve officers1 the oldest #8,court' superintending the others by right of seniority4 ,here the master of the #8,court' is called #8,sheik1' and has his deputies1 #8,caliphs1' or successors1 of which there may be many 7as1 for instance1 in the brevet degree of a ,master ,mason74 ,the order is divided into at least four columns1 pillars1 or degrees4 ,the first step is that of #8,humanity1' which supposes attention to the written law1 and #8annihilation in the ,sheik4' ,the second is that of the #8,path1' in which the #8,murid1' or disciple1 attains spiritual powers and #8self-annihilation' into the #8,peer' or founder of the #8,path4' ,the third stage is called #8,knowledge1' and the #8,murid' is supposed to become inspired1 called #8annihilation into the ,prophet4' ,the fourth stage leads him even to ,god1 when he becomes a part of the ,deity and sees ,him in all things4 ,the first and second stages have received modern subdivisions1 as #8,integrity1' #8,virtue1' #8,temperance1' #8,benevolence4' ,after this the ,sheik confers upon him the grade of #8,caliph1' or ,honorary ,master1 for in their mystical language1 #8the man must die before the saint can be born4' ,it will be seen that this kind of mysticism is applicable to ,christ as founder of a #8,path4'0 ,to this statement1 the author adds the following on the ,bektash ,dervishes1 who 8often initiated the ,janizaries4 ,they wear a small marble cube spotted with blood4 ,their ceremony is as follows3 ,before reception a year's probation is required1 during which false secrets are given to test the candidate2 he has two godfathers and is divested of all metals and even clothing2 from the wool of a sheep a cord is made for his neck1 and a girdle for his loins2 he is led into the centre of a square room1 presented as a slave1 and seated upon a large stone with twelve escallops2 his arms are crossed upon his breast1 his body inclined forward1 his right toes extended over his left foot2 after various prayers he is placed in a particular manner1 with his hand in a peculiar way in that of the ,sheik1 who repeats a verse from the ,koran3 #8,those who on giving thee their hand swear to thee an oath1 swear it to ,god1 the hand of ,god is placed in their hand2 whoever violates this oath1 will do so to his hurt1 and to whoever remains faithful ,god will give a magnificent reward4' ,placing the hand below the chin is their sign1 perhaps in memory of their vow4 ,all use the double triangles4 ,the ,brahmans inscribe the angles with their trinity1 and they possess also the ,masonic sign of distress as used in ,france40#ffj ,from the very day when the first mystic found the means of communication between this world and the worlds of the invisible host1 between the sphere of matter and that of pure spirit1 he concluded that to abandon this mysterious science to the profanation of the rabble was to lose it4 ,an abuse of it might lead mankind to speedy destruction2 it was like surrounding a group of children with explosive batteries1 and furnishing them with matches4 ,the first self-made adept initiated but a select few1 and kept silence with the multitudes4 ,he recognized his ,god and felt the great ,being within himself4 ,the 8tman10 the ,self1#ffa the mighty ,lord and ,protector1 once that man knew him as the 8,i am10 the 8,ego ,sum0 the 8,ahmi10 showed his full power to him who could recognize the 8still small voice40 ,from the days of the primitive man described by the first ,vedic poet1 down to our modern age1 there has not been a philosopher worthy of that name1 who did not carry in the silent sanctuary of his heart the grand and mysterious truth4 ,if initiated1 he learnt it as a sacred science2 if otherwise1 then1 like ,socrates repeating to himself1 as well as to his fellow-men1 the noble injunction1 8,o man1 know thyself10 he succeeded in recognizing his ,god within himself4 8,ye are gods10 the king-psalmist tells us1 and we find ,jesus reminding the scribes that the expression1 8,ye are gods10 was addressed to other mortal men1 claiming for himself the same privilege without any blasphemy4#ffb ,and1 as a faithful echo1 ,paul1 while asserting that we are all 8the temple of the living ,god10#ffc cautiously adds1 that after all these things are only for the 8wise10 and it is 8unlawful0 to speak of them4 ,therefore1 we must accept the reminder1 and simply remark that even in the tortured and barbarous phraseology of the ,codex ,nazarus1 we detect throughout the same idea4 ,like an undercurrent1 rapid and clear1 it runs without mixing its crystalline purity with the muddy and heavy waves of dogmatism4 ,we find it in the ,codex1 as well as in the ,vedas1 in the ,avesta1 as in the ,abhidharma1 and in ,kapila's ,snkhya ,stras not less than in the ,fourth ,gospel4 ,we cannot attain the 8,kingdom of ,heaven10 unless we unite ourselves indissolubly with our ,rex ,lucis1 the ,lord of ,splendor and of ,light1 our ,immortal ,god4 ,we must first conquer immortality and 8take the ,kingdom of ,heaven by violence10 offered to our material selves4 8,the first man is of the earth earthy2 the second man is from heaven4444 ,behold1 ,i show you a mystery10 says ,paul 7#a ,corinthians1 xv4 #dg74 ,in the religion of ,sakya-,mum1 which learned commentators have delighted so much of late to set down as purely nihilistic1 the doctrine of immortality is very clearly defined1 notwithstanding the ,european or rather ,christian ideas about ,nirvana4 ,in the sacred ,jana books1 of ,patuna1 the dying ,gautama-,buddha is thus addressed3 8,arise into ,nirvi 7,nirvana7 from this decrepit body into which thou hast been sent4 ,ascend into thy former abode1 ,o blessed ,avatar60 ,this seems to us the very opposite of ,nihilism4 ,if ,gautama is invited to rescend into his 8former abode10 and this abode is ,nirvana1 then it is incontestable that ,buddhistic philosophy does not teach final annihilation4 ,as ,jesus is alleged to have appeared to his disciples after death1 so to the present day is ,gautama believed to descend from ,nirvana4 ,and if he has an existence there1 then this state cannot be a synonym for annihilation4 ,gautama1 no less than all other great reformers1 had a doctrine for his 8elect0 and another for the outside masses1 though the main object of his reform consisted in initiating all1 so far as it was permissible and prudent to do1 without distinction of castes or wealth1 to the great truths hitherto kept so secret by the selfish ,brahmanical class4 ,gautama-,buddha it was whom we see the first in the world's history1 moved by that generous feeling which locks the whole humanity within one embrace1 inviting the 8poor10 the 8lame10 and the 8blind0 to the ,king's festival table1 from which he excluded those who had hitherto sat alone1 in haughty seclusion4 ,it was he1 who1 with a bold hand1 first opened the door of the sanctuary to the pariah1 the fallen one1 and all those 8afflicted by men0 clothed in gold and purple1 often far less worthy than the outcast to whom their finger was scornfully pointing4 ,all this did ,siddhrtha six centuries before another reformer1 as noble and as loving1 though less favored by opportunity1 in another land4 ,if both1 aware of the great danger of furnishing an uncultivated populace with the double-edged weapon of knowledge which gives power1 left the innermost corner of the sanctuary in the profoundest shade1 who1 that is acquainted with human nature1 can blame them for it8 ,but while one was actuated by prudence1 the other was forced into such a course4 ,gautama left the esoteric and most dangerous portion of the 8secret knowledge0 untouched1 and lived to the ripe old age of eighty1 with the certainty of having taught the essential truths1 and having converted to them one-third of the world2 ,jesus promised his disciples the knowledge which confers upon man the power of producing far greater miracles than he ever did himself1 and he died1 leaving but a few faithful men1 only half way to knowledge1 to struggle with the world to which they could impart but what they half-knew themselves4 ,later1 their followers disfigured truth still more than they themselves had done4 ,it is not true that ,gautama never taught anything concerning a future life1 or that he denied the immortality of the soul4 ,ask any intelligent ,buddhist his ideas on ,nirvana1 and he will unquestionably express himself1 as the well-known ,wong-,chin-,fu1 the ,chinese orator1 now travelling in this country1 did in a recent conversation with us about ,niepang 7,nirvana74 8,this condition10 he remarked1 8we all understand to mean a final renion with ,god1 concident with the perfection of the human spirit by its ultimate disembarrassment of matter4 ,it is the very opposite of personal annihilation40 ,nirvana means the certitude of personal immortality in ,spirit1 not in ,soul1 which1 as a finite emanation1 must certainly disintegrate its particles a compound of human sensations1 passions1 and yearning for some objective kind of existence1 before the immortal spirit of the ,ego is quite freed1 and henceforth secure against further transmigration in any form4 ,and how can man ever reach this state so long as the ,upadna1 that state of longing for life1 more life1 does not disappear from the sentient being1 from the ,ahancara clothed1 however1 in a sublimated body8 ,it is the 8,updana0 or the intense desire which produces ,,will1 and it is will which develops force1 and the latter generates matter1 or an object having form4 ,thus the disembodied ,ego1 through this sole undying desire in him1 unconsciously furnishes the conditions of his successive self-procreations in various forms1 which depend on his mental state and ,karma1 the good or bad deeds of his preceding existence1 commonly called 8merit and demerit40 ,this is why the 8,master0 recommended to his mendicants the cultivation of the four degrees of ,dhana1 the noble 8,path of the ,four ,truths10 i4e41 that gradual acquirement of stoical indifference for either life or death2 that state of spiritual self-contemplation during which man utterly loses sight of his physical and dual individuality1 composed of soul and body2 and uniting himself with his third and higher immortal self the real and heavenly man merges1 so to say1 into the divine ,essence1 whence his own spirit proceeded like a spark from the common hearth4 ,thus the ,arhat1 the holy mendicant1 can reach ,nirvana while yet on earth2 and his spirit1 totally freed from the trammels of the 8psychical1 terrestrial1 devilish wisdom10 as ,james calls it1 and being in its own nature omniscient and omnipotent1 can on earth1 through the sole power of his thought1 produce the greatest of phenomena4 8,it is the missionaries in ,china and ,india1 who first started this falsehood about ,niepang1 or ,nepana 7,nirvana710 says ,wong-,chin-,fu4 ,who can deny the truth of this accusation after reading the works of the ,abb ,dubois1 for instance8 ,a missionary who passes forty years of his life in ,india1 and then writes that the 8,buddhists admit of no other ,god but the body of man1 and have no other object but the satisfaction of their senses10 utters an untruth which can be proved on the testimony of the laws of the ,talapoins of ,siam and ,birmah2 laws1 which prevail unto this very day and which sentence a sahn1 or punghi 7a learned man2 from the ,sanscrit pundit71 as well as a simple ,talapoin1 to death by decapitation1 for the crime of unchastity4 ,no foreigner can be admitted into their ,kyums1 or ,viharas 7monasteries72 and yet there are ,french writers1 otherwise impartial and fair1 who1 speaking of the great severity of the rules to which the ,buddhist monks are subjected in these communities1 and without possessing one single fact to corroborate their skepticism1 bluntly say1 that 8notwithstanding the great laudations bestowed upon them 7,talapoins7 by certain travellers1 merely on the strength of appearances1 ,i do not believe at all in their chastity40#ffd ,fortunately for the ,buddhist talapoins1 lamas1 sahns1 upasampadas1#ffe and even samenaras1#fff they have popular records and facts for themselves1 which are weightier than the unsupported personal opinion of a ,frenchman1 born in ,catholic lands1 whom we can hardly blame for having lost all faith in clerical virtue4 ,when a ,buddhist monk becomes guilty 7which does not happen once in a century1 perhaps7 of criminal conversation1 he has neither a congregation of tender-hearted members1 whom he can move to tears by an eloquent confession of his guilt1 nor a ,jesus1 on whose overburdened1 long-suffering bosom are flung1 as in a common ,christian dust-box1 all the impurities of the race4 ,no ,buddhist transgressor can comfort himself with visions of a ,vatican1 within whose sin-encompassing walls black is turned into white1 murderers into sinless saints1 and golden or silvery lotions can be bought at the confessional to cleanse the tardy penitent of greater or lesser offenses against ,god and man4 ,except a few impartial archologists1 who trace a direct ,buddhistic element in ,gnosticism1 as in all those early short-lived sects we know of very few authors1 who1 in writing upon primitive ,christianity1 have accorded to the question its due importance4 ,have we not facts enough to1 at least1 suggest some interest in that direction8 ,do we not learn that1 as early as in the days of ,plato1 there were 8,brachmans0--read ,buddhist1 ,samaneans1 ,saman1 or ,shaman missionaries--in ,greece1 and that1 at one time1 they had overflowed the country8 ,does not ,pliny show them established on the shores of the ,dead ,sea1 for 8thousands of ages80 ,after making every necessary allowance for the exaggeration1 we still have several centuries ,b4,c4 left as a margin4 ,and is it possible that their influence should not have left deeper traces in all these sects than is generally thought8 ,we know that the ,jana sect claims ,buddhism as derived from its tenets--that ,buddhism existed before ,siddhrtha1 better known as ,gautama-,buddha4 ,the ,hindu ,brahmans who1 by the ,european ,orientalists1 are denied the right of knowing anything about their own country1 or understanding their own language and records better than those who have never been in ,india1 on the same principle as the ,jews are forbidden1 by the ,christian theologians1 to interpret their own ,scriptures--the ,brahmans1 we say1 have authentic records4 ,and these show the incarnation from the ,virgin ,avany of the first ,buddha--divine light--as having taken place more than some thousands of years ,b4,c41 on the island of ,ceylon4 ,the ,brahmans reject the claim that it was an avatar of ,vishnu1 but admit the appearance of a reformer of ,brahmanism at that time4 ,the story of the ,virgin ,avany and her divine son1 ,skya-muni1 is recorded in one of the sacred books of the ,cinghalese ,buddhists--the ,nirdhasa2 and the ,brahmanic chronology fixes the great ,buddhistic revolution and religious war1 and the subsequent spread of ,skya-muni's doctrine in ,thibet1 ,china1 ,japan1 and other places at #d1fbj years ,b4,c4#ffg ,it is clear that ,gautama-,buddha1 the son of the ,king of ,kapilavastu1 and the descendant of the first ,sakya1 through his father1 who was of the ,kshatriya1 or warrior-caste1 did not invent his philosophy4 ,philanthropist by nature1 his ideas were developed and matured while under the tuition of ,tir-thankara1 the famous guru of the ,jana sect4 ,the latter claim the present ,buddhism as a diverging branch of their own philosophy1 and themselves1 as the only followers of the first ,buddha who were allowed to remain in ,india1 after the expulsion of all other ,buddhists1 probably because they had made a compromise1 and admitted some of the ,brahmanic notions4 ,it is1 to say the least1 curious1 that three dissenting and inimical religions1 like ,brahmanism1 ,buddhism1 and ,janism1 should agree so perfectly in their traditions and chronology1 as to ,buddhism1 and that our scientists should give a hearing but to their own unwarranted speculations and hypotheses4 ,if the birth of ,gautama may1 with some show of reason1 be placed at about #fjj ,b4,c41 then the preceding ,buddhas ought to have some place allowed them in chronology4 ,the ,buddhas are not gods1 but simply individuals overshadowed by the spirit of ,buddha--the divine ray4 ,or is it because1 unable to extricate themselves from the difficulty by the help of their own researches only1 our ,orientalists prefer to obliterate and deny the whole1 rather than accord to the ,hindus the right of knowing something of their own religion and history8 ,strange way of discovering truths6 ,the common argument adduced against the ,jana claim1 of having been the source of the restoration of ancient ,buddhism1 that the principal tenet of the latter religion is opposed to the belief of the ,janas1 is not a sound one4 ,buddhists1 say our ,orientalists1 deny the existence of a ,supreme ,being2 the ,janas admit one1 but protest against the assumption that the 8,he0 can ever interfere in the regulation of the universe4 ,we have shown in the preceding chapter that the ,buddhists do not deny any such thing4 ,but if any disinterested scholar could study carefully the ,jana literature1 in their thousands of books preserved--or shall we say hidden--in ,rajpootana1 ,jusselmere1 at ,patun1 and other places2#ffh and especially if he could but gain access to the oldest of their sacred volumes1 he would find a perfect identity of philosophical thought1 if not of popular rites1 between the ,janas and the ,buddhists4 ,the ,adi-,buddha and ,adintha 7or ,adiswara7 are identical in essence and purpose4 ,and now1 if we trace the ,janas back1 with their claims to the ownership of the oldest cave-temples 7those superb specimens of ,indian architecture and sculpture71 and their records of an almost incredible antiquity1 we can hardly refuse to view them in the light which they claim for themselves4 ,we must admit1 that in all probability they are the only true descendants of the primitive owners of old ,india1 dispossessed by those conquering and mysterious hordes of white-skinned ,brahmans whom1 in the twilight of history1 we see appearing at the first as wanderers in the valleys of ,jumna and ,ganges4 ,the books of the ,srawacs--the only descendants of the ,arhtas or earliest ,janas1 the naked forest-hermits of the days of old1 might throw some light1 perhaps1 on many a puzzling question4 ,but will our ,european scholars1 so long as they pursue their own policy1 ever have access to the right volumes8 ,we have our doubts about this4 ,ask any trustworthy ,hindu how the missionaries have dealt with those manuscripts which unluckily fell into their hands1 and then see if we can blame the natives for trying to save from desecration the 8gods of their fathers40 ,to maintain their ground ,irenus and his school had to fight hard with the ,gnostics4 ,such1 also1 was the lot of ,eusebius1 who found himself hopelessly perplexed to know how the ,essenes should be disposed of4 ,the ways and customs of ,jesus and his apostles exhibited too close a resemblance to this sect to allow the fact to pass unexplained4 ,eusebius tried to make people believe that the ,essenes were the first ,christians4 ,his efforts were thwarted by ,philo ,judus1 who wrote his historical account of the ,essenes and described them with the minutest care1 long before there had appeared a single ,christian in ,palestine4 ,but1 if there were no ,christians1 there were ,chrestians long before the era of ,christianity2 and the ,essenes belonged to the latter as well as to all other initiated brotherhoods1 without even mentioning the ,christnites of ,india4 ,lepsius shows that the word ,nofre means ,chrstos1 8good10 and that one of the titles of ,osiris1 8,onnofre10 must be translated 8the goodness of ,god made manifest40#ffi 8,the worship of ,christ was not universal at this early date10 explains ,mackenzie1 8by which ,i mean that ,christolatry had not been introduced2 but the worship of ,chrstos--the ,good ,principle--had preceded it by many centuries1 and even survived the general adoption of ,christianity1 as shown on monuments still in existence40 444 ,again1 we have an inscription which is pre-,christian on an epitaphial tablet 7,spon4 ,misc4 ,erud41 ,ant41 x4 xviii4 #b74 1 and de ,rossi 7,roma ,sotteranea1 tome i41 tav4 xxi47 gives us another example from the catacombs--8lia ,chreste1 in ,pace40#fgj ,and1 ,kris1 as ,jacolliot shows1 means in ,sanscrit 8sacred40 ,the meritorious stratagems of the trustworthy ,eusebius thus proved lost labor4 ,he was triumphantly detected by ,basnage1 who1 says ,gibbon1 8examined with the utmost critical accuracy the curious treatise of ,philo1 which describes the ,therapeut10 and found that 8by proving it was composed as early as the time of ,augustus1 he has demonstrated1 in spite of ,eusebius and a crowd of modern ,catholics1 that the ,therapeut were neither ,christians nor monks40 ,as a last word1 the ,christian ,gnostics sprang into existence toward the beginning of the second century1 and just at the time when the ,essenes most mysteriously faded away1 which indicated that they were the identical ,essenes1 and moreover pure ,christists1 viz43 they believed and were those who best understood what one of their own brethren had preached4 ,in insisting that the letter ,iota1 mentioned by ,jesus in ,matthew 7v4 #ah71 indicated a secret doctrine in relation to the ten ons1 it is sufficient to demonstrate to a kabalist that ,jesus belonged to the ,freemasonry of those days2 for 1 which is ,iota in ,greek1 has other names in other languages2 and is1 as it was among the ,gnostics of those days1 a pass-word1 meaning the ,,sceptre of the ,,father1 in ,eastern brotherhoods which exist to this very day4 ,but in the early centuries these facts1 if known1 were purposely ignored1 and not only withheld from public notice as much as possible1 but vehemently denied whenever the question was forced upon discussion4 ,the denunciations of the ,fathers were rendered bitter in proportion to the truth of the claim which they endeavored to refute4 8,it comes to this10 writes ,irenus1 complaining of the ,gnostics1 8they neither consent to ,scripture nor tradition40#fga ,and why should we wonder at that1 when even the commentators of the nineteenth century1 with nothing but fragments of the ,gnostic manuscripts to compare with the voluminous writings of their calumniators1 have been enabled to detect fraud on nearly every page8 ,how much more must the polished and learned ,gnostics1 with all their advantages of personal observation and knowledge of fact1 have realized the stupendous scheme of fraud that was being consummated before their very eyes6 ,why should they accuse ,celsus of maintaining that their religion was all based on the speculations of ,plato1 with the difference that his doctrines were far more pure and rational than theirs1 when we find ,sprengel1 seventeen centuries later1 writing the following8--8,not only did they 7the ,christians7 think to discover the dogmas of ,plato in the books of ,moses1 but1 moreover1 they fancied that1 by introducing ,platonism into ,christianity1 they would elevate the dignity of this religion and make it more popular among the nations40#fgb ,they introduced it so well1 that not only was the ,platonic philosophy selected as a basis for the trinity1 but even the legends and mythical stories which had been current among the admirers of the great philosopher--as a time-honored custom required in the eyes of his posterity such an allegorical homage to every hero worthy of deification--were revamped and used by the ,christians4 ,without going so far as ,india1 did they not have a ready model for the 8miraculous conception10 in the legend about ,periktion1 ,plato's mother8 ,in her case it was also maintained by popular tradition that she had immaculately conceived him1 and that the god ,apollo was his father4 ,even the annunciation by an angel to ,joseph 8in a dream10 the ,christians copied from the message of ,apollo to ,ariston1 ,periktion's husband1 that the child to be born from her was the offspring of that god4 ,so1 too1 ,romulus was said to be the son of ,mars1 by the virgin ,rhea ,sylvia4 ,it is generally held by all the symbolical writers that the ,ophites were found guilty of practicing the most licentious rites during their religious meetings4 ,the same accusation was brought against the ,manichans1 the ,carpocratians1 the ,paulicians1 the ,albigenses--in short1 against every ,gnostic sect which had the temerity to claim the right to think for itself4 ,in our modern days1 the #afj ,american sects and the #abe sects of ,england are not so often troubled with such accusations2 times are changed1 and even the once all-powerful clergy have to either bridle their tongues or prove their slanderous accusations4 ,we have carefully looked over the works of such authors as ,payne ,knight1 ,c4 ,w4 ,king1 and ,olshausen1 which treat of our subject2 we have reviewed the bulky volumes of ,irenus1 ,tertullian1 ,sozomen1 ,theodoret2 and in none but those of ,epiphanius have we found any accusation based upon direct evidence of an eye-witness4 8,they say20 8,some say20 8,we have heard0--such are the general and indefinite terms used by the patristic accusers4 ,alone ,epiphanius1 whose works are invariably referred to in all such cases1 seems to chuckle with delight whenever he couches a lance4 ,we do not mean to take upon ourselves to defend the sects which inundated ,europe at the eleventh century1 and which brought to light the most wonderful creeds2 we limit our defense merely to those ,christian sects whose theories were usually grouped under the generic name of ,gnosticism4 ,these are those which appeared immediately after the alleged crucifixion1 and lasted till they were nearly exterminated under the rigorous execution of the ,constantinian law4 ,the greatest guilt of these were their syncretistic views1 for at no other period of the world's history had truth a poorer prospect of triumph than in those days of forgery1 lying1 and deliberate falsification of facts4 ,but before we are forced to believe the accusations1 may we not be permitted to inquire into the historical characters of their accusers8 ,let us begin by asking1 upon what ground does the ,church of ,rome build her claim of supremacy for her doctrines over those of the ,gnostics8 ,apostolic succession1 undoubtedly4 ,the succession traditionally instituted by the direct ,apostle ,peter4 ,but what if this prove a fiction8 ,clearly1 the whole superstructure supported upon this one imaginary stilt would fall in a tremendous crash4 ,and when we do inquire carefully1 we find that we must take the word of ,irenus alone for it--of ,irenus1 who did not furnish one single valid proof of the claim which he so audaciously advanced1 and who resorted for that to endless forgeries4 ,he gives authority neither for his dates nor his assertions4 ,this ,smyrniote worthy has not even the brutal but sincere faith of ,tertullian1 for he contradicts himself at every step1 and supports his claims solely on acute sophistry4 ,though he was undoubtedly a man of the shrewdest intellect and great learning1 he fears not1 in some of his assertions and arguments1 to even appear an idiot in the eyes of posterity1 so long as he can 8carry the situation40 ,twitted and cornered at every step by his not less acute and learned adversaries1 the ,gnostics1 he boldly shields himself behind blind faith1 and in answer to their merciless logic falls upon imaginary tradition invented by himself4 ,reber wittily remarks3 8,as we read his misapplications of words and sentences1 we would conclude that he was a lunatic if we did not know that he was something else40#fgc ,so boldly mendacious does this 8holy ,father0 prove himself in many instances1 that he is even contradicted by ,eusebius1 more cautious if not more truthful than himself4 ,he is driven to that necessity in the face of unimpeachable evidence4 ,so1 for instance1 ,irenus asserts that ,papias1 ,bishop of ,hierapolis1 was a direct hearer of ,st4 ,john2#fgd and ,eusebius is compelled to show that ,papias never pretended to such a claim1 but simply stated that he had received his doctrine from those who had known ,john4#fge ,in one point1 the ,gnostics had the best of ,irenus4 ,they drove him1 through mere fear of inconsistency1 to the recognition of their kabalistic doctrine of atonement2 unable to grasp it in its allegorical meaning1 ,irenus presented1 with ,christian theology as we find it in its present state of 8original sin versus ,adam10 a doctrine which would have filled ,peter with pious horror if he had been still alive4 ,the next champion for the propagation of ,apostolic ,succession1 is ,eusebius himself4 ,is the word of this ,armenian ,father any better than that of ,irenus8 ,let us see what the most competent critics say of him4 ,and before we turn to modern critics at all1 we might remind the reader of the scurrilous terms in which ,eusebius is attacked by ,george ,syncellus1 the ,vice-,patriarch of ,constantinople 7eighth century71 for his audacious falsification of the ,egyptian ,chronology4 ,the opinion of ,socrates1 an historian of the fifth century1 is no more flattering4 ,he fearlessly charges ,eusebius with perverting historical dates1 in order to please the ,emperor ,constantine4 ,in his chronographic work1 before proceeding to falsify the synchronistic tables himself1 in order to impart to ,scriptural chronology a more trustworthy appearance1 ,syncellus covers ,eusebius with the choicest of monkish ,billingsgate4 ,baron ,bunsen has verified the justness if not justified the politeness of this abusive reprehension4 ,his elaborate researches in the rectification of the ,egyptian ,list of ,chronology1 by ,manetho1 led him to confess that throughout his work1 the ,bishop of ,csarea 8had undertaken1 in a very unscrupulous and arbitrary spirit1 to mutilate history40 8,eusebius10 he says1 8is the originator of that systematic theory of synchronisms which has so often subsequently maimed and mutilated history in its procrustean bed40#fgf ,to this the author of the ,intellectual ,development of ,europe adds3 8,among those who have been the most guilty of this offense1 the name of the celebrated ,eusebius1 the ,bishop of ,csarea 444 should be designated60#fgg ,it will not be amiss to remind the reader that it is the same ,eusebius who is charged with the interpolation of the famous paragraph concerning ,jesus1#fgh which was so miraculously found1 in his time1 in the writings of ,josephus1 the sentence in question having till that time remained perfectly unknown4 ,renan1 in his ,life of ,jesus1 expresses a contrary opinion4 8,i believe10 says he1 8the passage respecting ,jesus to be authentic4 ,it is perfectly in the style of ,josephus2 and1 if this historian had made mention of ,jesus1 it is thus that he must have spoken of him40 ,begging this eminent scholar's pardon1 we must again contradict him4 ,laying aside his cautious 8if10 we will merely show that though the short paragraph may possibly be genuine1 and 8perfectly in the style of ,josephus10 its several parentheses are most palpably later forgeries2 and 8if0 ,josephus had made any mention of ,christ at all1 it is not thus that he would 8have spoken of him40 ,the whole paragraph consists of but a few lines1 and reads3 8,at this time was ,iasous1 a #8,,wise ,,man1'#fgi if1 at least1 it is right to call him a man6 77 for he was a doer of surprising works1 and a teacher of such men as receive 8the truths0 with pleasure4444 ,this was the ,,anointed 76674 ,and1 on an accusation by the first men among us1 having been condemned by ,pilate to the cross1 they did not stop loving him who loved them4 ,for he appeared to them on the third day alive1 and the divine prophets having said these and many other wonderful things concerning him40 ,this paragraph 7of sixteen lines in the original7 has two unequivocal assertions and one qualification4 ,the latter is expressed in the following sentence3 8,if1 at least1 it is right to call him a man40 ,the unequivocal assertions are contained in 8,this is the ,,anointed10 and in that ,jesus 8appeared to them on the third day alive40 ,history shows us ,josephus as a thorough1 uncompromising1 stiff-necked1 orthodox ,jew1 though he wrote for 8the ,pagans40 ,it is well to observe the false position in which these sentences would have placed a true-born ,jew1 if they had really emanated from him4 ,their 8,messiah0 was then and is still expected4 ,the ,messiah is the ,anointed1 and vice versa4 ,and ,josephus is made to admit that the 8first men0 among them have accused and crucified their ,messiah and ,anointed66 ,no need to comment any further upon such a preposterous incongruity1#fhj even though supported by so ripe a scholar as ,renan4 ,as to that patristic fire-brand1 ,tertullian1 whom des ,mousseaux apotheosizes in company with his other demi-gods1 he is regarded by ,reuss1 ,baur1 and ,schweigler1 in quite a different light4 ,the untrustworthiness of statement and inaccuracy of ,tertullian1 says the author of ,supernatural ,religion1 are often apparent4 ,reuss characterizes his ,christianism as 8pre1 insolent1 brutal1 ferrailleur40 ,it is without unction and without charity1 sometimes even without loyalty1 when he finds himself confronted with opposition4 8,if10 remarks this author1 8in the second century all parties except certain ,gnostics were intolerant1 ,tertullian was the most intolerant of all60 ,the work begun by the early ,fathers was achieved by the sophomorical ,augustine4 ,his supra-transcendental speculations on the ,trinity2 his imaginary dialogues with the ,father1 ,son1 and the ,holy ,spirit1 and the disclosures and covert allusions about his ex-brethren1 the ,manicheans1 have led the world to load ,gnosticism with opprobrium1 and have thrown into a deep shadow the insulted majesty of the one ,god1 worshipped in reverential silence by every 8heathen40 ,and thus is it that the whole pyramid of ,roman ,catholic dogmas rests not upon proof1 but upon assumption4 ,the ,gnostics had cornered the ,fathers too cleverly1 and the only salvation of the latter was a resort to forgery4 ,for nearly four centuries1 the great historians nearly cotemporary with ,jesus had not taken the slightest notice either of his life or death4 ,christians wondered at such an unaccountable omission of what the ,church considered the greatest events in the world's history4 ,eusebius saved the battle of the day4 ,such are the men who have slandered the ,gnostics4 ,the first and most unimportant sect we hear of is that of the ,nicolatans1 of whom ,john1 in the ,apocalypse1 makes the voice in his vision say that he hates their doctrine4#fha ,these ,nicolatans were the followers1 however1 of ,nicolas of ,antioch1 one of the 8seven0 chosen by the 8twelve0 to make distribution from the common fund to the proselytes at ,jerusalem 7,acts ii4 #dd1 #de1 vi4 #a-e71 hardly more than a few weeks1 or perhaps months1 after the ,crucifixion2#fhb and a man 8of honest report1 full of the ,holy ,ghost and wisdom0 7verse #c74 ,thus it would appear that the 8,holy ,ghost and wisdom0 from on high1 were no more a shield against the accusation of 8hresy0 than though they had never overshadowed the 8chosen ones0 of the apostles4 ,it would be but too easy to detect what kind of heresy it was that offended1 even had we not other and more authentic sources of information in the kabalistic writings4 ,the accusation and the precise nature of the 8abomination0 are stated in the second chapter of the book of ,revelation1 verses #ad1 #ae4 ,the sin was merely--marriage4 ,john was a 8virgin20 several of the ,fathers assert the fact on the authority of tradition4 ,even ,paul1 the most liberal and high-minded of them all1 finds it difficult to reconcile the position of a married man with that of a faithful servant of ,god4 ,there is also 8a difference between a wife and a virgin40#fhc ,the latter cares 8for the things of the ,lord10 and the former only for 8how she may please her husband40 8,if any man think that he behaveth uncomely towards his virgin 444 let them marry4 ,nevertheless1 he that standeth steadfast in his heart1 and hath power over his own will1 and hath so decreed 444 that he will keep his virgin1 doeth well40 ,so that he who marries 8doeth well 444 but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better40 8,art thou loosed from a wife80 he asks1 8seek not a wife0 7#bg74 ,and remarking that according to his judgment1 both will be happier if they do not marry1 he adds1 as a weighty conclusion3 8,and ,i think also that ,i have the spirit of ,god0 7#dj74 ,far from this spirit of tolerance are the words of ,john4 ,according to his vision there are 8but the hundred and forty and four thousand1 which were redeemed from the earth10 and 8these are they which were not defiled with women2 for they were virgins40#fhd ,this seems conclusive2 for except ,paul there is not one of these primitive ,nazari1 there 8set apart0 and vowed to ,god1 who seemed to make a great difference between 8sin0 within the relationship of legal marriage1 and the 8abomination0 of adultery4 ,with such views and such narrow-mindedness1 it was but natural that these fanatics should have begun by casting this iniquity as a slur in the faces of brethren1 and then 8bearing on progressively0 with their accusations4 ,as we have already shown1 it is only ,epiphanius whom we find giving such minute details as to the ,masonic 8grips0 and other signs of recognition among the ,gnostics4 ,he had once belonged to their number1 and therefore it was easy for him to furnish particulars4 ,only how far the worthy ,bishop is to be relied upon is a very grave question4 ,one need fathom human nature but very superficially to find that there seldom was yet a traitor1 a renegade1 who1 in a moment of danger turned 8,state's evidence10 who would not lie as remorselessly as he betrayed4 ,men never forgive or relent toward those whom they injure4 ,we hate our victims in proportion to the harm we do them4 ,this is a truth as old as the world4 ,on the other hand1 it is preposterous to believe that such persons as the ,gnostics1 who1 according to ,gibbon1 were the wealthiest1 proudest1 most polite1 as well as the most learned 8of the ,christian name10 were guilty of the disgusting1 libidinous actions of which ,epiphanius delights to accuse them4 ,were they even like that 8set of tatterdemalions1 almost naked1 with fierce looks10 that ,lucian describes as ,paul's followers1#fhe we would hesitate to believe such an infamous story4 ,how much less probable then that men who were ,platonists1 as well as ,christians1 should have ever been guilty of such preposterous rites4 ,payne ,knight seems never to suspect the testimony of ,epiphanius4 ,he argues that 8if we make allowance for the willing exaggerations of religious hatred1 and consequent popular prejudice1 the general conviction that these sectarians had rites and practices of a licentious character appears too strong to be entirely disregarded40 ,if he draws an honest line of demarcation between the ,gnostics of the first three centuries and those medival sects whose doctrines 8rather closely resembled modern communism10 we have nothing to say4 ,only1 we would beg every critic to remember that if the ,templars were accused of that most 8abominable crime0 of applying the 8holy kiss0 to the root of ,baphomet's tail1#fhf ,st4 ,augustine is also suspected1 and on very good grounds1 too1 of having allowed his community to go somewhat astray from the primitive way of administering the 8holy kiss0 at the feast of the ,eucharist4 ,the holy ,bishop seems quite too anxious as to certain details of the ladies' toilet for the 8kiss0 to be of a strictly orthodox nature4#fhg ,wherever there lurks a true and sincere religious feeling1 there is no room for worldly details4 ,considering the extraordinary dislike exhibited from the first by ,christians to all manner of cleanliness1 we cannot enough wonder at such a strange solicitude on the part of the holy ,bishop for his female parishioners1 unless1 indeed1 we have to excuse it on the ground of a lingering reminiscence of ,manichean rites6 ,it would be hard1 indeed1 to blame any writer for entertaining such suspicions of immorality as those above noticed1 when the records of many historians are at hand to help us to make an impartial investigation4 8,hretics0 are accused of crimes in which the ,church has more or less openly indulged even down to the beginning of our century4 ,in #abcc ,pope ,gregory ,,ix4 issued two bulls against the ,stedingers 8for various heathen and magical practices10#fhh and the latter1 as a matter of course1 were exterminated in the name of ,christ and his ,holy ,mother4 ,in #abhb a parish priest of ,inverkeithing1 named ,john1 performed rites on ,easter day by far worse than 8magical40 ,collecting a crowd of young girls1 he forced them to enter into 8divine ecstasies0 and ,bacchanalian fury1 dancing the old ,amazonian circle-dance around the figure of the heathen 8god of the gardens40 ,notwithstanding that upon the complaint of some of his parishioners he was cited before his bishop1 he retained his benefice because he proved that such was the common usage of the country4#fhi ,the ,waldenses1 those 8earliest ,protestants10 were accused of the most unnatural horrors2 burned1 butchered1 and exterminated for calumnies heaped upon them by their accusers4 ,meanwhile the latter1 in open triumph1 forming their heathen processions of 8,corpus ,christi10 with emblems modelled on those of ,baal-,peor and 8,osiris10 and every city in ,southern ,france carrying1 in yearly processions on ,easter days1 loaves and cakes fashioned like the so-much-decried emblems of the ,hindu ,sivites and ,vishnites1 as late as #ahbe6fij ,deprived of their old means for slandering ,christian sects whose religious views differ from their own1 it is now the turn of the 8heathen10 ,hindus1 ,chinese1 and ,japanese1 to share with the ancient religions the honor of having cast in their teeth denunciations of their 8libidinous religions40 ,without going far for proofs of equal if not surpassing immorality1 we would remind ,roman ,catholic writers of certain bas-reliefs on the doors of ,st4 ,peter's ,cathedral4 ,they are as brazen-faced as the door itself2 but less so than any author1 who1 knowing all this1 feigns to ignore historical facts4 ,a long succession of ,popes have reposed their pastoral eyes upon these brazen pictures of the vilest obscenity1 through those many centuries1 without ever finding the slightest necessity for removing them4 ,quite the contrary2 for we might name certain ,popes and ,cardinals who made it a life-long study to copy these heathen suggestions of 8nature-gods10 in practice as well as in theory4 ,in ,polish ,podolia there was some years ago1 in a ,roman ,catholic ,church1 a statue of ,christ1 in black marble4 ,it was reputed to perform miracles on certain days1 such as having its hair and beard grow in the sight of the public1 and indulging in other less innocent wonders4 ,this show was finally prohibited by the ,russian ,government4 ,when in #aehe the ,protestants took ,embrun 7,department of the ,upper ,alps71 they found in the churches of this town relics of such a character1 that1 as the ,chronicle expresses it1 8old ,huguenot soldiers were seen to blush1 several weeks after1 at the bare mention of the discovery40 ,in a corner of the ,church of ,st4 ,fiacre1 near ,monceaux1 in ,france1 there was--and it still is there1 if we mistake not--a seat called 8the chair of ,st4 ,fiacre10 which had the reputation of conferring fecundity upon barren women4 ,a rock in the vicinity of ,athens1 not far from the so-called 8,tomb of ,socrates10 is said to be possessed of the same virtue4 ,when1 some twenty years since1 the ,queen ,amelia1 perhaps in a merry moment1 was said to have tried the experiment1 there was no end of most insulting abuse heaped upon her1 by a ,catholic ,padre1 on his way through ,syra to some mission4 ,the ,queen1 he declared1 was a 8superstitious heretic60 8an abominable witch60 8,jezebel using magic arts40 ,much more the zealous missionary would doubtless have added1 had he not found himself1 right in the middle of his vituperations1 landed in a pool of mud1 outside the window4 ,the virtuous elocutionist was forced to this unusual transit by the strong arm of a ,greek officer1 who happened to enter the room at the right moment4 ,there never was a great religious reform that was not pure at the beginning4 ,the first followers of ,buddha1 as well as the disciples of ,jesus1 were all men of the highest morality4 ,the aversion felt by the reformers of all ages to vice under any shape1 is proved in the cases of ,skya-muni1 ,pythagoras1 ,plato1 ,jesus1 ,st4 ,paul1 ,ammonius ,sakkas4 ,the great ,gnostic leaders--if less successful--were not less virtuous in practice nor less morally pure4 ,marcion1 ,basilides1#fia ,valentinus1 were renowned for their ascetic lives4 ,the ,nicolatans1 who1 if they did not belong to the great body of the ,ophites1 were numbered among the small sects which were absorbed in it at the beginning of the second century1 owe their origin1 as we have shown1 to ,nicolas of ,antioch1 8a man of honest report1 full of the ,holy ,ghost and wisdom40 ,how absurd the idea that such men would have instituted 8libidinous rites40 ,as well accuse ,jesus of having promoted the similar rites which we find practiced so extensively by the medival orthodox ,christians behind the secure shelter of monastic walls4 ,if1 however1 we are asked to credit such an accusation against the ,gnostics1 an accusation transferred with tenfold acrimony1 centuries later1 to the unfortunate heads of the ,templars1 why should we not believe the same of the orthodox ,christians8 ,minucius ,felix states that 8the first ,christians were accused by the world of inducing1 during the ceremony of the 8,perfect ,passover10 each neophyte1 on his admission1 to plunge a knife into an infant concealed under a heap of flour2 the body then serving for a banquet to the whole congregation4 ,after they had become the dominant party1 they 7the ,christians7 transferred this charge to their own dissenters40#fib ,the real crime of heterodoxy is plainly stated by ,john in his ,epistles and ,gospel4 8,he that confesseth not that ,jesus ,christ is come in the flesh 444 is a deceiver and an antichrist0 7#b ,epistle #g74 ,in his previous ,epistle1 he teaches his flock that there are two trinities 7#g1 #h7--;in short1 the ,nazarene system4 ,the inference to be drawn from all this is1 that the made-up and dogmatic ,christianity of the ,constantinian period is simply an offspring of the numerous conflicting sects1 half-castes themselves1 born of ,pagan parents4 ,each of these could claim representatives converted to the so-called orthodox body of ,christians4 ,and1 as every newly-born dogma had to be carried out by the majority of votes1 every sect colored the main substance with its own hue1 till the moment when the emperor enforced this revealed olla-podrida1 of which he evidently did not himself understand a word1 upon an unwilling world as the religion of ,christ4 ,wearied in the vain attempt to sound this fathomless bog of international speculations1 unable to appreciate a religion based on the pure spirituality of an ideal conception1 ,christendom gave itself up to the adoration of brutal force as represented by a ,church backed up by ,constantine4 ,since then1 among the thousand rites1 dogmas1 and ceremonies copied from ,paganism1 the ,church can claim but one invention as thoroughly original with her--namely1 the doctrine of eternal damnation1 and one custom1 that of the anathema4 ,the ,pagans rejected both with horror4 8,an execration is a fearful and grievous thing10 says ,plutarch4 8,wherefore1 the priestess at ,athens was commended for refusing to curse ,alkibiades 7for desecration of the ,mysteries7 when the people required her to do it2 for1 she said1 that she was a priestess of prayers and not of curses40#fic 8,deep researches would show10 says ,renan1 8that nearly everything in ,christianity is mere baggage brought from the ,pagan ,mysteries4 ,the primitive ,christian worship is nothing but a mystery4 ,the whole interior police of the ,church1 the degrees of initiation1 the command of silence1 and a crowd of phrases in the ecclesiastical language1 have no other origin4444 ,the revolution which overthrew ,paganism seems at first glance 444 an absolute rupture with the past 444 but the popular faith saved its most familiar symbols from shipwreck4 ,christianity introduced1 at first1 so little change into the habits of private and social life1 that with great numbers in the fourth and fifth centuries it remains uncertain whether they were ,pagans or ,christians2 many seem even to have pursued an irresolute course between the two worships40 ,speaking further of ,art1 which formed an essential part of the ancient religion1 he says that 8it had to break with scarce one of its traditions4 ,primitive ,christian art is really nothing but ,pagan art in its decay1 or in its lower departments4 ,the ,good ,shepherd of the catacombs in ,rome is a copy from the ,aristeus1 or from the ,apollo ,nornius1 which figure in the same posture on the ,pagan sarcophagi1 and still carries the flute of ,pan in the midst of the four half-naked seasons4 ,on the ,christian tombs of the ,cemetery of ,st4 ,calixtus1 ,orpheus charms the animals4 ,elsewhere1 the ,christ as ,jupiter-,pluto1 and ,mary as ,proserpina1 receive the souls that ,mercury1 wearing the broad-brimmed hat and carrying in his hand the rod of the soul-guide 7psychopompos71 brings to them1 in presence of the three fates4 ,pegasus1 the symbol of the apotheosis2 ,psyche1 the symbol of the immortal soul2 ,heaven1 personified by an old man1 the river ,jordan2 and ,victory1 figure on a host of ,christian monuments40 ,as we have elsewhere shown1 the primitive ,christian community was composed of small groups scattered about and organized in secret societies1 with passwords1 grips1 and signs4 ,to avoid the relentless persecutions of their enemies1 they were obliged to seek safety and hold meetings in deserted catacombs1 the fastnesses of mountains1 and other safe retreats4 ,like disabilities were naturally encountered by each religious reform at its inception4 ,from the very first appearance of ,jesus and his twelve disciples1 we see them congregating apart1 having secure refuges in the wilderness1 and among friends in ,bethany1 and elsewhere4 ,were ,christianity not composed of 8secret communities10 from the start1 history would have more facts to record of its founder and disciples than it has4 ,how little ,jesus had impressed his personality upon his own century1 is calculated to astound the inquirer4 ,renan shows that ,philo1 who died toward the year #ej1 and who was born many years earlier than ,jesus1 living all the while in ,palestine while the 8glad tidings0 were being preached all over the country1 according to the ,gospels1 had never heard of him6 ,josephus1 the historian1 who was born three or four years after the death of ,jesus1 mentions his execution in a short sentence1 and even those few words were altered 8by a ,christian hand10 says the author of the ,life of ,jesus4 ,writing at the close of the first century1 when ,paul1 the learned propagandist1 is said to have founded so many churches1 and ,peter is alleged to have established the apostolic succession1 which the ,ireno-,eusebian chronology shows to have already included three bishops of ,rome1#fid ,josephus1 the painstaking enumerator and careful historian of even the most unimportant sects1 entirely ignores the existence of a ,christian sect4 ,suetonius1 secretary of ,adrian1 writing in the first quarter of the second century1 knows so little of ,jesus or his history as to say that the ,emperor ,claudius 8banished all the ,jews1 who were continually making disturbances1 at the instigation of one ,crestus10 meaning ,christ1 we must suppose4#fie ,the ,emperor ,adrian himself1 writing still later1 was so little impressed with the tenets or importance of the new sect1 that in a letter to ,servianus he shows that he believes the ,christians to be worshippers of ,serapis4#fif 8,in the second century10 says ,c4 ,w4 ,king1 8the syncretistic sects that had sprung up in ,alexandria1 the very hot-bed of ,gnosticism1 found out in ,serapis a prophetic type of ,christ as the ,lord and ,creator of all1 and ,judge of the living and the dead40#fig ,thus1 while the 8,pagan0 philosophers had never viewed ,serapis1 or rather the abstract idea which was embodied in him1 as otherwise than a representation of the ,anima ,mundi1 the ,christians anthropomorphized the 8,son of ,god0 and his 8,father10 finding no better model for him than the idol of a ,pagan myth6 8,there can be no doubt10 remarks the same author1 8that the head of ,serapis1 marked1 as the face is1 by a grave and pensive majesty1 supplied the first idea for the conventional portraits of the ,saviour40#fih ,in the notes taken by a traveller--whose episode with the monks on ,mount ,athos we have mentioned elsewhere--we find that1 during his early life1 ,jesus had frequent intercourse with the ,essenes belonging to the ,pythagorean school1 and known as the ,koinobi4 ,we believe it rather hazardous on the part of ,renan to assert so dogmatically1 as he does1 that ,jesus 8ignored the very name of ,buddha1 of ,zoroaster1 of ,plato20 that he had never read a ,greek nor a ,buddhistic book1 8although he had more than one element in him1 which1 unawares to himself1 proceeded from ,buddhism1 ,parsism1 and the ,greek wisdom40#fii ,this is conceding half a miracle1 and allowing as much to chance and coincidence4 ,it is an abuse of privilege1 when an author1 who claims to write historical facts1 draws convenient deductions from hypothetical premises1 and then calls it a biography--a ,life of ,jesus4 ,no more than any other compiler of legends concerning the problematical history of the ,nazarene prophet1 has ,renan one inch of secure foothold upon which to maintain himself2 nor can any one else assert a claim to the contrary1 except on inferential evidence4 ,and yet1 while ,renan has not one solitary fact to show that ,jesus had never studied the metaphysical tenets of ,buddhism and ,parsism1 or heard of the philosophy of ,plato1 his opponents have the best reasons in the world to suspect the contrary4 ,when they find that--#a1 all his sayings are in a ,pythagorean spirit1 when not verbatim repetitions2 #b1 his code of ethics is purely ,buddhistic2 #c1 his mode of action and walk in life1 ,essenean2 and #d1 his mystical mode of expression1 his parables1 and his ways1 those of an initiate1 whether ,grecian1 ,chaldean1 or ,magian 7for the 8,perfect10 who spoke the hidden wisdom1 were of the same school of archaic learning the world over71 it is difficult to escape from the logical conclusion that he belonged to that same body of initiates4 ,it is a poor compliment paid the ,supreme1 this forcing upon ,him four gospels1 in which1 contradictory as they often are1 there is not a single narrative1 sentence1 or peculiar expression1 whose parallel may not be found in some older doctrine or philosophy4 ,surely1 the ,almighty--were it but to spare future generations their present perplexity--might have brought down with ,him1 at ,his first and only incarnation on earth1 something original--something that would trace a distinct line of demarcation between ,himself and the score or so of incarnate ,pagan gods1 who had been born of virgins1 had all been saviours1 and were either killed1 or otherwise sacrificed themselves for humanity4 ,too much has already been conceded to the emotional side of the story4 ,what the world needs is a less exalted1 but more faithful view of a personage1 in whose favor nearly half of ,christendom has dethroned the ,almighty4 ,it is not the erudite1 world-famous scholar1 whom we question for what we find in his ,vie de ,jesus1 nor is it one of his historical statements4 ,we simply challenge a few unwarranted and untenable assertions that have found their way past the emotional narrator1 into the otherwise beautiful pages of the work--a life built altogether on mere probabilities1 and yet that of one who1 if accepted as an historical personage1 has far greater claims upon our love and veneration1 fallible as he is with all his greatness1 than if we figure him as an omnipotent ,god4 ,it is but in the latter character that ,jesus must be regarded by every reverential mind as a failure4 ,notwithstanding the paucity of old philosophical works now extant1 we could find no end of instances of perfect identity between ,pythagorean1 ,hindu1 and ,new ,testament sayings4 ,there is no lack of proofs upon this point4 ,what is needed is a ,christian public that will examine what will be offered1 and show common honesty in rendering its verdict4 ,bigotry has had its day1 and done its worst4 8,we need not be frightened10 says ,professor ,mller1 8if we discover traces of truth1 traces even of ,christian truth1 among the sages and lawgivers of other nations40 ,after reading the following philosophical aphorisms1 who can believe that ,jesus and ,paul had never read the ,grecian and ,indian philosophers8 ,,sentences ,,from ,,sextus1 ,,the ,,verses ,,from ,,the ,,pythagorean1 and other ,,new ,,testament4#gjj ,heathen4 #a4 8,possess not treasures1 but #a4 8,lay not up for yourselves those things which no one treasures upon earth4 can take from you40 where moth and rust doth corrupt1 and where thieves break through and steal0 7,matthew vi4 #ai74 #b4 8,it is better for a part of #b4 8,and if thy hand offend the body which contains thee1 cut it off2 it is purulent matter1 and better for thee to enter threatens to infect the unto life maimed1 than go whole1 to be burnt1 to hell10 etc4 7,mark ix4 than to continue so in #dc74 another state 7life740 #c4 8,you have in yourself #c4 8,know ye not ye are the something similar to temple of ,god1 and that the ,god1 and therefore use ,spirit of ,god dwelleth in yourself as the temple you80 7#a ,corinthians1 iii4 of ,god40 #af74 #d4 8,the greatest honor which #d4 8,that ye may be the children can be paid to ,god1 is to of your ,father1 which is know and imitate his in ,heaven1 be ye perfect perfection40 even as your ,father is perfect0 7,matthew v4 #de-dh74 #e4 8,what ,i do not wish men to #e4 8,do ye unto others as ye do to me1 ,i also wish not would that others should do to do to men0 7,analects to you40 of ,confucius1 p4 #gf2 see ,max ,mller's ,the ,works of ,confucius74 #f4 8,the moon shines even in #f4 8,he maketh his sun to rise the house of the wicked0 on the evil and on the good1 7,manu74 and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust0 7,matthew v4 #de74 #g4 8,they who give1 have things #g4 8,whosoever hath1 to him given to them2 those who shall be given 444 but withhold1 have things whosoever hath not1 from him taken from them0 7,ibid474 shall be taken away0 7,matthew xiii4 #ab74 #h4 8,purity of mind alone sees #h4 8,blessed are the pure in ,god0 7,ibid47--still a heart1 for they shall see popular saying in ,india4 ,god0 7,matthew v4 #h74 ,plato did not conceal the fact that he derived his best philosophical doctrines from ,pythagoras1 and that himself was merely the first to reduce them to systematic order1 occasionally interweaving with them metaphysical speculations of his own4 ,but ,pythagoras himself got his recondite doctrines1 first from the descendants of ,mochus1 and later1 from the ,brahmans of ,india4 ,he was also initiated into the ,mysteries among the hierophants of ,thebes1 the ,persian and ,chaldean ,magi4 ,thus1 step by step do we trace the origin of most of our ,christian doctrines to ,middle ,asia4 ,drop out from ,christianity the personality of ,jesus1 so sublime1 because of its unparalleled simplicity1 and what remains8 ,history and comparative theology echo back the melancholy answer1 8,a crumbling skeleton formed of the oldest ,pagan myths60 ,while the mythical birth and life of ,jesus are a faithful copy of those of the ,brahmanical ,christna1 his historical character of a religious reformer in ,palestine is the true type of ,buddha in ,india4 ,in more than one respect their great resemblance in philanthropic and spiritual aspirations1 as well as external circumstances is truly striking4 ,though the son of a king1 while ,jesus was but a carpenter1 ,buddha was not of the high ,brahmanical caste by birth4 ,like ,jesus1 he felt dissatisfied with the dogmatic spirit of the religion of his country1 the intolerance and hypocrisy of the priesthood1 their outward show of devotion1 and their useless ceremonials and prayers4 ,as ,buddha broke violently through the traditional laws and rules of the ,brahmans1 so did ,jesus declare war against the ,pharisees1 and the proud ,sadducees4 ,what the ,nazarene did as a consequence of his humble birth and position1 ,buddha did as a voluntary penance4 ,he travelled about as a beggar2 and--again like ,jesus--later in life he sought by preference the companionship of publicans and sinners4 ,each aimed at a social as well as at a religious reform2 and giving a death-blow to the old religions of his countries1 each became the founder of a new one4 8,the reform of ,buddha10 says ,max ,mller1 8had originally much more of a social than of a religious character4 ,the most important element of ,buddhist reform has always been its social and moral code1 not its metaphysical theories4 ,that moral code is one of the most perfect which the world has ever known 444 and he whose meditations had been how to deliver the soul of man from misery and the fear of death1 had delivered the people of ,india from a degrading thraldom and from priestly tyranny40 ,further1 the lecturer adds that were it otherwise1 8,buddha might have taught whatever philosophy he pleased1 and we should hardly have heard his name4 ,the people would not have minded him1 and his system would only have been a drop in the ocean of philosophic speculation by which ,india was deluged at all times40#gja ,the same with ,jesus4 ,while ,philo1 whom ,renan calls ,jesus's elder brother1 ,hillel1 ,shammai1 and ,gamaliel1 are hardly mentioned--,jesus has become a ,god6 ,and still1 pure and divine as was the moral code taught by ,christ1 it never could have borne comparison with that of ,buddha1 but for the tragedy of ,calvary4 ,that which helped forward the deification of ,jesus was his dramatic death1 the voluntary sacrifice of his life1 alleged to have been made for the sake of mankind1 and the later convenient dogma of the atonement1 invented by the ,christians4 ,in ,india1 where life is valued as of no account1 the crucifixion would have produced little effect1 if any4 ,in a country where--as all the ,indianists are well aware--religious fanatics set themselves to dying by inches1 in penances lasting for years2 where the most fearful macerations are self-inflicted by fakirs2 where young and delicate widows1 in a spirit of bravado against the government1 as much as out of religious fanaticism1 mount the funeral pile with a smile on their face2 where1 to quote the words of the great lecturer1 8,men in the prime of life throw themselves under the car of ,juggernth1 to be crushed to death by the idol they believe in1 where the plaintiff who cannot get redress starves himself to death at the door of his judge2 where the philosopher who thinks he has learned all which this world can teach him1 and who longs for absorption into the ,deity1 quietly steps into the ,ganges1 in order to arrive at the other shore of existence10#gjb in such a country even a voluntary crucifixion would have passed unnoticed4 ,in ,judea1 and even among braver nations than the ,jews--the ,romans and the ,greeks--where every one clung more or less to life1 and most people would have fought for it with desperation1 the tragical end of the great ,reformer was calculated to produce a profound impression4 ,the names of even such minor heroes as ,mutius ,scvola1 ,horatius ,cocles1 the mother of the ,gracchi1 and others1 have descended to posterity2 and1 during our school-days1 as well as later in life1 their histories have awakened our sympathy and commanded a reverential admiration4 ,but1 can we ever forget the scornful smile of certain ,hindus1 at ,benares1 when an ,english lady1 the wife of a clergyman1 tried to impress them with the greatness of the sacrifice of ,jesus1 in giving his life for us8 ,then1 for the first time the idea struck us how much the pathos of the great drama of ,calvary had to do with subsequent events in the foundation of ,christianity4 ,even the imaginative ,renan was moved by this feeling to write in the last chapter of his ,vie de ,jesus1 a few pages of singular and sympathetic beauty4#gjc ,apollonius1 a contemporary of ,jesus of ,nazareth1 was1 like him1 an enthusiastic founder of a new spiritual school4 ,perhaps less metaphysical and more practical than ,jesus1 less tender and perfect in his nature1 he nevertheless inculcated the same quintessence of spirituality1 and the same high moral truths4 ,his great mistake was to confine them too closely to the higher classes of society4 ,while to the poor and the humble ,jesus preached 8,peace on earth and good will to men10 ,apollonius was the friend of kings1 and moved with the aristocracy4 ,he was born among the latter1 and himself a man of wealth1 while the 8,son of man10 representing the people1 8had not where to lay his head20 nevertheless1 the two 8miracle-workers0 exhibited striking similarity of purpose4 ,still earlier than ,apollonius had appeared ,simon ,magus1 called 8the great ,power of ,god40 ,his 8miracles0 are both more wonderful1 more varied1 and better attested than those either of the apostles or of the ,galilean philosopher himself4 ,materialism denies the fact in both cases1 but history affirms4 ,apollonius followed both2 and how great and renowned were his miraculous works in comparison with those of the alleged founder of ,christianity as the kabalists claim1 we have history again1 and ,justin ,martyr1 to corroborate4#gjd ,like ,buddha and ,jesus1 ,apollonius was the uncompromising enemy of all outward show of piety1 all display of useless religious ceremonies and hypocrisy4 ,if1 like the ,christian ,saviour1 the sage of ,tyana had by preference sought the companionship of the poor and humble2 and if instead of dying comfortably1 at over one hundred years of age1 he had been a voluntary martyr1 proclaiming divine ,truth from a cross1#gje his blood might have proved as efficacious for the subsequent dissemination of spiritual doctrines as that of the ,christian ,messiah4 ,the calumnies set afloat against ,apollonius1 were as numerous as they were false4 ,so late as eighteen centuries after his death he was defamed by ,bishop ,douglas in his work against miracles4 ,in this the ,right ,reverend bishop crushed himself against historical facts4 ,if we study the question with a dispassionate mind1 we will soon perceive that the ethics of ,gautama-,buddha1 ,plato1 ,apollonius1 ,jesus1 ,ammonius ,sakkas1 and his disciples1 were all based on the same mystic philosophy4 ,that all worshipped one ,god1 whether they considered ,him as the 8,father0 of humanity1 who lives in man as man lives in ,him1 or as the ,incomprehensible ,creative ,principle2 all led ,god-like lives4 ,ammonius1 speaking of his philosophy1 taught that their school dated from the days of ,hermes1 who brought his wisdom from ,india4 ,it was the same mystical contemplation throughout1 as that of the ,yogin3 the communion of the ,brahman with his own luminous ,self--the 8,atman40 ,and this ,hindu term is again kabalistic1 par excellence4 ,who is 8,self80 is asked in the ,rig-,veda2 8,self is the ,lord of all things 444 all things are contained in this ,self2 all selves are contained in this ,self4 ,brahmn itself is but ,self10#gjf is the answer4 ,says ,idra ,rabba3 8,all things are ,himself1 and ,himself is concealed on every side40#gjg ,the 8,adam ,kadmon of the kabalists contains in himself all the souls of the ,israelites1 and he is himself in every soul10 says the ,sohar4#gjh ,the groundwork of the ,eclectic ,school was thus identical with the doctrines of the ,yogin1 the ,hindu mystics1 and the earlier ,buddhism of the disciples of ,gautama4 ,and when ,jesus assured his disciples that 8the spirit of truth1 whom the world cannot receive because it seeth ,him not1 neither knoweth ,him10 dwells with and in them1 who 8are in ,him and ,he in them10#gji he but expounded the same tenet that we find running through every philosophy worthy of that name4 ,laboulaye1 the learned and skeptical ,french savant1 does not believe a word of the miraculous portion of ,buddha's life2 nevertheless1 he has the candor to speak of ,gautama as being only second to ,christ in the great purity of his ethics and personal morality4 ,for both of these opinions he is respectfully rebuked by des ,mousseaux4 ,vexed at this scientific contradiction of his accusations of demonolatry against ,gautama-,buddha1 he assures his readers that 8ce savant distingu n'a point etudi cette question40#gaj 8,i do not hesitate to say10 remarks in his turn ,barthelemy ,st4 ,hilaire1 8that1 except ,christ alone1 there is not among the founders of religions1 a figure either more pure or more touching than that of ,buddha4 ,his life is spotless4 ,his constant heroism equals his convictions4444 ,he is the perfect model of all the virtues he preaches2 his abnegation1 his charity1 his unalterable sweetness of disposition1 do not fail him for one instant4 ,he abandoned1 at the age of twenty-nine1 his father's court to become a monk and a beggar 444 and when he dies in the arms of his disciples1 it is with the serenity of a sage who practiced virtue all his life1 and who dies convinced of having found the truth40#gaa ,this deserved panegyric is no stronger than the one which ,laboulaye himself pronounced1 and which occasioned des ,mousseaux's wrath4 8,it is more than difficult10 adds the former1 8to understand how men not assisted by revelation could have soared so high and approached so near the truth40#gab ,curious that there should be so many lofty souls 8not assisted by revelation60 ,and why should any one feel surprised that ,gautama could die with philosophical serenity8 ,as the kabalists justly say1 8,death does not exist1 and man never steps outside of universal life4 ,those whom we think dead live still in us1 as we live in them4444 ,the more one lives for his kind1 the less need he fear to die40#gac ,and1 we might add1 that he who lives for humanity does even more than him who dies for it4 ,the ,ineffable name1 in the search for which so many kabalists-- unacquainted with any ,oriental or even ,european adept--vainly consume their knowledge and lives1 dwells latent in the heart of every man4 ,this mirific name which1 according to the most ancient oracles1 8rushes into the infinite worlds 10 can be obtained in a twofold way3 by regular initiation1 and through the 8small voice0 which ,elijah heard in the cave of ,horeb1 the mount of ,god4 ,and 8when ,elijah heard it he wrapped his face in his mantle and stood in the entering of the cave4 ,and behold there came the voice40 ,when ,apollonius of ,tyana desired to hear the 8small voice10 he used to wrap himself up entirely in a mantle of fine wool1 on which he placed both his feet1 after having performed certain magnetic passes1 and pronounced not the 8name0 but an invocation well known to every adept4 ,then he drew the mantle over his head and face1 and his translucid or astral spirit was free4 ,on ordinary occasions he wore wool no more than the priests of the temples4 ,the possession of the secret combination of the 8name0 gave the hierophant supreme power over every being1 human or otherwise1 inferior to himself in soul-strength4 ,hence1 when ,max ,mller tells us of the ,quich 8,hidden majesty which was never to be opened by human hands10 the kabalist perfectly understands what was meant by the expression1 and is not at all surprised to hear even this most erudite philologist exclaim3 8,what it was we do not know60 ,we cannot too often repeat that it is only through the doctrines of the more ancient philosophies that the religion preached by ,jesus may be understood4 ,it is through ,pythagoras1 ,confucius1 and ,plato1 that we can comprehend the idea which underlies the term 8,father0 in the ,new ,testament4 ,plato's ideal of the ,deity1 whom he terms the one everlasting1 invisible ,god1 the ,fashioner and ,father of all things1#gad is rather the 8,father0 of ,jesus4 ,it is this ,divine ,being of whom the ,grecian sage says that ,he can neither be envious nor the originator of evil1 for ,he can produce nothing but what is good and just1#gae is certainly not the ,mosaic ,jehovah1 the 8jealous ,god10 but the ,god of ,jesus1 who 8alone is good40 ,he extols ,his all-embracing1 divine power1#gaf and ,his omnipotence1 but at the same time intimates that1 as ,he is unchangeable1 ,he can never desire to change his laws1 i4e41 to extirpate evil from the world through a miracle4#gag ,he is omniscient1 and nothing escapes ,his watchful eye4#gah ,his justice1 which we find embodied in the law of compensation and retribution1 will leave no crime without punishment1 no virtue without its reward2#gai and therefore he declares that the only way to honor ,god is to cultivate moral purity4 ,he utterly rejects not only the anthropomorphic idea that ,god could have a material body1#gbj but 8rejects with disgust those fables which ascribe passions1 quarrels1 and crimes of all sorts to the minor gods40#gba ,he indignantly denies that ,god allows ,himself to be propitiated1 or rather bribed1 by prayers and sacrifices4#gbb ,the ,phdrus of ,plato displays all that man once was1 and that which he may yet become again4 8,before man's spirit sank into sensuality and was embodied with it through the loss of his wings1 he lived among the gods in the airy spiritual world where everything is true and pure40 ,in the ,timus he says that 8there was a time when mankind did not perpetuate itself1 but lived as pure spirits40 ,in the future world1 says ,jesus1 8they neither marry nor are given in marriage10 but 8live as the angels of ,god in ,heaven40 ,the researches of ,laboulaye1 ,anquetil ,duperron1 ,colebrooke1 ,barthelemy ,st4 ,hilaire1 ,max ,mller1 ,spiegel1 ,burnouf1 ,wilson1 and so many other linguists1 have brought some of the truth to light4 ,and now that the difficulties of the ,sanscrit1 the ,thibetan1 the ,singhalese1 the ,zend1 the ,pehlevi1 the ,chinese1 and even of the ,burmese1 are partially conquered1 and the ,vedas1 and the ,zend-,avesta1 the ,buddhist texts1 and even ,kapila's ,stras are translated1 a door is thrown wide open1 which1 once passed1 must close forever behind any speculative or ignorant calumniators of the old religions4 ,even till the present time1 the clergy have1 to use the words of ,max ,mller--8generally appealed to the deviltries and orgies of heathen worship 444 but they have seldom1 if ever1 endeavored to discover the true and original character of the strange forms of faith and worship which they call the work of the devil40#gbc ,when we read the true history of ,buddha and ,buddhism1 by ,mller1 and the enthusiastic opinions of both expressed by ,barthelemy ,st4 ,hilaire1 and ,laboulaye2 and when1 finally1 a ,popish missionary1 an eye-witness1 and one who least of all can be accused of partiality to the ,buddhists--the ,abb ,huc1 we mean--finds occasion for nothing but admiration for the high individual character of these 8devil-worshippers20 we must consider ,saky-muni's philosophy as something more than the religion of fetishism and atheism1 which the ,catholics would have us believe it4 ,huc was a missionary and it was his first duty to regard ,buddhism as no better than an outgrowth of the worship of ,satan4 ,the poor ,abb was struck off the list of missionaries at ,rome1#gbd after his book of travels was published4 ,this illustrates how little we may expect to learn the truth about the religions of other people1 through missionaries1 when their accounts are first revised by the superior ecclesiastical authorities1 and the former severely punished for telling the truth4 ,when these men who have been and still are often termed 8the obscene ascetics10 the devotees of different sects of ,india in short1 generally termed 8,yogi10 were asked by ,marco ,polo1 8how it comes that they are not ashamed to go stark naked as they do80 they answered the inquirer of the thirteenth century as a missionary of the nineteenth was answered4 8,we go naked10 they say1 8because naked we came into the world1 and we desire to have nothing about us that is of this world4 ,moreover1 we have no sin of the flesh to be conscious of1 and therefore1 we are not ashamed of our nakedness any more than you are to show your hand or your face4 ,you who are conscious of the sins of the flesh1 do well to have shame1 and to cover your nakedness40#gbe ,one could make a curious list of the excuses and explanations of the clergy to account for similarities daily discovered between ,romanism and heathen religions4 ,yet the summary would invariably lead to one sweeping claim3 ,the doctrines of ,christianity were plagiarized by the ,pagans the world over6 ,plato and his older ,academy stole the ideas from the ,christian revelation--said the ,alexandrian ,fathers66 ,the ,brahmans and ,manu borrowed from the ,jesuit missionaries1 and the ,bhagaved-gita was the production of ,father ,calmet1 who transformed ,christ and ,john into ,christna and ,arjuna to fit the ,hindu mind66 ,the trifling fact that ,buddhism and ,platonism both antedated ,christianity1 and the ,vedas had already degenerated into ,brahmanism before the days of ,moses1 makes no difference4 ,the same with regard to ,apollonius of ,tyana4 ,although his thaumaturgical powers could not be denied in the face of the testimony of emperors1 their courts1 and the populations of several cities2 and although few of these had ever heard of the ,nazarene prophet whose 8miracles0 had been witnessed by a few apostles only1 whose very individualities remain to this day a problem in history1 yet ,apollonius has to be accepted as the 8monkey of ,christ40 ,if of really pious1 good1 and honest men1 many are yet found among the ,catholic1 ,greek1 and ,protestant clergy1 whose sincere faith has the best of their reasoning powers1 and who having never been among heathen populations1 are unjust only through ignorance1 it is not so with the missionaries4 ,the invariable subterfuge of the latter is to attribute to demonolatry the really ,christ-like life of the ,hindu and ,buddhist ascetics and many of the lamas4 ,years of sojourn among 8heathen0 nations1 in ,china1 ,tartary1 ,thibet1 and ,hindustan have furnished them with ample evidence how unjustly the so-called idolators have been slandered4 ,the missionaries have not even the excuse of sincere faith to give the world that they mislead2 and1 with very few exceptions1 one may boldly paraphrase the remark made by ,garibaldi1 and say that3 8,a priest knows himself to be an impostor1 unless he be a fool1 or have been taught to lie from boyhood40 ,,chapter ,,viii4 8,christian and ,catholic sons may accuse their fathers of the crime of heresy 444 although they may know that their parents will be burnt with fire and put to death for it4444 ,and not only may they refuse them food1 if they attempt to turn them from the ,catholic faith1 ,,but ,,they ,,may ,,also ,,justly ,,kill ,,them40--,jesuit ,precept 7,f4 ,,stephen ,,fagundez1 in ,prcepta ,decalogi4 ,lugduni1 #afdj74 8,most ,wise4--,what hour is it8 8,respect4 ,k4 ,s4 ,warden4--,it is the first hour of the day1 the time when the veil of the temple was rent asunder1 when darkness and consternation were spread over the earth--when the light was darkened--when the implements of ,masonry were broken--when the flaming star disappeared--when the cubic stone was broken--when the #8,,word' was lost40-- ,magna est ,veritas et ,prvalebit4 ,inline ,illustration3--,,jah-,,buh-,,lun4 ,the greatest of the kabalistic works of the ,hebrews--the ,sohar --was compiled by ,rabbi ,simeon ,ben-,iocha4 ,according to some critics1 this was done years before the ,christian era2 according to others only after the destruction of the temple4 ,however1 it was completed only by the son of ,simeon1 ,rabbi ,eleazar1 and his secretary1 ,rabbi ,abba2 for the work is so immense and the subjects treated so abstruse that even the whole life of this ,rabbi1 called the ,prince of kabalists1 did not suffice for the task4 ,on account of its being known that he was in possession of this knowledge1 and of the ,mercaba1 which insured the reception of the 8,word10 his very life was endangered1 and he had to fly to the wilderness1 where he lived in a cave for twelve years1 surrounded by faithful disciples1 and finally died there amid signs and wonders4#gbf ,but voluminous as is the work1 and containing as it does the main points of the secret and oral tradition1 it still does not embrace it all4 ,it is well known that this venerable kabalist never imparted the most important points of his doctrine otherwise than orally1 and to a very limited number of friends and disciples1 including his only son4 ,therefore1 without the final initiation into the ,mercaba the study of the ,kabala will be ever incomplete1 and the ,mercaba can be taught only in 8darkness1 in a deserted place1 and after many and terrific trials40 ,since the death of ,simeon ,ben-,iochai this hidden doctrine has remained an inviolate secret for the outside world4 ,delivered only as a mystery1 it was communicated to the candidate orally1 8face to face and mouth to ear40 ,this ,masonic commandment1 8mouth to ear1 and the word at low breath10 is an inheritance from the ,tanam and the old ,pagan ,mysteries4 ,its modern use must certainly be due to the indiscretion of some renegade kabalist1 though the 8word0 itself is but a 8substitute0 for the 8lost word10 and is a comparatively modern invention1 as we will further show4 ,the real sentence has remained forever in the sole possession of the adepts of various countries of the ,eastern and ,western hemispheres4 ,only a limited number among the chiefs of the ,templars1 and some ,rosicrucians of the seventeenth century1 always in close relations with ,arabian alchemists and initiates1 could really boast of its possession4 ,from the seventh to the fifteenth centuries there was no one who could claim it in ,europe2 and although there had been alchemists before the days of ,paracelsus1 he was the first who had passed through the true initiation1 that last ceremony which conferred on the adept the power of travelling toward the 8burning bush0 over the holy ground1 and to 8burn the golden calf in the fire1 grind it to powder1 and strow it upon the water40 ,verily1 then1 this magic water1 and the 8lost word10 resuscitated more than one of the pre-,mosaic ,adonirams1 ,gedaliahs1 and ,hiram ,abiffs4 ,the real word now substituted by ,mac ,benac and ,mah was used ages before its pseudo-magical effect was tried on the 8widow's sons0 of the last two centuries4 ,who was1 in fact1 the first operative ,mason of any consequence8 ,elias ,ashmole1 the last of the ,rosicrucians and alchemists4 ,admitted to the freedom of the ,operative ,masons' ,company in ,london1 in #afdf1 he died in #afib4 ,at that time ,masonry was not what it became later2 it was neither a political nor a ,christian institution1 but a true secret organization1 which admitted into the ties of fellowship all men anxious to obtain the priceless boon of liberty of conscience1 and avoid clerical persecution4#gbg ,not until about thirty years after his death did what is now termed modern ,freemasonry see the light4 ,it was born on the #bdth day of ,june1 #agag1 in the ,apple-tree ,tavern1 ,charles ,street1 ,covent ,garden1 ,london4 ,and it was then1 as we are told in ,anderson's ,constitutions1 that the only four lodges in the south of ,england elected ,anthony ,sayer first ,grand ,master of ,masons4 ,notwithstanding its great youth1 this grand lodge has ever claimed the acknowledgment of its supremacy by the whole body of the fraternity throughout the whole world1 as the ,latin inscription on the plate put beneath the corner-stone of ,freemasons' ,hall1 ,london1 in #agge1 would tell to those who could see it4 ,but of this more anon4 ,in ,die ,kabbala1 by ,franck1 the author1 following its 8esoteric ravings10 as he expresses it1 gives us1 in addition to the translations1 his commentaries4 ,speaking of his predecessors1 he says that ,simeon ,ben-,iochai mentions repeatedly what the 8companions0 have taught in the older works4 ,and the author cites one 8,ieba1 the old1 and ,hamnuna1 the old40#gbh ,but what the two 8old0 ones mean1 or who they were1 in fact1 he tells us not1 for he does not know himself4 ,among the venerable sect of the ,tanam1 or rather the ,tananim1 the wise men1 there were those who taught the secrets practically and initiated some disciples into the grand and final ,mystery4 ,but the ,mishna ,hagiga1 #b;d section1 say that the table of contents of the ,mercaba 8must only be delivered to wise old ones40#gbi ,the ,gemara is still more dogmatic4 8,the more important secrets of the ,mysteries were not even revealed to all priests4 ,alone the initiates had them divulged40 ,and so we find the same great secresy prevalent in every ancient religion4 ,but1 as we see1 neither the ,sohar nor any other kabalistic volume contains merely ,jewish wisdom4 ,the doctrine itself being the result of whole millenniums of thought1 is therefore the joint property of adepts of every nation under the sun4 ,nevertheless1 the ,sohar teaches practical occultism more than any other work on that subject2 not as it is translated though1 and commented upon by its various critics1 but with the secret signs on its margins4 ,these signs contain the hidden instructions1 apart from the metaphysical interpretations and apparent absurdities so fully credited by ,josephus1 who was never initiated1 and gave out the dead letter as he had received it4#gcj ,the real practical magic contained in the ,sohar and other kabalistic works1 is only of use to those who read it within4 ,the ,christian apostles--at least1 those who are said to have produced 8miracles0 at will#gca--;had to be acquainted with this science4 ,it ill-behooves a ,christian to look with horror or derision upon 8magic0 gems1 amulets1 and other talismans against the 8evil eye10 which serve as charms to exercise a mysterious influence1 either on the possessor1 or the person whom the magician desires to control4 ,there are still extant a number of such charmed amulets in public and private collections of antiquities4 ,illustrations of convex gems1 with mysterious legends--the meaning of which baffles all scientific inquiry--are given by many collectors4 ,king shows several such in his ,gnostics1 and he describes a white carnelian 7chalcedony71 covered on both sides with interminable legends1 to interpret which would ever prove a failure2 yes1 in every case1 perhaps1 but that of a ,hermetic student or an adept4 ,but we refer the reader to his interesting work1 and the talismans described in his plates1 to show that even the 8,seer of ,patmos0 himself was well-versed in this kabalistic science of talismans and gems4 ,st4 ,john clearly alludes to the potent 8white carnelian0--a gem well-known among adepts1 as the 8alba petra10 or the stone of initiation1 on which the word 8prize0 is generally found engraved1 as it was given to the candidate who had successfully passed through all the preliminary trials of a neophyte4 ,the fact is1 that no less than the ,book of ,job1 the whole ,revelation1 is simply an allegorical narrative of the ,mysteries and initiation therein of a candidate1 who is ,john himself4 ,no high ,mason1 well versed in the different degrees1 can fail to see it4 ,the numbers seven1 twelve1 and others are all so many lights thrown over the obscurity of the work4 ,paracelsus maintained the same some centuries ago4 ,and when we find the 8one like unto the ,son of man0 saying 7chap4 ii4 #ag73 8,to him that overcometh1 will ,i give to eat of the hidden manna1 and will give him a ,,white ,,stone1 and in the stone a new name written0--the word--which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it1 what ,master ,mason can doubt but it refers to the last head-line of this chapter8 ,in the pre-,christian ,mithrac ,mysteries1 the candidate who fearlessly overcame the 8twelve ,tortures10 which preceded the final initiation1 received a small round cake or wafer of unleavened bread1 symbolizing1 in one of its meanings1 the solar disk and known as the heavenly bread or 8manna10 and having figures traced on it4 ,a lamb1 or a bull was killed1 and with the blood the candidate had to be sprinkled1 as in the case of the ,emperor ,julian's initiation4 ,the seven rules or mysteries were then delivered to the 8newly-born0 that are represented in the ,revelation as the seven seals which are opened 8in order0 7see chap4 v4 and vi474 ,there can be no doubt that the ,seer of ,patmos referred to this ceremony4 ,the origin of the ,roman ,catholic amulets and 8relics0 blessed by the ,pope1 is the same as that of the 8,ephesian ,spell10 or magical characters engraved either on a stone or drawn on a piece of parchment2 the ,jewish amulets with verses out of the ,law1 and called phylacteria1 and the ,mahometan charms with verses of the ,koran4 ,all these were used as protective magic spells2 and worn by the believers on their persons4 ,epiphanius1 the worthy ex-,marcosian1 who speaks of these charms when used by the ,manicheans as amulets1 that is to say1 things worn round the neck 7,periapta71 and 8incantations and such-like trickery10 cannot well throw a slur upon the 8trickery0 of the ,pagans and ,gnostics1 without including the ,roman ,catholic and ,popish amulets4 ,but consistency is a virtue which we fear is losing1 under ,jesuit influence1 the slight hold it may ever have had on the ,church4 ,that crafty1 learned1 conscienceless1 terrible soul of ,jesuitism1 within the body of ,romanism1 is slowly but surely possessing itself of the whole prestige and spiritual power that clings to it4 ,for the better exemplification of our theme it will be necessary to contrast the moral principles of the ancient ,tanam and ,theurgists with those professed by the modern ,jesuits1 who practically control ,romanism to-day1 and are the hidden enemy that would-be reformers must encounter and overcome4 ,throughout the whole of antiquity1 where1 in what land1 can we find anything like this ,order or anything even approaching it8 ,we owe a place to the ,jesuits in this chapter on secret societies1 for more than any other they are a secret body1 and have a far closer connection with actual ,masonry--in ,france and ,germany at least--than people are generally aware of4 ,the cry of an outraged public morality was raised against this ,order from its very birth4#gcb ,barely fifteen years had elapsed after the bull approving its constitution was promulgated1 when its members began to be driven away from one place to the other4 ,portugal and the ,low ,countries got rid of them1 in #aegh2 ,france in #aeid2 ,venice in #afjf2 ,naples in #afbb4 ,from ,st4 ,petersburg they were expelled in #ahae1 and from all ,russia in #ahbj4 ,it was a promising child from its very teens4 ,what it grew up to be every one knows well4 ,the ,jesuits have done more moral harm in this world than all the fiendish armies of the mythical ,satan4 ,whatever extravagance may seem to be involved in this remark1 will disappear when our readers in ,america1 who now know little about them1 are made acquainted with their principles 7principio7 and rules as they appear in various works written by the ,jesuits themselves4 ,we beg leave to remind the public that every one of the statements which follow in quotation marks are extracted from authenticated manuscripts1 or folios printed by this distinguished body4 ,many are copied from the large ,quarto#gcc published by the authority of1 and verified and collated by the ,commissioners of the ,french ,parliament4 ,the statements therein were collected and presented to the ,king1 in order that1 as the 8,arrest du ,parlement du #e ,mars1 #agfb10 expresses it1 8the elder son of the ,church might be made aware of the perversity of this doctrine4444 ,a doctrine authorizing ,theft1 ,lying1 ,perjury1 ,impurity1 every ,passion and ,crime1 teaching ,homicide1 ,parricide1 and ,regicide1 overthrowing religion in order to substitute for it superstition1 by favoring ,sorcery1 ,blasphemy1 ,irreligion1 and ,idolatry 444 etc40 ,let us then examine the ideas on magic of the ,jesuits4 ,writing on this subject in his secret instructions1 ,anthony ,escobar#gcd says3 8,it is lawful 444 to make use of the science acquired through the assistance of the ,devil1 provided the preservation and use of that knowledge do not depend upon the ,devil1 for the knowledge is good in itself1 and the sin by which it was acquired has gone by40#gce ,hence1 why should not a ,jesuit cheat the ,devil as well as he cheats every layman8 8,astrologers and soothsayers are either bound1 or are not bound1 to restore the reward of their divination1 if the event does not come to pass4 ,i own10 remarks the good ,father ,escobar1 8that the former opinion does not at all please me1 because1 when the astrologer or diviner has exerted all the diligence in the diabolic art which is essential to his purpose1 he has fulfilled his duty1 whatever may be the result4 ,as the physician 444 is not bound to restore his fee 444 if his patient should die2 so neither is the astrologer bound to restore his charge 444 except where he has used no effort1 or was ignorant of his diabolic art2 because1 when he has used his endeavors he has not deceived40#gcf ,further1 we find the following on astrology3 8,if any one affirms1 through conjecture founded upon the influence of the stars and the character1 disposition of a man1 that he will be a soldier1 an ecclesiastic1 or a bishop1 this divination may be devoid of all sin2 because the stars and the disposition of the man may have the power of inclining the human will to a certain lot or rank1 but not of constraining it40#gcg ,busembaum and ,lacroix1 in ,theologia ,moralis1#gch say1 8,palmistry may be considered lawful1 if from the lines and divisions of the hands it can ascertain the disposition of the body1 and conjecture1 with probability1 the propensities and affections of the soul40#gci ,this noble fraternity1 which many preachers have of late so vehemently denied to have ever been a secret one1 has been sufficiently proved as such4 ,their constitutions were translated into ,latin by the ,jesuit ,polancus1 and printed in the college of the ,society at ,rome1 in #aeeh4 8,they were jealously kept secret1 the greater part of the ,jesuits themselves knowing only extracts from them4#gdj ,they were never produced to the light until #agfa1 when they were published by order of the ,french ,parliament in #agfa1 #agfb1 in the famous process of ,father ,lavalette40 ,the degrees of the ,order are3 ,i4 ,novices2 ,,ii4 ,lay ,brothers1 or temporal ,coadjutors2 ,,iii4 ,scholastics2 ,,iv4 ,spiritual ,coadjutors2 ,v4 ,professed of ,three ,vows2 ,,vi4 ,professed of ,five ,vows4 8,there is also a secret class1 known only to the ,general and a few faithful ,jesuits1 which1 perhaps more than any other1 contributed to the dreaded and mysterious power of the ,order10 says ,niccolini4 ,the ,jesuits reckon it among the greatest achievements of their ,order that ,loyola supported1 by a special memorial to the ,pope1 a petition for the rerganization of that abominable and abhorred instrument of wholesale butchery--the infamous tribunal of the ,inquisition4 ,this ,order of ,jesuits is now all-powerful in ,rome4 ,they have been reinstalled in the ,congregation of ,extraordinary ,ecclesiastical ,affairs1 in the ,department of the ,secretary of ,state1 and in the ,ministry of ,foreign ,affairs4 ,the ,pontifical ,government was for years previous to ,victor ,emanuel's occupation of ,rome entirely in their hands4 ,the ,society now numbers #h1ehd members4 ,but we must see what are their chief rules4 ,by what is seen above1 in becoming acquainted with their mode of action1 we may ascertain what the whole ,catholic body is likely to be4 ,says ,mackenzie3 8,the ,order has secret signs and passwords1 according to the degrees to which the members belong1 and as they wear no particular dress1 it is very difficult to recognize them1 unless they reveal themselves as members of the ,order2 for they may appear as ,protestants or ,catholics1 democrats or aristocrats1 infidels or bigots1 according to the special mission with which they are entrusted4 ,their spies are everywhere1 of all apparent ranks of society1 and they may appear learned and wise1 or simple or foolish1 as their instructions run4 ,there are ,jesuits of both sexes1 and all ages1 and it is a well-known fact that members of the ,order1 of high family and delicate nurture1 are acting as menial servants in ,protestant families1 and doing other things of a similar nature in aid of the ,society's purposes4 ,we cannot be too much on our guard1 for the whole ,society1 being founded on a law of unhesitating obedience1 can bring its force on any given point with unerring and fatal accuracy40#gda ,the ,jesuits maintain that 8the ,society of ,jesus is not of human invention1 but it proceeded from him whose name it bears4 ,for ,jesus himself described that rule of life which the ,society follows1 first by his example1 and afterwards by his words40#gdb ,let1 then1 all pious ,christians listen and acquaint themselves with this alleged 8rule of life0 and precepts of their ,god1 as exemplified by the ,jesuits4 ,peter ,alagona 7,st4 ,thom ,aquinatis ,summ ,theologi ,compendium7 says3 8,by the command of ,god it is lawful to kill an innocent person1 to steal1 or commit 444 7,ex mandato ,dei licet occidere innocentem1 furari1 fornicari72 because he is the ,lord of life and death1 and all things1 and it is due to him thus to fulfil his command0 7,ex prim secund1 ,qust41 #id74 8,a man of a religious order1 who for a short time lays aside his habit for a sinful purpose1 is free from heinous sin1 and does not incur the penalty of excommunication0 7,lib4 iii41 sec4 #b41 ,probl4 #dd1 n4 #bab74gdc ,john ,baptist ,taberna 7,synopsis ,theologi ,practic71 propounds the following question3 8,is a judge bound to restore the bribe which he has received for passing sentence80 ,answer3 8,if he has received the bribe for passing an unjust sentence1 it is probable that he may keep it4444 ,this opinion is maintained and defended by fifty-eight doctors0#gdd 7,jesuits74 ,we must abstain at present from proceeding further4 ,so disgustingly licentious1 hypocritical1 and demoralizing are nearly all of these precepts1 that it was found impossible to put many of them in print1 except in the ,latin language4#gde ,we will return to some of the more decent as we proceed1 for the sake of comparison4 ,but what are we to think of the future of the ,catholic world1 if it is to be controlled in word and deed by this villainous society8 ,and that it is to be so1 we can hardly doubt1 as we find the ,cardinal ,archbishop of ,cambrai loudly proclaiming the same to all the faithful8 ,his pastoral has made a certain noise in ,france2 and yet1 as two centuries have rolled away since the expos of these infamous principles1 the ,jesuits have had ample time to lie so successfully in denying the just charges1 that most ,catholics will never believe such a thing4 ,the infallible ,pope1 ,clement ,,xiv4 7,ganganelli71 suppressed them on the #bc;d of ,july1 #aggc1 and yet they came to life again2 and another equally infallible ,pope1 ,pius ,,vii41 restablished them on the #gth of ,august1 #ahad4 ,but we will hear what ,monseigneur of ,cambrai is swift to proclaim in #ahgf4 ,we quote from a secular paper3 8,among other things1 he maintains that ,clericalism1 ,ultramontanism1 and ,jesuitism are one and the same thing--that is to say1 ,catholicism--and that the distinctions between them have been created by the enemies of religion4 ,there was a time1 he says1 when a certain theological opinion was commonly professed in ,france concerning the authority of the ,pope4 ,it was restricted to our nation1 and was of recent origin4 ,the civil power during a century and a half imposed official instruction4 ,those who profess these opinions were called ,gallicans1 and those who protested were called ,ultramontanes1 because they had their doctrinal centre beyond the ,alps1 at ,rome4 ,to-day the distinction between the two schools is no longer admissible4 ,theological ,gallicanism can no longer exist1 since this opinion has ceased to be tolerated by the ,church4 ,it has been solemnly condemned1 past all return1 by the cumenical ,council of the ,vatican4 ,one cannot now be ,catholic without being ,ultramontane--and ,jesuit40#gdf ,this settles the question4 ,we leave inferences for the present1 and proceed to compare some of the practices and precepts of the ,jesuits1 with those of individual mystics and organized castes and societies of the ancient time4 ,thus the fair-minded reader may be placed in a position to judge between them as to the tendency of their doctrines to benefit or degrade humanity4 ,rabbi ,jehoshua ,ben ,chananea1 who died about ,a4,d4 #gb1 openly declared that he had performed 8miracles0 by means of the ,book of ,sepher ,jezireh1 and challenged every skeptic4#gdg ,franck1 quoting from the ,babylonian ,talmud1 names two other thaumaturgists1 ,rabbis ,chanina and ,oshoi4#gdh ,simon ,magus was doubtless a pupil of the ,tanam of ,samaria1 the reputation which he left behind1 together with the title given to him of 8the ,great ,power of ,god10 testifies strongly in favor of the ability of his teachers4 ,the calumnies so zealously disseminated against him by the unknown authors and compilers of the ,acts and other writings1 could not cripple the truth to such an extent as to conceal the fact that no ,christian could rival him in thaumaturgic deeds4 ,the story told about his falling during an arial flight1 breaking both his legs1 and then committing suicide1 is ridiculous4 ,instead of praying mentally that it should so happen1 why did not the apostles pray rather that they should be allowed to outdo ,simon in wonders and miracles1 for then they might have proved their case far more easily than they did1 and so converted thousands to ,christianity4 ,posterity has heard but one side of the story4 ,were the disciples of ,simon to have a chance1 we might find1 perhaps1 that it was ,peter who broke both his legs1 had we not known that this apostle was too prudent ever to venture himself in ,rome4 ,on the confession of several ecclesiastical writers1 no apostle ever performed such 8supernatural wonders40 ,of course pious people will say this only the more proves that it was the 8,devil0 who worked through ,simon4 ,simon was accused of blasphemy against the ,holy ,ghost1 because he introduced it as the 8,holy ,spiritus1 the ,mens 7,intelligence71 or the mother of all40 ,but we find the same expression used in the ,book of ,enoch1 in which1 in contradistinction to the 8,son of ,man10 he says 8,son of the ,woman40 ,in the ,codex of the ,nazarenes1 and in the ,sohar1 as well in the ,books of ,hermes1 the expression is usual2 and even in the apocryphal ,evangelium of the ,hebrews we read that ,jesus himself admitted the sex of the ,holy ,ghost by using the expression1 8,my mother1 the ,holy ,pneuma40 ,but what is the heresy of ,simon1 or what the blasphemies of all the heretics1 in comparison with that of the same ,jesuits who have now so completely mastered the ,pope1 ecclesiastical ,rome1 and the entire ,catholic world8 ,listen again to their profession of faith4 8,do what your conscience tells you to be good and commanded3 if1 through invincible error1 you believe lying or blasphemy to be commanded by ,god1 blaspheme40#gdi 8,omit to do what your conscience tells you is forbidden3 omit the worship of ,god1 if you invincibly believe it to be prohibited by ,god40#gej 8,there is an implied law 444 obey an invincibly erroneous dictate of conscience4 ,as often as you believe invincibly that a lie is commanded--lie40#gea 8,let us suppose a ,catholic to believe invincibly that the worship of images is forbidden3 in such a case our ,lord ,jesus ,christ will be obliged to say to him1 8,depart from me thou cursed 444 because thou hast worshipped mine image40 ,so1 neither1 is there any absurdity in supposing that ,christ may say1 8,come thou blessed 444 because thou hast lied1 believing invincibly1 that in such a case ,i commanded the lie40#geb ,does not this--but no6 words fail to do justice to the emotions that these astonishing precepts must awaken in the breast of every honest person4 ,let silence1 resulting from invincible disgust1 be our only adequate tribute to such unparalleled moral obliquity4 ,the popular feeling in ,venice 7#afjf71 when the ,jesuits were driven out from that city1 expressed itself most forcibly4 ,great crowds had accompanied the exiles to the sea-shore1 and the farewell cry which resounded after them over the waves1 was1 8,ande in malora60 7,get away6 and woe be to you47 8,that cry was echoed throughout the two following centuries20 says ,michelet1 who gives this statement1 8in ,bohemia in #afah 444 in ,india in #afbc 444 and throughout all ,christendom in #aggc40 ,in what particular was then ,simon ,magus a blasphemer1 if he only did that which his conscience invincibly told him was true8 ,and in what particular were ever the 8,heretics10 or even infidels of the worst kind more reprehensible than the ,jesuits--those of ,caen1#gec for instance--who say the following3 8,the ,christian religion is 444 evidently credible1 but not evidently true4 ,it is evidently credible2 for it is evident that whoever embraces it is prudent4 ,it is not evidently true2 for it either teaches obscurely1 or the things which it teaches are obscure4 ,and they who affirm that the ,christian religion is evidently true1 are obliged to confess that it is evidently false40 8,infer from hence-- 8#a4 ,that it is not evident that there is now any true religion in the world4 8#b4 ,that it is not evident that of all religions existing upon the earth1 the ,christian religion is the most true2 for have you travelled over all countries of the world1 or do you know that others have8444 99 99 99 99 99 8#d4 ,that it is not evident that the predictions of the prophets were given by inspiration of ,god2 for what refutation will you bring against me1 if ,i deny that they were true prophecies1 or assert that they were only conjectures8 8#e4 ,that it is not evident that the miracles were real1 which are recorded to have been wrought by ,christ2 although no one can prudently deny them 7,position #f74 8,neither is an avowed belief in ,jesus ,christ1 in the ,trinity1 in all the articles of ,faith1 and in the ,decalogue1 necessary to ,christians4 ,the only explicit belief which was necessary to the former 7,jews7 and is necessary to the latter 7,christians7 is #a1 of ,god2 #b1 of a rewarding ,god0 7,position #h74 ,hence1 it is also more than 8evident0 that there are moments in the life of the greatest liar when he may utter some truths4 ,it is in this case so perfectly exemplified by the 8good ,fathers10 that we can see more clearly than ever whence proceeded the solemn condemnations at the cumenical ,council of #ahgj1 of certain 8heresies10 and the enforcement of other articles of faith in which none believed less than those who inspired the ,pope to issue them4 ,history has yet perhaps to learn that the octogenarian ,pope1 intoxicated with the fumes of his newly-enforced infallibility1 was but the faithful echo of the ,jesuits4 8,an old man is raised trembling upon the pavois of the ,vatican20 says ,michelet1 8every thing becomes absorbed and confined in him4444 ,for fifteen centuries ,christendom had submitted to the spiritual yoke of the ,church4444 ,but that yoke was not sufficient for them2 they wanted the whole world to bend under the hand of one master4 ,here my own words are too weak2 ,i shall borrow those of others4 ,they 7the ,jesuits7 wanted 7this is the accusation flung in their faces by the ,bishop of ,paris in the full ,council of ,trent7 faire de l'pouse de ,jesus ,christ une prostitue aux volonts d'un homme40#ged ,they have succeeded4 ,the ,church is henceforth an inert tool1 and the ,pope a poor weak instrument in the hands of this ,order4 ,but for how long8 ,until the end comes1 well may sincere ,christians remember the prophetic lamentations of the thrice-great ,trismegistus over his own country3 8,alas1 alas1 my son1 a day will come when the sacred hieroglyphics will become but idols4 ,the world will mistake the emblems of science for gods1 and accuse grand ,egypt of having worshipped hell-monsters4 ,but those who will calumniate us thus1 will themselves worship ,death instead of ,life1 folly in place of wisdom2 they will denounce love and fecundity1 fill their temples with dead men's bones1 as relics1 and waste their youth in solitude and tears4 ,their virgins will be widows 7nuns7 before being wives1 and consume themselves in grief2 because men will have despised and profaned the sacred mysteries of ,isis40#gee ,how correct this prophecy has proved we find in the following ,jesuit precept1 which again we extract from the ,report of the ,commissioners to the ,parliament of ,paris3 8,the more true opinion is1 that all inanimate and irrational things may be legitimately worshipped10 says ,father ,gabriel ,vasquez1 treating of ,idolatry4 8,if the doctrine which we have established be rightly understood1 not only may a painted image and every holy thing1 set forth by public authority for the worship of ,god1 be properly adored with ,god as the image of ,himself1 but also any other thing of this world1 whether it be inanimate and irrational1 or in its nature rational40#gef 8,why may we not adore and worship with ,god1 apart from danger1 anything whatsoever of this world2 for ,god is in it according to ,his essence 444 ,this is precisely what the ,pantheist and ,hindu philosophy maintains4 and preserves it continually by ,his power2 and when we bow down ourselves before it and impress it with a kiss1 we present ourselves before ,god1 the author of it1 with the whole soul1 as unto the prototype of the image follow instances of relics1 etc44444 ,to this we may add that1 since everything of this world is the work of ,god1 and ,god is always abiding and working in it1 we may more readily conceive ,him to be in it than a saint in the vesture which belonged to him4 ,and1 therefore1 without regarding in any way the dignity of the thing created1 to direct our thoughts to ,god1 while we give to the creature the sign and mark of submission by a kiss or prostration1 is neither vain nor superstitious1 but an act of the purest religion40#geg ,a precept this1 which1 whether or not doing honor to the ,christian ,church1 may at least be profitably quoted by any ,hindu1 ,japanese1 or other heathen when rebuked for his worship of idols4 ,we purposely quote it for the benefit of our respected 8heathen0 friends who will see these lines4 ,the prophecy of ,hermes is less equivocal than either of the alleged prophecies of ,isaiah1 which have furnished a pretext for saying that the gods of all the nations were demons4 ,only1 facts are stronger1 sometimes1 than the strongest faith4 ,all that the ,jews learned1 they had from older nations than themselves4 ,the ,chaldean ,magi were their masters in the secret doctrine1 and it was during the ,babylonian captivity that they learned its metaphysical as well as practical tenets4 ,pliny mentions three schools of ,magi3 one that he shows to have been founded at an unknown antiquity2 the other established by ,osthanes and ,zoroaster2 the third by ,moses and ,jambres4 ,and all the knowledge possessed by these different schools1 whether ,magian1 ,egyptian1 or ,jewish1 was derived from ,india1 or rather from both sides of the ,himalayas4 ,many a lost secret lies buried under wastes of sand1 in the ,gobi ,desert of ,eastern ,turkestan1 and the wise men of ,khotan have preserved strange traditions and knowledge of alchemy4 ,baron ,bunsen shows that the origin of the ancient prayers and hymns of the ,egyptian ,book of the ,dead is anterior to ,menes1 and belongs1 probably1 to the pre-,menite ,dynasty of ,abydos1 between #cajj and #dejj ,b4,c4 ,the learned ,egyptologist makes the era of ,menes1 or ,national ,empire1 as not later than #cjei ,b4,c41 and demonstrates that 8the system of ,osirian worship and mythology was already formed0#geh before this era of ,menes4 ,we find in the hymns of this scientifically-established pre-,edenic epoch 7for ,bunsen carries us back several centuries beyond the year of the creation of the world1 #djjd ,b4,c41 as fixed by biblical chronology7 precise lessons of morality1 identical in substance1 and nearly so in form of expression1 with those preached by ,jesus in his ,sermon on the ,mount4 ,we give the authority of the most eminent ,egyptologists and hierologists for our statement4 8,the inscriptions of the twelfth ,dynasty are filled with ritualistic formul10 says ,bunsen4 ,extracts from the ,hermetic books are found on monuments of the earliest dynasties1 and 8on those of the twelfth 7dynasty7 portions of an earlier ritual are by no means uncommon4444 ,to feed the hungry1 give drink to the thirsty1 clothe the naked1 bury the dead 444 formed the first duty of a pious man4444 ,the doctrine of the immortality of the soul is as old as this period0 7,tablet1 ,brit4 ,mus41 #efb74gei ,and far older1 perhaps4 ,it dates from the time when the soul was an objective being1 hence when it could hardly be denied by itself2 when humanity was a spiritual race and death existed not4 ,toward the decline of the cycle of life1 the ethereal man-spirit then fell into the sweet slumber of temporary unconsciousness in one sphere1 only to find himself awakening in the still brighter light of a higher one4 ,but while the spiritual man is ever striving to ascend higher and higher toward its source of being1 passing through the cycles and spheres of individual life1 physical man had to descend with the great cycle of universal creation until it found itself clothed with the terrestrial garments4 ,thenceforth the soul was too deeply buried under physical clothing to ressert its existence1 except in the cases of those more spiritual natures1 which1 with every cycle1 became more rare4 ,and yet none of the pre-historical nations ever thought of denying either the existence or the immortality of the inner man1 the real 8self40 ,only1 we must bear in mind the teachings of the old philosophies3 the spirit alone is immortal--the soul1 per se1 is neither eternal nor divine4 ,when linked too closely with the physical brain of its terrestrial casket1 it gradually becomes a finite mind1 a simple animal and sentient life-principle1 the nephesh of the ,hebrew ,bible4#gfj ,the doctrine of man's triune nature is as clearly defined in the ,hermetic books as it is in ,plato's system1 or again in that of the ,buddhist and ,brahmanical philosophies4 ,and this is one of the most important as well as least understood of the doctrines of ,hermetic science4 ,the ,egyptian ,mysteries1 so imperfectly known by the world1 and only through the few brief allusions to them in the ,metamorphosis of ,apuleius1 taught the greatest virtues4 ,they unveiled to the aspirant in the 8higher0 mysteries of initiation that which many of our modern ,hermetic students vainly search for in the kabalistic books1 and which no obscure teachings of the ,church1 under the guidance of the ,order of ,jesuits1 will ever be able to unveil4 ,to compare1 then1 the ancient secret societies of the hierophants with the artificially-produced hallucinations of those few followers of ,loyola1 who were1 perchance1 sincere at the beginning of their career1 is to insult the former4 ,and yet1 in justice to them1 we are compelled to do so4 ,one of the most unconquerable obstacles to initiation1 with the ,egyptians as with the ,greeks1 was any degree of murder4 ,one of the greatest titles to admission in the ,order of ,jesuits is a murder in defence of ,jesuitism4 8,children may kill their parents if they compel them to abandon the ,catholic faith40 8,christian and ,catholic sons10 says ,stephen ,fagundez1 8may accuse their fathers of the crime of heresy if they wish to turn them from the faith1 although they may know that their parents will be burned with fire1 and put to death for it1 as ,tolet teaches4444 ,and not only may they refuse them food 444 but they may also justly kill them40#gfa ,it is well known that ,nero1 the ,emperor1 had never dared seek initiation into the ,mysteries on account of the murder of ,agrippina6 ,under ,section ,,xiv4 of the ,principles of the ,jesuits1 we find on ,homicide the following ,christian principles inculcated by ,father ,henry ,henriquez1 in ,summ ,theologi ,moralis4 ,tomus #a1 ,venetiis1 #afjj 7,ed4 ,coll4 ,sion73 8,if an adulterer1 even though he should be an ecclesiastic 444 being attacked by the husband1 kills his aggressor 444 he is not considered irregular3 non ridetur irregularis 7,lib4 ,,xiv41 de ,irregularitat1 c4 #aj1 #c74 8,if a father were obnoxious to the ,state 7being in banishment71 and to the society at large1 and there were no other means of averting such an injury1 then ,i should approve of this0 7for a son to kill his father71 says ,sec4 ,,xv41 on ,parricide and ,homicide4#gfb 8,it will be lawful for an ecclesiastic1 or one of the religious order1 to kill a calumniator who threatens to spread atrocious accusations against himself or his religion10#gfc is the rule set forth by the ,jesuit ,francis ,amicus4 ,so far1 good4 ,we are informed by the highest authorities what a man in the ,catholic communion may do that the common law and public morality stamp as criminal1 and still continue in the odor of ,jesuitical sanctity4 ,now suppose we again turn the medal and see what principles were inculcated by ,pagan ,egyptian moralists before the world was blessed with these modern improvements in ethics4 ,in ,egypt every city of importance was separated from its burial place by a sacred lake4 ,the same ceremony of judgment which the ,book of the ,dead describes as taking place in the world of ,spirit1 took place on earth during the burial of the mummy4 ,forty-two judges or assessors assembled on the shore and judged the departed 8soul0 according to its actions when in the body1 and it was only upon a unanimous approval of this post-mortem jury that the boatman1 who represented the ,spirit of ,death1 could convey the justified defunct's body to its last resting-place4 ,after that the priests returned within the sacred precincts and instructed the neophytes upon the probable solemn drama which was then taking place in the invisible realm whither the soul had fled4 ,the immortality of the spirit was strongly inculcated by the ,al-om-jah4#gfd ,in the ,crata ,nepoa#gfe the following is described as the seven degrees of the initiation4 ,after a preliminary trial at ,thebes1 where the neophyte had to pass through many trials1 called the 8,twelve ,tortures10 he was commanded to govern his passions and never lose for a moment the idea of his ,god4 ,then as a symbol of the wanderings of the unpurified soul1 he had to ascend several ladders and wander in darkness in a cave with many doors1 all of which were locked4 ,when he had overcome the dreadful trials1 he received the degree of ,pastophoris1 the second and third degrees being called the ,neocoris1 and the ,melanephoris4 ,brought into a vast subterranean chamber thickly furnished with mummies lying in state1 he was placed in presence of the coffin which contained the mutilated body of ,osiris covered with blood4 ,this was the hall called 8,gates of ,death10 and it is most certainly to this mystery that the passages in the ,book of ,job 7xxxviii4 #ag7 and other portions of the ,bible allude when these gates are spoken of4#gff ,in chapter x41 we give the esoteric interpretation of the 8,book of ,job10 which is the poem of initiation par excellence4 8,have the gates of death been opened to thee8 ,hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death80 asks the 8,lord0--i4e41 the ,al-om-jah1 the ,initiator--of ,job1 alluding to this third degree of initiation4 ,when the neophyte had conquered the terrors of this trial1 he was conducted to the 8,hall of ,spirits10 to be judged by them4 ,among the rules in which he was instructed1 he was commanded 8never to either desire or seek revenge2 to be always ready to help a brother in danger1 even unto the risk of his own life2 to bury every dead body2 to honor his parents above all2 respect old age and protect those weaker than himself2 and finally1 to ever bear in mind the hour of death1 and that of resurrection1 in a new and imperishable body40#gfg ,purity and chastity were highly recommended1 and adultery threatened with death4 ,then the ,egyptian neophyte was made a ,kristophores4 ,in this degree the mystery-name of ,,iao was communicated to him4 ,the fifth degree was that of ,balahala1 and he was instructed by ,horus1 in alchemy1 the 8word0 being chemia4 ,in the sixth1 the priestly dance in the circle was taught him1 in which he was instructed in astronomy1 for it represented the course of the planets4 ,in the seventh degree1 he was initiated into the final ,mysteries4 ,after a final probation in a building set apart for it1 the ,astronomus1 as he was now called1 emerged from these sacred apartments called ,manneras1 and received a cross--the ,tau1 which1 at death1 had to be laid upon his breast4 ,he was a hierophant4 ,we have read above the rules of these holy initiates of the ,christian ,society of ,jesus4 ,compare them with those enforced upon the ,pagan postulant1 and ,christian 767 morality with that inculcated in those mysteries of the ,pagans upon which all the thunders of an avenging ,deity are invoked by the ,church4 ,had the latter no mysteries of its own8 ,or were they in any wise purer1 nobler1 or more inciting to a holy1 virtuous life8 ,let us hear what ,niccolini has to say1 in his able ,history of the ,jesuits1 of the modern mysteries of the ,christian cloister4#gfh 8,in most monasteries1 and more particularly in those of the ,capuchins and reformed 7reformati71 there begins at ,christmas a series of feasts1 which continues till ,lent4 ,all sorts of games are played1 the most splendid banquets are given1 and in the small towns1 above all1 the refectory of the convent is the best place of amusement for the greater number of the inhabitants4 ,at carnivals1 two or three very magnificent entertainments take place2 the board so profusely spread that one might imagine that ,copia had here poured forth the whole contents of her horn4 ,it must be remembered that these two orders live by alms4#gfi ,the sombre silence of the cloister is replaced by a confused sound of merrymaking1 and its gloomy vaults now echo with other songs than those of the psalmist4 ,a ball enlivens and terminates the feast2 and1 to render it still more animated1 and perhaps to show how completely their vow of chastity has eradicated all their carnal appetite1 some of the young monks appear coquettishly dressed in the garb of the fair sex1 and begin the dance1 along with others1 transformed into gay cavaliers4 ,to describe the scandalous scene which ensues would be but to disgust my readers4 ,i will only say that ,i have myself often been a spectator at such saturnalia40 ,the cycle is moving down1 and1 as it descends1 the physical and bestial nature of man develops more and more at the expense of the ,spiritual ,self4#ggj ,with what disgust may we not turn from this religious farce called modern ,christianity1 to the noble faiths of old6 ,in the ,egyptian ,funeral ,ritual found among the hymns of the ,book of the ,dead1 and which is termed by ,bunsen 8that precious and mysterious book10 we read an address of the deceased1 in the character of ,horus1 detailing all that he has done for his father ,osiris4 ,among other things the deity says3 8#cj4 ,i have given thee thy ,spirit4 #ca4 ,i have given thee thy ,soul4 #cb4 ,i have given thee thy force 7body710 etc4 ,in another place the entity1 addressed as 8,father0 by the disembodied soul1 is shown to mean the 8spirit0 of man2 for the verse says3 8,i have made my soul come and speak with his ,father10 its ,spirit4#gga ,the ,egyptians regarded their ,ritual as essentially a ,divine inspiration2 in short1 as modern ,hindus do the ,vedas1 and modern ,jews their ,mosaic books4 ,bunsen and ,lepsius show that the term ,hermetic means inspired2 for it is ,thoth1 the ,deity itself1 that speaks and reveals to his elect among men the will of ,god and the arcana of divine things4 ,portions of them are expressly stated 8to have been written by the very finger of ,thoth himself20 to have been the work and composition of the great ,god4#ggb 8,at a later period their ,hermetic character is still more distinctly recognized1 and on a coffin of the #bfth ,dynasty1 ,horus announces to the deceased that ,thoth himself has brought him the books of his divine words1 or ,hermetic writings40#ggc ,since we are aware that ,moses was an ,egyptian priest1 or at least that he was learned in all their wisdom1 we need not be astonished that he should write in ,deuteronomy 7ix4 #aj71 8,and the ,lord delivered unto me two tables of stones written with the finger of ,,god20 or to find in ,exodus xxxi41 8,and he 7the ,lord7 gave unto ,moses 444 two tables of testimony1 tables of stone1 written with the finger of ,god40 ,in the ,egyptian notions1 as in those of all other faiths founded on philosophy1 man was not merely1 as with the ,christians1 a union of soul and body2 he was a trinity when spirit was added to it4 ,besides1 that doctrine made him consist of kha--body2 khaba--astral form1 or shadow2 ka--animal soul or life-principle2 ba--the higher soul2 and akh--terrestrial intelligence4 ,they had also a sixth principle named ,sah--or mummy2 but the functions of this one commenced only after the death of the body4 ,after due purification1 during which the soul1 separated from its body1 continued to revisit the latter in its mummified condition1 this astral soul 8became a ,god10 for it was finally absorbed into 8the ,soul of the world40 ,it became transformed into one of the creative deities1 8the god of ,phtah10#ggd the ,demiurgos1 a generic name for the creators of the world1 rendered in the ,bible as the ,elohim4 ,in the ,ritual the good or purified soul1 8in conjunction with its higher or uncreated spirit1 is more or less the victim of the dark influence of the dragon ,apophis4 ,if it has attained the final knowledge of the heavenly and the infernal mysteries--the gnosis1 i4e41 complete renion with the spirit1 it will triumph over its enemies2 if not the soul could not escape its second death4 ,it is #8the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone' 7elements71 into which those that are cast undergo a #8second death'0#gge 7,apocalypse74 ,this death is the gradual dissolution of the astral form into its primal elements1 alluded to several times already in the course of this work4 ,but this awful fate can be avoided by the knowledge of the 8,mysterious ,name0--the 8,word10#ggf say the kabalists4 ,and what then was the penalty attached to the neglect of it8 ,when a man leads a naturally pure1 virtuous life1 there is none whatever2 except a delay in the world of spirits1 until he finds himself sufficiently purified to receive it from his ,spiritual 8,lord10 one of the mighty ,host4 ,but if otherwise1 the 8soul10 as a half animal principle1 becomes paralyzed1 and grows unconscious of its subjective half--the ,lord--and in proportion to the sensuous development of the brain and nerves1 sooner or later1 it finally loses sight of its divine mission on earth4 ,like the ,vourdalak1 or ,vampire1 of the ,servian tale1 the brain feeds and lives and grows in strength and power at the expense of its spiritual parent4 ,then the already half-unconscious soul1 now fully intoxicated by the fumes of earthly life1 becomes senseless1 beyond hope of redemption4 ,it is powerless to discern the splendor of its higher spirit1 to hear the warning voice of its 8guardian ,angel10 and its 8,god40 ,it aims but at the development and fuller comprehension of natural1 earthly life2 and thus1 can discover but the mysteries of physical nature4 ,its grief and fear1 hope and joy1 are all closely blended with its terrestrial existence4 ,it ignores all that cannot be demonstrated by either its organs of action1 or sensation4 ,it begins by becoming virtually dead2 it dies at last completely4 ,it is annihilated4 ,such a catastrophe may often happen long years before the final separation of the life-principle from the body4 ,when death arrives1 its iron and clammy grasp finds work with life as usual2 but there is no more a soul to liberate4 ,the whole essence of the latter has been already absorbed by the vital system of the physical man4 ,grim death frees but a spiritual corpse2 at best an idiot4 ,unable either to soar higher or awaken from lethargy1 it is soon dissolved in the elements of the terrestrial atmosphere4 ,seers1 righteous men1 who had attained to the highest science of the inner man and the knowledge of truth1 have1 like ,marcus ,antoninus1 received instructions 8from the gods10 in sleep and otherwise4 ,helped by the purer spirits1 those that dwell in 8regions of eternal bliss10 they have watched the process and warned mankind repeatedly4 ,skepticism may sneer2 faith1 based on knowledge and spiritual science1 believes and affirms4 ,our present cycle is preminently one of such soul-deaths4 ,we elbow soulless men and women at every step in life4 ,neither can we wonder1 in the present state of things1 at the gigantic failure of ,hegel's and ,schelling's last efforts at some metaphysical construction of a system4 ,when facts1 palpable and tangible facts of phenomenal ,spiritualism happen daily and hourly1 and yet are denied by the majority of 8civilized0 nations1 little chance is there for the acceptance of purely abstract metaphysics by the ever-growing crowd of materialists4 ,in the book called by ,champollion ,le ,manifestation la ,lumire1 there is a chapter on the ,ritual which is full of mysterious dialogues1 with addresses to various 8,powers0 by the soul4 ,among these dialogues there is one which is more than expressive of the potentiality of the 8,word40 ,the scene is laid in the 8,hall of the ,two ,truths40 ,the 8,door10 the 8,hall of ,truth10 and even the various parts of the gate1 address the soul which presents itself for admission4 ,they all forbid it entrance unless it tells them their mystery1 or mystic names4 ,what student of the ,secret ,doctrines can fail to recognize in these names an identity of meaning and purpose with those to be met with in the ,vedas1 the later works of the ,brahmans1 and the ,kabala8 ,magicians1 ,kabalists1 ,mystics1 ,neo-platonists and ,theurgists of ,alexandria1 who so surpassed the ,christians in their achievements in the secret science2 ,brahmans or ,samaneans 7,shamans7 of old2 and modern ,brahmans1 ,buddhists1 and ,lamaists1 have all claimed that a certain power attaches to these various names1 pertaining to one ineffable ,word4 ,we have shown from personal experience how deeply the belief is rooted to this day in the popular mind all over ,russia1#ggg that the ,word works 8miracles0 and is at the bottom of every magical feat4 ,kabalists mysteriously connect ,faith with it4 ,so did the apostles1 basing their assertions on the words of ,jesus1 who is made to say3 8,if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed 444 nothing shall be impossible unto you10 and ,paul1 repeating the words of ,moses1 tells that 8the ,,word is nigh thee1 even in thy mouth1 and in thy heart2 that is1 the word of faith0 7,romans x4 #h74 ,but who1 except the initiates1 can boast of comprehending its full significance8 ,in our days it is as it was in olden times1 to believe in the biblical 8miracles0 requires faith2 but to be enabled to produce them one's self demands a knowledge of the esoteric meaning of the 8word40 8,if ,christ10 say ,dr4 ,farrar and ,canon ,westcott1 8wrought no miracles1 then the gospels are untrustworthy40 ,but even supposing that he did work them1 would that prove that gospels written by others than himself are any more trustworthy8 ,and if not1 to what purpose is the argument8 ,besides1 such a line of reasoning would warrant the analogy that miracles performed by other religionists than ,christians ought to make their gospels trustworthy4 ,does not this imply at least an equality between the ,christian ,scriptures and the ,buddhist sacred books8 ,for these equally abound with phenomena of the most astounding character4 ,moreover1 the ,christians have no longer genuine miracles produced through their priests1 for they have lost the ,word4 ,but many a ,buddhist ,lama or ,siamese ,talapoin--unless all travellers have conspired to lie--has been and now is able to duplicate every phenomenon described in the ,new ,testament1 and even do more1 without any pretence of suspension of natural law or divine intervention either4 ,in fact1 ,christianity proves that it is as dead in faith as it is dead in works1 while ,buddhism is full of vitality and supported by practical proofs4 ,the best argument in favor of the genuineness of ,buddhist 8miracles0 lies in the fact that ,catholic missionaries1 instead of denying them or treating them as simple jugglery--as some ,protestant missionaries do have often found themselves in such straits as to be forced to adopt the forlorn alternative of laying the whole on the back of the ,devil4 ,and so belittled do the ,jesuits feel themselves in the presence of these genuine servants of ,god1 that with an unparalleled cunning1 they concluded to act in the case of the ,talapoins and ,buddhists as ,mahomet is said to have acted with the mountain4 8,and seeing that it would not move toward him1 the ,prophet moved himself toward the mountain40 ,finding that they could not catch the ,siamese with the birdlime of their pernicious doctrines in ,christian garb1 they disguised themselves1 and for centuries appeared among the poor1 ignorant people as ,talapoins1 until exposed4 ,they have even voted and adopted a resolution forthwith1 which has now all the force of an ancient article of faith4 8,naaman1 the ,syrian10 say the ,jesuits of ,caen1 8did not dissemble his faith when he bowed the knee with the king in the house of ,rimmon2 neither do the ,fathers of the ,society of ,jesus dissemble1 when they adopt the institute and the habit of the ,talapoins of ,siam0 7nec dissimulant ,patres ,s4 ,j4 ,talapoinorum ,siamensium institutum vestemque affectantes4--,position #i1 #cj ,jan41 #afic74 ,the potency contained in the ,mantras and the ,vch of the ,brahmans is as much believed in at this day as it was in the early ,vedic period4 ,the 8,ineffable ,name0 of every country and religion relates to that which the ,masons affirm to be the mysterious characters emblematic of the nine names or attributes by which the ,deity was known to the initiates4 ,the ,omnific ,word traced by ,enoch on the two deltas of purest gold1 on which he engraved two of the mysterious characters1 is perhaps better known to the poor1 uneducated 8heathen0 than to the highly accomplished ,grand ,high ,priests and ,grand ,z4's of the ,supreme ,chapters of ,europe and ,america4 ,only why the companions of the ,royal ,arch should so bitterly and constantly lament its loss1 is more than we can understand4 ,this word of ,m4 ,m4 is1 as they will tell themselves1 entirely composed of consonants4 ,hence1 we doubt whether any of them could ever have mastered its pronunciation1 had it even been 8brought to light from the secret vault10 instead of its several corruptions4 ,however1 it is to the land of ,mizraim that the grandson of ,ham is credited with having carried the sacred delta of the ,patriarch ,enoch4 ,therefore1 it is in ,egypt1 and in the ,east alone that the mysterious 8,word0 must be sought4 ,but now that so many of the most important secrets of ,masonry have been divulged by friend and foe1 may we not say1 without suspicion of malice or ill-feeling1 that since the sad catastrophe of the ,templars1 no 8,lodge0 in ,europe1 still less in ,america1 has ever known anything worth concealing4 ,reluctant to be misunderstood1 we say no ,lodge1 leaving a few chosen brethren entirely out of question4 ,the frantic denunciations of the ,craft by ,catholic and ,protestant writers appear simply ridiculous1 as also the affirmation of the ,abb ,barruel that everything 8betrays our ,freemasons as the descendants of those proscribed ,knights0 ,templars of #acad4 ,the ,memoirs of ,jacobinism by this ,abb1 an eye-witness to the horrors of the first ,revolution1 is devoted in great measure to the ,rosicrucians and other ,masonic fraternities4 ,the fact alone that he traces the modern ,masons to the ,templars1 and points them out as secret assassins1 trained to political murder1 shows how little he knew of them1 but how ardently he desired1 at the same time1 to find in these societies convenient scape-goats for the crimes and sins of another secret society which1 since its existence1 has harbored more than one dangerous political assassin--the ,society of ,jesus4 ,the accusations against ,masons have been mostly half guess-work1 half-unquenchable malice and predetermined vilification4 ,nothing conclusive and certain of a criminal character has been directly proven against them4 ,even their abduction of ,morgan has remained a matter of conjecture4 ,the case was used at the time as a political convenience by huckstering politicians4 ,when an unrecognizable corpse was found in ,niagara ,river1 one of the chiefs of this unscrupulous class1 being informed that the identity was exceedingly questionable1 unguardedly exposed the whole plot by saying3 8,well1 no matter1 he's a good enough ,morgan until after the election60 ,on the other hand1 we find the ,order of the ,jesuits not only permitting1 in certain cases1 but actually teaching and inciting to 8,high treason and ,regicide40#ggh ,a series of ,lectures upon ,freemasonry and its dangers1 as delivered in #ahfb1 by ,james ,burton ,robertson1 ,professor of ,modern ,history in the ,dublin ,university1 are lying before us4 ,in them the lecturer quotes profusely as his authorities the said ,abb 7,barruel1 a natural enemy of the ,masons1 who cannot be caught at the confessional71 and ,robison1 a well-known apostate-,mason of #agih4 ,as usual with every party1 whether belonging to the ,masonic or anti-,masonic side1 the traitor from the opposing camp is welcomed with praise and encouragement1 and great care is taken to whitewash him4 ,however convenient for certain political reasons the celebrated ,committee of the ,anti-,masonic ,convention of #ahcj 7,u4 ,s4 of ,america7 may have found it to adopt this most ,jesuitical proposition of ,puffendorf that 8oaths oblige not when they are absurd and impertinent10 and that other which teaches that 8an oath obliges not if ,god does not accept it10#ggi yet no truly honest man would accept such sophistry4 ,we sincerely believe that the better portion of humanity will ever bear in mind that there exists a moral code of honor far more binding than an oath1 whether on the ,bible1 ,koran1 or ,veda4 ,the ,essenes never swore on anything at all1 but their 8ayes0 and 8nays0 were as good and far better than an oath4 ,besides1 it seems surpassingly strange to find nations that call themselves ,christian instituting customs in civil and ecclesiastical courts diametrically opposed to the command of their ,god1#ghj who distinctly forbids any swearing at all1 8neither by heaven 444 nor by the earth 444 nor by the head40 ,it seems to us that to maintain that 8an oath obliges not if ,god does not accept it10 besides being an absurdity--as no man living1 whether he be fallible or infallible1 can learn anything of ,god's secret thoughts--is anti-,christian in the full sense of the word4#gha ,the argument is brought forward only because it is convenient and answers the object4 ,oaths will never be binding till each man will fully understand that humanity is the highest manifestation on earth of the ,unseen ,supreme ,deity1 and each man an incarnation of his ,god2 and when the sense of personal responsibility will be so developed in him that he will consider forswearing the greatest possible insult to himself1 as well as to humanity4 ,no oath is now binding1 unless taken by one who1 without any oath at all1 would solemnly keep his simple promise of honor4 ,therefore1 to bring forward as authorities such men as ,barruel or ,robison is simply obtaining the public confidence under false pretenses4 ,it is not the 8spirit of ,masonic malice whose heart coins slanders like a mint10 but far more that of the ,catholic clergy and their champions2 and a man who would reconcile the two ideas of honor and perjury1 in any case whatever1 is not to be trusted himself4 ,loud is the claim of the nineteenth century to preminence in civilization over the ancients1 and still more clamorous that of the churches and their sycophants that ,christianity has redeemed the world from barbarism and idolatry4 ,how little both are warranted1 we have tried to prove in these two volumes4 ,the light of ,christianity has only served to show how much more hypocrisy and vice its teachings have begotten in the world since its advent1 and how immensely superior were the ancients over us in every point of honor4#ghb ,the clergy1 by teaching the helplessness of man1 his utter dependence on ,providence1 and the doctrine of atonement1 have crushed in their faithful followers every atom of self-reliance and self-respect4 ,so true is this1 that it is becoming an axiom that the most honorable men are to be found among atheists and the so-called 8infidels40 ,we hear from ,hipparchus that in the days of heathenism 8the shame and disgrace that justly attended the violation of his oath threw the poor wretch into a fit of madness and despair1 so that he cut his throat and perished by his own hands1 and his memory was so abhorred after his death that his body lay upon the shore of the island of ,samos1 and had no other burial than the sands of the sea40#ghc ,but in our own century we find ninety-six delegates to the ,united ,states ,anti-,masonic ,convention1 every one doubtless a member of some ,protestant ,church1 and claiming the respect due to men of honor and gentlemen1 offering the most ,jesuitical arguments against the validity of a ,masonic oath4 ,the ,committee1 pretending to quote the authority of 8the most distinguished guides in the philosophy of morals1 and claiming the most ample support of the inspired#ghd 444 who wrote before ,freemasonry existed10 resolved that1 as an oath was 8a transaction between man on one part and the ,almighty ,judge on the other10 and the ,masons were all infidels and 8unfit for civil trust10 therefore their oaths had to be considered illegal and not binding4#ghe ,but we will return to these ,lectures of ,robertson and his charges against ,masonry4 ,the greatest accusation brought against the latter is that ,masons reject a personal ,god 7this on the authority of ,barruel and ,robison71 and that they claim to be in possession of a 8secret to make men better and happier than ,christ1 his apostles and his ,church have made them40 ,were the latter accusation but half true1 it might yet allow the consoling hope that they had really found that secret by breaking off entirely from the mythical ,christ of the ,church and the official ,jehovah4 ,but both the accusations are simply as malicious as they are absurd and untrue2 as we shall presently see4 ,let it not be imagined that we are influenced by personal feeling in any of our reflections upon ,masonry4 ,so far from this being the case we unhesitatingly proclaim our highest respect for the original purposes of the ,order and some of our most valued friends are within its membership4 ,we say naught against ,masonry as it should be1 but denounce it as1 thanks to the intriguing clergy1 both ,catholic and ,protestant1 it now begins to be4 ,professedly the most absolute of democracies1 it is practically the appanage of aristocracy1 wealth1 and personal ambition4 ,professedly the teacher of true ethics1 it is debased into a propaganda of anthropomorphic theology4 ,the half-naked apprentice1 brought before the master during the initiation of the first degree1 is taught that at the door of the lodge every social distinction is laid aside1 and the poorest brother is the peer of every other1 though a reigning sovereign or an imperial prince4 ,in practice1 the ,craft turns lickspittle in every monarchical country1 to any regal scion who may deign1 for the sake of using it as a political tool1 to put on the once symbolical lambskin4 ,how far gone is the ,masonic ,fraternity in this direction1 we can judge from the words of one of its highest authorities4 ,john ,yarker1 ,junior1 of ,england2 ,past ,grand ,warden of the ,grand ,lodge of ,greece2 ,grand ,master of the ,rite of ,swedenborg2 also ,grand ,master of the ,ancient and ,primitive ,rite of ,masonry1 and ,heaven only knows what else1#ghf says that ,masonry could lose nothing by 8the adoption of a higher 7not pecuniary7 standard of membership and morality1 with exclusion from the #8purple' of all who inculcate frauds1 sham1 historical degrees1 and other immoral abuses0 7page #aeh74 ,and again1 on page #aeg3 8,as the ,masonic ,fraternity is now governed1 the ,craft is fast becoming the paradise of the bon vivant2 of the #8charitable' hypocrite1 who forgets the version of ,st4 ,paul1 and decorates his breast with the #8charity jewel' 7having by this judicious expenditure obtained the #8purple' he metes out judgment to other brethren of greater ability and morality but less means72 the manufacturer of paltry ,masonic tinsel2 the rascally merchant who swindles in hundreds1 and even thousands1 by appealing to the tender consciences of those few who do regard their ,o4 ,b4's2 and the ,masonic #8,emperors' and other charlatans who make power or money out of the aristocratic pretensions which they have tacked on to our institution--ad captandum vulgus40 ,we have no wish to make a pretence of exposing secrets long since hawked about the world by perjured ,masons4 ,everything vital1 whether in symbolical representations1 rites1 or passwords1 as used in modern ,freemasonry1 is known in the ,eastern fraternities2 though there seems to be no intercourse or connection between them4 ,if ,medea is described by ,ovid as having 8arm1 breast1 and knee made bare1 left foot slipshod20 and ,virgil1 speaking of ,dido1 shows this 8,queen herself 444 now resolute on death1 having one foot bare1 etc410#ghg why doubt that there are in the ,east real 8,patriarchs of the sacred ,vedas10 explaining the esotericism of pure ,hindu theology and ,brahmanism quite as thoroughly as ,european 8,patriarchs80 ,but1 if there are a few ,masons who1 from study of kabalistic and other rare works1 and coming in personal communication with 8,brothers0 from the far-away ,east1 have learned something of esoteric ,masonry1 it is not the case with the hundreds of ,american ,lodges4 ,while engaged on this chapter1 we have received most unexpectedly1 through the kindness of a friend1 a copy of ,mr4 ,yarker's volume1 from which passages are quoted above4 ,it is brimful of learning and1 what is more1 of knowledge1 as it seems to us4 ,it is especially valuable at this moment1 since it corroborates1 in many particulars1 what we have said in this work4 ,thus1 we read in it the following3 8,we think we have sufficiently established the fact of the connection of ,freemasonry with other speculative rites of antiquity1 as well as the antiquity and purity of the old ,english ,templar-,rite of seven degrees1 and the spurious derivation of many of the other rites therefrom40#ghh ,such high ,masons need not be told1 though ,craftsmen in general do1 that the time has come to remodel ,masonry1 and restore those ancient landmarks1 borrowed from the early sodalities1 which the eighteenth century founders of speculative ,freemasonry meant to have incorporated in the fraternity4 ,there are no longer any secrets left unpublished2 the ,order is degenerating into a convenience for selfish men to use1 and bad men to debase4 ,it is but recently that a majority of the ,supreme ,councils of the ,ancient and ,accepted ,rite assembled at ,lausanne1 justly revolting against such a blasphemous belief as that in a personal ,deity1 invested with all human attributes1 pronounced the following words3 8,freemasonry proclaims1 as it has proclaimed from its origin1 the existence of a creative principle1 under the name of the great ,architect of the universe40 ,against this1 a small minority has protested1 urging that 8belief in a creative principle is not the belief in ,god1 which ,freemasonry requires of every candidate before he can pass its very threshold40 ,this confession does not sound like the rejection of a personal ,god4 ,could we have had the slightest doubt upon the subject1 it would be thoroughly dispelled by the words of ,general ,albert ,pike1#ghi perhaps the greatest authority of the day1 among ,american ,masons1 who raises himself most violently against this innovation4 ,we cannot do better than quote his words3 8,this ,principe ,createur is no new phrase--it is but an old term revived4 ,our adversaries1 numerous and formidable1 will say1 and will have the right to say1 that our ,principe ,createur is identical with the ,principe ,generateur of the ,indians and ,egyptians1 and may fitly be symbolized as it was symbolized anciently1 by the ,ling4444 ,to accept this1 in lieu of a personal ,god1 is ,,to ,,abandon ,,christianity1 and the worship of ,jehovah1 and return to wallow in the styes of ,paganism40 ,and are those of ,jesuitism1 then1 so much cleaner8 8,our adversaries1 numerous and formidable40 ,that sentence says all4 ,who these so formidable enemies are1 is useless to inquire4 ,they are the ,roman ,catholics1 and some of the ,reformed ,presbyterians4 ,to read what the two factions respectively write1 we may well ask which adversary is the more afraid of the other4 ,but1 what shall it profit any one to organize against a fraternity that does not even dare to have a belief of its own for fear of giving offense8 ,and pray1 how1 if ,masonic oaths mean anything1 and ,masonic penalties are regarded as more than burlesque1 can any adversaries1 numerous or few1 feeble or strong1 know what goes on inside the lodge1 or penetrate beyond that 8brother terrible1 or the tiler1 who guards1 with a drawn sword1 the portals of the lodge80 ,is1 then1 this 8brother terrible0 no more formidable than ,offenbach's ,general ,boum1 with his smoking pistol1 jingling spurs1 and towering panache8 ,of what use the millions of men that make up this great fraternity1 the world over1 if they cannot be so cemented together as to bid defiance to all adversaries8 ,can it be that the 8mystic tie0 is but a rope of sand1 and ,masonry but a toy to feed the vanity of a few leaders who rejoice in ribbons and regalia8 ,is its authority as false as its antiquity8 ,it seems so1 indeed2 and yet1 as 8even the fleas have smaller fleas to bite 'em10 there are ,catholic alarmists1 even here1 who pretend to fear ,masonry6 ,and yet1 these same ,catholics1 in all the serenity of their traditional impudence1 publicly threaten ,america1 with its #ejj1jjj ,masons1 and #cd1jjj1jjj ,protestants1 with a union of ,church and ,state under the direction of ,rome6 ,the danger which threatens the free institutions of this republic1 we are told1 will come from 8the principles of ,protestantism logically developed40 ,the present ,secretary of the ,navy--the ,hon4 ,r4 ,w4 ,thompson1 of ,indiana1 having actually dared1 in his own free ,protestant country1 to publish a book recently on ,papacy and the ,civil ,power1 in which his language is as moderate as it is gentlemanly and fair1 a ,roman ,catholic priest1 at ,washington1 ,d4 ,c4--the very seat of ,government--denounces him with violence4 ,what is better1 a representative member of the ,society of ,jesus1 ,father ,f4 ,x4 ,weninger1 ,d4,d41 pours upon his devoted head a vial of wrath that seems to have been brought direct from the ,vatican cellars4 8,the assertions10 he says1 8which ,mr4 ,thompson makes on the necessary antagonism between the ,catholic ,church and free institutions1 are characterized by pitiful ignorance and blind audacity4 ,he is reckless of logic1 of history1 of common sense1 of charity2 and presents himself before the loyal ,american people as a narrow-minded bigot4 ,no scholar would venture to repeat the stale calumnies which have so often been refuted4444 ,in answer to his accusations against the ,church as the enemy of liberty1 ,i tell him that1 if ever this country should become a ,catholic country1 that is1 if ,catholics should ever be in the majority1 and have the control of political power1 then he would see the principles of our ,constitution carried out to the fullest extent2 he would see that these ,states would be in very deed ,united4 ,he would behold a people living in peace and harmony2 joined in the bonds of one faith1 their hearts beating in unison with love of their fatherland1 with charity and forbearance toward all1 and respecting the rights and consciences even of their slanderers40 ,in behalf of this 8,society of ,jesus10 he advises ,mr4 ,thompson to send his book to the ,czar1 ,alexander ,,ii41 and to ,frederick ,william1 ,emperor of ,germany4 ,he may expect from them1 as a token of their sympathy1 the orders of ,st4 ,andrew and of the ,black ,eagle4 8,from clear-minded1 self-thinking1 patriotic ,americans1 he cannot expect anything but the decoration of their contempt4 ,as long as ,american hearts will beat in ,american bosoms1 and the blood of their fathers shall flow in their veins1 such efforts as ,thompson's shall not succeed4 ,true1 genuine ,americans will protect the ,catholic ,church in this country and will finally join it40 ,after that1 having thus1 as he seems to think1 left the corpse of his impious antagonist upon the field1 he marches off emptying the dregs of his exhausted bottle after the following fashion3 8,we leave the volume1 whose argument we have killed1 as a carcass to be devoured by those ,texan buzzards--those stinking birds--we mean that kind of men who love to feed on corruption1 calumnies1 and lies1 and are attracted by the stench of them40 ,this last sentence is worthy to be added as an appendix to the ,discorsi del ,somma ,pontifice ,pio ,,ix41 by ,don ,pasquale di ,franciscis1 immortalized in the contempt of ,mr4 ,gladstone4--,tel matre tel ,valet6 ,moral3 ,this will teach fair-minded1 sober1 and gentlemanly writers that even so well-bred an antagonist as ,mr4 ,thompson has shown himself in his book1 cannot hope to escape the only available weapon in the ,catholic armory--,billingsgate4 ,the whole argument of the author shows that while forcible1 he intends to be fair2 but he might as well have attacked with a ,tertullianistic violence1 for his treatment would not have been worse4 ,it will doubtless afford him some consolation to be placed in the same category with schismatic and infidel emperors and kings4 ,while ,americans1 including ,masons1 are now warned to prepare themselves to join the ,holy ,apostolic and ,roman ,catholic ,church1 we are glad to know that there are some as loyal and respected as any in ,masonry who support our views4 ,conspicuous among them is our venerable friend1 ,mr4 ,leon ,hyneman1 ,p4 ,m41 and a member of the ,grand ,lodge of ,pennsylvania4 ,for eight or nine years he was editor of the ,masonic ,mirror and ,keystone1 and is an author of repute4 ,he assures us personally that for over thirty years he has combated the design to erect into a ,masonic dogma1 belief in a personal ,god4 ,in his work1 ,ancient ,york and ,london ,grand ,lodges1 he says 7p4 #afi73 8,masonry1 instead of unfolding professionally with the intellectual advancement of scientific knowledge and general intelligence1 has departed from the original aims of the fraternity1 and is apparently inclining towards a sectarian society4 ,that is plainly to be seen 444 in the persistent determination not to expunge the sectarian innovations interpolated in the ,ritual4444 ,it would appear that the ,masonic fraternity of this country are as indifferent to ancient landmarks and usages of ,masonry1 as the ,masons of the past century1 under the ,london ,grand ,lodge were40 ,it was this conviction which prompted him1 in #ahef1 when ,jacques ,etienne ,marconis de ,ngre1 ,grand ,hierophant of the ,rite of ,memphis1 came to ,america and tendered him the ,grand ,mastership of the ,rite in the ,united ,states1 and the ,ancient and ,accepted ,rite offered him an ,honorary #cc;d--to refuse both4 ,the ,temple was the last ,european secret organization which1 as a body1 had in its possession some of the mysteries of the ,east4 ,true1 there were in the past century 7and perhaps still are7 isolated 8,brothers0 faithfully and secretly working under the direction of ,eastern ,brotherhoods4 ,but these1 when they did belong to ,european societies1 invariably joined them for objects unknown to the ,fraternity1 though at the same time for the benefit of the latter4 ,it is through them that modern ,masons have all they know of importance2 and the similarity now found between the ,speculative ,rites of antiquity1 the mysteries of the ,essenes1 ,gnostics1 and the ,hindus1 and the highest and oldest of the ,masonic degrees well prove the fact4 ,if these mysterious brothers became possessed of the secrets of the societies1 they could never reciprocate the confidence1 though in their hands these secrets were safer1 perhaps1 than in the keeping of ,european ,masons4 ,when certain of the latter were found worthy of becoming affiliates of the ,orient1 they were secretly instructed and initiated1 but the others were none the wiser for that4 ,no one could ever lay hands on the ,rosicrucians1 and notwithstanding the alleged discoveries of 8secret chambers10 vellums called 8,t10 and of fossil knights with ever-burning lamps1 this ancient association and its true aims are to this day a mystery4 ,pretended ,templars and sham ,rose-,croix1 with a few genuine kabalists1 were occasionally burned1 and some unlucky ,theosophists and alchemists sought and put to the torture2 delusive confessions even were wrung from them by the most ferocious means1 but yet1 the true ,society remains to-day as it has ever been1 unknown to all1 especially to its cruelest enemy--the ,church4 ,as to the modern ,knights ,templar and those ,masonic ,lodges which now claim a direct descent from the ancient ,templars1 their persecution by the ,church was a farce from the beginning4 ,they have not1 nor have they ever had any secrets1 dangerous to the ,church4 ,quite the contrary2 for we find ,j4 ,g4 ,findel saying that the ,scottish degrees1 or the ,templar system1 only dates from #agce-agdj1 and 8following its ,catholic tendency1 took up its chief residence in the ,jesuit ,college of ,clermont1 in ,paris1 and hence was called the ,clermont system40 ,the present ,swedish system has also something of the ,templar element in it1 but free from ,jesuits and interference with politics2 however1 it asserts that it has ,molay's ,testament in the original1 for a ,count ,beaujeu1 a nephew of ,molay1 never heard of elsewhere--says ,findel--transplanted ,templarism into ,freemasonry1 and thus procured for his uncle's ashes a mysterious sepulchre4 ,it is sufficient to prove this a ,masonic fable that on this pretended monument the day of ,molay's funeral is represented as ,march #aa1 #acac1 while the day of his death was ,march #ai1 #acac4 ,this spurious production1 which is neither genuine ,templarism1 nor genuine ,freemasonry1 has never taken firm root in ,germany4 ,but the case is otherwise in ,france4 ,writing upon this subject1 we must hear what ,wilcke has to say of these pretensions3 8,the present ,knight ,templars of ,paris will have it1 that they are direct descendants from the ancient ,knights1 and endeavor to prove this by documents1 interior regulations1 and secret doctrines4 ,foraisse says the ,fraternity of ,freemasons was founded in ,egypt1 ,moses communicating the secret teaching to the ,israelites1 ,jesus to the ,apostles1 and thence it found its way to the ,knight ,templars4 ,such inventions are necessary 444 to the assertion that the ,parisian ,templars are the offspring of the ancient order4 ,all these asseverations1 unsupported by history1 were fabricated in the ,high ,chapter of ,clermont 7,jesuits71 and preserved by the ,parisian ,templars as a legacy left them by those political revolutionists1 the ,stuarts and the ,jesuits40 ,hence we find the ,bishops ,gregoire#gij and ,mnter#gia supporting them4 ,connecting the modern with the ancient ,templars1 we can at best1 therefore1 allow them an adoption of certain rites and ceremonies of purely ecclesiastical character after they had been cunningly inoculated into that grand and antique ,order by the clergy4 ,since this desecration1 it gradually lost its primitive and simple character1 and went fast to its final ruin4 ,founded in #aaah by the ,knights ,hugh de ,payens and ,geoffrey de ,st4 ,omer1 nominally for the protection of the pilgrims1 its true aim was the restoration of the primitive secret worship4 ,the true version of the history of ,jesus1 and the early ,christianity was imparted to ,hugh de ,payens1 by the ,grand-,pontiff of the ,order of the ,temple 7of the ,nazarene or ,johanite sect71 one named ,theocletes1 after which it was learned by some ,knights in ,palestine1 from the higher and more intellectual members of the ,st4 ,john sect1 who were initiated into its mysteries4#gib ,freedom of intellectual thought and the restoration of one and universal religion was their secret object4 ,sworn to the vow of obedience1 poverty1 and chastity1 they were at first the true ,knights of ,john the ,baptist1 crying in the wilderness and living on wild honey and locusts4 ,such is the tradition and the true kabalistic version4 ,it is a mistake to state that the ,order became only later anti-,catholic4 ,it was so from the beginning1 and the red cross on the white mantle1 the vestment of the ,order1 had the same significance as with the initiates in every other country4 ,it pointed to the four quarters of the compass1 and was the emblem of the universe4#gic ,when1 later1 the ,brotherhood was transformed into a ,lodge1 the ,templars had1 in order to avoid persecution1 to perform their own ceremonies in the greatest secresy1 generally in the hall of the chapter1 more frequently in isolated caves or country houses built amidst woods1 while the ecclesiastical form of worship was carried on publicly in the chapels belonging to the ,order4 ,though of the accusations brought against them by order of ,philip ,,iv41 many were infamously false1 the main charges were certainly correct1 from the stand-point of what is considered by the ,church1 heresy4 ,the present-day ,templars1 adhering strictly as they do to the ,bible1 can hardly claim descent from those who did not believe in ,christ1 as ,god-man1 or as the ,saviour of the world2 who rejected the miracle of his birth1 and those performed by himself2 who did not believe in transubstantiation1 the saints1 holy relics1 purgatory1 etc4 ,the ,christ ,jesus was1 in their opinion1 a false prophet1 but the man ,jesus a ,brother4 ,they regarded ,john the ,baptist as their patron1 but never viewed him in the light in which he is presented in the ,bible4 ,they reverenced the doctrines of alchemy1 astrology1 magic1 kabalistic talismans1 and adhered to the secret teachings of their chiefs in the ,east4 8,in the last century10 says ,findel1 8when ,freemasonry erroneously supposed herself the daughter of ,templarism1 great pains were taken to regard the ,order of ,knights-,templars as innocent4444 ,for this purpose not only legends and unrecorded events were fabricated1 but pains were taken to repress the truth4 ,the ,masonic admirers of the ,knights-,templars bought up the whole of the documents of the lawsuit published by ,moldenwaher1 because they proved the culpability of the ,order40#gid ,this culpability consisted in their 8heresy0 against the ,roman ,catholic ,church4 ,while the real 8,brothers0 died an ignominious death1 the spurious ,order which tried to step into their shoes became exclusively a branch of the ,jesuits under the immediate tutelage of the latter4 ,true-hearted1 honest ,masons1 ought to reject with horror any connection1 let alone descent from these4 8,the ,knights of ,st4 ,john of ,jerusalem10 writes ,commander ,gourdin1#gie 8sometimes called the ,knights ,hospitallers1 and the ,knights of ,malta1 were not ,freemasons4 ,on the contrary1 they seem to have been inimical to ,freemasonry1 for in #agdj1 the ,grand ,master of the ,order of ,malta caused the ,bull of ,pope ,clement ,,xii4 to be published in that island1 and forbade the meetings of the ,freemasons4 ,on this occasion several ,knights and many citizens left the island2 and in #agda1 the ,inquisition persecuted the ,freemasons at ,malta4 ,the ,grand ,master proscribed their assemblies under severe penalties1 and six ,knights were banished from the island in perpetuity for having assisted at a meeting4 ,in fact1 unlike the ,templars1 they had not even a secret form of reception4 ,reghellini says that he was unable to procure a copy of the secret ,ritual of the ,knights of ,malta4 ,the reason is obvious--there was none60 ,and yet ,american ,templarism comprises three degrees4 #a1 ,knight of the ,red ,cross2 #b1 ,knight ,templar2 and #c1 ,knight of ,malta4 ,it was introduced from ,france into the ,united ,states1 in #ahjh1 and the first ,grand ,encampment ,general was organized on ,june #bj1 #ahaf1 with ,governor ,de ,witt ,clinton1 of ,new ,york1 as ,grand ,master4 ,this inheritance of the ,jesuits should hardly be boasted of4 ,if the ,knights ,templar desire to make good their claims1 they must choose between a descent from the 8heretical10 anti-,christian1 kabalistic1 primitive ,templars1 or connect themselves with the ,jesuits1 and nail their tesselated carpets directly on the platform of ultra-,catholicism6 ,otherwise1 their claims become a mere pretense4 ,so impossible does it become for the originators of the ecclesiastical pseudo-order of ,templars1 invented1 according to ,dupuy1 in ,france1 by the adherents of the ,stuarts1 to avoid being considered a branch of the ,order of the ,jesuits1 that we are not surprised to see an anonymous author1 rightly suspected of belonging to the ,jesuit ,chapter at ,clermont1 publishing a work in #agea1 in ,brussels1 on the lawsuit of the ,knights ,templar4 ,in this volume1 in sundry mutilated notes1 additions1 and commentaries1 he represents the innocence of the ,templars of the accusation of 8heresy10 thus robbing them of the greatest title to respect and admiration that these early free-thinkers and martyrs have won6 ,this last pseudo-order was constituted at ,paris1 on the #dth of ,november1 #ahjd1 by virtue of a forged ,constitution1 and ever since it has 8contaminated genuine ,freemasonry10 as the highest ,masons themselves tell us4 ,la ,charte de transmission 7tabula aurea ,larmenii7 presents the outward appearance of such extreme antiquity 8that ,gregoire confesses that if all the other relics of the ,parisian treasury of the ,order had not silenced his doubts as to their ancient descent1 the sight of this charter would at the very first glance have persuaded him40#gif ,the first ,grand ,master of this spurious ,order was a physician of ,paris1 ,dr4 ,fahre-,palaprat1 who assumed the name of ,bernard ,raymond4 ,count ,ramsay1 a ,jesuit1 was the first to start the idea of the ,templars being joined to the ,knights of ,malta4 ,therefore1 we read from his pen the following3 8,our forefathers 766671 the ,crusaders1 assembled in the ,holy ,land from all ,christendom1 wished to unite in a fraternity embracing all nations1 that when bound together1 heart and soul1 for mutual improvement1 they might1 in the course of time1 represent one single intellectual people40 ,this is why the ,templars are made to join the ,st4 ,john's ,knights1 and the latter got into the craft of ,masonry known as ,st4 ,john's ,masons4 ,in the ,sceau ,rompu1 in #agde1 we find1 therefore1 the following most impudent falsehood1 worthy of the ,sons of ,loyola3 8,the lodges were dedicated to ,st4 ,john1 because the ,knights-,masons had in the holy wars in ,palestine joined the ,knights of ,st4 ,john40 ,in #agdc1 the ,kadosh degree was invented at ,lyons 7so writes ,thory1 at least71 and 8it represents the revenge of the ,templars40 ,and here we find ,findel saying that 8the ,order of ,knights ,templars had been abolished in #acaa1 and to that epoch they were obliged to have recourse when1 after the banishment of several ,knights from ,malta1 in #agdj1 because they were ,freemasons1 it was no longer possible to keep up a connection with the ,order of ,st4 ,john1 or ,knights of ,malta1 then in the plenitude of their power under the sovereignty of the ,pope40 ,turning to ,clavel1 one of the best ,masonic authorities1 we read3 8,it is clear that the erection of the ,french ,order of the ,knight ,templars is not more ancient than the year #ahjd1 and that it cannot lay any legitimate claim to being the continuation of the so-called society of #8la petite ,resurrection des ,templiers1' nor this latter1 either1 extend back to the ancient ,order of the ,knights ,templars40 ,therefore1 we see these pseudo-,templars1 under the guidance of the worthy ,father ,jesuits1 forging in ,paris1 #ahjf1 the famous charter of ,larmenius4 ,twenty years later1 this nefast and subterranean body1 guiding the hand of assassins1 directed it toward one of the best and greatest princes in ,europe1 whose mysterious death1 unfortunately for the interests of truth and justice1 has never been--for political reasons--investigated and proclaimed to the world as it ought to have been4 ,it is this prince1 a ,freemason himself1 who was the last depository of the secrets of the true ,knights ,templar4 ,for long centuries these had remained unknown and unsuspected4 ,holding their meetings once every thirteen years1 at ,malta1 and their ,grand ,master advising the ,european brothers of the place of rendezvous but a few hours in advance1 these representatives of the once mightiest and most glorious body of ,knights assembled on the fixed day1 from various points of the earth4 ,thirteen in number1 in commemoration of the year of the death of ,jacques ,molay 7#acac71 the now ,eastern brothers1 among whom were crowned heads1 planned together the future religious and political fate of the nations2 while the ,popish ,knights1 their murderous and bastard successors1 slept soundly in their beds1 without a dream disturbing their guilty consciences4 8,and yet10 says ,rebold1 8notwithstanding the confusion they had created 7#agcf-gb71 the ,jesuits had accomplished but one of their designs1 viz43 denaturalyzing and bringing into disrepute the ,masonic ,institution4 ,having succeeded1 as they believed1 in destroying it in one form1 they were determined to use it in another4 ,with this determination1 they arranged the systems styled #8,clerkship of the ,templars1' an amalgamation of the different histories1 events1 and characteristics of the crusades mixed with the reveries of the alchemists4 ,in this combination ,catholicism governed all1 and the whole fabrication moved upon wheels1 representing the great object for which the ,society of ,jesus was organized40#gig ,hence1 the rites and symbols of ,masonry which though 8,pagan0 in origin1 are all applied to and all flavor of ,christianity4 ,a ,mason has to declare his belief in a personal ,god1 ,jehovah1 and in the ,encampment degrees also in ,christ1 before he can be accepted in the ,lodge1 while the ,johanite ,templars believed in the unknown and invisible ,principle1 whence proceeded the ,creative ,powers misnamed gods1 and held to the ,nazarene version of ,ben-,panther being the sinful father of ,jesus1 who thus proclaimed himself 8the son of god and of humanity40#gih ,this also accounts for the fearful oaths of the ,masons taken on the ,bible1 and for their lectures servilely agreeing with the ,patriarcho-,biblical ,chronology4 ,in the ,american ,order of ,rose ,croix1 for instance1 when the neophyte approaches the altar1 the 8,sir ,knights are called to order1 and the captain of the guard makes his proclamation40 8,to the glory of the sublime architect of the universe 7,jehovah-,binah871 under the auspices of the ,sovereign ,sanctuary of ,ancient and ,primitive ,freemasonry10 etc41 etc4 ,then the ,knight ,orator strikes #a and tells the neophyte that the antique legends of ,masonry date back ,,forty centuries2 claiming no greater antiquity for the oldest of them than #fbb ,a4,m41 at which time he says ,noah was born4 ,under the circumstances this will be regarded as a liberal concession to chronological preferences4 ,after that ,masons#gii are apprised that it was about the year #bahh ,b4,c41 that ,mizraim led colonies into ,egypt1 and laid the foundation of the ,kingdom of ,egypt1 which kingdom lasted #a1ffc years 766674 ,strange chronology1 which1 if it piously conforms with that of the ,bible1 disagrees entirely with that of history4 ,the mythical nine names of the ,deity1 imported into ,egypt1 according to the ,masons1 only in the twenty-second century ,b4,c41 are found on monuments reckoned twice as old by the best ,egyptologists4 ,nevertheless we must take at the same time into consideration1 that the ,masons are themselves ignorant of these names4 ,the simple truth is that modern ,masonry is a sadly different thing from what the once universal secret fraternity was in the days when the ,brahma-worshippers of the ,,aum1 exchanged grips and passwords with the devotees of ,,tum1 and the adepts of every country under the sun were 8,brothers40 ,what was then that mysterious name1 that mighty 8word0 through whose potency the ,hindu as well as the ,chaldean and ,egyptian initiate performed his wonders8 ,in chapter cxv4 of the ,egyptian ,funeral ,ritual1 entitled 8,the chapter of coming out to the ,heaven 444 and of knowing the ,spirits of ,an0 7,heliopolis71 ,horus says3 8,i knew the ,spirits of ,an4 ,the greatly glorious does not pass over it 444 unless the gods give me the ,,word40 ,in another hymn the soul1 transformed1 exclaims3 8,make road for me to ,rusta4 ,i am the ,great ,one1 dressed as the ,great ,one4 ,i have come6 ,i have come6 ,delicious to me are the kings of ,osiris4 ,i am creating the water 7through the power of the ,word74444 ,have ,i not seen the hidden secrets 444 ,i have given truth to the ,sun4 ,i am clear4 ,i am adored for my purity0 7cxvii4-cxix4 ,the chapters of the going into and coming out from the ,rusta74 ,in another place the mummy's roll expresses the following3 8,i am the ,great ,god 7spirit7 existing of myself1 the creator of ,his ,name4444 ,i know the name of this ,great ,god that is there40 ,jesus is accused by his enemies of having wrought miracles1 and shown by his own apostles to have expelled demons by the power of the ,,ineffable ,,name4 ,the former firmly believed that he had stolen it in the ,sanctuary4 8,and he cast the spirits with his word 444 and healed all that were sick0 7,matthew xviii4 #af74 ,when the ,jewish rulers ask ,peter 7,acts iv4 #g73 8,by what power1 or by what name1 have ye done this80 ,peter replies1 8,by the ,,name of ,jesus ,christ of ,nazareth40 ,but does this mean the name of ,christ1 as the interpreters would make us believe2 or does it signify1 8by the ,,name which was in the possession of ,jesus of ,nazareth10 the initiate1 who was accused by the ,jews to have learned it but who had it really through initiation8 ,besides1 he states repeatedly that all that he does he does in 8,his ,father's ,name10 not in his own4 ,but who of the modern ,masons has ever heard it pronounced8 ,in their own ,ritual1 they confess that they never have4 ,the 8,sir ,orator0 tells the 8,sir ,knight10 that the passwords which he received in the preceding degrees are all 8so many corruptions0 of the true name of ,god engraved on the triangle2 and that therefore they have adopted a 8substitute0 for it4 ,such also is the case in the ,blue ,lodge1 where the ,master1 representing ,king ,solomon1 agrees with ,king ,hiram that the ,word 99 99 99 8shall be used as a substitute for the ,master's word1 until wiser ages shall discover the true one4 ,what ,senior ,deacon1 of all the thousands who have assisted in bringing candidates from darkness to light2 or what ,master who has whispered this mystic 8word0 into the ears of supposititious ,hiram ,abiffs1 while holding them on the five points of fellowship1 has suspected the real meaning of even this substitute1 which they impart 8at low breath80 ,how few new-made ,master ,masons but go away imagining that it has some occult connection with the 8marrow in the bone40 ,what do they know of that mystical personage known to some adepts as the 8venerable ,,mah10 or of the mysterious ,eastern ,brothers who obey him1 whose name is abbreviated in the first syllable of the three which compose the ,masonic substitute--,the ,,mah1 who lives at this very day in a spot unknown to all but initiates1 and the approaches to which are through trackless wildernesses1 untrodden by ,jesuit or missionary foot1 for it is beset by dangers fit to appall the most courageous explorers8 ,and yet1 for generations this meaningless jingle of vowels and consonants has been repeated in noviciate ears1 as though it possessed even so much potency as would deflect from its course a thistle-down floating in the air6 ,like ,christianity1 ,freemasonry is a corpse from which the spirit long ago fled4 ,in this connection1 place may well be given to a letter from ,mr4 ,charles ,sotheran1 ,corresponding ,secretary of the ,new ,york ,liberal ,club1 which was received by us on the day after the date it bears4 ,mr4 ,sotheran is known as a writer and lecturer on antiquarian1 mystical1 and other subjects4 ,in ,masonry1 he has taken so many of the degrees as to be a competent authority as regards the ,craft4 ,he is #cb ,a4 and ,p4 ,r41 #id ,memphis1 ,k4 ,r1 ,k4 ,kadosh1 ,m4 ,m4 #ajd1 ,eng41 etc4 ,he is also an initiate of the modern ,english ,brotherhood of the ,rosie ,cross and other secret societies1 and ,masonic editor of the ,new ,york ,advocate4 ,following is the letter1 which we place before the ,masons as we desire that they should see what one of their own number has to say3 8,,new ,,york ,,press ,,club1 ,january #aath1 #ahgg4 8,in response to your letter1 ,i willingly furnish the information desired with respect to the antiquity and present condition of ,freemasonry4 ,this ,i do the more cheerfully since we belong to the same secret societies1 and you can thus better appreciate the necessity for the reserve which at times ,i shall be obliged to exhibit4 ,you rightly refer to the fact that ,freemasonry1 no less than the effete theologies of the day1 has its fabulous history to narrate4 ,clogged up as the ,order has been by the rubbish and drift of absurd biblical legends1 it is no wonder that its usefulness has been impaired and its work as a civilizer hampered4 ,fortunately the great anti-,masonic excitement that raged in the ,united ,states during a portion of this century1 forced a considerable band of workers to delve into the true origin of the ,craft1 and bring about a healthier state of things4 ,the agitation in ,america also spread to ,europe and the literary efforts of ,masonic authors on both sides of the ,atlantic1 such as ,rebold1 ,findel1 ,hyneman1 ,mitchell1 ,mackenzie1 ,hughan1 ,yarker and others well-known to the fraternity1 is now a matter of history4 ,one effect of their labors has been1 in a great measure1 to bring the history of ,masonry into an open daylight1 where even its teachings1 jurisprudence1 and ritual are no longer secret from those of the #8profane1' who have the wit to read as they run4 8,you are correct in saying that the ,bible is the #8great light' of ,european and ,american ,masonry4 ,in consequence of this the theistic conception of ,god and the biblical cosmogony have been ever considered two of its great corner-stones4 ,its chronology seems also to have been based upon the same pseudo-revelation4 ,thus ,dr4 ,dalcho1 in one of his treatises asserts that the principles of the ,masonic ,order were presented at and coval with the creation4 ,it is therefore not astonishing that such a pundit should go on to state that ,god was the first ,grand ,master1 ,adam the second1 and the last named initiated ,eve into the ,great ,mystery1 as ,i suppose many a ,priestess of ,cybel and #8,lady' ,kadosh were afterward4 ,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,oliver1 another ,masonic authority1 gravely records what may be termed the minutes of a ,lodge where ,moses presided as ,grand ,master1 ,joshua as ,deputy ,grand ,master1 and ,aholiab and ,bezaleel as ,grand ,wardens6 ,the temple at ,jerusalem1 which recent archologists have shown to be a structure with nothing like the pretended antiquity of its erection1 and incorrectly called after a monarch whose name proves his mystical character1 ,sol-,om-,on 7the name of the sun in three languages71 plays1 as you correctly observe1 a considerable share in ,masonic mystery4 ,such fables as these1 and the traditional ,masonic colonization of ancient ,egypt1 have given the ,craft the credit of an illustrious origin to which it has no right1 and before whose forty centuries of legendary history1 the mythologies of ,greece and ,rome fade into insignificance4 ,the ,egyptian1 ,chaldean1 and other theories necessary to each fabricator of #8high degrees' have also each had their short period of prominence4 ,the last #8axe to grind' has consecutively been the fruitful mother of unproductiveness4 8,we both agree that all the ancient priesthoods had their esoteric doctrines and secret ceremonies4 ,from the ,essenic brotherhood1 an evolution of the ,hindu ,gymnosophists1 doubtless proceeded the ,solidarities of ,greece and ,rome as described by so-called #8,pagan' writers4 ,founded on these and copying them in the matter of ritual1 signs1 grips1 passwords1 etc41 were developed the medival guilds4 ,like the present livery companies of ,london1 the relics of the ,english trade-guilds1 the operative ,masons were but a guild of workmen with higher pretensions4 ,from the ,french name #8,maon1' derived from #8,mas1' an old ,norman noun meaning #8a house1' comes our ,english #8,mason1' a house builder4 ,as the ,london companies alluded to present now and again the ,freedom of the #8,liveries' to outsiders1 so we find the trade-guilds of ,masons doing the same4 ,thus the founder of the ,ashmolean ,museum was made free of the ,masons at ,warrington1 in ,lancashire1 ,england1 on the #afth ,october1 #afdf4 ,the entrance of such men as ,elias ,ashmole into the ,operative ,fraternity paved the way for the great #8,masonic ,revolution of #agag1' when ,,speculative ,masonry came into existence4 ,the ,constitutions of #agbc and #agch1 by the ,masonic impostor ,anderson1 were written up for the newly-fledged and first ,grand ,lodge of #8,free and ,accepted ,masons' of ,england1 from which body all others over the world hail to-day4 8,these bogus constitutions1 written by ,anderson1 were compiled about then1 and in order to palm off his miserable rubbish yclept history1 on the ,craft1 he had the audacity to state that nearly all the documents relating to ,masonry in ,england had been destroyed by the #agag reformers4 ,happily1 in the ,british ,museum1 ,bodleian ,library1 and other public institutions1 ,rebold1 ,hughan and others have discovered sufficient evidence in the shape of old ,operative ,masonic charges to disprove this statement4 8,the same writers1 ,i think1 have conclusively upset the tenability of two other documents palmed upon ,masonry1 namely1 the spurious charter of ,cologne of #aece1 and the forged questions1 supposed to have been written by ,leylande1 the antiquary1 from a ,,ms4 of ,king ,henry ,,vi4 of ,england4 ,in the last named1 ,pythagoras is referred to as having--#8formed a great lodge1 at ,crotona1 and made many ,masons1 some of whom travelled into ,france1 and there made many1 from whence1 in process of time1 the art passed into ,england4' ,sir ,christopher ,wren1 architect of ,st4 ,paul's ,cathedral1 ,london1 often called the #8,grand ,master of ,freemasons1' was simply the ,master or ,president of the ,london ,operative ,masons ,company4 ,if such a tissue of fable could interweave itself into the history of the ,grand ,lodges which now have charge of the first three symbolical degrees1 it is hardly astonishing that the same fate should befall nearly all of the ,high ,masonic ,degrees which have been aptly termed #8an incoherent medley of opposite principles4' 8,it is curious to note too that most of the bodies which work these1 such as the ,ancient and ,accepted ,scottish ,rite1 the ,rite of ,avignon1 the ,order of the ,temple1 ,fessler's ,rite1 the #8,grand ,council of the ,emperors of the ,east and ,west--,sovereign ,prince ,masons1' etc41 etc41 are nearly all the offspring of the sons of ,ignatius ,loyola4 ,the ,baron ,hundt1 ,chevalier ,ramsay1 ,tschoudy1 ,zinnendorf1 and numerous others who founded the grades in these rites1 worked under instructions from the ,general of the ,jesuits4 ,the nest where these high degrees were hatched1 and no ,masonic rite is free from their baleful influence more or less1 was the ,jesuit ,college of ,clermont at ,paris4 8,that bastard foundling of ,freemasonry1 the #8,ancient and ,accepted ,scottish ,rite1' which is unrecognized by the ,blue ,lodges was the enunciation1 primarily1 of the brain of the ,jesuit ,chevalier ,ramsay4 ,it was brought by him to ,england in #agcf-ch1 to aid the cause of the ,catholic ,stuarts4 ,the rite in its present form of thirty-three degrees was reorganized at the end of the eighteenth century by some half dozen ,masonic adventurers at ,charleston1 ,south ,carolina4 ,two of these1 ,pirlet a tailor1 and a dancing master named ,lacorne1 were fitting predecessors for a later resuscitation by a gentleman of the name of ,gourgas1 employed in the aristocratic occupation of a ship's clerk1 on a boat trading between ,new ,york and ,liverpool4 ,dr4 ,crucefix1 alias ,goss1 the inventor of certain patent medicines of an objectionable character1 ran the institution in ,england4 ,the powers under which these worthies acted was a document claimed to have been signed by ,frederick the ,great at ,berlin1 on ,may #ast1 #aghf1 and by which were revised the ,masonic ,constitution and ,status of the ,high ,degrees of the ,ancient and ,accepted ,rite4 ,this paper was an impudent forgery and necessitated the issuing of a protocol by the ,grand ,lodges of the ,three ,globes of ,berlin1 which conclusively proved the whole arrangement to be false in every particular4 ,on claims supported by this supposititious document1 the ,ancient and ,accepted ,rite have swindled their confiding brothers in the ,americas and ,europe out of thousands of dollars1 to the shame and discredit of humanity4 8,the modern ,templars1 whom you refer to in your letter1 are but mere magpies in peacock's plumes4 ,the aim of the ,masonic ,templars is the sectarianization1 or rather the ,christianizing of ,masonry1 a fraternity which is supposed to admit the ,jew1 ,parsee1 ,mahometan1 ,buddhist1 in fact every religionist within its portals who accepts the doctrine of a personal god1 and spirit-immortality4 ,according to the belief of a section1 if not all the ,israelites1 belonging to the ,craft in ,america--,templarism is ,jesuitism4 8,it seems strange1 now that the belief in a personal ,god is becoming extinct1 and that even the theologian has transformed his deity into an indescribable nondescript1 that there are those who stand in the way of the general acceptation of the sublime pantheism of the primeval ,orientals1 of ,jacob ,boehme1 of ,spinoza4 ,often in the ,grand ,lodge and subordinate lodges of this and other jurisdictions1 the old doxology is sung1 with its #8,praise ,father1 ,son1 and ,holy ,ghost1' to the disgust of ,israelites and free-thinking brethren1 who are thus unnecessarily insulted4 ,this could never occur in ,india1 where the great light in a lodge may be the ,koran1 the ,zend-,avesta1 or one of the ,vedas4 ,the sectarian ,christian spirit in ,masonry must be put down4 ,to-day there are ,german ,grand ,lodges which will not allow ,jews to be initiated1 or ,israelites from foreign countries to be accepted as brethren within their jurisdiction4 ,the ,french ,masons have1 however1 revolted against this tyranny1 and the ,grand ,orient of ,france does now permit the atheist and materialist to fellowship in the ,craft4 ,a standing rebuke upon the claimed universality of ,masonry is the fact that the ,french brethren are now repudiated4 8,notwithstanding its many faults--and speculative ,masonry is but human1 and therefore fallible--there is no institution that has done so much1 and is yet capable of such great undertakings in the future1 for human1 religious1 and political improvement4 ,in the last century the ,illuminati taught1 #8peace with the cottage1 war with the palace1' throughout the length and breadth of ,europe4 ,in the last century the ,united ,states was freed from the tyranny of the mother country by the action of the ,secret ,societies more than is commonly imagined4 ,washington1 ,lafayette1 ,franklin1 ,jefferson1 ,hamilton1 were ,masons4 ,and in the nineteenth century it was ,grand ,master ,garibaldi1 #cc1 who unified ,italy1 working in accordance with the spirit of the faithful brotherhood1 as the ,masonic1 or rather carbonari1 principles of #8liberty1 equality1 humanity1 independence1 unity1' taught for years by brother ,joseph ,mazzini4 8,speculative ,masonry has much1 too1 within its ranks to do4 ,one is to accept woman as a co-worker of man in the struggle of life1 as the ,hungarian ,masons have done lately by initiating the ,countess ,haideck4 ,another important thing is also to recognize practically the brotherhood of all humanity by refusing none on account of color1 race1 position1 or creed4 ,the dark-skinned should not be only theoretically the brother of the light4 ,the colored ,masons who have been duly and regularly raised stand at every lodge-door in ,america craving admission1 and they are refused4 ,and there is ,south ,america to be conquered to a participation in the duties of humanity4 8,if ,masonry be1 as claimed1 a progressive science and a school of pure religion1 it should ever be found in the advance guard of civilization1 not in the rear4 ,if it be but an empirical effort1 a crude attempt of humanity to solve some of the deepest problems of the race1 and no more1 then it must give place to fitter successors1 perchance one of those that you and ,i know of1 one that may have acted the prompter at the side of the chiefs of the ,order1 during its greatest triumphs1 whispering to them as the dmon did in the ear of ,socrates4 8,yours most ,sincerely1 8,,charles ,,sotheran40 ,thus falls to ruins the grand epic poem of ,masons1 sung by so many mysterious ,knights as another revealed gospel4 ,as we see1 the ,temple of ,solomon is being undermined and brought to the ground by its own chief 8,master ,masons10 of this century4 ,but if1 following the ingenious exoteric description of the ,bible1 there are yet ,masons who persist in regarding it as once an actual structure1 who1 of the students of the esoteric doctrine will ever consider this mythic temple otherwise than an allegory1 embodying the secret science8 ,whether or not there ever was a real temple of that name1 we may well leave to archologists to decide2 but that the detailed description thereof in #a ,kings is purely allegorical1 no serious scholar1 proficient in the ancient as well as medival jargon of the kabalists and alchemists1 can doubt4 ,the building of the ,temple of ,solomon is the symbolical representation of the gradual acquirement of the secret wisdom1 or magic2 the erection and development of the spiritual from the earthly2 the manifestation of the power and splendor of the spirit in the physical world1 through the wisdom and genius of the builder4 ,the latter1 when he has become an adept1 is a mightier king than ,solomon himself1 the emblem of the sun or ,light himself--the light of the real subjective world1 shining in the darkness of the objective universe4 ,this is the 8,temple0 which can be reared without the sound of the hammer1 or any tool of iron being heard in the house while it is 8in building40 ,in the ,east1 this science is called1 in some places1 the 8seven-storied10 in others1 the 8nine-storied0 ,temple2 every story answers allegorically to a degree of knowledge acquired4 ,throughout the countries of the ,orient1 wherever magic and the wisdom-religion are studied1 its practitioners and students are known among their craft as ,builders--for they build the temple of knowledge1 of secret science4 ,those of the adepts who are active1 are styled practical or operative ,builders1 while the students1 or neophytes are classed as speculative or theoretical4 ,the former exemplify in works their control over the forces of inanimate as well as animate nature2 the latter are but perfecting themselves in the rudiments of the sacred science4 ,these terms were evidently borrowed at the beginning by the unknown founders of the first ,masonic guilds4 ,in the now popular jargon1 8,operative ,masons0 are understood to be the bricklayers and the handicraftsmen1 who composed the ,craft down to ,sir ,christopher ,wren's time2 and 8,speculative ,masons10 all members of the ,order1 as now understood4 ,the sentence attributed to ,jesus1 8,thou art ,peter 444 upon this rock ,i will build my church2 and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it10 disfigured1 as it is1 by mistranslation and misinterpretation1 plainly indicates its real meaning4 ,we have shown the signification of ,pater and ,petra1 with the hierophants--the interpretation traced on the tables of stone of the final initiation1 was handed by the initiator to the chosen future interpreter4 ,having acquainted himself with its mysterious contents1 which revealed to him the mysteries of creation1 the initiated became a builder himself1 for he was made acquainted with the dodecahedron1 or the geometrical figure on which the universe was built4 ,to what he had learned in previous initiations of the use of the rule and of architectural principles1 was added a cross1 the perpendicular and horizontal lines of which were supposed to form the foundation of the spiritual temple1 by placing them across the junction1 or central primordial point1 the element of all existences1#hjj representing the first concrete idea of deity4 ,henceforth he could1 as a ,master builder 7see #a ,corinthians1 iii4 #aj71 erect a temple of wisdom on that rock of ,petra1 for himself2 and having laid a sure foundation1 let 8another build thereon40 ,the ,egyptian hierophant was given a square head-dress1 which he had to wear always1 and a square 7see ,mason's marks71 without which he could never go abroad4 ,the perfect ,tau formed of the perpendicular 7descending male ray1 or spirit7 a horizontal line 7or matter1 female ray71 and the mundane circle was an attribute of ,isis1 and1 it is but at his death that the ,egyptian cross was laid on the breast of his mummy4 ,these square hats are worn unto this day by the ,armenian priests4 ,the claim that the cross is purely a ,christian symbol introduced after our era1 is strange indeed1 when we find ,ezekiel stamping the foreheads of the men of ,judah1 who feared the ,lord 7,ezekiel ix4 #d71 with the signa ,thau1 as it is translated in the ,vulgate4 ,in the ancient ,hebrew this sign was formed thus ,illustration but in the original ,egyptian hieroglyphics as a perfect ,christian cross ,illustration4 ,in the ,revelation1 also1 the 8,alpha and ,omega0 7spirit and matter71 the first and the last1 stamps the name of his ,father in the foreheads of the elect4 ,and if our statements are wrong1 if ,jesus was not an initiate1 a ,master-builder1 or ,master-,mason as it is now called1 how comes it1 that on the most ancient cathedrals we find his figure with ,mason's marks about his person8 ,in the ,cathedral of ,santa ,croce1 ,florence1 over the main portal can be seen the figure of ,christ holding a perfect square in his hand4 ,the surviving 8,master-builders0 of the operative craft of the true ,temple1 may go literally half-naked and wander slipshod for ever--now not for the sake of a puerile ceremony1 but because1 like the 8,son of man10 they have not where to lay their heads--and yet be the only surviving possessors of the 8,word40 ,their 8cable-tow0 is the sacred triple cord of certain ,brahman-,sannysi1 or the string on which certain lamas hang their yu-stone2 but with these apparently valueless talismans1 not one of them would part for all the wealth of ,solomon and ,sheba4 ,the seven-knotted bamboo stick of the fakir can become as powerful as the rod of ,moses 8which was created between the evenings1 and on which was engraven and set forth the great and glorious ,,name1 with which he was to do the wonders in ,mizraim40 ,but these 8operative workmen0 have no fear that their secrets will be disclosed by treacherous ex-high priests of chapters1 though their generation may have received them through others than 8,moses1 ,solomon1 and ,zerubbabel40 ,had ,moses ,michael ,hayes1 the ,israelite ,brother who introduced ,royal ,arch ,masonry into this country 7in ,december4 #aggh71hja had a prophetic presentiment of future treasons1 he might have instituted more efficacious obligations than he has4 ,truly1 the grand omnific ,royal ,arch word1 8long lost but now found10 has fulfilled its prophetic promise4 ,the password of that degree is no more 8,i ,,am ,,that ,i ,,am40 ,it is now simply 8,i was but am no more60 ,illustration ,that we may not be accused of vain boasting1 we shall give the keys to several of the secret ciphers of the most exclusive and important of the so-called higher ,masonic degrees4 ,if we mistake not1 these have never before been revealed to the outside world 7except that of the ,royal ,arch ,masons1 in #ahcj71 but have been most jealously guarded within the various ,orders4 ,we are under neither promise1 obligation1 nor oath1 and therefore violate no confidence4 ,our purpose is not to gratify an idle curiosity2 we wish merely to show ,masons and the affiliates of all other ,western societies--the ,company of ,jesus included--that it is impossible for them to be secure in the possession of any secrets that it is worth an ,eastern ,brotherhood's while to discover4 ,inferentially1 it may also show them that if the latter can lift the masks of ,european societies1 they are nevertheless successful in wearing their own visors2 for1 if any one thing is universally acknowledged1 it is that the real secrets of not a single surviving ancient brotherhood are in possession of the profane4 ,some of these ciphers were used by the ,jesuits in their secret correspondence at the time of the ,jacobin conspiracy1 and when ,masonry 7the alleged successor to the ,temple7 was employed by the ,church for political purposes4 ,findel says 7see his ,history of ,freemasonry1 p4 #bec7 that in the eighteenth century1 8besides the modern ,knights ,templar1 we see the ,jesuits 444 disfiguring the fair face of ,freemasonry4 ,many ,masonic authors1 who were fully cognizant of the period1 and knew exactly all the incidents occurring1 positively assert that then and still later the ,jesuits exercised a pernicious influence1 or at least endeavored to do so1 upon the fraternity40 ,of the ,rosicrucian ,order he remarks1 upon the authority of ,prof4 ,woog1 that its 8aim at first 444 was nothing less than the support and advancement of ,catholicism4 ,when this religion manifested a determination entirely to repress liberty of thought 444 the ,rosicrucians enlarged their designs likewise to check1 if possible1 the progress of this widely-spreading enlightenment40 ,in the ,sincerus ,renatus 7the truly converted7 of ,s4 ,richter1 of ,berlin 7#agad71 we note that laws were communicated for the government of the 8,golden ,rosicrucians10 which 8bear unmistakable evidences of ,jesuitical intervention40 ,we will begin with the cryptographs of the 8,sovereign ,princes ,rose ,croix10 also styled ,knights of ,st4 ,andrew1 ,knights of the ,eagle and ,pelican1 ,heredom1 ,ros ,crucis1 ,rosy ,cross1 ,triple ,cross1 ,perfect ,brother1 ,prince ,mason1 and so on4 ,the 8,heredom ,rosy ,cross0 also claims a ,templar origin1 in #acad4hjb ,,cipher ,,of ,,the ,s ,p ,r ,c ,illustration a b c d e f g h ij k l m n ,illustration o p q r s t uv x y z 4 ,,cipher ,,of ,,the ,,knight ,,rose ,,croix ,,of ,,heredom 7of ,kilwining74 #j #a #b #c #d #e #f #g #h #i #aj #aj #aa #ab #ac #ad #ae #af #ag a b c d e f g h i j ba 7or7 k kb kc kd ke kf kg kh #fjj #gjj #hjj #ijj #ajjj gl hl il jl m ,,cipher ,,of ,,the ,,knights ,,kadosh4 7,also ,white and ,black ,eagle and ,grand ,elected ,knight ,templar47 #gj #b #c #ab #ae #bj #cj #cc #ch #i #aj #dj a b c d e f g h i k l m #fj #hj #ha #hb #hc #dh #he #hf #ij #ia #id #ie n o p q r s t u v x y z ,the ,knights ,kadosh have another cipher--or rather hieroglyph--which1 in this case1 is taken from the ,hebrew1 possibly to be the more in keeping with the ,bible ,kadeshim of the ,temple4#hjc ,illustration3 ,,hieroglyph ,,of ,,the ,k ,,kad ,as for the ,royal ,arch cipher1 it has been exposed before now1 but we may well present it slightly amplified4 ,the cipher consists of certain combinations of right angles1 with or without points or dots4 ,following is the basis of its ,illustration3 ,formation4 ,now1 the alphabet consists of twenty-six letters1 and these two signs being dissected1 form thirteen distinct characters1 thus3 ,illustration3 #a #b #c #d #e #f #g #h #i #aj #aa #ab #ac ,a point placed within each gives thirteen more1 thus3 ,illustration3 #a #b #c #d #e #f #g #h #i #aj #aa #ab #ac ,making a total of twenty-six1 equal to the number of letters in the ,english alphabet4 ,there are two ways1 at least1 of combining and using these characters for the purposes of secret correspondence4 ,one method is to call the first sign1 ,in-line illustration a2 the same1 with a point1 b1 etc4 ,another is to apply them1 in their regular course1 to the first half of the alphabet1 ,in-line illustration a1 b1 and so on1 to m2 after which1 repeat them with a dot1 beginning with n1 ,in-line illustration o1 etc41 to z4 ,the alphabet1 according to the first method1 stands thus3 ,illustration3 a b c d e f g h i j k l m ,illustration3 n o p q r s t u v w x y z ,according to the second method1 thus3 ,illustration3 a b c d e f g h i j k l m ,illustration3 n o p q r s t u v w x y z ,besides these signs1 the ,french ,masons1 evidently under the tuition of their accomplished masters--the ,jesuits1 have perfected this cipher in all its details4 ,so they have signs even for commas1 diphthongs1 accents1 dots1 etc41 and these are ,illustration3 c w - 4 1 2 3 8 ,let this suffice4 ,we might1 if we chose1 give the cipher alphabets with their keys1 of another method of the ,royal ,arch ,masons1 strongly resembling a certain ,hindu character2 of the ,g ,el of the ,mystic ,city2 of a well-known form of the ,devanagari script of the 7,french7 ,sages of the ,pyramids2 and of the ,sublime ,master of the ,great ,work1 and others4 ,but we refrain2 only1 be it understood1 for the reason that some of these alone of all the side branches of the original ,blue ,lodge ,freemasonry1 contain the promise of a useful future4 ,as for the rest1 they may and will go to the ash-heap of time4 ,high ,masons will understand what we mean4 ,we must now give some proofs of what we have stated1 and demonstrate that the word ,jehovah1 if ,masonry adheres to it1 will ever remain as a substitute1 never be identical with the lost mirific name4 ,this is so well known to the kabalists1 that in their careful etymology of the they show it beyond doubt to be only one of the many substitutes for the real name1 and composed of the two-fold name of the first androgyne--,adam and ,eve1 ,jod 7or ,yodh71 ,vau and ,he-,va--the female serpent as a symbol of ,divine ,intelligence proceeding from the ,,one-,generative or ,creative ,spirit4#hjd ,thus1 ,jehovah is not the sacred name at all4 ,had ,moses given to ,pharaoh the true 8name10 the latter would not have answered as he did1 for the ,egyptian ,king-,initiates knew it as well as ,moses1 who had learned it with them4 ,the 8name0 was at that time the common property of the adepts of all the nations in the world1 and ,pharaoh knew certainly the 8name0 of the ,highest ,god mentioned in the ,book of the ,dead4 ,but instead of that1 ,moses 7if we accept the allegory of ,exodus literally71 gives ,pharaoh the name of ,yeva1 the expression or form of the ,divine name used by all the ,targums as passed by ,moses4 ,hence ,pharaoh's reply3 8,and who is that ,yeva#hje that ,i should obey his voice80 8,jehovah0 dates only from the ,masoretic innovation4 ,when the ,rabbis1 for fear that they should lose the keys to their own doctrines1 then written exclusively in consonants1 began to insert their vowel-points in their manuscripts1 they were utterly ignorant of the true pronunciation of the ,,name4 ,hence1 they gave it the sound of ,adonah1 and made it read ,ja-ho-vah4 ,thus the latter is simply a fancy1 a perversion of the ,holy ,name4 ,and how could they know it8 ,alone1 out of all their nation the high priests had it in their possession1 and respectively passed it to their successors1 as the ,hindu ,brahmatma does before his death4 ,once a year only1 on the day of atonement1 the high priest was allowed to pronounce it in a whisper4 ,passing behind the veil into the inner chamber of the sanctuary1 the ,holy of ,holies1 with trembling lips and downcast eyes he called upon the dreaded ,,name4 ,the bitter persecution of the kabalists1 who received the precious syllables after deserving the favor by a whole life of sanctity1 was due to a suspicion that they misused it4 ,at the opening of this chapter we have told the story of ,simeon ,ben-,iocha1 one of the victims to this priceless knowledge1 and see how little he deserved his cruel treatment4 ,the ,book of ,jasher1 a work--as we are told by a very learned ,hebrew divine1 of ,new ,york--composed in ,spain in the twelfth century as 8a popular tale10 and that had not 8the sanction of the ,rabbinical ,college of ,venice10 is full of kabalistical1 alchemical1 and magical allegories4 ,admitting so much1 it must still be said that there are few popular tales but are based on historical truths4 ,the ,norsemen in ,iceland1 by ,dr4 ,g4 ,w4 ,dasent1 is also a collection of popular tales1 but they contain the key to the primitive religious worship of that people4 ,so with the ,book of ,jasher4 ,it contains the whole of the ,old ,testament in a condensed form1 and as the ,samaritans held1 i4e41 the five ,books of ,moses1 without the ,prophets4 ,although rejected by the orthodox ,rabbis1 we cannot help thinking that1 as in the case of the apocryphal ,gospels1 which were written earlier than the canonical ones1 the ,book of ,jasher is the true original from which the subsequent ,bible was in part composed4 ,both the apocryphal ,gospels and ,jasher1 are a series of religious tales1 in which miracle is heaped upon miracle1 and which narrate the popular legends as they first originated1 without any regard to either chronology or dogma4 ,still both are corner-stones of the ,mosaic and ,christian religions4 ,that there was a ,book of ,jasher prior to the ,mosaic ,pentateuch is clear1 for it is mentioned in ,joshua1 ,isaiah1 and #b ,samuel4 ,nowhere is the difference between the ,elohists and ,jehovists so clearly shown as in ,jasher4 ,jehovah is here spoken of as the ,ophites held him to be1 a ,son of ,ilda-,baoth1 or ,saturn4 ,in this ,book1 the ,egyptian ,magi1 when asked by ,pharaoh 8,who is he1 of whom ,moses speaks as the ,i am80 reply that the ,god of ,moses 8we have learned1 is the ,son of the ,wise1 the ,son of ancient kings0 7ch4 lxxix4 #de74hjf ,now1 those who assert that ,jasher is a forgery of the twelfth century--and we readily believe it--should nevertheless explain the curious fact that1 while the above text is not to be found in the ,bible1 the answer to it is1 and is1 moreover1 couched in unequivocal terms4 ,at ,isaiah xix4 #aa1 the 8,lord ,god0 complains of it very wrathfully to the prophet1 and says3 8,surely the princes of ,zoan are fools1 the counsel of the wise counsellors of ,pharaoh is become brutish2 how say ye unto ,pharaoh1 ,i am the ,son of the ,wise1 the ,son of ancient kings80 which is evidently a reply to the above4 ,at ,joshua x4 #ac1 ,jasher is referred to in corroboration of the outrageous assertion that the sun stood still1 and the moon stayed until the people had avenged themselves4 8,is not this written in the ,book of ,jasher80 says the text4 ,and at #b ,samuel1 i4 #ai1 the same book is again quoted4 8,behold10 it says1 8it is written in the ,book of ,jasher40 ,clearly1 ,jasher must have existed2 it must have been regarded as authority2 must have been older than ,joshua2 and1 since the verse in ,isaiah unerringly points to the passage above quoted1 we have at least as much reason to accept the current edition of ,jasher as a transcription1 excerpt1 or compilation of the original work1 as we have to revere the ,septuagint ,pentateuch1 as the primitive ,hebraic sacred records4 ,at all events1 ,jehovah is not the ancient of the ancient1 or 8aged of the aged10 of the ,sohar2 for we find him1 in this book1 counselling with ,god the ,father as to the creation of the world4 8,the work-master spoke to the ,lord4 ,let us make man after our image0 7,sohar i41 fol4 #be74 ,jehovah is but the ,metatron1 and perhaps1 not even the highest1 but only one of the ons2 for he whom ,onkelos calls ,memro1 the 8,word10 is not the exoteric ,jehovah of the ,bible1 nor is he ,jahve the ,existing ,one4 ,it was the secresy of the early kabalists1 who were anxious to screen the real ,mystery name of the 8,eternal0 from profanation1 and later the prudence which the medival alchemists and occultists were compelled to adopt to save their lives1 that caused the inextricable confusion of divine names4 ,this is what led the people to accept the ,jehovah of the ,bible as the name of the 8,one living ,god40 ,every ,jewish elder1 prophet1 and other man of any importance knew the difference2 but as the difference lay in the vocalization of the 8name10 and its right pronunciation led to death1 the common people were ignorant of it1 for no initiate would risk his life by teaching it to them4 ,thus the ,sinaitic deity came gradually to be regarded as identical with 8,him whose name is known but to the wise40 ,when ,capellus translates3 8,whosoever shall pronounce the name of ,jehovah1 shall suffer death10 he makes two mistakes4 ,the first is in adding the final letter h to the name1 if he wants this deity to be considered either male or androgynous1 for the letter makes the name feminine1 as it really should be1 considering it is one of the names of ,binah1 the third emanation2 his second error is in asserting that the word nokeb means only to pronounce distinctly4 ,it means to pronounce correctly4 ,therefore1 the biblical name ,jehovah may be considered simply a substitute1 which1 as belonging to one of the 8powers0 got to be viewed as that of the 8,eternal40 ,there is an evident mistake 7one of the very many71 in one of the texts in ,leviticus1 which has been corrected by ,cahen1 and which proves that the interdiction did not at all concern the name of the exoteric ,jehovah1 whose numerous other names could also be pronounced without any penalty being incurred4#hjg ,in the vicious ,english version1 the translation runs thus3 8,and he that blasphemeth the name of the ,lord1 shall surely be put to death10 ,levit4 xxiv4 #af4 ,cahen renders it far more correctly1 thus3 8,and he that blasphemeth the name of the ,eternal shall die10 etc4 ,the 8,eternal0 being something higher than the exoteric and personal 8,lord40#hjh ,as with the ,gentile nations1 the symbols of the ,israelites were ever bearing1 directly or indirectly1 upon sun-worship4 ,the exoteric ,jehovah of the ,bible is a dual god1 like all the other gods2 and the fact that ,david--who is entirely ignorant of ,moses--praises his 8,lord10 and assures him that the 8,lord is a great ,god1 and a great ,king above all gods10 may be of a very great importance to the descendants of ,jacob and ,david1 but their national ,god concerns us in no wise4 ,we are quite ready to show the 8,lord ,god0 of ,israel the same respect as we do to ,brahma1 ,zeus1 or any other secondary deity4 ,but we decline1 most emphatically1 to recognize in him either the ,deity worshipped by ,moses1 or the 8,father0 of ,jesus1 or yet the 8,ineffable ,name0 of the kabalists4 ,jehovah is1 perhaps1 one of the ,elohim1 who was concerned in the formation 7which is not creation7 of the universe1 one of the architects who built from pre-existing matter1 but he never was the 8,unknowable0 ,cause that created 8bara10 in the night of the ,eternity4 ,these ,elohim first form and bless2 then they curse and destroy2 as one of these ,powers1 ,jehovah is therefore by turns beneficent and malevolent2 at one moment he punishes and then repents4 ,he is the antitype of several of the patriarchs--of ,esau and of ,jacob1 the allegorical twins1 emblems of the ever manifest dual principle in nature4 ,so ,jacob1 who is ,israel1 is the left pillar--the feminine principle of ,esau1 who is the right pillar and the male principle4 ,when he wrestles with ,malach-,iho1 the ,lord1 it is the latter who becomes the right pillar1 and ,jacob-,israel names ,god2 although the ,bible-interpreters have endeavored to transform him into a mere 8angel of the ,lord0 7,genesis xxxii471 ,jacob conquers him--as matter will but too often conquer spirit--but his thigh is put out of joint in the fight4 ,the name of ,israel has its derivation from ,isaral or ,asar1 the ,sun-,god1 who is known as ,suryal1 ,surya1 and ,sur4 ,isra-el means 8striving with ,god40 ,the 8sun rising upon ,jacob-,israel10 is the ,sun-,god ,isaral1 fecundating matter or earth1 represented by the female-,jacob4 ,as usual1 the allegory has more than one hidden meaning in the ,kabala4 ,esau1 saou1 ,asu1 is also the sun4 ,like the 8,lord10 ,esau fights with ,jacob and prevails not4 ,the ,god-,sun first strives against1 and then rises on him in covenant4 8,and as he passed over ,penuel1 the sun rose upon him1 and he 7,jacob7 halted upon his thigh0 7,genesis xxxii4 #ca74 ,israel ,jacob1 opposed by his brother ,esau1 is ,samael1 and 8the names of ,samael are ,azazel and ,satan0 7the opposer74 ,if it will be argued that ,moses was unacquainted with the ,hindu philosophy and1 therefore1 could not have taken ,siva1 the regenerator and the destroyer1 as his model for ,jehovah1 then we must admit that there was some miraculous international intuition which prompted every nation to choose for its exoteric national deity the dual type we find in the 8,lord ,god0 of ,israel4 ,all these fables speak for themselves4 ,siva1 ,jehovah1 ,osiris1 are all the symbols of the active principle in nature par excellence4 ,they are the forces which preside at the formation or regeneration of matter and its destruction4 ,they are the types of ,life and ,death1 ever fecundating and decomposing under the never-ceasing influx of the anima mundi1 the ,universal intellectual ,soul1 the invisible but ever-present spirit which is behind the correlation of the blind forces4 ,this spirit alone is immutable1 and therefore the forces of the universe1 cause and effect1 are ever in perfect harmony with this one great ,immutable ,law4 ,spiritual ,life is the one primordial principle above2 ,physical ,life is the primordial principle below1 but they are one under their dual aspect4 ,when the ,spirit is completely untrammelled from the fetters of correlation1 and its essence has become so purified as to be re-united with its ,,cause1 it may--and yet who can tell whether it really will--have a glimpse of the ,eternal ,truth4 ,till then1 let us not build ourselves idols in our own image1 and accept the shadows for the ,eternal ,light4 ,the greatest mistake of the age was to attempt a comparison of the relative merits of all the ancient religions1 and scoff at the doctrines of the ,kabala and other superstitions4 ,but truth is stranger than fiction2 and this world-old adage finds its application in the case in hand4 ,the 8wisdom0 of the archaic ages or the 8secret doctrine0 embodied in the ,oriental ,kabala1 of which1 as we have said1 the ,rabbinical is but an abridgment1 did not die out with the ,philoletheans of the last ,eclectic school4 ,the ,gnosis lingers still on earth1 and its votaries are many1 albeit unknown4 ,such secret brotherhoods have been mentioned before ,mackenzie's time1 by more than one great author4 ,if they have been regarded as mere fictions of the novelist1 that fact has only helped the 8brother-adepts0 to keep their incognito the more easily4 ,we have personally known several of them who1 to their great merriment had had the story of their lodges1 the communities in which they lived1 and the wondrous powers which they had exercised for many long years1 laughed at and denied by unsuspecting skeptics to their very faces4 ,some of these brothers belong to the small groups of 8travellers40 ,until the close of the happy ,louis-,philippian reign1 they were pompously termed by the ,parisian garon and trader1 the nobles trangers1 and as innocently believed to be 8,boyards10 ,valachian 8,gospodars10 ,indian 8,nabobs10 and ,hungarian 8,margraves10 who had gathered at the capital of the civilized world to admire its monuments and partake of its dissipations4 ,there are1 however1 some insane enough to connect the presence of certain of these mysterious guests in ,paris with the great political events that subsequently took place4 ,such recall at least as very remarkable coincidences1 the breaking out of the ,revolution of #8#ic1 and the earlier explosion of the ,south ,sea ,bubble1 soon after the appearance of 8noble foreigners10 who had convulsed all ,paris for more or less longer periods1 by either their mystical doctrines or 8supernatural gifts40 ,the ,st4 ,germains and ,cagliostros of this century1 having learned bitter lessons from the vilifications and persecutions of the past1 pursue different tactics now-a-days4 ,but there are numbers of these mystic brotherhoods which have naught to do with 8civilized0 countries2 and it is in their unknown communities that are concealed the skeletons of the past4 ,these 8adepts0 could1 if they chose1 lay claim to strange ancestry1 and exhibit verifiable documents that would explain many a mysterious page in both sacred and profane history4 ,had the keys to the hieratic writings and the secret of ,egyptian and ,hindu symbolism been known to the ,christian ,fathers1 they would not have allowed a single monument of old to stand unmutilated4 ,and yet1 if we are well informed--and we think we are--there was not one such in all ,egypt1 but the secret records of its hieroglyphics were carefully registered by the sacerdotal caste4 ,these records still exist1 though 8not extant0 for the general public1 though perhaps the monuments may have passed away for ever out of human sight4 ,of forty-seven tombs of the kings1 near ,gornore1 recorded by the ,egyptian priests on their sacred registers1 only seventeen were known to the public1 according to ,diodorus ,siculus1 who visited the place about sixty years ,b4,c4 ,notwithstanding this historical evidence1 we assert that the whole number exist to this day1 and the royal tomb discovered by ,belzoni among the sandstone mountains of ,biban el-,melook 7,melech87 is but a feeble specimen of the rest4 ,we will add1 furthermore1 that the ,arab-,christians1 the monks1 scattered around in their poor1 desolate convents on the borderland of the great ,lybian ,desert1 know of the existence of such unbetrayed relics4 ,but they are ,copts1 sole remnants of the true ,egyptian race1 and the ,copt predominating over the ,christian monk in their natures1 they keep silent2 for what reason it is not for us to tell4 ,there are some who believe that their monkish attire is but a blind1 and that they have chosen these desolate homes among arid deserts and surrounded by ,mahometan tribes1 for some ulterior purposes of their own4 ,be it as it may1 they are held in great esteem by the ,greek monks of ,palestine2 and there is a rumor current among the ,christian pilgrims of ,jerusalem1 who throng the ,holy ,sepulchre at every ,easter1 that the holy fire from heaven will never descend so miraculously as when these monks of the desert are present to draw it down by their prayers4#hji 8,the kingdom of ,heaven suffereth violence1 and the violent take it by force40 ,many are the candidates at the doors of those who are supposed to know the path that leads to the secret brotherhoods4 ,the great majority are refused admittance1 and these turn away interpreting the refusal as an evidence of the non-existence of any such secret society4 ,of the minority accepted1 more than two-thirds fail upon trial4 ,the seventh rule of the ancient ,rosicrucian brotherhoods1 which is universal among all true secret societies3 8the ,rosy-,crux becomes and is not made10 is more than the generality of men can bear to have applied to them4 ,but let no one suppose that of the candidates who fail1 any will divulge to the world even the trifle they may have learned1 as some ,masons do4 ,none know better than themselves how unlikely it is that a neophyte should ever talk of what was imparted to him4 ,thus these societies will go on and hear themselves denied without uttering a word until the day shall come for them to throw off their reserve and show how completely they are masters of the situation4 ,,chapter ,,ix4 8,all things are governed in the bosom of this triad40--,,lydus3 ,de ,mensibus1 #bj4 8,thrice let the heaven be turned on its perpetual axis40-- ,,ovid3 ,fast iv4 8,and ,balaam said unto ,balak1 ,build me here seven altars1 and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams40-- ,numbers xxiii4 #a1 #b4 8,in seven days all creatures who have offended me shall be destroyed by a deluge1 but thou shalt be secured in a vessel miraculously formed2 take1 therefore 444 and with seven holy men1 your respective wives1 and pairs of all animals1 enter the ark without fear2 then shalt thou know ,god face to face1 and all thy questions shall be answered40--,bagavedgitta4 8,and the ,lord said1 ,i will destroy man 444 from the face of the earth4444 ,but with thee will ,i establish my covenant4444 ,come thou and all thy house into the ark4444 ,for yet seven days and ,i will cause it to rain upon the earth40--,genesis vi41 vii4 8,the ,tetraktys was not only principally honored because all symphonies are found to exist within it1 but also because it appears to contain the nature of all things40--,,theos4 ,,of ,,smyrna3 ,mathem41 p4 #adg4 ,our task will have been ill-performed if the preceding chapters have not demonstrated that ,judaism1 earlier and later ,gnosticism1 ,christianity1 and even ,christian ,masonry1 have all been erected upon identical cosmical myths1 symbols1 and allegories1 whose full comprehension is possible only to those who have inherited the key from their inventors4 ,in the following pages we will endeavor to show how much these have been misinterpreted by the widely-different1 yet intimately-related systems enumerated above1 in fitting them to their individual needs4 ,thus not only will a benefit be conferred upon the student1 but a long-deferred1 and now much-needed act of justice will be done to those earlier generations whose genius has laid the whole human race under obligation4 ,let us begin by once more comparing the myths of the ,bible with those of the sacred books of other nations1 to see which is the original1 which copies4 ,there are but two methods which1 correctly explained1 can help us to this result4 ,they are--the ,vedas1 ,brahmanical literature and the ,jewish ,kabala4 ,the former has1 in a most philosophical spirit1 conceived these grandiose myths2 the latter borrowing them from the ,chaldeans and ,persians1 shaped them into a history of the ,jewish nation1 in which their spirit of philosophy was buried beyond the recognition of all but the elect1 and under a far more absurd form than the ,aryan had given them4 ,the ,bible of the ,christian ,church is the latest receptacle of this scheme of disfigured allegories which have been erected into an edifice of superstition1 such as never entered into the conceptions of those from whom the ,church obtained her knowledge4 ,the abstract fictions of antiquity1 which for ages had filled the popular fancy with but flickering shadows and uncertain images1 have in ,christianity assumed the shapes of real personages1 and become accomplished facts4 ,allegory1 metamorphosed1 becomes sacred history1 and ,pagan myth is taught to the people as a revealed narrative of ,god's intercourse with ,his chosen people4 8,the myths10 says ,horace in his ,ars ,poetica1 8have been invented by wise men to strengthen the laws and teach moral truths40 ,while ,horace endeavored to make clear the very spirit and essence of the ancient myths1 ,euhemerus pretended1 on the contrary1 that 8myths were the legendary history of kings and heroes1 transformed into gods by the admiration of the nations40 ,it is the latter method which was inferentially followed by ,christians when they agreed upon the acceptation of euhemerized patriarchs1 and mistook them for men who had really lived4 ,but1 in opposition to this pernicious theory1 which has brought forth such bitter fruit1 we have a long series of the greatest philosophers the world has produced3 ,plato1 ,epicharmus1 ,socrates1 ,empedocles1 ,plotinus1 and ,porphyry1 ,proclus1 ,damascenus1 ,origen1 and even ,aristotle4 ,the latter plainly stated this verity1 by saying that a tradition of the highest antiquity1 transmitted to posterity under the form of various myths1 teaches us that the first principles of nature may be considered as 8gods10 for the divine permeates all nature4 ,all the rest1 details and personages1 were added later for the clearer comprehension of the vulgar1 and but too often with the object of supporting laws invented in the common interest4 ,fairy tales do not exclusively belong to nurseries2 all mankind--except those few who in all ages have comprehended their hidden meaning and tried to open the eyes of the superstitious--have listened to such tales in one shape or the other and1 after transforming them into sacred symbols1 called the product ,,religion6 ,we will try to systematize our subject as much as the ever-recurring necessity to draw parallels between the conflicting opinions that have been based on the same myths will permit4 ,we will begin by the book of ,genesis1 and seek for its hidden meaning in the ,brahmanical traditions and the ,chaldeo-,judac ,kabala4 ,the first ,scripture lesson taught us in our infancy is that ,god created the world in six days1 and rested on the seventh4 ,hence1 a peculiar solenmity is supposed to attach to the seventh day1 and the ,christians1 adopting the rigid observances of the ,jewish sabbath1 have enforced it upon us with the substitution of the first1 instead of the seventh day of the week4 ,all systems of religious mysticism are based on numerals4 ,with ,pythagoras1 the ,monas or unity1 emanating the duad1 and thus forming the trinity1 and the quaternary or ,arba-il 7the mystic four71 compose the number seven4 ,the sacredness of numbers begins with the great ,first--the ,,one1 and ends only with the nought or zero--symbol of the infinite and boundless circle which represents the universe4 ,all the intervening figures1 in whatever combination1 or however multiplied1 represent philosophical ideas1 from vague outlines down to a definitely-established scientific axiom1 relating either to a moral or a physical fact in nature4 ,they are a key to the ancient views on cosmogony1 in its broad sense1 including man and beings1 and the evolution of the human race1 spiritually as well as physically4 ,the number seven is the most sacred of all1 and is1 undoubtedly1 of ,hindu origin4 ,everything of importance was calculated by and fitted into this number by the ,aryan philosophers--ideas as well as localities4 ,thus they have the ,sapta-,rishi1 or seven sages1 typifying the seven diluvian primitive races 7post-diluvian as some say74 ,sapta-,loka1 the seven inferior and superior worlds1 whence each of these ,rishis proceeded1 and whither he returned in glory before reaching the final bliss of ,moksha4#haj ,sapta-,kula1 or seven castes--the ,brahmans assuming to represent the direct descendants of the highest of them4#haa ,then1 again1 the ,sapta-,pura 7seven holy cities72 ,sapta-,duipa 7seven holy islands72 ,sapta-,samudra 7the seven holy seas72 ,sapta-,parvata 7the seven holy mountains72 ,sapta-,arania 7the seven deserts72 ,sapta-,vruksha 7the seven sacred trees72 and so on4 ,in the ,chaldeo-,babylonian incantation1 this number reappears again as prominently as among the ,hindus4 ,the number is dual in its attributes1 i4e41 holy in one of its aspects it becomes nefast under other conditions4 ,thus the following incantation we find traced on the ,assyrian tablets1 now so correctly interpreted4 8,the evening of evil omen1 the region of the sky1 which produces misfortune4444 8,message of pest4 8,deprecators of ,nin-,ki-gal4 8,the seven gods of the vast sky4 8,the seven gods of the vast earth4 8,the seven gods of blazing spheres4 8,the seven gods of celestial legion4 8,the seven gods maleficent4 8,the seven phantoms--bad4 8,the seven phantoms of maleficent flames4444 8,bad demon1 bad alal1 bad gigim1 bad telal 444 bad god1 bad maskim4 8,spirit of seven heavens remember4444 ,spirit of seven earths remember 444 etc40 ,this number reappears likewise on almost every page of ,genesis1 and throughout the ,mosaic books1 and we find it conspicuous 7see following chapter7 in the ,book of ,job and the ,oriental ,kabala4 ,if the ,hebrew ,semitics adopted it so readily1 we must infer that it was not blindly1 but with a thorough knowledge of its secret meaning2 hence1 that they must have adopted the doctrines of their 8heathen0 neighbors as well4 ,it is but natural1 therefore1 that we should seek in heathen philosophy for the interpretation of this number1 which again reappeared in ,christianity with its seven sacraments1 seven churches in ,asia ,minor1 seven capital sins1 seven virtues 7four cardinal and three theological71 etc4 ,have the seven prismatic colors of the rainbow seen by ,noah no other meaning than that of a covenant between ,god and man to refresh the memory of the former8 ,to the kabalist1 at least1 they have a significance inseparable from the seven labors of magic1 the seven upper spheres1 the seven notes of the musical scale1 the seven numerals of ,pythagoras1 the seven wonders of the world1 the seven ages1 and even the seven steps of the ,masons1 which lead to the ,holy of ,holies1 after passing the flights of three and five4 ,whence the identity then of these enigmatical1 ever-recurring numerals that are found in every page of the ,jewish ,scriptures1 as in every ola and sloka of ,buddhistic and ,brahmanical books8 ,whence these numerals that are the soul of the ,pythagorean and ,platonic thought1 and that no unilluminated ,orientalist nor biblical student has ever been able to fathom8 ,and yet they have a key ready in their hand1 did they but know how to use it4 ,nowhere is the mystical value of human language and its effects on human action so perfectly understood as in ,india1 nor any better explained than by the authors of the oldest ,brahmanas4 ,ancient as their epoch is now found to be1 they only try to express1 in a more concrete form1 the abstract metaphysical speculations of their own ancestors4 ,such is the respect of the ,brahmans for the sacrificial mysteries1 that they hold that the world itself sprang into creation as a consequence of a 8sacrificial word0 pronounced by the ,first ,cause4 ,this word is the 8,ineffable name0 of the kabalists1 fully discussed in the last chapter4 ,the secret of the ,vedas1 8,sacred ,knowledge0 though they may be1 is impenetrable without the help of the ,brahmanas4 ,properly speaking1 the ,vedas 7which are written in verse and comprised in four books7 constitute that portion called the ,mantra1 or magical prayer1 and the ,brahmanas 7which are in prose7 contain their key4 ,while the ,mantra part is alone holy1 the ,brahmana portion contains all the theological exegesis1 and the speculations and explanations of the sacerdotal4 ,our ,orientalists1 we repeat1 will make no substantial progress toward a comprehension of ,vedic literature until they place a proper valuation upon works now despised by them2 as1 for instance1 the ,aitareya and ,kaushtaki ,brhmanas1 which belong to the ,rig-,veda4 ,zoroaster was called a ,manthran1 or speaker of ,mantras1 and1 according to ,haug1 one of the earliest names for the ,sacred ,scriptures of the ,parsis was ,mnthra-speta4 ,the power and significance of the ,brahman who acts as the ,hotri-priest at the ,soma-,sacrifice1 consists in his possession and full knowledge of the uses of the sacred word or speech--,vch4 ,the latter is personified in ,sara-isvati1 the wife of ,brahma1 who is the goddess of the sacred or 8,secret ,knowledge40 ,she is usually depicted as riding upon a peacock with its tail all spread4 ,the eyes upon the feathers of the bird's tail1 symbolize the sleepless eyes that see all things4 ,to one who has the ambition of becoming an adept of the 8,secret doctrines10 they are a reminder that he must have the hundred eyes of ,argus to see and comprehend all things4 ,and this is why we say that it is not possible to solve fully the deep problems underlying the ,brahmanical and ,buddhistic sacred books without having a perfect comprehension of the esoteric meaning of the ,pythagorean numerals4 ,the greatest power of this ,vch1 or ,sacred ,speech1 is developed according to the form which is given to the ,mantra by the officiating ,hotri1 and this form consists wholly in the numbers and syllables of the sacred metre4 ,if pronounced slowly and in a certain rhythm1 one effect is produced2 if quickly and with another rhythm1 there is a different result4 8,each metre10 says ,haug1 8is the invisible master of something visible in this world2 it is1 as it were1 its exponent and ideal4 ,this great significance of the metrical speech is derived from the number of syllables of which it consists1 for each thing has 7just as in the ,pythagorean system7 a certain numerical proportion4 ,all these things1 metres 7chhandas71 stomas1 and prishthas1 are liable to be as eternal and divine as the words themselves they contain4 ,the earliest ,hindu divines did not only believe in a primitive revelation of the words of the sacred texts1 but even in that of the various forms4 ,these forms1 along with their contents1 the everlasting ,veda-words1 are symbols expressive of things of the invisible world1 and in several respects comparable to the ,platonic ideas40 ,this testimony from an unwilling witness shows again the identity between the ancient religions as to their secret doctrine4 ,the ,gyatri metre1 for example1 consists of thrice eight syllables1 and is considered the most sacred of metres4 ,it is the metre of ,agni1 the fire-god1 and becomes at times the emblem of ,brahma himself1 the chief creator1 and 8fashioner of man0 in his own image4 ,now ,pythagoras says that 8,the number eight1 or the ,octad1 is the first cube1 that is to say1 squared in all senses1 as a die1 proceeding from its base two1 or even number2 so is man four-square or perfect40 ,of course few1 except the ,pythagoreans and kabalists1 can fully comprehend this idea2 but the illustration will assist in pointing out the close kinship of the numerals with the ,vedic ,mantras4 ,the chief problems of every theology lie concealed beneath this imagery of fire and the varying rhythm of its flames4 ,the burning bush of the ,bible1 the ,zoroastrian and other sacred fires1 ,plato's universal soul1 and the ,rosicrucian doctrines of both soul and body of man being evolved out of fire1 the reasoning and immortal element which permeates all things1 and which1 according to ,herakleitus1 ,hippocrates1 and ,parmenides1 is ,god1 have all the same meaning4 ,each metre in the ,brahmanas corresponds to a number1 and as shown by ,haug1 as it stands in the sacred volumes1 is a prototype of some visible form on earth1 and its effects are either good or evil4 ,the 8sacred speech0 can save1 but it can kill as well2 its many meanings and faculties are well known but to the ,dikshita 7the adept71 who has been initiated into many mysteries1 and whose 8spiritual birth0 is completely achieved2 the ,vch of the mantra is a spoken power1 which awakes another corresponding and still more occult power1 each allegorically personified by some god in the world of spirits1 and1 according as it is used1 responded to either by the gods or the ,rakshasas 7bad spirits74 ,in the ,brahmanical and ,buddhist ideas1 a curse1 a blessing1 a vow1 a desire1 an idle thought1 can each assume a visible shape and so manifest itself objectively to the eyes of its author1 or to him that it concerns4 ,every sin becomes incarnated1 so to say1 and like an avenging fiend persecutes its perpetrator4 ,there are words which have a destructive quality in their very syllables1 as though objective things2 for every sound awakens a corresponding one in the invisible world of spirit1 and the repercussion produces either a good or bad effect4 ,harmonious rhythm1 a melody vibrating softly in the atmosphere1 creates a beneficent and sweet influence around1 and acts most powerfully on the psychological as well as physical natures of every living thing on earth2 it reacts even on inanimate objects1 for matter is still spirit in its essence1 invisible as it may seem to our grosser senses4 ,so with the numerals4 ,turn wherever we will1 from the ,prophets to the ,apocalypse1 and we will see the biblical writers constantly using the numbers three1 four1 seven1 and twelve4 ,and yet we have known some partisans of the ,bible who maintained that the ,vedas were copied from the ,mosaic books6#hab ,the ,vedas1 which are written in ,sanscrit1 a language whose grammatical rules and forms1 as ,max ,mller and other scholars confess1 were completely established long before the days when the great wave of emigration bore it from ,asia all over the ,occident1 are there to proclaim their parentage of every philosophy1 and every religious institution developed later among ,semitic peoples4 ,and which of the numerals most frequently occur in the ,sanscrit chants1 those sublime hymns to creation1 to the unity of ,god1 and the countless manifestations of ,his power8 ,,one1 ,,three1 and ,,seven4 ,read the hymn by ,dirghatamas4 8,,to ,,him ,,who ,,represents ,,all ,,the ,,gods40 8,the ,god here present1 our blessed patron1 our sacrificer1 has a brother who spreads himself in mid-air4 ,there exists a third ,brother whom we sprinkle with our libations4444 ,it is he whom ,i have seen master of men and armed with seven rays40#hac ,and again3 8,seven ,bridles aid in guiding a car which has but ,,one wheel1 and which is drawn by a single horse that shines with seven rays4 ,the wheel has three limbs1 an immortal wheel1 never-wearying1 whence hang all the worlds40 8,sometimes seven horses drag a car of seven wheels1 and seven personages mount it1 accompanied by seven fecund nymphs of the water40 ,and the following again1 in honor of the fire-god--,agni1 who is so clearly shown but a spirit subordinate to the ,,one ,god4 8,ever ,,one1 although having three forms of double nature 7androgynous7--he rises6 and the priests offer to ,god1 in the act of sacrifice1 their prayers which reach the heavens1 borne aloft by ,agni40 ,is this a coincidence1 or1 rather1 as reason tells us1 the result of the derivation of many national cults from one primitive1 universal religion8 ,a mystery for the uninitiated1 the unveiling of the most sublime 7because correct and true7 psychological and physiological problems for the initiate4 ,revelations of the personal spirit of man which is divine because that spirit is not only the emanation of the ,,one ,supreme ,god1 but is the only ,god man is able1 in his weakness and helplessness1 to comprehend--to feel within himself4 ,this truth the ,vedic poet clearly confesses1 when saying3 8,the ,lord1 ,master of the universe and full of wisdom1 has entered with me 7into me7--weak and ignorant--and has formed me of himself in that place#had where the spirits obtain1 by the help of ,science1 the peaceful enjoyment of the fruit1 as sweet as ambrosia40 ,whether we call this fruit 8an apple0 from the ,tree of ,knowledge1 or the pippala of the ,hindu poet1 it matters not4 ,it is the fruit of esoteric wisdom4 ,our object is to show the existence of a religious system in ,india for many thousands of years before the exoteric fables of the ,garden of ,eden and the ,deluge had been invented4 ,hence the identity of doctrines4 ,instructed in them1 each of the initiates of other countries became1 in his turn1 the founder of some great school of philosophy in the ,west4 ,who of our ,sanscrit scholars has ever felt interested in discovering the real sense of the following hymns1 palpable as it is3 8,pippala1 the sweet fruit of that tree upon which come spirits who love the science 787 and where the gods produce all marvels4 ,this is a mystery for him who knows not the ,father of the world40 ,or this one again3 8,these stanzas bear at their head a title which announces that they are consecrated to the ,viswadvas 7that is to say1 to all the gods74 ,he who knows not the ,being whom ,i sing in all his manifestations1 will comprehend nothing of my verses2 those who do know ,,him are not strangers to this renion40 ,this refers to the renion and parting of the immortal and mortal parts of man4 8,the immortal ,being10 says the preceding stanza1 8is in the cradle of the mortal ,being4 ,the two eternal spirits go and come everywhere2 only some men know the one without knowing the other0 7,dirghatamas74 ,who can give a correct idea of ,him of whom the ,rig-,veda says3 8,that which is ,one the wise call it in divers manners40 ,that ,one is sung by the ,vedic poets in all its manifestations in nature2 and the books considered 8childish and foolish0 teach how at will to call the beings of wisdom for our instruction4 ,they teach1 as ,porphyry says3 8a liberation from all terrene concerns 444 a flight of the alone to the ,,alone40 ,professor ,max ,mller1 whose every word is accepted by his school as philological gospel1 is undoubtedly right in one sense when in determining the nature of the ,hindu gods1 he calls them 8masks without an actor 444 names without being1 not beings without names40#hae ,for he but proves thereby the monotheism of the ancient ,vedic religion4 ,but it seems to us more than dubious whether he or any scientist of his school needed hope to fathom the old ,aryan#haf thought1 without an accurate study of those very 8masks40 ,to the materialist1 as to the scientist1 who for various reasons endeavors to work out the difficult problem of compelling facts to agree with either their own hobbies or those of the ,bible1 they may seem but the empty shells of phantoms4 ,yet such authorities will ever be1 as in the past1 the unsafest of guides1 except in matters of exact science4 ,the ,bible patriarchs are as much 8masks without actors10 as the pragpatis1 and yet1 if the living personage behind these masks is but an abstract shadow there is an idea embodied in every one of them which belongs to the philosophical and scientific theories of ancient wisdom4#hag ,and who can render better service in this work than the native ,brahmans themselves1 or the kabalists8 ,to deny1 point-blank1 any sound philosophy in the later ,brahmanical speculations upon the ,rig-,veda1 is equivalent to refusing to ever correctly understand the mother-religion itself1 which gave rise to them1 and which is the expression of the inner thought of the direct ancestors of these later authors of the ,brahmanas4 ,if learned ,europeans can so readily show that all the ,vedic gods are but empty masks1 they must also be ready to demonstrate that the ,brahmanical authors were as incapable as themselves to discover these 8actors0 anywhere4 ,this done1 not only the three other sacred books which ,max ,mller says 8do not deserve the name of ,vedas10 but the ,rig-,veda itself becomes a meaningless jumble of words2 for what the world-renowned and subtile intellect of the ancient ,hindu sages failed to understand1 no modern scientist1 however learned1 can hope to fathom4 ,poor ,thomas ,taylor was right in saying that 8philology is not philosophy40 ,it is1 to say the least1 illogical to admit that there is a hidden thought in the literary work of a race perhaps ethnologically different from our own2 and then1 because it is utterly unintelligible to us whose spiritual development during the several thousand intervening years has bifurcated into quite a contrary direction--deny that it has any sense in it at all4 ,but this is precisely what1 with all due respect for erudition1 ,professor ,max ,mller and his school do in this instance1 at least4 ,first of all1 we are told that1 albeit cautiously and with some effort1 yet we may still walk in the footsteps of these authors of the ,vedas4 8,we shall feel that we are brought face to face and mind to mind with men yet intelligible to us after we have freed ourselves from our modern conceits4 ,we shall not succeed always2 words1 verses1 nay whole hymns in the ,rig-,veda1 will and must remain to us a dead letter4444 ,for1 with a few exceptions 444 the whole world of the ,vedic ideas is so entirely beyond our own intellectual horizon1 that instead of translating1 we can as yet only guess and combine40#hah ,and yet1 to leave us in no possible doubt as to the true value of his words1 the learned scholar1 in another passage1 expresses his opinion on these same ,vedas 7with one exception7 thus3 8,the only important1 the only real ,veda1 is the ,rig-,veda--the other so-called ,vedas deserve the name of ,veda no more than the ,talmud deserves the name of ,bible4 ,professor ,mller rejects them as unworthy of the attention of any one1 and1 as we understand it1 on the ground that they contain chiefly 8sacrificial formulas1 charms1 and incantations40#hai ,and now1 a very natural question3 ,are any of our scholars prepared to demonstrate that1 so far1 they are intimately acquainted with the hidden sense of these perfectly absurd 8sacrificial formulas1 charms1 and incantations0 and magic nonsense of ,atharva-,veda8 ,we believe not1 and our doubt is based on the confession of ,professor ,mller himself1 just quoted4 ,if 8the whole world of the ,vedic ideas the ,rig-,veda cannot be included alone in this world1 we suppose is so entirely beyond our own the scientists' intellectual horizon that1 instead of translating1 we can as yet only guess and combine20 and the ,yagur-,veda1 ,sama-,veda1 and ,atharva-,veda are 8childish and foolish20#hbj and the ,brahmanas1 the ,stras ,yska1 and ,syana1 8though nearest in time to the hymns of the ,rig-,veda1 indulge in the most frivolous and ill-judged interpretations10 how can either himself or any other scholar form any adequate opinion of either of them8 ,if1 again1 the authors of the ,brahmanas1 the nearest in time to the ,vedic hymns1 were already incompetent to offer anything better than 8ill-judged interpretations10 then at what period of history1 where1 and by whom1 were written these grandiose poems1 whose mystical sense has died with their generations8 ,are we1 then1 so wrong in affirming that if sacred texts are found in ,egypt to have become--even to the priestly scribes of #d1jjj years ago--wholly unintelligible1#hba and the ,brahmanas offer but 8childish and foolish0 interpretations of the ,rig-,veda1 at least as far back as that1 then1 #ast1 both the ,egyptian and ,hindu religious philosophies are of an untold antiquity1 far antedating ages cautiously assigned them by our students of comparative mythology2 and1 #b;d1 the claims of ancient priests of ,egypt and modern ,brahmans1 as to their age1 are1 after all1 correct4 ,we can never admit that the three other ,vedas are less worthy of their name than the ,rig-hymns1 or that the ,talmud and the ,kabala are so inferior to the ,bible4 ,the very name of the ,vedas 7the literal meaning of which is knowledge or wisdom7 shows them to belong to the literature of those men who1 in every country1 language1 and age1 have been spoken of as 8those who know40 ,in ,sanscrit the third person singular is vda 7he knows71 and the plural is vid 7they know74 ,this word is synonymous with the ,greek which ,plato uses when speaking of the wise--the magicians2 and with the ,hebrew ,hakamin1 7wise men74 ,reject the ,talmud and its old predecessor the ,kabala1 and it will be simply impossible ever to render correctly one word of that ,bible so much extolled at their expense4 ,but then it is1 perhaps1 just what its partisans are working for4 ,to banish the ,brahmanas is to fling away the key that unlocks the door of the ,rig-,veda4 ,the literal interpretation of the ,bible has already borne its fruits2 with the ,vedas and the ,sanscrit sacred books in general it will be just the same1 with this difference1 that the absurd interpretation of the ,bible has received a time-honored right of eminent domain in the department of the ridiculous2 and will find its supporters1 against light and against proof4 ,as to the 8heathen0 literature1 after a few more years of unsuccessful attempts at interpretation1 its religious meaning will be relegated to the limbo of exploded superstitions1 and people will hear no more of it4 ,we beg to be clearly understood before we are blamed and criticised for the above remarks4 ,the vast learning of the celebrated ,oxford professor can hardly be questioned by his very enemies1 yet we have a right to regret his precipitancy to condemn that which he himself confesses 8entirely beyond our own intellectual horizon40 ,even in what he considers a ridiculous blunder on the part of the author of the ,brahmanas1 other more spiritually-disposed persons may see quite the reverse4 8,who is the greatest of the gods8 ,who shall first be praised by our songs80 says an ancient ,rishi of the ,rig-,veda2 mistaking 7as ,prof4 ,m4 imagines7 the interrogative pronoun 8,who0 for some divine name4 ,says the ,professor3 8,a place is allotted in the sacrificial invocations to a god #8,who1' and hymns addressed to him are called #8,whoish hymns4'0 ,and is a god 8,who0 less natural as a term than a god 8,i am80 or 8,whoish0 hymns less reverential than 8,i-amish0 psalms8 ,and who can prove that this is really a blunder1 and not a premeditated expression8 ,is it so impossible to believe that the strange term was precisely due to a reverential awe which made the poet hesitate before giving a name1 as form to that which is justly considered as the highest abstraction of metaphysical ideals--,god8 ,or that the same feeling made the commentator who came after him to pause and so leave the work of anthropomorphizing the 8,unknown10 the 8,,who10 to future human conception8 8,these early poets thought more for themselves--than for others10 remarks ,max ,mller himself4 8,they sought rather1 in their language1 to be true to their own thought than to please the imagination of their hearers40#hbb ,unfortunately it is this very thought which awakes no responsive echo in the minds of our philologists4 ,farther1 we read the sound advice to students of the ,rig-,veda hymns1 to collect1 collate1 sift1 and reject4 8,let him study the commentaries1 the ,stras1 the ,brahmanas1 and even later works1 in order to exhaust all the sources from which information can be derived4 ,he the scholar must not despise the traditions of the ,brahmans1 even where their misconceptions 444 are palpable4444 ,not a corner in the ,brahmanas1 the ,stras1 ,yska1 and ,syana1 should be left unexplored before we propose a rendering of our own4444 ,when the scholar has done his work1 the poet and philosopher must take it up and finish it40#hbc ,poor chance for a 8philosopher0 to step into the shoes of a learned philologist and presume to correct his errors6 ,we would like to see what sort of a reception the most learned ,hindu scholar in ,india would have from the educated public of ,europe and ,america1 if he should undertake to correct a savant1 after he had sifted1 accepted1 rejected1 explained1 and declared what was good1 and what 8absurd and childish0 in the sacred books of his forefathers4 ,that which would finally be declared 8,brahmanic misconceptions10 by the conclave of ,european and especially ,german savants1 would be as little likely to be reconsidered at the appeal of the most erudite pundit of ,benares or ,ceylon1 as the interpretation of ,jewish ,scripture by ,maimonides and ,philo-,judus1 by ,christians after the ,councils of the ,church had accepted the mistranslations and explanations of ,irenus and ,eusebius4 ,what pundit1 or native philosopher of ,india should know his ancestral language1 religion1 or philosophy as well as an ,englishman or a ,german8 ,or why should a ,hindu be more suffered to expound ,brahmanism1 than a ,rabbinical scholar to interpret ,judaism or the ,isaan prophecies8 ,safer1 and far more trustworthy translators can be had nearer home4 ,nevertheless1 let us still hope that we may find at last1 even though it be in the dim future1 a ,european philosopher to sift the sacred books of the wisdom-religion1 and not be contradicted by every other of his class4 ,meanwhile1 unmindful of any alleged authorities1 let us try to sift for ourselves a few of these myths of old4 ,we will search for an explanation within the popular interpretation1 and feel our way with the help of the magic lamp of ,trismegistus--the mysterious number seven4 ,there must have been some reason why this figure was universally accepted as a mystic calculation4 ,with every ancient people1 the ,creator1 or ,demiurge1 was placed over the seventh heaven4 8,and were ,i to touch upon the initiation into our sacred ,mysteries10 says ,emperor ,julian1 the kabalist1 8which the ,chaldean bacchised respecting the seven-rayed ,god1 lifting up the souls through ,him1 ,i should say things unknown1 and very unknown to the rabble1 but well known to the blessed ,theurgists40#hbd ,in ,lydus it is said that 8,the ,chaldeans call the ,god ,,iao1 and ,,sabaoth he is often called1 as ,he who is over the seven orbits 7heavens1 or spheres71 that is the ,demiurge40#hbe ,one must consult the ,pythagoreans and ,kabalists to learn the potentiality of this number4 ,exoterically the seven rays of the solar spectrum are represented concretely in the seven-rayed god ,heptaktis4 ,these seven rays epitomized into ,,three primary rays1 namely1 the red1 blue1 and yellow1 form the solar trinity1 and typify respectively spirit-matter and spirit-essence4 ,science has also reduced of late the seven rays to three primary ones1 thus corroborating the scientific conception of the ancients of at least one of the visible manifestations of the invisible deity1 and the seven divided into a quaternary and a trinity4 ,the ,pythagoreans called the number seven the vehicle of life1 as it contained body and soul4 ,they explained it by saying1 that the human body consisted of four principal elements1 and that the soul is triple1 comprising reason1 passion1 and desire4 ,the ineffable ,,word was considered the ,seventh and highest of all1 for there are six minor substitutes1 each belonging to a degree of initiation4 ,the ,jews borrowed their ,sabbath from the ancients1 who called it ,saturn's day and deemed it unlucky1 and not the latter from the ,israelites when ,christianized4 ,the people of ,india1 ,arabia1 ,syria1 and ,egypt observed weeks of seven days2 and the ,romans learned the hebdomadal method from these foreign countries when they became subject to the ,empire4 ,still it was not until the fourth century that the ,roman kalends1 nones1 and ides were abandoned1 and weeks substituted in their place2 and the astronomical names of the days1 such as dies ,solis 7day of the ,sun71 dies ,lun 7day of the ,moon71 dies ,martis 7day of ,mars72 dies ,mercurii 7day of ,mercury71 dies ,jovis 7day of ,jupiter71 dies ,veneris 7day of ,venus71 and dies ,saturni 7day of ,saturn71 prove that it was not from the ,jews that the week of seven days was adopted4 ,before we examine this number kabalistically1 we propose to analyse it from the standpoint of the ,judaico-,christian ,sabbath4 ,when ,moses instituted the yom shaba1 or ,shebang 7,shabbath71 the allegory of the ,lord ,god resting from his work of creation on the seventh day was but a cloak1 or1 as the ,sohar expresses it1 a screen1 to hide the true meaning4 ,the ,jews reckoned then1 as they do now1 their days by number1 as1 day the first2 day the second2 and so on2 yom ahad2 yom sheni2 yom shelisho2 yom rebis2 yom shamishi2 yom shishehi2 yom ,,shaba4 8,the ,hebrew seven 1 consisting of three letters1 ,s4 ,b4 ,o41 has more than one meaning4 ,first of all1 it means age or cycle1 ,shab-ang2 ,sabbath can be translated old age1 as well as rest1 and in the old ,coptic1 ,sabe means wisdom1 learning4 ,modern archologists have found that as in ,hebrew ,sab also means gray-headed1 and that therefore the ,saba-day was the day on which the 8gray-headed men1 or #8aged fathers' of a tribe1 were in the habit of assembling for councils or sacrifices40#hbf 8,thus1 the week of six days and the seventh1 the ,saba or ,sapta-day period1 is of the highest antiquity4 ,the observance of the lunar festivals in ,india1 shows that that nation held hebdomadal meetings as well4 ,with every new quarter the moon brings changes in the atmosphere1 hence certain changes are also produced throughout the whole of our universe1 of which the meteorological ones are the most insignificant4 ,on this day of the seventh and most powerful of the prismatic days1 the adepts of the 8,secret ,science0 meet as they met thousands of years ago1 to become the agents of the occult powers of nature 7emanations of the working ,god71 and commune with the invisible worlds4 ,it is in this observance of the seventh day by the old sages--not as the resting day of the ,deity1 but because they had penetrated into its occult power1 that lies the profound veneration of all the heathen philosophers for the number seven which they term the 8venerable10 the sacred number4 ,the ,pythagorean ,tetraktis1 revered by the ,platonists1 was the square placed below the triangle2 the latter1 or the ,trinity embodying the invisible ,monad--the unity1 and deemed too sacred to be pronounced except within the walls of a ,sanctuary4 ,the ascetic observance of the ,christian ,sabbath by ,protestants is pure religious tyranny1 and does more harm1 we fear1 than good4 ,it really dates only from the enactment 7in #afgh7 of the #bith of ,charles ,,ii41 which prohibited any 8tradesman1 artificer1 workman1 laborer1 or other person10 to 8do or exercise any worldly labor1 etc41 etc41 upon the ,lord's day40 ,the ,puritans carried this thing to extremes1 apparently to mark their hatred of ,catholicism1 both ,roman and ,episcopal4 ,that it was no part of the plan of ,jesus that such a day should be set apart1 is evident not only from his words but acts4 ,it was not observed by the early ,christians4 ,when ,trypho1 the ,jew1 reproached the ,christians for not having a ,sabbath1 what does the martyr answer him8 8,the new law will have you keep a perpetual ,sabbath4 ,you1 when you have passed a day in idleness1 think you are religious4 ,the ,lord is not pleased with such things as these4 ,if any be guilty of perjury or fraud1 let him reform2 if he be an adulterer1 let him repent2 and he will then have kept the kind of ,sabbath truly pleasing to ,god4444 ,the elements are never idle1 and keep no ,sabbath4 ,there was no need of the observance of ,sabbaths before ,moses1 neither now is there any need of them after ,jesus ,christ40 ,the ,heptaktis is not the ,supreme ,cause1 but simply an emanation from ,him--the first visible manifestation of the ,unrevealed ,power4 8,his ,divine ,breath1 which1 violently breaking forth1 condensed itself1 shining with radiance until it evolved into ,light1 and so became cognizant to external sense10 says ,john ,reuchlin4#hbg ,this is the emanation of the ,highest1 the ,demiurge1 a multiplicity in a unity1 the ,elohim1 whom we see creating our world1 or rather fashioning it1 in six days1 and resting on the seventh4 ,and who are these ,elohim but the euhemerized powers of nature1 the faithful manifested servants1 the laws of ,him who is immutable law and harmony ,himself8 ,they remain over the seventh heaven 7or spiritual world71 for it is they who1 according to the kabalists1 formed in succession the six material worlds1 or rather1 attempts at worlds1 that preceded our own1 which1 they say1 is the seventh4 ,if1 in laying aside the metaphysico-spiritual conception1 we give our attention but to the religio-scientific problem of creation in 8six days10 over which our best biblical scholars have vainly pondered so long1 we might1 perchance1 be on the way to the true idea underlying the allegory4 ,the ancients were philosophers1 consistent in all things4 ,hence1 they taught that each of these departed worlds1 having performed its physical evolution1 and reached--through birth1 growth1 maturity1 old age1 and death--the end of its cycle1 had returned to its primitive subjective form of a spiritual earth4 ,thereafter it had to serve through all eternity as the dwelling of those who had lived on it as men1 and even animals1 but were now spirits4 ,this idea1 were it even as incapable of exact demonstration as that of our theologians relating to ,paradise1 is1 at least1 a trifle more philosophical4 ,as well as man1 and every other living thing upon it1 our planet has had its spiritual and physical evolution4 ,from an impalpable ideal thought under the creative ,will of ,him of whom we know nothing1 and but dimly conceive in imagination1 this globe became fluidic and semi-spiritual1 then condensed itself more and more1 until its physical development--matter1 the tempting demon--compelled it to try its own creative faculty4 ,matter defied ,,spirit1 and the earth1 too1 had its 8,fall40 ,the allegorical curse under which it labors1 is that it only procreates1 it does not create4 ,our physical planet is but the handmaiden1 or rather the maid-of-all-work1 of the spirit1 its master4 8,cursed be the ground 444 thorns and thistles shall it bring10 the ,elohim are made to say4 8,in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children40 ,the ,elohim say this both to the ground and the woman4 ,and this curse will last until the minutest particle of matter on earth shall have outlived its days1 until every grain of dust has1 by gradual transformation through evolution1 become a constituent part of a 8living soul10 and1 until the latter shall reascend the cyclic arc1 and finally stand--its own ,metatron1 or ,redeeming ,spirit--at the foot of the upper step of the spiritual worlds1 as at the first hour of its emanation4 ,beyond that lies the great 8,deep0--,a ,,mystery6 ,it must be remembered that every cosmogony has a trinity of workers at its head--,father1 spirit2 ,mother1 nature1 or matter2 and the manifested universe1 the ,son or result of the two4 ,the universe1 also1 as well as each planet which it comprehends1 passes through four ages1 like man himself4 ,all have their infancy1 youth1 maturity1 and old age1 and these four added to the other three make the sacred seven again4 ,the introductory chapters of ,genesis were never meant to present even a remote allegory of the creation of our earth4 ,they embrace 7chapter i47 a metaphysical conception of some indefinite period in the eternity1 when successive attempts were being made by the law of evolution at the formation of universes4 ,this idea is plainly stated in the ,sohar3 8,there were old worlds1 which perished as soon as they came into existence1 were formless1 and were called sparks4 ,thus1 the smith1 when hammering the iron1 lets the sparks fly in all directions4 ,the sparks are the primordial worlds which could not continue1 because the ,sacred ,aged 7,sephira7 had not as yet assumed its form 7of androgyne or opposite sexes7 of king and queen 7,sephira and ,kadmon7 and the ,master was not yet at his work40#hbh ,the six periods or 8days0 of ,genesis refer to the same metaphysical belief4 ,five such ineffectual attempts were made by the ,elohim1 but the sixth resulted in worlds like our own 7i4e41 all the planets and most of the stars are worlds1 and inhabited1 though not like our earth74 ,having formed this world at last in the sixth period1 the ,elohim rested in the seventh4 ,thus the 8,holy ,one10 when he created the present world1 said3 8,this pleases me2 the previous ones did not please me40#hbi ,and the ,elohim 8saw everything that he had made1 and behold it was very good4 ,and the evening and the morning were the sixth day40--,genesis i4 ,the reader will remember that in ,chapter ,,iv4 an explanation was given of the 8day0 and 8night0 of ,brahma4 ,the former represents a certain period of cosmical activity1 the latter an equal one of cosmical repose4 ,in the one1 worlds are being evolved1 and passing through their allotted four ages of existence2 in the latter the 8inbreathing0 of ,brahma reverses the tendency of the natural forces2 everything visible becomes gradually dispersed2 chaos comes2 and a long night of repose reinvigorates the cosmos for its next term of evolution4 ,in the morning of one of these 8days0 the formative processes are gradually reaching their climax of activity2 in the evening imperceptibly diminishing the same until the pralaya arrives1 and with it 8night40 ,one such morning and evening do1 in fact1 constitute a cosmic day2 and it was a 8day of ,brahma0 that the kabalistic author of ,genesis had in mind each time when he said3 8,and the evening and the morning were the first 7or fifth or sixth1 or any other7 day40 ,six days of gradual evolution1 one of repose1 and then--evening6 ,since the first appearance of man on our earth there has been an eternal ,sabbath or rest for the ,demiurge4 ,the cosmogonical speculations of the first six chapters of ,genesis are shown in the races of 8sons of ,god10 8giants10 etc41 of chapter vi4 ,properly speaking1 the story of the formation of our earth1 or 8creation10 as it is very improperly called1 begins with the rescue of ,noah from the deluge4 ,the ,chaldeo-,babylonian tablets recently translated by ,george ,smith leave no doubt of that in the minds of those who read the inscriptions esoterically4 ,ishtar1 the great goddess1 speaks in column iii4 of the destruction of the sixth world and the appearance of the seventh1 thus3 8,,six days and nights the wind1 deluge1 and storm overwhelmed4 8,on the seventh day1 in its course was calmed the storm1 and all the deluge1 8which had destroyed like an earthquake1#hcj 8quieted4 ,the sea he caused to dry1 and the wind and deluge ended4444 8,i perceived the shore at the boundary of the sea4444 8to the country of ,nizir went the ship 7argha1 or the moon74 8the mountain of ,nizir stopped the ship4444 8the first day1 and the second day1 the mountain of ,nizir the same4 8the fifth and the sixth1 the mountain of ,nizir the same4 8on the seventh day1 in the course of it 8,i sent forth a dove1 and it left4 ,the dove went and turned1 and 444 the raven went 444 and did not return4 8,i built an altar on the peak of the mountain4 8by seven herbs ,i cut1 at the bottom of them ,i placed reeds1 pines1 and simgar4444 8the gods like flies over the sacrifice gathered4 8from of old also the great ,god in his course4 8the great brightness 7the sun7 of ,anu had created4#hca ,when the glory of those gods the charm round my neck would not repel10 etc4 ,all this has a purely astronomical1 magical1 and esoteric relation4 ,one who reads these tablets will recognize at a glance the biblical account2 and judge1 at the same time1 how disfigured is the great ,babylonian poem by euhemeric personages--degraded from their exalted positions of gods into simple patriarchs4 ,space prevents our entering fully into this biblical travesty of the ,chaldean allegories4 ,we shall therefore but remind the reader that by the confession of the most unwilling witnesses--such as ,lenormant1 first the inventor and then champion of the ,akkadians--the ,chaldeo-,babylonian triad placed under ,ilon1 the unrevealed deity1 is composed of ,anu1 ,nuah1 and ,bel4 ,anu is the primordial chaos1 the god time and world at once1 and 1 the uncreated matter issued from the one and fundamental principle of all things4 ,as to ,nuah1 he is1 according to the same ,orientalist3 8444 the intelligence1 we will willingly say the verbum1 which animates and fecundates matter1 which penetrates the universe1 directs and makes it live2 and at the same time ,nuah is the king of the humid principle2 the ,spirit moving on the waters40 ,is not this evident8 ,nuah is ,noah1 floating on the waters1 in his ark2 the latter being the emblem of the argha1 or moon1 the feminine principle2 ,noah is the 8spirit0 falling into matter4 ,we find him as soon as he descends upon the earth1 planting a vineyard1 drinking of the wine1 and getting drunk on it2 i4e41 the pure spirit becoming intoxicated as soon as it is finally imprisoned in matter4 ,the seventh chapter of ,genesis is but another version of the first4 ,thus1 while the latter reads3 8444 and darkness was upon the face of the deep4 ,and the spirit 7of ,god7 moved upon the face of the waters10 in chapter seventh1 it is said3 8444 and the waters prevailed 444 and the ark went 7with ,noah--the spirit7 upon the face of the waters40 ,thus ,noah1 if the ,chaldean ,nuah1 is the spirit vivifying matter1 chaos represented by the deep or waters of the flood4 ,in the ,babylonian legend it is ,istar 7,astoreth1 the moon7 which is shut up in the ark1 and sends out a dove 7emblem of ,venus and other lunar goddesses7 in search of dry land4 ,and whereas in the ,semitic tablets it is ,xisuthrus or ,hasisadra who is 8translated to the company of the gods for his piety10 in the ,bible it is ,enoch who walks with1 and being taken up by ,god1 8was no more40 ,the successive existence of an incalculable number of worlds before the subsequent evolution of our own1 was believed and taught by all the ancient peoples4 ,the punishment of the ,christians for despoiling the ,jews of their records and refusing the true key to them began from the earliest centuries4 ,and thus is it that we find the holy ,fathers of the ,church laboring through an impossible chronology and the absurdities of literal interpretation1 while the learned rabbis were perfectly aware of the real significance of their allegories4 ,so not only in the ,sohar1 but also in other kabalistic works accepted by ,talmudists1 such as ,midrash ,berasheth1 or the universal ,genesis1 which1 with the ,merkaba 7the chariot of ,ezekiel71 composes the ,kabala1 may be found the doctrine of a whole series of worlds evolving out of the chaos1 and being destroyed in succession4 ,the ,hindu doctrines teach of two ,pralayas or dissolutions2 one universal1 the ,maha-,pralaya1 the other partial1 or the minor ,pralaya4 ,this does not relate to the universal dissolution which occurs at the end of every 8,day of ,brahma10 but to the geological cataclysms at the end of every minor cycle of our globe4 ,this historical and purely local deluge of ,central ,asia1 the traditions of which can be traced in every country1 and which1 according to ,bunsen1 happened about the year #aj1jjj ,b4,c41 had naught to do with the mythical ,noah1 or ,nuah4 ,a partial cataclysm occurs at the close of every 8age0 of the world1 they say1 which does not destroy the latter1 but only changes its general appearance4 ,new races of men and animals and a new flora evolve from the dissolution of the precedent ones4 ,the allegories of the 8fall of man0 and the 8deluge10 are the two most important features of the ,pentateuch4 ,they are1 so to say1 the ,alpha and ,omega1 the highest and the lowest keys of the scale of harmony on which resounds the majestic hymns of the creation of mankind2 for they discover to him who questions the ,zura 7figurative ,gemantria71 the process of man's evolution from the highest spiritual entity unto the lowest physical--the post-diluvian man1 as in the ,egyptian hieroglyphics1 every sign of the picture writing which cannot be made to fit within a certain circumscribed geometrical figure may be rejected as only intended by the sacred hierogrammatist for a premeditated blind--so many of the details in the ,bible must be treated on the same principle1 that portion only being accepted which answers to the numerical methods taught in the ,kabala4 ,the deluge appears in the ,hindu books only as a tradition4 ,it claims no sacred character1 and we find it but in the ,mahbhrata1 the ,puranas1 and still earlier in the ,satapatha1 one of the latest ,brahmanas4 ,it is more than probable that ,moses1 or whoever wrote for him1 used these accounts as the basis of his own purposely disfigured allegory1 adding to it moreover the ,chaldean ,berosian narrative4 ,in ,mahbhrata1 we recognize ,nimrod under the name of ,king ,daytha4 ,the origin of the ,grecian fable of the ,titans scaling ,olympus1 and the other of the builders of the ,tower of ,babel who seek to reach heaven1 is shown in the impious ,daytha1 who sends imprecations against heaven's thunder1 and threatens to conquer heaven itself with his mighty warriors1 thereby bringing upon humanity the wrath of ,brahma4 8,the ,lord then resolved10 says the text1 8to chastise his creatures with a terrible punishment which should serve as a warning to survivors1 and to their descendants40 ,vaivasvata 7who in the ,bible becomes ,noah7 saves a little fish1 which turns out to be an avatar of ,vishnu4 ,the fish warns that just man that the globe is about to be submerged1 that all that inhabit it must perish1 and orders him to construct a vessel in which he shall embark1 with all his family4 ,when the ship is ready1 and ,vaivasvata has shut up in it with his family the seeds of plants and pairs of all animals1 and the rain begins to fall1 a gigantic fish1 armed with a horn1 places itself at the head of the ark4 ,the holy man1 following its orders1 attaches a cable to this horn1 and the fish guides the ship safely through the raging elements4 ,in the ,hindu tradition the number of days during which the deluge lasted agrees exactly with that of the ,mosaic account4 ,when the elements were calmed1 the fish landed the ark on the summit of the ,himalayas4 ,this fable is considered by many orthodox commentators to have been borrowed from the ,mosaic ,scriptures4#hcb ,but surely if such a universal cataclysm had ever taken place within man's memory1 some of the monuments of the ,egyptians1 of which many are of such a tremendous antiquity1 would have recorded that occurrence1 coupled with that of the disgrace of ,ham1 ,canaan1 and ,mizraim1 their alleged ancestors4 ,but1 till now1 there has not been found the remotest allusion to such a calamity1 although ,mizraim certainly belongs to the first generation after the deluge1 if not actually an antediluvian himself4 ,on the other hand the ,chaldeans preserved the tradition1 as we find ,berosus testifying to it1 and the ancient ,hindus possess the legend as given above4 ,now1 there is but one explanation of the extraordinary fact that of two contemporary and civilized nations like ,egypt and ,chaldea1 one has preserved no tradition of it whatever1 although it was the most directly interested in the occurrence--if we credit the ,bible--and the other has4 ,the deluge noticed in the ,bible1 in one of the ,brahmanas1 and in the ,berosus ,fragment1 relates to the partial flood which1 about #aj1jjj years ,b4,c41 according to ,bunsen1 and according to the ,brahmanical computations of the ,zodiac also changed the whole face of ,central ,asia4#hcc ,thus the ,babylonians and the ,chaldeans might have learned of it from their mysterious guests1 christened by some ,assyriologists ,akkadians1 or what is still more probable they1 themselves1 perhaps1 were the descendants of those who had dwelt in the submerged localities4 ,the ,jews had the tale from the latter as they had everything else2 the ,brahmans may have recorded the traditions of the lands which they first invaded1 and had perhaps inhabited before they possessed themselves of the ,punjb4 ,but the ,egyptians1 whose first settlers had evidently come from ,southern ,india1 had less reason to record the cataclysm1 since it had perhaps never affected them except indirectly1 as the flood was limited to ,central ,asia4 ,burnouf1 noticing the fact that the story of the deluge is found only in one of the most modern ,brahmanas1 also thinks that it might have been borrowed by the ,hindus from the ,semitic nations4 ,against such an assumption are ranged all the traditions and customs of the ,hindus4 ,the ,aryans1 and especially the ,brahmans1 never borrowed anything at all from the ,semitists1 and here we are corroborated by one of those 8unwilling witnesses10 as ,higgins calls the partisans of ,jehovah and ,bible4 8,i have never seen anything in the history of the ,egyptians and ,jews10 writes ,abb ,dubois1 forty years a resident of ,india1 8that would induce me to believe that either of these nations1 or any other on the face of the earth1 have been established earlier than the ,hindus1 and particularly the ,brahmans2 so ,i cannot be induced to believe that the latter have drawn their rites from foreign nations4 ,on the contrary1 ,i infer that they have drawn them from an original source of their own4 ,whoever knows anything of the spirit and character of the ,brahmans1 their stateliness1 their pride1 and extreme vanity1 their distance1 and sovereign contempt for everything that is foreign1 and of which they cannot boast to have been the inventors1 will agree with me that such a people cannot have consented to draw their customs and rules of conduct from an alien country40#hcd ,this fable which mentions the earliest avatar--the ,matsya--relates to another yuga than our own1 that of the first appearance of animal life2 perchance1 who knows1 to the ,devonian age of our geologists8 ,it certainly answers better to the latter than the year #bcdh ,b4,c46 ,apart from this1 the very absence of all mention of the deluge from the oldest books of the ,hindus suggests a powerful argument when we are left utterly to inferences as in this case4 8,the ,vedas and ,manu10 says ,jacolliot1 8those monuments of the old ,asiatic thought1 existed far earlier than the diluvian period2 this is an incontrovertible fact1 having all the value of an historical truth1 for1 besides the tradition which shows ,vishnu himself as saving the ,vedas from the deluge--a tradition which1 notwithstanding its legendary form1 must certainly rest upon a real fact--it has been remarked that neither of these sacred books mention the cataclysm1 while the ,pranas and the ,mahbhrata1 and a great number of other more recent works1 describe it with the minutest detail1 which is a proof of the priority of the former4 ,the ,vedas certainly would never have failed to contain a few hymns on the terrible disaster which1 of all other natural manifestations1 must have struck the imagination of the people who witnessed it40 8,neither would ,manu1 who gives us a complete narrative of the creation1 with a chronology from the divine and heroical ages1 down to the appearance of man on earth--have passed in silence an event of such importance40 ,manu 7book i41 sloka #ce71 gives the names of ten eminent saints whom he calls pradjpatis 7more correctly pragpatis71 in whom the ,brahman theologians see prophets1 ancestors of the human race1 and the ,pundits simply consider as ten powerful kings who lived in the ,krita-yug1 or the age of good 7the golden age of the ,greeks74 ,the last of these pragpatis is ,brighou4 8,enumerating the succession of these eminent beings who1 according to ,manu1 have governed the world1 the old ,brahmanical legislator names as descending from ,brighou3 ,swrotchica1 ,ottami1 ,tamasa1 ,raivata1 the glorious ,tchkchoucha1 and the son of ,vivasvat1 every one of the six having made himself worthy of the title of ,manu 7divine legislator71 a title which had equally belonged to the ,pradjpatis1 and every great personage of primitive ,india4 ,the genealogy stops at this name4 8,now1 according to the ,pranas and the ,mahbhrata it was under a descendant of this son of ,vivaswata1 named ,vaivaswata that occurred the great cataclysm1 the remembrance of which1 as will be seen1 has passed into a tradition1 and been carried by emigration into all the countries of the ,east and ,west which ,india has colonized since then4444 8,the genealogy given by ,manu stopping1 as we have seen1 at ,vivaswata1 it follows that this work 7of ,manu7 knew nothing either of ,vivaswata or the deluge40#hce ,the argument is unanswerable2 and we commend it to those official scientists1 who1 to please the clergy1 dispute every fact proving the tremendous antiquity of the ,vedas and ,manu4 ,colonel ,vans ,kennedy has long since declared that ,babylonia was1 from her origin1 the seat of ,sanscrit literature and ,brahman learning4 ,and how or why should the ,brahmans have penetrated there1 unless it was as the result of intestine wars and emigration from ,india8 ,the fullest account of the deluge is found in the ,mahbhrata of ,vedavyasa1 a poem in honor of the astrological allegories on the wars between the ,solar and the ,lunar races4 ,one of the versions states that ,vivaswata became the father of all the nations of the earth through his own progeny1 and this is the form adopted for the ,noachian story2 the other states that--like ,deukalion and ,pyrrha--he had but to throw pebbles into the ilus left by the retiring waves of the flood1 to produce men at will4 ,these two versions--one ,hebrew1 the other ,greek--allow us no choice4 ,we must either believe that the ,hindus borrowed from pagan ,greeks as well as from monotheistic ,jews1 or--what is far more probable--that the versions of both of these nations are derived from the ,vedic literature through the ,babylonians4 ,history tells us of the stream of immigration across the ,indus1 and later of its overflowing the ,occident2 and of populations of ,hindu origin passing from ,asia ,minor to colonize ,greece4 ,but history says not a single word of the 8chosen people10 or of ,greek colonies having penetrated ,india earlier than the #eth and #dth centuries ,b4,c41 when we first find vague traditions that make some of the problematical lost tribes of ,israel1 take from ,babylon the route to ,india4 ,but even were the story of the ten tribes to find credence1 and the tribes themselves be proved to have existed in profane as well as in sacred history1 this does not help the solution at all4 ,colebrooke1 ,wilson1 and other eminent ,indianists show the ,mahbhrata1 if not the ,satapatha-brhmana1 in which the story is also given1 as by far antedating the age of ,cyrus1 hence1 the possible time of the appearance of any of the tribes of ,israel in ,india4#hcf ,orientalists accord the ,mahbhrata an antiquity of between twelve and fifteen hundred years ,b4,c42 as to the ,greek version it bears as little evidence as the other1 and the attempts of the ,hellenists in this direction have as signally failed4 ,the story of the conquering army of ,alexander penetrating into ,northern ,india1 itself becomes more doubted every day4 ,no ,hindu national record1 not the slightest historical memento1 throughout the length and breadth of ,india offers the slightest trace of such an invasion4 ,if even such historical facts are now found to have been all the while fictions1 what are we to think of narratives which bear on their very face the stamp of invention8 ,we cannot help sympathizing at heart with ,professor ,mller when he remarks that it seems 8blasphemy to consider these fables of the heathen world as corrupted and misinterpreted fragments of divine ,revelation once granted to the whole race of mankind40 ,only1 can this scholar be held perfectly impartial and fair to both parties1 unless he includes in the number of these fables those of the ,bible8 ,and is the language of the ,old ,testament more pure or moral than the books of the ,brahmans8 ,or any fables of the heathen world more blasphemous and ridiculous than ,jehovah's interview with ,moses 7,exodus xxxiii4 #bc78 ,are any of the ,pagan gods made to appear more fiendish than the same ,jehovah in a score of passages8 ,if the feelings of a pious ,christian are shocked at the absurdities of ,father ,kronos eating his children and maiming ,uranos2 or of ,jupiter throwing ,vulcan down from heaven and breaking his leg2 on the other hand he cannot feel hurt if a non-,christian laughs at the idea of ,jacob boxing with the ,creator1 who 8when he saw that he prevailed not against him10 dislocated ,jacob's thigh1 the patriarch still holding fast to ,god and not allowing ,him to go ,his way1 notwithstanding ,his pleading4 ,why should the story of ,deukalion and ,pyrrha1 throwing stones behind them1 and thus creating the human race1 be deemed more ridiculous than that of ,lot's wife being changed into a pillar of salt1 or of the ,almighty creating men of clay and then breathing the breath of life into them8 ,the choice between the latter mode of creation and that of the ,egyptian ram-horned god fabricating man on a potter's wheel is hardly perceptible4 ,the story of ,minerva1 goddess of wisdom1 ushered into existence after a certain period of gestation in her father's brain1 is at least suggestive and poetical1 as an allegory4 ,no ancient ,greek was ever burned for not accepting it literally2 and1 at all events1 8heathen0 fables in general are far less preposterous and blasphemous than those imposed upon ,christians1 ever since the ,church accepted the ,old ,testament1 and the ,roman ,catholic ,church opened its register of thaumaturgical saints4 8,many of the natives of ,india10 continues ,professor ,mller1 8confess that their feelings revolt against the impurities attributed to the gods by what they call their sacred writings2 yet there are honest ,brahmans who will maintain that these stories have a deeper meaning2 that immorality being incompatible with a divine being1 a mystery must be supposed to be concealed in these time-hallowed fables1 a mystery which an inquiring and reverent mind may hope to fathom40 ,this is precisely what the ,christian clergy maintain in attempting to explain the indecencies and incongruities of the ,old ,testament4 ,only1 instead of allowing the interpretation to those who have the key to these seeming incongruities1 they have assumed to themselves the office and right1 by divine proxy1 to interpret these in their own way4 ,they have not only done that but have gradually deprived the ,hebrew clergy of the means to interpret their ,scriptures as their fathers did2 so that to find among the ,rabbis in the present century a well-versed kabalist1 is quite rare4 ,the ,jews have themselves forgotten the key6 ,how could they help it8 ,where are the original manuscripts8 ,the oldest ,hebrew manuscript in existence is said to be the ,bodleian ,codex1 which is not older than between eight and nine hundred years4#hcg ,the break between ,ezra and this ,codex is thus fifteen centuries4 ,in #adij the ,inquisition caused all the ,hebrew ,bibles to be burned2 and ,torquemada alone destroyed #f1jjj volumes at ,salamanca4 ,except a few manuscripts of the ,tora ,ketubim and ,nebiim1 used in the synagogues1 and which are of quite a recent date1 we do not think there is one old manuscript in existence which is not punctuated1 hence--completely misinterpreted and altered by the ,masorets4 ,were it not for this timely invention of the ,masorah1 no copy of the ,old ,testament could possibly be tolerated in our century4 ,it is well known that the ,masorets while transcribing the oldest manuscripts put themselves to task to take out1 except in a few places which they have probably overlooked1 all the immodest words and put in places sentences of their own1 often changing completely the sense of the verse4 8,it is clear10 says ,donaldson1 8that the ,masoretic school at ,tiberias were engaged in settling or unsettling the ,hebrew text until the final publication of the ,masorah itself40 ,therefore1 had we but the original texts--judging by the present copies of the ,bible in our possession--it would be really edifying to compare the ,old ,testament with the ,vedas and even with the ,brahmanical books4 ,we verily believe that no faith1 however blind1 could stand before such an avalanche of crude impurities and fables4 ,if the latter are not only accepted but enforced upon millions of civilized persons who find it respectable and edifying to believe in them as divine revelation1 why should we wonder that ,brahmans believe their books to be equally a ,sruti1 a revelation8 ,let us thank the ,masorets by all means1 but let us study at the same time both sides of the medal4 ,legends1 myths1 allegories1 symbols1 if they but belong to the ,hindu1 ,chaldean1 or ,egyptian tradition1 are thrown into the same heap of fiction4 ,hardly are they honored with a superficial search into their possible relations to astronomy or sexual emblems4 ,the same myths--when and because mutilated--are accepted as ,sacred ,scriptures1 more--the ,word of ,god6 ,is this impartial history8 ,is this justice to either the past1 the present1 or the future8 8,ye cannot serve ,god and ,mammon10 said the ,reformer1 nineteen centuries ago4 8,ye cannot serve truth and public prejudice10 would be more applicable to our own age4 ,yet our authorities pretend they serve the former4 ,there are few myths in any religious system but have an historical as well as a scientific foundation4 ,myths1 as ,pococke ably expresses it1 8are now proved to be fables1 just in proportion as we misunderstand them2 truths1 in proportion as they were once understood4 ,our ignorance it is which has made a myth of history2 and our ignorance is an ,hellenic inheritance1 much of it the result of ,hellenic vanity40#hch ,bunsen and ,champollion have already shown that the ,egyptian sacred books are by far older than the oldest parts of the ,book of ,genesis4 ,and now a more careful research seems to warrant the suspicion--which with us amounts to a certainty1 that the laws of ,moses are copies from the code of the ,brahmanic ,manu4 ,thus1 according to every probability1 ,egypt owes her civilization1 her civil institutions1 and her arts1 to ,india4 ,but against the latter assumption we have a whole army of 8authorities0 arrayed1 and what matters if the latter do deny the fact at present8 ,sooner or later they will have to accept it1 whether they belong to the ,german or ,french school4 ,among1 but not of those who so readily compromise between interest and conscience1 there are some fearless scholars1 who may bring out to light incontrovertible facts4 ,some twenty years since1 ,max ,mller1 in a letter to the ,editor of the ,london ,times1 ,april1 #aheg1 maintained most vehemently that ,nirvana meant annihilation1 in the fullest sense of the word4 7,see ,chips1 etc41 vol4 i41 p4 #bhg1 on the meaning of ,nirvana47 ,but in #ahfi1 in a lecture before the general meeting of the ,association of ,german ,philologists at ,kiel1 8he distinctly declares his belief that the nihilism attributed to ,buddha's teaching forms no part of his doctrine1 and that it is wholly wrong to suppose that ,nirvana means annihilation40 7,trbner's ,american and ,oriental ,literary ,record1 ,oct4 #af1 #ahfi2 also ,inman's ,ancient ,faiths and ,modern1 p4 #abh47 ,yet if we mistake not1 ,professor ,mller was as much of an authority in #aheg as in #ahfi4 8,it will be difficult to settle10 says 7now7 this great scholar1 8whether the ,vedas is the oldest of books1 and whether some of the portions of the ,old ,testament may not be traced back to the same or even an earlier date than the oldest hymns of the ,veda40#hci ,but his retraction about the ,nirvana allows us a hope that he may yet change his opinion on the question of ,genesis likewise1 so that the public may have simultaneously the benefit of truth1 and the sanction of one of ,europe's greatest authorities4 ,it is well known how little the ,orientalists have come to anything like an agreement about the age of ,zoroaster1 and until this question is settled1 it would be safer perhaps to trust implicitly in the ,brahmanical calculations by the ,zodiac1 than to the opinions of scientists4 ,leaving the profane horde of unrecognized scholars1 those we mean who yet wait their turn to be chosen for public worship as idols symbolical of scientific leadership1 where can we find1 among the sanctioned authorities of the day1 two that agree as to this age8 ,there's ,bunsen1 who places ,zoroaster at ,baktra1 and the emigration of ,baktrians to the ,indus at #cghd ,b4,c41#hdj and the birth of ,moses at #acib4hda ,now it is rather difficult to place ,zoroaster anterior to the ,vedas1 considering that the whole of his doctrine is that of the earlier ,vedas4 ,true1 he remained in ,afghanistan for a period more or less problematical before crossing into the ,punjb2 but the ,vedas were begun in the latter country4 ,they indicate the progress of the ,hindus1 as the ,avesta that of the ,iranians4 ,and there is ,haug who assigns to the ,aitareya ,brahmanam--a ,brahmanical speculation and commentary upon the ,rig-,veda of a far later date than the ,veda itself--between #adjj and #abjj ,b4,c41 while the ,vedas are placed by him between #b1jjj and #b1djj years ,b4,c4 ,max ,mller cautiously suggests certain difficulties in this chronological computation1 but still does not altogether deny it4#hdb ,let it1 however1 be as it may1 and supposing that the ,pentateuch was written by ,moses himself--notwithstanding that he would thereby be made to twice record his own death--still1 if ,moses was born1 as ,bunsen finds1 in #acib ,b4,c41 the ,pentateuch could not have been written1 before the ,vedas4 ,especially if ,zoroaster was born #cghd ,b4,c4 ,if1 as ,dr4 ,haug#hdc tells us1 some of the hymns of the ,rig-,veda were written before ,zoroaster accomplished his schism1 something like thirty-seven centuries ,b4,c41 and ,max ,mller says himself that 8the ,zoroastrians and their ancestors started from ,india during the ,vaidic period10 how can some of the portions of the ,old ,testament be traced back to the same or even 8an earlier date than the oldest hymns of the ,veda80 ,it has generally been agreed among ,orientalists that the ,aryans1 #c1jjj years ,b4,c41 were still in the steppes east of the ,caspian1 and united4 ,rawlinson conjectures that they 8flowed east0 from ,armenia as a common centre2 while two kindred streams began to flow1 one northward over the ,caucasus1 and the other westward over ,asia ,minor and ,europe4 ,he finds the ,aryans1 at a period anterior to the fifteenth century before our era1 8settled in the territory watered by the ,upper ,indus40 ,thence ,vedic ,aryans migrated to the ,punjb1 and ,zendic ,aryans westward1 establishing the historical countries4 ,but this1 like the rest1 is a hypothesis1 and only given as such4 ,again1 ,rawlinson1 evidently following ,max ,mller1 says3 8,the early history of the ,aryans is for many ages an absolute blank40 ,but many learned ,brahmans1 however1 have declared that they found trace of the existence of the ,vedas as early as #bajj ,b4,c42 and ,sir ,william ,jones1 taking for his guide the astronomical data1 places the ,yagur-,veda #aehj ,b4,c4 ,this would be still 8before ,moses40 ,it is upon the supposition that the ,aryans did not leave ,afghanistan for the ,punjb prior to #aejj ,b4,c4 that ,max ,mller and other ,oxford savants have supposed that portions of the ,old ,testament may be traced back to the same or even an earlier date than the oldest hymns of the ,veda4 ,therefore1 until the ,orientalists can show us the correct date at which ,zoroaster flourished1 no authority can be regarded as better for the ages of the ,vedas than the ,brahmans themselves4 ,as it is a recognized fact that the ,jews borrowed most of their laws from the ,egyptians1 let us examine who were the ,egyptians4 ,in our opinion--which is but a poor authority1 of course--they were the ancient ,indians1 and in our first volume we have quoted passages from the historian ,collouca-,batta that support such a theory4 ,what we mean by ancient ,india is the following3 ,no region on the map--except it be the ancient ,scythia--is more uncertainly defined than that which bore the designation of ,india4 thiopia is perhaps the only parallel4 ,it was the home of the ,cushite or ,hamitic races1 and lay to the east of ,babylonia4 ,it was once the name of ,hindustan1 when the dark races1 worshippers of ,bala-,mahadeva and ,bhavani-,mahidevi1 were supreme in that country4 ,the ,india of the early sages appears to have been the region at the sources of the ,oxus and ,jaxartes4 ,apollonius of ,tyana crossed the ,caucasus1 or ,hindu ,kush1 where he met with a king who directed him to the abode of the sages--perhaps the descendants of those whom ,ammianus terms the 8,brahmans of ,upper ,india10 and whom ,hystaspes1 the father of ,darius 7or more probably ,darius ,hystaspes himself7 visited2 and1 having been instructed by them1 infused their rites and ideas into the ,magian observances4 ,this narrative about ,apollonius seems to indicate ,kashmere as the country which he visited1 and the ,nagas--after their conversion to ,buddhism--as his teachers4 ,at this time ,aryan ,india did not extend beyond the ,punjb4 ,to our notion1 the most baffling impediment in the way of ethnological progress has always been the triple progeny of ,noah4 ,in the attempt to reconcile postdiluvian races with a genealogical descent from ,shem1 ,ham1 and ,japhet1 the ,christianesque ,orientalists have set themselves a task impossible of accomplishment4 ,the biblical ,noachian ark has been a ,procrustean bed to which they had to make everything fit4 ,attention has therefore been diverted from veritable sources of information as to the origin of man1 and a purely local allegory mistaken for a historical record emanating from an inspired source4 ,strange and unfortunate choice6 ,out of all the sacred writings of all the branch nations1 sprung from the primitive stock of mankind1 ,christianity must choose for its guidance the national records and scriptures of a people perhaps the least spiritual of the human family--the ,semitic4 ,a branch that has never been able to develop out of its numerous tongues a language capable of embodying ideas of a moral and intellectual world2 whose form of expression and drift of thought could never soar higher than the purely sensual and terrestrial figures of speech2 whose literature has left nothing original1 nothing that was not borrowed from the ,aryan thought2 and whose science and philosophy are utterly wanting in those noble features which characterize the highly spiritual and metaphysical systems of the ,indo-,european 7,japetic7 races4 ,bunsen shows ,khamism 7the language of ,egypt7 as a very ancient deposit from ,western ,asia1 containing the germs of the ,semitic1 and thus bearing 8witness to the primitive cognate unity of the ,semitic and ,aryan races40 ,we must remember1 in this connection1 that the peoples of ,southwestern and ,western ,asia1 including the ,medes1 were all ,aryans4 ,it is yet far from being proved who were the original and primitive masters of ,india4 ,that this period is now beyond the reach of documentary history1 does not preclude the probability of our theory that it was the mighty race of builders1 whether we call them ,eastern thiopians1 or dark-skinned ,aryans 7the word meaning simply 8noble warrior10 a 8brave074 ,they ruled supreme at one time over the whole of ancient ,india1 enumerated later by ,manu as the possession of those whom our scientists term the ,sanscrit-speaking people4 ,these ,hindus are supposed to have entered the country from the northwest2 they are conjectured by some to have brought with them the ,brahmanical religion1 and the language of the conquerors was probably the ,sanscrit4 ,on these three meagre data our philologists have worked ever since the ,hindustani and its immense ,sanscrit literature was forcibly brought into notice by ,sir ,william ,jones--all the time with the three sons of ,noah clinging around their necks4 ,this is exact science1 free from religious prejudices6 ,verily1 ethnology would have been the gainer if this ,noachian trio had been washed overboard and drowned before the ark reached land6 ,the thiopians are generally classed in the ,semitic group2 but we have to see how far they have a claim to such a classification4 ,we will also consider how much they might have had to do with the ,egyptian civilization1 which1 as a writer expresses it1 seems referable in the same perfection to the earliest dates1 and not to have had a rise and progress1 as was the case with that of other peoples4 ,for reasons that we will now adduce1 we are prepared to maintain that ,egypt owes her civilization1 commonwealth and arts--especially the art of building1 to pre-,vedic ,india1 and that it was a colony of the dark-skinned ,aryans1 or those whom ,homer and ,herodotus term the eastern thiopians1 i4e41 the inhabitants of ,southern ,india1 who brought to it their ready-made civilization in the ante-chronological ages1 of what ,bunsen calls the pre-,menite1 but nevertheless epochal history4 ,in ,pococke's ,india in ,greece1 we find the following suggestive paragraph3 8,the plain account of the wars carried on between the solar chiefs1 ,oosras 7,osiris7 the prince of the ,guelas1 and #8,,tu-,,phoo' is the simple historical fact of the wars of the ,apians1 or ,sun-tribes of ,oude1 with the people of #8,,tu-,,phoo' or ,,thibet1 who were1 in fact1 the lunar race1 mostly ,buddhists#hdd and opposed by ,rama and the #8,,aityo-,,pias' or people of ,oude1 subsequently the ,,aith-,,io-,,pians of ,africa40#hde ,we would remind the reader in this connection1 that ,ravan1 the giant1 who1 in the ,ramayana1 wages such a war with ,rama ,chandra1 is shown as ,king of ,lanka1 which was the ancient name for ,ceylon2 and that ,ceylon1 in those days1 perhaps formed part of the main-land of ,southern ,india1 and was peopled by the 8,eastern thiopians40 ,conquered by ,rama1 the son of ,dasarata1 the ,solar ,king of ancient ,oude1 a colony of these emigrated to ,northern ,africa4 ,if1 as many suspect1 ,homer's ,iliad and much of his account of the ,trojan war is plagiarized from the ,ramayana1 then the traditions which served as a basis for the latter must date from a tremendous antiquity4 ,ample margin is thus left in pre-chronological history for a period1 during which the 8,eastern thiopians0 might have established the hypothetical ,mizraic colony1 with their high ,indian civilization and arts4 ,science is still in the dark about cuneiform inscriptions4 ,until these are completely deciphered1 especially those cut in rocks found in such abundance within the boundaries of the old ,iran1 who can tell the secrets they may yet reveal8 ,there are no ,sanscrit monumental inscriptions older than ,chandragupta 7#cae ,b4,c471 and the ,persepolitan inscriptions are found #bbj years older4 ,there are even now some manuscripts in characters utterly unknown to philologists and palographists1 and one of them is1 or was1 some time since in the library of ,cambridge1 ,england4 ,linguistic writers class the ,semitic with the ,indo-,european language1 generally including the thiopian and the ancient ,egyptian in the classification4 ,but if some of the dialects of the modern ,northern ,africa1 and even the modern ,gheez or thiopian1 are now so degenerated and corrupted as to admit of false conclusions as to the genetical relationship between them and the other ,semitic tongues1 we are not at all sure that the latter have any claim to such a classification1 except in the case of the old ,coptic and the ancient ,gheez4 ,that there is more consanguinity between the thiopians and the ,aryan1 dark-skinned races1 and between the latter and the ,egyptians1 is something which yet may be proved4 ,it has been lately found that the ancient ,egyptians were of the ,caucasian type of mankind1 and the shape of their skulls is purely ,asiatic4#hdf ,if they were less copper-colored than the thiopians of our modern day1 the thiopians themselves might have had a lighter complexion in days of old4 ,the fact that1 with the thiopian kings1 the order of succession gave the crown to the nephew of the king1 the son of his sister1 and not to his own son1 is extremely suggestive4 ,it is an old custom which prevails until now in ,southern ,india4 ,the ,rajah is not succeeded by his own sons1 but by his sister's sons4#hdg ,of all the dialects and tongues alleged to be ,semitic1 the thiopian alone is written from left to right like the ,sanscrit and the ,indo-,aryan people4#hdh ,thus1 against the origin of the ,egyptians being attributed to an ancient ,indian colony1 there is no graver impediment than ,noah's disrespectful son--,ham--himself a myth4 ,but the earliest form of ,egyptian religious worship and government1 theocratic and sacerdotal1 and her habits and customs all bespeak an ,indian origin4 ,the earliest legends of the history of ,india mention two dynasties now lost in the night of time2 the first was the dynasty of kings1 of 8the race of the sun10 who reigned in ,ayodhia 7now ,oude72 the second that of the 8race of the moon10 who reigned in ,pruyag 7,allahabad74 ,let him who desires information on the religious worship of these early kings read the ,book of the ,dead1 of the ,egyptians1 and all the peculiarities attending this sun-worship and the sun-gods4 ,neither ,osiris nor ,horus are ever mentioned without being connected with the sun4 ,they are the 8,sons of the ,sun20 8the ,lord and ,adorer of the ,sun0 is his name4 8,the sun is the creator of the body1 the engenderer of the gods who are the successors of the ,son40 ,pococke1 in his most ingenious work1 strongly advocates the same idea1 and endeavors to establish still more firmly the identity of the ,egyptian1 ,greek1 and ,indian mythology4 ,he shows the head of the ,rajpoot ,solar race--in fact the great ,cuclo-pos 7,cyclop or builder7--called 8,the great sun10 in the earliest ,hindu tradition4 ,this ,gok-la ,prince1 the patriarch of the vast bands of ,inachienses1 he says1 8this ,great ,sun was deified at his death1 and according to the ,indian doctrine of the metempsychosis1 his ,soul was supposed to have transmigrated into the bull #8,apis1' the ,sera-pis of the ,greeks1 and the ,,soora-,,pas1 or #8,sun-,chief' of the ,egyptians4444 ,osiris1 properly ,oosras1 signifies both a #8a bull1' and #8a ray of light4' ,soora-pas 7,serapis7 the sun chief10 for the ,sun in ,sanscrit is ,srya4 ,champollion's ,manifestation to the ,light1 reminds in every chapter of the two ,dynasties of the ,kings of the ,sun and the ,moon4 ,later1 these kings became all deified and transformed after death into solar and lunar deities4 ,their worship was the earliest corruption of the great primitive faith which justly considered the sun and its fiery life-giving rays as the most appropriate symbol to remind us of the universal invisible presence of ,him who is master of ,life and ,death4 ,and now it can be traced all around the globe4 ,it was the religion of the earliest ,vedic ,brahmans1 who call1 in the oldest hymns of the ,rig-,veda1 ,srya 7the sun7 and ,agni 7fire7 8the ruler of the universe10 8the lord of men10 and the 8wise king40 ,it was the worship of the ,magians1 the ,zoroastrians1 the ,egyptians and ,greeks1 whether they called him ,mithra1 or ,ahura-,mazda1 or ,osiris1 or ,zeus1 keeping in honor of his next of kin1 ,vesta1 the pure celestial fire4 ,and this religion is found again in the ,peruvian solar-worship2 in the ,sabianism and heliolatry of the ,chaldees1 in the ,mosaic 8burning bush10 the hanging of the heads or chiefs of the people toward the ,lord1 the 8,sun10 and even in the ,abrahamic building of fire-altars and the sacrifices of the monotheistic ,jews1 to ,astart the ,queen of ,heaven4 ,to the present moment1 with all the controversies and researches1 ,history and ,science remain as much as ever in the dark as to the origin of the ,jews4 ,they may as well be the exiled ,tchandalas1 or ,pariahs1 of old ,india1 the 8bricklayers0 mentioned by ,vina-,svati1 ,veda-,vyasa and ,manu1 as the ,phnicians of ,herodotus1 or the ,hyk-sos of ,josephus1 or descendants of ,pali shepherds1 or a mixture of all these4 ,the ,bible names the ,tyrians as a kindred people1 and claims dominion over them4#hdi ,there is more than one important character in the ,bible1 whose biography proves him a mythical hero4 ,samuel is indicated as the personage of the ,hebrew ,commonwealth4 ,he is the doppel of ,samson1 of the ,book of ,judges1 as will be seen--being the son of ,anna and ,,el-,,kaina1 as ,samson was of ,manua or ,manoah4 ,both were fictitious characters1 as now represented in the revealed book2 one was the ,hebrew ,hercules1 and the other ,ganesa4 ,samuel is credited with establishing the republic1 as putting down the ,canaanite worship of ,baal and ,astart1 or ,adonis and ,venus1 and setting up that of ,jehovah4 ,then the people demanded a king1 and he anointed ,saul1 and after him ,david of ,bethlehem4 ,david is the ,israelitish ,king ,arthur4 ,he did great achievements and established a government in all ,syria and ,idumea4 ,his dominion extended from ,armenia and ,assyria on the north and northeast1 the ,syrian ,desert and ,persian ,gulf on the ,east1 ,arabia on the south1 and ,egypt and the ,levant on the west4 ,only ,phnicia was excepted4 ,his friendship with ,hiram seems to indicate that he made his first expedition from that country into ,judea2 and his long residence at ,hebron1 the city of the ,kabeiri 7,arba or four71 would seem likewise to imply that he established a new religion in the country4 ,after ,david came ,solomon1 powerful and luxurious1 who sought to consolidate the dominion which ,david had won4 ,as ,david was a ,jehovah-worshipper1 a temple of ,jehovah 7,tukt ,suleima7 was built in ,jerusalem1 while shrines of ,moloch-,hercules1 ,khemosh1 and ,astart were erected on ,mount ,olivet4 ,these shrines remained till ,josiah4 ,there were conspiracies formed4 ,revolts took place in ,idumea and ,damascus2 and ,ahijah the prophet led the popular movement which resulted in deposing the house of ,david and making ,jeroboam king4 ,ever after the prophets dominated in ,israel1 where the calf-worship prevailed2 the priests ruled over the weak dynasty of ,david1 and the lascivious local worship existed over the whole country4 ,after the destruction of the house of ,ahab1 and the failure of ,jehu and his descendants to unite the country under one head1 the endeavor was made in ,judah4 ,isaiah had terminated the direct line in the person of ,ahaz 7,isaiah vii4 #i71 and placed on the throne a prince from ,bethlehem 7,micah v4 #b1 #e74 ,this was ,hezekiah4 ,on ascending the throne1 he invited the chiefs of ,israel to unite in alliance with him against ,assyria 7#b ,chronicles1 xxx4 #a1 #ba2 xxxi4 #a1 #e2 #b ,kings1 xviii4 #g74 ,he seems to have established a sacred college 7,proverbs xxv4 #a71 and to have utterly changed the worship4 ,aye1 even unto breaking into pieces the brazen serpent that ,moses had made4 ,this makes the story of ,samuel and ,david and ,solomon mythical4 ,most of the prophets who were literate seem to have begun about this time to write4 ,the country was finally overthrown by the ,assyrians1 who found the same people and institutions as in the ,phnician and other countries4 ,hezekiah was not the lineal1 but the titular son of ,ahaz4 ,isaiah1 the prophet1 belonged to the royal family1 and ,hezekiah was reputed his son-in-law4 ,ahaz refused to ally himself with the prophet and his party1 saying3 8,i will not tempt 7depend on7 the ,lord0 7,isaiah vii4 #ab74 ,the prophet had declared3 8,if you will not believe1 surely you shall not be established0--foreshadowing the deposition of his direct language4 8,ye weary my ,god10 replied the prophet1 and predicted the birth of a child by an alma1 or temple-woman1 and that before it should attain full age 7,hebrews v4 #ad2 ,isaiah vii4 #af2 viii4 #d71 the king of ,assyria should overcome ,syria and ,israel4 ,this is the prophecy which ,irenus took such pains to connect with ,mary and ,jesus1 and made the reason why the mother of the ,nazarene prophet is represented as belonging to the temple1 and consecrated to ,god from her infancy4 ,in a second song1 ,isaiah celebrated the new chief1 to sit on the throne of ,david 7ix4 #f1 #g2 xi4 #a71 who should restore to their homes the ,jews whom the confederacy had led captive 7,isaiah viii4 #b-ab2 ,joel iii4 #a-g2 ,obadiah #g1 #aa1 #ad74 ,micah--his contemporary--also announced the same event 7iv4 #g-ac2 v4 #a-g74 ,the ,redeemer was to come out of ,bethlehem2 in other words1 was of the house of ,david2 and was to resist ,assyria to whom ,ahaz had sworn allegiance1 and also to reform religion 7#b ,kings1 xviii4 #d-h74 ,this ,hezekiah did4 ,he was grandson of ,zechariah the seer 7#b ,chronicles1 xxix4 #a2 xxvi4 #e71 the counsellor of ,uzziah2 and as soon as he ascended the throne he restored the religion of ,david1 and destroyed the last vestiges of that of ,moses1 i4e41 the esoteric doctrine1 declaring 8our fathers have trespassed0 7#b ,chron41 xxix4 #f-i74 ,he next attempted a reunion with the northern monarchy1 there being an interregnum in ,israel 7#b ,chron41 xxx4 #a1 #b1 #f2 xxxi4 #a1 #f1 #g74 ,it was successful1 but resulted in an invasion by the king of ,assyria4 ,but it was a new rgime2 and all this shows the course of two parallel streams in the religious worship of the ,israelites2 one belonging to the state religion and adopted to fit political exigencies2 the other pure idolatry1 resulting from ignorance of the true esoteric doctrine preached by ,moses4 ,for the first time since ,solomon built them 8the high places were taken away40 ,it was ,hezekiah who was the expected ,messiah of the exoteric state-religion4 ,he was the scion from the stem of ,jesse1 who should recall the ,jews from a deplorable captivity1 about which the ,hebrew historians seem to be very silent1 carefully avoiding all mention of this particular fact1 but which the irascible prophets imprudently disclose4 ,if ,hezekiah crushed the exoteric ,baal-worship1 he also tore violently away the people of ,israel from the religion of their fathers1 and the secret rites instituted by ,moses4 ,it was ,darius ,hystaspes who was the first to establish a ,persian colony in ,judea1 ,zoro-,babel was perhaps the leader4 8,the name ,zoro-babel means #8the seed or son of ,babylon'--as ,zoro-aster is the seed1 son1 or prince of ,ishtar40#hej ,the new colonists were doubtless ,judi4 ,this is a designation from the ,east4 ,even ,siam is called ,judia1 and there was an ,ayodia in ,india4 ,the temples of ,solom or ,peace were numerous4 ,throughout ,persia and ,afghanistan the names of ,saul and ,david are very common4 ,the 8,law0 is ascribed in turn to ,hezekiah1 ,ezra1 ,simon the ,just1 and the ,asmonean period4 ,nothing definite2 everywhere contradictions4 ,when the ,asmonean period began1 the chief supporters of the ,law were called ,asideans or ,khasdim 7,chaldeans71 and afterward ,pharisees or ,pharsi 7,parsis74 ,this indicates that ,persian colonies were established in ,judea and ruled the country2 while all the people that are mentioned in the books of ,genesis and ,joshua lived there as a commonalty 7see ,ezra ix4 #a74 ,there is no real history in the ,old ,testament1 and the little historical information one can glean is only found in the indiscreet revelations of the prophets4 ,the book1 as a whole1 must have been written at various times1 or rather invented as an authorization of some subsequent worship1 the origin of which may be very easily traced partially to the ,orphic ,mysteries1 and partially to the ancient ,egyptian rites in familiarity with which ,moses was brought up from his infancy4 ,since the last century the ,church has been gradually forced into concessions of usurped biblical territory to those to whom it of right belonged4 ,inch by inch has been yielded1 and one personage after another been proved mythical and ,pagan4 ,but now1 after the recent discovery of ,george ,smith1 the much-regretted ,assyriologist1 one of the securest props of the ,bible has been pulled down4 ,sargon and his tablets are about demonstrated to be older than ,moses4 ,like the account of ,exodus1 the birth and story of the lawgiver seem to have been 8borrowed0 from the ,assyrians1 as the 8jewels of gold and jewels of silver0 were said to be from the ,egyptians4 ,on page #bbd of ,assyrian ,discoveries1 ,mr4 ,george ,smith says3 8,in the palace of ,sennacherib at ,kouyunjik1 ,i found another fragment of the curious history of ,sargon1 a translation of which ,i published in the ,transactions of the ,society of ,biblical ,archology1 vol4 i41 part i41 page #df4 ,this text relates that ,sargon1 an early ,babylonian monarch1 was born of royal parents1 but concealed by his mother1 who placed him on the ,euphrates in an ark of rushes1 coated with bitumen1 like that in which the mother of ,moses hid her child 7see ,exodus ii474 ,sargon was discovered by a man named ,akki1 a water-carrier1 who adopted him as his son2 and he afterward became ,king of ,babylonia4 ,the capital of ,sargon was the great city of ,agadi--called by the ,semites ,akkad--mentioned in ,genesis as a capital of ,nimrod 7,genesis x4 #aj71 and here he reigned for forty five years4#hea ,akkad lay near the city of ,sippara1#heb on the ,euphrates and north of ,babylon4 8,the date of ,sargon1 who may be termed the ,babylonian ,moses1 was in the sixteenth century and perhaps earlier40 ,g4 ,smith adds in his ,chaldean ,account that ,sargon ,i4 was a ,babylonian monarch who reigned in the city of ,akkad about #afjj ,b4,c4 ,the name of ,sargon signifies the right1 true1 or legitimate king4 ,this curious story is found on fragments of tablets from ,kouyunjik1 and reads as follows3 #a4 ,sargona1 the powerful king1 the king of ,akkad am ,i4 #b4 ,my mother was a princess1 my father ,i did not know1 a brother of my father ruled over the country4 #c4 ,in the city of ,azupirana1 which is by the side of the river ,euphrates1 #d4 ,my mother1 the princess1 conceived me2 in difficulty she brought me forth4 #e4 ,she placed me in an ark of rushes1 with bitumen my exit she sealed up4 #f4 ,she launched me in the river which did not drown me4 #g4 ,the river carried me to ,akki1 the water-carrier it brought me4 #h4 ,akki1 the water-carrier1 in tenderness of bowels1 lifted me1 etc41 etc4 ,and now ,exodus 7ii473 8,and when she 7,moses' mother7 could not longer hide him1 she took for him an ark of bulrushes1 and daubed it with slime and with pitch1 and put the child therein1 and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink40 ,the story1 says ,mr4 ,g4 ,smith1 8is supposed to have happened about #afjj ,b4,c41 rather earlier than the supposed age of ,moses#hec as we know that the fame of ,sargon reached ,egypt1 it is quite likely that this account had a connection with the event related in ,exodus ii41 for every action1 when once performed1 has a tendency to be repeated40 ,the 8ages0 of the ,hindus differ but little from those of the ,greeks1 ,romans1 and even the ,jews4 ,we include the ,mosaic computation advisedly1 and with intent to prove our position4 ,the chronology which separates ,moses from the creation of the world by only four generations seems ridiculous1 merely because the ,christian clergy would enforce it upon the world literally4#hed ,the kabalists know that these generations stand for ages of the world4 ,the allegories which1 in the ,hindu calculations1 embrace the whole stupendous sweep of the four ages1 are cunningly made in the ,mosaic books1 through the obliging help of the ,masorah1 to cram into the small period of two millenniums and a half 7#beac76 ,the exoteric plan of the ,bible was made to answer also to four ages4 ,thus1 they reckon the ,golden ,age from ,adam to ,abraham2 the silver1 from ,abraham to ,david2 copper1 from ,david to the ,captivity2 thenceforward1 the iron4 ,but the secret computation is quite different1 and does not vary at all from the zodiacal calculations of the ,brahmans4 ,we are in the ,iron ,age1 or ,kali-,yug1 but it began with ,noah1 the mythical ancestor of our race4 ,noah1 or ,nuah1 like all the euhemerized manifestations of the ,unrevealed ,one--,swayambhuva 7or ,swayambhu71 was androgyne4 ,thus1 in some instances1 he belonged to the purely feminine triad of the ,chaldeans1 known as 8,nuah1 the universal ,mother40 ,we have shown1 in another chapter1 that every male triad had its feminine counterpart1 one in three1 like the former4 ,it was the passive complement of the active principle1 its reflection4 ,in ,india1 the male trimurty is reproduced in the ,sakti-trimurti1 the feminine2 and in ,chaldea1 ,ana1 ,belita and ,davkina answered to ,anu1 ,bel1 ,nuah4 ,the former three resumed in one--,belita1 were called3 8,sovereign goddess1 lady of the nether abyss1 mother of gods1 queen of the earth1 queen of fecundity40 ,as the primordial humidity1 whence proceeded all1 ,belita is ,tamti1 or the sea1 the mother of the city of ,erech 7the great ,chaldean necropolis71 therefore1 an infernal goddess4 ,in the world of stars and planets she is known as ,istar or ,astoreth4 ,hence1 she is identical with ,venus1 and every other queen of heaven1 to whom cakes and buns were offered in sacrifice1#hee and1 as all the archologists know1 with ,eve1 the mother of all that live1 and with ,mary4 ,the ,ark1 in which are preserved the germs of all living things necessary to repeople the earth1 represents the survival of life1 and the supremacy of spirit over matter1 through the conflict of the opposing powers of nature4 ,in the ,astro-,theosophic chart of the ,western ,rite1 the ,ark corresponds with the navel1 and is placed at the sinister side1 the side of the woman 7the moon71 one of whose symbols is the left pillar of ,solomon's temple--,boaz4 ,the umbilicus is connected with the receptacle in which are fructified the germs of the race4#hef ,the ,ark is the sacred ,argha of the ,hindus1 and thus1 the relation in which it stands to ,noah's ark may be easily inferred1 when we learn that the ,argha was an oblong vessel1 used by the high priests as a sacrificial chalice in the worship of ,isis1 ,astart1 and ,venus-,aphrodit1 all of whom were goddesses of the generative powers of nature1 or of matter--hence1 representing symbolically the ,ark containing the germs of all living things4 ,we admit that ,pagans had and now have--as in ,india--strange symbols1 which1 to the eyes of the hypocrite and ,puritan1 seem scandalously immoral4 ,but did not the ancient ,jews copy most of these symbols8 ,we have described elsewhere the identity of the lingham with ,jacob's pillar1 and we could give a number of instances from the present ,christian rites1 bearing the same origin1 did but space permit1 and were not all these noticed fully by ,inman and others 7,see ,inman's ,ancient ,faiths ,embodied in ,ancient ,names74 ,describing the worship of the ,egyptians1 ,mrs4 ,lydia ,maria ,child says3 8,this reverence for the production of life1 introduced into the worship of ,osiris1 the sexual emblems so common in ,hindustan4 ,a colossal image of this kind was presented to his temple in ,alexandria1 by ,king ,ptolemy ,philadelphus4444 ,reverence for the mystery of organized life led to the recognition of a masculine and feminine principle in all things1 spiritual or material4444 ,the sexual emblems1 everywhere conspicuous in the sculptures of their temples1 would seem impure in description1 but no clean and thoughtful mind could so regard them while witnessing the obvious simplicity and solemnity with which the subject is treated40#heg ,thus speaks this respected lady and admirable writer1 and no truly pure man or woman would ever think of blaming her for it4 ,but such a perversion of the ancient thought is but natural in an age of cant and prudery like our own4 ,the water of the flood when standing in the allegory for the symbolic 8sea10 ,tamti1 typifies the turbulent chaos1 or matter1 called 8the great dragon40 ,according to the ,gnostic and ,rosicrucian medival doctrine1 the creation of woman was not originally intended4 ,she is the offspring of man's own impure fancy1 and1 as the ,hermetists say1 8an obtrusion40 ,created by an unclean thought she sprang into existence at the evil 8seventh hour10 when the 8supernatural0 real worlds had passed away and the 8natural0 or delusive worlds began evolving along the 8descending ,microcosmos10 or the arc of the great cycle1 in plainer phraseology4 ,first 8,virgo10 the ,celestial ,virgin of the ,zodiac1 she became 8,virgo-,scorpio40 ,but in evolving his second companion1 man had unwittingly endowed her with his own share of ,spirituality2 and the new being whom his 8imagination0 had called into life became his 8,saviour0 from the snares of ,eve-,lilith1 the first ,eve1 who had a greater share of matter in her composition than the primitive 8spiritual0 man4#heh ,thus woman stands in the cosmogony in relation to 8matter0 or the great deep1 as the 8,virgin of the ,sea10 who crushes the 8,dragon0 under her foot4 ,the 8,flood0 is also very often shown1 in symbolical phraseology1 as the 8great ,dragon40 ,for one acquainted with these tenets it becomes more than suggestive to learn that with the ,catholics the ,virgin ,mary is not only the accepted patroness of ,christian sailors1 but also the 8,virgin of the ,sea40 ,so was ,dido the patroness of the ,phnician mariners2#hei and together with ,venus and other lunar goddesses--the moon having such a strong influence over the tides--was the 8,virgin of the ,sea40 ,mar1 the ,sea1 is the root of the name ,mary4 ,the blue color1 which was with the ancients symbolical of the 8,great ,deep0 or the material world1 hence--of evil1 is made sacred to our 8,blessed ,lady40 ,it is the color of 8,notre ,dame de ,paris40 ,on account of its relation to the symbolical serpent this color is held in the deepest aversion by the ex-,nazarenes1 disciples of ,john the ,baptist1 now the ,mendans of ,basra4 ,among the beautiful plates of ,maurice1 there is one representing ,christna crushing the head of the ,serpent4 ,a three-peaked mitre is on his head 7typifying the trinity71 and the body and tail of the conquered serpent encircles the figure of the ,hindu god4 ,this plate shows whence proceeded the inspiration for the 8make up0 of a later story extracted from an alleged prophecy4 8,i will put enmity between thee and the woman1 and between thy seed and her seed2 it shall bruise thy head1 and thou shalt bruise his heel40 ,the ,egyptian ,orante is also shown with his arms extended as on a crucifix1 and treading upon the 8,serpent20 and ,horus 7the ,logos7 is represented piercing the head of the dragon1 ,typhon or ,aphophis4 ,all this gives us a clew to the biblical allegory of ,cain and ,abel4 ,cain was held as the ancestor of the ,hivites1 the ,serpents1 and the twins of ,adam are an evident copy from the fable of ,osiris and ,typhon4 ,apart from the external form of the allegory1 however1 it embodied the philosophical conception of the eternal struggle of good and evil4 ,but how strangely elastic1 how adaptable to any and every thing this mystical philosophy proved after the ,christian era6 ,when were ever facts1 irrefutable1 irrefragable1 and beyond denial1 less potential for the restablishment of truth than in our century of casuistry and ,christian cunning8 ,is ,christna proved to have been known as the 8,good ,shepherd0 ages before the year ,a4,d4 #a1 to have crushed the ,serpent ,kalinaga1 and to have been crucified--all this was but a prophetic foreshadowing of the future6 ,are the ,scandinavian ,thor1 who bruised the head of the ,serpent with his cruciform mace1 and ,apollo1 who killed ,python1 likewise shown to present the most striking similarities with the heroes of the ,christian fables2 they become but original conceptions of 8heathen0 minds1 8working upon the old ,patriarchal prophecies respecting the ,christ1 as they were contained in the one universal and primeval ,revelation60#hfj ,the flood1 then1 is the 8,old ,serpent0 or the great deep of matter1 ,isaiah's 8dragon in the sea0 7xxvii4 #a71 over which the ark safely crosses on its way to the mount of ,salvation4 ,but1 if we have heard of the ark and ,noah1 and the ,bible at all1 it is because the mythology of the ,egyptians was ready at hand for ,moses 7if ,moses ever wrote any of the ,bible71 and that he was acquainted with the story of ,horus1 standing on his boat of a serpentine form1 and killing the ,serpent with his spear2 and with the hidden meaning of these fables1 and their real origin4 ,this is also why we find in ,leviticus1 and other parts of his books1 whole pages of laws identical with those of ,manu4 ,the animals shut up in the ark are the human passions4 ,they typify certain ordeals of initiation1 and the mysteries which were instituted among many nations in commemoration of this allegory4 ,noah's ark rested on the seventeenth of the seventh month4 ,here we have again the number2 as also in the 8clean beasts0 that he took by sevens into the ark4 ,speaking of the water-mysteries of ,byblos1 ,lucian says3 8,on the top of one of the two pillars which ,bacchus set up1 a man remains seven days40#hfa ,he supposes this was done to honor ,deukalion4 ,elijah1 when praying on the top of ,mount ,carmel1 sends his servant to look for a cloud toward the sea1 and repeats1 8go again seven times4 ,and it came to pass at the seventh time1 behold there arose a little cloud out of the sea like a man's hand40#hfb 8,noah is a revolutio of ,adam1 as ,moses is a revolutio of ,abel and ,seth10 says the ,kabala2 that is to say1 a repetition or another version of the same story4 ,the greatest proof of it is the distribution of the characters in the ,bible4 ,for instance1 beginning with ,cain1 the first murderer1 every fifth man in his line of descent is a murderer4 ,thus there come ,enoch1 ,irad1 ,mehujael1 ,methuselah1 and the fifth is ,lamech1 the second murderer1 and he is ,noah's father4 ,by drawing the five-pointed star of ,lucifer 7which has its crown-point downward7 and writing the name of ,cain beneath the lowest point1 and those of his descendants successively at each of the other points1 it will be found that each fifth name--which would be written beneath that of ,cain--is that of a murderer4 ,in the ,talmud this genealogy is given complete1 and thirteen murderers range themselves in line below the name of ,cain4 ,this is no coincidence4 ,siva is the ,destroyer1 but he is also the ,regenerator4 ,cain is a murderer1 but he is also the creator of nations1 and an inventor4 ,this star of ,lucifer is the same one that ,john sees falling down to earth in his ,apocalypse4 ,in ,thebes1 or ,theba1 which means ark--,,th-,,aba being synonymous with ,kartha or ,tyre1 ,astu or ,athens and ,urbs or ,rome1 and meaning also the city--are found the same foliations as described on the pillars of the temple of ,solomon4 ,the bi-colored leaf of the olive1 the three-lobed fig-leaf1 and the lanceolate-shaped laurel-leaf1 had all esoteric as well as popular or vulgar meanings with the ancients4 ,the researches of ,egyptologists present another corroboration of the identity of the ,bible-allegories with those of the lands of the ,pharaohs and ,chaldeans4 ,the dynastic chronology of the ,egyptians1 recorded by ,herodotus1 ,manetho1 ,eratosthenes1 ,diodorus ,siculus1 and accepted by our antiquarians1 divided the period of ,egyptian history under four general heads3 the dominion of gods1 demi-gods1 heroes1 and mortal men4 ,by combining the demi-gods and heroes into one class1 ,bunsen reduces the periods to three3 the ruling gods1 the demi-gods or heroes--sons of gods1 but born of mortal mothers--and the ,manes1 who were the ancestors of individual tribes4 ,these subdivisions1 as any one may perceive1 correspond perfectly with the biblical ,elohim1 sons of ,god1 giants1 and mortal ,noachian men4 ,diodorus of ,sicily and ,berosus give us the names of the twelve great gods who presided over the twelve months of the year and the twelve signs of the zodiac4 ,these names1 which include ,nuah1#hfc are too well known to require repetition4 ,the double-faced ,janus was also at the head of twelve gods1 and in his representations of him he is made to hold the keys to the celestial domains4 ,all these having served as models for the biblical patriarchs1 have done still further service--especially ,janus--by furnishing copy to ,st4 ,peter and his twelve apostles1 the former also double-faced in his denial1 and also represented as holding the keys of ,paradise4 ,this statement that the story of ,noah is but another version in its hidden meaning of the story of ,adam and his three sons1 gathers proof on every page of the book of ,genesis4 ,adam is the prototype of ,noah4 ,adam falls because he eats of the forbidden fruit of celestial knowledge2 ,noah1 because he tastes of the terrestrial fruit3 the juice of the grape representing the abuse of knowledge in an unbalanced mind4 ,adam gets stripped of his spiritual envelope2 ,noah of his terrestrial clothing2 and the nakedness of both makes them feel ashamed4 ,the wickedness of ,cain is repeated in ,ham4 ,but the descendants of both are shown as the wisest of races on earth2 and they are called on this account 8snakes10 and the 8sons of snakes10 meaning the sons of wisdom1 and not of ,satan1 as some divines would be pleased to have the world understand the term4 ,enmity has been placed between the 8snake0 and the 8woman0 only in this mortal phenomenal 8world of man0 as 8born of woman40 ,before the carnal fall1 the 8snake0 was ,ophis1 the divine wisdom1 which needed no matter to procreate men1 humanity being utterly spiritual4 ,hence the war between the snake and the woman1 or between spirit and matter4 ,if1 in its material aspect1 the 8old serpent0 is matter1 and represents ,ophiomorphos1 in its spiritual meaning it becomes ,ophis-,christos4 ,in the magic of the old ,syro-,chaldeans both are conjoint in the zodiacal sign of the androgyne of ,virgo-,scorpio1 and may be divided or separated whenever needed4 ,thus as the origin of 8good and evil10 the meaning of the ,s4,s4 and ,z4,z4 has always been interchangeable2 and if upon some occasions the ,s4,s4 on sigils and talismans are suggestive of serpentine evil influence and denote a design of black magic upon others1 the double ,s4,s4 are found on the sacramental cups of the ,church and mean the presence of the ,holy ,ghost1 or pure wisdom4 ,the ,midianites were known as the wise men1 or sons of snakes1 as well as ,canaanites and ,hamites2 and such was the renown of the ,midianites1 that we find ,moses1 the prophet1 led on1 and inspired by 8the ,lord10 humbling himself before ,hobab1 the son of ,raguel1 the ,midianite1 and beseeching him to remain with the people of ,israel3 8,leave us not1 ,i pray thee2 forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp ,,in ,,the ,,wilderness1 thou mayest be to us instead of eyes40#hfd ,further1 when ,moses sends spies to search out the land of ,canaan1 they bring as a proof of the wisdom 7kabalistically speaking7 and goodness of the land1 a branch with one cluster of grapes1 which they are compelled to bear between two men on a staff4 ,moreover1 they add3 8we saw the children of ,,anak there40 ,they are the giants1 the sons of ,anak1 8which come of the giants10#hfe and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers1 and so we were in their sight40#hff ,anak is ,enoch1 the patriarch1 who dies not1 and who is the first possessor of the 8mirific name10 according to the ,kabala1 and the ritual of ,freemasonry4 ,comparing the biblical patriarchs with the descendants of ,vaiswasvata1 the ,hindu ,noah1 and the old ,sanscrit traditions about the deluge in the ,brahmanical ,mahbhrata1 we find them mirrored in the ,vaidic patriarchs who are the primitive types upon which all the others were modelled4 ,but before comparison is possible1 the ,hindu myths must be comprehended in their true significance4 ,each of these mythical personages bears1 besides an astronomical significance1 a spiritual or moral1 and an anthropological or physical meaning4 ,the patriarchs are not only euhemerized gods--the prediluvian answering to the twelve great gods of ,berosus1 and to the ten ,pradjpati1 and the postdiluvian to the seven gods of the famous tablet in the ,ninivian ,library1 but they stand also as the symbols of the ,greek ons1 the kabalistic ,sephiroth1 and the zodiacal signs1 as types of a series of human races4#hfg ,this variation from ten to twelve will be accounted for presently1 and proved on the very authority of the ,bible4 ,only1 they are not the first gods described by ,cicero1#hfh which belong to a hierarchy of higher powers1 the ,elohim--but appertain rather to the second class of the 8twelve gods10 the ,dii minores1 and who are the terrestrial reflections of the first1 among whom ,herodotus places ,hercules4#hfi ,alone1 out of the group of twelve1 ,noah1 by reason of his position at the transitional point1 belongs to the highest ,babylonian triad1 ,noah1 the spirit of the waters4 ,the rest are identical with the inferior gods of ,assyria and ,babylonia1 who represented the lower order of emanations1 introduced around ,bel1 the ,demiurge1 and help him in his work1 as the patriarchs are shown to assist ,jehovah--the 8,lord ,god40 ,besides these1 many of which were local gods1 the protecting deities of rivers and cities1 there were the four classes of genius1 we see ,ezekiel making them support the throne of ,jehovah in his vision4 ,a fact which1 if it identifies the ,jewish 8,lord ,god0 with one of the ,babylonian trinity1 connects1 at the same time1 the present ,christian ,god with the same triad1 inasmuch as it is these four cherubs1 if the reader will remember1 on which ,irenus makes ,jesus ride1 and which are shown as the companions of the evangelists4 ,the ,hindu kabalistic derivation of the books of ,ezekiel and ,revelation are shown in nothing more plainly than in this description of the four beasts1 which typify the four elementary kingdoms--earth1 air1 fire1 and water4 ,as is well known1 they are the ,assyrian sphinxes1 but these figures are also carved on the walls of nearly every ,hindu pagoda4 ,the author of the ,revelation copies faithfully in his text 7see chap4 iv41 verse #ag7 the ,pythagorean pentacle1 of which ,levi's admirable sketch is reproduced on page #deb4 ,the ,hindu goddess ,adanari 7or as it might be more properly written1 ,adonari1 since the second a is pronounced almost like the ,english o7 is represented as surrounded by the same figures4 ,it fits exactly ,ezekiel's 8wheel of the ,adonai10 known as 8the ,cherub of ,jeheskiel10 and indicates1 beyond question1 the source from which the ,hebrew seer drew his allegories4 ,for convenience of comparison we have placed the figure in the pentacle4 7,see page #dec47 ,above these beasts were the angels or spirits1 divided in two groups3 the ,igili1 or celestial beings1 and the ,am-anaki1 or terrestrial spirits1 the giants1 children of ,anak1 of whom the spies complained to ,moses4 ,illustration3 ,,adonai ,the ,kabbala ,denudata gives to the kabalists a very clear1 to the profane a very muddled account of permutations or substitutions of one person for another4 ,so1 for instance1 it says1 that 8the scintilla0 7spiritual spark or soul7 of ,abraham was taken from ,michael1 the chief of the ons1 and highest emanation of the ,deity2 so high indeed that in the eyes of the ,gnostics1 ,michael was identical with ,christ4 ,and yet ,michael and ,enoch are one and the same person4 ,both occupy the junction-point of the cross of the ,zodiac as 8man40 ,the scintilla of ,isaac was that of ,gabriel1 the chief of the angelic host1 and the scintilla of ,jacob was taken from ,uriel1 named 8the fire of ,god20 the sharpest sighted spirit in all ,heaven4 ,adam is not the ,kadmon but ,adam ,primus1 the ,microprosopus4 ,in one of his aspects the latter is ,enoch1 the terrestrial patriarch and father of ,methuselah4 ,he that 8walked with ,god0 and 8did not die0 is the spiritual ,enoch1 who typified humanity1 eternal in spirit and as eternal in flesh1 though the latter does die4 ,death is but a new birth1 and spirit is immortal2 thus humanity can never die1 for the ,destroyer has become the ,creator1 ,enoch is the type of the dual man1 spiritual and terrestrial4 ,hence his place in the centre of the astronomical cross4 ,illustration3 ,,adanari ,but was this idea original with the ,hebrews8 ,we think not4 ,every nation which had an astronomical system1 and especially ,india1 held the cross in the highest reverence1 for it was the geometrical basis of the religious symbolism of their avatars2 the manifestation of the ,deity1 or of the ,creator in his creature ,,man2 of ,god in humanity and humanity in ,god1 as spirits4 ,the oldest monuments of ,chaldea1 ,persia1 and ,india disclose the double or eight-pointed cross4 ,this symbol1 which very naturally is found1 like every other geometrical figure in nature1 in plants as well as in the snowflakes1 has led ,dr4 ,lundy1 in his super-,christian mysticism1 to name such cruciform flowers as form an eight-pointed star by the junction of the two crosses--8the ,prophetic ,star of the ,incarnation1 which joined heaven and earth1 ,god and man together40#hgj ,the latter sentence is perfectly expressed2 only1 the old kabalist axiom1 8as above1 so below10 answers still better1 as it discloses to us the same ,god for all humanity1 not alone for the handful of ,christians4 ,it is the ,mundane cross of ,heaven repeated on earth by plants and dual man3 the physical man superseding the 8spiritual10 at the junction-point of which stands the mythical ,libra-,hermes-,enoch4 ,the gesture of one hand pointing to ,heaven1 is balanced by the other pointing down to the earth2 boundless generations below1 boundless regenerations above2 the visible but the manifestation of the invisible2 the man of dust abandoned to dust1 the man of spirit reborn in spirit2 thus it is finite humanity which is the ,son of the ,infinite ,god4 ,abba--the ,father2 ,amona--the ,mother2 the ,son1 the ,universe4 ,this primitive triad is repeated in all the theogonies4 ,adam ,kadmon1 ,hermes1 ,enoch1 ,osiris1 ,christna1 ,ormazd1 or ,christos are all one4 ,they stand as ,metatrons between body and soul--eternal spirits which redeem flesh by the regeneration of flesh below1 and soul by the regeneration above1 where humanity walks once more with ,god4 ,we have shown elsewhere that the symbol of the cross or ,egyptian ,tau1 ,t1 was by many ages earlier than the period assigned to ,abraham1 the alleged forefather of the ,israelites1 for otherwise ,moses could not have learned it of the priests4 ,and that the ,tau was held as sacred by the ,jews as by other 8,pagan0 nations is proved by a fact admitted now by ,christian divines as well as by infidel archologists4 ,moses1 in ,exodus xii4 #bb1 orders his people to mark their door-posts and lintels with blood1 lest the 8,lord ,god0 should make a mistake and smite some of his chosen people1 instead of the doomed ,egyptians4#hga ,and this mark is a tau6 ,the identical ,egyptian handled cross1 with the half of which talisman ,horus raised the dead1 as is shown on a sculptured ruin at ,phil4#hgb ,how gratuitous is the idea that all such crosses and symbols were so many unconscious prophecies of ,christ1 is fully exemplified in the case of the ,jews upon whose accusation ,jesus was put to death4 ,for instance1 the same learned author remarks in ,monumental ,christianity that 8the ,jews themselves acknowledged this sign of salvation until they rejected ,christ20 and in another place he asserts that the rod of ,moses1 used in his miracles before ,pharaoh1 8was1 no doubt1 this crux ansata1 or something like it1 also used by the ,egyptian priests40#hgc ,thus the logical inference would be1 that #a1 if the ,jews worshipped the same symbols as the ,pagans1 then they were no better than they2 and #b1 if1 being so well versed as they were in the hidden symbolism of the cross1 in the face of their having waited for centuries for the ,messiah1 they yet rejected both the ,christian ,messiah and ,christian ,cross1 then there must have been something wrong about both4 ,those who 8rejected0 ,jesus as the 8,son of ,god10 were neither the people ignorant of religious symbols1 nor the handful of atheistical ,sadducees who put him to death2 but the very men who were instructed in the secret wisdom1 who knew the origin as well as the meaning of the cruciform symbol1 and who put aside both the ,christian emblem and the ,saviour suspended from it1 because they could not be parties to such a blasphemous imposition upon the common people4 ,nearly all the prophecies about ,christ are credited to the patriarchs and prophets4 ,if a few of the latter may have existed as real personages1 every one of the former is a myth4 ,we will endeavor to prove it by the hidden interpretation of the ,zodiac1 and the relations of its signs to these antediluvian men4 ,if the reader will keep in mind the ,hindu ideas of cosmogony1 as given in chapter vi41 he will better understand the relation between the biblical antediluvian patriarchs1 and that puzzle of commentators--8,ezekiel's wheel40 ,thus1 be it remembered #a1 that the universe is not a spontaneous creation1 but an evolution from pre-existent matter2 #b1 that it is only one of an endless series of universes2 #c1 that eternity is pointed off into grand cycles1 in each of which twelve transformations of our world occur1 following its partial destruction by fire and water1 alternately4 ,so that when a new minor period sets in1 the earth is so changed1 even geologically1 as to be practically a new world2 #d1 that of these twelve transformations1 the earth after each of the first six is grosser1 and everything on it--man included--more material1 than after the preceding one3 while after each of the remaining six the contrary is true1 both earth and man growing more and more refined and spiritual with each terrestrial change2 #e1 that when the apex of the cycle is reached1 a gradual dissolution takes place1 and every living and objective form is destroyed4 ,but when that point is reached1 humanity has become fitted to live subjectively as well as objectively4 ,and not humanity alone1 but also animals1 plants1 and every atom4 ,after a time of rest1 say the ,buddhists1 when a new world becomes self-formed1 the astral souls of animals and of all beings1 except such as have reached the highest ,nirvana1 will return on earth again to end their cycles of transformations1 and become men in their turn4 ,this stupendous conception1 the ancients synthesized for the instruction of the common people1 into a single pictorial design--the ,zodiac1 or celestial belt4 ,instead of the twelve signs now used1 there were originally but ten known to the general public1 viz43 ,aries1 ,taurus1 ,gemini1 ,cancer1 ,leo1 ,virgo-,scorpio1 ,sagittarius1 ,capricornus1 ,aquarius1 and ,pisces4#hgd ,these were exoteric4 ,but in addition there were two mystical signs inserted1 which none but initiates comprehended1 viz43 at the middle or junction-point where now stands ,libra1 and at the sign now called ,scorpio1 which follows ,virgo4 ,when it was found necessary to make them exoteric1 these two secret signs were added under their present appellations as blinds to conceal the true names which gave the key to the whole secret of creation1 and divulged the origin of 8good and evil40 ,the true ,sabean astrological doctrine secretly taught that within this double sign was hidden the explanation of the gradual transformation of the world1 from its spiritual and subjective1 into the 8two-sexed0 sublunary state4 ,the twelve signs were therefore divided into two groups4 ,the first six were called the ascending1 or the line of ,macrocosm 7the great spiritual world72 the last six1 the descending line1 or the ,microcosm 7the little secondary world7--the mere reflection of the former1 so to say4 ,this division was called ,ezekiel's wheel1 and was completed in the following way3 ,first came the ascending five signs 7euphemerized into patriarchs71 ,aries1 ,taurus1 ,gemini1 ,cancer1 ,leo1 and the group concluded with ,virgo-,scorpio4 ,then came the turning-point1 ,libra4 ,after which1 the first half of the sign ,virgo-,scorpio1 was duplicated and transferred to lead the lower1 or descending group of ,microcosm which ran down to ,pisces1 or ,noah 7deluge74 ,to make it clearer1 the sign ,virgo-,scorpio1 which appeared originally thus 1 became simply ,virgo1 and the duplication1 1 or ,scorpio1 was placed between ,libra1 the seventh sign 7which is ,enoch1 or the angel ,metatron1 or ,mediator between spirit and matter1 or ,god and man74 ,it now became ,scorpio 7or ,cain71 which sign or patriarch led mankind to destruction1 according to exoteric theology2 but1 according to the true doctrine of the wisdom-religion1 it indicated the degradation of the whole universe in its course of evolution downward from the subjective to the objective4 ,the sign of ,libra is credited as a later invention by the ,greeks1 but it is not generally stated that those among them who were initiated had only made a change of names conveying the same idea as the secret name to those 8who knew10 leaving the masses as unwise as ever4 ,yet it was a beautiful idea of theirs1 this ,libra1 or the balance1 expressing as much as could possibly be done without unveiling the whole and ultimate truth4 ,they intended it to imply that when the course of evolution had taken the worlds to the lowest point of grossness1 where the earths and their products were coarsest1 and their inhabitants most brutish1 the turning-point had been reached--the forces were at an even balance4 ,at the lowest point1 the still lingering divine spark of spirit within began to convey the upward impulse4 ,the scales typified that eternal equilibrium which is the necessity of a universe of harmony1 of exact justice1 of the balance of centripetal and centrifugal forces1 darkness and light1 spirit and matter4 ,these additional signs of the ,zodiac warrant us in saying that the ,book of ,genesis as we now find it1 must be of later date than the invention of ,libra by the ,greeks2 for we find the chapters of the genealogies remodelled to fit the new ,zodiac1 instead of the latter being made to correspond with the list of patriarchs4 ,and it is this addition and the necessity of concealing the true key1 that led the ,rabbinical compilers to repeat the names of ,enoch and ,lamech twice1 as we see them now in the ,kenite table4 ,alone1 among all the books of the ,bible1 ,genesis belongs to an immense antiquity4 ,the others are all later additions1 the earliest of which appeared with ,hilkiah1 who evidently concocted it with the help of ,huldah1 the prophetess4 ,as there is more than one meaning attached to the stories of the creation and deluge1 we say1 therefore1 that the biblical account cannot be comprehended apart from the ,babylonian story of the same2 while neither will be thoroughly clear without the ,brahmanical esoteric interpretation of the deluge1 as found in the ,mahbhrata and the ,satapatha-,brahmna4 ,it is the ,babylonians who were taught the 8mysteries10 the sacerdotal language1 and their religion by the problematical ,akkadians who--according to ,rawlinson came from ,armenia--not the former who emigrated to ,india4 ,here the evidence becomes clear4 ,the ,babylonian ,xisuthrus is shown by ,movers to have represented the 8sun0 in the ,zodiac1 in the sign of ,aquarius1 and ,oannes1 the man-fish1 the semi-demon1 is ,vishnu in his first avatar2 thus giving the key to the double source of the biblical revelation4 ,oannes is the emblem of priestly1 esoteric wisdom2 he comes out from the sea1 because the 8great deep10 the water1 typifies1 as we have shown1 the secret doctrine4 ,for this same reason ,egyptians deified the ,nile1 apart from its being regarded1 in consequence of its periodical overflows1 as the 8,saviour0 of the country4 ,they even held the crocodiles as sacred1 from having their abode in the 8deep40 ,the 8,hamites10 so called1 have always preferred to settle near rivers and oceans4 ,water was the first-created element1 according to some old cosmogonies4 ,this name of ,oannes is held in the greatest reverence1 in the ,chaldean records4 ,the ,chaldean priests wore a head-gear like a fish's head1 and a shadbelly coat1 representing the body of a fish4#hge 8,thales10 says ,cicero1 8assures that water is the principle of all things2 and that ,god is that ,mind which shaped and created all things from water40#hgf 8,in the ,beginning1 ,,spirit within strengthens ,heaven and ,earth1 ,the watery fields1 and the lucid globe of ,luna1 and then-- ,titan stars2 and mind infused through the limbs ,agitates the whole mass1 and mixes itself with ,,great ,,matter40#hgg ,thus water represents the duality of both the ,macrocosmos and the ,microcosmos1 in conjunction with the vivifying ,,spirit1 and the evolution of the little world from the universal cosmos4 ,the deluge then1 in this sense1 points to that final struggle between the conflicting elements1 which brought the first great cycle of our planet to a close4 ,these periods gradually merged into each other1 order being brought out of chaos1 or disorder1 and the successive types of organism being evolved only as the physical conditions of nature were prepared for their appearance2 for our present race could not have breathed on earth1 during that intermediate period1 not having as yet the allegorical coats of skin4#hgh ,in chapters iv4 and v4 of ,genesis1 we find the so-called generations of ,cain and ,seth4 ,let us glance at them in the order in which they stand3 ,,lines ,,of ,,generations4 ,sethite4 ,kenite4 #a4 ,adam4 #a4 ,adam4 #b4 ,seth4 #b4 ,cain4 #c4 ,enos4 #c4 ,enoch4 #d4 ,cainan4 #d4 ,irad4 #e4 ,mahalaleel4 ,good ,principle4 ,evil ,principle4 #e4 ,mehujael4 #f4 ,jared4 #f4 ,methusael4 #g4 ,enoch4 #g4 ,lamech4 #h4 ,methuselah4 #h4 ,jubal4 #i4 ,lamech4 #i4 ,jabal4 #aj4 ,noah4 #aj4 ,tubal ,cain4 ,the above are the ten biblical patriarchs1 identical with ,hindu ,pragpatis 7,pradjpatis71 and the ,sephiroth of the ,kabala4 ,we say ten patriarchs1 not twenty1 for the ,kenite line was devised for no other purpose than1 #a1 to carry out the idea of dualism1 on which is founded the philosophy of every religion2 for these two genealogical tables represent simply the opposing powers or principles of good and evil2 and #b1 as a blind for the uninitiated masses4 ,suppose we restore them to their primitive form1 by erasing these premeditated blinds4 ,these are so transparent as to require but a small amount of perspicacity to select1 even though one should use only his unaided judgment1 and were not1 as we are1 enabled to apply the test of the secret doctrine4 ,by ridding ourselves1 therefore1 of the ,kenite names that are mere duplications of the ,sethite1 or of each other1 we get rid of ,adam2 of ,enoch--who1 in one genealogy1 is shown the father of ,irad1 and in the other1 the son of ,jared2 of ,lamech1 son of ,methusael1 whereas he1 ,lamech1 is son of ,methuselah in the ,sethite line2 of ,irad 7,jared71#hgi ,jubal and ,jabal1 who1 with ,tubal-,cain1 form a trinity in one1 and that one the double of ,cain2 of ,mehujael 7who is but ,mahalaleel differently spelled71 and ,methusael 7,methuselah74 ,this leaves us in the ,kenite genealogy of chapter iv41 one only1 ,cain1 who--the first murderer and fratricide--is made to stand in his line as father of ,enoch1 the most virtuous of men1 who does not die1 but is translated alive4 ,turn we now to the ,sethite table1 and we find that ,enos1 or ,enoch1 comes second from ,adam1 and is father to ,cain 7an74 ,this is no accident4 ,there was an evident reason for this inversion of paternity2 a palpable design--that of creating confusion and baffling inquiry4 ,we say1 then1 that the patriarchs are simply the signs of the ,zodiac1 emblems1 in their manifold aspects1 of the spiritual and physical evolution of human races1 of ages1 and of divisions of time4 ,in astrology1 the first four of the 8,houses10 in the diagrams of the 8,twelve ,houses of ,heaven0--namely1 the first1 tenth1 seventh1 and fourth1 or the second inner square placed with its angles upward and downward1 are termed angles1 as being of the greatest strength and power4 ,they answer to ,adam1 ,noah1 ,cain-an1 and ,enoch1 ,alpha1 ,omega1 evil and good1 leading the whole4 ,furthermore1 when divided 7including the two secret names7 into four trigons or triads1 viz43 fiery1 airy1 earthy1 and watery1 we find the latter corresponding to ,noah4 ,enoch and ,lamech were doubled in the table of ,cain1 to fill out the required number ten in both 8generations0 in the ,bible1 instead of employing the 8,secret ,name20 and1 in order that the patriarchs should correspond with the ten kabalistic ,sephiroth1 and fit at the same time the ten1 and1 subsequently1 twelve signs of the ,zodiac1 in a manner comprehensible only to the kabalists4 ,and now1 ,abel having disappeared out of that line of descent1 he is replaced by ,seth1 who was clearly an afterthought suggested by the necessity of not having the human race descend entirely from a murderer4 ,this dilemma being apparently first noticed when the ,kenite table had been completed1 ,adam is made 7after all the generations had appeared7 to beget this son1 ,seth4 ,it is a suggestive fact that1 whereas the double-sexed ,adam of chapter v4 is made in the likeness of the ,elohim 7see ,genesis chapter i4 #bg and v4 #a of the same71 ,seth 7v4 #c7 is begotten in ,adam's 8own likeness10 thus signifying that there were men of different races4 ,also1 it is most noticeable that neither the age nor a single other particular respecting the patriarchs in the ,kenite table is given1 whereas the reverse is the case with those in the ,sethite line4 ,most assuredly1 no one could expect to find1 in a work open to the public1 the final mysteries of that which was preserved for countless ages as the grandest secret of the sanctuary4 ,but1 without divulging the key to the profane1 or being taxed with undue indiscretion1 we may be allowed to lift a corner of the veil which shrouds the majestic doctrines of old4 ,let us then write down the patriarchs as they ought to stand in their relation to the ,zodiac1 and see how they correspond with the signs4 ,the following diagram represents ,ezekiel's ,wheel1 as given in many works1 among others1 in ,hargrave ,jenning's ,rosicrucians3 ,illustration3 ,,ezekiel',s ,,wheel 7exoteric74 ,,macrocosmos 7ascending74 ,,microcosmos 7descending74 ,these signs are 7follow numbers73 #a1 ,aries2 #b1 ,taurus2 #c1 ,gemini2 #d1 ,cancer2 #e1 ,leo2 #f1 ,virgo1 or the ascending line of the grand cycle of creation4 ,after this comes #g1 ,libra--8man10 which1 though it is found right in the middle1 or the intersection point1 leads down the numbers3 #h1 ,scorpio2 #i1 ,sagittarius2 #aj1 ,capricornus2 #aa1 ,aquarius2 and #ab1 ,pisces4 ,while discussing the double sign of ,virgo-,scorpio and ,libra1 ,hargrave ,jennings observes 7p4 #fe73 8,all this is incomprehensible1 except in the strange mysticism of the ,gnostics and the kabalists2 and the whole theory requires a key of explanation to render it intelligible2 which key is only darkly referred to as possible1 but refused absolutely1 by these extraordinary men1 as not permissible to be disclosed40 ,the said key must be turned seven times before the whole system is divulged4 ,we will give it but one turn1 and thereby allow the profane one glimpse into the mystery4 ,happy he1 who understands the whole6 ,illustration3 ,,ezekiel',s ,,wheel 7esoteric74 ,to explain the presence of ,jodheva 7or ,yodheva71 or what is generally termed the tetragram 1 and of ,adam and ,eve1 it will suffice to remind the reader of the following verses in ,genesis1 with their right meaning inserted in brackets4 #a4 8,and ,god ,elohim created man in his their own image 444 male and female created he them him0--7ch4 i4 #bg74 #b4 8,male and female created he them him 444 and called their his name ,,adam0--7v4 #b74 ,when the ternary is taken in the beginning of the tetragram1 it expresses the divine creation spiritually1 i4e41 without any carnal sin3 taken at its opposite end it expresses the latter2 it is feminine4 ,the name of ,eve is composed of three letters1 that of the primitive or heavenly ,adam1 is written with one letter1 ,jod or ,yodh2 therefore it must not be read ,jehova but ,ieva1 or ,eve4 ,the ,adam of the first chapter is the spiritual1 therefore pure androgyne1 ,adam ,kadmon4 ,when woman issues from the left rib of the second ,adam 7of dust71 the pure ,virgo is separated1 and falling 8into generation10 or the downward cycle1 becomes ,scorpio1#hhj emblem of sin and matter4 ,while the ascending cycle points at the purely spiritual races1 or the ten prediluvian patriarchs 7the ,pradjpatis1 and ,sephiroth7#hha are led on by the creative ,deity itself1 who is ,adam ,kadmon or ,yodcheva1 the lower one is that of the terrestrial races1 led on by ,enoch or ,libra1 the seventh2 who1 because he is half-divine1 half-terrestrial1 is said to have been taken by ,god alive4 ,enoch1 or ,hermes1 or ,libra are one4 ,all are the scales of universal harmony2 justice and equilibrium are placed at the central point of the ,zodiac4 ,the grand circle of the heavens1 so well discoursed upon by ,plato1 in his ,timus1 symbolizes the unknown as a unity2 and the smaller circles which form the cross1 by their division on the plane of the ,zodiacal ring--typify1 at the point of their intersection1 life4 ,the centripetal and centrifugal forces1 as symbols of ,good and ,evil1 ,spirit and ,matter1 ,life and ,death1 are also those of the ,creator and the ,destroyer1--,adam and ,eve1 or ,god and the ,devil1 as they say in common parlance4 ,in the subjective1 as well as in the objective worlds1 they are the two powers1 which through their eternal conflict keep the universe of spirit and matter in harmony4 ,they force the planets to pursue their paths1 and keep them in their elliptical orbits1 thus tracing the astronomical cross in their revolution through the ,zodiac4 ,in their conflict the centripetal force1 were it to prevail1 would drive the planets and living souls into the sun1 type of the invisible ,spiritual ,sun1 the ,paratma or great universal ,soul1 their parent2 while the centrifugal force would chase both planets and souls into the dreary space1 far from the luminary of the objective universe1 away from the spiritual realm of salvation and eternal life1 and into the chaos of final cosmic destruction1 and individual annihilation4 ,but the balance is there1 ever sensitive at the intersection point4 ,it regulates the action of the two combatants1 and the combined effort of both1 causes planets and 8living souls0 to pursue a double diagonal line in their revolution through ,zodiac and ,life2 and thus preserving strict harmony1 in visible and invisible heaven and earth1 the forced unity of the two reconciles spirit and matter1 and ,enoch is said to stand a 8,metatron0 before ,god4 ,reckoning from him down to ,noah and his three sons1 each of these represent a new 8world10 i4e41 our earth1 which is the seventh#hhb after every period of geological transformation1 gives birth to another and distinct race of men and beings4 ,cain leads the ascending line1 or ,macrocosm1 for he is the ,son of the 8,lord10 not of ,adam 7,genesis iv4 #a74 ,the 8,lord0 is ,adam ,kadmon1 ,cain1 the ,son of sinful thought1 not the progeny of flesh and blood1 ,seth on the other hand is the leader of the races of earth1 for he is the ,son of ,adam1 and begotten 8in his own likeness1 after his image0 7,genesis v4 #c74 ,cain is ,kenu1 ,assyrian1 and means eldest1 while the ,hebrew word means a smith1 an artificer4 ,our science shows that the globe has passed through five distinct geological phases1 each characterized by a different stratum1 and these are in reverse order1 beginning with the last3 #a4 ,the ,quaternary period1 in which man appears as a certainty2 #b4 ,the ,tertiary period1 in which he may have appeared2 #c4 ,secondary period1 that of gigantic saurians1 the megalosaurus1 icthyosaurus1 and plesiosaurus--no vestige of man2 #d4 ,the ,palozoic period1 that of gigantic crustacea2 #e 7or first74 ,the ,azoic period1 during which science asserts organic life had not yet appeared4 ,and is there no possibility that there was a period1 and several periods1 when man existed1 and yet was not an organic being--therefore could not have left any vestige of himself for exact science8 ,spirit leaves no skeletons or fossils behind1 and yet few are the men on earth who doubt that man can live both objectively and subjectively4 ,at all events1 the theology of the ,brahmans1 hoary with antiquity1 and which divides the formative periods of the earth into four ages1 and places between each of these a lapse of #a1gbh1jjj years1 far more agrees with official science and modern discovery than the absurd chronological notions promulgated by the ,councils of ,nice and ,trent4 ,the names of the patriarchs were not ,hebrew1 though they may have been ,hebraized later2 they are evidently of ,assyrian or ,aryan origin4 ,thus ,adam1 for instance1 stands in the explained ,kabala as a convertible term1 and applies nearly to every other patriarch1 as every ,sephiroth to each ,sephira1 and vice versa4 ,adam1 ,cain1 and ,abel form the first triad of the twelve4 ,they correspond in the ,sephiral tree to the ,crown1 ,wisdom1 and ,intelligence2 and in astrology to the three trigons--the fiery1 the earthy1 and the airy2 which fact1 were we allowed to devote more space than we have to its elucidation1 would perhaps show that astrology deserves the name of science as well as any other4 ,adam 7,kadmon7 or ,aries 7ram7 is identical with the ,egyptian ram-headed god ,amun1 fabricating man on the potter's wheel4 ,his duplication1 therefore--or the ,adam of dust--is also ,aries1 ,amon1 when standing at the head of his generations1 for he fabricates mortals also in 8his own likeness40 ,in astrology the planet ,jupiter is connected with the 8first house0 7,aries74 ,the color of ,jupiter1 as seen in the 8stages of the seven spheres10 on the tower of ,borsippa1 or ,birs ,nimrud1 was red2#hhc and in ,hebrew ,adam means 8red0 as well as 8man40 ,the ,hindu god ,agni1 who presides at the sign of ,pisces1 next to that of ,aries in their relation to the twelve months 7,february and ,march71#hhd is painted of a deep red color1 with two faces 7male and female71 three legs1 and seven arms2 the whole forming the number twelve4 ,so1 also1 ,noah 7,pisces71 who appears in the generations as the twelfth patriarch1 counting ,cain and ,abel1 is ,adam again under another name1 for he is the forefather of a new race of mankind2 and with his 8three sons10 one bad1 one good1 and one partaking of both qualities1 is the terrestrial reflection of the super-terrestrial ,adam and his three sons4 ,agni is represented mounted on a ram1 with a tiara surmounted by a cross4#hhe ,kain1 presiding over the ,taurus 7,bull7 of the ,zodiac1 is also very suggestive4 ,taurus belongs to the earthy trigon1 and in connection with this sign it will not be amiss to remind the student of an allegory from the ,persian ,avesta4 ,the story goes that ,ormazd produced a being--source and type of all the universal beings--called ,,life1 or ,bull in the ,zend4 ,ahriman 7,cain7 kills this being 7,abel71 from the seed of which 7,seth7 new beings are produced4 ,abel1 in ,assyrian1 means son1 but in ,hebrew it means something ephemeral1 not long-lived1 valueless1 and also a 8,pagan idol10#hhf as ,kain means a ,hermaic statue 7a pillar1 the symbol of generation74 ,likewise1 ,abel is the female counterpart of ,cain 7male71 for they are twins and probably androgynous2 the latter answering to ,wisdom1 the former to ,intelligence4 ,so with all other patriarchs4 ,enos1 1 is ,homo again--a man1 or the same ,adam1 and ,enoch in the bargain2 and ,kain-an is identical with ,cain4 ,seth1 1 is ,teth1 or ,thoth1 or ,hermes2 and this is the reason1 no doubt1 why ,josephus1 in his first book 7ch4 #c7 shows ,seth so proficient in astrology1 geometry1 and other occult sciences4 ,foreseeing the flood1 he says1 he engraved the fundamental principles of his art on two pillars of brick and stone1 the latter of which 8he saw himself ,josephus to remain in ,syria in his own time40 ,thus is it that ,seth is identified also with ,enoch1 to whom kabalists and ,masons attribute the same feat2 and1 at the same time1 with ,hermes1 or ,kadmus again1 for ,enoch is identical with the former2 1 ,he-,,noch means a teacher1 an initiator1 or an initiate2 in ,grecian mythology1 ,inachus4 ,we have seen the part he is made to play in the ,zodiac4 ,mahalaleel1 if we divide the word and write 1 ma-ha-la1 means tender1 merciful2 and therefore is he made to correspond with the fourth ,sephira1 ,love or ,mercy1 emanated from the first triad4#hhg ,irad1 1 or ,iared1 is 7minus the vowels7 precisely the same4 ,if from the verb 1 it means descent2 if from 1 arad1 it means offspring1 and thus corresponds perfectly with the kabalistic emanations4 ,lamech1 1 is not ,hebrew1 but ,greek4 ,lam-ach means ,lam--the father1 and ,ou-,lom-,ach is the father of the age2 or the father of him 7,noah7 who inaugurates a new era or period of creation after the pralaya of the deluge2 ,noah being the symbol of a new world1 the ,kingdom 7,malchuth7 of the ,sephiroth2 hence his father1 corresponding to the ninth ,sephiroth1 is the ,foundation4#hhh ,furthermore1 both father and son answer to ,aquarius and ,pisces in the ,zodiac2 and thus the former belonging to the airy and the latter to the watery trigons1 they close the list of the biblical myths4 ,but if1 as we see1 every patriarch represents1 in one sense1 like each of the ,pradjpatis1 a new race of antediluvian human beings2 and if1 as it may as easily be proved1 they are the copies of the ,babylonian ,saros1 or ages1 the latter themselves copies of the ,hindu ten dynasties of the 8,lords of beings10#hhi yet1 however we may regard them1 they are among the profoundest allegories ever conceived by philosophical minds4 ,in the ,nuctemeron1#hij the evolution of the universe and its successive periods of formation1 together with the gradual development of the human races1 are illustrated as fully as possible in the twelve 8hours0 into which the allegory is divided4 ,each 8hour0 typifies the evolution of a new man1 and in its turn is divided into four quarters or ages4 ,this work shows how thoroughly was the ancient philosophy imbued with the doctrines of the early ,aryans1 who were the first to divide the life on our planet into four ages4 ,if one would trace this doctrine from its source in the night of the traditional period down to the ,seer of ,patmos1 he need not go astray among the religious systems of all nations4 ,the ,babylonians he would find teaching that in four different periods four ,oannes 7or suns7 appeared2 the ,hindus asserting their four ,yuga2 the ,greeks1 ,romans1 and others firmly believing in the golden1 silver1 brazen1 and iron ages1 each of the epochs being heralded by the appearance of a saviour4 ,the four ,buddhas of the ,hindus and the three prophets of the ,zoroastrians--,oshedar-,cami1 ,oshedar-mah1 and ,sosiosh--preceded by ,zarotushtra1 are the types of these ages4 ,in the ,bible1 the very opening tells us that before the sons of ,god saw the daughters of men1 the latter lived from #cfe to #ifi years4 ,but when the 8,lord ,god0 saw the iniquities of mankind1 ,he concluded to allow them at most #abj years of life 7,genesis vi4 #c74 ,to account for such a violent oscillation in the human mortality-table is only possible by tracing this decision of the 8,lord ,god0 to its origin4 ,such incongruities as we meet at every step in the ,bible can be only attributed to the facts that the book of ,genesis and the other books of ,moses were tampered with and remodelled by more than one author2 and1 that in their original state they were1 with the exception of the external form of the allegories1 faithful copies from the ,hindu sacred books4 ,in ,manu1 book i41 we find the following3 8,in the first age1 neither sickness nor suffering were known4 ,men lived four centuries40 ,this was in the ,krita or ,satya yug4 8,the ,krita-yug is the type of justice4 ,the bull which stands firm on its four legs is its image2 man adheres to truth1 and evil does not as yet direct his actions40#hia ,but in each of the following ages primitive human life loses one-fourth of its duration1 that is to say1 in ,treta-yug man lives #cjj1 in ,dwapara-yug #bjj1 and in ,kali-yug1 or our own age1 but #ajj years generally1 at the most4 ,noah1 son of ,lamech--,oulom-,ach1 or father of the age--is the distorted copy of ,manu1 son of ,swayambhu1 and the six ,manus or ,rishis issued from the ,hindu 8first man0 are the originals of ,terah1 ,abraham1 ,isaac1 ,jacob1 ,joseph1 and ,moses1 the ,hebrew sages1 who beginning with ,terah were all alleged to have been astrologers1 alchemists1 inspired prophets1 and soothsayers2 or in a more profane but plainer language--magicians4 ,if we consult the ,talmudistic ,mishna we find therein the first emanated divine couple1 the androgyne ,demiurge ,chochmah 7or ,hachma ,achamoth7 and ,binah building themselves a house with seven pillars4 ,they are the architects of ,god--,wisdom and ,intelligence--and ,his 8compass and square40 ,the seven columns are the future seven worlds1 or the typical seven primordial 8days0 of creation4 8,chochmah immolates her victims40 ,these victims are the numberless forces of nature which must 8die0 7expend themselves7 in order that they should live2 when one force dies out1 it is but to give birth to another force1 its progeny4 ,it dies but lives in its children1 and resuscitates at every seventh generation4 ,the servants of ,chochmah1 or wisdom1 are the souls of ,h-,adam1 for in him are all the souls of ,israel4 ,there are twelve hours in the day1 says the ,mishna1 and it is during these hours that is accomplished the creation of man4 ,would this be comprehensible1 unless we had ,manu to teach us that this 8day0 embraces the four ages of the world and has a duration of twelve thousand divine years of the ,devas8 8,the ,creators 7,elohim7 outline in the second0 hour 8the shape of a more corporeal form of man4 ,they separate it into two and prepare the sexes to become distinct from each other4 ,such is the way the ,elohim proceeded in reference to every created thing40#hib 8,every fish1 fowl1 plant1 beast and man was androgyne at the first hour40 ,says the commentator1 the great ,rabbi ,simeon3 8,o1 companions1 companions1 man as emanation was both man and woman2 as well on the side of the ,,father as on the side of the ,,mother4 ,and this is the sense of the words1 and ,elohim spoke1 ,let there be ,light and it was ,light6444 ,and this is the #8two-fold man6'0#hic ,a spiritual woman was necessary as a contrast for the spiritual man4 ,harmony is the universal law4 ,in ,taylor's translation1 ,plato's discourse upon creation is rendered so as to make him say of this universe that 8,he caused it to move with circular motion4444 ,when1 therefore1 that ,god who is a perpetually reasoning ,divinity1 cogitated about that ,god 7man7 who was destined to subsist at some certain period of time1 ,he produced his body smooth and even1 and every way even and whole from the centre1 and made it perfect4 ,this perfect circle of the created ,god1 ,he decussated in the form of the letter ,x40 ,the italics of both these sentences from ,timus belong to ,dr4 ,lundy1 the author of that remarkable work mentioned once before1 ,monumental ,christianity2 and attention is drawn to the words of the ,greek philosopher1 with the evident purpose of giving them the prophetic character which ,justin ,martyr applied to the same1 when accusing ,plato of having borrowed his 8physiological discussion in the ,timus 444 concerning the ,son of ,god placed crosswise in the universe10 from ,moses and his serpent of brass4 ,the learned author seems to fully accord an unpremeditated prophecy to these words2 although he does not tell us whether he believes that like ,plato's created god1 ,jesus was originally a sphere 8smooth and even1 and every way even and whole from the centre40 ,even if ,justin ,martyr were excusable for his perversion of ,plato1 ,dr4 ,lundy ought to know that the day for that sort of casuistry is long gone by4 ,what the philosopher meant was man1 who before being encased in matter had no use for limbs1 but was a pure spiritual entity4 ,hence if the ,deity1 and his universe1 and the stellar bodies are to be conceived as spheroidal1 this shape would be archetypal man's4 ,as his enveloping shell grew heavier1 there came the necessity for limbs1 and the limbs sprouted4 ,if we fancy a man with arms and legs naturally extended at the same angle1 by backing him against the circle that symbolizes his prior shape as a spirit1 we would have the very figure described by ,plato--the ,x cross within the circle4 ,all the legends of the creation1 the fall of man1 and the resultant deluge1 belong to universal history1 and are no more the property of the ,israelites than that of any other nation4 ,what specially belongs to them 7kabalists excepted7 are the disfigured details of every tradition4 ,the ,genesis of ,enoch is by far anterior to the books of ,moses1#hid and ,guillaume ,postel has presented it to the world1 explaining the allegories as far as he dared2 but the ground-work is still unexposed4 ,for the ,jews1 the ,book of ,enoch is as canonical as the ,mosaic books2 and if the ,christians accepted the latter as an authority1 we do not see why they should reject the former as an apocrypha4 ,no more can the age of one than that of the other be determined with anything like certainty4 ,at the time of the separation1 the ,samaritans recognized only the books of ,moses and that of ,joshua1 says ,dr4 ,jost4#hie ,in #afh ,b4,c41 ,jerusalem had its temple plundered1 and all the sacred books were destroyed2#hif therefore1 the few ,,mss4 that remained were to be found only among the 8teachers of tradition40 ,the kabalistic ,tanam1 and their initiates and prophets had always practised its teachings in common with the ,canaanites1 the ,hamites1 ,midianites1 ,chaldeans1 and all other nations4 ,the story of ,daniel is a proof of it4 ,there was a sort of ,brotherhood1 or ,freemasonry among the kabalists scattered all over the world1 since the memory of man2 and1 like some societies of the medival ,masonry of ,europe1 they called themselves ,companions#hig and ,innocents4#hih ,it is a belief 7founded on knowledge7 among the kabalists1 that no more than the ,hermetic rolls are the genuine sacred books of the seventy-two elders--books which contained the 8,ancient ,word0--lost1 but that they have all been preserved from the remotest times among secret communities4 ,emanuel ,swedenborg says as much1 and his words are based1 he says1 on the information he had from certain spirits1 who assured him that 8they performed their worship according to this ,ancient ,word40 8,seek for it in ,china10 adds the great seer1 8peradventure you may find it in ,great ,tartary60 ,other students of occult sciences have had more than the word of 8certain spirits0 to rely upon in this special case--they have seen the books4 ,we must choose therefore perforce between two methods--either to accept the ,bible exoterically or esoterically4 ,against the former we have the following facts3 ,that1 after the first copy of the ,book of ,god has been edited and launched on the world by ,hilkiah1 this copy disappears1 and ,ezra has to make a new ,bible1 which ,judas ,maccabeus finishes2 that when it was copied from the horned letters into square letters1 it was corrupted beyond recognition2 that the ,masorah completed the work of destruction2 that1 finally1 we have a text1 not #ijj years old1 abounding with omissions1 interpolations1 and premeditated perversions2 and that1 consequently1 as this ,masoretic ,hebrew text has fossilized its mistakes1 and the key to the 8,word of ,god0 is lost1 no one has a right to enforce upon so-called 8,christians0 the divagations of a series of hallucinated and1 perhaps1 spurious prophets1 under the unwarranted and untenable assumption that the author of it was the 8,holy ,ghost0 in propria person4 ,hence1 we reject this pretended monotheistic ,scripture1 made up just when the priests of ,jerusalem found their political profit in violently breaking off all connection with the ,gentiles4 ,it is at this moment only that we find them persecuting kabalists1 and banning the 8old wisdom0 of both ,pagans and ,jews4 ,the real ,hebrew ,bible was a secret volume1 unknown to the masses1 and even the ,samaritan ,pentateuch is far more ancient than the ,septuagint4 ,as for the former1 the ,fathers of the ,church never even heard of it4 ,we prefer decidedly to take the word of ,swedenborg that the 8,ancient ,word0 is somewhere in ,china or the ,great ,tartary4 ,the more so1 as the ,swedish seer is declared1 at least by one clergymen1 namely1 the ,reverend ,dr4 ,r4 ,l4 ,tafel1 of ,london1 to have been in a state of 8inspiration from ,god10 while writing his theological works4 ,he is given even the superiority over the penmen of the ,bible1 for1 while the latter had the words spoken to them in their ears1 ,swedenborg was made to understand them rationally and was1 therefore1 internally and not externally illuminated4 8,when10 says the reverend author1 8a conscientious member of the ,new ,church hears any charges made against the divinity and the infallibility of either the soul or the body of the doctrines of the ,new ,jerusalem1 he must at once place himself on the unequivocal declaration made in those doctrines1 that the ,lord has effected ,his second coming in and by means of those writings which were published by ,emanuel ,swedenborg1 as ,his servant1 and that1 therefore1 those charges are not and cannot be true40 ,and if it is 8the ,lord0 that spoke through ,swedenborg1 then there is a hope for us that at least one divine will corroborate our assertions1 that the ancient 8word of ,god0 is nowhere but in the heathen countries1 especially ,buddhistic ,tartary1 ,thibet1 and ,china6 8,the primitive history of ,greece is the primitive history of ,india10 exclaims ,pococke in his ,india in ,greece4 ,in view of subsequent fruits of critical research1 we may paraphrase the sentence and say3 8,the primitive history of ,judea is a distortion of ,indian fable engrafted on that of ,egypt4 ,many scientists1 encountering stubborn facts1 and being reluctant to contrast the narratives of the 8divine0 revelation with those of the ,brahmanical books1 merely present them to the reading public4 ,meanwhile they limit their conclusions to criticisms and contradictions of each other4 ,so ,max ,mller opposes the theories of ,spiegel1 and some one else2 and ,professor ,whitney those of the ,oxford ,orientalist2 and ,dr4 ,haug made onslaughts on ,spiegel1 while ,dr4 ,spiegel chose some other victim2 and now even the time-honored ,akkadians and ,turanians have had their day of glory4 ,the ,proto-,kasdeans1 ,kasdeo-,scyths1 ,sumirians1 and what not1 have to make room for some other fictions4 ,alas6 for the ,akkads1 ,halevy1 the ,assyriologist attacks the ,akkado-,sumirian language of old ,babylon1 and ,chabas1 the ,egyptologist1 not content with dethroning the ,turanian speech1 which has rendered such eminent services to ,orientalists when perplexed1 calls the venerable parent of the ,akkadians--,franois ,lenormant--himself1 a charlatan4 ,profiting by the learned turmoil1 the ,christian clergy take heart for their fantastic theology on the ground that when the jury disagree there is a gain of time at least for the indicted party4 ,and thus is overlooked the vital question whether ,christendom would not be the better for adopting ,christism in place of ,christianity1 with its ,bible1 its vicarious atonement and its ,devil4 ,but to so important a personage as the latter1 we could not do less than devote a special chapter4 ,,chapter ,x4 8,get thee behind me1 ,,satan0 7,jesus to ,peter74--,matt4 xvi4 #bc4 8,such a deal of skimble-skamble stuff ,as puts me from my faith4 ,i tell you what-- ,he held me1 last night1 at least nine hours ,in reckoning up the several devils' names40-- ,king ,henry ,,iv41 ,part i41 ,act iii4 8,la force terrible et juste qui tue eternellement les avortons a t nomme par les gyptiens ,typhon1 par les ,hbreux ,samal2 par les orientaux ,satan2 et par les ,latins ,lucifer4 ,le ,lucifer de la ,cabale n'est pas un ange maudit et foudroy2 c'est l'ange qui claire et qui rgnre en tombant40--,,eliphas ,,levi3 ,dogme et ,rituel4 8,bad as he is1 the ,devil may be abus'd1 ,be falsely charg'd1 and causelessly accus'd1 ,when ,men1 unwilling to be blam'd alone1 ,shift off those ,crimes on ,him which are their ,own40--,defoe1 #agbf4 ,several years ago1 a distinguished writer and persecuted kabalist suggested a creed for the ,protestant and ,roman ,catholic bodies1 which may be thus formulated3 ,protevangelium4 8,i believe in the ,devil1 the ,father ,almighty of ,evil1 the ,destroyer of all things1 ,perturbator of ,heaven and ,earth2 ,and in ,anti-,christ1 his only ,son1 our ,persecutor1 ,who was conceived of the ,evil ,spirit2 ,born of a sacrilegious1 foolish ,virgin2 ,was glorified by mankind1 reigned over them1 ,and ascended to the throne of ,almighty ,god1 ,from which he crowds ,him aside1 and from which he insults the living and the dead2 ,i believe in the ,spirit of ,evil2 ,the ,synagogue of ,satan2 ,the coalition of the wicked2 ,the perdition of the body2 ,and the ,death and ,hell everlasting4 ,amen40 ,does this offend8 ,does it seem extravagant1 cruel1 blasphemous8 ,listen4 ,in the city of ,new ,york1 on the ninth day of ,april1 #ahgg--that is to say1 in the last quarter of what is proudly styled the century of discovery and the age of illumination--the following scandalous ideas were broached4 ,we quote from the report in the ,sun of the following morning3 8,the ,baptist preachers met yesterday in the ,mariners' ,chapel1 in ,oliver ,street4 ,several foreign missionaries were present4 ,the ,rev4 ,john ,w4 ,sarles1 of ,brooklyn1 read an essay1 in which he maintained the proposition that all adult heathen1 dying without the knowledge of the ,gospel1 are damned eternally4 ,otherwise1 the reverend essayist argued1 the ,gospel is a curse instead of a blessing1 the men who crucified ,christ served him right1 and the whole structure of revealed religion tumbles to the ground4 8,brother ,stoddard1 a missionary from ,india1 indorsed the views of the ,brooklyn pastor4 ,the ,hindus were great sinners4 ,one day1 after he had preached in the market place1 a ,brahman got up and said3 #8,we ,hindus beat the world in lying1 but this man beats us4 ,how can he say that ,god loves us8 ,look at the poisonous serpents1 tigers1 lions1 and all kinds of dangerous animals around us4 ,if ,god loves us1 why doesn't ,he take them away8' 8,the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,pixley1 of ,hamilton1 ,n4 ,y41 heartily subscribed to the doctrine of ,brother ,sarles's essay1 and asked for #e1jjj to fit out young men for the ministry40 ,and these men--we will not say teach the doctrine of ,jesus1 for that would be to insult his memory1 but--are paid to teach his doctrine6 ,can we wonder that intelligent persons prefer annihilation to a faith encumbered by such a monstrous doctrine8 ,we doubt whether any respectable ,brahman would have confessed to the vice of lying--an art cultivated only in those portions of ,british ,india where the most ,christians are found#hii ,but we challenge any honest man in the wide world to say whether he thinks the ,brahman was far from the truth in saying of the missionary ,stoddard1 8this man beats us all0 in lying4 ,what else would he say1 if the latter preached to them the doctrine of eternal damnation1 because1 indeed1 they had passed their lives without reading a ,jewish book of which they never heard1 or asked salvation of a ,christ whose existence they never suspected6 ,but ,baptist clergymen who need a few thousand dollars must devise terrifying sensations to fire the congregational heart4 ,we abstain1 as a rule1 from giving our own experience when we can call acceptable witnesses1 and so1 upon reading missionary ,stoddard's outrageous remarks1 we requested our acquaintance1 ,mr4 ,william ,l4 ,d4 ,o',grady1#ija to give a fair opinion upon the missionaries4 ,this gentleman's father and grandfather were ,british army officers1 and he himself was born in ,india1 and enjoyed life-long opportunities to learn what the general opinion among the ,english is of these religious propagandists4 ,following is his communication in reply to our letter3 8,you ask me for my opinion of the ,christian missionaries in ,india4 ,in all the years ,i spent there1 ,i never spoke to a single missionary4 ,they were not in society1 and1 from what ,i heard of their proceedings and could see for myself1 ,i don't wonder at it4 ,their influence on the natives is bad4 ,their converts are worthless1 and1 as a rule1 of the lowest class2 nor do they improve by conversion4 ,no respectable family will employ ,christian servants4 ,they lie1 they steal1 they are unclean--and dirt is certainly not a ,hindu vice2 they drink--and no decent native of any other belief ever touches intoxicating liquor2 they are outcasts from their own people and utterly despicable4 ,their new teachers set them a poor example of consistency4 ,while holding forth to the ,pariah that ,god makes no distinction of persons1 they boast intolerably over the stray ,brahmans1 who1 very much 8off color10 occasionally1 at long intervals1 fall into the clutches of these hypocrites4 8,the missionaries get very small salaries1 as publicly stated in the proceedings of the societies that employ them1 but1 in some unaccountable way1 manage to live as well as officials with ten times their income4 ,when they come home to recover their health1 shattered1 as they say1 by their arduous labors--which they seem to be able to afford to do quite frequently1 when supposed richer people cannot--they tell childish stories on platforms1 exhibit idols as procured with infinite difficulty1 which is quite absurd1 and give an account of their imaginary hardships which is perfectly harrowing but untrue from beginning to end4 ,i lived some years in ,india myself1 and nearly all my blood-relations have passed or will pass the best years of their lives there4 ,i know hundreds of ,british officials1 and ,i never heard from one of them a single word in favor of the missionaries4 ,natives of any position look on them with the supremest contempt1 although suffering chronic exasperation from their arrogant aggressiveness2 and the ,british ,government1 which continues endowments to ,pagodas1 granted by the ,east ,india ,company1 and which supports unsectarian education1 gives them no countenance whatever4 ,protected from personal violence1 they yelp and bark at natives and ,europeans alike1 after the fashion of ill-conditioned curs4 ,often recruited from the poorest specimens of theological fanaticism1 they are regarded on all sides as mischievous4 ,their rabid1 reckless1 vulgar1 and offensive propagandism caused the great ,mutiny of #aheg4 ,they are noisome humbugs4 8,,wm4 ,l4 ,d4 ,o',,grady4 8,,new ,,york1 ,june #ab1 #ahgg40 ,the new creed therefore1 with which we opened this chapter1 coarse as it may sound1 embodies the very essence of the belief of the ,church as inculcated by her missionaries4 ,it is regarded as less impious1 less infidel1 to doubt the personal existence of the ,holy ,ghost1 or the equal ,godhead of ,jesus1 than to question the personality of the ,devil4 ,but a summary of ,koheleth is well-nigh forgotten4#ijb ,who ever quotes the golden words of the prophet ,micah1#ijc or seems to care for the exposition of the ,law1 as given by ,jesus himself8#ijd ,the 8bull's eye0 in the target of ,modern ,christianity is in the simple phrase to 8fear the ,devil40 ,the ,catholic clergy and some of the lay champions of the ,roman ,church fight still more for the existence of ,satan and his imps4 ,if ,des ,mousseaux maintains the objective reality of spiritual phenomena with such an unrelenting ardor1 it is because1 in his opinion1 the latter are the most direct evidence of the ,devil at work4 ,the ,chevalier is more ,catholic than the ,pope2 and his logic and deductions from never-to-be and non-established premises are unique1 and prove once more that the creed offered by us is the one which expresses the ,catholic belief most eloquently4 8,if magic and spiritualism10 he says1 8were both but chimeras1 we would have to bid an eternal farewell to all the rebellious angels1 now troubling the world2 for thus1 we would have no more demons down here4444 ,and if we lost our demons1 we would ,,lose ,,our ,,saviour likewise4 ,for1 from whom did that ,saviour come to save us8 ,and then1 there would be no more ,redeemer2 for from whom or what could that ,redeemer redeem us8 ,hence1 there would be no more ,christianity660#ije ,oh1 ,holy ,father of ,evil2 ,sainted ,satan6 ,we pray thee do not abandon such pious ,christians as the ,chevalier des ,mousseaux and some ,baptist clergymen66 ,for our part1 we would rather remember the wise words of ,j4 ,c4 ,colquhoun1#ijf who says that 8those persons who1 in modern times1 adopt the doctrine of the ,devil in its strictly literal and personal application1 do not appear to be aware that they are in reality polytheists1 heathens1 idolaters40 ,seeking supremacy in everything over the ancient creeds1 the ,christians claim the discovery of the ,devil officially recognized by the ,church4 ,jesus was the first to use the word 8legion0 when speaking of them2 and it is on this ground that ,m4 des ,mousseaux thus defends his position in one of his demonological works4 8,later10 he says1 8when the synagogue expired1 depositing its inheritance in the hands of ,christ1 were born into the world and shone1 the ,fathers of the ,church1 who have been accused by certain persons of a rare and precious ignorance1 of having borrowed their ideas as to the spirits of darkness from the theurgists40 ,three deliberate1 palpable1 and easily-refuted errors--not to use a harsher word--occur in these few lines4 ,in the first place1 the synagogue1 far from having expired1 is flourishing at the present day in nearly every town of ,europe1 ,america1 and ,asia2 and of all churches in ,christian cities1 it is the most firmly established1 as well as the best behaved4 ,further--while no one will deny that many ,christian ,fathers were born into the world 7always1 of course1 excepting the twelve fictitious ,bishops of ,rome1 who were never born at all71 every person who will take the trouble to read the works of the ,platonists of the old ,academy1 who were theurgists before ,iamblichus1 will recognize therein the origin of ,christian ,demonology as well as the ,angelology1 the allegorical meaning of which was completely distorted by the ,fathers4 ,then it could hardly be admitted that the said ,fathers ever shone1 except1 perhaps1 in the refulgence of their extreme ignorance4 ,the ,reverend ,dr4 ,shuckford1 who passed the better part of his life trying to reconcile their contradictions and absurdities1 was finally driven to abandon the whole thing in despair4 ,the ignorance of the champions of ,plato must indeed appear rare and precious by comparison with the fathomless profundity of ,augustine1 8the giant of learning and erudition10 who scouted the sphericity of the earth1 for1 if true1 it would prevent the antipodes from seeing the ,lord ,christ when he descended from heaven at the second advent2 or1 of ,lactantius1 who rejects with pious horror ,pliny's identical theory1 on the remarkable ground that it would make the trees at the other side of the earth grow and the men walk with their heads downward2 or1 again1 of ,cosmas-,indicopleustes1 whose orthodox system of geography is embalmed in his 8,christian topography20 or1 finally1 of ,bede1 who assured the world that the heaven 8is tempered with glacial waters1 lest it should be set on fire0#ijg--;a benign dispensation of ,providence1 most likely to prevent the radiance of their learning from setting the sky ablaze6 ,be this as it may1 these resplendent ,fathers certainly did borrow their notions of the 8spirits of darkness0 from the ,jewish kabalists and ,pagan theurgists1 with the difference1 however1 that they disfigured and outdid in absurdity all that the wildest fancy of the ,hindu1 ,greek1 and ,roman rabble had ever created4 ,there is not a dev in the ,persian ,pandaimonion half so preposterous1 as a conception1 as des ,mousseaux's ,incubus revamped from ,augustine4 ,typhon1 symbolized as an ass1 appears a philosopher in comparison with the devil caught by the ,normandy peasant in a key-hole2 and it is certainly not ,ahriman or the ,hindu ,vritra who would run away in rage and dismay1 when addressed as ,st4 ,satan1 by a native ,luther4 ,the ,devil is the patron genius of theological ,christianity4 ,so 8holy and reverend is his name0 in modern conception1 that it may not1 except occasionally from the pulpit1 be uttered in ears polite4 ,in like manner1 anciently1 it was not lawful to speak the sacred names or repeat the jargon of the ,mysteries1 except in the sacred cloister4 ,we hardly know the names of the ,samothracian gods1 but cannot tell precisely the number of the ,kabeiri4 ,the ,egyptians considered it blasphemous to utter the title of the gods of their secret rites4 ,even now1 the ,brahman only pronounces the syllable ,om in silent thought1 and the ,rabbi1 the ,ineffable ,name1 4 ,hence1 we who exercise no such veneration1 have been led into the blunders of miscalling the names of ,,hisiris and ,,yava by the mispronunciations1 ,osiris and ,jehovah4 ,a similar glamour bids fair1 it will be perceived1 to gather round the designation of the dark personage of whom we are treating2 and in the familiar handling1 we shall be very likely to shock the peculiar sensibilities of many who will consider a free mentioning of the ,devil's names as blasphemy--the sin of sins1 that 8hath never forgiveness40#ijh ,several years ago an acquaintance of the author wrote a newspaper article to demonstrate that the diabolos or ,satan of the ,new ,testament denoted the personification of an abstract idea1 and not a personal being4 ,he was answered by a clergyman1 who concluded the reply with the deprecatory expression1 8,i fear that he has denied his ,saviour40 ,in his rejoinder he pleaded1 8,oh1 no6 we only denied the ,devil40 ,but the clergyman failed to perceive the difference4 ,in his conception of the matter1 the denying of the personal objective existence of the ,devil was itself 8the sin against the ,holy ,ghost40 ,this necessary ,evil1 dignified by the epithet of 8,father of ,lies10 was1 according to the clergy1 the founder of all the world-religions of ancient time1 and of the heresies1 or rather heterodoxies1 of later periods1 as well as the ,deus ex ,machina of modern ,spiritualism4 ,in the exceptions which we take to this notion1 we protest that we do not attack true religion or sincere piety4 ,we are only carrying on a controversy with human dogmas4 ,perhaps in doing this we resemble ,don ,quixote1 because these things are only windmills4 ,nevertheless1 let it be remembered that they have been the occasion and pretext for the slaughtering of more than fifty millions of human beings since the words were proclaimed3 8,,love ,,your ,,enemies40#iji ,it is a late day for us to expect the ,christian clergy to undo and amend their work4 ,they have too much at stake4 ,if the ,christian ,church should abandon or even modify the dogma of an anthropomorphic devil1 it would be like pulling the bottom card from under a castle of cards4 ,the structure would fall4 ,the clergymen to whom we have alluded perceived that upon the relinquishing of ,satan as a personal devil1 the dogma of ,jesus ,christ as the second deity in their trinity must go over in the same catastrophe4 ,incredible1 or even horrifying1 as it may seem1 the ,roman ,church bases its doctrine of the godhood of ,christ entirely upon the satanism of the fallen archangel4 ,we have the testimony of ,father ,ventura1 who proclaims the vital importance of this dogma to the ,catholics4 ,the ,reverend ,father ,ventura1 the illustrious ex-general of the ,theatins1 certifies that the ,chevalier des ,mousseaux1 by his treatise1 ,murs et ,pratiques des ,dmons1 has deserved well of mankind1 and still more of the most ,holy ,catholic and ,apostolic ,church4 ,with this voucher1 the noble ,chevalier1 it will be perceived1 8speaks as one having authority40 ,he asserts explicitly1 that to the ,devil and his angels we are absolutely indebted for our ,saviour2 and that but for them we would have no ,redeemer1 no ,christianity4 ,many zealous and earnest souls have revolted at the monstrous dogma of ,john ,calvin1 the popekin of ,geneva1 that sin is the necessary cause of the greatest good4 ,it was bolstered up1 nevertheless1 by logic like that of des ,mousseaux1 and illustrated by the same dogmas4 ,the execution of ,jesus1 the god-man1 on the cross1 was the most prodigious crime in the universe1 yet it was necessary that mankind--those predestinated to everlasting life--might be saved4 ,d',aubign cites the quotation by ,martin ,luther from the canon1 and makes him exclaim1 in ecstatic rapture3 8,o beata culpa1 qui talem meruisti redemptorem60 ,o blessed sin1 which didst merit such a ,redeemer4 ,we now perceive that the dogma which had appeared so monstrous is1 after all1 the doctrine of ,pope1 ,calvin1 and ,luther alike--that the three are one4 ,mahomet and his disciples1 who held ,jesus in great respect as a prophet1 remarks ,eliphas ,levi1 used to utter1 when speaking of ,christians1 the following remarkable words3 8,jesus of ,nazareth was verily a true prophet of ,allah and a grand man2 but lo6 his disciples all went insane one day1 and made a god of him40 ,max ,mller kindly adds3 8,it was a mistake of the early ,fathers to treat the heathen gods as demons or evil spirits1 and we must take care not to commit the same error with regard to the ,hindu gods40#iaj ,but we have ,satan presented to us as the prop and mainstay of sacerdotism--an ,atlas1 holding the ,christian heaven and cosmos upon his shoulders4 ,if he falls1 then1 in their conception1 all is lost1 and chaos must come again4 ,this dogma of the ,devil and redemption seems to be based upon two passages in the ,new ,testament3 8,for this purpose the ,son of ,god was manifested1 that he might destroy the works of the ,devil40#iaa 8,and there was war in heaven2 ,michael and his angels fought against the ,dragon2 and the ,dragon fought1 and his angels1 and prevailed not2 neither was their place found any more in heaven4 ,and the great ,dragon was cast out1 that old serpent1 called the ,devil and ,satan1 which deceiveth the whole world40 ,let us1 then1 explore the ancient ,theogonies1 in order to ascertain what was meant by these remarkable expressions4 ,the first inquiry is whether the term ,devil1 as here used1 actually represents the malignant ,deity of the ,christians1 or an antagonistic1 blind force--the dark side of nature4 ,by the latter we are not to understand the manifestation of any evil principle that is malum in se1 but only the shadow of the ,light1 so to say4 ,the theories of the kabalists treat of it as a force which is antagonistic1 but at the same time essential to the vitality1 evolving1 and vigor of the good principle4 ,plants would perish in their first stage of existence1 if they were kept exposed to a constant sunlight2 the night alternating with the day is essential to their healthy growth and development4 ,goodness1 likewise1 would speedily cease to be such1 were it not alternated by its opposite4 ,in human nature1 evil denotes the antagonism of matter to the spiritual1 and each is accordingly purified thereby4 ,in the cosmos1 the equilibrium must be preserved2 the operation of the two contraries produce harmony1 like the centripetal and centrifugal forces1 and are necessary to each other4 ,if one is arrested1 the action of the other will immediately become destructive4 ,this personification1 denominated ,satan1 is to be contemplated from three different planes3 the ,old ,testament1 the ,christian ,fathers1 and the ancient ,gentile altitude4 ,he is supposed to have been represented by the ,serpent in the ,garden of ,eden2 nevertheless1 the epithet of ,satan is nowhere in the ,hebrew sacred writings applied to that or any other variety of ophidian4 ,the ,brazen ,serpent of ,moses was worshipped by the ,israelites as a god2#iab being the symbol of ,esmun-,asklepius the ,phnician ,iao4 ,indeed1 the character of ,satan himself is introduced in the #ast book of ,chronicles in the act of instigating ,king ,david to number the ,israelitish people1 an act elsewhere declared specifically to have been moved by ,jehovah himself4#iac ,the inference is unavoidable that the two1 ,satan and ,jehovah1 were regarded as identical4 ,another mention of ,satan is found in the prophecies of ,zechariah4 ,this book was written at a period subsequent to the ,jewish colonization of ,palestine1 and hence1 the ,asideans may fairly be supposed to have brought the personification thither from the ,east4 ,it is well known that this body of sectaries were deeply imbued with the ,mazdean notions2 and that they represented ,ahriman or ,anra-manyas by the god-names of ,syria4 ,set or ,sat-an1 the god of the ,hittites and ,hyk-sos1 and ,beel-,zebub the oracle-god1 afterward the ,grecian ,apollo4 ,the prophet began his labors in ,judea in the second year of ,darius ,hystaspes1 the restorer of the ,mazdean worship4 ,he thus describes the encounter with ,satan3 8,he showed me ,joshua the high-priest standing before the angel of the ,lord1 and ,satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary4 ,and the ,lord said unto ,satan3 #8,the ,lord rebuke thee1 ,o ,satan2 even the ,lord that hath chosen ,jerusalem rebuke thee3 is not this a brand plucked out of the fire8'0#iad ,we apprehend that this passage which we have quoted is symbolical4 ,there are two allusions in the ,new ,testament that indicate that it was so regarded4 ,the ,catholic ,epistle of ,jude refers to it in this peculiar language3 8,yet ,michael the archangel1 when contending with the ,devil1 he disputed about the body of ,moses1 did not venture to utter to him a reviling judgment 1 but said1 #8,the ,lord rebuke thee4'0#iae ,the archangel ,michael is thus mentioned as identical with the ,lord1 or angel of the ,lord1 of the preceding quotation1 and thus is shown that the ,hebrew ,jehovah had a twofold character1 the secret and that manifested as the angel of the ,lord1 or ,michael the archangel4 ,a comparison between these two passages renders it plain that 8the body of ,moses0 over which they contended was ,palestine1 which as 8the land of the ,hittites0#iaf was the peculiar domain of ,seth1 their tutelar god4#iag ,michael1 as the champion of the ,jehovah-worship1 contended with the ,devil or ,adversary1 but left judgment to his superior4 ,belial is not entitled to the distinction of either god or devil4 ,the term 1 ,,belial1 is defined in the ,hebrew lexicons to mean a destroying1 waste1 uselessness2 or the phrase ,,ais-,,belial or ,belial-man signifies a wasteful1 useless man4 ,if ,belial must be personified to please our religious friends1 we would be obliged to make him perfectly distinct from ,satan1 and to consider him as a sort of spiritual 8,diakka40 ,the demonographers1 however1 who enumerate nine distinct orders of daimonia1 make him chief of the third class--a set of hobgoblins1 mischievous and good-for-nothing4 ,asmodeus is no ,jewish spirit at all1 his origin being purely ,persian4 ,bral1 the author of ,hercule et ,cacus1 shows that he is the ,parsi ,eshem-,dev1 or ,ashma-dev1 the evil spirit of concupiscence1 whom ,max ,mller tells us 8is mentioned several times in the ,avesta as one of the ,devs1#iah originally gods1 who became evil spirits40 ,samael is ,satan2 but ,bryan and a good many other authorities show it to be the name of the 8,simoun0--the wind of the desert1#iai and the ,simoun is called ,atabul-os or ,diabolos4 ,plutarch remarks that by ,typhon was understood anything violent1 unruly1 and disorderly4 ,the overflowing of the ,nile was called by the ,egyptians ,typhon4 ,lower ,egypt is very flat1 and any mounds built along the river to prevent the frequent inundations1 were called ,typhonian or ,taphos2 hence1 the origin of ,typhon4 ,plutarch1 who was a rigid1 orthodox ,greek1 and never known to much compliment the ,egyptians1 testifies in his ,isis and ,osiris1 to the fact that1 far from worshipping the ,devil 7of which ,christians accused them71 they despised more than they dreaded ,typhon4 ,in his symbol of the opposing1 obstinate power of nature1 they believed him to be a poor1 struggling1 half-dead divinity4 ,thus1 even at that remote age1 we see the ancients already too enlightened to believe in a personal devil4 ,as ,typhon was represented in one of his symbols under the figure of an ass at the festival of the sun's sacrifices1 the ,egyptian priests exhorted the faithful worshippers not to carry gold ornaments upon their bodies for fear of giving food to the ass6#ibj ,three and a half centuries before ,christ1 ,plato expressed his opinion of evil by saying that 8there is in matter a blind1 refractory force1 which resists the will of the ,great ,artificer40 ,this blind force1 under ,christian influx1 was made to see and become responsible2 it was transformed into ,satan6 ,his identity with ,typhon can scarcely be doubted upon reading the account in ,job of his appearance with the sons of ,god1 before the ,lord4 ,he accuses ,job of a readiness to curse the ,lord to his face upon sufficient provocation4 ,so ,typhon1 in the ,egyptian ,book of the ,dead1 figures as the accuser4 ,the resemblance extends even to the names1 for one of ,typhon's appellations was ,seth1 or ,seph2 as ,stn1 in ,hebrew1 means an adversary4 ,in ,arabic the word is ,shtana--to be adverse1 to persecute1 and ,manetho says he had treacherously murdered ,osiris and allied himself with the ,shemites 7the ,israelites74 ,this may possibly have originated the fable told by ,plutarch1 that1 from the fight between ,horus and ,typhon1 ,typhon1 overcome with fright at the mischief he had caused1 8fled seven days on an ass1 and escaping1 begat the boys ,ierosolumos and ,ioudaios 7,jerusalem and ,judea740 ,referring to an invocation of ,typhon-,seth1 ,professor ,reuvens says that the ,egyptians worshipped ,typhon under the form of an ass2 and according to him ,seth 8appears gradually among the ,semites as the background of their religious consciousness40#iba ,the name of the ass in ,coptic1 ,,ao1 is a phonetic of ,,iao1 and hence the animal became a pun-symbol4 ,thus ,satan is a later creation1 sprung from the overheated fancy of the ,fathers of the ,church4 ,by some reverse of fortune1 to which the gods are subjected in common with mortals1 ,typhon-,seth tumbled down from the eminence of the deified son of ,adam ,kadmon1 to the degrading position of a subaltern spirit1 a mythical demon--ass4 ,religious schisms are as little free from the frail pettiness and spiteful feelings of humanity as the partisan quarrels of laymen4 ,we find a strong instance of the above in the case of the ,zoroastrian reform1 when ,magianism separated from the old faith of the ,brahmans4 ,the bright ,devas of the ,veda became1 under the religious reform of ,zoroaster1 davas1 or evil spirits1 of the ,avesta4 ,even ,indra1 the luminous god1 was thrust far back into the dark shadow#ibb in order to show off1 in a brighter light1 ,ahura-mazda1 the ,wise and ,supreme ,deity4 ,the strange veneration in which the ,ophites held the serpent which represented ,christos may become less perplexing if the students would but remember that at all ages the serpent was the symbol of divine wisdom1 which kills in order to resurrect1 destroys but to rebuild the better4 ,moses is made a descendant of ,levi1 a serpent-tribe4 ,gautama-,buddha is of a serpent-lineage1 through the ,naga 7serpent7 race of kings who reigned in ,magadha4 ,hermes1 or the god ,taaut 7,thoth71 in his snake-symbol is ,tt2 and1 according to the ,ophite legends1 ,jesus or ,christos is born from a snake 7divine wisdom1 or ,holy ,ghost71 i4e41 he became a ,son of ,god through his initiation into the 8,serpent ,science40 ,vishnu1 identical with the ,egyptian ,kneph1 rests on the heavenly seven-headed serpent4 ,the red or fiery dragon of the ancient time was the military ensign of the ,assyrians4 ,cyrus adopted it from them when ,persia became dominant4 ,the ,romans and ,byzantines next assumed it2 and so the 8great red dragon10 from being the symbol of ,babylon and ,nineveh1 became that of ,rome4#ibc ,the temptation1 or probation1#ibd of ,jesus is1 however1 the most dramatic occasion in which ,satan appears4 ,as if to prove the designation of ,apollo1 sculapius1 and ,bacchus1 ,diobolos1 or son of ,zeus1 he is also styled ,diabolos1 or accuser4 ,the scene of the probation was the wilderness4 ,in the desert about the ,jordan and ,dead ,sea were the abodes of the 8sons of the prophets10 and the ,essenes4#ibe ,these ascetics used to subject their neophytes to probations1 analogous to the tortures of the ,mithraic rites2 and the temptation of ,jesus was evidently a scene of this character4 ,hence1 in the ,gospel according to ,luke1 it is stated that 8the ,diabolos1 having completed the probation1 left him for a specific time1 2 and ,jesus returned in the power of the ,spirit into ,galilee40 ,but the 1 or ,devil1 in this instance is evidently no malignant principle1 but one exercising discipline4 ,in this sense the terms ,devil and ,satan are repeatedly employed4#ibf ,thus1 when ,paul was liable to undue elation by reason of the abundance of revelations or epoptic disclosures1 there was given him 8a thorn in the flesh1 an angel of ,satanas10 to check him4#ibg ,the story of ,satan in the ,book of ,job is of a similar character4 ,he is introduced among the 8,sons of ,god10 presenting themselves before the ,lord1 as in a ,mystic initiation4 ,micaiah the prophet describes a similar scene1 where he 8saw the ,lord sitting on ,his throne1 and all the host of ,heaven standing by ,him10 with whom ,he took counsel1 which resulted in putting 8a lying spirit into the mouth of the prophets of ,ahab40#ibh ,the ,lord counsels with ,satan1 and gives him carte blanche to test the fidelity of ,job4 ,he is stripped of his wealth and family1 and smitten with a loathsome disease4 ,in his extremity1 his wife doubts his integrity1 and exhorts him to worship ,god1 as he is about to die4 ,his friends all beset him with accusations1 and finally the ,lord1 the chief hierophant ,himself1 taxes him with the uttering of words in which there is no wisdom1 and with contending with the ,almighty4 ,to this rebuke ,job yielded1 making this appeal3 8,i will demand of thee1 and thou shalt declare unto me3 wherefore do ,i abhor myself and mourn in dust and ashes80 ,immediately he was vindicated4 8,the ,lord said unto ,eliphaz 444 ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right1 as my servant ,job hath40 ,his integrity had been asserted1 and his prediction verified3 8,i know that my ,champion liveth1 and that he will stand up for me at a later time on the earth2 and though after my skin my body itself be corroded away1 yet even then without my flesh shall ,i see ,god40 ,the prediction was accomplished3 8,i have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear1 but now mine eye seeth thee4444 ,and the ,lord turned the captivity of ,job40 ,in all these scenes there is manifested no such malignant diabolism as is supposed to characterize 8the adversary of souls40 ,it is an opinion of certain writers of merit and learning1 that the ,satan of the book of ,job is a ,jewish myth1 containing the ,mazdean doctrine of the ,evil ,principle4 ,dr4 ,haug remarks that 8the ,zoroastrian religion exhibits a close affinity1 or rather identity with the ,mosaic religion and ,christianity1 such as the personality and attributes of the ,devil1 and the resurrection of the dead40#ibi ,the war of the ,apocalypse between ,michael and the ,dragon1 can be traced with equal facility to one of the oldest myths of the ,aryans4 ,in the ,avesta we read of war between ,thrtaona and ,azhi-,dahaka1 the destroying serpent4 ,burnouf has endeavored to show that the ,vedic myth of ,ahi1 or the serpent1 fighting against the gods1 has been gradually euhemerized into 8the battle of a pious man against the power of evil10 in the ,mazdean religion4 ,by these interpretations ,satan would be made identical with ,zohak or ,azhi-,dahaka1 who is a three-headed serpent1 with one of the heads a human one4#icj ,beel-,zebub is generally distinguished from ,satan4 ,he seems1 in the ,apocryphal ,new ,testament1 to be regarded as the potentate of the underworld4 ,the name is usually rendered 8,baal of the ,flies10 which may be a designation of the ,scarabi or sacred beetles4#ica ,more correctly it shall be read1 as it is always given in the ,greek text of the ,gospels1 ,beelzebul1 or lord of the household1 as is indeed intimated in ,matthew x4 #be3 8,if they have called the master of the house ,beelzebul1 how much more shall they call them of his household40 ,he was also styled the prince or archon of dmons4 ,typhon figures in the ,book of the ,dead1 as the ,accuser of souls when they appear for judgment1 as ,satan stood up to accuse ,joshua1 the high-priest1 before the angel1 and as the ,devil came to ,jesus to tempt or test him during his great fast in the wilderness4 ,he was also the deity denominated ,baal-,tsephon1 or god of the crypt1 in the book of ,exodus1 and ,seth1 or the pillar4 ,during this period1 the ancient or archaic worship was more or less under the ban of the government2 in figurative language1 ,osiris had been treacherously slain and cut in fourteen 7twice seven7 pieces1 and coffined by his brother ,typhon1 and ,isis had gone to ,byblos in quest of his body4 ,we must not forget in this relation that ,saba or ,sabazios1 of ,phrygia and ,greece1 was torn by the ,titans into seven pieces1 and that he was1 like ,heptaktis of the ,chaldeans1 the seven-rayed god4 ,siva1 the ,hindu1 is represented crowned with seven serpents1 and he is the god of war and destruction4 ,the ,hebrew ,jehovah the ,sabaoth is also called the ,lord of hosts1 ,seba or ,saba1 ,bacchus or ,dionysus ,sabazios2 so that all these may easily be proved identical4 ,finally the princes of the older rgime1 the gods who had1 on the assault of the giants1 taken the forms of animals and hidden in thiopia1 returned and expelled the shepherds4 ,according to ,josephus1 the ,hyk-sos were the ancestors of the ,israelites4#icb ,this is doubtless substantially true4 ,the ,hebrew ,scriptures1 which tell a somewhat different story1 were written at a later period1 and underwent several revisions1 before they were promulgated with any degree of publicity4 ,typhon became odious in ,egypt1 and shepherds 8an abomination40 8,in the course of the twentieth dynasty he was suddenly treated as an evil demon1 insomuch that his effigies and name are obliterated on all the monuments and inscriptions that could be reached40#icc ,in all ages the gods have been liable to be euhemerized into men4 ,there are tombs of ,zeus1 ,apollo1 ,hercules1 and ,bacchus1 which are often mentioned to show that originally they were only mortals4 ,shem1 ,ham1 and ,japhet1 are traced in the divinities ,shamas of ,assyria1 ,kham of ,egypt1 and ,iapetos the ,titan4 ,seth was god of the ,hyk-sos1 ,enoch1 or ,inachus1 of the ,argives2 and ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,judah have been compared with ,brahma1 ,ikshwaka1 and ,yadu of the ,hindu pantheon4 ,typhon tumbled down from godhead to devilship1 both in his own character as brother of ,osiris1 and as the ,seth1 or ,satan of ,asia4 ,apollo1 the god of day1 became1 in his older ,phnician garb1 no more ,baal ,zebul1 the ,oracle-god1 but prince of demons1 and finally the lord of the underworld4 ,the separation of ,mazdeanism from ,vedism1 transformed the devas or gods into evil potencies4 ,indra1 also1 in the ,vendidad is set forth as the subaltern of ,ahriman1#icd created by him out of the materials of darkness1#ice together with ,siva 7,surya7 and the two ,aswins4 ,even ,jahi is the demon of ,lust--probably identical with ,indra4 ,the several tribes and nations had their tutelar gods1 and vilified those of inimical peoples4 ,the transformation of ,typhon1 ,satan and ,beelzebub are of this character4 ,indeed1 ,tertullian speaks of ,mithra1 the god of the ,mysteries1 as a devil4 ,in the twelfth chapter of the ,apocalypse1 ,michael and his angels overcame the ,dragon and his angels3 8and the ,great ,dragon was cast out1 that ,archaic ,ophis1 called ,diabolos and ,satan1 that deceiveth the whole world40 ,it is added3 8,they overcame him by the blood of the ,lamb40 ,the ,lamb1 or ,christ1 had to descend himself to hell1 the world of the dead1 and remain there three days before he subjugated the enemy1 according to the myth4 ,michael was denominated by the kabalists and the ,gnostics1 8the ,saviour10 the angel of the ,sun1 and angel of ,light4 71 probably1 from to manifest and ,god47 ,he was the first of the ons1 and was well-known to antiquarians as the 8unknown angel0 represented on the ,gnostic amulets4 ,the writer of the ,apocalypse1 if not a kabalist1 must have been a ,gnostic4 ,michael was not a personage originally exhibited to him in his vision 7epopteia7 but the ,saviour and ,dragon-slayer4 ,archological explorations have indicated him as identical with ,anubis1 whose effigy was lately discovered upon an ,egyptian monument1 with a cuirass and holding a spear1 like ,st4 ,michael and ,st4 ,george4 ,he is also represented as slaying a ,dragon1 that has the head and tail of a serpent4#icf ,the student of ,lepsius1 ,champollion1 and other ,egyptologists will quickly recognize ,isis as the 8woman with child10 8clothed with the ,sun and with the ,moon under her feet10 whom the 8great fiery ,dragon0 persecuted1 and to whom 8were given two wings of the ,great ,eagle that she might fly into the wilderness40 ,typhon was red-skinned4#icg ,the ,two ,brothers1 the ,good and ,evil ,principles1 appear in the ,myths of the ,bible as well as those of the ,gentiles1 and ,cain and ,abel1 ,typhon and ,osiris1 ,esau and ,jacob1 ,apollo and ,python1 etc41 ,esau or ,osu1 is represented1 when born1 as 8red all over like as hairy garment40 ,he is the ,typhon or ,satan1 opposing his brother4 ,from the remotest antiquity the serpent was held by every people in the greatest veneration1 as the embodiment of ,divine wisdom and the symbol of spirit1 and we know from ,sanchoniathon that it was ,hermes or ,thoth who was the first to regard the serpent as 8the most spirit-like of all the reptiles20 and the ,gnostic serpent with the seven vowels over the head is but the copy of ,ananta1 the seven-headed serpent on which rests the god ,vishnu4 ,we have experienced no little surprise to find upon reading the latest ,european treatises upon serpent-worship1 that the writers confess that the public is 8still almost in the dark as to the origin of the superstition in question40 ,mr4 ,c4 ,staniland ,wake1 ,m4,a4,i41 from whom we now quote1 says3 8,the student of mythology knows that certain ideas were associated by the peoples of antiquity with the serpent1 and that it was the favorite symbol of particular deities2 but why that animal rather than any other was chosen for the purpose is yet uncertain40#ich ,mr4 ,james ,fergusson1 ,f4,r4,s41 who has gathered together such an abundance of material upon this ancient cult1 seems to have no more suspicion of the truth than the rest4#ici ,our explanation of the myth may be of little value to students of symbology1 and yet we believe that the interpretation of the primitive serpent-worship as given by the initiates is the correct one4 ,in ,vol4 i41 p4 #aj1 we quote from the serpent ,mantra1 in the ,aytareya-,brahmana1 a passage which speaks of the earth as the ,sarpa ,rjni1 the ,queen of the ,serpents1 and 8the mother of all that moves40 ,these expressions refer to the fact that before our globe had become egg-shaped or round it was a long trail of cosmic dust or fire-mist1 moving and writhing like a serpent4 ,this1 say the explanations1 was the ,spirit of ,god moving on the chaos until its breath had incubated cosmic matter and made it assume the annular shape of a serpent with its tail in its mouth--emblem of eternity in its spiritual and of our world in its physical sense4 ,according to the notions of the oldest philosophers1 as we have shown in the preceding chapter1 the earth1 serpent-like1 casts off its skin and appears after every minor pralaya in a rejuvenated state1 and after the great pralaya resurrects or evolves again from its subjective into objective existence4 ,like the serpent1 it not only 8puts off its old age10 says ,sanchoniathon1 8but increases in size and strength40 ,this is why not only ,serapis1 and later1 ,jesus1 were represented by a great serpent1 but even why1 in our own century1 big snakes are kept with sacred care in ,moslem mosques2 for instance1 in that of ,cairo4 ,in ,upper ,egypt a famous saint is said to appear under the form of a large serpent2 and in ,india in some children's cradles a pair of serpents1 male and female1 are reared with the infant1 and snakes are often kept in houses1 as they are thought to bring 7a magnetic aura of7 wisdom1 health1 and good luck4 ,they are the progeny of ,sarpa ,rjni1 the earth1 and endowed with all her virtues4 ,in the ,hindu mythology ,vasaki1 the ,great ,dragon1 pours forth upon ,durga1 from his mouth1 a poisonous fluid which overspreads the ground1 but her consort ,siva caused the earth to open her mouth and swallow it4 ,thus the mystic drama of the celestial virgin pursued by the dragon seeking to devour her child1 was not only depicted in the constellations of heaven1 as has been mentioned1 but was represented in the secret worship of the temples4 ,it was the mystery of the god ,sol1 and inscribed on a black image of ,isis4#idj ,the ,divine ,boy was chased by the cruel ,typhon4#ida ,in an ,egyptian legend the ,dragon is said to pursue ,thuesis 7,isis7 while she is endeavoring to protect her son4#idb ,ovid describes ,dion 7the consort of the original ,pelasgian ,zeus1 and mother of ,venus7 as flying from ,typhon to the ,euphrates1#idc thus identifying the myth as belonging to all the countries where the ,mysteries were celebrated4 ,virgil sings the victory3 8,hail1 dear child of gods1 great son of ,jove6 ,receive the honors great2 the time is at hand2 ,the ,serpent will die60#idd ,albertus ,magnus1 himself an alchemist and student of occult science1 as well as a bishop of the ,roman ,catholic ,church1 in his enthusiasm for astrology1 declared that the zodiacal sign of the celestial virgin rises above the horizon on the twenty-fifth of ,december1 at the moment assigned by the ,church for the birth of the ,saviour4#ide ,the sign and myth of the mother and child were known thousands of years before the ,christian era4 ,the drama of the ,mysteries of ,demeter represents ,persephoneia1 her daughter1 as carried away by ,pluto or ,hades into the world of the dead2 and when the mother finally discovers her there1 she has been installed as queen of the realm of ,darkness4 ,this myth was transcribed by the ,church into the legend of ,st4 ,anna#idf going in quest of her daughter ,mary1 who has been conveyed by ,joseph into ,egypt4 ,persephon is depicted with two ears of wheat in her hand2 so is ,mary in the old pictures2 so was the ,celestial ,virgin of the constellation4 ,albumazar the ,arabian indicates the identity of the several myths as follows3 8,in the first decan of the ,virgin rises a maid1 called in ,arabic ,aderenosa ,adha-nari81 that is1 pure immaculate virgin1#idg graceful in person1 charming in countenance1 modest in habit1 with loosened hair1 holding in her hands two ears of wheat1 sitting upon an embroidered throne1 nursing a boy1 and rightly feeding him in the place called ,hebra2 a boy1 ,i say1 named ,iessus by certain nations1 which signifies ,issa1 whom they also call ,christ in ,greek40#idh ,at this time ,grecian1 ,asiatic1 and ,egyptian ideas had undergone a remarkable transformation4 ,the ,mysteries of ,dionysus-,sabazius had been replaced by the rites of ,mithras1 whose 8caves0 superseded the crypts of the former god1 from ,babylon to ,britain4 ,serapis1 or ,sri-,apa1 from ,pontus1 had usurped the place of ,osiris4 ,the king of ,eastern ,hindustan1 ,asoka1 had embraced the religion of ,siddhrtha1 and sent missionaries clear to ,greece1 ,asia1 ,syria1 and ,egypt1 to promulgate the evangel of wisdom4 ,the ,essenes of ,judea and ,arabia1 the ,therapeutists#idi of ,egypt1 and the ,pythagorists#iej of ,greece and ,magna ,grcia1 were evidently religionists of the new faith4 ,the legends of ,gautama superseded the myths of ,horus1 ,anubis1 ,adonis1 ,atys1 and ,bacchus4 ,these were wrought anew into the ,mysteries and ,gospels1 and to them we owe the literature known as the ,evangelists and the ,apocryphal ,new ,testament4 ,they were kept by the ,ebionites1 ,nazarenes1 and other sects as sacred books1 which they might 8show only to the wise20 and were so preserved till the overshadowing influence of the ,roman ecclesiastical polity was able to wrest them from those who kept them4 ,at the time that the high-priest ,hilkiah is said to have found the ,book of the ,law1 the ,hindu ,puranas 7,scriptures7 were known to the ,assyrians4 ,these last had for many centuries held dominion from the ,hellespont to the ,indus1 and probably crowded the ,aryans out of ,bactriana into the ,punjb4 ,the ,book of the ,law seems to have been a purana4 8,the learned ,brahmans10 says ,sir ,william ,jones1 8pretend that five conditions are requisite to constitute a real purana3 8#a4 ,to treat of the creation of matter in general4 8#b4 ,to treat of the creation or production of secondary material and spiritual beings4 8#c4 ,to give a chronological abridgment of the great periods of time4 8#d4 ,to give a genealogical abridgment of the principal families that reigned over the country4 8#e4 ,lastly1 to give the history of some great man in particular40 ,it is pretty certain that whoever wrote the ,pentateuch had this plan before him1 as well as those who wrote the ,new ,testament had become thoroughly well acquainted with ,buddhistic ritualistic worship1 legends and doctrines1 through the ,buddhist missionaries who were many in those days in ,palestine and ,greece4 ,but 8no ,devil1 no ,christ40 ,this is the basic dogma of the ,church4 ,we must hunt the two together4 ,there is a mysterious connection between the two1 more close than perhaps is suspected1 amounting to identity4 ,if we collect together the mythical sons of ,god1 all of whom were regarded as 8first-begotten10 they will be found dovetailing together and blending in this dual character4 ,adam ,kadmon bifurcates from the spiritual conceptive wisdom into the creative one1 which evolves matter4 ,the ,adam made from dust is both son of ,god and ,satan2 and the latter is also a son of ,god1#iea according to ,job4 ,hercules was likewise 8the ,first-,begotten40 ,he is also ,bel1 ,baal1 and ,bal1 and therefore ,siva1 the ,destroyer4 ,bacchus was styled by ,euripides1 8,bacchus1 the ,son of ,god40 ,as a child1 ,bacchus1 like the ,jesus of the ,apocryphal ,gospels1 was greatly dreaded4 ,he is described as benevolent to mankind2 nevertheless he was merciless in punishing whomever failed of respect to his worship4 ,pentheus1 the son of ,cadmus and ,hermion1 was1 like the son of ,rabbi ,hannon1 destroyed for his want of piety4 ,the allegory of ,job1 which has been already cited1 if correctly understood1 will give the key to this whole matter of the ,devil1 his nature and office2 and will substantiate our declarations4 ,let no pious individual take exception to this designation of allegory4 ,myth was the favorite and universal method of teaching in archaic times4 ,paul1 writing to the ,corinthians1 declared that the entire story of ,moses and the ,israelites was typical2#ieb and in his ,epistle to the ,galatians1 asserted that the whole story of ,abraham1 his two wives1 and their sons was an allegory4#iec ,indeed1 it is a theory amounting to certitude1 that the historical books of the ,old ,testament were of the same character4 ,we take no extraordinary liberty with the ,book of ,job when we give it the same designation which ,paul gave the stories of ,abraham and ,moses4 ,but we ought1 perhaps1 to explain the ancient use of allegory and symbology4 ,the truth in the former was left to be deduced2 the symbol expressed some abstract quality of the ,deity1 which the laity could easily apprehend4 ,its higher sense terminated there2 and it was employed by the multitude thenceforth as an image to be employed in idolatrous rites4 ,but the allegory was reserved for the inner sanctuary1 when only the elect were admitted4 ,hence the rejoinder of ,jesus when his disciples interrogated him because he spoke to the multitude in parables4 8,to you10 said he1 8it is given to know the mysteries of the ,kingdom of ,heaven1 but to them it is not given4 ,for whosoever hath1 to him shall be given1 and he shall have more abundance2 but whosoever hath not1 from him shall be taken away even that he hath40 ,in the minor ,mysteries a sow was washed to typify the purification of the neophyte2 as her return to the mire indicated the superficial nature of the work that had been accomplished4 8,the ,mythus is the undisclosed thought of the soul4 ,the characteristic trait of the myth is to convert reflection into history 7a historical form74 ,as in the epos1 so in the myth1 the historical element predominates4 ,facts 7external events7 often constitute the basis of the myth1 and with these1 religious ideas are interwoven40 ,the whole allegory of ,job is an open book to him who understands the picture-language of ,egypt as it is recorded in the ,book of the ,dead4 ,in the ,scene of ,judgment1 ,osiris is represented sitting on his throne1 holding in one hand the symbol of life1 8the hook of attraction10 and in the other the mystic ,bacchic fan4 ,before him are the sons of ,god1 the forty-two assessors of the dead4 ,an altar is immediately before the throne1 covered with gifts and surmounted with the sacred lotus-flower1 upon which stand four spirits4 ,by the entrance stands the soul about to be judged1 whom ,thmei1 the genius of ,truth1 is welcoming to this conclusion of the probation4 ,thoth holding a reed1 makes a record of the proceedings in the ,book of ,life4 ,horus and ,anubis1 standing by the scales1 inspect the weight which determines whether the heart of the deceased balances the symbol of truth1 or the latter preponderates4 ,on a pedestal sits a bitch--the symbol of the ,accuser4 ,initiation into the ,mysteries1 as every intelligent person knows1 was a dramatic representation of scenes in the underworld4 ,such was the allegory of ,job4 ,several critics have attributed the authorship of this book to ,moses4 ,but it is older than the ,pentateuch4 ,jehovah is not mentioned in the poem itself2 and if the name occurs in the prologue1 the fact must be attributed to either an error of the translators1 or the premeditation exacted by the later necessity to transform polytheism into a monotheistic religion4 ,the plan adopted was the very simple one of attributing the many names of the ,elohim 7gods7 to a single god4 ,so in one of the oldest ,hebrew texts of ,job 7in chapter xii4 #i7 there stands the name of ,jehovah1 whereas all other manuscripts have 8,adonai40 ,but in the original poem ,jehovah is absent4 ,in place of this name we find ,al1 ,aleim1 ,ale1 ,shaddai1 ,adonai1 etc4 ,therefore1 we must conclude that either the prologue and epilogue were added at a later period1 which is inadmissible for many reasons1 or that it has been tampered with like the rest of the manuscripts4 ,then1 we find in this archaic poem no mention whatever of the ,sabbatical ,institution2 but a great many references to the sacred number seven1 of which we will speak further1 and a direct discussion upon ,sabeanism1 the worship of the heavenly bodies prevailing in those days in ,arabia4 ,satan is called in it a 8,son of ,god10 one of the council which presents itself before ,god1 and he leads him into tempting ,job's fidelity4 ,in this poem1 clearer and plainer than anywhere else1 do we find the meaning of the appellation1 ,satan4 ,it is a term for the office or character of public accuser4 ,satan is the ,typhon of the ,egyptians1 barking his accusations in ,amenthi2 an office quite as respectable as that of the public prosecutor1 in our own age2 and if1 through the ignorance of the first ,christians1 he became later identical with the ,devil1 it is through no connivance of his own4 ,the ,book of ,job is a complete representation of ancient initiation1 and the trials which generally precede this grandest of all ceremonies4 ,the neophyte perceives himself deprived of everything he valued1 and afflicted with foul disease4 ,his wife appeals to him to adore ,god and die2 there was no more hope for him4 ,three friends appear on the scene by mutual appointment3 ,eliphaz1 the learned ,temanite1 full of the knowledge 8which wise men have told from their fathers--to whom alone the earth was given20 ,bildad1 the conservative1 taking matters as they come1 and judging ,job to have done wickedly1 because he was afflicted2 and ,zophar1 intelligent and skilful with 8generalities0 but not interiorly wise4 ,job boldly responds3 8,if ,i have erred1 it is a matter with myself4 ,you magnify yourselves and plead against me in my reproach2 but it is ,god who has overthrown me4 ,why do you persecute me and are not satisfied with my flesh thus wasted away8 ,but ,i know that my ,champion lives1 and that at a coming day he will stand for me in the earth2 and though1 together with my skin1 all this beneath it shall be destroyed1 yet without my flesh ,i shall see ,god4444 ,ye shall say3 #8,why do we molest him8' for the root of the matter is found in me60 ,this passage1 like all others in which the faintest allusions could be found to a 8,champion10 8,deliverer10 or 8,vindicator10 was interpreted into a direct reference to the ,messiah2 but apart from the fact that in the ,septuagint this verse is translated3 8,for ,i know that ,he is eternal ,who is about to deliver me on earth1 ,to restore this skin of mine which endures these things10 etc4 ,in ,king ,james's version1 as it stands translated1 it has no resemblance whatever to the original4#ied ,the crafty translators have rendered it1 8,i know that my ,redeemer liveth10 etc4 ,and yet ,septuagint1 ,vulgate1 and ,hebrew original1 have all to be considered as an inspired ,word of ,god4 ,job refers to his own immortal spirit which is eternal1 and which1 when death comes1 will deliver him from his putrid earthly body and clothe him with a new spiritual envelope4 ,in the ,mysteries of ,eleusinia1 in the ,egyptian ,book of the ,dead1 and all other works treating on matters of initiation1 this 8eternal being0 has a name4 ,with the ,neo-platonists it was the ,nous1 the ,augoeides2 with the ,buddhists it is ,aggra2 and with the ,persians1 ,ferwer4 ,all of these are called the 8,deliverers10 the 8,champions10 the 8,metatrons10 etc4 ,in the ,mithraic sculptures of ,persia1 the ferwer is represented by a winged figure hovering in the air above its 8object0 or body4#iee ,it is the luminous ,self--the tman of the ,hindus1 our immortal spirit1 who alone can redeem our soul2 and will1 if we follow him instead of being dragged down by our body4 ,therefore1 in the ,chaldean texts1 the above reads1 8,my deliverer1 my restorer10 i4e41 the ,spirit who will restore the decayed body of man1 and transform it into a clothing of ether4 ,and it is this ,nous1 ,augoeides1 ,ferwer1 ,aggra1 ,spirit of himself1 that the triumphant ,job shall see without his flesh--i4e41 when he has escaped from his bodily prison1 and that the translators call 8,god40 ,not only is there not the slightest allusion in the poem of ,job to ,christ1 but it is now well proved that all those versions by different translators1 which agree with that of king ,james1 were written on the authority of ,jerome1 who has taken strange liberties in his ,vulgate4 ,he was the first to cram into the text this verse of his own fabrication3 8,i know that my ,redeemer lives1 ,and at the last day ,i shall arise from the earth1 ,and again shall be surrounded with my skin1 ,and in my flesh ,i shall see my ,god40 ,all of which might have been a good reason for himself to believe in it since he knew it1 but for others who did not1 and who moreover found in the text a quite different idea1 it only proves that ,jerome had decided1 by one more interpolation1 to enforce the dogma of a resurrection 8at the last day10 and in the identical skin and bones which we had used on earth4 ,this is an agreeable prospect of 8restoration0 indeed4 ,why not the linen also1 in which the body happens to die8 ,and how could the author of the ,book of ,job know anything of the ,new ,testament1 when evidently he was utterly ignorant even of the ,old one8 ,there is a total absence of allusion to any of the patriarchs2 and so evidently is it the work of an ,initiate1 that one of the three daughters of ,job is even called by a decidedly 8,pagan0 mythological name4 ,the name of ,kerenhappuch is rendered in various ways by the many translators4 ,the ,vulgate has 8horn of antimony20 and the ,,lxx has the 8horn of ,amalthea10 the nurse of ,jupiter1 and one of the constellations1 emblem of the 8horn of plenty40 ,the presence in the ,septuagint of this heroine of ,pagan fable1 shows the ignorance of the transcribers of its meaning as well as the esoteric origin of the ,book of ,job4 ,instead of offering consolations1 the three friends of the suffering ,job seek to make him believe that his misfortune must have come in punishment of some extraordinary transgressions on his part4 ,hurling back upon them all their imputations1 ,job swears that while his breath is in him he will maintain his cause4 ,he takes in view the period of his prosperity 8when the secret of ,god was upon his tabernacles10 and he was a judge 8who sat chief1 and dwelt as a king in the army1 or one that comforteth the mourners10 and compares with it the present time--when vagrant ,bedouins held him in derision1 men 8viler than the earth10 when he was prostrated by misfortune and foul disease4 ,then he asserts his sympathy for the unfortunate1 his chastity1 his integrity1 his probity1 his strict justice1 his charities1 his moderation1 his freedom from the prevalent sun-worship1 his tenderness to enemies1 his hospitality to strangers1 his openness of heart1 his boldness for the right1 though he encountered the multitude and the contempt of families2 and invokes the ,almighty to answer him1 and his adversary to write down of what he had been guilty4 ,to this there was not1 and could not be1 any answer4 ,the three had sought to crush ,job by pleadings and general arguments1 and he had demanded consideration for his specific acts4 ,then appeared the fourth2 ,elihu1 the son of ,barachel the ,buzite1 of the kindred of ,ram4#ief ,elihu is the hierophant2 he begins with a rebuke1 and the sophisms of ,job's false friends are swept away like the loose sand before the west wind4 8,and ,elihu1 the son of ,barachel1 spoke and said3 #8,great men are not always wise 444 there is a spirit in man2 the spirit within me constraineth me4444 ,god speaketh once1 yea twice1 yet man perceiveth it not4 ,in a dream2 in a vision of the night1 when deep sleep falleth upon man1 in slumberings upon the bed2 then he openeth the ears of men1 and sealeth their instruction4 ,o ,job1 hearken unto me2 hold thy peace1 and ,i shall teach thee ,,wisdom4'0 ,and ,job1 who to the dogmatic fallacies of his three friends in the bitterness of his heart had exclaimed3 8,no doubt but ye are the people1 and wisdom shall die with you4444 ,miserable comforters are ye all4444 ,surely ,i would speak to the ,almighty1 and ,i desire to reason with ,god4 ,but ye are forgers of lies1 ye are physicians of no value60 ,the sore-eaten1 visited ,job1 who in the face of the official clergy--offering for all hope the necessarianism of damnation1 had in his despair nearly wavered in his patient faith1 answered3 8,what ye know1 the same do ,i know also2 ,i am not inferior unto you4444 ,man cometh forth like a flower1 and is cut down3 he fleeth also as a shadow1 and continueth not4444 ,man dieth1 and wasteth away1 yea1 man giveth up the ghost1 and where is he8444 ,if a man die shall he live again8444 ,when a few years are come then ,i shall go the way whence ,i shall not return4444 ,o that one might plead for a man with ,god1 as a man pleadeth for his neighbor60 ,job finds one who answers to his cry of agony4 ,he listens to the wisdom of ,elihu1 the hierophant1 the perfected teacher1 the inspired philosopher4 ,from his stern lips comes the just rebuke for his impiety in charging upon the ,,supreme ,being the evils of humanity4 8,god10 says ,elihu1 8is excellent in power1 and in judgment1 and in plenty of justice2 ,,he will not afflict40 ,so long as the neophyte was satisfied with his own worldly wisdom and irreverent estimate of the ,deity and ,his purposes2 so long as he gave ear to the pernicious sophistries of his advisers1 the hierophant kept silent4 ,but1 when this anxious mind was ready for counsel and instruction1 his voice is heard1 and he speaks with the authority of the ,spirit of ,god that 8constraineth0 him3 8,surely ,god will not hear vanity1 neither will the ,almighty regard it4444 ,he respecteth not any that are wise at heart40 ,what better commentary than this upon the fashionable preacher1 who 8multiplieth words without knowledge60 ,this magnificent prophetic satire might have been written to prefigure the spirit that prevails in all the denominations of ,christians4 ,job hearkens to the words of wisdom1 and then the 8,lord0 answers ,job 8out of the whirlwind0 of nature1 ,god's first visible manifestation3 8,stand still1 ,o ,job1 stand still6 and consider the wondrous works of ,god2 for by them alone thou canst know ,god4 #8,behold1 ,god is great1 and we know him not1' ,him who #8maketh small the drops of water2 but they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof2'0#ieg not according to the divine whim1 but to the once established and immutable laws4 ,which law 8removeth the mountains and they know not2 which shaketh the earth2 which commandeth the sun1 and it riseth not2 and sealeth up the stars2 444 which doeth great things past finding out2 yea1 and wonders without number4444 ,lo1 ,he goeth by me1 and ,i see him not2 he passeth on also1 but ,i perceive him not60#ieh ,then1 8,who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge80#iei speaks the voice of ,god through ,his mouthpiece-- nature4 8,where wast thou when ,i laid the foundations of the earth8 declare1 if thou hast understanding4 ,who hath laid the measures thereof1 if thou knowest8 ,when the morning stars sang together1 and all the sons of ,god shouted for joy8444 ,wast thou present when ,i said to the seas1 #8,hitherto shalt thou come1 but no further2 and here shall thy proud waves be stayed8'444 ,knowest thou who hath caused it to rain on the earth1 where no man is2 on the wilderness1 wherein there is no man4444 ,canst thou bind the sweet influences of ,pleiades1 or loose the bands of ,orion8444 ,canst thou send lightnings1 that they may go1 and say unto thee1 #8,here we are8'0#ifj 8,then ,job answered the ,lord40 ,he understood ,his ways1 and his eyes were opened for the first time4 ,the ,supreme ,wisdom descended upon him2 and if the reader remain puzzled before this final ,,petroma of initiation1 at least ,job1 or the man 8afflicted0 in his blindness1 then realized the impossibility of catching 8,leviathan by putting a hook into his nose40 ,the ,leviathan is ,,occult ,,science1 on which one can lay his hand1 but 8do no more10#ifa whose power and 8comely proportion0 ,god wishes not to conceal4 8,who can discover the face of his garment1 or who can come to him with his double bridle8 ,who can open the doors of his face1 #8of him whose scales are his pride1 shut up together as with a closed seal8' ,through whose #8neesings a light doth shine1' and whose eyes are like the lids of the morning40 ,who 8maketh a light to shine after him10 for those who have the fearlessness to approach him4 ,and then they1 like him1 will behold 8all high things1 for he is king only over all the children of pride40#ifb ,job1 now in modest confidence1 responded3 8,i know that thou canst do everything1 ,and that no thought of thine can be resisted4 ,who is he that maketh a show of arcane wisdom1 ,of which he knoweth nothing8 ,thus have ,i uttered what ,i did not comprehend-- ,things far above me1 which ,i did not know4 ,hear6 ,i beseech thee1 and ,i will speak2 ,i will demand of thee1 and do thou answer me3 ,i have heard thee with my ears1 ,and now ,i see thee with my eyes1 ,wherefore am ,i loathsome1 ,and mourn in dust and ashes80 ,he recognized his 8champion10 and was assured that the time for his vindication had come4 ,immediately the ,lord 78the priests and the judges10 ,deuteronomy xix4 #ag7 saith to his friends3 8,my wrath is kindled against thee and against thy two friends2 for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right1 as my servant ,job hath40 ,so 8the ,lord turned the captivity of ,job10 and 8blessed the latter end of ,job more than his beginning40 ,then in the judgment the deceased invokes four spirits who preside over the ,lake of ,fire1 and is purified by them4 ,he then is conducted to his celestial house1 and is received by ,athar and ,isis1 and stands before ,atum1#ifc the essential ,god4 ,he is now ,turu1 the essential man1 a pure spirit1 and henceforth ,on-ati1 the eye of fire1 and an associate of the gods4 ,this grandiose poem of ,job was well understood by the kabalists4 ,while many of the medival ,hermetists were profoundly religious men1 they were1 in their innermost hearts--like kabalists of every age--the deadliest enemies of the clergy4 ,how true the words of ,paracelsus when worried by fierce persecution and slander1 misunderstood by friends and foes1 abused by clergy and laity1 he exclaimed3 8,o ye of ,paris1 ,padua1 ,montpellier1 ,salerno1 ,vienna1 and ,leipzig6 ,ye are not teachers of the truth1 but confessors of lies4 ,your philosophy is a lie4 ,would you know what ,,magic really is1 then seek it in ,st4 ,john's ,revelation4444 ,as you cannot yourselves prove your teachings from the ,bible and the ,revelation1 then let your farces have an end4 ,the ,bible is the true key and interpreter4 ,john1 not less than ,moses1 ,elias1 ,enoch1 ,david1 ,solomon1 ,daniel1 ,jeremiah1 and the rest of the prophets1 was a magician1 kabalist1 and diviner4 ,if now1 all1 or even any of those ,i have named1 were yet living1 ,i do not doubt that you would make an example of them in your miserable slaughter-house1 and would annihilate them there on the spot1 and if it were possible1 the ,creator of all things too60 ,that ,paracelsus had learned some mysterious and useful things out of ,revelation and other ,bible books1 as well as from the ,kabala1 was proved by him practically2 so much so1 that he is called by many the 8father of magic and founder of the occult physics of the ,kabala and magnetism40#ifd ,so firm was the popular belief in the supernatural powers of ,paracelsus1 that to this day the tradition survives among the simple-minded ,alsatians that he is not dead1 but 8sleepeth in his grave0 at ,strasburg4#ife ,and they often whisper among themselves that the green sod heaves with every respiration of that weary breast1 and that deep groans are heard as the great fire-philosopher awakes to the remembrance of the cruel wrongs he suffered at the hands of his cruel slanderers for the sake of the great truth6 ,it will be perceived from these extended illustrations that the ,satan of the ,old ,testament1 the ,diabolos or ,devil of the ,gospels and ,apostolic ,epistles1 were but the antagonistic principle in matter1 necessarily incident to it1 and not wicked in the moral sense of the term4 ,the ,jews1 coming from the ,persian country1 brought with them the doctrine of two principles4 ,they could not bring the ,avesta1 for it was not written4 ,but they--we mean the ,astdians and ,pharsi--invested ,ormazd with the secret name of 1 and ,ahriman with the name of the gods of the land1 ,satan of the ,hittites1 and ,diabolos1 or rather ,diobolos1 of the ,greeks4 ,the early ,church1 at least the ,pauline part of it1 the ,gnostics and their successors1 further refined upon their ideas2 and the ,catholic ,church adopted and adapted them1 meanwhile putting their promulgators to the sword4 ,the ,protestant is a reaction from the ,roman ,catholic ,church4 ,it is necessarily not coherent in its parts1 but a prodigious host of fragments beating their way round a common centre1 attracting and repelling each other4 ,parts are centripetally impelled towards old ,rome1 or the system which enabled old ,rome to exist2 part still recoil under the centrifugal impulse1 and seek to rush into the broad ethereal region beyond ,roman1 or even ,christian influence4 ,the modern ,devil is their principal heritage from the ,roman ,cybel1 8,babylon1 the ,great ,mother of the idolatrous and abominable religions of the earth40 ,but it may be argued1 perhaps1 that ,hindu theology1 both ,brahmanical and ,buddhistic1 is as strongly impregnated with belief in objective devils as ,christianity itself4 ,there is a slight difference4 ,this very subtlety of the ,hindu mind is a sufficient warrant that the well-educated people1 the learned portion1 at least1 of the ,brahman and ,buddhist divines1 consider the ,devil in another light4 ,with them the ,devil is a metaphysical abstraction1 an allegory of necessary evil2 while with ,christians the myth has become a historical entity1 the fundamental stone on which ,christianity1 with its dogma of redemption1 is built4 ,he is as necessary--as ,des ,mousseaux has shown--to the ,church as the beast of the seventeenth chapter of the ,apocalypse was to his rider4 ,the ,english-speaking ,protestants1 not finding the ,bible explicit enough1 have adopted the ,diabology of ,milton's celebrated poem1 ,paradise ,lost1 embellishing it somewhat from ,goethe's celebrated drama of ,faust4 ,john ,milton1 first a ,puritan and finally a ,quietist and ,unitarian1 never put forth his great production except as a work of fiction1 but it thoroughly dovetailed together the different parts of ,scripture4 ,the ,ilda-,baoth of the ,ophites was transformed into an angel of light1 and the morning star1 and made the ,devil in the first act of the ,diabolic ,drama4 ,then the twelfth chapter of the ,apocalypse was brought in for the second act4 ,the great red ,dragon was adopted as the same illustrious personage as ,lucifer1 and the last scene is his fall1 like that of ,vulcan-,hephaistos1 from ,heaven into the island of ,lemnos2 the fugitive hosts and their leader 8coming to hard bottom0 in ,pandemonium4 ,the third act is the ,garden of ,eden4 ,satan holds a council in a hall erected by him for his new empire1 and determines to go forth on an exploring expedition in quest of the new world4 ,the next acts relate to the fall of man1 his career on earth1 the advent of the ,logos1 or ,son of ,god1 and his redemption of mankind1 or the elect portion of them1 as the case may be4 ,this drama of ,paradise ,lost comprises the unformulated belief of ,english-speaking 8evangelical ,protestant ,christians40 ,disbelief of its main features is equivalent1 in their view1 to 8denying ,christ0 and 8blaspheming against the ,holy ,ghost40 ,if ,john ,milton had supposed that his poem1 instead of being regarded as a companion of ,dante's ,divine ,comedy1 would have been considered as another ,apocalypse to supplement the ,bible1 and complete its demonology1 it is more than probable that he would have borne his poverty more resolutely1 and withheld it from the press4 ,a later poet1 ,robert ,pollok1 taking his cue from this work1 wrote another1 ,the ,course of ,time1 which bade fair for a season to take the rank of a later ,scripture2 but the nineteenth century has fortunately received a different inspiration1 and the ,scotch poet is falling into oblivion4 ,we ought1 perhaps1 to make a brief notice of the ,european ,devil4 ,he is the genius who deals in sorcery1 witchcraft1 and other mischief4 ,the ,fathers taking the idea from the ,jewish ,pharisees1 made devils of the ,pagan gods1 ,mithras1 ,serapis1 and the others4 ,the ,roman ,catholic ,church followed by denouncing the former worship as commerce with the powers of darkness4 ,the malefecii and witches of the middle ages were thus but the votaries of the proscribed worship4 ,magic in all ancient times had been considered as divine science1 wisdom1 and the knowledge of ,god4 ,the healing art in the temples of sculapius1 and at the shrines of ,egypt and the ,east1 had always been magical4 ,even ,darius ,hystaspes1 who had exterminated the ,median ,magi1 and even driven out the ,chaldean theurgists from ,babylon into ,asia ,minor1 had also been instructed by the ,brahmans of ,upper ,asia1 and1 finally1 while establishing the worship of ,ormazd1 was also himself denominated the instituter of magism4 ,all was now changed4 ,ignorance was enthroned as the mother of devotion4 ,learning was denounced1 and savants prosecuted the sciences in peril of their lives4 ,they were compelled to employ a jargon to conceal their ideas from all but their own adepts1 and to accept opprobrium1 calumny1 and poverty4 ,the votaries of the ancient worship were persecuted and put to death on charges of witchcraft4 ,the ,albigenses1 descendants of the ,gnostics1 and the ,waldenses1 precursors of the ,protestants1 were hunted and massacred under like accusations4 ,martin ,luther himself was accused of companionship with ,satan in proper person4 ,the whole ,protestant world still lies under the same imputation4 ,there is no distinction in the judgments of the ,church between dissent1 heresy1 and witchcraft4 ,and except where civil authority protects1 they are alike capital offences4 ,religious liberty the ,church regards as intolerance4 ,but the reformers were nursed with the milk of their mother4 ,luther was as bloodthirsty as the ,pope2 ,calvin more intolerant than ,leo or ,urban4 ,thirty years of war depopulated whole districts of ,germany1 ,protestants and ,catholics cruel alike4 ,the new faith too opened its batteries against witchcraft4 ,the statute books became crimsoned with bloody legislation in ,sweden1 ,denmark1 ,germany1 ,holland1 ,great ,britain1 and the ,north ,american ,commonwealth4 ,whosoever was more liberal1 more intelligent1 more free-speaking than his fellows was liable to arrest and death4 ,the fires that were extinguished at ,smithfield were kindled anew for magicians2 it was safer to rebel against a throne than to pursue abstruse knowledge outside the orthodox dead-line4 ,in the seventeenth century ,satan made a sortie in ,new ,england1 ,new ,jersey1 ,new ,york1 and several of the ,southern colonies of ,north ,america1 and ,cotton ,mather gives us the principal chronicles of his manifestation4 ,a few years later he visited the ,parsonage of ,mora1 in ,sweden1 and ,life in ,dalecarlia was diversified with the burning alive of young children1 and the whipping of others at the church-doors on ,sabbath-days4 ,the skepticism of modern times has1 however1 pretty much driven the belief in witchcraft into ,coventry2 and the ,devil in personal anthropomorphic form1 with his ,bacchus-foot1 and his ,pan-like goat's horns1 holds place only in the ,encyclical ,letters1 and other effusions of the ,roman ,catholic ,church4 ,protestant respectability does not allow him to be named at all except with bated breath in a pulpit-enclosure4 ,having now set forth the biography of the ,devil from his first advent in ,india and ,persia1 his progress through ,jewish1 and both early and later ,christian ,theology down to the latest phases of his manifestation1 we now turn back to review certain of the opinions extant in the earlier ,christian centuries4 ,avatars or incarnations were common to the old religions4 ,india had them reduced to a system4 ,the ,persians expected ,sosiosh1 and the ,jewish writers looked for a deliverer4 ,tacitus and ,suetonius relate that the ,east was full of expectation of the ,great ,personage about the time of ,octavius4 8,thus doctrines obvious to ,christians were the highest arcana of ,paganism40#iff ,the ,maneros of ,plutarch was a child of ,palestine1#ifg his mediator ,mithras1 the ,saviour ,osiris is the ,messiah4 ,in our present 8,canonical ,scriptures0 are to be traced the vestigia of the ancient worships2 and in the rites and ceremonies of the ,roman ,catholic ,church we find the forms of the ,buddhistical worship1 its ceremonies and hierarchy4 ,the first ,gospels1 once as canonical as any of the present four1 contain pages taken almost entire from ,buddhistical narratives1 as we are prepared to show4 ,after the evidence furnished by ,burnouf1 ,asoma1 ,korosi1 ,beal1 ,hardy1 ,schmidt1 and translations from the ,tripitaka1 it is impossible to doubt that the whole ,christian scheme emanated from the other4 ,the 8,miraculous ,conception0 miracles and other incidents are found in full in ,hardy's ,manual of ,buddhism4 ,we can readily realize why the ,roman ,catholic ,church is anxious to keep the common people in utter ignorance of the ,hebrew ,bible and the ,greek literature4 ,philology and comparative ,theology are her deadliest enemies4 ,the deliberate falsifications of ,irenus1 ,epiphanius1 ,eusebius and ,tertullian had become a necessity4 ,the ,sibylline ,books at that period seem to have been regarded with extraordinary favor4 ,one can easily perceive that they were inspired from the same source as those of the ,gentile nations4 ,here is a leaf from ,gallus3 8,new ,light has arisen3 ,coming from ,heaven1 it assumed a mortal form4444 ----,virgin1 receive ,god in thy pure bosom-- ,and the ,word flew into her womb3 ,becoming incarnate in ,time1 and animated by her body1 ,it was found in a mortal image1 and a ,boy was created ,by a ,virgin4444 ,the new ,god-sent ,star was adored by the ,magi1 ,the infant swathed was shown in a manger4444 ,and ,bethlehem was called 8,god-called country of the ,word40#ifh ,this looks at first-sight like a prophecy of ,jesus4 ,but could it not mean as well some other creative ,god8 ,we have like utterances concerning ,bacchus and ,mithras4 8,i1 son of ,deus1 am come to the land of the ,thebans--,bacchus1 whom formerly ,semel 7the virgin71 the daughter of ,kadmus 7the man from the ,east7 brings forth--being delivered by the lightning-bearing flame2 and having taken a mortal form instead of ,god's1 ,i have arrived40#ifi ,the ,dionysiacs1 written in the fifth century1 serve to render this matter very clear1 and even to show its close connection with the ,christian legend of the birth of ,jesus3 8,kor-,persephoneia#igj 444 you were wived as the ,dragon's spouse1 ,when ,zeus1 very coiled1 his form and countenance changed1 ,a ,dragon-,bridegroom1 coiled in love-inspiring fold4444 ,glided to dark ,kor's maiden couch4444 ,thus1 by the alliance with the ,dragon of ther1 ,the womb of ,persephon became alive with fruit1 ,bearing ,zagreus1#iga the ,horned ,child40#igb ,here we have the secret of the ,ophite worship1 and the origin of the ,christian later-revised fable of the immaculate conception4 ,the ,gnostics were the earliest ,christians with anything like a regular theological system1 and it is only too evident that it was ,jesus who was made to fit their theology as ,christos1 and not their theology that was developed out of his sayings and doings4 ,their ancestors had maintained1 before the ,christian era1 that the ,great ,serpent--,jupiter1 the ,dragon of ,life1 the ,father and 8,good ,divinity10 had glided into the couch of ,semel1 and now1 the post-,christian ,gnostics1 with a very trifling change1 applied the same fable to the man ,jesus1 and asserted that the same 8,good ,divinity10 ,saturn 7,ilda-,baoth71 had1 in the shape of the ,dragon of ,life1 glided over the cradle of the infant ,mary4#igc ,in their eyes the ,serpent was the ,logos--,christos1 the incarnation of ,divine ,wisdom1 through his ,father ,ennoa and ,mother ,sophia4 8,now my mother1 the ,holy ,spirit 7,holy ,ghost7 took me10 ,jesus is made to say in the ,gospel of the ,hebrews1#igd thus entering upon his part of ,christos--the ,son of ,sophia1 the ,holy ,spirit4#ige 8,the ,holy ,ghost shall come upon thee1 and the ,,power of the ,highest shall overshadow thee2 therefore1 that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called ,son of ,god10 says the angel 7,luke i4 #ce74 8,god 444 hath at the last of these days spoken to us by a ,son1 whom he hath appointed heir of all things1 by whom also he made the ons0 7,paul3 ,heb4 i474#igf ,all such expressions are so many ,christian quotations from the ,nonnus verse 8444 through the therial ,draconteum10 for ,ether is the ,holy ,ghost or third person of the ,trinity--the ,hawk-headed ,serpent1 the ,egyptian ,kneph1 emblem of the ,divine ,mind1#igg and ,plato's universal soul4 8,i1 ,wisdom1 came out of the mouth of the ,most ,high1 and covered the earth as a cloud40#igh ,pimander1 the ,logos1 issues from the ,infinite ,darkness1 and covers the earth with clouds which1 serpentine-like1 spread all over the earth 7,see ,champollion's ,egypte74 ,the ,logos is the oldest image of ,god1 and he is the active ,logos1 says ,philo4#igi ,the ,father is the ,latent ,thought4 ,this idea being universal1 we find an identical phraseology to express it1 among ,pagans1 ,jews1 and early ,christians4 ,the ,chaldeo-,persian ,logos is the ,only-,begotten of the ,father in the ,babylonian cosmogony of ,eudemus4 8,hymn now1 ,,eli1 child of ,deus10 begins a ,homeric hymn to the sun4#ihj ,sol-,mithra is an 8image of the ,father10 as the kabalistic ,seir-,anpin4 ,that of all the various nations of antiquity1 there never was one which believed in a personal devil more than liberal ,christians in the nineteenth century1 seems hardly credible1 and yet such is the sorrowful fact4 ,neither the ,egyptians1 whom ,porphyry terms 8the most learned nation of the world10#iha nor ,greece1 its faithful copyist1 were ever guilty of such a crowning absurdity4 ,we may add at once that none of them1 not even the ancient ,jews1 believed in hell or an eternal damnation any more than in the ,devil1 although our ,christian churches are so liberal in dealing it out to the heathen4 ,wherever the word 8hell0 occurs in the translations of the ,hebrew sacred texts1 it is unfortunate4 ,the ,hebrews were ignorant of such an idea2 but yet the gospels contain frequent examples of the same misunderstanding4 ,so1 when ,jesus is made to say 7,matthew xvi4 #ah7 8444 and the gates of ,hades shall not prevail against it10 in the original text it stands 8the gates of death40 ,never is the word 8hell0--as applied to the state of damnation1 either temporary or eternal--used in any passage of the ,old ,testament1 all hellists to the contrary1 notwithstanding4 8,tophet10 or 8the ,valley of ,hinnom0 7,isaiah lxvi4 #bd7 bears no such interpretation4 ,the ,greek term 8,gehenna0 has also quite a different meaning1 as it has been proved conclusively by more than one competent writer1 that 8,gehenna0 is identical with the ,homeric ,tartarus4 ,in fact1 we have ,peter himself as authority for it4 ,in his second ,epistle 7ii4 #b7 the ,apostle1 in the original text1 is made to say of the sinning angels that ,god 8cast them down into ,tartarus40 ,this expression too inconveniently recalling the war of ,jupiter and the ,titans1 was altered1 and now it reads1 in ,king ,james's version3 8cast them down to hell40 ,in the ,old ,testament the expressions 8gates of death10 and the 8chambers of death10 simply allude to the 8gates of the grave10 which are specifically mentioned in the ,psalms and ,proverbs4 ,hell and its sovereign are both inventions of ,christianity1 coval with its accession to power and resort to tyranny4 ,they were hallucinations born of the nightmares of the ,,ss4 ,anthonys in the desert4 ,before our era the ancient sages knew the 8,father of ,evil10 and treated him no better than an ass1 the chosen symbol of ,typhon1 8the ,devil40#ihb ,sad degeneration of human brains6 ,as ,typhon was the dark shadow of his brother ,osiris1 so ,python is the evil side of ,apollo1 the bright god of visions1 the seer and the soothsayer4 ,he is killed by ,python1 but kills him in his turn1 thus redeeming humanity from sin4 ,it was in memory of this deed that the priestesses of the sun-god enveloped themselves in the snake-skin1 typical of the fabulous monster4 ,under its exhilarating influence--the serpent's skin being considered magnetic--the priestesses fell into magnetic trances1 and 8receiving their voice from ,apollo10 they became prophetic and delivered oracles4 ,again ,apollo and ,python are one and morally androgynous4 ,the sun-god ideas are all dual1 without exception4 ,the beneficent warmth of the sun calls the germ into existence1 but excessive heat kills the plant4 ,while playing on his seven-stringed planetary lyre1 ,apollo produces harmony2 but1 as well as other sun-gods1 under his dark aspect he becomes the destroyer1 ,python4 ,st4 ,john is known to have travelled in ,asia1 a country governed by ,magi and imbued with ,zoroastrian ideas1 and in those days full of ,buddhist missionaries4 ,had he never visited those places and come in contact with ,buddhists1 it is doubtful whether the ,revelation would have been written4 ,besides his ideas of the dragon1 he gives prophetic narratives entirely unknown to the other apostles1 and which1 relating to the second advent1 make of ,christ a faithful copy of ,vishnu4 ,thus ,ophios and ,ophiomorphos1 ,apollo and ,python1 ,osiris and ,typhon1 ,christos and the ,serpent1 are all convertible terms4 ,they are all ,logoi1 and one is unintelligible without the other1 as day could not be known had we no night4 ,all are regenerators and saviours1 one in a spiritual1 the other in a physical sense4 ,one insures immortality for the ,divine ,spirit2 the other gives it through regeneration of the seed4 ,the ,saviour of mankind has to die1 because he unveils to humanity the great secret of the immortal ego2 the serpent of ,genesis is cursed because he said to matter1 8,ye shall not die40 ,in the world of ,paganism the counterpart of the 8serpent0 is the second ,hermes1 the rencarnation of ,hermes ,trismegistus4 ,hermes is the constant companion and instructor of ,osiris and ,isis4 ,he is the personified wisdom2 so is ,cain1 the son of the 8,lord40 ,both build cities1 civilize and instruct mankind in the arts4 ,it has been repeatedly stated by the ,christian missionaries in ,ceylon and ,india that the people are steeped in demonolatry2 that they are devil-worshippers1 in the full sense of the word4 ,without any exaggeration we say that they are no more so than the masses of uneducated ,christians4 ,but even were they worshippers of 7which is more than believers in7 the ,devil1 yet there is a great difference between the teachings of their clergy on the subject of a personal devil and the dogmas of ,catholic preachers and many ,protestant ministers also4 ,the ,christian priests are bound to teach and impress upon the minds of their flock the existence of the ,devil1 and the opening pages of the present chapter show the reason why4 ,but not only will the ,cingalese ,oepasampala1 who belong to the highest priesthood1 not confess to belief in a personal demon but even the ,samenaira1 the candidates and novices1 would laugh at the idea4 ,everything in the external worship of the ,buddhists is allegorical and is never otherwise accepted or taught by the educated pungis 7pundits74 ,the accusation that they allow1 and tacitly agree to leave the poor people steeped in the most degrading superstitions1 is not without foundation2 but that they enforce such superstitions1 we most vehemently deny4 ,and in this they appear to advantage beside our ,christian clergy1 who 7at least those who have not allowed their fanaticism to interfere with their brains71 without believing a word of it1 yet preach the existence of the ,devil1 as the personal enemy of a personal ,god1 and the evil genius of mankind4 ,st4 ,george's ,dragon1 which figures so promiscuously in the grandest cathedrals of the ,christians1 is not a whit handsomer than the ,king of ,snakes1 the ,buddhist ,nammadnam-nraya1 the great ,dragon4 ,if the planetary ,demon ,rawho1 is believed1 in the popular superstition of the ,cingalese1 to endeavor to destroy the moon by swallowing it2 and if in ,china and ,tartary the rabble is allowed1 without rebuke1 to beat gongs and make fearful noises to drive the monster away from its prey during the eclipses1 why should the ,catholic clergy find fault1 or call this superstition8 ,do not the country clergy in ,southern ,france do the same1 occasionally1 at the appearance of comets1 eclipses1 and other celestial phenomena8 ,in #adef1 when ,halley's comet made its appearance1 8so tremendous was its apparition10 writes ,draper1 8that it was necessary for the ,pope himself to interfere4 ,he exorcised and expelled it from the skies4 ,it slunk away into the abysses of space1 terror-stricken by the maledictions of ,calixtus ,,iii41 and did not venture back for seventy-five years60#ihc ,we never heard of any ,christian clergyman or ,pope trying to disabuse ignorant minds of the belief that the ,devil had anything to do with eclipses and comets2 but we do find a ,buddhist chief priest saying to an official who twitted him with this superstition3 8,our ,cingalese religious books teach that the eclipses of the sun and moon denote an attack of ,rahu#ihd 7one of the nine planets7 not by a devil40#ihe ,the origin of the 8,dragon0 myth so prominent in the ,apocalypse and ,golden ,legend1 and of the fable about ,simeon ,stylites converting the ,dragon1 is undeniably ,buddhistic and even pre-,buddhistic4 ,it was ,gautama's pure doctrines which reclaimed to ,buddhism the ,cashmerians whose primitive worship was the ,ophite or ,serpent worship4 ,frankincense and flowers replaced the human sacrifices and belief in personal demons4 ,it became the turn of ,christianity to inherit the degrading superstition about devils invested with pestilential and murderous powers4 ,the ,mahvansa1 oldest of the ,ceylonese books1 relates the story of ,king ,covercapal 7cobra-de-capello71 the snake-god1 who was converted to ,buddhism by a holy ,rahat2#ihf and it is earlier1 by all odds1 than the ,golden ,legend which tells the same of ,simeon the ,stylite and his ,dragon4 ,the ,logos triumphs once more over the great ,dragon2 ,michael1 the luminous archangel1 chief of the ons1 conquers ,satan4#ihg ,it is a fact worthy of remark1 that so long as the initiate kept silent 8on what he knew10 he was perfectly safe4 ,so was it in days of old1 and so it is now4 ,as soon as the ,christian ,god1 emanating forth from ,silence1 manifested himself as the ,word or ,logos1 the latter became the cause of his death4 ,the serpent is the symbol of wisdom and eloquence1 but it is likewise the symbol of destruction4 8,to dare1 to know1 to will1 and be silent10 are the cardinal axioms of the kabalist4 ,like ,apollo and other gods1 ,jesus is killed by his ,logos2#ihh he rises again1 kills him in his turn1 and becomes his master4 ,can it be that this old symbol has1 like the rest of ancient philosophical conceptions1 more than one allegorical and never-suspected meaning8 ,the coincidences are too strange to be results of mere chance4 ,and now that we have shown this identity between ,michael and ,satan1 and the ,saviours and ,dragons of other people1 what can be more clear than that all these philosophical fables originated in ,india1 that universal hot-bed of metaphysical mysticism8 8,the world10 says ,ramatsariar1 in his comments upon the ,vedas1 8commenced with a contest between the ,spirit of ,good and the ,spirit of ,evil1 and so must end4 ,after the destruction of matter evil can no longer exist1 it must return to naught40#ihi ,in the ,apologia1 ,tertullian falsifies most palpably every doctrine and belief of the ,pagans as to the oracles and gods4 ,he calls them1 indifferently1 demons and devils1 accusing the latter of taking possession of even the birds of the air6 ,what ,christian would now dare doubt such an authority8 ,did not the ,psalmist exclaim3 8,all the gods of the nations are idols20 and the ,angel of the ,school1 ,thomas ,aquinas1 explains1 on his own kabalistic authority1 the word idols by devils8 8,they come to men10 he says1 8and offer themselves to their adoration by operating certain things which seem miraculous40#iij ,the ,fathers were prudent as they were wise in their inventions4 ,to be impartial1 after having created a ,devil1 they set to creating apocryphal saints4 ,we have named several in preceding chapters2 but we must not forget ,baronius1 who having read in a work of ,chrysostom about the holy ,xenoris1 the word meaning a pair1 a couple1 mistook it for the name of a saint1 and proceeded forthwith to create of it a martyr of ,antioch1 and went on to give a most detailed and authentic biography of the 8blessed martyr40 ,other theologians made of ,apollyon--or rather ,apoloun--the anti-,christ4 ,apoloun is ,plato's 8washer10 the god who purifies1 who washes off1 and releases us from sin1 but he was thus transformed into him 8whose name in the ,hebrew tongue is ,abaddon1 but in the ,greek tongue hath his name ,apollyon0--,devil6 ,max ,mller says that the serpent in ,paradise is a conception which might have sprung up among the ,jews1 and 8seems hardly to invite comparison with the much grander conceptions of the terrible power of ,vritra and ,ahriman in the ,veda and ,avesta40 ,with the kabalists the ,devil was always a myth--,god or good reversed4 ,that modern ,magus1 ,eliphas ,levi1 calls the ,devil l'ivresse astrale4 ,it is a blind force like electricity1 he says2 and1 speaking allegorically1 as he always did1 ,jesus remarked that he 8beheld ,satan like lightning fall from ,heaven40 ,the clergy insist that ,god has sent the ,devil to tempt mankind2 which would be rather a singular way of showing his boundless love to humanity6 ,if the ,supreme ,one is really guilty of such unfatherly treachery1 he is worthy1 certainly1 of the adoration only of a ,church capable of singing the ,te ,deum over a massacre of ,st4 ,bartholomew1 and of blessing ,mussulman swords drawn to slaughter ,greek ,christians6 ,this is at once sound logic and good sound law1 for is it not a maxim of jurisprudence3 8,qui facit per alium1 facit per se80 ,the great dissimilarity which exists between the various conceptions of the ,devil is really often ludicrous4 ,while bigots will invariably endow him with horns1 tail1 and every conceivable repulsive feature1 even including an offensive human smell1#iia ,milton1 ,byron1 ,goethe1 ,lermontoff1#iib and a host of ,french novelists have sung his praise in flowing verse and thrilling prose4 ,milton's ,satan1 and even ,goethe's ,mephistopheles1 are certainly far more commanding figures than some of the angels1 as represented in the prose of ecstatic bigots4 ,we have but to compare two descriptions4 ,let us first award the floor to the incomparably sensational des ,mousseaux4 ,he gives us a thrilling account of an incubus1 in the words of the penitent herself3 8,once10 she tells us1 8during the space of a whole half-hour1 she saw distinctly near her an individual with a black1 dreadful1 horrid body1 and whose hands1 of an enormous size1 exhibited clawed fingers strangely hooked4 ,the senses of sight1 feeling1 and smell were confirmed by that of hearing660#iic ,and yet1 for the space of several years1 the damsel suffered herself to be led astray by such a hero6 ,how far above this odoriferous gallant is the majestic figure of the ,miltonic ,satan6 ,let the reader then fancy1 if he can1 this superb chimera1 this ideal of the rebellious angel become incarnate ,pride1 crawling into the skin of the most disgusting of all animals6 ,notwithstanding that the ,christian catechism teaches us that ,satan in propria persona tempted our first mother1 ,eve1 in a real paradise1 and that in the shape of a serpent1 which of all animals was the most insinuating and fascinating6 ,god orders him1 as a punishment1 to crawl eternally on his belly1 and bite the dust4 8,a sentence10 remarks ,levi1 8which resembles in nothing the traditional flames of hell40 ,the more so1 that the real zological serpent1 which was created before ,adam and ,eve1 crawled on his belly1 and bit the dust likewise1 before there was any original sin4 ,apart from this1 was not ,ophion the ,daimon1 or ,devil1 like ,god called ,dominus8#iid ,the word ,god 7deity7 is derived from the ,sanscrit word ,deva1 and ,devil from the ,persian dava1 which words are substantially alike4 ,hercules1 son of ,jove and ,alcmena1 one of the highest sun-gods and also ,logos manifested1 is nevertheless represented under a double nature1 as all others4#iie ,the ,agathodmon1 the beneficent dmon1#iif the same which we find later among the ,ophites under the appellation of the ,logos1 or divine wisdom1 was represented by a serpent standing erect on a pole1 in the ,bacchanalian ,mysteries4 ,the hawk-headed serpent is among the oldest of the ,egyptian emblems1 and represents the divine mind1 says ,deane4#iig ,azazel is ,moloch and ,samael1 says ,movers1#iih and we find ,aaron1 the brother of the great law-giver ,moses1 making equal sacrifices to ,jehovah and ,azazel4 8,and ,aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats2 one lot for the ,lord 7,ihoh in the original7 and one lot for the scape-goat0 7,azazel74 ,in the ,old ,testament ,jehovah exhibits all the attributes of old ,saturn1#iii notwithstanding his metamorphoses from ,adoni into ,eloi1 and ,god of ,gods1 ,lord of ,lords4#ajjj ,jesus is tempted on the mountain by the ,devil1 who promises to him kingdoms and glory if he will only fall down and worship him 7,matthew iv4 #h1 #i74 ,buddha is tempted by the ,demon ,wasawarthi ,mara1 who says to him as he is leaving his father's palace3 8,be entreated to stay that you may possess the honors that are within your reach2 go not1 go not60 ,and upon the refusal of ,gautama to accept his offers1 gnashes his teeth with rage1 and threatens him with vengeance4 ,like ,christ1 ,buddha triumphs over the ,devil4#ajja ,in the ,bacchic ,mysteries a consecrated cup was handed around after supper1 called the cup of the ,agathodmon4#ajjb ,the ,ophite rite of the same description is evidently borrowed from these ,mysteries4 ,the communion consisting of bread and wine was used in the worship of nearly every important deity4#ajjc ,in connection with the semi-,mithraic sacrament adopted by the ,marcosians1 another ,gnostic sect1 utterly kabalistic and theurgic1 there is a strange story given by ,epiphanius as an illustration of the cleverness of the ,devil4 ,in the celebration of their ,eucharist1 three large vases of the finest and clearest crystal were brought among the congregation and filled with white wine4 ,while the ceremony was going on1 in full view of everybody1 this wine was instantaneously changed into a blood-red1 a purple1 and then into an azure-blue color4 8,then the magus10 says ,epiphanius1 8hands one of these vases to a woman in the congregation1 and asks her to bless it4 ,when it is done1 the magus pours out of it into another vase of much greater capacity with the prayer3 8,may the grace of ,god1 which is above all1 inconceivable1 inexplicable1 fill thy inner man1 and augment the knowledge of ,him within thee1 sowing the grain of mustard-seed in good ground4#ajjd ,whereupon the liquor in the larger vase swells and swells until it runs over the brim40#ajje ,in connection with several of the ,pagan deities which are made after death1 and before their resurrection to descend into ,hell1 it will be found useful to compare the pre-,christian with the post-,christian narratives4 ,orpheus made the journey1#ajjf and ,christ was the last of these subterranean travellers4 ,in the ,credo of the ,apostles1 which is divided in twelve sentences or articles1 each particular article having been inserted by each particular apostle1 according to ,st4 ,austin#ajjg the sentence 8,he descended into hell1 the third day he rose again from the dead10 is assigned to ,thomas2 perhaps1 as an atonement for his unbelief4 ,be it as it may1 the sentence is declared a forgery1 and there is no evidence 8that this creed was either framed by the apostles1 or indeed1 that it existed as a creed in their time40#ajjh ,it is the most important addition in the ,apostle's ,creed1 and dates since the year of ,christ #fjj4ajji ,it was not known in the days of ,eusebius4 ,bishop ,parsons says that it was not in the ancient creeds or rules of faith4#ajaj ,irenus1 ,origen1 and ,tertullian exhibit no knowledge of this sentence4#ajaa ,it is not mentioned in any of the ,councils before the seventh century4 ,theodoret1 ,epiphanius1 and ,socrates are silent about it4 ,it differs from the creed in ,st4 ,augustine4#ajab ,ruffinus affirms that in his time it was neither in the ,roman nor in the ,oriental creeds 7,exposit4 in ,symbol4 ,apost4 #aj74 ,but the problem is solved when we learn that ages ago ,hermes spoke thus to ,prometheus1 chained on the arid rocks of the ,caucasian mount3 8,to such labors look thou for no termination1 ,,until ,,some ,,god ,,shall ,,appear ,,as ,a ,,substitute ,,in ,,thy ,,pangs1 ,,and ,,shall ,,be ,,willing ,,to ,,go ,,both ,,to ,,gloomy ,,hades ,,and ,,to ,,the ,,murky ,,depths ,,around ,,tartarus60 7,,schylus3 ,prometheus1 #ajbg1 ff474 ,this god was ,herakles1 the 8,only-,begotten ,one10 and the ,saviour4 ,and it is he who was chosen as a model by the ingenious ,fathers4 ,hercules--called ,alexicacos--for he brought round the wicked and converted them to virtue2 ,soter1 or ,saviour1 also called ,neulos ,eumelos--the ,good ,shepherd2 ,astrochiton1 the star-clothed1 and the ,lord of ,fire4 8,he sought not to subject nations by force but by divine wisdom and persuasion10 says ,lucian4 8,herakles spread cultivation and a mild religion1 and destroyed the doctrine of eternal punishment by dragging ,kerberus 7the ,pagan ,devil7 from the nether world40 ,and1 as we see1 it was ,herakles again who liberated ,prometheus 7the ,adam of the pagans71 by putting an end to the torture inflicted on him for his transgressions1 by descending to the ,hades1 and going round the ,tartarus4 ,like ,christ he appeared as a substitute for the pangs of humanity1 by offering himself in a self-sacrifice on a funereal-burning pile4 8,his voluntary immolation10 says ,bart1 8betokened the ethereal new birth of men4444 ,through the release of ,prometheus1 and the erection of altars1 we behold in him the mediator between the old and new faiths4444 ,he abolished human sacrifice wherever he found it practiced4 ,he descended into the sombre realm of ,pluto1 as a shade 444 he ascended as a spirit to his father ,zeus in ,olympus40 ,so much was antiquity impressed by the ,heraklean legend1 that even the monotheistic 787 ,jews of those days1 not to be outdone by their contemporaries1 put him to use in their manufacture of original fables4 ,herakles is accused in his mythobiography of an attempted theft of the ,delphian oracle4 ,in ,sepher ,toldos ,jeschu1 the ,rabbins accuse ,jesus of stealing from their ,sanctuary the ,incommunicable ,name6 ,therefore it is but natural to find his numerous adventures1 worldly and religious1 mirrored so faithfully in the ,descent into ,hell4 ,for extraordinary daring of mendacity1 and unblushing plagiarism1 the ,gospel of ,nicodemus1 only now proclaimed apocryphal1 surpasses anything we have read4 ,let the reader judge4 ,at the beginning of chapter xvi41 ,satan and the 8,prince of ,hell0 are described as peacefully conversing together4 ,all of a sudden1 both are startled by 8a voice as of thunder0 and the rushing of winds1 which bids them to lift up their gates for 8the ,king of ,glory shall come in40 ,whereupon the ,prince of ,hell hearing this 8begins quarrelling with ,satan for minding his duty so poorly1 as not to have taken the necessary precautions against such a visit40 ,the quarrel ends with the prince casting ,satan 8forth from his hell10 ordering1 at the same time1 his impious officers 8to shut the brass gates of cruelty1 make them fast with iron bars1 and fight courageously lest we be taken captives40 ,but 8when all the company of the saints 444 7in ,hell87 heard this1 they spoke with a loud voice of anger to the ,prince of ,darkness1 #8,open thy gates1 that the ,king of ,glory may come in1'0 thereby proving that the prince needed spokesmen4 8,and the divine 787 prophet ,david cried out1 saying3 #8,did not ,i1 when on earth1 truly prophesy8'0 ,after this1 another prophet1 namely holy ,isaiah spake in like manner1 8,did not ,i rightly prophesy80 etc4 ,then the company of the saints and prophets1 after boasting for the length of a chapter1 and comparing notes of their prophecies1 begin a riot1 which makes the ,prince of ,hell remark that1 8the dead never durst before behave themselves so insolently towards us0 7the devils1 xviii4 #f72 feigning the while to be ignorant who it was claiming admission4 ,he then innocently asks again3 8,but who is the ,king of ,glory80 ,then ,david tells him that he knows the voice well1 and understands its words1 8because10 he adds1 8,i spake them by his ,spirit40 ,perceiving finally that the ,prince of ,hell would not open the 8brass doors of iniquity10 notwithstanding the king-psalmist's voucher for the visitor1 he1 ,david1 concludes to treat the enemy 8as a ,philistine1 and begins shouting3 #8,and now1 thou filthy and stinking prince of hell1 open thy gates4444 ,i tell thee that the ,king of ,glory comes 444 let him enter in4'0 ,while he was yet quarrelling the 8mighty ,lord appeared in the form of a man0 787 upon which 8impious ,death and her cruel officers are seized with fear40 ,then they tremblingly begin to address ,christ with various flatteries and compliments in the shape of questions1 each of which is an article of creed4 ,for instance3 8,and who art thou1 so powerful and so great who dost release the captives that were held in chains by original sin80 asks one devil4 8,perhaps1 thou art that ,jesus10 submissively says another1 8of whom ,satan just now spoke1 that by the death of the ,cross thou wert about to receive the power over death80 etc4 ,instead of answering1 the ,king of ,glory 8tramples upon ,death1 seizes the ,prince of ,hell1 and deprives him of his power40 ,then begins a turmoil in ,hell which has been graphically described by ,homer1 ,hesiod1 and their interpreter ,preller1 in his account of the ,astronomical ,hercules ,invictus1 and his festivals at ,tyre1 ,tarsus1 and ,sardis4 ,having been initiated in the ,attic ,eleusinia1 the ,pagan god descends into ,hades and 8when he entered the nether world he spread such terror among the dead that all of them fled60#ajac ,the same words are repeated in ,nicodemus4 ,follows a scene of confusion1 horror1 and lamenting4 ,perceiving that the battle is lost1 the ,prince of ,hell turns tail and prudently chooses to side with the strongest4 ,he against whom1 according to ,jude and ,peter1 even the ,archangel ,michael 8durst not bring a railing accusation before the ,lord10 is now shamefully treated by his ex-ally and friend1 the 8,prince of ,hell40 ,poor ,satan is abused and reviled for all his crimes both by devils and saints2 while the ,prince is openly rewarded for his treachery4 ,addressing him1 the ,king of ,glory says thus3 8,beelzebub1 the ,prince of ,hell1 ,satan the ,prince shall now be subject to thy dominion forever1 in the room of ,adam and his righteous sons1 who are mine 444 ,come to me1 all ye my saints1 who were created in my image1 who were condemned by the tree of the forbidden fruit1 and by the ,devil and death4 ,live now by the wood of my cross2 the ,devil1 the prince of this world is overcome 787 and ,death is conquered40 ,then the ,lord takes hold of ,adam by his right hand1 of ,david by the left1 and 8ascends from ,hell1 followed by all the saints10 ,enoch and ,elias1 and by the 8holy thief40#ajad ,the pious author1 perhaps through an oversight1 omits to complete the cavalcade1 by bringing up the rear with the penitent dragon of ,simon ,stylites and the converted wolf of ,st4 ,francis1 wagging their tails and shedding tears of joy6 ,in the ,codex of the ,nazarenes it is ,tobo who is 8the liberator of the soul of ,adam10 to bear it from ,orcus 7,hades7 to the place of ,,life4 ,tobo is ,tob-,adonijah1 one of the twelve disciples 7,levites7 sent by ,jehosaphat to preach to the cities of ,judah the ,book of the ,law 7#b ,chron4 xvii474 ,in the kabalistic books these were 8wise men10 ,magi4 ,they drew down the rays of the sun to enlighten the sheol 7,hades7 ,orcus1 and thus show the way out of the ,tenebr1 the darkness of ignorance1 to the soul of ,adam1 which represents collectively all the 8souls of mankind40 ,adam 7,athamas7 is ,tamuz or ,adonis1 and ,adonis is the sun ,helios4 ,in the ,book of the ,dead 7vi4 #bca7 ,osiris is made to say3 8,i shine like the sun in the star-house at the feast of the sun40 ,christ is called the 8,sun of ,righteousness10 8,helios of ,justice0 7,euseb43 ,demons4 ,ev41 v4 #bi71 simply a revamping of the old heathen allegories2 nevertheless1 to have made it serve for such a use is no less blasphemous on the part of men who pretended to be describing a true episode of the earth-pilgrimage of their ,god6 8,herakles1 who has gone out from the chambers of earth1 ,leaving the nether house of ,plouton60#ajae 8,at ,,thee the ,stygian lakes trembled2 ,thee the janitor of ,orcus ,feared4444 ,thee not even ,typhon frightened4444 ,hail true ,,son of ,,jove1 ,,glory added to the gods60#ajaf ,more than four centuries before the birth of ,jesus1 ,aristophanes had written his immortal parody on the ,descent into ,hell1 by ,herakles4#ajag ,the chorus of the 8blessed ones10 the initiated1 the ,elysian ,fields1 the arrival of ,bacchus 7who is ,iacchos--,iaho--and ,sabaoth7 with ,herakles1 their reception with lighted torches1 emblems of new life and ,,resurrection from darkness1 death unto light1 eternal ,,life2 nothing that is found in the ,gospel of ,nicodemus is wanting in this poem3#ajah 8,wake1 burning torches 444 for thou comest ,shaking them in thy hand1 ,iacche1 ,phosphoric star of the nightly rite60#ajai ,but the ,christians accept these post-mortem adventures of their god1 concocted from those of his ,pagan predecessors1 and derided by ,aristophanes four centuries before our era1 literally6 ,the absurdities of ,nicodemus were read in the churches1 as well as those of the ,shepherd of ,hermas4 ,irenus quotes the latter under the name of ,scripture1 a divinely-inspired 8revelation20 ,jerome and ,eusebius both insist upon its being publicly read in the churches2 and ,athanasius observes that the ,fathers 8appointed it to be read in confirmation of faith and piety40 ,but then comes the reverse of this bright medal1 to show once more how stable and trustworthy were the opinions of the strongest pillars of an infallible ,church4 ,jerome1 who applauds the book in his catalogue of ecclesiastical writers1 in his later comments terms it 8apocryphal and foolish60 ,tertullian1 who could not find praise enough for the ,shepherd of ,hermas when a ,catholic1 8began abusing it when a ,montanist40#ajbj ,chapter xiii4 begins with the narrative given by the two resuscitated ghosts of ,charinus and ,lenthius1 the sons of that ,simeon who1 in the ,gospel according to ,luke 7ii4 #be-cb71 takes the infant ,jesus in his arms and blesses ,god1 saying3 8,lord1 now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace 444 for mine eyes have seen thy salvation40#ajba ,these two ghosts have arisen from their cold tombs on purpose to declare 8the mysteries0 which they saw after death in hell4 ,they are enabled to do so only at the importunate prayer of ,annas and ,caaphas1 ,nicodemus 7the author71 ,joseph 7of ,arimatha71 and ,gamaliel1 who beseech them to reveal to them the great secrets4 ,annas and ,caaphas1 however1 who bring the ghosts to the synagogue at ,jerusalem1 take the precaution to make the two resuscitated men1 who had been dead and buried for years1 to swear on the ,book of the ,law 8by ,god ,adonai1 and the ,god of ,israel10 to tell them only the truth4 ,therefore1 after making the sign of the cross on their tongues1#ajbb they ask for some paper to write their confessions 7xii4 #ba-be74 ,they state how1 when 8in the depth of hell1 in the blackness of darkness10 they suddenly saw 8a substantial1 purple-colored light illuminating the place40 ,adam1 with the patriarchs and prophets1 began thereupon to rejoice1 and ,isaiah also immediately boasted that he had predicted all that4 ,while this was going on1 ,simeon1 their father1 arrived1 declaring that 8the infant he took in his arms in the temple was now coming to liberate them40 ,after ,simeon had delivered his message to the distinguished company in hell1 8there came forth one like a little hermit 7871 who proved to be ,john the ,baptist40 ,the idea is suggestive and shows that even the 8,precursor0 and 8the ,prophet of the ,most ,high10 had not been exempted from drying up in hell to the most diminutive proportions1 and that to the extent of affecting his brains and memory4 ,forgetting that 7,matthew xi47 he had manifested the most evident doubts as to the ,messiahship of ,jesus1 the ,baptist also claims his right to be recognized as a prophet4 8,and ,i1 ,john10 he says1 8when ,i saw ,jesus coming to me1 being moved by the ,holy ,ghost1 ,i said3 #8,behold the ,lamb of ,god1 who takes away the sins of the world' 444 ,and ,i baptized him 444 and ,i saw the ,holy ,ghost descending upon him1 and saying1 #8,this is my ,beloved ,son1' etc40 ,and to think1 that his descendants and followers1 like the ,mandeans of ,basra1 utterly reject these words6 ,then ,adam1 who acts as though his own veracity might be questioned in this 8impious company10 calls his son ,seth1 and desires him to declare to his sons1 the patriarchs and prophets1 what the ,archangel ,michael had told him at the gate of ,paradise1 when he1 ,adam1 sent ,seth 8to entreat ,god that he would anoint0 his head when ,adam was sick 7xiv4 #b74 ,and ,seth tells them that when he was praying at the gates of ,paradise1 ,michael advised him not to entreat ,god for 8the oil of the tree of mercy wherewith to anoint father ,adam for his headache2 because thou canst not by any means obtain it till the ,,last ,,day and times1 namely till #e1ejj years be past40 ,this little bit of private gossip between ,michael and ,seth was evidently introduced in the interests of ,patristic ,chronology2 and for the purpose of connecting ,messiahship still closer with ,jesus1 on the authority of a recognized and divinely-inspired ,gospel4 ,the ,fathers of the early centuries committed an inextricable mistake in destroying fragile images and mortal ,pagans1 in preference to the monuments of ,egyptian antiquity4 ,these have become the more precious to archology and modern science since it is found they prove that ,king ,menes and his architects flourished between four and five thousand years before 8,father ,adam0 and the universe1 according to the biblical chronology1 were created 8out of nothing40#ajbc 8,while all the saints were rejoicing1 behold ,satan1 the prince and captain of death10 says to the ,prince of ,hell3 8,prepare to receive ,jesus of ,nazareth himself1 who boasted that he was the ,son of ,god1 and yet was a man afraid of death1 and said3 #8,my soul is sorrowful even to death'0 7xv4 #a1 #b74 ,there is a tradition among the ,greek ecclesiastical writers that the 8,hretics0 7perhaps ,celsus7 had sorely twitted the ,christians on this delicate point4 ,they held that if ,jesus were not a simple mortal1 who was often forsaken by the ,spirit of ,christos1 he could not have complained in such expressions as are attributed to him2 neither would he have cried out with a loud voice3 8,my god1 ,my god6 why hast thou forsaken me80 ,this objection is very cleverly answered in the ,gospel of ,nicodemus1 and it is the 8,prince of ,hell0 who settles the difficulty4 ,he begins by arguing with ,satan like a true metaphysician4 8,who is that so powerful prince10 he sneeringly inquires1 8who is he so powerful1 and yet a man who is afraid of death8444 ,i affirm to thee that when1 therefore1 he said he was afraid of death1 he designed to ensnare thee1 and unhappy it will be to thee for everlasting ages60 ,it is quite refreshing to see how closely the author of this ,gospel sticks to his ,new ,testament text1 and especially to the fourth evangelist4 ,how cleverly he prepares the way for seemingly 8innocent0 questions and answers1 corroborating the most dubious passages of the four gospels1 passages more questioned and cross-examined in those days of subtile sophistry of the learned ,gnostics than they are now2 a weighty reason why the ,fathers should have been even more anxious to burn the documents of their antagonists than to destroy their heresy4 ,the following is a good instance4 ,the dialogue is still proceeding between ,satan and the metaphysical half-converted ,prince of the under world4 8,who1 then1 is that ,jesus of ,nazareth10 navely inquires the prince1 8that by his word hath taken away the dead from me1 without prayers to ,god80 7xv4 #af74 8,perhaps10 replies ,satan1 with the innocence of a ,jesuit1 8it is the same who took away from me ,,lazarus1 after he had been four days dead1 and did both stink and was rotten8444 ,it is the very same person1 ,jesus of ,nazareth4444 ,i adjure thee1 by the powers which belong to thee and me1 that thou bring him not to me60 exclaims the prince4 8,for when ,i heard of the power of his word1 ,i trembled for fear1 and all my impious company were disturbed4 ,and we were not able to detain ,lazarus1 but he gave himself a shake1 and with all the signs of malice1 he immediately went away from us2 and the very earth1 in which the dead body of ,lazarus was lodged1 presently turned him alive40 8,yes10 thoughtfully adds the ,prince of ,hell1 8,i know now that he is ,almighty ,god1 who is mighty in his dominion1 and mighty in his human nature1 who is the ,saviour of mankind4 ,bring not therefore this person hither1 for he will set at liberty all those ,i held in prison under unbelief1 and 444 will conduct them to everlasting life0 7xv4 #bj74 ,here ends the post-mortem evidence of the two ghosts4 ,charinus 7ghost ,no4 #a7 gives what he wrote to ,annas1 ,caaphas1 and ,gamaliel1 and ,lenthius 7ghost ,no4 #b7 his to ,joseph and ,nicodemus1 having done which1 both change into 8exceedingly white forms and were seen no more40 ,to show furthermore that the 8ghosts0 had been all the time under the strictest 8test conditions10 as the modern spiritualists would express it1 the author of the ,gospel adds3 8,but what they had wrote was found perfectly to agree1 the one not containing one letter more or less than the other40 ,this news spread in all the synagogues1 the ,gospel goes on to state1 that ,pilate went to the temple as advised by ,nicodemus1 and assembled the ,jews together4 ,at this historical interview1 ,caaphas and ,annas are made to declare that their ,scriptures testify 8that ,he 7,jesus7 is the ,son of ,god and the ,lord and ,king of ,israel0 767 and close the confession with the following memorable words3 8,and so it appears that ,jesus1 whom we crucified1 is ,jesus ,christ1 the ,son of ,god1 and true and ,almighty ,god4 ,amen40 767 ,notwithstanding such a crushing confession for themselves1 and the recognition of ,jesus as the ,almighty ,god himself1 the 8,lord ,god of ,israel10 neither the high priest1 nor his father-in-law1 nor any of the elders1 nor ,pilate1 who wrote those accounts1 nor any of the ,jews of ,jerusalem1 who were at all prominent1 became ,christians4 ,comments are unnecessary4 ,this ,gospel closes with the words3 8,in the name of the ,holy ,trinity of which ,nicodemus could know nothing yet thus ends the ,acts of our ,saviour ,jesus ,christ1 which the emperor ,theodosius the ,great found at ,jerusalem1 in the hall of ,pontius ,pilate among the public records20 and which history purports to have been written in ,hebrew by ,nicodemus1 8the things being acted in the nineteenth year of ,tiberius ,csar1 emperor of the ,romans1 and in the seventeenth year of the government of ,herod1 the son of ,herod1 king of ,galilee1 on the eighth before the calends of ,april1 etc41 etc40 ,it is the most barefaced imposture that was perpetrated after the era of pious forgeries opened with the first bishop of ,rome1 whoever he may have been4 ,the clumsy forger seems to have neither known nor heard that the dogma of the ,trinity was not propounded until #cbe years later than this pretended date4 ,neither the ,old nor the ,new ,testament contains the word ,trinity1 nor anything that affords the slightest pretext for this doctrine 7see page #agg of this volume1 8,christ's descent into ,hell074 ,no explanation can palliate the putting forth of this spurious gospel as a divine revelation1 for it was known from the first as a premeditated imposture4 ,if the gospel itself has been declared apocryphal1 nevertheless every one of the dogmas contained in it was and is still enforced upon the ,christian world4 ,and even the fact that itself is now repudiated1 is no merit1 for the ,church was shamed and forced into it4 ,and so we are perfectly warranted in repeating the amended ,credo of ,robert ,taylor1 which is substantially that of the ,christians4 ,i believe in ,zeus1 the ,father ,almighty1 ,and in his son1 ,iasios ,christ our ,lord1 ,who was conceived of the ,holy ,ghost1 ,born of the ,virgin ,elektra1 ,smitten with a thunderbolt1 ,dead and buried1 ,he descended into ,hell1 ,rose again and ascended up on high1 ,and will return to judge the living and the dead4 ,i believe in the ,holy ,nous1 ,in the ,holy circle of ,great ,gods1 ,in the ,community of ,divinities1 ,in the expiation of sins1 ,the immortality of the ,soul ,and the ,life ,everlasting4 ,the ,israelites have been proved to have worshipped ,baal1 the ,syrian ,bacchus1 offered incense to the ,sabazian or sculapian serpent1 and performed the ,dionysian ,mysteries4 ,and how could it be otherwise if ,typhon was called ,typhon ,set1#ajbd and ,seth1 the son of ,adam1 is identical with ,satan or ,sat-an2 and ,seth was worshipped by the ,hittites8 ,less than two centuries ,b4,c41 we find the ,jews either reverencing or simply worshipping the 8golden head of an ass0 in their temple2 according to ,apion1 ,antiochus ,epiphanes carried it off with him4 ,and ,zacharias is struck dumb by the apparition of the deity under the shape of an ass in the temple6#ajbe ,el1 the ,sun-,god of the ,syrians1 the ,egyptians1 and the ,semites1 is declared by ,pleyt to be no other than ,set or ,seth1 and ,el is the primeval ,saturn--,israel4#ajbf ,siva is an thiopian ,god1 the same as the ,chaldean ,baal--,bel2 thus he is also ,saturn4 ,saturn1 ,el1 ,seth and ,kiyun1 or the biblical ,chiun of ,amos1 are all one and the same deity1 and may be all regarded in their worst aspect as ,typhon the ,destroyer4 ,when the religious ,pantheon assumed a more definite expression1 ,typhon was separated from his androgyne--the good deity1 and fell into degradation as a brutal unintellectual power4 ,such reactions in the religious feelings of a nation were not unfrequent4 ,the ,jews had worshipped ,baal or ,moloch1 the ,sun-,god ,hercules1#ajbg in their early days--if they had any days at all earlier than the ,persians or ,maccabees--and then made their prophets denounce them4 ,on the other hand1 the characteristics of the ,mosaic ,jehovah exhibit more of the moral disposition of ,siva than of a benevolent1 8long-suffering0 ,god4 ,besides1 to be identified with ,siva is no small compliment1 for the latter is ,god of wisdom4 ,wilkinson depicts him as the most intellectual of the ,hindu gods4 ,he is three-eyed1 and1 like ,jehovah1 terrible in his resistless revenge and wrath4 ,and1 although the ,destroyer1 8yet he is the re-creator of all things in perfect wisdom40#ajbh ,he is the type of ,st4 ,augustine's ,god who 8prepares hell for pryers into his mysteries10 and insists on trying human reason as well as common sense by forcing mankind to view with equal reverence his good and evil acts4 ,notwithstanding the numerous proofs that the ,israelites worshipped a variety of gods1 and even offered human sacrifices until a far later period than their ,pagan neighbors1 they have contrived to blind posterity in regard to truth4 ,they sacrificed human life as late as #afi ,b4,c41#ajbi and the ,bible contains a number of such records4 ,at a time when the ,pagans had long abandoned the abominable practice1 and had replaced the sacrificial man by the animal1#ajcj ,jephthah is represented sacrificing his own daughter to the 8,lord0 for a burnt-offering4 ,the denunciations of their own prophets are the best proofs against them4 ,their worship in high places is the same as that of the 8idolaters40 ,their prophetesses are counterparts of the ,pythi and ,bacchantes4 ,pausanias speaks of women-colleges which superintend the worship of ,bacchus1 and of the sixteen matrons of ,elis4#ajca ,the ,bible says that 8,deborah1 a prophetess 444 judged ,israel at that time20#ajcb and speaks of ,huldah1 another prophetess1 who 8dwelt in ,jerusalem1 in the college20#ajcc and #b ,samuel mentions 8wise women0 several times1#ajcd notwithstanding the injunction of ,moses not to use either divination or augury4 ,as to the final and conclusive identification of the 8,lord ,god0 of ,israel with ,moloch1 we find a very suspicious evidence of the case in the last chapter of ,leviticus1 concerning things devoted not to be redeemed4444 ,a man shall devote unto the ,lord of all that he hath1 both of man and beast4444 ,none devoted1 which shall be devoted of men1 shall be redeemed1 but shall surely be put to death 444 for it is most holy unto the ,lord40#ajce ,the duality1 if not the plurality of the gods of ,israel may be inferred from the very fact of such bitter denunciations4 ,their prophets never approved of sacrificial worship4 ,samuel denied that the ,lord had any delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices 7#a ,samuel1 xv4 #bb74 ,jeremiah asserted1 unequivocally1 that the ,lord1 ,yava ,sabaoth ,elohe ,israel1 never commanded anything of the sort1 but contrariwise 7vii4 #ba-bd74 ,but these prophets who opposed themselves to human sacrifices were all nazars and initiates4 ,these prophets led a party in the nation against the priests1 as later the ,gnostics contended against the ,christian ,fathers4 ,hence1 when the monarchy was divided1 we find the priests at ,jerusalem and the prophets in the country of ,israel4 ,even ,ahab and his sons1 who introduced the ,tyrian worship of ,baal-,hercules and the ,syrian goddess into ,israel1 were aided and encouraged by ,elijah and ,elisha4 ,few prophets appeared in ,judea till ,isaiah1 after the northern monarchy had been overthrown4 ,elisha anointed ,jehu on purpose that he should destroy the royal families of both countries1 and so unite the people into one civil polity4 ,for the ,temple of ,solomon1 desecrated by the priests1 no ,hebrew prophet or initiate cared a straw4 ,elijah never went to it1 nor ,elisha1 ,jonah1 ,nahum1 ,amos1 or any other ,israelite4 ,while the initiates were holding to the 8secret doctrine0 of ,moses1 the people1 led by their priests1 were steeped in idolatry exactly the same as that of the ,pagans4 ,it is the popular views and interpretations of ,jehovah that the ,christians have adopted4 ,the question is likely to be asked3 8,in the view of so much evidence to show that ,christian theology is only a pot-pourri of ,pagan mythologies1 how can it be connected with the religion of ,moses80 ,the early ,christians1 ,paul and his disciples1 the ,gnostics and their successors generally1 regarded ,christianity and ,judaism as essentially distinct4 ,the latter1 in their view1 was an antagonistic system1 and from a lower origin4 8,ye received the law10 said ,stephen1 8from the ministration of angels10 or ons1 and not from the ,most ,high ,himself4 ,the ,gnostics1 as we have seen1 taught that ,jehovah1 the ,deity of the ,jews1 was ,ilda-,baoth1 the son of the ancient ,bohu1 or ,chaos1 the adversary of ,divine ,wisdom4 ,the question may be more than easily answered4 ,the law of ,moses1 and the so-called monotheism of the ,jews1 can hardly be said to have been more than two or three centuries older than ,christianity4 ,the ,pentateuch itself1 we are able to show1 was written and revised upon this 8new departure10 at a period subsequent to the colonization of ,judea under the authority of the kings of ,persia4 ,the ,christian ,fathers1 in their eagerness to make their new system dovetail with ,judaism1 and so avoid ,paganism1 unconsciously shunned ,scylla only to be caught in the whirlpool of ,charybdis4 ,under the monotheistic stucco of ,judaism was unearthed the same familiar mythology of ,paganism4 ,but we should not regard the ,israelites with less favor for having had a ,moloch and being like the natives4 ,nor should we compel the ,jews to do penance for their fathers4 ,they had their prophets and their law1 and were satisfied with them4 ,how faithfully and nobly they have stood by their ancestral faith under the most diabolical persecutions1 the present remains of a once-glorious people bear witness4 ,the ,christian world has been in a state of convulsion from the first to the present century2 it has been cleft into thousands of sects2 but the ,jews remain substantially united4 ,even their differences of opinion do not destroy their unity4 ,the ,christian virtues inculcated by ,jesus in the sermon on the mount are nowhere exemplified in the ,christian world4 ,the ,buddhist ascetics and ,indian fakirs seem almost the only ones that inculcate and practice them4 ,meanwhile the vices which coarse-mouthed slanderers have attributed to ,paganism1 are current everywhere among ,christian ,fathers and ,christian ,churches4 ,the boasted wide gap between ,christianity and ,judaism1 that is claimed on the authority of ,paul1 exists but in the imagination of the pious4 ,we are nought but the inheritors of the intolerant ,israelites of ancient days2 not the ,hebrews of the time of ,herod and the ,roman dominion1 who1 with all their faults1 kept strictly orthodox and monotheistic1 but the ,jews who1 under the name of ,jehovah-,nissi1 worshipped ,bacchus-,osiris1 ,dio-,nysos1 the multiform ,jove of ,nyssa1 the ,sinai of ,moses4 ,the kabalistic demons--allegories of the profoundest meaning--were adopted as objective entities1 and a ,satanic hierarchy carefully drawn by the orthodox demonologists4 ,the ,rosicrucian motto1 8,igne natura renovatur integra10 which the alchemists interpret as nature renovated by fire1 or matter by spirit1 is made to be accepted to this day as ,iesus ,nazarenus rex ,iudorum4 ,the mocking satire of ,pilate is accepted literally1 and the ,jews made to unwittingly confess thereby the royalty of ,christ2 whereas1 if the inscription is not a forgery of the ,constantinian period1 it yet is the action of ,pilate1 against which the ,jews were first to violently protest4 ,i4 ,h4 ,s4 is interpreted ,iesus ,hominum ,salvator1 and ,in hoc signo1 whereas is one of the most ancient names of ,bacchus4 ,and more than ever do we begin to find out1 by the bright light of comparative theology1 that the great object of ,jesus1 the initiate of the inner sanctuary1 was to open the eyes of the fanatical multitude to the difference between the highest ,divinity--the mysterious and never-mentioned of the ancient ,chaldean and later ,neo-platonic initiates--and the ,hebrew ,yahuh1 or ,yaho 7,jehovah74 ,the modern ,rosicrucians1 so violently denounced by the ,catholics1 now find brought against them1 as the most important charge1 the fact that they accuse ,christ of having destroyed the worship of ,jehovah4 ,would to ,heaven he could have been allowed the time to do so1 for the world would not have found itself still bewildered1 after nineteen centuries of mutual massacres1 among #cjj quarrelling sects1 and with a personal ,devil reigning over a terrorized ,christendom6 ,true to the exclamation of ,david1 paraphrased in ,king ,james' ,version as 8all the gods of the nations are idols10 i4e41 devils1 ,bacchus or the 8first-born0 or the ,orphic theogony1 the ,monogenes1 or 8only-begotten0 of ,father ,zeus and ,kor1 was transformed1 with the rest of the ancient myths1 into a devil4 ,by such a degradation1 the ,fathers1 whose pious zeal could only be surpassed by their ignorance1 have unwittingly furnished evidence against themselves4 ,they have1 with their own hands1 paved the way for many a future solution1 and greatly helped modern students of the science of religions4 ,it was in the ,bacchus-myth that lay concealed for long and dreary centuries both the future vindication of the reviled 8gods of the nations10 and the last clew to the enigma of ,jehovah4 ,the strange duality of ,divine and mortal characteristics1 so conspicuous in the ,sinaitic ,deity1 begins to yield its mystery before the untiring inquiry of the age4 ,one of the latest contributions we find in a short but highly-important paper in the ,evolution1 a periodical of ,new ,york1 the closing paragraph of which throws a flood of light on ,bacchus1 the ,jove of ,nysa1 who was worshipped by the ,israelites as ,jehovah of ,sinai4 8,such was the ,jove of ,nysa to his worshippers10 concludes the author4 8,he represented to them alike the world of nature and the world of thought4 ,he was the #8,sun of righteousness1 with healing on his wings1' and he not only brought joy to mortals1 but opened to them hope beyond mortality of immortal life4 ,born of a human mother1 he raised her from the world of death to the supernal air1 to be revered and worshipped4 ,at once lord of all worlds1 he was in them all alike the ,saviour4 8,such was ,bacchus1 the prophet-god4 ,a change of cultus1 decreed by the ,murderer-,imperial1 the ,emperor ,theodosius1 at the instance of ,ghostly-,father ,ambrosius1 of ,milan1 has changed his title to ,father of ,lies4 ,his worship1 before universal1 was denominated ,pagan or local1 and his rites stigmatized as witchcraft4 ,his orgies received the name of ,witches' ,sabbath1 and his favorite symbolical form with the bovine foot became the modern representative of the ,devil with the cloven hoof4 ,the master of the house having been called ,beelzebub1 they of his household were alike denounced as having commerce with the powers of darkness4 ,crusades were undertaken2 whole peoples massacred4 ,knowledge and the higher learning were denounced as magic and sorcery4 ,ignorance became the mother of devotion--such as was then cherished4 ,galileo languished long years in prison for teaching that the sun was in the centre of the solar universe4 ,bruno was burned alive at ,rome in #afjj for reviving the ancient philosophy2 yet1 queerly enough1 the ,liberalia have become a festival of the ,church1#ajcf ,bacchus is a saint in the calendar four times repeated1 and at many a shrine he may be seen reposing in the arms of his deified mother4 ,the names are changed2 the ideas remain as before40#ajcg ,and now that we have shown that we must indeed 8bid an eternal farewell to all the rebellious angels10 we naturally pass to an examination of the ,god ,jesus1 who was manufactured out of the man ,jesus to redeem us from these very mythical devils1 as ,father ,ventura shows us4 ,this labor will of course necessitate once more a comparative inquiry into the history of ,gautama-,buddha1 his doctrines and his 8miracles10 and those of ,jesus and the predecessor of both--,christna4 ,,chapter ,,xi4 8,not to commit any sin1 to do good1 and to purify one's mind1 that is the teaching of the ,awakened4444 8,better than ,sovereignty over the earth1 better than going to heaven1 better than lordship over all the worlds is the reward of the first step in holiness40--,dhammapada1 verses #agh-ahc4 ,creator1 where are these tribunals1 where do these courts proceed1 where do these courts assemble1 where do the tribunals meet to which the man of the embodied world gives an account for his soul8--,persian ,vendidad1 xix4 #hi4 ,hail to thee ,o ,man1 who art come from the transitory place to the imperishable6--,vendidad1 farg4 vii41 #acf4 ,to the true believer1 truth1 wherever it appears1 is welcome1 nor will any doctrine seem the less true or the less precious1 because it was seen not only by ,moses or ,christ1 but likewise by ,buddha or ,lao-tse4--,,max ,m,,ller4 ,unluckily for those who would have been glad to render justice to the ancient and modern religious philosophies of the ,orient1 a fair opportunity has hardly ever been given to them4 ,of late there has been a touching accord between philologists holding high official positions1 and missionaries from heathen lands4 ,prudence before truth when the latter endangers our sinecures6 ,besides1 how easy to compromise with conscience4 ,a ,state religion is a prop of government2 all ,state religions are 8exploded humbugs02 therefore1 since one is as good1 or rather as bad1 as another1 the ,state religion may as well be supported4 ,such is the diplomacy of official science4 ,grote in his ,history of ,greece1 assimilates the ,pythagoreans to the ,jesuits1 and sees in their ,brotherhood but an ably-disguised object to acquire political ascendancy4 ,on the loose testimony of ,herakleitus and some other writers1 who accused ,pythagoras of craft1 and described him as a man 8of extensive research444 but artful for mischief and destitute of sound judgment10 some historical biographers hastened to present him to posterity in such a character4 ,how then if they must accept the ,pythagoras painted by the satirical ,timon3 8a juggler of solemn speech engaged in fishing for men10 can they avoid judging of ,jesus from the sketch that ,celsus has embalmed in his satire8 ,historical impartiality has nought to do with creeds and personal beliefs1 and exacts as much of posterity for one as for the other4 ,the life and doings of ,jesus are far less attested than those of ,pythagoras1 if1 indeed1 we can say that they are attested at all by any historical proof4 ,for assuredly no one will gainsay that as a real personage ,celsus has the advantage as regards the credibility of his testimony over ,matthew1 or ,mark1 or ,luke1 or ,john1 who never wrote a line of the ,gospels attributed to them respectively4 ,withal ,celsus is at least as good a witness as ,herakleitus4 ,he was known as a scholar and a ,neo-platonist to some of the ,fathers2 whereas the very existence of the four ,apostles must be taken on blind faith4 ,if ,timon regarded the sublime ,samian as 8a juggler10 so did ,celsus hold ,jesus1 or rather those who made all the pretenses for him4 ,in his famous work1 addressing the ,nazarene1 he says3 8,let us grant that the wonders were performed by you 444 but are they not common with those who have been taught by the ,egyptians to perform in the middle of the forum for a few oboli40 ,and we know1 on the authority of the ,gospel according to ,matthew1 that the ,galilean prophet was also a man of solemn speech1 and that he called himself and offered to make his disciples 8fishers of men40 ,let it not be imagined that we bring this reproach to any who revere ,jesus as ,god4 ,whatever the faith1 if the worshipper be but sincere1 it should be respected in his presence4 ,if we do not accept ,jesus as ,god1 we revere him as a man4 ,such a feeling honors him more than if we were to attribute to him the powers and personality of the ,supreme1 and credit him at the same time with having played a useless comedy with mankind1 as1 after all1 his mission proves scarcely less than a complete failure2 #b1jjj years have passed1 and ,christians do not reckon one-fifth part of the population of the globe1 nor is ,christianity likely to progress any better in the future4 ,no1 we aim but at strict justice1 leaving all personality aside4 ,we question those who1 adoring neither ,jesus1 ,pythagoras1 nor ,apollonius1 yet recite the idle gossip of their contemporaries2 those who in their books either maintain a prudent silence1 or speak of 8our ,saviour0 and 8our ,lord10 as though they believed any more in the made-up theological ,christ1 than in the fabulous ,fo of ,china4 ,there were no ,atheists in those days of old2 no disbelievers or materialists1 in the modern sense of the word1 as there were no bigoted detractors4 ,he who judges the ancient philosophies by their external phraseology1 and quotes from ancient writings sentences seemingly atheistical1 is unfit to be trusted as a critic1 for he is unable to penetrate into the inner sense of their metaphysics4 ,the views of ,pyrrho1 whose rationalism has become proverbial1 can be interpreted only by the light of the oldest ,hindu philosophy4 ,from ,manu down to the latest ,swbhvika1 its leading metaphysical feature ever was to proclaim the reality and supremacy of spirit1 with a vehemence proportionate to the denial of the objective existence of our material world--passing phantom of temporary forms and beings4 ,the numerous schools begotten by ,kapila1 reflect his philosophy no clearer than the doctrines left as a legacy to thinkers by ,timon1 ,pyrrho's 8,prophet10 as ,sextus ,empiricus calls him4 ,his views on the divine repose of the soul1 his proud indifference to the opinion of his fellow men1 his contempt for sophistry1 reflect in an equal degree stray beams of the self-contemplation of the ,gymnosophists and of the ,buddhist ,vaibhshika4 ,notwithstanding that he and his followers are termed1 from their state of constant suspense1 8skeptics10 8doubters10 inquirers1 and ephectics1 only because they postponed their final judgment on dilemmas1 with which our modern philosophers prefer dealing1 ,alexander-like1 by cutting the ,gordian knot1 and then declaring the dilemma a superstition1 such men as ,pyrrho cannot be pronounced atheists4 ,no more can ,kapila1 or ,giordano ,bruno1 or again ,spinoza1 who were also treated as atheists2 nor yet1 the great ,hindu poet1 philosopher1 and dialectician1 ,veda-,vyasa1 whose principle that all is illusion--save the ,great ,unknown and ,his direct essence--,pyrrho has adopted in full4 ,these philosophical beliefs extended like a net-work over the whole pre-,christian world2 and1 surviving persecution and misrepresentations1 form the corner-stone of every now existing religion outside ,christianity4 ,comparative theology is a two-edged weapon1 and has so proved itself4 ,but the ,christian advocates1 unabashed by evidence1 force comparison in the serenest way2 ,christian legends and dogmas1 they say1 do somewhat resemble the heathen1 it is true2 but see1 while the one teaches us the existence1 powers1 and attributes of an all-wise1 all-good ,father-,god1 ,brahmanism gives us a multitude of minor gods1 and ,buddhism none whatever2 one is fetishism and polytheism1 the other bald atheism4 ,jehovah is the one true ,god1 and the ,pope and ,martin ,luther are ,his prophets6 ,this is one edge of the sword1 and this the other3 ,despite missions1 despite armies1 despite enforced commercial intercourse1 the 8heathen0 find nothing in the teachings of ,jesus--sublime though some are--that ,christna and ,gautama had not taught them before4 ,and so1 to gain over any new converts1 and keep the few already won by centuries of cunning1 the ,christians give the 8heathen0 dogmas more absurd than their own1 and cheat them by adopting the habit of their native priests1 and practicing the very 8idolatry and fetishism0 which they so disparage in the 8heathens40 ,comparative theology works both ways4 ,in ,siam and ,burmah1 ,catholic missionaries have become perfect ,talapoins to all external appearance1 i4e41 minus their virtues2 and throughout ,india1 especially in the south1 they were denounced by their own colleague1 the ,abb ,dubois4#ajch ,this was afterward vehemently denied4 ,but now we have living witnesses to the correctness of the charge4 ,among others1 ,captain ,o',grady1 already quoted1 a native of ,madras1 writes the following on this systematic method of deception3#ajci 8,the hypocritical beggars profess total abstinence and horror of flesh to conciliate converts from ,hinduism4444 ,i got one father1 or rather1 he got himself gloriously drunk in my house1 time and again1 and the way he pitched into roast beef was a caution40 ,further1 the author has pretty stories to tell of 8black-faced ,christs10 8,virgins on wheels10 and of ,catholic processions in general4 ,we have seen such solemn ceremonies accompanied by the most infernal cacophony of a ,cingalese orchestra1 tam-tam and gongs included1 followed by a like ,brahmanic procession1 which1 for its picturesque coloring and mise en scne1 looked far more solemn and imposing than the ,christian saturnalias4 ,speaking of one of these1 the same author remarks3 8,it was more devilish than religious4444 ,the bishops walked off ,romeward1#ajdj with a mighty pile of ,peter's pence gathered in the minutest sums1 with gold ornaments1 nose-rings1 anklets1 elbow bangles1 etc41 etc41 in profusion1 recklessly thrown in heaps at the feet of the grotesque copper-colored image of the ,saviour1 with its ,dutch metal halo and gaudily-striped cummerbund and--shade of ,raphael6--blue turban40#ajda ,as every one can see1 such voluntary contributions make it quite profitable to mimic the native ,brahmans and bonzes4 ,between the worshippers of ,christna and ,christ1 or ,avany and the ,virgin ,mary1 there is less substantial difference1 in fact1 than between the two native sects1 the ,vishnavites and the ,sivites4 ,for the converted ,hindus1 ,christ is a slightly modified ,christna1 that is all4 ,missionaries carry away rich donations and ,rome is satisfied4 ,then comes a year of famine2 but the nose-rings and gold elbow-bangles are gone and people starve by thousands4 ,what matters it8 ,they die in ,christ1 and ,rome scatters her blessings over their corpses1 of which thousands float yearly down the sacred rivers to the ocean4#ajdb ,so servile are the ,catholics in their imitation1 and so careful not to give offense to their parishioners1 that if they happen to have a few higher caste converts in a ,church1 no pariah nor any man of the lower castes1 however good a ,christian he may be1 can be admitted into the same ,church with them4 ,and yet they dare call themselves the servants of ,him who sought in preference the society of the publicans and sinners2 and whose appeal--8,come unto me all ye that are heavy laden1 and ,i will give you rest0 has opened to him the hearts of millions of the suffering and the oppressed6 ,few writers are as bold and outspoken as the late lamented ,dr4 ,thomas ,inman1 of ,liverpool1 ,england4 ,but however small their number1 these men all agree unanimously1 that the philosophy of both ,buddhism and ,brahmanism must rank higher than ,christian theology1 and teach neither atheism or fetishism4 8,to my own mind10 says ,inman1 8the assertion that ,sakya did not believe in ,god is wholly unsupported4 ,nay1 his whole scheme is built upon the belief that there are powers above which are capable of punishing mankind for their sins4 ,it is true that these gods were not called ,elohim1 nor ,jah1 nor ,jehovah1 nor ,jahveh1 nor ,adonai1 nor ,ehieh1 nor ,baalim1 nor ,ashtoreth--yet1 for the son of ,suddhadana1 there was a ,supreme ,being40#ajdc ,there are four schools of ,buddhist theology1 in ,ceylon1 ,thibet1 and ,india4 ,one is rather pantheistical than atheistical1 but the other three are purely theistical4 ,on the first the speculations of our philologists are based4 ,as to the second1 third1 and the fourth1 their teachings vary but in the external mode of expression4 ,we have fully explained the spirit of it elsewhere4 ,as to practical1 not theoretical views on the ,nirvana1 this is what a rationalist and a skeptic says3 8,i have questioned at the very doors of their temples several hundreds of ,buddhists1 and have not found one but strove1 fasted1 and gave himself up to every kind of austerity1 to perfect himself and acquire immortality2 not to attain final annihilation4 8,there are over #cjj1jjj1jjj of ,buddhists who fast1 pray1 and toil4444 ,why make of these #cjj1jjj1jjj of men idiots and fools1 macerating their bodies and imposing upon themselves most fearful privations of every nature1 in order to reach a fatal annihilation which must overtake them anyhow80#ajdd ,as well as this author we have questioned ,buddhists and ,brahmanists and studied their philosophy4 ,apavarg has wholly a different meaning from annihilation4 ,it is but to become more and more like ,him1 of whom he is one of the refulgent sparks1 that is the aspiration of every ,hindu philosopher and the hope of the most ignorant is never to yield up his distinct individuality4 8,else10 as once remarked an esteemed correspondent of the author1 8mundane and separate existence would look like ,god's comedy and our tragedy2 sport to ,him that we work and suffer1 death to us to suffer it40 ,the same with the doctrine of metempsychosis1 so distorted by ,european scholars4 ,but as the work of translation and analysis progresses1 fresh religious beauties will be discovered in the old faiths4 ,professor ,whitney has in his translation of the ,vedas passages in which he says1 the assumed importance of the body to its old tenant is brought out in the strongest light4 ,these are portions of hymns read at the funeral services1 over the body of the departed one4 ,we quote them from ,mr4 ,whitney's scholarly work3 8,start onward6 bring together all thy members2 let not thy limbs be left1 nor yet thy body2 ,thy spirit gone before1 now follow after2 ,wherever it delights thee1 go thou thither40 99 99 99 99 99 ,collect thy body2 with its every member2 thy limbs with help of rites ,i fashion for thee4 99 99 99 99 99 ,if some one limb was left behind by ,agni1 ,when to thy ,fathers' world he hence conveyed you1 ,that very one ,i now again supply you2 rejoice in heaven with all your limbs1 ye ,fathers6#ajde ,the 8body0 here referred to is not the physical1 but the astral one--a very great distinction1 as may be seen4 ,again1 belief in the individual existence of the immortal spirit of man is shown in the following verses of the ,hindu ceremonial of incremation and burial4 8,they who within the sphere of earth are stationed1 or who are settled now in realms of pleasure1 ,the ,fathers who have the earth--the atmosphere--the heaven for their seat1 ,the 8fore-heaven0 the third heaven is styled1 and where the ,fathers have their seat40--7,rig-,veda1 x47 ,with such majestic views as these people held of ,god and the immortality of man's spirit1 it is not surprising that a comparison between the ,vedic hymns and the narrow1 unspiritual ,mosaic books should result to the advantage of the former in the mind of every unprejudiced scholar4 ,even the ethical code of ,manu is incomparably higher than that of the ,pentateuch of ,moses1 in the literal meaning of which all the uninitiated scholars of two worlds cannot find a single proof that the ancient ,jews believed either in a future life or an immortal spirit in man1 or that ,moses himself ever taught it4 ,yet1 we have eminent ,orientalists who begin to suspect that the 8dead letter0 conceals something not apparent at first sight4 ,so ,professor ,whitney tells us that 8as we look yet further into the forms of the modern ,hindu ceremonial we discover not a little of the same discordance between creed and observance2 the one is not explained by the other10 says this great ,american scholar4 ,he adds3 8,we are forced to the conclusion either that ,india derived its system of rites from some foreign source1 and practiced them blindly1 careless of their true import1 or else that those rites are the production of another doctrine of older date1 and have maintained themselves in popular usage after the decay of the creed of which they were the original expression40#ajdf ,this creed has not decayed1 and its hidden philosophy1 as understood now by the initiated ,hindus1 is just as it was #aj1jjj years ago4 ,but can our scholars seriously hope to have it delivered unto them upon their first demand8 ,or do they still expect to fathom the mysteries of the ,world-,religion in its popular exoteric rites8 ,no orthodox ,brahmans and ,buddhists would deny the ,christian incarnation2 only1 they understand it in their own philosophical way1 and how could they deny it8 ,the very corner-stone of their religious system is periodical incarnations of the ,deity4 ,whenever humanity is about merging into materialism and moral degradation1 a ,supreme ,spirit incarnates himself in his creature selected for the purpose4 ,the 8,messenger of the ,highest0 links itself with the duality of matter and soul1 and the triad being thus completed by the union of its ,crown1 a saviour is born1 who helps restore humanity to the path of truth and virtue4 ,the early ,christian ,church1 all imbued with ,asiatic philosophy1 evidently shared the same belief--otherwise it would have neither erected into an article of faith the second advent1 nor cunningly invented the fable of ,anti-,christ as a precaution against possible future incarnations4 ,neither could they have imagined that ,melchisedek was an avatar of ,christ4 ,they had only to turn to the ,bagavedgitta to find ,christna or ,bhagaved saying to ,arjuna3 8,he who follows me is saved by wisdom and even by works4444 ,as often as virtue declines in the world1 ,i make myself manifest to save it40 ,indeed1 it is more than difficult to avoid sharing this doctrine of periodical incarnations4 ,has not the world witnessed1 at rare intervals1 the advent of such grand characters as ,christna1 ,sakya-muni1 and ,jesus8 ,like the two latter personages1 ,christna seems to have been a real being1 deified by his school at some time in the twilight of history1 and made to fit into the frame of the time-honored religious programme4 ,compare the two ,redeemers1 the ,hindu and the ,christian1 the one preceding the other by some thousands of years2 place between them ,siddhrtha ,buddha1 reflecting ,christna and projecting into the night of the future his own luminous shadow1 out of whose collected rays were shaped the outlines of the mythical ,jesus1 and from whose teachings were drawn those of the historical ,christos2 and we find that under one identical garment of poetical legend lived and breathed three real human figures4 ,the individual merit of each of them is rather brought out in stronger relief than otherwise by this same mythical coloring2 for no unworthy character could have been selected for deification by the popular instinct1 so unerring and just when left untrammeled4 ,vox populi1 vox ,dei was once true1 however erroneous when applied to the present priest-ridden mob4 ,kapila1 ,orpheus1 ,pythagoras1 ,plato1 ,basilides1 ,marcian1 ,ammonius and ,plotinus1 founded schools and sowed the germs of many a noble thought1 and disappearing left behind them the refulgence of demi-gods4 ,but the three personalities of ,christna1 ,gautama1 and ,jesus appeared like true gods1 each in his epoch1 and bequeathed to humanity three religions built on the imperishable rock of ages4 ,that all three1 especially the ,christian faith1 have in time become adulterated1 and the latter almost unrecognizable1 is no fault of either of the noble ,reformers4 ,it is the priestly self-styled husbandmen of the 8vine of the ,lord0 who must be held to account by future generations4 ,purify the three systems of the dross of human dogmas1 the pure essence remaining will be found identical4 ,even ,paul1 the great1 the honest apostle1 in the glow of his enthusiasm either unwittingly perverted the doctrines of ,jesus1 or else his writings are disfigured beyond recognition4 ,the ,talmud1 the record of a people who1 notwithstanding his apostasy from ,judaism1 yet feel compelled to acknowledge ,paul's greatness as a philosopher and religionist1 says of ,aher 7,paul71#ajdg in the ,yerushalmi1 that 8he corrupted the work of that man0--meaning ,jesus4#ajdh ,meanwhile1 before this smelting is completed by honest science and future generations1 let us glance at the present aspect of the legendary three religions4 ,,the ,,legends ,,of ,,three ,,saviours4 ,,christna4 ,epoch3 ,uncertain4 ,european science fears to commit itself4 ,but the ,brahmanical calculations fix it at about #f1hgg years ago4 ,christna descends of a royal family1 but is brought up by shepherds2 is called the ,shepherd ,god4 ,his birth and divine descent are kept secret from ,kansa4 ,an incarnation of ,vishnu1 the second person of the ,trimurti 7,trinity71 ,christna was worshipped at ,mathura1 on the river ,jumna 7,see ,strabo and ,arrian and ,bampton ,lectures1 pp4 #ih-ajj4 ,christna is persecuted by ,kansa1 ,tyrant of ,madura1 but miraculously escapes4 ,in the hope of destroying the child1 the king has thousands of male innocents slaughtered4 ,christna's mother was ,devaki1 or ,devanagui1 an immaculate virgin 7but had given birth to eight sons before ,christna74 ,christna is endowed with beauty1 omniscience1 and omnipotence from birth4 ,produces miracles1 cures the lame and blind1 and casts out demons4 ,washes the feet of the ,brahmans1 and descending to the lowest regions 7hell71 liberates the dead1 and returns to ,vaicontha--the paradise of ,vishnu4 ,christna was the ,god ,vishnu himself in human form4 ,christna creates boys out of calves1 and vice versa 7,maurice's ,indian ,antiquities1 vol4 ii41 p4 #ccb74 ,he crushes the ,serpent's head4 7,ibid47 ,christna is ,unitarian4 ,he persecutes the clergy1 charges them with ambition and hypocrisy to their faces1 divulges the great secrets of the ,sanctuary--the ,unity of ,god and immortality of our spirit4 ,tradition says he fell a victim to their vengeance4 ,his favorite disciple1 ,arjuna1 never deserts him to the last4 ,there are credible traditions that he died on the cross 7a tree71 nailed to it by an arrow4 ,the best scholars agree that the ,irish ,cross at ,tuam1 erected long before the ,christian era1 is ,asiatic4 7,see ,round ,towers1 p4 #bif1 et seq41 by ,o',brien2 also ,religions de l',antiquit2 ,creuzer's ,symbolik1 vol4 i41 p4 #bjh2 and engraving in ,dr4 ,lundy's ,monumental ,christianity1 p4 #afj4 ,christna ascends to ,swarga and becomes ,nirguna4 ,,gautama-,,buddha4 ,epoch3 ,according to ,european science and the ,ceylonese calculations1 #b1edj years ago4 ,gautama is the son of a king4 ,his first disciples are shepherds and mendicants4 ,according to some1 an incarnation of ,vishnu2 according to others1 an incarnation of one of the ,buddhas1 and even of ,ad',buddha1 the ,highest ,wisdom4 ,buddhist legends are free from this plagiarism1 but the ,catholic legend that makes of him ,st4 ,josaphat1 shows his father1 king of ,kapilavastu1 slaying innocent young ,christians 76674 7,see ,golden ,legend47 ,buddha's mother was ,maya1 or ,mayadeva2 married to her husband 7yet an immaculate virgin74 ,buddha is endowed with the same powers and qualities1 and performs similar wonders4 ,passes his life with mendicants4 ,it is claimed for ,gautama that he was distinct from all other ,avatars1 having the entire spirit of ,buddha in him1 while all others had but a part 7ansa7 of the divinity in them4 ,gautama crushes the ,serpent's head1 i4e41 abolishes the ,naga worship as fetishism2 but1 like ,jesus1 makes the ,serpent the emblem of divine wisdom4 ,buddha abolishes idolatry2 divulges the ,mysteries of the ,unity of ,god and the ,nirvana1 the true meaning of which was previously known only to the priests4 ,persecuted and driven out of the country1 he escapes death by gathering about him some hundreds of thousands of believers in his ,buddhaship4 ,finally1 dies1 surrounded by a host of disciples1 with ,ananda1 his beloved disciple and cousin1 chief among them all4 ,o',brien believes that the ,irish ,cross at ,tuam is meant for ,buddha's1 but ,gautama was never crucified4 ,he is represented in many temples1 as sitting under a cruciform tree1 which is the 8,tree of ,life40 ,in another image he is sitting on ,naga the ,raja of ,serpents with a cross on his breast4#ajdi ,buddha ascends to ,nirvana4 ,,jesus ,,of ,,nazareth4 ,epoch3 ,supposed to be #ahgg years ago4 ,his birth and royal descent are concealed from ,herod the tyrant4 ,descends of the ,royal family of ,david4 ,is worshipped by shepherds at his birth1 and is called the 8,good ,shepherd04 7,see ,gospel according to ,john74 ,an incarnation of the ,holy ,ghost1 then the second person of the ,trinity1 now the third4 ,but the ,trinity was not invented until #cbe years after his birth4 ,went to ,mathura or ,matarea1 ,egypt1 and produced his first miracles there4 7,see ,gospel of ,infancy74 ,jesus is persecuted by ,herod1 ,king of ,juda1 but escapes into ,egypt under conduct of an angel4 ,to assure his slaughter1 ,herod orders a massacre of innocents1 and #dj1jjj were slain4 ,jesus' mother was ,mariam1 or ,miriam2 married to her husband1 yet an immaculate virgin1 but had several children besides ,jesus4 7,see ,matthew xiii4 #ee1 #ef47 ,jesus is similarly endowed4 7,see ,gospels and the ,apocryphal ,testament47 ,passes his life with sinners and publicans4 ,casts out demons likewise4 ,the only notable difference between the three is that ,jesus is charged with casting out devils by the power of ,beelzebub1 which the others were not4 ,jesus washes the feet of his disciples1 dies1 descends to hell1 and ascends to heaven1 after liberating the dead4 ,jesus is said to have crushed the ,serpent's head1 agreeably to original revelation in ,genesis4 ,he also transforms boys into kids1 and kids into boys4 7,gospel of ,infancy47 ,jesus rebels against the old ,jewish law2 denounces the ,scribes1 and ,pharisees1 and the synagogue for hypocrisy and dogmatic intolerance4 ,breaks the ,sabbath1 and defies the ,law4 ,is accused by the ,jews of divulging the secrets of the ,sanctuary4 ,is put to death on a cross 7a tree74 ,of the little handful of disciples whom he had converted1 one betrays him1 one denies him1 and the others desert him at the last1 except ,john--the disciple he loved4 ,jesus1 ,christna1 and ,buddha1 all three ,saviours1 die either on or under trees1 and are connected with crosses which are symbolical of the three-fold powers of creation4 ,jesus ascends to ,paradise4 ,,result4 ,about the middle of the present century1 the followers of these three religions were reckoned as follows3#ajej ,,of ,,christna4 ,brahmans1 #fj1jjj1jjj4 ,,of ,,buddha4 ,buddhists1 #dej1jjj1jjj4 ,,of ,,jesus4 ,christians1 #bfj1jjj1jjj4 ,such is the present aspect of these three great religions1 of which each is in turn reflected in its successor4 ,had the ,christian dogmatizers stopped there1 the results would not have been so disastrous1 for it would be hard1 indeed1 to make a bad creed out of the lofty teachings of ,gautama1 or ,christna1 as ,bhagaved4 ,but they went farther1 and added to pure primitive ,christianity the fables of ,hercules1 ,orpheus1 and ,bacchus4 ,as ,mussulmans will not admit that their ,koran is built on the substratum of the ,jewish ,bible1 so the ,christians will not confess that they owe next to everything to the ,hindu religions4 ,but the ,hindus have chronology to prove it to them4 ,we see the best and most learned of our writers uselessly striving to show that the extraordinary similarities--amounting to identity--between ,christna and ,christ are due to the spurious ,gospels of the ,infancy and of ,st4 ,thomas having 8probably circulated on the coast of ,malabar1 and giving color to the story of ,christna40#ajea ,why not accept truth in all sincerity1 and reversing matters1 admit that ,st4 ,thomas1 faithful to that policy of proselytism which marked the earliest ,christians1 when he found in ,malabar the original of the mythical ,christ in ,christna1 tried to blend the two2 and1 adopting in his gospel 7from which all others were copied7 the most important details of the story of the ,hindu ,avatar1 engrafted the ,christian heresy on the primitive religion of ,christna4 ,for any one acquainted with the spirit of ,brahmanism1 the idea of ,brahmans accepting anything from a stranger1 especially from a foreigner1 is simply ridiculous4 ,that they1 the most fanatic people in religious matters1 who1 during centuries1 cannot be compelled to adopt the most simple of ,european usages1 should be suspected of having introduced into their sacred books unverified legends about a foreign ,god1 is something so preposterously illogical1 that it is really waste of time to contradict the idea6 ,we will not stop to examine the too well-known resemblances between the external form of ,buddhistic worship--especially ,lamaism--and ,roman ,catholicism1 for noticing which poor ,huc paid dear--but proceed to compare the most vital points4 ,of all the original manuscripts that have been translated from the various languages in which ,buddhism is expounded1 the most extraordinary and interesting are ,buddha's ,dhammapada1 or ,path of ,virtue1 translated from the ,pli by ,colonel ,rogers1#ajeb and the ,wheel of the ,law1 containing the views of a ,siamese ,minister of ,state on his own and other religions1 and translated by ,henry ,alabaster4#ajec ,the reading of these two books1 and the discovery in them of similarities of thought and doctrine often amounting to identity1 prompted ,dr4 ,inman to write the many profoundly true passages embodied in one of his last works1 ,ancient ,faith and ,modern4#ajed 8,i speak with sober earnestness10 writes this kind-hearted1 sincere scholar1 8when ,i say that after forty years' experience among those who profess ,christianity1 and those who proclaim 444 more or less quietly their disagreement with it1 ,i have noticed more sterling virtue and morality amongst the last than the first4444 ,i know personally many pious1 good ,christian people1 whom ,i honor1 admire1 and1 perhaps1 would be glad to emulate or to equal2 but they deserve the eulogy thus passed on them1 in consequence of their good sense1 having ignored the doctrine of faith to a great degree1 and having cultivated the practice of good works4444 ,in my judgment the most praiseworthy ,christians whom ,i know are modified ,buddhists1 though probably1 not one of them ever heard of ,siddrtha40#ajee ,between the ,lamaico-,buddhistic and ,roman ,catholic articles of faith and ceremonies1 there are fifty-one points presenting a perfect and striking similarity2 and four diametrically antagonistic4 ,as it would be useless to enumerate the 8similarities10 for the reader may find them carefully noted in ,inman's work on ,ancient ,faith and ,modern1 pp4 #bcg-bdj1 we will quote but the four dissimilarities1 and leave every one to draw his own deductions therefrom3 #a4 8,the ,buddhists hold that #a4 8,the ,christians will nothing which is contradicted accept any nonsense1 if by sound reason can be a promulgated by the ,church as true doctrine of ,buddha40 a matter of faith40#ajef #b4 8,the ,buddhists do not #b4 8,the ,romanists adore the adore the mother of ,sakya10 mother of ,jesus1 and prayer though they honor her as a is made to her for aid and holy and saint-like woman1 intercession40 ,the worship chosen to be his mother of the ,virgin has weakened through her great virtue4 that of ,christ and thrown entirely into the shadow that of the ,almighty4 #c4 8,the ,buddhists have no #c4 8,the papal followers have sacraments40 seven40 #d4 ,the ,buddhists do not #d4 ,the ,christians are believe in any pardon for promised that if they only their sins1 except after an believe in the 8precious adequate punishment for each blood of ,christ10 this blood evil deed1 and a offered by ,him for the proportionate compensation expiation of the sins of the to the parties injured4 whole of mankind 7read ,christians7 will atone for every mortal sin4 ,which of these theologies most commends itself to the sincere inquirer1 is a question that may safely be left to the sound judgment of the reader4 ,one offers light1 the other darkness4 ,the ,wheel of the ,law has the following3 8,buddhists believe that every act1 word1 or thought has its consequence1 which will appear sooner or later in the present or in the future state4 ,evil acts will produce evil consequences1#ajeg good acts will produce good consequences3 prosperity in this world1 or birth in heaven 444 in some future state40#ajeh ,this is strict and impartial justice4 ,this is the idea of a ,supreme ,power which cannot fail1 and therefore1 can have neither wrath nor mercy1 but leaves every cause1 great or small1 to work out its inevitable effects4 8,with what measure you mete1 it shall be measured to you again0#ajei neither by expression nor implication points to any hope of future mercy or salvation by proxy4 ,cruelty and mercy are finite feelings4 ,the ,supreme ,deity is infinite1 hence it can only be ,,just1 and ,justice must be blind4 ,the ancient ,pagans held on this question far more philosophical views than modern ,christians1 for they represented their ,themis blindfold4 ,and the ,siamese author of the work under notice1 has again a more reverent conception of the ,deity than the ,christians have1 when he thus gives vent to his thought3 8,a ,buddhist might believe in the existence of a ,god1 sublime above all human qualities and attributes--a perfect ,god1 above love1 and hatred1 and jealousy1 calmly resting in a quiet happiness that nothing could disturb2 and of such a ,god he would speak no disparagement1 not from a desire to please ,him1 or fear to offend ,him1 but from natural veneration4 ,but he cannot understand a ,god with the attributes and qualities of men1 a ,god who loves and hates1 and shows anger2 a ,deity1 who1 whether described to him by ,christian missionaries1 or by ,mahometans1 or ,brahmans1 or ,jews1 falls below his standard of even an ordinary good man40#ajfj ,we have often wondered at the extraordinary ideas of ,god and ,his justice that seem to be honestly held by those ,christians who blindly rely upon the clergy for their religion1 and never upon their own reason4 ,how strangely illogical is this doctrine of the ,atonement4 ,we propose to discuss it with the ,christians from the ,buddhistic stand-point1 and show at once by what a series of sophistries1 directed toward the one object of tightening the ecclesiastical yoke upon the popular neck1 its acceptance as a divine command has been finally effected2 also1 that it has proved one of the most pernicious and demoralizing of doctrines4 ,the clergy say3 no matter how enormous our crimes against the laws of ,god and of man1 we have but to believe in the self-sacrifice of ,jesus for the salvation of mankind1 and ,his blood will wash out every stain4 ,god's mercy is boundless and unfathomable4 ,it is impossible to conceive of a human sin so damnable that the price paid in advance for the redemption of the sinner would not wipe it out if a thousandfold worse4 ,and1 furthermore1 it is never too late to repent4 ,though the offender wait until the last minute of the last hour of the last day of his mortal life1 before his blanched lips utter the confession of faith1 he may go to ,paradise2 the dying thief did it1 and so may all others as vile4 ,these are the assumptions of the ,church4 ,but if we step outside the little circle of creed and consider the universe as a whole balanced by the exquisite adjustment of parts1 how all sound logic1 how the faintest glimmering sense of ,justice revolts against this ,vicarious ,atonement6 ,if the criminal sinned only against himself1 and wronged no one but himself2 if by sincere repentance he could cause the obliteration of past events1 not only from the memory of man1 but also from that imperishable record1 which no deity--not even the ,supremest of the ,supreme--can cause to disappear1 then this dogma might not be incomprehensible4 ,but to maintain that one may wrong his fellow-man1 kill1 disturb the equilibrium of society1 and the natural order of things1 and then--through cowardice1 hope1 or compulsion1 matters not--be forgiven by believing that the spilling of one blood washes out the other blood spilt--this is preposterous6 ,can the results of a crime be obliterated even though the crime itself should be pardoned8 ,the effects of a cause are never limited to the boundaries of the cause1 nor can the results of crime be confined to the offender and his victim4 ,every good as well as evil action has its effects1 as palpably as the stone flung into a calm water4 ,the simile is trite1 but it is the best ever conceived1 so let us use it4 ,the eddying circles are greater and swifter1 as the disturbing object is greater or smaller1 but the smallest pebble1 nay1 the tiniest speck1 makes its ripples4 ,and this disturbance is not alone visible and on the surface4 ,below1 unseen1 in every direction--outward and downward--drop pushes drop until the sides and bottom are touched by the force4 ,more1 the air above the water is agitated1 and this disturbance passes1 as the physicists tell us1 from stratum to stratum out into space forever and ever2 an impulse has been given to matter1 and that is never lost1 can never be recalled6444 ,so with crime1 and so with its opposite4 ,the action may be instantaneous1 the effects are eternal4 ,when1 after the stone is once flung into the pond1 we can recall it to the hand1 roll back the ripples1 obliterate the force expended1 restore the etheric waves to their previous state of non-being1 and wipe out every trace of the act of throwing the missile1 so that ,time's record shall not show that it ever happened1 then1 then we may patiently hear ,christians argue for the efficacy of this ,atonement4 ,the ,chicago ,times recently printed the hangman's record of the first half of the present year 7#ahgg7--;a long and ghastly record of murders and hangings4 ,nearly every one of these murderers received religious consolation1 and many announced that they had received ,god's forgiveness through the blood of ,jesus1 and were going that day to ,heaven6 ,their conversion was effected in prison4 ,see how this ledger-balance of ,christian ,justice 767 stands3 ,these red-handed murderers1 urged on by the demons of lust1 revenge1 cupidity1 fanaticism1 or mere brutal thirst for blood1 slew their victims1 in most cases1 without giving them time to repent1 or call on ,jesus to wash them clean with his blood4 ,they1 perhaps1 died sinful1 and1 of course1--consistently with theological logic--met the reward of their greater or lesser offenses4 ,but the murderer1 overtaken by human justice1 is imprisoned1 wept over by sentimentalists1 prayed with and at1 pronounces the charmed words of conversion1 and goes to the scaffold a redeemed child of ,jesus6 ,except for the murder1 he would not have been prayed with1 redeemed1 pardoned4 ,clearly this man did well to murder1 for thus he gained eternal happiness8 ,and how about the victim1 and his or her family1 relatives1 dependants1 social relations--has ,justice no recompense for them8 ,must they suffer in this world and the next1 while he who wronged them sits beside the 8holy thief0 of ,calvary and is forever blessed8 ,on this question the clergy keep a prudent silence4 ,steve ,anderson was one of these ,american criminals--convicted of double murder1 arson1 and robbery4 ,before the hour of his death he was 8converted10 but1 the record tells us that 8his clerical attendants objected to his reprieve1 on the ground that they felt sure of his salvation should he die then1 but could not answer for it if his execution was postponed40 ,we address these ministers1 and ask them to tell us on what grounds they felt sure of such a monstrous thing4 ,how they could feel sure1 with the dark future before them1 and the endless results of this double murder1 arson1 and robbery8 ,they could be sure of nothing1 but that their abominable doctrine is the cause of three-fourths of the crimes of so-called ,christians2 that these terrific causes must produce like monstrous effects1 which in their turn will beget other results1 and so roll on throughout eternity to an accomplishment that no man can calculate4 ,or take another crime1 one of the most selfish1 cruel1 and heartless1 and yet the most frequent1 the seduction of a young girl4 ,society1 by an instinct of self-preservation1 pitilessly judges the victim1 and ostracizes her4 ,she may be driven to infanticide1 or self-murder1 or if too averse to die1 live to plunge into a career of vice and crime4 ,she may become the mother of criminals1 who1 as in the now celebrated ,jukes1 of whose appalling details ,mr4 ,dugdale has published the particulars1 breed other generations of felons to the number of hundreds1 in fifty or sixty years4 ,all this social disaster came through one man's selfish passion2 shall he be forgiven by ,divine ,justice until his offense is expiated1 and punishment fall only upon the wretched human scorpions begotten of his lust8 ,an outcry has just been made in ,england over the discovery that ,anglican priests are largely introducing auricular confession and granting absolution after enforcing penances4 ,inquiry shows the same thing prevailing more or less in the ,united ,states4 ,put to the ordeal of cross-examination1 the clergy quote triumphantly from the ,english ,book of ,common ,prayer the rubrics which clearly give them the absolving authority1 through the power of 8,god1 the ,holy ,ghost10 committed unto them by the bishop by imposition of hands at their ordination4 ,the bishop1 questioned1 points to ,matthew xvi41 #ai1 for the source of his authority to bind and loose on earth those who are to be blessed or damned in heaven2 and to the apostolic succession for proof of its transmission from ,simon ,barjona to himself4 ,the present volumes have been written to small purpose if they have not shown1 #a1 that ,jesus1 the ,christ-,god1 is a myth concocted two centuries after the real ,hebrew ,jesus died2 #b1 that1 therefore1 he never had any authority to give ,peter1 or any one else1 plenary power2 #c1 that even if he had given such authority1 the word ,petra 7rock7 referred to the revealed truths of the ,petroma1 not to him who thrice denied him2 and that besides1 the apostolic succession is a gross and palpable fraud2 #d1 that the ,gospel according to ,matthew is a fabrication based upon a wholly different manuscript4 ,the whole thing1 therefore1 is an imposition alike upon priest and penitent4 ,but putting all these points aside for the moment1 it suffices to ask these pretended agents of the three gods of the ,trinity1 how they reconcile it with the most rudimental notions of equity1 that if the power to pardon sinners for sinning has been given them1 they did not also receive the ability by miracle to obliterate the wrongs done against person or property4 ,let them restore life to the murdered2 honor to the dishonored2 property to those who have been wronged1 and force the scales of human and divine justice to recover their equilibrium4 ,then we may talk of their divine commission to bind and loose4 ,let them say1 if they can do this4 ,hitherto the world has received nothing but sophistry--believed on blind faith2 we ask palpable1 tangible evidence of their ,god's justice and mercy4 ,but all are silent2 no answer1 no reply1 and still the inexorable unerring ,law of ,compensation proceeds on its unswerving path4 ,if we but watch its progress1 we will find that it ignores all creeds1 shows no preferences1 but its sunlight and its thunderbolts fall alike on heathen and ,christian4 ,no absolution can shield the latter when guilty1 no anathema hurt the former when innocent4 ,away from us such an insulting conception of divine justice as that preached by priests on their own authority4 ,it is fit only for cowards and criminals6 ,if they are backed by a whole array of ,fathers and ,churchmen1 we are supported by the greatest of all authorities1 an instinctive and reverential sense of the everlasting and everpresent law of harmony and justice4 ,but1 besides that of reason1 we have other evidence to show that such a construction is wholly unwarranted4 ,the ,gospels being 8,divine revelation10 doubtless ,christians will regard their testimony as conclusive4 ,do they affirm that ,jesus gave himself as a voluntary sacrifice8 ,on the contrary1 there is not a word to sustain the idea4 ,they make it clear that he would rather have lived to continue what he considered his mission1 and that he died because he could not help it1 and only when betrayed4 ,before1 when threatened with violence1 he had made himself invisible by employing the mesmeric power over the bystanders1 claimed by every ,eastern adept1 and escaped4 ,when1 finally1 he saw that his time had come1 he succumbed to the inevitable4 ,but see him in the garden1 on the ,mount of ,olives1 writhing in agony until 8his sweat was1 as it were1 great drops of blood10 praying with fervid supplication that the cup might be removed from him2 exhausted by his struggle to such a degree that an angel from heaven had to come and strengthen him2 and say if the picture is that of a self-immolating hostage and martyr4 ,to crown all1 and leave no lingering doubt in our minds1 we have his own despairing words1 8,,not ,,my ,,will1 but thine1 be done60 7,luke xxii4 #db1 #dc47 ,again1 in the ,puranas it may be found that ,christna was nailed to a tree by the arrow of a hunter1 who1 begging the dying god to forgive him1 receives the following answer3 8,go1 hunter1 through my favor1 to ,heaven1 the abode of the gods4444 ,then the illustrious ,christna1 having united himself with his own pure1 spiritual1 inexhaustible1 inconceivable1 unborn1 undecaying1 imperishable1 and universal ,spirit1 which is one with ,vasudeva1 abandoned his mortal body1 and 444 he became ,nirguna0 7,wilson's ,vishnu ,purana1 p4 #fab74 ,is not this the original of the story of ,christ forgiving the thief on the cross1 and promising him a place in ,heaven8 ,such examples 8challenge inquiry as to their origin and meaning so long anterior to ,christianity10 says ,dr4 ,lundy in ,monumental ,christianity1 and yet to all this he adds3 8,the idea of ,krishna as a shepherd1 ,i take to be older than either 7the ,gospel of ,infancy and that of ,st4 ,john71 and prophetic of ,christ0 7p4 #aef74 ,facts like these1 perchance1 furnished later a plausible pretext for declaring apocryphal all such works as the ,homilies1 which proved but too clearly the utter want of any early authority for the doctrine of atonement4 ,the ,homilies clash but little with the ,gospels2 they disagree entirely with the dogmas of the ,church4 ,peter knew nothing of the atonement2 and his reverence for the mythical father ,adam would never have allowed him to admit that this patriarch had sinned and was accursed4 ,neither do the ,alexandrian theological schools appear to have been cognizant of this doctrine1 nor ,tertullian2 nor was it discussed by any of the earlier ,fathers4 ,philo represents the story of the ,fall as symbolical1 and ,origen regarded it the same way as ,paul1 as an allegory4#ajfa ,whether they will or not1 the ,christians have to credit the foolish story of ,eve's temptation by a serpent4 ,besides1 ,augustine has formally pronounced upon the subject4 8,god1 by ,his arbitrary will10 he says1 8has selected beforehand certain persons1 without regard to foreseen faith or good actions1 and has irretrievably ordained to bestow upon them eternal happiness2 while ,he has condemned others in the same way to eternal reprobation660 7,de dono perseveranti74#ajfb ,calvin promulgated views of ,divine partiality and bloodthirstiness equally abhorrent4 8,the human race1 corrupted radically in the fall with ,adam1 has upon it the guilt and impotence of original sin2 its redemption can be achieved only through an incarnation and a propitiation2 of this redemption only electing grace can make the soul a participant1 and such grace1 once given1 is never lost2 this election can come only from ,god1 and it includes only a part of the race1 the rest being left to perdition2 election and perdition 7the horribile decretum7 are both predestinated in the ,divine plan2 that plan is a decree1 and this decree is eternal and unchangeable 444 justification is by faith alone1 and faith is the gift of ,god40 ,o ,divine ,justice1 how blasphemed has been thy name6 ,unfortunately for all such speculations1 belief in the propitiatory efficacy of blood can be traced to the oldest rites4 ,hardly a nation remained ignorant of it4 ,every people offered animal and even human sacrifices to the gods1 in the hope of averting thereby public calamity1 by pacifying the wrath of some avenging deity4 ,there are instances of ,greek and ,roman generals offering their lives simply for the success of their army4 ,csar complains of it1 and calls it a superstition of the ,gauls4 8,they devote themselves to death 444 believing that unless life is rendered for life the immortal gods cannot be appeased10 he writes4 8,if any evil is about to befall either those who now sacrifice1 or ,egypt1 may it be averted on this head10 was pronounced by the ,egyptian priests when sacrificing one of their sacred animals4 ,and imprecations were uttered over the head of the expiatory victim1 around whose horns a piece of byblus was rolled4#ajfd ,the animal was generally led to some barren region1 sacred to ,typhon1 in those primitive ages when this fatal deity was yet held in a certain consideration by the ,egyptians4 ,it is in this custom that lies the origin of the 8scape-goat0 of the ,jews1 who1 when the rufous ass-god was rejected by the ,egyptians1 began sacrificing to another deity the 8red heifer40 8,let all sins that have been committed in this world fall on me that the world may be delivered10 exclaimed ,gautama1 the ,hindu ,saviour1 centuries before our era4 ,no one will pretend to assert in our own age that it was the ,egyptians who borrowed anything from the ,israelites1 as they now accuse the ,hindus of doing4 ,bunsen1 ,lepsius1 ,champollion1 have long since established the precedence of ,egypt over the ,israelites in age as well as in all the religious rites that we now recognize among the 8chosen people40 ,even the ,new ,testament teems with quotations and repetitions from the ,book of the ,dead1 and ,jesus1 if everything attributed to him by his four biographers is true--must have been acquainted with the ,egyptian ,funereal ,hymns4#ajfe ,in the ,gospel according to ,matthew we find whole sentences from the ancient and sacred ,ritual which preceded our era by more than #d1jjj years4 ,we will again compare4#ajff ,the 8soul0 under trial is brought before ,osiris1 the 8,lord of ,truth10 who sits decorated with the ,egyptian cross1 emblem of eternal life1 and holding in his right hand the ,vannus or the flagellum of justice4#ajfg ,the spirit begins1 in the 8,hall of the ,two ,truths10 an earnest appeal1 and enumerates its good deeds1 supported by the responses of the forty-two assessors--its incarnated deeds and accusers4 ,if justified1 it is addressed as ,osiris1 thus assuming the appellation of the ,deity whence its divine essence proceeded1 and the following words1 full of majesty and justice1 are pronounced6 8,let the ,osiris go2 ye see he is without fault4444 ,he lived on truth1 he has fed on truth4444 ,the god has welcomed him as he desired4 ,he has given food to my hungry1 drink to my thirsty ones1 clothes to my naked4444 ,he has made the sacred food of the gods the meat of the spirits40 ,in the parable of the ,kingdom of ,heaven 7,matthew xxv471 the ,son of ,man 7,osiris is also called the ,son7 sits upon the throne of his glory1 judging the nations1 and says to the justified1 8,come ye blessed of my ,father 7the ,god7 inherit the kingdom4444 ,for ,i was an hungered1 and ye gave me meat2 ,i was thirsty and ye gave me drink 444 naked and ye clothed me40#ajfh ,to complete the resemblance 7,matthew iii4 #ab73 ,john is made to describe ,christ as ,osiris1 8whose fan 7winnow or vannus7 is in his hand1 and who will 8purge his floor and gather his wheat into the garner40 ,the same in relation to ,buddhist legends4 ,in ,matthew iv4 #ai1 ,jesus is made to say3 8,follow me and ,i will make you fishers of men10 the whole adapted to a conversation between him and ,simon ,peter and ,andrew his brother4 ,in ,schmidt's 8,der ,weise und der ,thor1#ajfi a work full of anecdotes about ,buddha and his disciples1 the whole from original texts1 it is said of a new convert to the faith1 that 8he had been caught by the hook of the doctrine1 just as a fish1 who has caught at the bait and line is securely pulled out40 ,in the temples of ,siam the image of the expected ,buddha1 the ,messiah ,maitree1 is represented with a fisherman's net in the hand1 while in ,thibet he holds a kind of a trap4 ,the explanation of it reads as follows3 8,he 7,buddha7 disseminates upon the ,ocean of birth and decay the ,lotus-flower of the excellent law as a bait2 with the loop of devotion1 never cast out in vain1 he brings living beings up like fishes1 and carries them to the other side of the river1 where there is true understanding40#ajgj ,had the erudite ,archbishop ,cave1 ,grabe1 and ,dr4 ,parker1 who so zealously contended in their time for the admission of the ,epistles of ,jesus ,christ and ,abgarus1 ,king of ,edessa1 into the ,canon of the ,scripture1 lived in our days of ,max ,mller and ,sanscrit scholarship1 we doubt whether they would have acted as they did4 ,the first mention of these ,epistles ever made1 was by the famous ,eusebius4 ,this pious bishop seems to have been self-appointed to furnish ,christianity with the most unexpected proofs to corroborate its wildest fancies4 ,whether among the many accomplishments of the ,bishop of ,csarea1 we must include a knowledge of the ,cingalese1 ,pehlevi1 ,thibetan1 and other languages1 we know not2 but he surely transcribed the letters of ,jesus and ,abgarus1 and the story of the miraculous portrait of ,christ taken on a piece of cloth1 by the simple wiping of his face1 from the ,buddhistical ,canon4 ,to be sure1 the bishop declared that he found the letter himself written in ,syriac1 preserved among the registers and records of the city of ,edessa1 where ,abgarus reigned4#ajga ,we recall the words of ,babrias3 8,myth1 ,o son of ,king ,alexander1 is an ancient human invention of ,syrians1 who lived in old time under ,ninus and ,belus40 ,edessa was one of the ancient 8holy cities40 ,the ,arabs venerate it to this day2 and the purest ,arabic is there spoken4 ,they call it still by its ancient name ,orfa1 once the city ,arpha-,kasda 7,arphaxad7 the seat of a ,college of ,chaldeans and ,magi2 whose missionary1 called ,orpheus1 brought thence the ,bacchic ,mysteries to ,thrace4 ,very naturally1 ,eusebius found there the tales which he wrought over into the story of ,abgarus1 and the sacred picture taken on a cloth2 as that of ,bhagavat1 or the blessed ,tathagta 7,buddha7#ajgb was obtained by ,king ,binsbisara4#ajgc ,the ,king having brought it1 ,bhagavat projected his shadow on it4#ajgd ,this bit of 8miraculous stuff10 with its shadow1 is still preserved1 say the ,buddhists2 8only the shadow itself is rarely seen40 ,in like manner1 the ,gnostic author of the ,gospel according to ,john1 copied and metamorphosed the legend of ,ananda who asked drink of a ,matangha woman--the antitype of the woman met by ,jesus at the well1#ajge and was reminded by her that she belongs to a low caste1 and may have nothing to do with a holy monk4 8,i do not ask thee1 my sister10 answers ,ananda to the woman1 8either thy caste or thy family1 ,i only ask thee for water1 if thou canst give me some40 ,this ,matangha woman1 charmed and moved to tears1 repents1 joins the monastic ,order of ,gautama1 and becomes a saint1 rescued from a life of unchastity by ,sakya-muni4 ,many of her subsequent actions were used by ,christian forgers1 to endow ,mary ,magdalen and other female saints and martyrs4 8,and whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple1 verily ,i say unto you1 he shall in no wise lose his reward10 says the ,gospel 7,matthew x4 #db74 8,whosoever1 with a purely believing heart1 offers nothing but a handful of water1 or presents so much to the spiritual assembly1 or gives drink therewith to the poor and needy1 or to a beast of the field2 this meritorious action will not be exhausted in many ages10#ajgf says the ,buddhist ,canon4 ,at the hour of ,gautama-,buddha's birth there were #cb1jjj wonders performed4 ,the clouds stopped immovable in the sky1 the waters of the rivers ceased to flow2 the flowers ceased unbudding2 the birds remained silent and full of wonder2 all nature remained suspended in her course1 and was full of expectation4 8,there was a preternatural light spread all over the world2 animals suspended their eating2 the blind saw2 and the lame and dumb were cured10 etc4#ajgg ,we now quote from the ,protevangelion3 8,at the hour of the ,nativity1 as ,joseph looked up into the air1 #8,i saw1' he says1 #8the clouds astonished1 and the fowls of the air stopping in the midst of their flight4444 ,and ,i beheld the sheep dispersed 444 and yet the sheep stood still2 and ,i looked into a river1 and saw the kids with their mouths close to the water1 and touching it1 but they did not drink4 8,then a bright cloud overshadowed the cave4 ,but on a sudden the cloud became a great light in the cave1 so that their eyes could not bear it4444 ,the hand of ,salom1 which was withered1 was straightway cured4444 ,the blind saw2 the lame and dumb were cured40#ajgh ,when sent to school1 the young ,gautama1 without having ever studied1 completely worsted all his competitors2 not only in writing1 but in arithmetic1 mathematics1 metaphysics1 wrestling1 archery1 astronomy1 geometry1 and finally vanquishes his own professors by giving the definition of sixty-four kinds of writings1 which were unknown to the masters themselves4#ajgi ,and this is what is said again in the ,gospel of the ,infancy3 8,and when he 7,jesus7 was twelve years old 444 a certain principal ,rabbi asked him1 #8,hast thou read books8' and a certain astronomer asked the ,lord ,jesus whether he had studied astronomy4 ,and ,lord ,jesus explained to him 444 about the spheres 444 about the physics and metaphysics4 ,also things that reason of man had never discovered4444 ,the constitutions of the body1 how the soul operated upon the body1 444 etc4 ,and at this the master was so surprised that he said3 8,i believe this boy was born before ,noah 444 he is more learned than any master4'0#ajhj ,the precepts of ,hillel1 who died forty years ,b4,c41 appear rather as quotations than original expressions in the ,sermon on the ,mount4 ,jesus taught the world nothing that had not been taught as earnestly before by other masters4 ,he begins his sermon with certain purely ,buddhistic precepts that had found acceptance among the ,essenes1 and were generally practiced by the ,orphikoi1 and the ,neo-platonists4 ,there were the ,philhellenes1 who1 like ,apollonius1 had devoted their lives to moral and physical purity1 and who practiced asceticism4 ,he tries to imbue the hearts of his audience with a scorn for worldly wealth2 a fakir-like unconcern for the morrow2 love for humanity1 poverty1 and chastity4 ,he blesses the poor in spirit1 the meek1 the hungering and the thirsting after righteousness1 the merciful and the peace-makers1 and1 ,buddha-like1 leaves but a poor chance for the proud castes to enter into the kingdom of heaven4 ,every word of his sermon is an echo of the essential principles of monastic ,buddhism4 ,the ten commandments of ,buddha1 as found in an appendix to the ,prtimoksha ,stra 7,pali-,burman text71 are elaborated to their full extent in ,matthew4 ,if we desire to acquaint ourselves with the historical ,jesus we have to set the mythical ,christ entirely aside1 and learn all we can of the man in the first ,gospel4 ,his doctrines1 religious views1 and grandest aspirations will be found concentrated in his sermon4 ,this is the principal cause of the failure of missionaries to convert ,brahmanists and ,buddhists4 ,these see that the little of really good that is offered in the new religion is paraded only in theory1 while their own faith demands that those identical rules shall be applied in practice4 ,notwithstanding the impossibility for ,christian missionaries to understand clearly the spirit of a religion wholly based on that doctrine of emanation which is so inimical to their own theology1 the reasoning powers of some simple ,buddhistical preachers are so high1 that we see a scholar like ,gutzlaff1#ajha utterly silenced and put to great straits by ,buddhists4 ,judson1 the famous ,baptist missionary in ,burmah1 confesses1 in his ,journal1 the difficulties to which he was often driven by them4 ,speaking of a certain ,ooyan1 he remarks that his strong mind was capable of grasping the most difficult subjects4 8,his words10 he remarks1 8are as smooth as oil1 as sweet as honey1 and as sharp as razors2 his mode of reasoning is soft1 insinuating1 and acute2 and so adroitly does he act his part1 that ,i with the strength of truth1 was scarcely able to keep him down40 ,it appears though1 that at a later period of his mission1 ,mr4 ,judson found that he had utterly mistaken the doctrine4 8,i begin to find10 he says1 8that the semi-atheism1 which ,i had sometimes mentioned1 is nothing but a refined ,buddhism1 having its foundation in the ,buddhistic ,scriptures40 ,thus he discovered at last that while there is in ,buddhism 8a generic term of most exalted perfection actually applied to numerous individuals1 a ,buddha superior to the whole host of subordinate deities10 there are also lurking in the system 8the glimmerings of an anima mundi anterior to1 and even superior to1 ,buddha40#ajhb ,this is a happy discovery1 indeed6 ,even the so-slandered ,chinese believe in ,one1 ,highest ,god4 8,the ,supreme ,ruler of ,heavens40 ,yuh-,hwang-,shang-ti1 has his name inscribed only on the golden tablet before the altar of heaven at the great temple at ,pekin1 ,t',iantan4 8,this worship10 says ,colonel ,yule1 8is mentioned by the ,mahometan narrator of ,shah ,rukh's embassy 7,a4,d4 #adba73 #8,every year there are some days on which the emperor eats no animal food4444 ,he spends his time in an apartment which contains no idol1 and says that he is worshipping the ,god of ,heaven40#ajhc ,speaking of ,shahrastani1 the great ,arabian scholar1 ,chwolsohn says that for him ,sabaeism was not astrolatry1 as many are inclined to think4 ,he thought 8that ,god is too sublime and too great to occupy ,himself with the immediate management of this world2 that ,he has1 therefore1 transferred the government thereof to the gods1 and retained only the most important affairs for ,himself2 that further1 man is too weak to be able to apply immediately to the ,highest2 that he must1 therefore1 address his prayers and sacrifices to the intermediate divinities1 to whom the management of the world has been entrusted by the ,highest40 ,chwolsohn argues that this idea is as old as the world1 and that 8in the heathen world this view was universally shared by the cultivated40#ajhd ,father ,boori1 a ,portuguese missionary1 who was sent to convert the 8poor heathen0 of ,cochin-,china1 as early as the sixteenth century1 8protests in despair1 in his narrative1 that there is not a dress1 office1 or ceremony in the ,church of ,rome1 to which the ,devil has not here provided some counterpart4 ,even when the ,father began inveighing against the idols1 he was answered that these were the images of departed great men1 whom they worshipped exactly on the same principle1 and in the same manner1 as the ,catholics did the images of the apostles and martyrs40#ajhe ,moreover1 these idols have importance but in the eyes of the ignorant multitudes4 ,the philosophy of ,buddhism ignores images and fetishes4 ,its strongest vitality lies in its psychological conceptions of man's inner self4 ,the road to the supreme state of felicity1 called the ,ford of ,nirvana1 winds its invisible paths through the spiritual1 not physical life of a person while on this earth4 ,the sacred ,buddhistical literature points the way by stimulating man to follow practically the example of ,gautama4 ,therefore1 the ,buddhistical writings lay a particular stress on the spiritual privileges of man1 advising him to cultivate his powers for the production of ,meipo 7phenomena7 during life1 and for the attainment of ,nirvana in the hereafter4 ,but turning again from the historical to the mythical narratives1 invented alike about ,christna1 ,buddha1 and ,christ1 we find the following3 ,setting a model for the ,christian avatar and the archangel ,gabriel to follow1 the luminous ,san-tusita 7,bodhisat7 appeared to ,maha-maya #8like a cloud in the moonlight1 coming from the north1 and in his hand holding a white lotus4' ,he announced to her the birth of her son1 and circumambulating the queen's couch thrice 444 passed away from the dewa-loka and was conceived in the world of men4#ajhf ,the resemblance will be found still more perfect upon examining the illustrations in medival psalters1#ajhg and the panel-paintings of the sixteenth century 7in the ,church of ,jouy1 for instance1 in which the ,virgin is represented kneeling1 with her hands uplifted toward the ,holy ,ghost1 and the unborn child is miraculously seen through her body71 and then finding the same subject treated in the identical way in the sculptures in certain convents in ,thibet4 ,in the ,pali-,buddhistic annals1 and other religious records1 it is stated that ,maha-devi and all her attendants were constantly gratified with the sight of the infant ,bodhisatva quietly developing within his mother's bosom1 and beaming already1 from his place of gestation1 upon humanity 8the resplendent moonshine of his future benevolence40#ajhh ,ananda1 the cousin and future disciple of ,sakya-muni1 is represented as having been born at the same time4 ,he appears to have been the original for the old legends about ,john the ,baptist4 ,for example1 the ,pali narrative relates that ,maha-maya1 while pregnant with the sage1 paid a visit to his mother1 as ,mary did to the mother of the ,baptist4 ,immediately1 as she entered the apartment1 the unborn ,ananda greeted the unborn ,buddha-,siddhrtha1 who also returned the salutation2 and in like manner the babe1 afterward ,john the ,baptist1 leaped in the womb of ,elizabeth when ,mary came in4#ajhi ,more even than that2 for ,didron describes a scene of salutation1 painted on shutters at ,lyons1 between ,elizabeth and ,mary1 in which the two unborn infants1 both pictured as outside their mothers1 are also saluting each other4#ajij ,if we turn now to ,christna and attentively compare the prophecies respecting him1 as collected in the ,ramatsariarian traditions of the ,atharva1 the ,vedangas1 and the ,vedantas1#ajia with passages in the ,bible and apocryphal ,gospels1 of which it is pretended that some presage the coming of ,christ1 we shall find very curious facts4 ,following are examples3 ,,from ,,the ,,hindu ,,books4 ,,from ,,the ,,christian ,,books4 #ast4 8,he 7the ,redeemer7 #ast4 8,the people of ,galilee shall come1 crowned with of the ,gentiles which sat in lights1 the pure fluid darkness saw great light0 issuing from the great soul 7,matthew iv4 from ,isaiah 444 dispersing darkness0 ix4 #a1 #b74 7,atharva74 #b;d4 8,in the early part of #b;d4 8,behold1 a virgin shall the ,kali-,yuga shall be born conceive and bear a son0 the son of the ,virgin0 7,isaiah vii4 quoted in 7,vedanta74 ,matthew i4 #bc74 #c;d4 8,the ,redeemer shall #c;d4 8,behold1 now1 ,jesus of come1 and the accursed ,nazareth1 with the ,rakhasas shall fly for brightness of his glorious refuge to the deepest hell0 divinity1 put to flight all 7,atharva74 the horrid powers of darkness0 7,nicodemus74 #dth4 8,he shall come1 and #dth4 8,and ,i give unto them life will defy death 444 and eternal life1 and they shall he shall revivify the blood never perish0 7,john x4 #bh74 of all beings1 shall regenerate all bodies1 and purify all souls40 #eth4 8,he shall come1 and all #eth4 8,rejoice greatly1 ,o animated beings1 all the daughter of ,zion6 shout1 ,o flowers1 plants1 men1 women1 daughter of ,jerusalem6 the infants1 the slaves 444 behold1 thy ,king cometh unto shall together intone the thee 444 he is just 444 for chant of joy1 for he is the how great is his goodness1 ,lord of all creatures 444 he and how great is his beauty6 is infinite1 for he is ,corn shall make the young power1 for he is wisdom1 for men cheerful1 and new wine he is beauty1 for he is all the maids0 7,zechariah ix474 and in all40 #fth4 8,he shall come1 more #fth4 8,behold the lamb of sweet than honey and ,god0 7,john i4 #cf74 8,he was ambrosia1 more pure than brought as a lamb to the the lamb without spot0 slaughter0 7,isaiah #ec74 7,ibid474 #gth4 8,happy the blest womb #gth4 8,blessed art thou among that shall bear him0 women1 and blessed is the 7,ibid474 fruit of thy womb0 7,luke i472 8,blessed is the womb that bare thee0 7xi4 #bg74 #hth4 8,and ,god shall manifest #hth4 8,god manifested forth ,his glory1 and make ,his ,his glory0 7,john1 #ast ,ep474 power resound1 and shall reconcile ,himself with ,his 8,god was in ,christ1 creatures0 7,ibid474 reconciling the world unto himself0 7#b ,corinth4 v474 #ith4 8,it is in the bosom of #ith4 8,being an unparalleled a woman that the ray of the instance1 without any ,divine splendor will receive pollution or defilement1 and human form1 and she shall a virgin shall bring forth a bring forth1 being a virgin1 son1 and a maid shall bring for no impure contact shall forth the ,lord0 7,gospel of have defiled her0 ,mary1 iii474 7,vedangas74 ,let there be exaggeration or not in attributing to the ,atharva-,veda and the other books such a great antiquity1 the fact remains that these prophecies and their realization preceded ,christianity1 and ,christna preceded ,christ4 ,that is all we need care to inquire4 ,one is completely overwhelmed with astonishment upon reading ,dr4 ,lundy's ,monumental ,christianity4 ,it would be difficult to say whether an admiration for the author's erudition1 or amazement at his serene and unparalleled sophistry is stronger4 ,he has gathered a world of facts which prove that the religions1 far more ancient than ,christianity1 of ,christna1 ,buddha1 and ,osiris had anticipated even its minutest symbols4 ,his materials come from no forged papyri1 no interpolated ,gospels1 but from sculptures on the walls of ancient temples1 from monuments1 inscriptions1 and other archaic relics1 only mutilated by the hammers of iconoclasts1 the cannon of fanatics1 and the effects of time4 ,he shows us ,christna and ,apollo as good shepherds2 ,christna holding the cruciform chank and the chakra1 and ,christna 8crucified in space10 as he calls it 7,monumental ,christianity1 fig4 #gb74 ,of this figure--borrowed by ,dr4 ,lundy from ,moor's ,hindu ,pantheon--it may be truly said that it is calculated to petrify a ,christian with astonishment1 for it is the crucified ,christ of ,romish art to the last degree of resemblance4 ,not a feature is lacking2 and1 the author says of it himself3 8,this representation ,i believe to be anterior to ,christianity4444 ,it looks like a ,christian crucifix in many respects4444 ,the drawing1 the attitude1 the nail-marks in hands and feet1 indicate a ,christian origin1 while the ,parthian coronet of seven points1 the absence of the wood1 and of the usual inscription1 and the rays of glory above1 would seem to point to some other than a ,christian origin4 ,can it be the victim-man1 or the priest and victim both in one1 of the ,hindu ,mythology1 who offered himself a sacrifice before the worlds were8 ,can it be ,plato's ,second ,god who impressed himself on the universe in the form of the cross8 ,or is it his divine man who would be scourged1 tormented1 fettered2 have his eyes burnt out2 and lastly 444 would be crucified80 7,republic1 c4 ii41 p4 #eb1 ,spens4 ,trans474 ,it is all that and much more2 ,archaic ,religious ,philosophy was universal4 ,as it is1 ,dr4 ,lundy contradicts ,moor1 and maintains that this figure is that of ,wittoba1 one of the avatars of ,vishnu1 hence ,christna1 and anterior to ,christianity1 which is a fact not very easily to be put down4 ,and yet although he finds it prophetic of ,christianity1 he thinks it has no relation whatever to ,christ6 ,his only reason is that 8in a ,christian crucifix the glory always comes from the sacred head2 here it is from above and beyond4444 ,the ,pundit's ,wittoba then1 given to ,moor1 would seem to be the crucified ,krishna1 the shepherd-god of ,mathura 444 a ,saviour--the ,lord of the ,covenant1 as well as ,lord of ,heaven and earth--pure and impure1 light and dark1 good and bad1 peaceful and war like1 amiable and wrathful1 mild and turbulent1 forgiving and vindictive1 ,god and a strange mixture of man1 but not the ,christ of the ,gospels40 ,now all these qualities must pertain to ,jesus as well as to ,christna4 ,the very fact that ,jesus was a man upon the mother's side--even though he were a ,god1 implies as much4 ,his behavior toward the fig-tree1 and his self-contradictions1 in ,matthew1 where at one time he promises peace on earth1 and at another the sword1 etc41 are proofs in this direction4 ,undoubtedly this cut was never intended to represent ,jesus of ,nazareth4 ,it was ,wittoba1 as ,moor was told1 and as moreover the ,hindu ,sacred ,scriptures state1 ,brahma1 the sacrificer who is 8at once both sacrificer and victim20 it is 8,brahma1 victim in ,his ,son ,christna1 who came to die on earth for our salvation1 who ,himself accomplishes the solemn sacrifice 7of the ,sarvameda740 ,and yet1 it is the man ,jesus as well as the man ,christna1 for both were united to their ,chrestos4 ,thus we have either to admit periodical 8incarnations10 or let ,christianity go as the greatest imposture and plagiarism of the ages6 ,as to the ,jewish ,scriptures1 only such men as the ,jesuit de ,carrire1 a convenient representative of the majority of the ,catholic clergy1 can still command their followers to accept only the chronology established by the ,holy ,ghost4 ,it is on the authority of the latter that we learn that ,jacob went1 with a family of seventy persons1 all told1 to settle in ,egypt in ,a4,m4 #bbih1 and that in ,a4,m4 #beac--;just #bae years afterward--these seventy persons had so increased that they left ,egypt #fjj1jjj fighting men strong1 8without counting women and children10 which1 according to the science of statistics1 should represent a total population of between two and three millions66 ,natural history affords no parallel to such fecundity1 except in red herrings4 ,after this let the ,christian missionaries laugh1 if they can1 at ,hindu chronology and computations4 8,happy are those persons1 but not to be envied10 exclaims ,bunsen1 8who have no misgivings about making ,moses march out with more than two millions of people at the end of a popular conspiracy and rising1 in the sunny days of the eighteenth dynasty2 who make the ,israelites conquer ,kanaan under ,joshua1 during and previous to the most formidable campaigns of conquering ,pharaohs in that same country4 ,the ,egyptian and ,assyrian annals1 combined with the historical criticism of the ,bible1 prove that the exodus could only have taken place under ,menephthah1 so that ,joshua could not have crossed the ,jordan before ,easter #abhj1 the last campaign of ,ramses ,,iii4 in ,palestine being in #abha40ajib ,but we must resume the thread of our narrative with ,buddha4 ,neither he nor ,jesus ever wrote one word of their doctrines4 ,we have to take the teachings of the masters on the testimony of the disciples1 and therefore it is but fair that we should be allowed to judge both doctrines on their intrinsic value4 ,where the logical preponderance lies1 may be seen in the results of frequent encounters between ,christian missionaries and ,buddhist theologians 7pungui74 ,the latter usually1 if not invariably1 have the better of their opponents4 ,on the other hand1 the 8,lama of ,jehovah0 rarely fails to lose his temper1 to the great delight of the ,lama of ,buddha1 and practically demonstrates his religion of patience1 mercy1 and charity1 by abusing his disputant in the most uncanonical language4 ,this we have witnessed repeatedly4 ,despite the notable similarity of the direct teachings of ,gautama and ,jesus1 we yet find their respective followers starting from two diametrically opposite points4 ,the ,buddhist divine1 following literally the ethical doctrine of his master1 remains thus true to the legacy of ,gautama2 while the ,christian minister1 distorting the precepts recorded by the four ,gospels beyond recognition1 teaches1 not that which ,jesus taught1 but the absurd1 too often pernicious1 interpretations of fallible men--,popes1 ,luthers1 and ,calvins included4 ,the following are two instances selected from both religions1 and brought into contrast4 ,let the reader judge for himself3 8,do not believe in anything because it is rumored and spoken of by many10 says ,buddha2 8do not think that is a proof of its truth4 8,do not believe merely because the written statement of some old sage is produced2 do not be sure that the writing has ever been revised by the said sage1 or can be relied on4 ,do not believe in what you have fancied1 thinking that1 because an idea is extraordinary1 it must have been implanted by a ,deva1 or some wonderful being4 8,do not believe in guesses1 that is1 assuming something at hap-hazard as a starting-point1 and then drawing conclusions from it--reckoning your two and your three and your four before you have fixed your number one4 8,do not believe merely on the authority of your teachers and masters1 or believe and practice merely because they believe and practice4 8,i ,buddha tell you all1 you must of yourselves know that this is evil1 this is punishable1 this is censured by wise men2 belief in this will bring no advantage to any one1 but will cause sorrow2 and when you know this1 then eschew it40#ajic ,it is impossible to avoid contrasting with these benevolent and human sentiments1 the fulminations of the cumenical ,council and the ,pope1 against the employment of reason1 and the pursuit of science when it clashes with revelation4 ,the atrocious ,papal benediction of ,moslem arms and cursing of the ,russian and ,bulgarian ,christians have roused the indignation of some of the most devoted ,catholic communities4 ,the ,catholic ,czechs of ,prague on the day of the recent semi-centennial jubilee of ,pius ,,ix41 and again on the #fth of ,july1 the day sacred to the memory of ,john ,huss1 the burned martyr1 to mark their horror of the ,ultramontane policy in this respect1 gathered by thousands upon the neighboring ,mount ,zhishko1 and with great ceremony and denunciations1 burned the ,pope's portrait1 his ,syllabus1 and last allocution against the ,russian ,czar1 saying that they were good ,catholics1 but better ,slavs4 ,evidently1 the memory of ,john ,huss is more sacred to them than the ,vatican ,popes4 8,the worship of words is more pernicious than the worship of images10 remarks ,robert ,dale ,owen4 8,grammatolatry is the worst species of idolatry4 ,we have arrived at an era in which literalism is destroying faith4444 ,the letter killeth40#ajid ,there is not a dogma in the ,church to which these words can be better applied than to the doctrine of transubstantiation4#ajie 8,whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life10 ,christ is made to say4 8,this is a hard saying10 repeated his dismayed listeners4 ,the answer was that of an initiate4 8,doth this offend you8 ,it is the ,spirit that quickeneth2 the flesh profiteth nothing4 ,the words 7remata1 or arcane utterances7 that ,i speak unto you1 they are ,spirit and they are ,life40 ,during the ,mysteries wine represented ,bacchus1 and bread ,ceres4#ajif ,the hierophant-initiator presented symbolically before the final revelation wine and bread to the candidate who had to eat and drink of both in token that the spirit was to quicken matter1 i4e41 the divine wisdom was to enter into his body through what was to be revealed to him4 ,jesus1 in his ,oriental phraseology1 constantly assimilated himself to the true vine 7,john xv4 #a74 ,furthermore1 the hierophant1 the discloser of the ,petroma1 was called 8,father40 ,when ,jesus says1 8,drink 444 this is my blood10 what else was meant1 it was simply a metaphorical assimilation of himself to the vine1 which bears the grape1 whose juice is its blood--wine4 ,it was a hint that as he had himself been initiated by the 8,father10 so he desired to initiate others4 ,his 8,father0 was the husbandman1 himself the vine1 his disciples the branches4 ,his followers being ignorant of the terminology of the ,mysteries1 wondered2 they even took it as an offense1 which is not surprising1 considering the ,mosaic injunction against blood4 ,there is quite enough in the four gospels to show what was the secret and most fervent hope of ,jesus2 the hope in which he began to teach1 and in which he died4 ,in his immense and unselfish love for humanity1 he considers it unjust to deprive the many of the results of the knowledge acquired by the few4 ,this result he accordingly preaches--the unity of a spiritual ,god1 whose temple is within each of us1 and in whom we live as ,he lives in us--in spirit4 ,this knowledge was in the hands of the ,jewish adepts of the school of ,hillel and the kabalists4 ,but the 8scribes10 or lawyers1 having gradually merged into the dogmatism of the dead letter1 had long since separated themselves from the ,tanam1 the true spiritual teachers2 and the practical kabalists were more or less persecuted by the ,synagogue4 ,hence1 we find ,jesus exclaiming3 8,woe unto you lawyers6 ,for ye have taken away the key of knowledge the ,gnosis3 ye entered not in yourselves1 and them that were entering ye prevented0 7,luke xi4 #eb74 ,the meaning here is clear4 ,they did take the key away1 and could not even profit by it themselves1 for the ,masorah 7tradition7 had become a closed book to themselves as well as to others4 ,neither ,renan nor ,strauss1 nor the more modern ,viscount ,amberley seem to have had the remotest suspicion of the real meaning of many of the parables of ,jesus1 or even of the character of the great ,galilean philosopher4 ,renan1 as we have seen1 presented him to us as a ,gallicized ,rabbi1 8le plus charmant de tous10 still but a ,rabbi2 and one1 moreover1 who does not even come out of the school of ,hillel1 or any school either1 albeit he terms him repeatedly 8the charming doctor40#ajig ,he shows him as a sentimental young enthusiast1 sprung out of the plebeian classes of ,galilee1 who imagines the ideal kings of his parables the empurpled and jewelled beings of whom one reads in nursery tales4#ajih ,lord ,amberley's ,jesus1 on the other hand1 is an 8iconoclastic idealist10 far inferior in subtilty and logic to his critics4 ,renan looks over at ,jesus with the one-sidedness of a ,semitomaniac2 ,viscount ,amberley looks down upon him from the social plane of an ,english lord4 ,apropos of this marriage-feast parable1 which he considers as embodying 8a curious theory of social intercourse10 the ,viscount says3 8,nobody can object to charitable individuals asking poor people or invalids without rank at their houses4444 ,but we cannot admit that this kind action ought to be rendered obligatory 444 it is eminently desirable that we should do exactly what ,christ would forbid us doing--namely1 invite our neighbors and be invited by them as circumstances may require4 ,the fear that we may receive a recompense for the dinner-parties we may give1 is surely chimerical4444 ,jesus1 in fact1 overlooks entirely the more intellectual side of society40#ajii ,all of which unquestionably shows that the 8,son of ,god0 was no master of social etiquette1 nor fit for 8society20 but it is also a fair example of the prevalent misconception of even his most suggestive parables4 ,the theory of ,anquetil du ,perron that the ,bagaved-gita is an independent work1 as it is absent from several manuscripts of the ,mah-,bhrata1 may be as much a plea for a still greater antiquity as the reverse4 ,the work is purely metaphysical and ethical1 and in a certain sense it is anti-,vedic2 so far1 at least1 that it is in opposition with many of the later ,brahmanical interpretations of the ,vedas4 ,how comes it1 then1 that instead of destroying the work1 or1 at least1 of sentencing it as uncanonical--an expedient to which the ,christian ,church would never have failed to resort--the ,brahmans show it the greatest reverence8 ,perfectly unitarian in its aim1 it clashes with the popular idol-worship4 ,still1 the only precaution taken by the ,brahmans to keep its tenets from becoming too well known1 is to preserve it more secretly than any other religious book from every caste except the sacerdotal2 and1 to impose upon that even1 in many cases1 certain restrictions4 ,the grandest mysteries of the ,brahmanical religion are embraced within this magnificent poem2 and even the ,buddhists recognize it1 explaining certain dogmatic difficulties in their own way4 8,be unselfish1 subdue your senses and passions1 which obscure reason and lead to deceit10 says ,christna to his disciple ,arjuna1 thus enunciating a purely ,buddhistic principle4 8,low men follow examples1 great men give them4444 ,the soul ought to free itself from the bonds of action1 and act absolutely according to its divine origin4 ,there is but one ,god1 and all other devotas are inferior1 and mere forms 7powers7 of ,brahma or of myself4 ,worship by deeds predominates over that of contemplation40#aajj ,this doctrine coincides perfectly with that of ,jesus himself4#aaja ,faith alone1 unaccompanied by 8works10 is reduced to naught in the ,bagaved-gita4 ,as to the ,atharva-,veda1 it was and is preserved in such secrecy by the ,brahmans1 that it is a matter of doubt whether the ,orientalists have a complete copy of it4 ,one who has read what ,abb ,dubois says may well doubt the fact4 8,of the last species--the ,atharva--there are very few10 he says1 writing of the ,vedas1 8and many people suppose they no longer exist4 ,but the truth is1 they do exist1 though they conceal themselves with more caution than the others1 from the fear of being suspected to be initiated in the magic mysteries and other dreaded mysteries which the work is believed to teach40#aajb ,there were even those among the highest epopt of the greater ,mysteries who knew nothing of their last and dreaded rite--the voluntary transfer of life from hierophant to candidate4 ,in ,ghost-,land#aajc this mystical operation of the adept's transfer of his spiritual entity1 after the death of his body1 into the youth he loves with all the ardent love of a spiritual parent1 is superbly described4 ,as in the case of the rencarnation of the lamas of ,thibet1 an adept of the highest order may live indefinitely4 ,his mortal casket wears out notwithstanding certain alchemical secrets for prolonging the youthful vigor far beyond the usual limits1 yet the body can rarely be kept alive beyond ten or twelve score of years4 ,the old garment is then worn out1 and the spiritual ,ego forced to leave it1 selects for its habitation a new body1 fresh and full of healthy vital principle4 ,in case the reader should feel inclined to ridicule this assertion of the possible prolongation of human life1 we may as well refer him to the statistics of several countries4 ,the author of an able article in the ,westminster ,review1 for ,october1 #ahej1 is responsible for the statement that in ,england1 they have the authentic instances of one ,thomas ,jenkins dying at the age of #afi1 and 8,old ,parr0 at #aeb2 and that in ,russia some of the peasants are 8known to have reached #bdb years40#aajd ,there are also cases of centenarianism reported among the ,peruvian ,indians4 ,we are aware that many able writers have recently discredited these claims to an extreme longevity1 but we nevertheless affirm our belief in their truth4 ,true or false there are 8superstitions0 among the ,eastern people such as have never been dreamed even by an ,edgar ,poe or a ,hoffmann4 ,and these beliefs run in the very blood of the nations with which they originated4 ,carefully stripped of exaggeration they will be found to embody an universal belief in those restless1 wandering1 astral souls1 which are called ghouls and vampires4 ,an ,armenian ,bishop of the fifth century1 named ,yeznik1 gives a number of such narratives in a manuscript work 7,book i41 #bj1 #cj71 preserved some thirty years ago in the library of the ,monastery of ,etchmeadzine4#aaje ,among others1 there is a tradition dating from the days of heathendom1 that whenever a hero whose life is needed yet on earth falls on the battle-field1 the ,aralez1 the popular gods of ancient ,armenia1 empowered to bring back to life those slaughtered in battle1 lick the bleeding wounds of the victim1 and breathe on them until they have imparted a new and vigorous life4 ,after that the warrior rises1 washes off all traces of his wounds1 and resumes his place in the fray4 ,but his immortal spirit has fled2 and for the remainder of his days he lives--a deserted temple4 ,once that an adept was initiated into the last and most solemn mystery of the life-transfer1 the awful seventh rite of the great sacerdotal operation1 which is the highest theurgy1 he belonged no more to this world4 ,his soul was free thereafter1 and the seven mortal sins lying in wait to devour his heart1 as the soul1 liberated by death1 would be crossing the seven halls and seven staircases1 could hurt him no more alive or dead2 he has passed the 8twice seven trials10 the twelve labors of the final hour4#aajf ,the ,high ,hierophant alone knew how to perform this solemn operation by infusing his own vital life and astral soul into the adept1 chosen by him for his successor1 who thus became endowed with a double life4#aajg 8,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto thee1 except a man be born again1 he cannot see the kingdom of ,god0 7,john iii4 #c74 ,jesus tells ,nicodemus1 8,that which is born of the flesh is flesh2 and that which is born of the spirit is spirit40 ,this allusion1 so unintelligible in itself1 is explained in the ,satapa-,brhmana4 ,it teaches that a man striving after spiritual perfection must have three births3 #ast4 ,physical from his mortal parents2 #b;d4 ,spiritual1 through religious sacrifice 7initiation72 #c;d4 ,his final birth into the world of spirit--at death4 ,though it may seem strange that we should have to go to the old land of the ,punjb and the banks of the sacred ,ganges1 for an interpreter of words spoken in ,jerusalem and expounded on the banks of the ,jordan1 the fact is evident4 ,this second birth1 or regeneration of spirit1 after the natural birth of that which is born of the flesh1 might have astonished a ,jewish ruler4 ,nevertheless1 it had been taught #c1jjj years before the appearance of the great ,galilean prophet1 not only in old ,india but to all the epopt of the ,pagan initiation1 who were instructed in the great mysteries of ,,life and ,,death4 ,this secret of secrets1 that soul is not knit to flesh1 was practically demonstrated in the instance of the ,yogis1 the followers of ,kapila4 ,having emancipated their souls from the fetters of ,prakriti1 or ,mahat 7the physical perception of the senses and mind--in one sense1 creation71 they so developed their soul-power and will-force1 as to have actually enabled themselves1 while on earth1 to communicate with the supernal worlds1 and perform what is bunglingly termed 8miracles40#aajh ,men whose astral spirits have attained on earth the nehreyasa1 or the mukti1 are half-gods2 disembodied spirits1 they reach ,moksha or ,nirvana1 and this is their second spiritual birth4 ,buddha teaches the doctrine of a new birth as plainly as ,jesus does4 ,desiring to break with the ancient ,mysteries1 to which it was impossible to admit the ignorant masses1 the ,hindu reformer1 though generally silent upon more than one secret dogma1 clearly states his thought in several passages4 ,thus1 he says3 8,some people are born again2 evil-doers go to ,hell2 righteous people go to ,heaven2 those who are free from all worldly desires enter ,nirvana0 7,precepts of the ,dhammapada1 v41 #abf74 ,elsewhere ,buddha states that 8it is better to believe in a future life1 in which happiness or misery can be felt2 for if the heart believes therein1 it will abandon sin and act virtuously2 and even if there is no resurrection1 such a life will bring a good name and the regard of men4 ,but those who believe in extinction at death will not fail to commit any sin that they may choose1 because of their disbelief in a future40#aaji ,the ,epistle to the ,hebrews treats of the sacrifice of blood4 8,where a testament is10 says the writer1 8there must be of necessity the death of the testator4444 ,without the shedding of blood is no remission40 ,then again3 8,christ glorified not himself to be made ,high ,priest2 but ,he that said unto him3 ,thou art my son2 ,,to-,,day ,,have ,i ,,begotten ,,thee0 7,heb4 v4 #e74 ,this is a very clear inference1 that1 #a1 ,jesus was considered only in the light of a high priest1 like ,melchisedek--another avatar1 or incarnation of ,christ1 according to the ,fathers2 and1 #b1 that the writer thought that ,jesus had become a 8,son of ,god0 only at the moment of his initiation by water2 hence1 that he was not born a god1 neither was he begotten physically by ,him4 ,every initiate of the 8last hour0 became1 by the very fact of his initiation1 a son of ,god4 ,when ,maxime1 the ,ephesian1 initiated the ,emperor ,julian into the ,mithrac ,mysteries1 he pronounced as the usual formula of the rite1 the following3 8,by this blood1 ,i wash thee from thy sins4 ,the ,word of the ,highest has entered unto thee1 and ,his ,spirit henceforth will rest upon the ,,newly-,,born1 the now-begotten of the ,highest ,god4444 ,thou art the son of ,mithra40 8,thou art the #8,son of ,god1'0 repeated the disciples after ,christ's baptism4 ,when ,paul shook off the viper into the fire without further injury to himself1 the people of ,melita said 8that he was a god0 7,acts xxviii474 8,he is the son of ,god1 the ,beautiful60 was the term used by the disciples of ,simon ,magus1 for they thought they recognized the 8great power of ,god0 in him4 ,a man can have no god that is not bounded by his own human conceptions4 ,the wider the sweep of his spiritual vision1 the mightier will be his deity4 ,but where can we find a better demonstration of ,him than in man himself2 in the spiritual and divine powers lying dormant in every human being8 8,the very capacity to imagine the possibility of thaumaturgical powers1 is itself evidence that they exist10 says the author of ,prophecy4 8,the critic1 as well as the skeptic1 is generally inferior to the person or subject that he is reviewing1 and1 therefore1 is hardly a competent witness4 ,if there are counterfeits1 somewhere there must have been a genuine original40#aaaj ,blood begets phantoms1 and its emanations furnish certain spirits with the materials required to fashion their temporary appearances4 8,blood10 says ,levi1 8is the first incarnation of the universal fluid2 it is the materialized vital light4 ,its birth is the most marvellous of all nature's marvels2 it lives only by perpetually transforming itself1 for it is the universal ,proteus4 ,the blood issues from principles where there was none of it before1 and it becomes flesh1 bones1 hair1 nails 444 tears1 and perspiration4 ,it can be allied neither to corruption nor death2 when life is gone1 it begins decomposing2 if you know how to renimate it1 to infuse into it life by a new magnetization of its globules1 life will return to it again4 ,the universal substance1 with its double motion1 is the great arcanum of being2 blood is the great arcanum of life40 8,blood10 says the ,hindu ,ramatsariar1 8contains all the mysterious secrets of existence1 no living being can exist without4 ,it is profaning the great work of the ,creator to eat blood40 ,in his turn ,moses1 following the universal and traditional law1 forbids eating blood4 ,paracelsus writes that with the fumes of blood one is enabled to call forth any spirit we desire to see2 for with its emanations it will build itself an appearance1 a visible body--only this is sorcery4 ,the hierophants of ,baal made deep incisions all over their bodies and produced apparitions1 objective and tangible1 with their own blood4 ,the followers of a certain sect in ,persia1 many of whom may be found around the ,russian settlements in ,temerchan-,shoura1 and ,derbent1 have their religious mysteries in which they form a large ring1 and whirl round in a frantic dance4 ,their temples are ruined1 and they worship in large temporary buildings1 securely enclosed1 and with the earthen floor deeply strewn with sand4 ,they are all dressed in long white robes1 and their heads are bare and closely shaved4 ,armed with knives1 they soon reach a point of furious exaltation1 and wound themselves and others until their garments and the sand on the floor are soaked with blood4 ,before the end of the 8,mystery0 every man has a companion1 who whirls round with him4 ,sometimes the spectral dancers have hair on their heads1 which makes them quite distinct from their unconscious creators4 ,as we have solemnly promised never to divulge the principal details of this terrible ceremony 7which we were allowed to witness but once71 we must leave the subject4#aaaa ,in the days of antiquity the sorceresses of ,thessaly added sometimes to the blood of a black lamb that of an infant1 and by this means evoked the shadows4 ,the priests were taught the art of calling up the spirits of the dead1 as well as those of the elements1 but their mode was certainly not that of ,thessalian sorceresses4 ,among the ,yakuts of ,siberia there is a tribe dwelling on the very confines of the ,transbakal regions near the river ,vitema 7eastern ,siberia7 which practices sorcery as known in the days of the ,thessalian witches4 ,their religious beliefs are curious as a mixture of philosophy and superstition4 ,they have a chief or supreme god ,aij-,taon1 who did not create1 they say1 but only presides over the creation of all the worlds4 ,he lives on the ninth heaven1 and it is but from the seventh that the other minor gods--his servants--can manifest themselves to their creatures4 ,this ninth heaven1 according to the revelation of the minor deities 7spirits1 we suppose71 has three suns and three moons1 and the ground of this abode is formed of four lakes 7the four cardinal points7 of 8soft air0 7ether71 instead of water4 ,while they offer no sacrifices to the ,supreme ,deity1 for he needs none1 they do try to propitiate both the good and bad deities1 which they respectively term the 8white0 and the 8black0 gods4 ,they do it1 because neither of the two classes are good or bad through personal merit or demerit4 ,as they are all subject to the ,supreme ,aij-,taon1 and each has to carry on the duty assigned to him from eternity1 they are not responsible for either the good or evil they produce in this world4 ,the reason given by the ,yakuts for such sacrifices is very curious4 ,sacrifices1 they say1 help each class of gods to perform their mission the better1 and so please the ,supreme2 and every mortal that helps either of them in performing his duty must1 therefore1 please the ,supreme as well1 for he will have helped justice to take place4 ,as the 8black0 gods are appointed to bring diseases1 evils1 and all kinds of calamities to mankind1 each of which is a punishment for some transgression1 the ,yakuts offer to them 8bloody0 sacrifices of animals2 while to the 8white0 they make pure offerings1 consisting generally of an animal consecrated to some special god and taken care of with great ceremony1 as having become sacred4 ,according to their ideas the souls of the dead become 8shadows10 and are doomed to wander on earth1 till a certain change takes place either for the better or worse1 which the ,yakuts do not pretend to explain4 ,the light shadows1 i4e41 those of good people1 become the guardians and protectors of those they loved on earth2 the 8dark0 shadows 7the wicked7 always seek1 on the contrary1 to hurt those they knew1 by inciting them to crimes1 wicked acts1 and otherwise injuring mortals4 ,besides these1 like the ancient ,chaldees1 they reckon seven divine ,sheitans 7dmons7 or minor gods4 ,it is during the sacrifices of blood1 which take place at night1 that the ,yakuts call forth the wicked or dark shadows1 to inquire of them what they can do to arrest their mischief2 hence1 blood is necessary1 for without its fumes the ghosts could not make themselves clearly visible1 and would become1 according to their ideas1 but the more dangerous1 for they would suck it from living persons by their perspiration4#aaab ,as to the good1 light shadows1 they need not be called out2 besides that1 such an act disturbs them2 they can make their presence felt1 when needed1 without any preparation and ceremonies4 ,the blood-evocation is also practiced1 although with a different purpose1 in several parts of ,bulgaria and ,moldavia1 especially in districts in the vicinity of ,mussulmans4 ,the fearful oppressions and slavery to which these unfortunate ,christians have been subjected for centuries has rendered them a thousand-fold more impressible1 and at the same time more superstitious1 than those who live in civilized countries4 ,on every seventh of ,may the inhabitants of every ,moldavo-,valachian and ,bulgarian city or village1 have what they term the 8feast of the dead40 ,after sunset1 immense crowds of women and men1 each with a lighted wax taper in hand1 resort to the burial places1 and pray on the tombs of their departed friends4 ,this ancient and solemn ceremony1 called ,trizna1 is everywhere a reminiscence of primitive ,christian rites1 but far more solemn yet1 while in ,mussulman slavery4 ,every tomb is furnished with a kind of cupboard1 about half a yard high1 built of four stones1 and with hinged double-doors4 ,these closets contain what is termed the household of the defunct3 namely1 a few wax tapers1 some oil and an earthen lamp1 which is lighted on that day1 and burns for twenty-four hours4 ,wealthy people have silver lamps richly chiselled1 and bejewelled images1 which are secure from thieves1 for in the burial ground the closets are even left open4 ,such is the dread of the population 7,mussulman and ,christian7 of the revenge of the dead that a thief bold enough to commit any murder1 would never dare touch the property of a dead person4 ,the ,bulgarians have a belief that every ,saturday1 and especially the eve of ,easter ,sunday1 and until ,trinity day 7about seven weeks7 the souls of the dead descend on earth1 some to beg forgiveness from those living whom they had wronged2 others to protect and commune with their loved ones4 ,faithfully following the traditional rites of their forefathers1 the natives on each ,saturday of these seven weeks keep either lamps or tapers lighted4 ,in addition to that1 on the seventh of ,may they drench the tombs with grape wine1 and burn incense around them from sunset to sunrise4 ,with the inhabitants of towns1 the ceremony is limited to these simple observances4 ,with some of the rustics though1 the rite assumes the proportions of a theurgic evocation4 ,on the eve of ,ascension ,day1 ,bulgarian women light a quantity of tapers and lamps2 the pots are placed upon tripods1 and incense perfumes the atmosphere for miles around2 while thick white clouds of smoke envelope each tomb1 as though a veil had separated it from the others4 ,during the evening1 and until a little before midnight1 in memory of the deceased1 acquaintances and a certain number of mendicants are fed and treated with wine and raki 7grape-whiskey71 and money is distributed among the poor according to the means of the surviving relatives4 ,when the feast is ended1 the guests approaching the tomb and addressing the defunct by name1 thank him or her for the bounties received4 ,when all but the nearest relatives are gone1 a woman1 usually the most aged1 remains alone with the dead1 and--some say--resorts to the ceremony of invocation4 ,after fervent prayers1 repeated face downward on the grave-mound1 more or less drops of blood are drawn from near the left bosom1 and allowed to trickle upon the tomb4 ,this gives strength to the invisible spirit which hovers around1 to assume for a few instants a visible form1 and whisper his instructions to the ,christian theurgist--if he has any to offer1 or simply to 8bless the mourner0 and then disappear again till the following year4 ,so firmly rooted is this belief that we have heard1 in a case of family difficulty1 a ,moldavian woman appeal to her sister to put off every decision till ,ascension-night1 when their dead father would be able to tell them of his will and pleasure in person2 to which the sister consented as simply as though their parent were in the next room4 ,that there are fearful secrets in nature may well be believed when1 as we have seen in the case of the ,russian ,znachar1 the sorcerer cannot die until he has passed the word to another1 and the hierophants of ,white ,magic rarely do4 ,it seems as if the dread power of the 8,word0 could only be entrusted to one man of a certain district or body of people at a time4 ,when the ,brahmtma was about to lay aside the burden of physical existence1 he imparted his secret to his successor1 either orally1 or by a writing placed in a securely-fastened casket which went into the latter's hands alone4 ,moses 8lays his hands0 upon his neophyte1 ,joshua1 in the solitudes of ,nebo and passes away forever4 ,aaron initiates ,eleazar on ,mount ,hor1 and dies4 ,siddhrtha-,buddha promises his mendicants before his death to live in him who shall deserve it1 embraces his favorite disciple1 whispers in his ear1 and dies2 and as ,john's head lies upon the bosom of ,jesus1 he is told that he shall 8tarry0 until he shall come4 ,like signal-fires of the olden times1 which1 lighted and extinguished by turns upon one hill-top after another1 conveyed intelligence along a whole stretch of country1 so we see a long line of 8wise0 men from the beginning of history down to our own times communicating the word of wisdom to their direct successors4 ,passing from seer to seer1 the 8,word0 flashes out like lightning1 and while carrying off the initiator from human sight forever1 brings the new initiate into view4 ,meanwhile1 whole nations murder each other in the name of another 8,word10 an empty substitute accepted literally by each1 and misinterpreted by all6 ,we have met few sects which truly practice sorcery4 ,one such is the ,yezidis1 considered by some a branch of the ,koords1 though we believe erroneously4 ,these inhabit chiefly the mountainous and desolate regions of ,asiatic ,turkey1 about ,mosul1 ,armenia1 and are found even in ,syria1#aaac and ,mesopotamia4 ,they are called and known everywhere as devil-worshippers2 and most certainly it is not either through ignorance or mental obscuration that they have set up the worship and a regular intercommunication with the lowest and the most malicious of both elementals and elementaries4 ,they recognize the present wickedness of the chief of the 8black powers20 but at the same time they dread his power1 and so try to conciliate to themselves his favors4 ,he is in an open quarrel with ,allah1 they say1 but a reconciliation can take place between the two at any day2 and those who have shown marks of their disrespect to the 8black one0 now1 may suffer for it at some future time1 and thus have both ,god and ,devil against them4 ,this is simply a cunning policy that seeks to propitiate his ,satanic majesty1 who is no other than the great ,tcherno-bog 7the black god7 of the ,variagi-,russ1 the ancient idolatrous ,russians before the days of ,vladimir4 ,like ,wierus1 the famous demonographer of the sixteenth century 7who in his ,pseudomonarchia ,dmonum describes and enumerates a regular infernal court1 which has its dignitaries1 princes1 dukes1 nobles1 and officers71 the ,yezidis have a whole pantheon of devils1 and use the ,jakshas1 arial spirits1 to convey their prayers and respects to ,satan their master1 and the ,afrites of the ,desert4 ,during their prayer-meetings1 they join hands1 and form immense rings1 with their ,sheik1 or an officiating priest in the middle who claps his hands1 and intones every verse in honor of ,sheitan 7,satan74 ,then they whirl and leap in the air4 ,when the frenzy is at its climax1 they often wound and cut themselves with their daggers1 occasionally rendering the same service to their next neighbors4 ,but their wounds do not heal and cicatrize as easily as in the case of lamas and holy men2 for but too often they fall victims to these self-inflicted wounds4 ,while dancing and flourishing high their daggers without unclasping hands--for this would be considered a sacrilege1 and the spell instantly broken1 they coax and praise ,sheitan1 and entreat him to manifest himself in his works by 8miracles40 ,as their rites are chiefly accomplished during night1 they do not fail to obtain manifestations of various character1 the least of which are enormous globes of fire which take the shapes of the most uncouth animals4 ,lady ,hester ,stanhope1 whose name was for many years a power among the masonic fraternities of the ,east1 is said to have witnessed1 personally1 several of these ,yezidean ceremonies4 ,we were told by an ,ockhal1 of the sect of ,druses1 that after having been present at one of the ,yezidis' 8,devil's masses10 as they are called1 this extraordinary lady1 so noted for personal courage and daring bravery1 fainted1 and notwithstanding her usual ,emir's male attire1 was recalled to life and health with the greatest difficulty4 ,personally1 we regret to say1 all our efforts to witness one of these performances failed4 ,a recent article in a ,catholic journal on ,nagualism and ,voodooism charges ,hayti with being the centre of secret societies1 with terrible forms of initiation and bloody rites1 where human infants are sacrificed and devoured by the adepts7667 ,piron1 a ,french traveller1 is quoted at length1 describing a most fearful scene witnessed by him in ,cuba1 in the house of a lady whom he never would have suspected of any connection with so monstrous a sect4 8,a naked white girl acted as a voodoo priestess1 wrought up to frenzy by dances and incantations that followed the sacrifice of a white and a black hen4 ,a serpent1 trained to its part1 and acted on by the music1 coiled round the limbs of the girl1 its motions studied by the votaries dancing around or standing to watch its contortions4 ,the spectator fled at last in horror when the poor girl fell writhing in an epileptic fit40 ,while deploring such a state of things in ,christian countries1 the ,catholic article in question explains this tenacity for ancestral religious rites as evidence of the natural depravity of the human heart1 and makes a loud call for greater zeal on the part of ,catholics4 ,besides repeating the absurd fiction about devouring children1 the writer seems wholly insensible to the fact that a devotion to one's faith that centuries of the most cruel and bloody persecution cannot quench1 makes heroes and martyrs of a people1 whereas their conversion to any other faith would turn them simply into renegades4 ,a compulsory religion can never breed anything but deceit4 ,the answer received by the missionary ,margil from some ,indians supports the above truism4 ,the question being3 8,how is it that you are so heathenish after having been ,christians so long80 ,the answer was3 8,what would you do1 father1 if enemies of your faith entered your land8 ,would you not take all your books and vestments and signs of religion and retire to the most secret caves and mountains8 ,this is just what our priests1 and prophets1 and soothsayers1 and nagualists have done to this time and are still doing40 ,such an answer from a ,roman ,catholic1 questioned by a missionary of either ,greek or ,protestant ,church1 would earn for him the crown of a saint in the ,popish martyrology4 ,better a 8heathen0 religion that can extort from a ,francis ,xavier such a tribute as he pays the ,japanese1 in saying that 8in virtue and probity they surpassed all the nations he had ever seen20 than a ,christianity whose advance over the face of the earth sweeps aboriginal nations out of existence as with a hurricane of fire4#aaad ,disease1 drunkenness1 and demoralization are the immediate results of apostasy from the faith of their fathers1 and conversion into a religion of mere forms4 ,what ,christianity is doing for ,british ,india1 we need go to no inimical sources to inquire4 ,captain ,o',grady1 the ,british ex-official1 says3 8,the ,british government is doing a shameful thing in turning the natives of ,india from a sober race to a nation of drunkards4 ,and for pure greed4 ,drinking is forbidden by the religion alike of ,hindus and ,mussulmans4 ,but 444 drinking is daily becoming more and more prevalent4444 ,what the accursed opium traffic1 forced on ,china by ,british greed1 has been to that unhappy country1 the government sale of liquor is likely to become to ,india4 ,for it is a government monopoly1 based on almost precisely the same model as the government monopoly of tobacco in ,spain4444 ,the outside domestics in ,european families usually get to be terrible drunkards4444 ,the indoor servants usually detest drinking1 and are a good deal more respectable in this particular than their masters and mistresses 444 everybody drinks 444 bishops1 chaplains1 freshly-imported boarding-school girls1 and all40 ,yes1 these are the 8blessings0 that the modern ,christian religion brings with its ,bibles and ,catechisms to the 8poor heathen40 ,rum and bastardy to ,hindustan2 opium to ,china2 rum and foul disorders to ,tahiti2 and1 worst of all1 the example of hypocrisy in religion1 and a practical skepticism and atheism1 which1 since it seems to be good enough for civilized people1 may well in time be thought good enough for those whom theology has too often been holding under a very heavy yoke4 ,on the other hand1 everything that is noble1 spiritual1 elevating1 in the old religion is denied1 and even deliberately falsified4 ,take ,paul1 read the little of original that is left of him in the writings attributed to this brave1 honest1 sincere man1 and see whether any one can find a word therein to show that ,paul meant by the word ,christ anything more than the abstract ideal of the personal divinity indwelling in man4 ,for ,paul1 ,christ is not a person1 but an embodied idea4 8,if any man is in ,christ he is a new creation10 he is reborn1 as after initiation1 for the ,lord is spirit--the spirit of man4 ,paul was the only one of the apostles who had understood the secret ideas underlying the teachings of ,jesus1 although he had never met him4 ,but ,paul had been initiated himself2 and1 bent upon inaugurating a new and broad reform1 one embracing the whole of humanity1 he sincerely set his own doctrines far above the wisdom of the ages1 above the ancient ,mysteries and final revelation to the epopt4 ,as ,professor ,a4 ,wilder well proves in a series of able articles1 it was not ,jesus1 but ,paul who was the real founder of ,christianity4 8,the disciples were called ,christians first in ,antioch10 say the ,acts of the ,apostles4 8,such men as ,irenus1 ,epiphanius1 and ,eusebius have transmitted to posterity a reputation for untruth and dishonest practices2 and the heart sickens at the story of the crimes of that period10 writes this author1 in a recent article4#aaae 8,it will be remembered10 he adds1 8that when the ,moslems overran ,syria and ,asia ,minor for the first time1 they were welcomed by the ,christians of those regions as deliverers from the intolerable oppression of the ruling authorities of the ,church40 ,mahomet never was1 neither is he now1 considered a god2 yet under the stimulus of his name millions of ,moslems have served their ,god with an ardor that can never be paralleled by ,christian sectarianism4 ,that they have sadly degenerated since the days of their prophet1 does not alter the case in hand1 but only proves the more the prevalence of matter over spirit all over the world4 ,besides1 they have never degenerated more from primitive faith than ,christians themselves4 ,why1 then1 should not ,jesus of ,nazareth1 a thousandfold higher1 nobler1 and morally grander than ,mahomet1 be as well revered by ,christians and followed in practice1 instead of being blindly adored in fruitless faith as a god1 and at the same time worshipped much after the fashion of certain ,buddhists1 who turn their wheel of prayers4 ,that this faith has become sterile1 and is no more worthy the name of ,christianity than the fetishism of ,calmucks that of the philosophy preached by ,buddha1 is doubted by none4 8,we would not be supposed to entertain the opinion10 says ,dr4 ,wilder1 8that modern ,christianity is in any degree identical with the religion preached by ,paul4 ,it lacks his breadth of view1 his earnestness1 his keen spiritual perception4 ,bearing the impress of the nations by which it is professed1 it exhibits as many forms as there are races4 ,it is one thing in ,italy and ,spain1 but widely differs in ,france1 ,germany1 ,holland1 ,sweden1 ,great ,britain1 ,russia1 ,armenia1 ,kurdistan1 and ,abyssinia4 ,as compared with the preceding worships1 the change seems to be more in name than in genius4 ,men had gone to bed ,pagans and awoke ,christians4 ,as for the ,sermon on the ,mount1 its conspicuous doctrines are more or less repudiated by every ,christian community of any considerable dimensions4 ,barbarism1 oppression1 cruel punishments1 are as common now as in the days of ,paganism4 8,the ,christianity of ,peter exists no more2 that of ,paul supplanted it1 and was in its turn amalgamated with the other world religions4 ,when mankind are enlightened1 or the barbarous races and families are supplanted by those of nobler nature and instincts1 the ideal excellencies may become realities4 8,the #8,christ of ,paul' has constituted an enigma which evoked the most strenuous endeavor to solve4 ,he was something else than the ,jesus of the ,gospels4 ,paul disregarded utterly their #8endless genealogies4' ,the author of the fourth ,gospel1 himself an ,alexandrian ,gnostic1 describes ,jesus as what would now be termed a #8materialized' divine spirit4 ,he was the ,logos1 or ,first ,emanation--the ,metathron4444 ,the #8mother of ,jesus1' like the ,princess ,maya1 ,dana1 or perhaps ,periktion1 had given birth1 not to a love-child1 but to a divine offspring4 ,no ,jew of whatever sect1 no apostle1 no early believer1 ever promulgated such an idea4 ,paul treats of ,christ as a personage rather than as a person4 ,the sacred lessons of the secret assemblies often personified the divine good and the divine truth in a human form1 assailed by the passions and appetites of mankind1 but superior to them2 and this doctrine1 emerging from the crypt1 was apprehended by churchlings and gross-minded men as that of immaculate conception and divine incarnation40 ,in the old book1 published in #afic and written by the ,sieur de la ,loubre1 ,french ,ambassador to the ,king of ,siam1 are related many interesting facts of the ,siamese religion4 ,the remarks of the satirical ,frenchman are so pointed that we will quote his words about the ,siamese ,saviour--,sommona-,cadom4 8,how marvellous soever they pretend the birth of their ,saviour has been1 they cease not to give him a father and a mother4#aaaf ,his mother1 whose name is found in some of their ,balie 7,pali87 books1 was called1 as they say1 ,maha ,,maria1 which seems to signify the great ,mary1 for ,maha signifies great4 ,however it be1 this ceases not to give attention to the missionaries1 and has perhaps given occasion to the ,siamese to believe that ,jesus being the son of ,mary1 was brother to ,sommona-,cadom1 and that1 having been crucified1 he was that wicked brother whom they give to ,sommona-,cadom1 under the name of ,thevetat1 and whom they report to be punished in ,hell1 with a punishment which participates something of a cross4444 ,the ,siamese expect another ,sommona-,cadom1 ,i mean1 another miraculous man like him1 whom they already named ,pronarote1 and whom they say was foretold by ,sommona4 ,he made all sorts of miracles4444 ,he had two disciples1 both standing on each hand of his idol2 one on the right hand1 and the other on the left 444 the first is named ,pra-,magla1 and the second ,pra ,scaribout4444 ,the father of ,sommona-,cadom was1 according to this same ,balie ,book1 a ,king of ,teve ,lanca1 that is to say1 a ,king of ,ceylon4 ,but the ,balie ,books being without date and without the author's name1 have no more authority than all the traditions1 whose origin is unknown40#aaag ,this last argument is as ill-considered as it is navely expressed4 ,we do not know of any book in the whole world less authenticated as to date1 authors' names1 or tradition1 than our ,christian ,bible4 ,under these circumstances the ,siamese have as much reason to believe in their miraculous ,sommona-,cadom as the ,christians in their miraculously-born ,saviour4 ,moreover1 they have no better right to force their religion upon the ,siamese1 or any other people1 against their will1 and in their own country1 where they go unasked1 than the so-called heathen 8to compel ,france or ,england to accept ,buddhism at the point of the sword40 ,a ,buddhist missionary1 even in free-thinking ,america1 would daily risk being mobbed1 but this does not at all prevent missionaries from abusing the religion of the ,brahmans1 ,lamas1 and ,bonzes1 publicly to their teeth2 and the latter are not always at liberty to answer them4 ,this is termed diffusing the beneficent light of ,christianity and civilization upon the darkness of heathenism6 ,and yet we find that these pretensions--which might appear ludicrous were they not so fatal to millions of our fellow-men1 who only ask to be left alone--were fully appreciated as early as in the seventeenth century4 ,we find the same witty ,monsieur de la ,loubre1 under a pretext of pious sympathy1 giving some truly curious instructions to the ecclesiastical authorities at home1#aaah which embody the very soul of ,jesuitism4 8,from what ,i have said concerning the opinions of the ,orientals10 he remarks1 8it is easy to comprehend how difficult an enterprise it is to bring them over to the ,christian religion2 and of what consequence it is that the missionaries1 which preach the ,gospel in the ,east1 do perfectly understand the manners and belief of these people4 ,for as the apostles and first ,christians1 when ,god supported their preaching by so many wonders1 did not on a sudden discover to the heathens all the mysteries which we adore1 but a long time concealed from them1 and the ,catechumens themselves1 the knowledge of those which might scandalize them2 it seems very rational to me that the missionaries1 who have not the gift of miracles1 ought not presently to discover to the ,orientals all the mysteries nor all the practices of ,christianity4 8',twould be convenient1 for example1 if ,i am not mistaken1 not to preach unto them1 without great caution1 the worshipping of saints2 and as to the knowledge of ,jesus ,christ1 ,i think it would be necessary to manage it with them1 if ,i may so say1 and not to speak to them of the mystery of the ,incarnation1 till after having convinced them of the existence of a ,god ,creator4 ,for what probability is there1 to begin with1 of persuading the ,siamese to remove ,sommona-,cadom1 ,pra ,mogla1 and ,pra ,scaribout from the altars1 to set up ,jesus ,christ1 ,st4 ,peter1 and ,st4 ,paul1 in their stead8 ',twould1 perhaps1 be more proper not to preach unto them ,jesus ,christ crucified1 till they have first comprehended that one may be unfortunate and innocent2 and that by the rule received1 even amongst them1 which is1 that the innocent might load himself with the crimes of the guilty1 it was necessary that a god should become man1 to the end that this man-,god should1 by a laborious life1 and a shameful but voluntary death1 satisfy for all the sins of men2 but before all things it would be necessary to give them the true idea of a ,god ,creator1 and justly provoked against men4 ,the ,eucharist1 after this1 will not scandalize the ,siamese1 as it formerly scandalized the ,pagans of ,europe2 forasmuch as the ,siamese do not believe ,sommona-,cadom could give his wife and children to the ,talapoins to eat4 8,on the contrary1 as the ,chinese are respectful toward their parents even to a scruple1 ,i doubt not that if the ,gospel should be presently put into their hands1 they would be scandalized at that place1 where1 when some told ,jesus ,christ that his mother and his brethren asked after him1 he answered in such a manner1 that he seems so little to regard them1 that he affected not to know them4 ,they would not be less offended at those other mysterious words1 which our divine ,saviour spoke to the young man1 who desired time to go and bury his parents3 8,let the dead10 said he1 8bury the dead40 ,every one knows the trouble which the ,japanese expressed to ,st4 ,francis ,xavier upon the eternity of damnation1 not being able to believe that their dead parents should fall into so horrible a misfortune for want of having embraced ,christianity1 which they had never heard of4444 ,it seems necessary1 therefore1 to prevent and mollify this thought1 by the means which that great apostle of the ,indies used1 in first establishing the idea of an omnipotent1 all-wise1 and most just ,god1 the author of all good1 to whom only everything is due1 and by whose will we owe unto kings1 bishops1 magistrates and to our parents the respects which we owe them4 8,these examples are sufficient to show with what precautions it is necessary to prepare the minds of the ,orientals to think like us1 and not to be offended with most of the articles of the ,christian faith40#aaai ,and what1 we ask1 is left to preach8 ,with no ,saviour1 no atonement1 no crucifixion for human sin1 no ,gospel1 no eternal damnation to tell them of1 and no miracles to display1 what remained for the ,jesuits to spread among the ,siamese but the dust of the ,pagan sanctuaries with which to blind their eyes8 ,the sarcasm is biting indeed4 ,the morality to which these poor heathen are made to adhere by their ancestral faith is so pure1 that ,christianity has to be stripped of every distinguishing mark before its priests can venture to offer it for their examination4 ,a religion that cannot be trusted to the scrutiny of an unsophisticated people who are patterns of filial piety1 of honest dealing1 of deep reverence for ,god and an instinctive horror of profaning ,his majesty1 must indeed be founded upon error4 ,that it is so1 our century is discovering little by little4 ,in the general spoliation of ,buddhism to make up the new ,christian religion1 it was not to be expected that so peerless a character as ,gautama-,buddha would be left unappropriated4 ,it was but natural that after taking his legendary history to fill out the blanks left in the fictitious story of ,jesus1 after using what they could of ,christna's1 they should take the man ,sakya-muni and put him in their calendar under an alias4 ,this they actually did1 and the ,hindu ,saviour in due time appeared on the list of saints as ,josaphat1 to keep company with those martyrs of religion1 ,,ss4 ,aura and ,placida1 ,longinus and ,amphibolus4 ,in ,palermo there is even a church dedicated to ,divo ,josaphat4 ,among the vain attempts of subsequent ecclesiastical writers to fix the genealogy of this mysterious saint1 the most original was the making him ,joshua1 the son of ,nun4 ,but these trifling difficulties being at last surmounted1 we find the history of ,gautama copied word for word from ,buddhist sacred books1 into the ,golden ,legend4 ,names of individuals are changed1 the place of action1 ,india1 remains the same--in the ,christian as in the ,buddhist ,legends4 ,it can be also found in the ,speculum ,historiale of ,vincent of ,beauvais1 which was written in the thirteenth century4 ,the first discovery is due to the historian de ,couto1 although ,professor ,mller credits the first recognition of the identity of the two stories to ,m4 ,laboulaye1 in #ahei4 ,colonel ,yule tells us that#aabj these stories of ,barlaam and ,josaphat1 are recognized by ,baronius1 and are to be found at p4 #cdh1 of ,the ,roman ,martyrology1 set forth by command of ,pope ,gregory ,,xiii41 and revised by the authority of ,pope ,urban ,,viii41 translated out of ,latin into ,english by ,g4 ,k4 of the ,society of ,jesus4#aaba ,to repeat even a small portion of this ecclesiastical nonsense would be tedious and useless4 ,let him who doubts and who would learn the story read it as given by ,colonel ,yule4 ,some#aabb of the ,christian and ecclesiastical speculations seem to have embarrassed even ,dominie ,valentyn4 8,there be some1 who hold this ,budhum for a fugitive ,syrian ,jew10 he writes2 8others who hold him for a disciple of the ,apostle ,thomas2 but how in that case he could have been born #fbb years before ,christ ,i leave them to explain4 ,diego de ,couto stands by the belief that he was certainly ,joshua1 which is still more absurd60 8,the religious romance called ,the ,history of ,barlaam and ,josaphat was1 for several centuries1 one of the most popular works in ,christendom10 says ,col4 ,yule4 8,it was translated into all the chief ,european languages1 including ,scandinavian and ,sclavonic tongues4444 ,this story first appears among the works of ,st4 ,john of ,damascus1 a theologian of the early part of the eighth century40#aabc ,here then lies the secret of its origin1 for this ,st4 ,john1 before he became a divine1 held a high office at the court of the ,khalif ,abu ,jfar ,almansur1 where he probably learned the story1 and afterwards adapted it to the new orthodox necessities of the ,buddha turned into a ,christian saint4 ,having repeated the plagiarized story1 ,diego de ,couto1 who seems to yield up with reluctance his curious notion that ,gautama was ,joshua1 says3 8,to this name 7,budo7 the ,gentiles throughout all ,india have dedicated great and superb pagodas4 ,with reference to this story1 we have been diligent in inquiring if the ancient ,gentiles of those parts had in their writings any knowledge of ,st4 ,josaphat who was converted by ,balaam1 and who in his legend is represented as the son of a great king of ,india1 and who had just the same up-bringing1 with all the same particulars that we have recounted of the life of the ,budo4 ,and as ,i was travelling in the ,isle of ,salsette1 and went to see that rare and admirable pagoda1 which we call the ,canar ,pagoda 7,knhari ,caves7 made in a mountain1 with many halls cut out of one solid rock1 and inquiring of an old man about the work1 what he thought as to who had made it1 he told us that without doubt the work was made by order of the father of ,st4 ,josaphat to bring him up in seclusion1 as the story tells4 ,and as it informs us that he was the son of a great king in ,india1 it may well be1 as we have just said1 that he was the ,budo1 of whom they relate such marvels40#aabd ,the ,christian legend is taken1 moreover1 in most of its details1 from the ,ceylonese tradition4 ,it is on this island that originated the story of young ,gautama rejecting his father's throne1 and the king's erecting a superb palace for him1 in which he kept him half prisoner1 surrounded by all the temptations of life and wealth4 ,marco ,polo told it as he had it from the ,ceylonese1 and his version is now found to be a faithful repetition of what is given in the various ,buddhist books4 ,as ,marco navely expresses it1 ,buddha led a life of such hardship and sanctity1 and kept such great abstinence1 8just as if he had been a ,christian4 ,indeed10 he adds1 8had he but been so1 he would have been a great saint of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 so good and pure was the life he led40 ,to which pious apothegm his editor very pertinently remarks that 8,marco is not the only eminent person who has expressed this view of ,sakya-muni's life in such words40 ,and in his turn ,prof4 ,max ,mller says3 8,and whatever we may think of the sanctity of saints1 let those who doubt the right of ,buddha to a place among them1 read the story of his life as it is told in the ,buddhistical canon4 ,if he lived the life which is there described1 few saints have a better claim to the title than ,buddha2 and no one either in the ,greek or the ,roman ,church need be ashamed of having paid to his memory the honor that was intended for ,st4 ,josaphat1 the prince1 the hermit1 and the saint40 ,the ,roman ,catholic ,church has never had so good a chance to ,christianize all ,china1 ,thibet1 and ,tartary1 as in the thirteenth century1 during the reign of ,kublai-,khan4 ,it seems strange that they did not embrace the opportunity when ,kublai was hesitating at one time between the four religions of the world1 and1 perhaps through the eloquence of ,marco ,polo1 favored ,christianity more than either ,mahometanism1 ,judaism1 or ,buddhism4 ,marco ,polo and ,ramusio1 one of his interpreters1 tell us why4 ,it seems that1 unfortunately for ,rome1 the embassy of ,marco's father and uncle failed1 because ,clement ,,iv4 happened to die just at that very time4 ,there was no ,pope for several months to receive the friendly overtures of ,kublai-,khan2 and thus the one hundred ,christian missionaries invited by him could not be sent to ,thibet and ,tartary4 ,to those who believe that there is an intelligent ,deity above who takes a certain concern in the welfare of our miserable little world1 this contretemps must in itself seem a pretty good proof that ,buddhism should have the best of ,christianity4 ,perhaps--who knows--,pope ,clement fell sick so as to save the ,buddhists from sinking into the idolatry of ,roman ,catholicism8 ,from pure ,buddhism1 the religion of these districts has degenerated into lamaism2 but the latter1 with all its blemishes--purely formalistic and impairing but little the doctrine itself--is yet far above ,catholicism4 ,the poor ,abb ,huc very soon found it out for himself4 ,as he moved on with his caravan1 he writes--8every one repeated to us that1 as we advanced toward the west1 we should find the doctrines growing more luminous and sublime4 ,lha-,ssa was the great focus of light1 the rays from which became weakened as they were diffused40 ,one day he gave to a ,thibetan lama 8a brief summary of ,christian doctrine1 which appeared by no means unfamiliar to him we do not wonder at that1 and he even maintained that it ,catholicism did not differ much from the faith of the grand lamas of ,thibet4444 ,these words of the ,thibetan lama astonished us not a little10 writes the missionary2 8the unity of ,god1 the mystery of the ,incarnation1 the dogma of the real presence1 appeared to us in his belief4444 ,the new light thrown on the religion of ,buddha induced us really to believe that we should find among the lamas of ,thibet a more purified system40#aabe ,it is these words of praise to lamaism1 with which ,huc's book abounds1 that caused his work to be placed on the ,index at ,rome1 and himself to be unfrocked4 ,when questioned why1 since he held the ,christian faith to be the best of the religions protected by him1 he did not attach himself to it1 the answer given by ,kublai-,khan is as suggestive as it is curious3 8,how would you have me to become a ,christian8 ,there are four prophets worshipped and revered by all the world4 ,the ,christians say their ,god is ,jesus ,christ2 the ,saracens1 ,mahomet2 the ,jews1 ,moses2 the idolaters1 ,sogomon ,borkan 7,sakva-muni ,burkham1 or ,buddha71 who was the first god among the idols2 and ,i worship and pay respect to all four1 and pray that he among them who is greatest in heaven in very truth may aid me40 ,we may ridicule the ,khan's prudence2 we cannot blame him for trustingly leaving the decision of the puzzling dilemma to ,providence itself4 ,one of his most unsurmountable objections to embrace ,christianity he thus specifies to ,marco3 8,you see that the ,christians of these parts are so ignorant that they achieve nothing and can achieve nothing1 whilst you see the idolaters can do anything they please1 insomuch that when ,i sit at table1 the cups from the middle of the hall come to me full of wine or other liquor1 without being touched by anybody1 and ,i drink from them4 ,they control storms1 causing them to pass in whatever direction they please1 and do many other marvels2 whilst1 as you know1 their idols speak1 and give them predictions on whatever subjects they choose4 ,but if ,i were to turn to the faith of ,christ and become a ,christian1 then my barons and others who are not converted1 would say3 #8,what has moved you to be baptized8444 ,what powers or miracles have you witnessed on the part of ,christ8 ,you know the idolaters here say that their wonders are performed by the sanctity and power of their idols4' ,well1 ,i should not know what answer to make1 so they would only be confirmed in their errors1 and the idolaters1 who are adepts in such surprising arts1 would easily compass my death4 ,but now you shall go to your ,pope1 and pray him on my part to send hither an hundred men skilled in your law2 and if they are capable of rebuking the practices of idolaters to their faces1 and of proving to them that they too know how to do such things1 but will not1 because they are done by the help of the ,devil and other evil spirits2 and if they so control the idolaters that these shall have no power to perform such things in their presence1 and when we shall witness this1 we will denounce the idolaters and their religion1 and then ,i will receive baptism1 and then all my barons and chiefs shall be baptized also1 and thus1 in the end1 there will be more ,christians here than exist in your part of the world40#aabf ,the proposition was fair4 ,why did not the ,christians avail themselves of it8 ,moses is said to have faced such an ordeal before ,pharaoh1 and come off triumphant4 ,to our mind1 the logic of this uneducated ,mongol was unanswerable1 his intuition faultless4 ,he saw good results in all religions1 and felt that1 whether a man be ,buddhist1 ,christian1 ,mahometan1 or ,jew1 his spiritual powers might equally be developed1 his faith equally lead him to the highest truth4 ,all he asked before making choice of a creed for his people1 was the evidence upon which to base faith4 ,to judge alone by its jugglers1 ,india must certainly be better acquainted with alchemy1 chemistry1 and physics than any ,european academy4 ,the psychological wonders produced by some fakirs of ,southern ,hindustan1 and by the shaberons and hobilhans of ,thibet and ,mongolia1 alike prove our case4 ,the science of psychology has there reached an acme of perfection never attained elsewhere in the annals of the marvellous4 ,that such powers are not alone due to study1 but are natural to every human being1 is now proved in ,europe and ,america by the phenomena of mesmerism and what is termed 8spiritualism40 ,if the majority of foreign travellers1 and residents in ,british ,india1 are disposed to regard the whole as clever jugglery1 not so with a few ,europeans who have had the rare luck to be admitted behind the veil in the pagodas4 ,surely these will not deride the rites1 nor undervalue the phenomena produced in the secret lodges of ,india4 ,the mahadthvassthanam of the pagodas 7usually termed goparam1 from the sacred pyramidal gateway by which the buildings are entered7 has been known to ,europeans before now1 though to a mere handful in all4 ,we do not know whether the prolific ,jacolliot#aabg was ever admitted into one of these lodges4 ,it is extremely doubtful1 we should say1 if we may judge from his many fantastic tales of the immoralities of the mystical rites among the ,brahmans1 the fakirs of the pagodas1 and even the ,buddhists 7667 at all of which he makes himself figure as a ,joseph4 ,anyhow1 it is evident that the ,brahmans taught him no secrets1 for speaking of the fakirs and their wonders1 he remarks1 8under the direction of initiated ,brahmans they practice in the seclusion of the pagodas1 the occult sciences4444 ,and let no one be surprised at this word1 which seems to open the door of the supernatural2 while there are in the sciences which the ,brahmans call occult1 phenomena so extraordinary as to baffle all investigation1 there is not one which cannot be explained1 and which is not subject to natural law40 ,unquestionably1 any initiated ,brahman could1 if he would1 explain every phenomenon4 ,but he will not4 ,meanwhile1 we have yet to see an explanation by the best of our physicists of even the most trivial occult phenomenon produced by a fakir-pupil of a pagoda4 ,jacolliot says that it will be quite impracticable to give an account of the marvellous facts witnessed by himself4 ,but adds1 with entire truthfulness1 8let it suffice to say1 that in regard to magnetism and spiritism1 ,europe has yet to stammer over the first letters of the alphabet1 and that the ,brahmans have reached1 in these two departments of learning1 results in the way of phenomena that are truly stupefying4 ,when one sees these strange manifestations1 whose power one cannot deny1 without grasping the laws that the ,brahmans keep so carefully concealed1 the mind is overwhelmed with wonder1 and one feels that he must run away and break the charm that holds him40 8,the only explanation that we have been able to obtain on the subject from a learned ,brahman1 with whom we were on terms of the closest intimacy1 was this3 #8,you have studied physical nature1 and you have obtained1 through the laws of nature1 marvellous results--steam1 electricity1 etc42 for twenty thousand years or more1 we have studied the intellectual forces1 we have discovered their laws1 and we obtain1 by making them act alone or in concert with matter1 phenomena still more astonishing than your own4'0 ,jacolliot must indeed have been stupefied by wonders1 for he says3 8,we have seen things such as one does not describe for fear of making his readers doubt his intelligence 444 but still we have seen them4 ,and truly one comprehends how1 in presence of such facts1 the ancient world believed 444 in possessions of the ,devil and in exorcism40#aabh ,but yet this uncompromising enemy of priestcraft1 monastic orders1 and the clergy of every religion and every land--including ,brahmans1 lamas1 and fakirs--is so struck with the contrast between the fact-supported cults of ,india1 and the empty pretences of ,catholicism1 that after describing the terrible self-tortures of the fakirs1 in a burst of honest indignation1 he thus gives vent to his feelings3 8,nevertheless1 these fakirs1 these mendicant ,brahmans1 have still something grand about them3 when they flagellate themselves1 when during the self-inflicted martyrdom the flesh is torn out by bits1 the blood pours upon the ground4 ,but you 7,catholic mendicants71 what do you do to-day8 ,you1 ,gray ,friars1 ,capuchins1 ,franciscans1 who play at fakirs1 with your knotted cords1 your flints1 your hair shirts1 and your rose-water flagellations1 your bare feet and your comical mortifications--fanatics without faith1 martyrs without tortures8 ,has not one the right to ask you1 if it is to obey the law of ,god that you shut yourselves in behind thick walls1 and thus escape the law of labor which weighs so heavily upon all other men8444 ,away1 you are only beggars60 ,let them pass on--we have devoted too much space to them and their conglomerate theology1 already4 ,we have weighed both in the balance of history1 of logic1 of truth1 and found them wanting4 ,their system breeds atheism1 nihilism1 despair1 and crime2 its priests and preachers are unable to prove by works their reception of divine power4 ,if both ,church and priest could but pass out of the sight of the world as easily as their names do now from the eye of our reader1 it would be a happy day for humanity4 ,new ,york and ,london might then soon become as moral as a heathen city unoccupied by ,christians2 ,paris be cleaner than the ancient ,sodom4 ,when ,catholic and ,protestant would be as fully satisfied as a ,buddhist or ,brahman that their every crime would be punished1 and every good deed rewarded1 they might spend upon their own heathen what now goes to give missionaries long picnics1 and to make the name of ,christian hated and despised by every nation outside the boundaries of ,christendom4 99 99 99 99 99 ,as occasion required1 we have reinforced our argument with descriptions of a few of the innumerable phenomena witnessed by us in different parts of the world4 ,the remaining space at our disposal will be devoted to like subjects4 ,having laid a foundation by elucidating the philosophy of occult phenomena1 it seems opportune to illustrate the theme with facts that have occurred under our own eye1 and that may be verified by any traveller4 ,primitive peoples have disappeared1 but primitive wisdom survives1 and is attainable by those who 8will10 8dare10 and can 8keep silent40 ,,chapter ,,xii4 8,my vast and noble capital1 my ,datu1 my splendidly-adorned2 ,and thou1 my cool and delicious summer-seat1 my ,shangtu-,keibung4 99 99 99 99 99 ,alas1 for my illustrious name as the ,sovereign of the ,world6 ,alas1 for my ,datu1 seat of sanctity1 glorious work of the immortal ,kubla6 ,all1 all is rent from me60--,,col4 ,,yule1 in ,marco ,polo4 8,as for what thou hearest others say1 who persuade the many that the soul1 when once freed from the body1 neither suffers 444 evil nor is conscious1 ,i know that thou art better grounded in the doctrines received by us from our ancestors1 and in the sacred orgies of ,dionysus1 than to believe them2 for the mystic symbols are well known to us who belong to the #8,brotherhood4'0--,,plutarch4 8,the problem of life is man4 ,,magic1 or rather ,wisdom1 is the evolved knowledge of the potencies of man's interior being2 which forces are ,divine emanations1 as intuition is the perception of their origin1 and initiation our induction into that knowledge4444 ,we begin with instinct2 the end is ,,omniscience40--,a4 ,,wilder4 8,power belongs to him ,,who ,,knows40--,brahmanical ,book of ,evocation4 ,it would argue small discernment on our part were we to suppose that we had been followed thus far through this work by any but meta-physicians1 or mystics of some sort4 ,were it otherwise1 we should certainly advise such to spare themselves the trouble of reading this chapter2 for1 although nothing is said that is not strictly true1 they would not fail to regard the least wonderful of the narratives as absolutely false1 however substantiated4 ,to comprehend the principles of natural law involved in the several phenomena hereinafter described1 the reader must keep in mind the fundamental propositions of the ,oriental philosophy which we have successively elucidated4 ,let us recapitulate very briefly3 #ast4 ,there is no miracle4 ,everything that happens is the result of law--eternal1 immutable1 ever active4 ,apparent miracle is but the operation of forces antagonistic to what ,dr4 ,w4 ,b4 ,carpenter1 ,f4,r4,s4--a man of great learning but little knowledge--calls 8the well-ascertained laws of nature40 ,like many of his class1 ,dr4 ,carpenter ignores the fact that there may be laws once 8known10 now unknown to science4 #b;d4 ,nature is triune3 there is a visible1 objective nature2 an invisible1 indwelling1 energizing nature1 the exact model of the other1 and its vital principle2 and1 above these two1 spirit1 source of all forces1 alone eternal1 and indestructible4 ,the lower two constantly change2 the higher third does not4 #c;d4 ,man is also triune3 he has his objective1 physical body2 his vitalizing astral body 7or soul71 the real man2 and these two are brooded over and illuminated by the third--the sovereign1 the immortal spirit4 ,when the real man succeeds in merging himself with the latter1 he becomes an immortal entity4 #dth4 ,magic1 as a science1 is the knowledge of these principles1 and of the way by which the omniscience and omnipotence of the spirit and its control over nature's forces may be acquired by the individual while still in the body4 ,magic1 as an art1 is the application of this knowledge in practice4 #eth4 ,arcane knowledge misapplied1 is sorcery2 beneficently used1 true magic or wisdom4 #fth4 ,mediumship is the opposite of adeptship2 the medium is the passive instrument of foreign influences1 the adept actively controls himself and all inferior potencies4 #gth4 ,all things that ever were1 that are1 or that will be1 having their record upon the astral light1 or tablet of the unseen universe1 the initiated adept1 by using the vision of his own spirit1 can know all that has been known or can be known4 #hth4 ,races of men differ in spiritual gifts as in color1 stature1 or any other external quality2 among some peoples seership naturally prevails1 among others mediumship4 ,some are addicted to sorcery1 and transmit its secret rules of practice from generation to generation1 with a range of psychical phenomena1 more or less wide1 as the result4 #ith4 ,one phase of magical skill is the voluntary and conscious withdrawal of the inner man 7astral form7 from the outer man 7physical body74 ,in the cases of some mediums withdrawal occurs1 but it is unconscious and involuntary4 ,with the latter the body is more or less cataleptic at such times2 but with the adept the absence of the astral form would not be noticed1 for the physical senses are alert1 and the individual appears only as though in a fit of abstraction--8a brown study10 as some call it4 ,to the movements of the wandering astral form neither time nor space offer obstacles4 ,the thaumaturgist1 thoroughly skilled in occult science1 can cause himself 7that is1 his physical body7 to seem to disappear1 or to apparently take on any shape that he may choose4 ,he may make his astral form visible1 or he may give it protean appearances4 ,in both cases these results will be achieved by a mesmeric hallucination of the senses of all witnesses1 simultaneously brought on4 ,this hallucination is so perfect that the subject of it would stake his life that he saw a reality1 when it is but a picture in his own mind1 impressed upon his consciousness by the irresistible will of the mesmerizer4 ,but1 while the astral form can go anywhere1 penetrate any obstacle1 and be seen at any distance from the physical body1 the latter is dependent upon ordinary methods of transportation4 ,it may be levitated under prescribed magnetic conditions1 but not pass from one locality to another except in the usual way4 ,hence we discredit all stories of the arial flight of mediums in body1 for such would be miracle1 and miracle we repudiate4 ,inert matter may be1 in certain cases and under certain conditions1 disintegrated1 passed through walls1 and recombined1 but living animal organisms cannot4 ,swedenborgians believe and arcane science teaches that the abandonment of the living body by the soul frequently occurs1 and that we encounter every day1 in every condition of life1 such living corpses4 ,various causes1 among them overpowering fright1 grief1 despair1 a violent attack of sickness1 or excessive sensuality may bring this about4 ,the vacant carcass may be entered and inhabited by the astral form of an adept sorcerer1 or an elementary 7an earth-bound disembodied human soul71 or1 very rarely1 an elemental4 ,of course1 an adept of white magic has the same power1 but unless some very exceptional and great object is to be accomplished1 he will never consent to pollute himself by occupying the body of an impure person4 ,in insanity1 the patient's astral being is either semi-paralyzed1 bewildered1 and subject to the influence of every passing spirit of any sort1 or it has departed forever1 and the body is taken possession of by some vampirish entity near its own disintegration1 and clinging desperately to earth1 whose sensual pleasures it may enjoy for a brief season longer by this expedient4 #ajth4 ,the corner-stone of ,,magic is an intimate practical knowledge of magnetism and electricity1 their qualities1 correlations1 and potencies4 ,especially necessary is a familiarity with their effects in and upon the animal kingdom and man4 ,there are occult properties in many other minerals1 equally strange with that in the lodestone1 which all practitioners of magic must know1 and of which so-called exact science is wholly ignorant4 ,plants also have like mystical properties in a most wonderful degree1 and the secrets of the herbs of dreams and enchantments are only lost to ,european science1 and useless to say1 too1 are unknown to it1 except in a few marked instances1 such as opium and hashish4 ,yet1 the psychical effects of even these few upon the human system are regarded as evidences of a temporary mental disorder4 ,the women of ,thessaly and ,epirus1 the female hierophants of the rites of ,sabazius1 did not carry their secrets away with the downfall of their sanctuaries4 ,they are still preserved1 and those who are aware of the nature of ,soma1 know the properties of other plants as well4 ,to sum up all in a few words1 ,,magic is spiritual ,,wisdom2 nature1 the material ally1 pupil and servant of the magician4 ,one common vital principle pervades all things1 and this is controllable by the perfected human will4 ,the adept can stimulate the movements of the natural forces in plants and animals in a preternatural degree4 ,such experiments are not obstructions of nature1 but quickenings2 the conditions of intenser vital action are given4 ,the adept can control the sensations and alter the conditions of the physical and astral bodies of other persons not adepts2 he can also govern and employ1 as he chooses1 the spirits of the elements4 ,he cannot control the immortal spirit of any human being1 living or dead1 for all such spirits are alike sparks of the ,divine ,essence1 and not subject to any foreign domination4 ,there are two kinds of seership--that of the soul and that of the spirit4 ,the seership of the ancient ,pythoness1 or of the modern mesmerized subject1 vary but in the artificial modes adopted to induce the state of clairvoyance4 ,but1 as the visions of both depend upon the greater or less acuteness of the senses of the astral body1 they differ very widely from the perfect1 omniscient spiritual state2 for1 at best1 the subject can get but glimpses of truth1 through the veil which physical nature interposes4 ,the astral principle1 or mind1 called by the ,hindu ,yogin fav-atma1 is the sentient soul1 inseparable from our physical brain1 which it holds in subjection1 and is in its turn equally trammelled by it4 ,this is the ego1 the intellectual life-principle of man1 his conscious entity4 ,while it is yet within the material body1 the clearness and correctness of its spiritual visions depend on its more or less intimate relation with its higher ,principle4 ,when this relation is such as to allow the most ethereal portions of the soul-essence to act independently of its grosser particles and of the brain1 it can unerringly comprehend what it sees2 then only is it the pure1 rational1 supersentient soul4 ,that state is known in ,india as the ,samddi2 it is the highest condition of spirituality possible to man on earth4 ,fakirs try to obtain such a condition by holding their breath for hours together during their religious exercises1 and call this practice dam-sdhna4 ,the ,hindu terms ,pranayama1 ,pratyahara1 and ,dharana1 all relate to different psychological states1 and show how much more the ,sanscrit1 and even the modern ,hindu language are adapted to the clear elucidation of the phenomena that are encountered by those who study this branch of psychological science1 than the tongues of modern peoples1 whose experiences have not yet necessitated the invention of such descriptive terms4 ,when the body is in the state of dharana--a total catalepsy of the physical frame--the soul of the clairvoyant may liberate itself1 and perceive things subjectively4 ,and yet1 as the sentient principle of the brain is alive and active1 these pictures of the past1 present1 and future will be tinctured with the terrestrial perceptions of the objective world2 the physical memory and fancy will be in the way of clear vision4 ,but the seer-adept knows how to suspend the mechanical action of the brain4 ,his visions will be as clear as truth itself1 uncolored and undistorted1 whereas1 the clairvoyant1 unable to control the vibrations of the astral waves1 will perceive but more or less broken images through the medium of the brain4 ,the seer can never take flickering shadows for realities1 for his memory being as completely subjected to his will as the rest of the body1 he receives impressions directly from his spirit4 ,between his subjective and objective selves there are no obstructive mediums4 ,this is the real spiritual seership1 in which1 according to an expression of ,plato1 soul is raised above all inferior good4 ,when we reach 8that which is supreme1 which is simple1 pure1 and unchangeable1 without form1 color1 or human qualities3 the ,god--our ,nous40 ,this is the state which such seers as ,plotinus and ,apollonius termed the 8,union to the ,deity20 which the ancient ,yogins called ,isvara1#aabi and the modern call 8,samddi20 but this state is as far above modern clairvoyance as the stars above glow-worms4 ,plotinus1 as is well known1 was a clairvoyant-seer during his whole and daily life2 and yet1 he had been united to his ,god but six times during the sixty-six years of his existence1 as he himself confessed to ,porphyry4 ,ammonius ,sakkas1 the 8,god-taught10 asserts that the only power which is directly opposed to soothsaying and looking into futurity is memory2 and ,olympiodorus calls it phantasy4 8,the phantasy10 he says 7in ,platonis ,phd471 is an impediment to our intellectual conceptions2 and hence1 when we are agitated by the inspiring influence of the ,divinity1 if the phantasy intervenes1 the enthusiastic energy ceases2 for enthusiasm and the ecstasy are contrary to each other4 ,should it be asked whether the soul is able to energize without the phantasy1 we reply1 that its perception of universals proves that it is able4 ,it has perceptions1 therefore1 independent of the phantasy2 at the same time1 however1 the phantasy attends it in its energies1 just as a storm pursues him who sails on the sea40 ,a medium1 moreover1 needs either a foreign intelligence--whether it be spirit or living mesmerizer--to overpower his physical and mental parts1 or some factitious means to induce trance4 ,an adept1 and even a simple fakir requires but a few minutes of 8self-contemplation40 ,the brazen columns of ,solomon's temple2 the golden bells and pomegranates of ,aaron2 the ,jupiter ,capitolinus of ,augustus1 hung around with harmonious bells2#aacj and the brazen bowls of the ,mysteries when the ,kora was called1#aaca were all intended for such artificial helps4#aacb ,so were the brazen bowls of ,solomon hung round with a double row of #bjj pomegranates1 which served as clappers within the hollow columns4 ,the priestesses of ,northern ,germany1 under the guidance of hierophants1 could never prophesy but amidst the roar of the tumultuous waters4 ,regarding fixedly the eddies formed on the rapid course of the river they hypnotized themselves4 ,so we read of ,joseph1 ,jacob's son1 who sought for divine inspiration with his silver divining-cup1 which must have had a very bright bottom to it4 ,the priestesses of ,dodona placed themselves under the ancient oak of ,zeus 7the ,pelasgian1 not the ,olympian god71 and listened intently to the rustling of the sacred leaves1 while others concentrated their attention on the soft murmur of the cold spring gushing from underneath its roots4#aacc ,but the adept has no need of any such extraneous aids--the simple exertion of his will-power is all-sufficient4 ,the ,atharva-,veda teaches that the exercise of such will-power is the highest form of prayer and its instantaneous response4 ,to desire is to realize in proportion to the intensity of the aspiration2 and that1 in its turn1 is measured by inward purity4 ,some of these nobler ,vedantic precepts on the soul and man's mystic powers1 have recently been contributed to an ,english periodical by a ,hindu scholar4 8,the ,sankhya10 he writes1 8inculcates that the soul 7i4e41 astral body7 has the following powers3 shrinking into a minute bulk to which everything is pervious2 enlarging to a gigantic body2 assuming levity 7rising along a sunbeam to the solar orb72 possessing an unlimited reach of organs1 as touching the moon with the tip of a finger2 irresistible will 7for instance1 sinking into the earth as easily as in water72 dominion over all things1 animate or inanimate2 faculty of changing the course of nature2 ability to accomplish every desire40 ,further1 he gives their various appellations3 8,the powers are called3 #a1 ,anima2 #b1 ,mahima2 #c1 ,laghima2 #d1 ,garima2 #e1 ,prapti2 #f1 ,prakamya2 #g1 ,vasitwa2 #h1 ,isitwa1 or divine power4 ,the fifth1 predicting future events1 understanding unknown languages1 curing diseases1 divining unexpressed thoughts1 understanding the language of the heart4 ,the sixth is the power of converting old age into youth4 ,the seventh is the power of mesmerizing human beings and beasts1 and making them obedient2 it is the power of restraining passions and emotions4 ,the eighth power is the spiritual state1 and presupposes the absence of the above seven powers1 as in this state the ,yogi is full of ,god40 8,no writings10 he adds1 8revealed or sacred1 were allowed to be so authoritative and final as the teaching of the soul4 ,some of the ,rishis appear to have laid the greatest stress on this supersensuous source of knowledge40#aacd ,from the remotest antiquity mankind as a whole have always been convinced of the existence of a personal spiritual entity within the personal physical man4 ,this inner entity was more or less divine1 according to its proximity to the crown--,chrestos4 ,the closer the union the more serene man's destiny1 the less dangerous the external conditions4 ,this belief is neither bigotry nor superstition1 only an ever-present1 instinctive feeling of the proximity of another spiritual and invisible world1 which1 though it be subjective to the senses of the outward man1 is perfectly objective to the inner ego4 ,furthermore1 they believed that there are external and internal conditions which affect the determination of our will upon our actions4 ,they rejected fatalism1 for fatalism implies a blind course of some still blinder power4 ,but they believed in destiny1 which from birth to death every man is weaving thread by thread around himself1 as a spider does his cobweb2 and this destiny is guided either by that presence termed by some the guardian angel1 or our more intimate astral inner man1 who is but too often the evil genius of the man of flesh4 ,both these lead on the outward man1 but one of them must prevail2 and from the very beginning of the invisible affray the stern and implacable law of compensation steps in and takes its course1 following faithfully the fluctuations4 ,when the last strand is woven1 and man is seemingly enwrapped in the net-work of his own doing1 then he finds himself completely under the empire of this self-made destiny4 ,it then either fixes him like the inert shell against the immovable rock1 or like a feather carries him away in a whirlwind raised by his own actions4 ,the greatest philosophers of antiquity found it neither unreasonable nor strange that 8souls should come to souls1 and impart to them conceptions of future things1 occasionally by letters1 or by a mere touch1 or by a glance reveal to them past events or announce future ones10 as ,ammonius tells us4 ,moreover1 ,lamprias and others held that if the unembodied spirits or souls could descend on earth and become guardians of mortal men1 8we should not seek to deprive those souls which are still in the body of that power by which the former know future events and are able to announce them4 ,it is not probable10 adds ,lamprias1 8that the soul gains a new power of prophecy after separation from the body1 and which before it did not possess4 ,we may rather conclude that it possessed all these powers during its union with the body1 although in a lesser perfection4444 ,for as the sun does not shine only when it passes from among the clouds1 but has always been radiant and has only appeared dim and obscured by vapors1 the soul does not only receive the power of looking into futurity when it passes from the body as from a cloud1 but has possessed it always1 though dimmed by connection with the earthly40 ,a familiar example of one phase of the power of the soul or astral body to manifest itself1 is the phenomenon of the so-called spirit-hand4 ,in the presence of certain mediums these seemingly detached members will gradually develop from a luminous nebula1 pick up a pencil1 write messages1 and then dissolve before the eyes of the witnesses4 ,many such cases are recorded by perfectly competent and trustworthy persons4 ,these phenomena are real1 and require serious consideration4 ,but false 8phantom-hands0 have sometimes been taken for the genuine4 ,at ,dresden we once saw a hand and arm1 made for the purpose of deception1 with an ingenious arrangement of springs that would cause the machine to imitate to perfection the movements of the natural member2 while exteriorly it would require close inspection to detect its artificial character4 ,in using this1 the dishonest medium slips his natural arm out of his sleeve1 and replaces it with the mechanical substitute2 both hands may then be made to seem resting upon the table1 while in fact one is touching the sitters1 showing itself1 knocking the furniture1 and making other phenomena4 ,the mediums for real manifestations are least able1 as a rule1 to comprehend or explain them4 ,among those who have written most intelligently upon the subject of these luminous hands1 may be reckoned ,dr4 ,francis ,gerry ,fairfield1 author of ,ten ,years among the ,mediums1 an article from whose pen appears in the ,library ,table for ,july #ai1 #ahgg4 ,a medium himself1 he is yet a strong opponent of the spiritualistic theory4 ,discussing the subject of the 8phantom-hand10 he testifies that 8this the writer has personally witnessed1 under conditions of test provided by himself1 in his own room1 in full daylight1 with the medium seated upon a sofa from six to eight feet from the table hovering upon which the apparition 7the hand7 appeared4 ,the application of the poles of a horse-shoe magnet to the hand caused it to waver perceptibly1 and threw the medium into violent convulsions--pretty positive evidence that the force concerned in the phenomenon was generated in his own nervous system40 ,dr4 ,fairfield's deduction that the fluttering phantom-hand is an emanation from the medium is logical1 and it is correct4 ,the test of the horse-shoe magnet proves in a scientific way what every kabalist would affirm upon the authority of experience1 no less than philosophy4 ,the 8force concerned in the phenomenon0 is the will of the medium1 exercised unconsciously to the outer man1 which for the time is semi-paralyzed and cataleptic2 the phantom-hand an extrusion of the man's inner or astral member4 ,this is that real self whose limbs the surgeon cannot amputate1 but remain behind after the outer casing is cut off1 and 7all theories of exposed or compressed nerve termini to the contrary1 notwithstanding7 have all the sensations the physical parts formerly experienced4 ,this is that spiritual 7astral7 body which 8is raised in incorruption40 ,it is useless to argue that these are spirit-hands2 for1 admitting even that at every seance human spirits of many kinds are attracted to the medium1 and that they do guide and produce some manifestations1 yet to make hands or faces objective they are compelled to use either the astral limbs of the medium1 or the materials furnished them by the elementals1 or yet the combined aural emanations of all persons present4 ,pure spirits will not and cannot show themselves objectively2 those that do are not pure spirits1 but elementary and impure4 ,woe to the medium who falls a prey to such6 ,the same principle involved in the unconscious extrusion of a phantom limb by the cataleptic medium1 applies to the projection of his entire 8double0 or astral body4 ,this may be withdrawn by the will of the medium's own inner self1 without his retaining in his physical brain any recollection of such an intent--that is one phase of man's dual capacity4 ,it may also be effected by elementary and elemental spirits1 to whom he may stand in the relation of mesmeric subject4 ,dr4 ,fairfield is right in one position taken in his book1 viz43 mediums are usually diseased1 and in many if not most cases the children or near connections of mediums4 ,but he is wholly wrong in attributing all psychical phenomena to morbid physiological conditions4 ,the adepts of ,eastern magic are uniformly in perfect mental and bodily health1 and in fact the voluntary and independent production of phenomena is impossible to any others4 ,we have known many1 and never a sick man among them4 ,the adept retains perfect consciousness2 shows no change of bodily temperature1 or other sign of morbidity2 requires no 8conditions10 but will do his feats anywhere and everywhere2 and instead of being passive and in subjection to a foreign influence1 rules the forces with iron will4 ,but we have elsewhere shown that the medium and the adept are as opposed as the poles4 ,we will only add here that the body1 soul1 and spirit of the adept are all conscious and working in harmony1 and the body of the medium is an inert clod1 and even his soul may be away in a dream while its habitation is occupied by another4 ,an adept can not only project and make visible a hand1 a foot1 or any other portion of his body1 but the whole of it4 ,we have seen one do this1 in full day1 while his hands and feet were being held by a skeptical friend whom he wished to surprise4#aace ,little by little the whole astral body oozed out like a vapory cloud1 until before us stood two forms1 of which the second was an exact duplicate of the first1 only slightly more shadowy4 ,the medium need not exercise any will-power4 ,it suffices that she or he shall know what is expected by the investigators4 ,the medium's 8spiritual0 entity1 when not obsessed by other spirits1 will act outside the will or consciousness of the physical being1 as surely as it acts when within the body during a fit of somnambulism4 ,its perceptions1 external and internal1 will be acuter and far more developed1 precisely as they are in the sleep-walker4 ,and this is why 8the materialized form sometimes knows more than the medium10#aacf for the intellectual perception of the astral entity is proportionately as much higher than the corporeal intelligence of the medium in its normal state1 as the spirit entity is finer than itself4 ,generally the medium will be found cold1 the pulse will have visibly changed1 and a state of nervous prostration succeeds the phenomena1 bunglingly and without discrimination attributed to disembodied spirits2 whereas1 but one-third of them may be produced by the latter1 another third by elementals1 and the rest by the astral double of the medium himself4 ,but1 while it is our firm belief that most of the physical manifestations1 i4e41 those which neither need nor show intelligence nor great discrimination1 are produced mechanically by the scin-lecca 7double7 of the medium1 as a person in sound sleep will when apparently awake do things of which he will retain no remembrance4 ,the purely subjective phenomena are but in a very small proportion of cases due to the action of the personal astral body4 ,they are mostly1 and according to the moral1 intellectual1 and physical purity of the medium1 the work of either the elementary1 or sometimes very pure human spirits4 ,elementals have naught to do with subjective manifestations4 ,in rare cases it is the divine spirit of the medium himself that guides and produces them4 ,as ,baboo ,peary ,chand ,mittra says1 in a letter#aacg to the ,president of the ,national ,association of ,spiritualists1 ,mr4 ,alexander ,calder1#aach 8a spirit is an essence or power1 and has no form4444 ,the very idea of form implies #8materialism4' ,the spirits astral souls1 we should say 444 can assume forms for a time1 but form is not their permanent state4 ,the more material is our soul1 the more material is our conception of spirits40 ,epimenides1 the ,orphikos1 was renowned for his 8sacred and marvellous nature10 and for the faculty his soul possessed of quitting its body 8as long and as often as it pleased40 ,the ancient philosophers who have testified to this ability may be reckoned by dozens4 ,apollonius left his body at a moment's notice1 but it must be remembered ,apollonius was an adept--a 8magician40 ,had he been simply a medium1 he could not have performed such feats at will4 ,empedocles of ,agrigentum1 the ,pythagorean thaumaturgist1 required no conditions to arrest a waterspout which had broken over the city4 ,neither did he need any to recall a woman to life1 as he did4 ,apollonius used no darkened room in which to perform his throbatic feats4 ,vanishing suddenly in the air before the eyes of ,domitian and a whole crowd of witnesses 7many thousands71 he appeared an hour after in the grotto of ,puteoli4 ,but investigation would have shown that his physical body having become invisible by the concentration of aksa about it1 he could walk off unperceived to some secure retreat in the neighborhood1 and an hour after his astral form appear at ,puteoli to his friends1 and seem to be the man himself4 ,no more did ,simon ,magus wait to be entranced to fly off in the air before the apostles and crowds of witnesses4 8,it requires no conjuration and ceremonies2 circle-making and incensing are mere nonsense and juggling10 says ,paracelsus4 ,the human spirit 8is so great a thing that no man can express it2 as ,god ,himself is eternal and unchangeable1 so also is the mind of man4 ,if we rightly understood its powers1 nothing would be impossible to us on earth4 ,the imagination is strengthened and developed through faith in our will4 ,faith must confirm the imagination1 for faith establishes the will40 ,a singular account of the personal interview of an ,english ambassador in #aghc1 with a rencarnated ,buddha--barely mentioned in volume i4--an infant of eighteen months old at that time1 is given in the ,asiatic ,journal from the narrative of an eye-witness himself1 ,mr4 ,turner1 the author of ,the ,embassy to ,thibet4 ,the cautious phraseology of a skeptic dreading public ridicule ill conceals the amazement of the witness1 who1 at the same time1 desires to give facts as truthfully as possible4 ,the infant lama received the ambassador and his suite with a dignity and decorum so natural and unconstrained that they remained in a perfect maze of wonder4 ,the behavior of this infant1 says the author1 was that of an old philosopher1 grave and sedate and exceedingly courteous4 ,he contrived to make the young pontiff understand the inconsolable grief into which the ,governor-,general of ,galagata 7,calcutta7 the ,city of ,palaces and the people of ,india were plunged when he died1 and the general rapture when they found that he had resurrected in a young and fresh body again2 at which compliment the young lama regarded him and his suite with looks of singular complacency1 and courteously treated them to confectionery from a golden cup4 8,the ambassador continued to express the ,governor-,general's hope that the lama might long continue to illumine the world with his presence1 and that the friendship which had heretofore subsisted between them might be yet more strongly cemented1 for the benefit and advantage of the intelligent votaries of the lama 444 all which made the little creature look steadfastly at the speaker1 and graciously bow and nod--and bow and nod--as if he understood and approved of every word that was uttered40#aaci ,as if he understood6 ,if the infant behaved in the most natural and dignified way during the reception1 and 8when their cups were empty of tea became uneasy and throwing back his head and contracting the skin of his brow1 continued making a noise till they were filled again10 why could he not understand as well what was said to him8 ,years ago1 a small party of travellers were painfully journeying from ,kashmir to ,leh1 a city of ,ladhk 7,central ,thibet74 ,among our guides we had a ,tartar ,shaman1 a very mysterious personage1 who spoke ,russian a little and ,english not at all1 and yet who managed1 nevertheless1 to converse with us1 and proved of great service4 ,having learned that some of our party were ,russians1 he had imagined that our protection was all-powerful1 and might enable him to safely find his way back to his ,siberian home1 from which1 for reasons unknown1 some twenty years before1 he had fled1 as he told us1 via ,kiachta and the great ,gobi ,desert1 to the land of the ,tcha-gars4#aadj ,with such an interested object in view1 we believed ourselves safe under his guard4 ,to explain the situation briefly3 ,our companions had formed the unwise plan of penetrating into ,thibet under various disguises1 none of them speaking the language1 although one1 a ,mr4 ,k----1 had picked up some ,kasan ,tartar1 and thought he did4 ,as we mention this only incidentally1 we may as well say at once that two of them1 the brothers ,n----1 were very politely brought back to the frontier before they had walked sixteen miles into the weird land of ,eastern ,bod2 and ,mr4 ,k----1 an ex-,lutheran minister1 could not even attempt to leave his miserable village near ,leh1 as from the first days he found himself prostrated with fever1 and had to return to ,lahore via ,kashmere4 ,but one sight seen by him was as good as if he had witnessed the rencarnation of ,buddha itself4 ,having heard of this 8miracle0 from some old ,russian missionary in whom he thought he could have more faith than in ,abb ,huc1 it had been for years his desire to expose the 8great heathen0 jugglery1 as he expressed it4 ,k---- was a positivist1 and rather prided himself on this anti-philosophical neologism4 ,but his positivism was doomed to receive a death-blow4 ,about four days journey from ,islamabad1 at an insignificant mud village1 whose only redeeming feature was its magnificent lake1 we stopped for a few days' rest4 ,our companions had temporarily separated from us1 and the village was to be our place of meeting4 ,it was there that we were apprised by our ,shaman that a large party of ,lamac 8,saints10 on pilgrimage to various shrines1 had taken up their abode in an old cave-temple and established a temporary ,vihara therein4 ,he added that1 as the 8,three ,honorable ,ones0#aada were said to travel along with them1 the holy ,bikshu 7monks7 were capable of producing the greatest miracles4 ,mr4 ,k----1 fired with the prospect of exposing this humbug of the ages1 proceeded at once to pay them a visit1 and from that moment the most friendly relations were established between the two camps4 ,the ,vihar was in a secluded and most romantic spot secured against all intrusion4 ,despite the effusive attentions1 presents1 and protestations of ,mr4 ,k----1 the ,chief1 who was ,pase-,budhu 7an ascetic of great sanctity71 declined to exhibit the phenomenon of the 8incarnation0 until a certain talisman in possession of the writer was exhibited4#aadb ,upon seeing this1 however1 preparations were at once made1 and an infant of three or four months was procured from its mother1 a poor woman of the neighborhood4 ,an oath was first of all exacted of ,mr4 ,k----1 that he would not divulge what he might see or hear1 for the space of seven years4 ,the talisman is a simple agate or carnelian known among the ,thibetans and others as ,a-yu1 and naturally possessed1 or had been endowed with very mysterious properties4 ,it has a triangle engraved upon it1 within which are contained a few mystical words4#aadc ,several days passed before everything was ready2 nothing of a mysterious character occurring1 meanwhile1 except that1 at the bidding of a ,bikshu1 ghastly faces were made to peep at us out of the glassy bosom of the lake1 as we sat at the door of the ,vihar1 upon its bank4 ,one of these was the countenance of ,mr4 ,k----'s sister1 whom he had left well and happy at home1 but who1 as we subsequently learned1 had died some time before he had set out on the present journey4 ,the sight affected him at first1 but he called his skepticism to his aid1 and quieted himself with theories of cloud-shadows1 reflections of tree-branches1 etc41 such as people of his kind fall back upon4 ,on the appointed afternoon1 the baby being brought to the ,vihara1 was left in the vestibule or reception-room1 as ,k---- could go no further into the temporary sanctuary4 ,the child was then placed on a bit of carpet in the middle of the floor1 and every one not belonging to the party being sent away1 two 8mendicants0 were placed at the entrance to keep out intruders4 ,then all the lamas seated themselves on the floor1 with their backs against the granite walls1 so that each was separated from the child by a space1 at least1 of ten feet4 ,the chief1 having had a square piece of leather spread for him by the desservant1 seated himself at the farthest corner4 ,alone1 ,mr4 ,k---- placed himself close by the infant1 and watched every movement with intense interest4 ,the only condition exacted of us was that we should preserve a strict silence1 and patiently await further developments4 ,a bright sunlight streamed through the open door4 ,gradually the 8,superior0 fell into what seemed a state of profound meditation1 while the others1 after a sotto voce short invocation1 became suddenly silent1 and looked as if they had been completely petrified4 ,it was oppressively still1 and the crowing of the child was the only sound to be heard4 ,after we had sat there a few moments1 the movements of the infant's limbs suddenly ceased1 and his body appeared to become rigid4 ,k---- watched intently every motion1 and both of us1 by a rapid glance1 became satisfied that all present were sitting motionless4 ,the superior1 with his gaze fixed upon the ground1 did not even look at the infant2 but1 pale and motionless1 he seemed rather like a bronze statue of a ,talapoin in meditation than a living being4 ,suddenly1 to our great consternation1 we saw the child1 not raise itself1 but1 as it were1 violently jerked into a sitting posture6 ,a few more jerks1 and then1 like an automaton set in motion by concealed wires1 the four months' baby stood upon his feet6 ,fancy our consternation1 and1 in ,mr4 ,k----'s case1 horror4 ,not a hand had been outstretched1 not a motion made1 nor a word spoken2 and yet1 here was a baby-in-arms standing erect and firm as a man6 ,the rest of the story we will quote from a copy of notes written on this subject by ,mr4 ,k----1 the same evening1 and given to us1 in case it should not reach its place of destination1 or the writer fail to see anything more4 8,after a minute or two of hesitation10 writes ,k----1 8the baby turned his head and looked at me with an expression of intelligence that was simply awful6 ,it sent a chill through me4 ,i pinched my hands and bit my lips till the blood almost came1 to make sure that ,i did not dream4 ,but this was only the beginning4 ,the miraculous creature1 making1 as ,i fancied1 two steps toward me1 resumed his sitting posture1 and1 without removing his eyes from mine1 repeated1 sentence by sentence1 in what ,i supposed to be ,thibetan language1 the very words1 which ,i had been told in advance1 are commonly spoken at the incarnations of ,buddha1 beginning with #8,i am ,buddha2 ,i am the old ,lama2 ,i am his spirit in a new body1' etc4 ,i felt a real terror2 my hair rose upon my head1 and my blood ran cold4 ,for my life ,i could not have spoken a word4 ,there was no trickery here1 no ventriloquism4 ,the infant lips moved1 and the eyes seemed to search my very soul with an expression that made me think it was the face of the ,superior himself1 his eyes1 his very look that ,i was gazing upon4 ,it was as if his spirit had entered the little body1 and was looking at me through the transparent mask of the baby's face4 ,i felt my brain growing dizzy4 ,the infant reached toward me1 and laid his little hand upon mine4 ,i started as if ,i had been touched by a hot coal2 and1 unable to bear the scene any longer1 covered my face with my hands4 ,it was but for an instant2 but when ,i removed them1 the little actor had become a crowing baby again1 and a moment after1 lying upon his back1 set up a fretful cry4 ,the superior had resumed his normal condition1 and conversation ensued4 8,it was only after a series of similar experiments1 extending over ten days1 that ,i realized the fact that ,i had seen the incredible1 astounding phenomenon described by certain travellers1 but always by me denounced as an imposture4 ,among a multitude of questions unanswered1 despite my cross-examination1 the ,superior let drop one piece of information1 which must be regarded as highly significant4 #8,what would have happened1' ,i inquired1 through the shaman1 #8if1 while the infant was speaking1 in a moment of insane fright1 at the thought of its being the 8,devil10 ,i had killed it8' ,he replied that1 if the blow had not been instantly fatal1 the child alone would have been killed4' #8,but1' ,i continued1 #8suppose that it had been as swift as a lightning-flash8' #8,in such case1' was the answer1 #8you would have killed me also4'0 ,in ,japan and ,siam there are two orders of priests1 of which one are public1 and deal with the people1 the other strictly private4 ,the latter are never seen2 their existence is known but to very few natives1 never to foreigners4 ,their powers are never displayed in public1 nor ever at all except on rare occasions of the utmost importance1 at which times the ceremonies are performed in subterranean or otherwise inaccessible temples1 and in the presence of a chosen few whose heads answer for their secrecy4 ,among such occasions are deaths in the ,royal family1 or those of high dignitaries affiliated with the ,order4 ,one of the most weird and impressive exhibitions of the power of these magicians is that of the withdrawal of the astral soul from the cremated remains of human beings1 a ceremony practiced likewise in some of the most important lamaseries of ,thibet and ,mongolia4 ,in ,siam1 ,japan1 and ,great ,tartary1 it is the custom to make medallions1 statuettes1 and idols out of the ashes of cremated persons2#aadd they are mixed with water into a paste1 and after being moulded into the desired shape1 are baked and then gilded4 ,the ,lamasery of ,ou-,tay1 in the province of ,chan-,si1 ,mongolia1 is the most famous for that work1 and rich persons send the bones of their defunct relatives to be ground and fashioned there4 ,when the adept in magic proposes to facilitate the withdrawal of the astral soul of the deceased1 which otherwise they think might remain stupefied for an indefinite period within the ashes1 the following process is resorted to3 ,the sacred dust is placed in a heap upon a metallic plate1 strongly magnetized1 of the size of a man's body4 ,the adept then slowly and gently fans it with the ,talapat ,nang1#aade a fan of a peculiar shape and inscribed with certain signs1 muttering1 at the same time1 a form of invocation4 ,the ashes soon become1 as it were1 imbued with life1 and gently spread themselves out into a thin layer which assumes the outline of the body before cremation4 ,then there gradually arises a sort of whitish vapor which after a time forms into an erect column1 and compacting itself1 is finally transformed into the 8double10 or ethereal1 astral counterpart of the dead1 which in its turn dissolves away into thin air1 and disappears from mortal sight4#aadf ,the 8,magicians0 of ,kashmir1 ,thibet1 ,mongolia1 and ,great ,tartary are too well known to need comments4 ,if jugglers they be1 we invite the most expert jugglers of ,europe and ,america to match them if they can4 ,if our scientists are unable to imitate the mummy-embalming of the ,egyptians1 how much greater would be their surprise to see1 as we have1 dead bodies preserved by alchemical art1 so that after the lapse of centuries1 they seem as though the individuals were but sleeping4 ,the complexions were as fresh1 the skin as elastic1 the eyes as natural and sparkling as though they were in the full flush of health1 and the wheels of life had been stopped but the instant before4 ,the bodies of certain very eminent personages are laid upon catafalques1 in rich mausoleums1 sometimes overlaid with gilding or even with plates of real gold2 their favorite arms1 trinkets1 and articles of daily use gathered about them1 and a suite of attendants1 blooming young boys and girls1 but still corpses1 preserved like their masters1 stand as if ready to serve when called4 ,in the convent of ,great ,kouren1 and in one situated upon the ,holy ,mountain 7,boht ,oula7 there are said to be several such sepulchres1 which have been respected by all the conquering hordes that have swept through those countries4 ,abb ,huc heard that such exist1 but did not see one1 strangers of all kinds being excluded1 and missionaries and ,european travellers not furnished with the requisite protection1 being the last of all persons who would be permitted to approach the sacred places4 ,huc's statement that the tombs of ,tartar sovereigns are surrounded with children 8who were compelled to swallow mercury until they were suffocated10 by which means 8the color and freshness of the victims is preserved so well that they appear alive10 is one of these idle missionary fables which impose only upon the most ignorant who accept on hearsay4 ,buddhists have never immolated victims1 whether human or animal4 ,it is utterly against the principles of their religion1 and no ,lamaist was ever accused of it4 ,when a rich man desired to be interred in company1 messengers were sent throughout the country with the ,lama-embalmers1 and children just dead in the natural way were selected for the purpose4 ,poor parents were but too glad to preserve their departed children in this poetic way1 instead of abandoning them to decay and wild beasts4 ,at the time when ,abb ,huc was living in ,paris1 after his return from ,thibet1 he related1 among other unpublished wonders1 to a ,mr4 ,arsenieff1 a ,russian gentleman1 the following curious fact that he had witnessed during his long sojourn at the lamasery of ,kounboum4 ,one day while conversing with one of the lamas1 the latter suddenly stopped speaking1 and assumed the attentive attitude of one who is listening to a message being delivered to him1 although he 7,huc7 heard never a word4 8,then1 ,i must go20 suddenly broke forth the lama1 as if in response to the message4 8,go where80 inquired the astonished 8lama of ,jehovah0 7,huc74 8,and with whom are you talking80 8,to the lamasery of 99 99 9910 was the quiet answer4 8,the ,shaberon wants me2 it was he who summoned me40 ,now this lamasery was many days' journey from that of ,kounboum1 in which the conversation was taking place4 ,but what seemed to astonish ,huc the most was1 that1 instead of setting off on his journey1 the lama simply walked to a sort of cupola-room on the roof of the house in which they lived1 and another lama1 after exchanging a few words1 followed them to the terrace by means of the ladder1 and passing between them1 locked and barred his companion in4 ,then turning to ,huc after a few seconds of meditation1 he smiled and informed the guest that 8he had gone40 8,but how could he8 ,why you have locked him in1 and the room has no issue80 insisted the missionary4 8,and what good would a door be to him80 answered the custodian4 8,it is he himself who went away2 his body is not needed1 and so he left it in my charge40 ,notwithstanding the wonders which ,huc had witnessed during his perilous journey1 his opinion was that both of the lamas had mystified him4 ,but three days later1 not having seen his habitual friend and entertainer1 he inquired after him1 and was informed that he would be back in the evening4 ,at sunset1 and just as the 8other lamas0 were preparing to retire1 ,huc heard his absent friend's voice calling as if from the clouds1 to his companion to open the door for him4 ,looking upward1 he perceived the 8traveller's0 outline behind the lattice of the room where he had been locked in4 ,when he descended he went straight to the ,grand ,lama of ,kounboum1 and delivered to him certain messages and 8orders10 from the place which he 8pretended0 he had just left4 ,huc could get no more information from him as to his arial voyage4 ,but he always thought1 he said1 that this 8farce0 had something to do with the immediate and extraordinary preparations for the polite expulsion of both the missionaries1 himself and ,father ,gabet1 to ,chogor-tan1 a place belonging to the ,kounboum4 ,the suspicion of the daring missionary may have been correct1 in view of his impudent inquisitiveness and indiscretion4 ,if the ,abb had been versed in ,eastern philosophy1 he would have found no great difficulty in comprehending both the flight of the lama's astral body to the distant lamasery while his physical frame remained behind1 or the carrying on of a conversation with the ,shaberon that was inaudible to himself4 ,the recent experiments with the telephone in ,america1 to which allusion was made in ,chapter ,v4 of our first volume1 but which have been greatly perfected since those pages went to press1 prove that the human voice and the sounds of instrumental music may be conveyed along a telegraphic wire to a great distance4 ,the ,hermetic philosophers taught1 as we have seen1 that the disappearance from sight of a flame does not imply its actual extinction4 ,it has only passed from the visible to the invisible world1 and may be perceived by the inner sense of vision1 which is adapted to the things of that other and more real universe4 ,the same rule applies to sound4 ,as the physical ear discerns the vibrations of the atmosphere up to a certain point1 not yet definitely fixed1 but varying with the individual1 so the adept whose interior hearing has been developed1 can take the sound at this vanishing-point1 and hear its vibrations in the astral light indefinitely4 ,he needs no wires1 helices1 or sounding-boards2 his will-power is all-sufficient4 ,hearing with the spirit1 time and distance offer no impediments1 and so he may converse with another adept at the antipodes with as great ease as though they were in the same room4 ,fortunately1 we can produce numerous witnesses to corroborate our statement1 who1 without being adepts at all1 have1 nevertheless1 heard the sound of arial music and of the human voice1 when neither instrument nor speaker were within thousands of miles of the place where we sat4 ,in their case they actually heard interiorly1 though they supposed their physical organs of hearing alone were employed4 ,the adept had1 by a simple effort of will-power1 given them for the brief moment the same perception of the spirit of sound as he himself constantly enjoys4 ,if our men of science could only be induced to test instead of deriding the ancient philosophy of the trinity of all the natural forces1 they would go by leaps toward the dazzling truth1 instead of creeping1 snail-like1 as at present4 ,prof4 ,tyndall's experiments off the ,south ,foreland1 at ,dover1 in #ahge1 fairly upset all previous theories of the transmission of sound1 and those he has made with sensitive flames#aadg bring him to the very threshold of arcane science4 ,one step further1 and he would comprehend how adepts can converse at great distances4 ,but that step will not be taken4 ,of his sensitive--in truth1 magical--flame1 he says3 8,the slightest tap on a distant anvil causes it to fall to seven inches4 ,when a bunch of keys is shaken1 the flame is violently agitated1 and emits a loud roar4 ,the dropping of a sixpence into a hand already containing coin1 knocks the flame down4 ,the creaking of boots sets it in violent commotion4 ,the crumpling or tearing of a bit of paper1 or the rustle of a silk dress does the same4 ,responsive to every tick of a watch held near it1 it falls and explodes4 ,the winding up of a watch produces tumult4 ,from a distance of thirty yards we may chirrup to this flame1 and cause it to fall and roar4 ,repeating a passage from the ,farie ,queene1 the flame sifts and selects the manifold sounds of my voice1 noticing some by a slight nod1 others by a deeper bow1 while to others it responds by violent agitation40 ,such are the wonders of modern physical science2 but at what cost of apparatus1 and carbonic acid and coal gas2 of ,american and ,canadian whistles1 trumpets1 gongs1 and bells6 ,the poor heathen have none such impedimenta1 but--will ,european science believe it--nevertheless1 produce the very same phenomena4 ,upon one occasion1 when1 in a case of exceptional importance1 an 8oracle0 was required1 we saw the possibility of what we had previously vehemently denied--namely1 a simple mendicant cause a sensitive flame to give responsive flashes without a particle of apparatus4 ,a fire was kindled of branches of the ,beal-tree1 and some sacrificial herbs were sprinkled upon it4 ,the mendicant sat near by1 motionless1 absorbed in contemplation4 ,during the intervals between the questions the fire burned low and seemed ready to go out1 but when the interrogatories were propounded1 the flames leaped1 roaring1 skyward1 flickered1 bowed1 and sent fiery tongues flaring toward the east1 west1 north1 or south2 each motion having its distinct meaning in a code of signals well understood4 ,between whiles it would sink to the ground1 and the tongues of flame would lick the sod in every direction1 and suddenly disappear1 leaving only a bed of glowing embers4 ,when the interview with the flame-spirits was at an end1 the ,bikshu 7mendicant7 turned toward the jungle where he abode1 keeping up a wailing1 monotonous chant1 to the rhythm of which the sensitive flame kept time1 not merely like ,prof4 ,tyndall's1 when he read the ,farie ,queene1 by simple motions1 but by a marvellous modulation of hissing and roaring until he was out of sight4 ,then1 as if its very life were extinguished1 it vanished1 and left a bed of ashes before the astonished spectators4 ,both in ,western and ,eastern ,thibet1 as in every other place where ,buddhism predominates1 there are two distinct religions1 the same as it is in ,brahmanism--the secret philosophy and the popular religion4 ,the former is that of the followers of the doctrine of the sect of the ,sutrntika4#aadh ,they closely adhere to the spirit of ,buddha's original teachings which show the necessity of intuitional perception1 and all deductions therefrom4 ,these do not proclaim their views1 nor allow them to be made public4 8,all compounds are perishable10 were the last words uttered by the lips of the dying ,gautama1 when preparing under the ,sl-tree to enter into ,nirvana4 8,spirit is the sole1 elementary1 and primordial unity1 and each of its rays is immortal1 infinite1 and indestructible4 ,beware of the illusions of matter40 ,buddhism was spread far and wide over ,asia1 and even farther1 by ,dharm-,aska4 ,he was the grandson of the miracle-worker ,chandragupta1 the illustrious king who rescued the ,punjb from the ,macedonians--if they ever were at ,punjb at all--and received ,megasthenes at his court in ,pataliputra4 ,dharm-,aska was the greatest ,king of the ,marya dynasty4 ,from a reckless profligate and atheist1 he had become ,prydasi1 the 8beloved of the gods10 and never was the purity of his philanthropic views surpassed by any earthly ruler4 ,his memory has lived for ages in the hearts of the ,buddhists1 and has been perpetuated in the humane edicts engraved in several popular dialects on the columns and rocks of ,allahabad1 ,delhi1 ,guzerat1 ,peshawur1 ,orissa1 and other places4#aadi ,his famous grandfather had united all ,india under his powerful sceptre4 ,when the ,ngas1 or serpent-worshippers of ,kashmere had been converted through the efforts of the apostles sent out by the ,sthaviras of the third councils1 the religion of ,gautama spread like wild-fire4 ,gndhara1 ,cabul1 and even many of the ,satrapies of ,alexander the ,great1 accepted the new philosophy4 ,the ,buddhism of ,nepl being the one which may be said to have diverged less than any other from the primeval ancient faith1 the ,lamaism of ,tartary1 ,mongolia1 and ,thibet1 which is a direct offshoot of this country1 may be thus shown to be the purest ,buddhism2 for we say it again1 ,lamaism properly is but an external form of rites4 ,the ,upsakas and ,upsakis1 or male and female semi-monastics and semi-laymen1 have equally with the lama-monks themselves1 to strictly abstain from violating any of ,buddha's rules1 and must study ,meipo and every psychological phenomenon as much4 ,those who become guilty of any of the 8five sins0 lose all right to congregate with the pious community4 ,the most important of these is not to curse upon any consideration1 for the curse returns upon the one that utters it1 and often upon his innocent relatives who breathe the same atmosphere with him4 ,to love each other1 and even our bitterest enemies2 to offer our lives even for animals1 to the extent of abstaining from defensive arms2 to gain the greatest of victories by conquering one's self2 to avoid all vices2 to practice all virtues1 especially humility and mildness2 to be obedient to superiors1 to cherish and respect parents1 old age1 learning1 virtuous and holy men2 to provide food1 shelter1 and comfort for men and animals2 to plant trees on the roads and dig wells for the comfort of travellers2 such are the moral duties of ,buddhists4 ,every ,ani or ,bikshuni 7nun7 is subjected to these laws4 ,numerous are the ,buddhist and ,lamaic saints who have been renowned for the unsurpassed sanctity of their lives and their 8miracles40 ,so ,tissu1 the ,emperor's spiritual teacher1 who consecrated ,kubla-,khan1 the ,nadir ,shah1 was known far and wide as much for the extreme holiness of his life as for the many wonders he wrought4 ,but he did not stop at fruitless miracles1 but did better than that4 ,tissu purified completely his religion2 and from one single province of ,southern ,mongolia is said to have forced ,kublai to expel from convents #ejj1jjj monkish impostors1 who made a pretext of their profession1 to live in vice and idleness4 ,then the ,lamaists had their great reformer1 the ,shaberon ,son-,ka-po1 who is claimed to have been immaculately conceived by his mother1 a virgin from ,koko-nor 7fourteenth century71 who is another wonder-worker4 ,the sacred tree of ,kounboum1 the tree of the #aj1jjj images1 which1 in consequence of the degeneration of the true faith had ceased budding for several centuries1 now shot forth new sprouts and bloomed more vigorously than ever from the hair of this avatar of ,buddha1 says the legend4 ,the same tradition makes him 7,son-,ka-po7 ascend to heaven in #adai4 ,contrary to the prevailing idea1 few of these saints are ,khubilhans1 or ,shaberons--rencarnations4 ,many of the lamaseries contain schools of magic1 but the most celebrated is the collegiate monastery of the ,shu-tukt1 where there are over #cj1jjj monks attached to it1 the lamasery forming quite a little city4 ,some of the female nuns possess marvellous psychological powers4 ,we have met some of these women on their way from ,lha-,ssa to ,candi1 the ,rome of ,buddhism1 with its miraculous shrines and ,gautama's relics4 ,to avoid encounters with ,mussulmans and other sects they travel by night alone1 unarmed1 and without the least fear of wild animals1 for these will not touch them4 ,at the first glimpses of dawn1 they take refuge in caves and viharas prepared for them by their co-religionists at calculated distances2 for notwithstanding the fact that ,buddhism has taken refuge in ,ceylon1 and nominally there are but few of the denomination in ,british ,india1 yet the secret ,byauds 7,brotherhoods7 and ,buddhist viharas are numerous1 and every ,jain feels himself obliged to help1 indiscriminately1 ,buddhist or ,lamaist4 ,ever on the lookout for occult phenomena1 hungering after sights1 one of the most interesting that we have seen was produced by one of these poor travelling ,bikshu4 ,it was years ago1 and at a time when all such manifestations were new to the writer4 ,we were taken to visit the pilgrims by a ,buddhist friend1 a mystical gentleman born at ,kashmir1 of ,katchi parents1 but a ,buddha-,lamaist by conversion1 and who generally resides at ,lha-,ssa4 8,why carry about this bunch of dead plants80 inquired one of the ,bikshuni1 an emaciated1 tall and elderly woman1 pointing to a large nosegay of beautiful1 fresh1 and fragrant flowers in the writer's hands4 8,dead80 we asked1 inquiringly4 8,why they just have been gathered in the garden80 8,and yet1 they are dead10 she gravely answered4 8,to be born in this world1 is this not death8 ,see1 how these herbs look when alive in the world of eternal light1 in the gardens of our blessed ,foh80 ,without moving from the place where she was sitting on the ground1 the ,ani took a flower from the bunch1 laid it in her lap1 and began to draw together1 by large handfuls as it were1 invisible material from the surrounding atmosphere4 ,presently a very1 very faint nodule of vapor was seen1 and this slowly took shape and color1 until1 poised in mid-air1 appeared a copy of the bloom we had given her4 ,faithful to the last tint and the last petal it was1 and lying on its side like the original1 but a thousand-fold more gorgeous in hue and exquisite in beauty1 as the glorified human spirit is more beauteous than its physical capsule4 ,flower after flower to the minutest herb was thus reproduced and made to vanish1 reappearing at our desire1 nay1 at our simple thought4 ,having selected a full-blown rose we held it at arm's length1 and in a few minutes our arm1 hand1 and the flower1 perfect in every detail1 appeared reflected in the vacant space1 about two yards from where we sat4 ,but while the flower seemed immeasurably beautified and as ethereal as the other spirit flowers1 the arm and hand appeared like a mere reflection in a looking-glass1 even to a large spot on the fore arm1 left on it by a piece of damp earth which had stuck to one of the roots4 ,later we learned the reason why4 ,a great truth was uttered some fifty years ago by ,dr4 ,francis ,victor ,broussais1 when he said3 8,if magnetism were true1 medicine would be an absurdity40 ,magnetism is true1 and so we shall not contradict the learned ,frenchman as to the rest4 ,magnetism1 as we have shown1 is the alphabet of magic4 ,it is idle for any one to attempt to understand either the theory or the practice of the latter until the fundamental principle of magnetic attractions and repulsions throughout nature is recognized4 ,many so-called popular superstitions are but evidences of an instinctive perception of this law4 ,an untutored people are taught by the experience of many generations that certain phenomena occur under fixed conditions2 they give these conditions and obtain the expected results4 ,ignorant of the laws1 they explain the fact by supernaturalism1 for experience has been their sole teacher4 ,in ,india1 as well as in ,russia and some other countries1 there is an instinctive repugnance to stepping across a man's shadow1 especially if he have red hair2 and in the former country1 natives are extremely reluctant to shake hands with persons of another race4 ,these are not idle fancies4 ,every person emits a magnetic exhalation or aura1 and a man may be in perfect physical health1 but at the same time his exhalation may have a morbific character for others1 sensitive to such subtile influences4 ,dr4 ,esdaile and other mesmerists long since taught us that ,oriental people1 especially ,hindus1 are more susceptible than the white-skinned races4 ,baron ,reichenbach's experiments--and1 in fact1 the world's entire experience--prove that these magnetic exhalations are most intense from the extremities4 ,therapeutic manipulations show this2 hand-shaking is1 therefore1 most calculated to communicate antipathetic magnetic conditions1 and the ,hindus do wisely in keeping their ancient 8superstition0--derived from ,manu--constantly in mind4 ,the magnetism of a red-haired man1 we have found1 in almost every nation1 is instinctively dreaded4 ,we might quote proverbs from the ,russian1 ,persian1 ,georgian1 ,hindustani1 ,french1 ,turkish1 and even ,german1 to show that treachery and other vices are popularly supposed to accompany the rufous complexion4 ,when a man stands exposed to the sun1 the magnetism of that luminary causes his emanations to be projected toward the shadow1 and the increased molecular action develops more electricity4 ,hence1 an individual to whom he is antipathetic--though neither might be sensible of the fact--would act prudently in not passing through the shadow4 ,careful physicians wash their hands upon leaving each patient2 why1 then1 should they not be charged with superstition1 as well as the ,hindus8 ,the sporules of disease are invisible1 but no less real1 as ,european experience demonstrates4 ,well1 ,oriental experience for a hundred centuries has shown that the germs of moral contagion linger about localities1 and impure magnetism can be communicated by the touch4 ,another prevalent belief in some parts of ,russia1 particularly ,georgia 7,caucasus71 and in ,india1 is that in case the body of a drowned person cannot be otherwise found1 if a garment of his be thrown into the water it will float until directly over the spot1 and then sink4 ,we have even seen the experiment successfully tried with the sacred cord of a ,brahman4 ,it floated hither and thither1 circling about as though in search of something1 until suddenly darting in a straight line for about fifty yards1 it sank1 and at that exact spot the divers brought up the body4 ,we find this 8superstition0 even in ,america4 ,a ,pittsburg paper1 of very recent date1 describes the finding of the body of a young boy1 named ,reed1 in the ,monongahela1 by a like method4 ,all other means having failed1 it says1 8a curious superstition was employed4 ,one of the boy's shirts was thrown into the river where he had gone down1 and1 it is said1 floated on the surface for a time1 and finally settled to the bottom at a certain place1 which proved to be the resting-place of the body1 and which was then drawn out4 ,the belief that the shirt of a drowned person when thrown into the water will follow the body is well-spread1 absurd as it appears40 ,this phenomenon is explained by the law of the powerful attraction existing between the human body and objects that have been long worn upon it4 ,the oldest garment is most effective for the experiment2 a new one is useless4 ,from time immemorial1 in ,russia1 in the month of ,may1 on ,trinity ,day1 maidens from city and village have been in the habit of casting upon the river wreaths of green leaves--which each girl has to form for herself--and consulting their oracles4 ,if the wreath sinks1 it is a sign that the girl will die unmarried within a short time2 if it floats1 she will be married1 the time depending upon the number of verses she can repeat during the experiment4 ,we positively affirm that we have personal knowledge of several cases1 two of them our intimate friends1 where the augury of death proved true1 and the girls died within twelve months4 ,tried on any other day than ,trinity1 the result would doubtless be the same4 ,the sinking of the wreath is attributable to its being impregnated with the unhealthy magnetism of a system which contains the germs of early death2 such magnetisms having an attraction for the earth at the bottom of the stream4 ,as for the rest1 we are willing to abandon it to the friends of coincidence4 ,the same general remark as to superstition having a scientific basis applies to the phenomena produced by fakirs and jugglers1 which skeptics heap into the common category of trickery4 ,and yet1 to a close observer1 even to the uninitiated1 an enormous difference is presented between the kmiya 7phenomenon7 of a fakir1 and the batte-bzi 7jugglery7 of a trickster1 and the necromancy of a jdgar1 or shir1 so dreaded and despised by the natives4 ,this difference1 imperceptible--nay incomprehensible--to the skeptical ,european1 is instinctively appreciated by every ,hindu1 whether of high or low caste1 educated or ignorant4 ,the kanglin1 or witch1 who uses her terrible abhi-chr 7mesmeric powers7 with intent to injure1 may expect death at any moment1 for every ,hindu finds it lawful to kill her2 a bukka-baz1 or juggler1 serves to amuse4 ,a serpent-charmer1 with his b-ni full of venomous snakes1 is less dreaded1 for his powers of fascination extend but to animals and reptiles2 he is unable to charm human beings1 to perform that which is called by the natives mantar phnkn1 to throw spells on men by magic4 ,but with the yogi1 the sannysi1 the holy men who acquire enormous psychological powers by mental and physical training1 the question is totally different4 ,some of these men are regarded by the ,hindus as demi-gods4 ,europeans cannot judge of these powers but in rare and exceptional cases4 ,the ,british resident who has encountered in the maidans and public places what he regards as frightful and loathsome human beings1 sitting motionless in the self-inflicted torture of the rddwa bahu1 with arms raised above the head for months1 and even years1 need not suppose they are the wonder-working fakirs4 ,the phenomenon of the latter are visible only through the friendly protection of a ,brahman1 or under peculiarly fortuitous circumstances4 ,such men are as little accessible as the real ,nautch girls1 of whom every traveller talks1 but very few have actually seen1 since they belong exclusively to the pagodas4 ,it is surpassingly strange1 that with the thousands of travellers and the millions of ,european residents who have been in ,india1 and have traversed it in every direction1 so little is yet known of that country and the lands which surround it4 ,it may be that some readers will feel inclined not merely to doubt the correctness but even openly contradict our statement8 ,doubtless1 we will be answered that all that it is desirable to know about ,india is already known8 ,in fact this very reply was once made to us personally4 ,that resident ,anglo-,indians should not busy themselves with inquiries is not strange2 for1 as a ,british officer remarked to us upon one occasion1 8society does not consider it well-bred to care about ,hindus or their affairs1 or even show astonishment or desire information upon anything they may see extraordinary in that country40 ,but it really surprises us that at least travellers should not have explored more than they have this interesting realm4 ,hardly fifty years ago1 in penetrating the jungles of the ,blue or ,neilgherry ,hills in ,southern ,hindustan1 a strange race1 perfectly distinct in appearance and language from any other ,hindu people1 was discovered by two courageous ,british officers who were tiger-hunting4 ,many surmises1 more or less absurd1 were set on foot1 and the missionaries1 always on the watch to connect every mortal thing with the ,bible1 even went so far as to suggest that this people was one of the lost tribes of ,israel1 supporting their ridiculous hypothesis upon their very fair complexions and 8strongly-marked ,jewish features40 ,the latter is perfectly erroneous1 the ,todas1 as they are called1 not bearing the remotest likeness to the ,jewish type2 either in feature1 form1 action1 or language4 ,they closely resemble each other1 and1 as a friend of ours expresses himself1 the handsomest of the ,todas resemble the statue of the ,grecian ,zeus in majesty and beauty of form more than anything he had yet seen among men4 ,fifty years have passed since the discovery2 but though since that time towns have been built on these hills and the country has been invaded by ,europeans1 no more has been learned of the ,todas than at the first4 ,among the foolish rumors current about this people1 the most erroneous are those in relation to their numbers and to their practicing polyandry4 ,the general opinion about them is that on account of the latter custom their number has dwindled to a few hundred families1 and the race is fast dying out4 ,we had the best means of learning much about them1 and therefore state most positively that the ,todas neither practice polyandry nor are they as few in number as supposed4 ,we are ready to show that no one has ever seen children belonging to them4 ,those that may have been seen in their company have belonged to the ,badagas1 a ,hindu tribe totally distinct from the ,todas1 in race1 color1 and language1 and which includes the most direct 8worshippers0 of this extraordinary people4 ,we say worshippers1 for the ,badagas clothe1 feed1 serve1 and positively look upon every ,toda as a divinity4 ,they are giants in stature1 white as ,europeans1 with tremendously long and generally brown1 wavy hair and beard1 which no razor ever touched from birth4 ,handsome as a statue of ,pheidias or ,praxiteles1 the ,toda sits the whole day inactive1 as some travellers who have had a glance at them affirm4 ,from the many conflicting opinions and statements we have heard from the very residents of ,ootakamund and other little new places of civilization scattered about the ,neilgherry ,hills1 we cull the following3 8,they never use water2 they are wonderfully handsome and noble looking1 but extremely unclean2 unlike all other natives they despise jewelry1 and never wear anything but a large black drapery or blanket of some woollen stuff1 with a colored stripe at the bottom2 they never drink anything but pure milk2 they have herds of cattle but neither eat their flesh1 nor do they make their beasts of labor plough or work2 they neither sell nor buy2 the ,badagas feed and clothe them2 they never use nor carry weapons1 not even a simple stick2 the ,todas can't read and won't learn4 ,they are the despair of the missionaries and apparently have no sort of religion1 beyond the worship of themselves as the ,lords of ,creation40#aaej ,we will try to correct a few of these opinions1 as far as we have learned from a very holy personage1 a ,brahmanam-guru1 who has our great respect4 ,nobody has ever seen more than five or six of them at one time2 they will not talk with foreigners1 nor was any traveller ever inside their peculiar long and flat huts1 which apparently are without either windows or chimney and have but one door2 nobody ever saw the funeral of a ,toda1 nor very old men among them2 nor are they taken sick with cholera1 while thousands die around them during such periodical epidemics2 finally1 though the country all around swarms with tigers and other wild beasts1 neither tiger1 serpent1 nor any other animal so ferocious in those parts1 was ever known to touch either a ,toda or one of their cattle1 though1 as said above1 they never use even a stick4 ,furthermore the ,todas do not marry at all4 ,they seem few in number1 for no one has or ever will have a chance of numbering them2 as soon as their solitude was profaned by the avalanche of civilization--which was1 perchance1 due to their own carelessness--the ,todas began moving away to other parts as unknown and more inaccessible than the ,neilgherry hills had formerly been2 they are not born of ,toda mothers1 nor of ,toda parentage2 they are the children of a certain very select sect1 and are set apart from their infancy for special religious purposes4 ,recognized by a peculiarity of complexion1 and certain other signs1 such a child is known as what is vulgarly termed a ,toda1 from birth4 ,every third year1 each of them must repair to a certain place for a certain period of time1 where each of them must meet2 their 8dirt0 is but a mask1 such as a sannysi puts on in public in obedience to his vow2 their cattle are1 for the most part1 devoted to sacred uses2 and1 though their places of worship have never been trodden by a profane foot1 they nevertheless exist1 and perhaps rival the most splendid pagodas--goparams--known to ,europeans4 ,the ,badagas are their special vassals1 and--as has been truly remarked--worship them as half-deities2 for their birth and mysterious powers entitle them to such a distinction4 ,the reader may rest assured that any statements concerning them1 that clash with the little that is above given1 are false4 ,no missionary will ever catch one with his bait1 nor any ,badaga betray them1 though he were cut to pieces4 ,they are a people who fulfill a certain high purpose1 and whose secrets are inviolable4 ,furthermore1 the ,todas are not the only such mysterious tribe in ,india4 ,we have named several in a preceding chapter1 but how many are there besides these1 that will remain unnamed1 unrecognized1 and yet ever present6 ,what is now generally known of ,shamanism is very little2 and that has been perverted1 like the rest of the non-,christian religions4 ,it is called the 8heathenism0 of ,mongolia1 and wholly without reason1 for it is one of the oldest religions of ,india4 ,it is spirit-worship1 or belief in the immortality of the souls1 and that the latter are still the same men they were on earth1 though their bodies have lost their objective form1 and man has exchanged his physical for a spiritual nature4 ,in its present shape1 it is an offshoot of primitive theurgy1 and a practical blending of the visible with the invisible world4 ,whenever a denizen of earth desires to enter into communication with his invisible brethren1 he has to assimilate himself to their nature1 i4e41 he meets these beings half-way1 and1 furnished by them with a supply of spiritual essence1 endows them1 in his turn1 with a portion of his physical nature1 thus enabling them sometimes to appear in a semi-objective form4 ,it is a temporary exchange of natures1 called theurgy4 ,shamans are called sorcerers1 because they are said to evoke the 8spirits0 of the dead for purposes of necromancy4 ,the true ,shamanism--striking features of which prevailed in ,india in the days of ,megasthenes 7#cjj ,b4,c47--can no more be judged by its degenerated scions among the ,shamans of ,siberia1 than the religion of ,gautama-,buddha can be interpreted by the fetishism of some of his followers in ,siam and ,burmah4 ,it is in the chief lamaseries of ,mongolia and ,thibet that it has taken refuge2 and there ,shamanism1 if so we must call it1 is practiced to the utmost limits of intercourse allowed between man and 8spirit40 ,the religion of the lamas has faithfully preserved the primitive science of magic1 and produces as great feats now as it did in the days of ,kubla-,khan and his barons4 ,the ancient mystic formula of the ,king ,srong-ch-,tsans-,gampo1 the 8,aum mani padm houm10#aaea effects its wonders now as well as in the seventh century4 ,avalokitesvara1 highest of the three ,boddhisattvas1 and patron saint of ,thibet1 projects his shadow1 full in the view of the faithful1 at the lamasery of ,dga-,g',dan1 founded by him2 and the luminous form of ,son-,ka-pa1 under the shape of a fiery cloudlet1 that separates itself from the dancing beams of the sunlight1 holds converse with a great congregation of lamas1 numbering thousands2 the voice descending from above1 like the whisper of the breeze through foliage4 ,anon1 say the ,thibetans1 the beautiful appearance vanishes in the shadows of the sacred trees in the park of the lamasery4 ,at ,garma-,khian 7the mother-cloister7 it is rumored that bad and unprogressed spirits are made to appear on certain days1 and forced to give an account of their evil deeds2 they are compelled by the lamaic adepts to redress the wrongs done by them to mortals4 ,this is what ,huc navely terms 8personating evil spirits10 i4e41 devils4 ,were the skeptics of various ,european countries permitted to consult the accounts printed daily#aaeb at ,moru1 and in the 8,city of ,spirits10 of the business-like intercourse which takes place between the lamas and the invisible world1 they would certainly feel more interest in the phenomena described so triumphantly in the spiritualistic journals4 ,at ,buddha-lla1 or rather ,foht-lla 7,buddha's ,mount71 in the most important of the many thousand lamaseries of that country1 the sceptre of the ,boddhisgat is seen floating1 unsupported1 in the air1 and its motions regulate the actions of the community4 ,whenever a lama is called to account in the presence of the ,superior of the monastery1 he knows beforehand it is useless for him to tell an untruth2 the 8regulator of justice0 7the sceptre7 is there1 and its waving motion1 either approbatory or otherwise1 decides instantaneously and unerringly the question of his guilt4 ,we do not pretend to have witnessed all this personally--we wish to make no pretensions of any kind4 ,suffice it1 with respect to any of these phenomena1 that what we have not seen with our own eyes has been so substantiated to us that we indorse its genuineness4 ,a number of lamas in ,sikkin produce meipo--8miracle0--by magical powers4 ,the late ,patriarch of ,mongolia1 ,gegen ,chutuktu1 who resided at ,urga1 a veritable paradise1 was the sixteenth incarnation of ,gautama1 therefore a ,boddhisattva4 ,he had the reputation of possessing powers that were phenomenal1 even among the thaumaturgists of the land of miracles par excellence4 ,let no one suppose that these powers are developed without cost4 ,the lives of most of these holy men1 miscalled idle vagrants1 cheating beggars1 who are supposed to pass their existence in preying upon the easy credulity of their victims1 are miracles in themselves4 ,miracles1 because they show what a determined will and perfect purity of life and purpose are able to accomplish1 and to what degree of preternatural ascetism a human body can be subjected and yet live and reach a ripe old age4 ,no ,christian hermit has ever dreamed of such refinement of monastic discipline2 and the arial habitation of a ,simon ,stylite would appear child's play before the fakir's and the ,buddhist's inventions of will-tests4 ,but the theoretical study of magic is one thing2 the possibility of practicing it quite another4 ,at ,brs-ss-,pungs1 the ,mongolian college where over three hundred magicians 7sorciers1 as the ,french missionaries call them7 teach about twice as many pupils from twelve to twenty1 the latter have many years to wait for their final initiation4 ,not one in a hundred reaches the highest goal2 and out of the many thousand lamas occupying nearly an entire city of detached buildings clustering around it1 not more than two per cent4 become wonder-workers4 ,one may learn by heart every line of the #ajh volumes of ,kadjur1#aaec and still make but a poor practical magician4 ,there is but one thing which leads surely to it1 and this particular study is hinted at by more than one ,hermetic writer4 ,one1 the ,arabian alchemist ,abipili1 speaks thus3 8,i admonish thee1 whosoever thou art that desirest to dive into the inmost parts of nature2 if that thou seekest thou findest not within thee1 thou wilt never find it without thee4 ,if thou knowest not the excellency of thine own house1 why dost thou seek after the excellency of other things8444 ,o ,,man1 ,,know ,,thyself6 ,,in ,,thee ,,is ,,hid ,,the ,,treasure ,,of ,,treasurers40 ,in another alchemic tract1 ,de manna ,benedicto1 the author expresses his ideas of the philosopher's stone1 in the following terms3 8,my intent is for certain reasons not to prate too much of the matter1 which yet is but one only thing1 already too plainly described2 for it shows and sets down such magical and natural uses of it the stone as many that have had it never knew nor heard of2 and such as1 when ,i beheld them1 made my knees to tremble and my heart to shake1 and ,i to stand amazed at the sight of them60 ,every neophyte has experienced more or less such a feeling2 but once that it is overcome1 the man is an ,,adept4 ,within the cloisters of ,dshashi-,lumbo and ,si-,dzang1 these powers1 inherent in every man1 called out by so few1 are cultivated to their utmost perfection4 ,who1 in ,india1 has not heard of the ,banda-,chan ,ramboutchi1 the ,houtouktou of the capital of ,higher ,thibet8 ,his brotherhood of ,khe-lan was famous throughout the land2 and one of the most famous 8brothers0 was a ,peh-ling 7an ,englishman7 who had arrived one day during the early part of this century1 from the ,west1 a thorough ,buddhist1 and after a month's preparation was admitted among the ,khe-lans4 ,he spoke every language1 including the ,thibetan1 and knew every art and science1 says the tradition4 ,his sanctity and the phenomena produced by him caused him to be proclaimed a shaberon after a residence of but a few years4 ,his memory lives to the present day among the ,thibetans1 but his real name is a secret with the shaberons alone4 ,the greatest of the meipo--said to be the object of the ambition of every ,buddhist devotee--was1 and yet is1 the faculty of walking in the air4 ,the famous ,king of ,siam1 ,pia ,metak1 the ,chinese1 was noted for his devotion and learning4 ,but he attained this 8supernatural gift0 only after having placed himself under the direct tuition of a priest of ,gautama-,buddha4 ,crawfurd and ,finlayson1 during their residence at ,siam1 followed with great interest the endeavors of some ,siamese nobles to acquire this faculty4#aaed ,numerous and varied are the sects in ,china1 ,siam1 ,tartary1 ,thibet1 ,kashmir1 and ,british ,india1 which devote their lives to the cultivation of 8supernatural powers10 so called4 ,discussing one of such sects1 the ,taoss1 ,semedo says3 8,they pretend that by means of certain exercises and meditations one shall regain his youth1 and others will attain to be ,shien-sien1 i4e41 #8,terrestrial ,beati1' in whose state every desire is gratified1 whilst they have the power to transport themselves from one place to another1 however distant1 with speed and facility40#aaee ,this faculty relates but to the projection of the astral entity1 in a more or less corporealized form1 and certainly not to bodily transportation4 ,this phenomenon is no more a miracle than one's reflection in a looking-glass4 ,no one can detect in such an image a particle of matter1 and still there stands our double1 faithfully representing1 even to each single hair on our heads4 ,if1 by this simple law of reflection1 our double can be seen in a mirror1 how much more striking a proof of its existence is afforded in the art of photography6 ,it is no reason1 because our physicists have not yet found the means of taking photographs1 except at a short distance1 that the acquirement should be impossible to those who have found these means in the power of the human will itself1 freed from terrestrial concern4#aaef ,our thoughts are matter1 says science2 every energy produces more or less of a disturbance in the atmospheric waves4 ,therefore1 as every man--in common with every other living1 and even inert object--has an aura of his own emanations surrounding him2 and1 moreover1 is enabled1 by a trifling effort1 to transport himself in imagination wherever he likes1 why is it scientifically impossible that his thought1 regulated1 intensified1 and guided by that powerful magician1 the educated will1 may become corporealized for the time being1 and appear to whom it likes1 a faithful double of the original8 ,is the proposition1 in the present state of science1 any more unthinkable than the photograph or telegraph were less than forty years ago1 or the telephone less than fourteen months ago8 ,if the sensitized plate can so accurately seize upon the shadow of our faces1 then this shadow or reflection1 although we are unable to perceive it1 must be something substantial4 ,and1 if we can1 with the help of optical instruments1 project our semblances upon a white wall1 at several hundred feet distance1 sometimes1 then there is no reason why the adepts1 the alchemists1 the savants of the secret art1 should not have already found out that which scientists deny to-day1 but may discover true to-morrow1 i4e41 how to project electrically their astral bodies1 in an instant1 through thousands of miles of space1 leaving their material shells with a certain amount of animal vital principle to keep the physical life going1 and acting within their spiritual1 ethereal bodies as safely and intelligently as when clothed with the covering of flesh8 ,there is a higher form of electricity than the physical one known to experimenters2 a thousand correlations of the latter are as yet veiled to the eye of the modern physicist1 and none can tell where end its possibilities4 ,schott explains that by ,sian or ,shin-,sian are understood in the old ,chinese conception1 and particularly in that of the ,tao-,kiao 7,taoss7 sect1 8persons who withdraw to the hills to lead the life of anchorites1 and who have attained1 either through their ascetic observances or by the power of charms and elixirs1 to the possession of miraculous gifts and of terrestrial immortality0#aaeg787 ,this is exaggerated if not altogether erroneous4 ,what they claim1 is merely their ability to prolong human life2 and they can do so1 if we have to believe human testimony4 ,what ,marco ,polo testifies to in the thirteenth century is corroborated in our own days4 8,there are another class of people called ,chughi0 7,yogi71 he says1 8who are indeed properly called ,abraiamans 7,brahmans87 who are extremely long-lived1 every man of them living to #aej or #bjj years4 ,they eat very little1 rice and milk chiefly4 ,and these people make use of a very strange beverage1 a potion of sulphur and quicksilver mixed together1 and this they drink twice every month4444 ,this1 they say1 gives them long life2 and it is a potion they are used to take from their childhood40#aaeh ,burnier shows1 says ,colonel ,yule1 the ,yogis very skilful in preparing mercury 8so admirably that one or two grains taken every morning restored the body to perfect health20 and adds that the mercurius vit of ,paracelsus was a compound in which entered antimony and quicksilver4#aaei ,this is a very careless statement1 to say the least1 and we will explain what we know of it4 ,the longevity of some lamas and ,talapoins is proverbial2 and it is generally known that they use some compound which 8renews the old blood10 as they call it4 ,and it was equally a recognized fact with alchemists that a judicious administration1 8of aura of silver does restore health and prolongs life itself to a wonderful extent40 ,but we are fully prepared to oppose the statements of both ,bernier and ,col4 ,yule who quotes him1 that it is mercury or quicksilver which the ,yogis and the alchemists used4 ,the ,yogis1 in the days of ,marco ,polo1 as well as in our modern times1 do use that which may appear to be quicksilver1 but is not4 ,paracelsus1 the alchemists1 and other mystics1 meant by mercurius vit1 the living spirit of silver1 the aura of silver1 not the argent vive2 and this aura is certainly not the mercury known to our physicians and druggists4 ,there can be no doubt that the imputation that ,paracelsus introduced mercury into medical practice is utterly incorrect4 ,no mercury1 whether prepared by a medival fire-philosopher or a modern self-styled physician1 can or ever did restore the body to perfect health4 ,only an unmitigated charlatan ever will use such a drug4 ,and it is the opinion of many that it is just with the wicked intention of presenting ,paracelsus in the eyes of posterity as a quack1 that his enemies have invented such a preposterous lie4 ,the ,yogis of the olden times1 as well as modern lamas and ,talapoins1 use a certain ingredient with a minimum of sulphur1 and a milky juice which they extract from a medicinal plant4 ,they must certainly be possessed of some wonderful secrets1 as we have seen them healing the most rebellious wounds in a few days2 restoring broken bones to good use in as many hours as it would take days to do by means of common surgery4 ,a fearful fever contracted by the writer near ,rangoon1 after a flood of the ,irrawaddy ,river1 was cured in a few hours by the juice of a plant called1 if we mistake not1 ,kukushan1 though there may be thousands of natives ignorant of its virtues who are left to die of fever4 ,this was in return for a trifling kindness we had done to a simple mendicant2 a service which can interest the reader but little4 ,we have heard of a certain water1 also1 called b-i-hayt1 which the popular superstition thinks hidden from every mortal eye1 except that of the holy sannysi2 the fountain itself being known as the b-i-haiwn-4 ,it is more than probable though1 that the ,talapoins will decline to deliver up their secrets1 even to academicians and missionaries2 as these remedies must be used for the benefit of humanity1 never for money4#aafj ,at the great festivals of ,hindu pagodas1 at the marriage feasts of rich high-castes1 everywhere where large crowds are gathered1 ,europeans find gun--or serpent-charmers1 fakirs-mesmerizers1 thaum-working sannysi1 and so-called 8jugglers40 ,to deride is easy--to explain1 rather more troublesome--to science impossible4 ,the ,british residents of ,india and the travellers prefer the first expedient4 ,but let any one ask one of these ,thomases how the following results--which they cannot and do not deny--are produced8 ,when crowds of gun and fakirs appear with their bodies encircled with cobras-de-capello1 their arms ornamented with bracelets of corallilos--diminutive snakes inflicting certain death in a few seconds--and their shoulders with necklaces of trigonocephali1 the most terrible enemy of naked ,hindu feet1 whose bite kills like a flash of lightning1 the sceptic witness smiles and gravely proceeds to explain how these reptiles1 having been thrown in cataleptic torpor1 were all deprived by the gun of their fangs4 8,they are harmless and it is ridiculous to fear them40 8,will the ,sab caress one of my ng80 asked once a gun approaching our interlocutor1 who had been thus humbling his listeners with his herpetological achievements for a full half hour4 ,rapidly jumping back--the brave warrior's feet proving no less nimble than his tongue--,captain ,b----'s angry answer could hardly be immortalized by us in print4 ,only the gun's terrible body-guard saved him from an unceremonious thrashing4 ,besides1 say a word1 and for a half-roupee any professional serpent-charmer will begin creeping about and summon around in a few moments numbers of untamed serpents of the most poisonous species1 and will handle them and encircle his body with them4 ,on two occasions in the neighborhood of ,trinkemal a serpent was ready to strike at the writer1 who had once nearly sat on its tail1 but both times1 at a rapid whistle of the gun whom we had hired to accompany us1 it stopped--hardly a few inches from our body1 as if arrested by lightning and slowly sinking its menacing head to the ground1 remained stiff and motionless as a dead branch1 under the charm of the kln4#aafa ,will any ,european juggler1 tamer1 or even mesmerizer1 risk repeating just once an experiment that may be daily witnessed in ,india1 if you know where to go to see it8 ,there is nothing in the world more ferocious than a royal ,bengal tiger4 ,once the whole population of a small village1 not far from ,dakka1 situated on the confines of a jungle1 was thrown into a panic at the appearance of an enormous tigress1 at the dawn of the day4 ,these wild beasts never leave their dens but at night1 when they go searching for prey and for water4 ,but this unusual circumstance was due to the fact that the beast was a mother1 and she had been deprived of her two cubs1 which had been carried away by a daring hunter1 and she was in search of them4 ,two men and a child had already become her victims1 when an aged fakir1 bent on his daily round1 emerging from the gate of the pagoda1 saw the situation and understood it at a glance4 ,chanting a mantrm he went straight to the beast1 which with flaming eye and foaming mouth crouched near a tree ready for a new victim4 ,when at about ten feet from the tigress1 without interrupting his modulated prayer1 the words of which no layman comprehends1 he began a regular process of mesmerization1 as we understood it2 he made passes4 ,a terrific howl which struck a chill into the heart of every human being in the place1 was then heard4 ,this long1 ferocious1 drawling howl gradually subsided into a series of plaintive broken sobs1 as if the bereaved mother was uttering her complaints1 and then1 to the terror of the crowd which had taken refuge on trees and in the houses1 the beast made a tremendous leap--on the holy man as they thought4 ,they were mistaken1 she was at his feet1 rolling in the dust1 and writhing4 ,a few moments more and she remained motionless1 with her enormous head laid on her fore-paws1 and her bloodshot but now mild eye riveted on the face of the fakir4 ,then the holy man of prayers sat beside the tigress and tenderly smoothed her striped skin1 and patted her back1 until her groans became fainter and fainter1 and half an hour later all the village was standing around this group2 the fakir's head lying on the tigress's back as on a pillow1 his right hand on her head1 and his left thrown on the sod under the terrible mouth1 from which the long red protruding tongue was gently licking it4 ,this is the way the fakirs tame the wildest beasts in ,india4 ,can ,european tamers1 with their white-hot iron rods1 do as much8 ,of course every fakir is not endowed with such a power2 comparatively very few are4 ,and yet the actual number is large4 ,how they are trained to these requirements in the pagodas will remain an eternal secret1 to all except the ,brahmans and the adepts in occult mysteries4 ,the stories1 hitherto considered fables1 of ,christna and ,orpheus charming the wild beasts1 thus receives its corroboration in our day4 ,there is one fact which remains undeniable4 ,there is not a single ,european in ,india who could have1 or has ever boasted of having1 penetrated into the enclosed sanctuary within the pagodas4 ,neither authority nor money has ever induced a ,brahman to allow an uninitiated foreigner to pass the threshold of the reserved precinct4 ,to use authority in such a case would be equivalent to throwing a lighted taper into a powder magazine4 ,the ,hindus1 mild1 patient1 long-suffering1 whose very apathy saved the ,british from being driven out of the country in #aheg1 would raise their hundred millions of devotees as one man1 at such a profanation2 regardless of sects or castes1 they would exterminate every ,christian4 ,the ,east ,india ,company knew this well and built her stronghold on the friendship of the ,brahmans1 and by paying subsidy to the pagodas2 and the ,british ,government is as prudent as its predecessor4 ,it is the castes1 and non-interference with the prevailing religions1 that secure its comparative authority in ,india4 ,but we must once more recur to ,shamanism1 that strange and most despised of all surviving religions--8,spirit-worship40 ,its followers have neither altars nor idols1 and it is upon the authority of a ,shaman priest that we state that their true rites1 which they are bound to perform only once a year1 on the shortest day of winter1 cannot take place before any stranger to their faith4 ,therefore1 we are confident that all descriptions hitherto given in the ,asiatic ,journal and other ,european works1 are but guess-work4 ,the ,russians1 who1 from constant intercourse with the ,shamans in ,siberia and ,tartary1 would be the most competent of all persons to judge of their religion1 have learned nothing except of the personal proficiency of these men in what they are half inclined to believe clever jugglery4 ,many ,russian residents1 though1 in ,siberia1 are firmly convinced of the 8supernatural0 powers of the ,shamans4 ,whenever they assemble to worship1 it is always in an open space1 or a high hill1 or in the hidden depths of a forest--in this reminding us of the old ,druidical rites4 ,their ceremonies upon the occasions of births1 deaths1 and marriages are but trifling parts of their worship4 ,they comprise offerings1 the sprinkling of the fire with spirits and milk1 and weird hymns1 or rather1 magical incantations1 intoned by the officiating ,shaman1 and concluding with a chorus of the persons present4 ,the numerous small bells of brass and iron worn by them on the priestly robe of deerskin1#aafb or the pelt of some other animal reputed magnetic1 are used to drive away the malevolent spirits of the air1 a superstition shared by all the nations of old1 including ,romans1 and even the ,jews1 whose golden bells tell the story4 ,they have iron staves also covered with bells1 for the same reason4 ,when1 after certain ceremonies1 the desired crisis is reached1 and 8the spirit has spoken10 and the priest 7who may be either male or female7 feels its overpowering influence1 the hand of the ,shaman is drawn by some occult power toward the top of the staff1 which is commonly covered with hieroglyphics4 ,with his palm pressing upon it1 he is then raised to a considerable height in the air1 where he remains for some time4 ,sometimes he leaps to an extraordinary height1 and1 according to the control--for he is often but an irresponsible medium--pours out prophecies and describes future events4 ,thus1 it was that1 in #ahdg1 a ,shaman in a distant part of ,siberia prophesied and accurately detailed the issue of the ,crimean war4 ,the particulars of the prognostication being carefully noted by those present at the time1 were all verified six years after this occurrence4 ,although usually ignorant of even the name of astronomy1 let alone having studied this science1 they often prophesy eclipses and other astronomical phenomena4 ,when consulted about thefts and murders1 they invariably point out the guilty parties4 ,the ,shamans of ,siberia are all ignorant and illiterate4 ,those of ,tartary and ,thibet--few in number--are mostly learned men in their own way1 and will not allow themselves to fall under the control of spirits of any kind4 ,the former are mediums in the full sense of the word2 the latter1 8magicians40 ,it is not surprising that pious and superstitious persons1 after seeing one of such crises1 should declare the ,shaman to be under demoniacal possession4 ,as in the instances of ,corybantic and ,bacchantic fury among the ancient ,greeks1 the 8spiritual0 crisis of the ,shaman exhibits itself in violent dancing and wild gestures4 ,little by little the lookers-on feel the spirit of imitation aroused in them2 seized with an irresistible impulse1 they dance1 and become1 in their turn1 ecstatics2 and he who begins by joining the chorus1 gradually and unconsciously takes part in the gesticulations1 until he sinks to the ground exhausted1 and often dying4 8,o1 young girl1 a god possesses thee6 it is either ,pan1 or ,hekat1 or the venerable ,corybantes1 or ,cybel that agitates thee60 the chorus says1 addressing ,phdra1 in ,euripides4 ,this form of psychological epidemic has been too well known from the time of the middle ages to cite instances from it4 ,the ,chora sancti ,viti is an historical fact1 and spread throughout ,germany4 ,paracelsus cured quite a number of persons possessed of such a spirit of imitation4 ,but he was a kabalist1 and therefore accused1 by his enemies1 of having cast out the devils by the power of a stronger demon1 which he was believed to carry about with him in the hilt of his sword4 ,the ,christian judges of those days of horror found a better and a surer remedy4 ,voltaire states that1 in the district of ,jura1 between #aeih and #afjj1 over #fjj lycanthropes were put to death by a pious judge4 ,but1 while the illiterate ,shaman is a victim1 and during his crisis sometimes sees the persons present1 under the shape of various animals1 and often makes them share his hallucination1 his brother ,shaman1 learned in the mysteries of the priestly colleges of ,thibet1 expels the elementary creature1 which can produce the hallucination as well as a living mesmerizer1 not through the help of a stronger demon1 but simply through his knowledge of the nature of the invisible enemy4 ,where academicians have failed1 as in the cases of the ,cevennois1 a ,shaman or a lama would have soon put an end to the epidemic4 ,we have mentioned a kind of carnelian stone in our possession1 which had such an unexpected and favorable effect upon the ,shaman's decision4 ,every ,shaman has such a talisman1 which he wears attached to a string1 and carries under his left arm4 8,of what use is it to you1 and what are its virtues80 was the question we often offered to our guide4 ,to this he never answered directly1 but evaded all explanation1 promising that as soon as an opportunity was offered1 and we were alone1 he would ask the stone to answer for himself4 ,with this very indefinite hope1 we were left to the resources of our own imagination4 ,but the day on which the stone 8spoke0 came very soon4 ,it was during the most critical hours of our life2 at a time when the vagabond nature of a traveller had carried the writer to far-off lands1 where neither civilization is known1 nor security can be guaranteed for one hour4 ,one afternoon1 as every man and woman had left the yourta 7,tartar tent71 that had been our home for over two months1 to witness the ceremony of the ,lamac exorcism of a ,tshoutgour1#aafc accused of breaking and spiriting away every bit of the poor furniture and earthenware of a family living about two miles distant1 the ,shaman1 who had become our only protector in those dreary deserts1 was reminded of his promise4 ,he sighed and hesitated2 but1 after a short silence1 left his place on the sheepskin1 and1 going outside1 placed a dried-up goat's head with its prominent horns over a wooden peg1 and then dropping down the felt curtain of the tent1 remarked that now no living person would venture in1 for the goat's head was a sign that he was 8at work40 ,after that1 placing his hand in his bosom1 he drew out the little stone1 about the size of a walnut1 and1 carefully unwrapping it1 proceeded1 as it appeared1 to swallow it4 ,in a few moments his limbs stiffened1 his body became rigid1 and he fell1 cold and motionless as a corpse4 ,but for a slight twitching of his lips at every question asked1 the scene would have been embarrassing1 nay--dreadful4 ,the sun was setting1 and were it not that dying embers flickered at the centre of the tent1 complete darkness would have been added to the oppressive silence which reigned4 ,we have lived in the prairies of the ,west1 and in the boundless steppes of ,southern ,russia2 but nothing can be compared with the silence at sunset on the sandy deserts of ,mongolia2 not even the barren solitudes of the deserts of ,africa1 though the former are partially inhabited1 and the latter utterly void of life4 ,yet1 there was the writer alone with what looked no better than a corpse lying on the ground4 ,fortunately1 this state did not last long4 8,mahand60 uttered a voice1 which seemed to come from the bowels of the earth1 on which the ,shaman was prostrated4 8,peace be with you 444 what would you have me do for you80 ,startling as the fact seemed1 we were quite prepared for it1 for we had seen other ,shamans pass through similar performances4 8,whoever you are10 we pronounced mentally1 8go to ,k----1 and try to bring that person's thought here4 ,see what that other party does1 and tell 99 99 99 what we are doing and how situated40 8,i am there20 answered the same voice4 8,the old lady 7kokona7#aafd is sitting in the garden 444 she is putting on her spectacles and reading a letter40 8,the contents of it1 and hasten10 was the hurried order while preparing note-book and pencil4 ,the contents were given slowly1 as if1 while dictating1 the invisible presence desired to afford us time to put down the words phonetically1 for we recognized the ,valachian language of which we know nothing beyond the ability to recognize it4 ,in such a way a whole page was filled4 8,look west 444 toward the third pole of the yourta10 pronounced the ,tartar in his natural voice1 though it sounded hollow1 and as if coming from afar4 8,her thought is here40 ,then with a convulsive jerk1 the upper portion of the ,shaman's body seemed raised1 and his head fell heavily on the writer's feet1 which he clutched with both his hands4 ,the position was becoming less and less attractive1 but curiosity proved a good ally to courage4 ,in the west corner was standing1 life-like but flickering1 unsteady and mist-like1 the form of a dear old friend1 a ,roumanian lady of ,valachia1 a mystic by disposition1 but a thorough disbeliever in this kind of occult phenomena4 8,her thought is here1 but her body is lying unconscious4 ,we could not bring her here otherwise10 said the voice4 ,we addressed and supplicated the apparition to answer1 but all in vain4 ,the features moved1 and the form gesticulated as if in fear and agony1 but no sound broke forth from the shadowy lips2 only we imagined--perchance it was a fancy--hearing as if from a long distance the ,roumanian words1 8,non se pte0 7it cannot be done74 ,for over two hours1 the most substantial1 unequivocal proofs that the ,shaman's astral soul was travelling at the bidding of our unspoken wish1 were given us4 ,ten months later1 we received a letter from our ,valachian friend in response to ours1 in which we had enclosed the page from the note-book1 inquiring of her what she had been doing on that day1 and describing the scene in full4 ,she was sitting--she wrote--in the garden on that morning#aafe prosaically occupied in boiling some conserves2 the letter sent to her was word for word the copy of the one received by her from her brother2 all at once--in consequence of the heat1 she thought--she fainted1 and remembered distinctly dreaming she saw the writer in a desert place which she accurately described1 and sitting under a 8gypsy's tent10 as she expressed it4 8,henceforth10 she added1 8,i can doubt no longer60 ,but our experiment was proved still better4 ,we had directed the ,shaman's inner ego to the same friend heretofore mentioned in this chapter1 the ,kutchi of ,lha-,ssa1 who travels constantly to ,british ,india and back4 ,we know that he was apprised of our critical situation in the desert2 for a few hours later came help1 and we were rescued by a party of twenty-five horsemen who had been directed by their chief to find us at the place where we were1 which no living man endowed with common powers could have known4 ,the chief of this escort was a ,shaberon1 an 8adept0 whom we had never seen before1 nor did we after that1 for he never left his soumay 7lamasery71 and we could have no access to it4 ,but he was a personal friend of the ,kutchi4 ,the above will of course provoke naught but incredulity in the general reader4 ,but we write for those who will believe2 who1 like the writer1 understand and know the illimitable powers and possibilities of the human astral soul4 ,in this case we willingly believe1 nay1 we know1 that the 8spiritual double0 of the ,shaman did not act alone1 for he was no adept1 but simply a medium4 ,according to a favorite expression of his1 as soon as he placed the stone in his mouth1 his 8father appeared1 dragged him out of his skin1 and took him wherever he wanted10 and at his bidding4 ,one who has only witnessed the chemical1 optical1 mechanical1 and sleight-of-hand performances of ,european prestidigitateurs1 is not prepared to see1 without amazement1 the open-air and off-hand exhibitions of ,hindu jugglers1 to say nothing of fakirs4 ,of the mere displays of deceptive dexterity we make no account1 for ,houdin and others far excel them in that respect2 nor do we dwell upon feats that permit of confederacy1 whether resorted to or not4 ,it is unquestionably true that non-expert travellers1 especially if of an imaginative turn of mind1 exaggerate inordinately4 ,but our remark is based upon a class of phenomena not to be accounted for upon any of the familiar hypotheses4 8,i have seen10 says a gentleman who resided in ,india1 8a man throw up into the air a number of balls numbered in succession from one upwards4 ,as each went up--and there was no deception about their going up--the ball was seen clearly in the air1 getting smaller and smaller1 till it disappeared altogether out of sight4 ,when they were all up1 twenty or more1 the operator would politely ask which ball you wanted to see1 and then would shout out1 #8,no4 #a1' #8,no4 #ae1' and so on1 as instructed by the spectators1 when the ball demanded would bound to his feet violently from some remote distance4444 ,these fellows have very scanty clothing1 and apparently no apparatus whatever4 ,then1 ,i have seen them swallow three different colored powders1 and then1 throwing back the head1 wash them down with water1 drunk1 in the native fashion1 in a continuous stream from a lotah1 or brass-pot1 held at arm's length from the lips1 and keep on drinking till the swollen body could not hold another drop1 and water overflowed from the lips4 ,then1 these fellows1 after squirting out the water in their mouths1 have spat out the three powders on a clean piece of paper1 dry and unmixed40#aaff ,in the eastern portion of ,turkey and ,persia1 have dwelt1 from time immemorial1 the warlike tribes of the ,koordistan4 ,this people of purely ,indo-,european origin1 and without a drop of ,semitic blood in them 7though some ethnologists seem to think otherwise71 notwithstanding their brigand-like disposition1 unite in themselves the mysticism of the ,hindu and the practices of the ,assyrio-,chaldean magians1 vast portions of whose territory they have helped themselves to1 and will not give up1 to please either ,turkey or even all ,europe4#aafg ,nominally1 ,mahometans of the sect of ,omar1 their rites and doctrines are purely magical and magian4 ,even those who are ,christian ,nestorians1 are ,christians but in name4 ,the ,kaldany1 numbering nearly #ajj1jjj men1 and with their two ,patriarchs1 are undeniably rather ,manicheans than ,nestorians4 ,many of them are ,yezids4 ,one of these tribes is noted for its fire-worshipping predilections4 ,at sunrise and sunset1 the horsemen alight and1 turning towards the sun1 mutter a prayer2 while at every new moon they perform mysterious rites throughout the whole night4 ,they have a tent set apart for the purpose1 and its thick1 black1 woolen fabric is decorated with weird signs1 worked in bright red and yellow4 ,in the centre is placed a kind of altar1 encircled by three brass bands1 to which are suspended numerous rings by ropes of camel's hair1 which every worshipper holds with his right hand during the ceremony4 ,on the altar burns a curious1 old-fashioned silver lamp1 a relic found possibly among the ruins of ,persepolis4#aafh ,this lamp1 with three wicks1 is an oblong cup with a handle to it1 and is evidently of the class of ,egyptian sepulchral lamps1 once found in such profusion in the subterranean caves of ,memphis1 if we may believe ,kircher4#aafi ,it widened from its end toward the middle1 and its upper part was of the shape of a heart2 the apertures for the wicks forming a triangle1 and its centre being covered by an inverted heliotrope attached to a gracefully-curved stalk proceeding from the handle of the lamp4 ,this ornament clearly bespoke its origin4 ,it was one of the sacred vessels used in sun-worship4 ,the ,greeks gave the heliotrope its name from its strange propensity to ever incline towards the sun4 ,the ancient ,magi used it in their worship2 and who knows but ,darius had performed the mysterious rites with its triple light illuminating the face of the king-hierophant6 ,if we mention the lamp at all1 it is because there happened to be a strange story in connection with it4 ,what the ,koords do1 during their nocturnal rites of lunar-worship1 we know but from hearsay2 for they conceal it carefully1 and no stranger could be admitted to witness the ceremony4 ,but every tribe has one old man1 sometimes several1 regarded as 8holy beings10 who know the past1 and can divulge the secrets of the future4 ,these are greatly honored1 and generally resorted to for information in cases of theft1 murders1 or danger4 ,travelling from one tribe to the other1 we passed some time in company with these ,koords4 ,as our object is not autobiographical1 we omit all details that have no immediate bearing upon some occult fact1 and even of these1 have room but for a few4 ,we will then simply state that a very expensive saddle1 a carpet1 and two ,circassian daggers1 richly mounted and chiselled in gold1 had been stolen from the tent1 and that the ,koords1 with the chief of the tribe at the head1 had come1 taking ,allah for their witness that the culprit could not belong to their tribe4 ,we believed it1 for it would have been unprecedented among these nomadic tribes of ,asia1 as famed for the sacredness in which they hold their guests1 as for the ease with which they plunder and occasionally murder them1 when once they have passed the boundaries of their aol4 ,a suggestion was then made by a ,georgian belonging to our caravan to have resort to the light of the koodian 7sorcerer7 of their tribe4 ,this was arranged in great secrecy and solemnity1 and the interview appointed to take place at midnight1 when the moon would be at its full4 ,at the stated hour we were conducted to the above-described tent4 ,a large hole1 or square aperture1 was managed in the arched roof of the tent1 and through it poured in vertically the radiant moonbeams1 mingling with the vacillating triple flame of the little lamp4 ,after several minutes of incantations1 addressed1 as it seemed to us1 to the moon1 the conjurer1 an old man of tremendous stature1 whose pyramidal turban touched the top of the tent1 produced a round looking-glass1 of the kind known as 8,persian mirrors40 ,having unscrewed its cover1 he then proceeded to breathe on it1 for over ten minutes1 and wipe off the moisture from the surface with a package of herbs1 muttering incantations the while sotto voce4 ,after every wiping the glass became more and more brilliant1 till its crystal seemed to radiate refulgent phosphoric rays in every direction4 ,at last the operation was ended2 the old man1 with the mirror in his hand1 remained as motionless as if he had been a statue4 8,look1 ,hanoum 444 look steadily10 he whispered1 hardly moving his lips4 ,shadows and dark spots began gathering1 where one moment before nothing was reflected but the radiant face of the full moon4 ,a few more seconds1 and there appeared the well-known saddle1 carpet1 and daggers1 which seemed to be rising as from a deep1 clear water1 and becoming with every instant more definitely outlined4 ,then a still darker shadow appeared hovering over these objects1 which gradually condensed itself1 and then came out1 as visibly as at the small end of a telescope1 the full figure of a man crouching over them4 8,i know him60 exclaimed the writer4 8,it is the ,tartar who came to us last night1 offering to sell his mule60 ,the image disappeared1 as if by enchantment4 ,the old man nodded assent1 but remained motionless4 ,then he muttered again some strange words1 and suddenly began a song4 ,the tune was slow and monotonous1 but after he had sung a few stanzas in the same unknown tongue1 without changing either rhythm or tune1 he pronounced1 recitative-like1 the following words1 in his broken ,russian3 8,now1 ,hanoum1 look well1 whether we will catch him--the fate of the robber--we will learn this night10 etc4 ,the same shadows began gathering1 and then1 almost without transition1 we saw the man lying on his back1 in a pool of blood1 across the saddle1 and two other men galloping off at a distance4 ,horror-stricken1 and sick at the sight of this picture1 we desired to see no more4 ,the old man1 leaving the tent1 called some of the ,koords standing outside1 and seemed to give them instructions4 ,two minutes later1 a dozen of horsemen were galloping off at full speed down the side of the mountain on which we were encamped4 ,early in the morning they returned with the lost objects4 ,the saddle was all covered with coagulated blood1 and of course abandoned to them4 ,the story they told was1 that upon coming in sight of the fugitive1 they saw disappearing over the crest of a distant hill two horsemen1 and upon riding up1 the ,tartar thief was found dead upon the stolen property1 exactly as we had seen him in the magical glass4 ,he had been murdered by the two banditti1 whose evident design to rob him was interrupted by the sudden appearance of the party sent by the old ,koodian4 ,the most remarkable results are produced by the ,eastern 8wise men10 by the simple act of breathing upon a person1 whether with good or evil intent4 ,this is pure mesmerism2 and among the ,persian dervishes who practice it the animal magnetism is often reinforced by that of the elements4 ,if a person happens to stand facing a certain wind1 there is always danger1 they think2 and many of the 8learned ones0 in occult matters can never be prevailed upon to go at sunset in a certain direction from whence blows the wind4 ,we have known an old ,persian from ,baku1#aagj on the ,caspian ,sea1 who had the most unenviable reputation for throwing spells through the timely help of this wind1 which blows but too often at that town1 as its ,persian name itself shows4#aaga ,if a victim1 against whom the wrath of the old fiend was kindled1 happened to be facing this wind1 he would appear1 as if by enchantment1 cross the road rapidly1 and breathe in his face4 ,from that moment1 the latter would find himself afflicted with every evil--he was under the spell of the 8evil eye40 ,the employment of the human breath by the sorcerer as an adjunct for the accomplishment of his nefarious purpose1 is strikingly illustrated in several terrible cases recorded in the ,french annals--notably those of several ,catholic priests4 ,in fact1 this species of sorcery was known from the oldest times4 ,the ,emperor ,constantine 7in ,statute iv41 ,code de ,malef41 etc47 prescribed the severest penalties against such as should employ sorcery to do violence to chastity and excite unlawful passion4 ,augustine 7,cit de ,dieu7 warns against it2 ,jerome1 ,gregory1 ,nazianzen and many other ecclesiastical authorities1 lend their denunciation of a crime not uncommon among the clergy4 ,baffet 7book v41 tit4 #ai1 chap4 #f7 relates the case of the cur of ,peifane1 who accomplished the ruin of a highly-respected and virtuous lady parishioner1 the ,dame du ,lieu1 by resort to sorcery1 and was burned alive for it by the ,parliament of ,grenoble4 ,in #afaa1 a priest named ,gaufridy was burned by the ,parliament of ,provence for seducing a penitent at the confessional1 named ,magdelaine de la ,palud1 by breathing upon her1 and thus throwing her into a delirium of sinful love for him4 ,the above cases are cited in the official report of the famous case of ,father ,girard1 a ,jesuit priest of very great influence1 who1 in #agca1 was tried before the ,parliament of ,aix1 ,france1 for the seduction of his parishioner1 ,mlle4 ,catherine ,cadire1 of ,toulon1 and certain revolting crimes in connection with the same4 ,the indictment charged that the offence was brought about by resort to sorcery4 ,mlle4 ,cadire was a young lady noted for her beauty1 piety1 and exemplary virtues4 ,her attention to her religious duties was exceptionally rigorous1 and that was the cause of her perdition4 ,father ,girard's eye fell upon her1 and he began to manuvre for her ruin4 ,gaining the confidence of the girl and her family by his apparent great sanctity1 he one day made a pretext to blow his breath upon her4 ,the girl became instantly affected with a violent passion for him4 ,she also had ecstatic visions of a religious character1 stigmata1 or blood-marks of the 8,passion10 and hysterical convulsions4 ,the long-sought opportunity of seclusion with his penitent finally offering1 the ,jesuit breathed upon her again1 and before the poor girl recovered her senses1 his object had been accomplished4 ,by sophistry and the excitation of her religious fervor1 he kept up this illicit relation for months1 without her suspecting that she had done anything wrong4 ,finally1 however1 her eyes were opened1 her parents informed1 and the priest was arraigned4 ,judgment was rendered ,october #abth1 #agca4 ,of twenty-five judges1 twelve voted to send him to the stake4 ,the criminal priest was defended by all the power of the ,society of ,jesus1 and it is said that a million francs were spent in trying to suppress the evidence produced at the trial4 ,the facts1 however1 were printed in a work 7in #e vols41 #afmo71 now rare1 entitled ,recueil ,gnral des ,pices contenues au ,procez du ,pre ,jean-,baptiste ,girard1 ,jesuite1 etc41 etc4#aagb ,we have noted the circumstance that1 while under the sorcerous influence of ,father ,girard1 and in illicit relations with him1 ,mlle4 ,cadire's body was marked with the stigmata of the ,passion1 viz43 the bleeding wounds of thorns on her brow1 of nails in her hands and feet1 and of a lance-cut in her side4 ,it should be added that the same marks were seen upon the bodies of six other penitents of this priest1 viz43 ,mesdames ,guyol1 ,laugier1 ,grodier1 ,allemande1 ,batarelle1 and ,reboul4 ,in fact1 it became commonly remarked that ,father ,girard's handsome parishioners were strangely given to ecstasies and stigmata6 ,add this to the fact that1 in the case of ,father ,gaufridy1 above noted1 the same thing was proved1 upon surgical testimony1 to have happened to ,mlle4 de ,palud1 and we have something worth the attention of all 7especially spiritualists7 who imagine these stigmata are produced by pure spirits4 ,barring the agency of the ,devil1 whom we have quietly put to rest in another chapter1 ,catholics would be puzzled1 we fancy1 despite all their infallibility1 to distinguish between the stigmata of the sorcerers and those produced through the intervention of the ,holy ,ghost or the angels4 ,the ,church records abound in instances of alleged diabolical imitations of these signs of saintship1 but1 as we have remarked1 the ,devil is out of court4 ,by those who have followed us thus far1 it will naturally be asked1 to what practical issue this book tends2 much has been said about magic and its potentiality1 much of the immense antiquity of its practice4 ,do we wish to affirm that the occult sciences ought to be studied and practiced throughout the world8 ,would we replace modern spiritualism with the ancient magic8 ,neither2 the substitution could not be made1 nor the study universally prosecuted1 without incurring the risk of enormous public dangers4 ,at this moment1 a well-known spiritualist and lecturer on mesmerism is imprisoned on the charge of raping a subject whom he had hypnotized4 ,a sorcerer is a public enemy1 and mesmerism may most readily be turned into the worst of sorceries4 ,we would have neither scientists1 theologians1 nor spiritualists turn practical magicians1 but all to realize that there was true science1 profound religion1 and genuine phenomena before this modern era4 ,we would that all who have a voice in the education of the masses should first know and then teach that the safest guides to human happiness and enlightenment are those writings which have descended to us from the remotest antiquity2 and that nobler spiritual aspirations and a higher average morality prevail in the countries where the people take their precepts as the rule of their lives4 ,we would have all to realize that magical1 i4e41 spiritual powers exist in every man1 and those few to practice them who feel called to teach1 and are ready to pay the price of discipline and self-conquest which their development exacts4 ,many men have arisen who had glimpses of the truth1 and fancied they had it all4 ,such have failed to achieve the good they might have done and sought to do1 because vanity has made them thrust their personality into such undue prominence as to interpose it between their believers and the whole truth that lay behind4 ,the world needs no sectarian church1 whether of ,buddha1 ,jesus1 ,mahomet1 ,swedenborg1 ,calvin1 or any other4 ,there being but ,,one ,truth1 man requires but one church--the ,temple of ,god within us1 walled in by matter but penetrable by any one who can find the way2 the pure in heart see ,god4 ,the trinity of nature is the lock of magic1 the trinity of man the key that fits it4 ,within the solemn precincts of the sanctuary the ,,supreme had and has no name4 ,it is unthinkable and unpronounceable2 and yet every man finds in himself his god4 8,who art thou1 ,o fair being80 inquires the disembodied soul1 in the ,khordah-,avesta1 at the gates of ,paradise4 8,i am1 ,o ,soul1 thy good and pure thoughts1 thy works and thy good law 444 thy angel 444 and thy god40 ,then man1 or the soul1 is reunited with ,,itself1 for this 8,son of ,god0 is one with him2 it is his own mediator1 the god of his human soul and his 8,justifier40 8,god not revealing himself immediately to man1 the spirit is his interpreter10 says ,plato in the ,banquet4 ,besides1 there are many good reasons why the study of magic1 except in its broad philosophy1 is nearly impracticable in ,europe and ,america4 ,magic being what it is1 the most difficult of all sciences to learn experimentally--its acquisition is practically beyond the reach of the majority of white-skinned people2 and that1 whether their effort is made at home or in the ,east4 ,probably not more than one man in a million of ,european blood is fitted--either physically1 morally1 or psychologically--to become a practical magician1 and not one in ten millions would be found endowed with all these three qualifications as required for the work4 ,civilized nations lack the phenomenal powers of endurance1 both mental and physical1 of the ,easterns2 the favoring temperamental idiosyncrasies of the ,orientals are utterly wanting in them4 ,in the ,hindu1 the ,arabian1 the ,thibetan1 an intuitive perception of the possibilities of occult natural forces in subjection to human will1 comes by inheritance2 and in them1 the physical senses as well as the spiritual are far more finely developed than in the ,western races4 ,notwithstanding the notable difference of thickness between the skulls of a ,european and a ,southern ,hindu1 this difference1 being a purely climatic result1 due to the intensity of the sun's rays1 involves no psychological principles4 ,furthermore1 there would be tremendous difficulties in the way of training1 if we can so express it4 ,contaminated by centuries of dogmatic superstition1 by an ineradicable--though quite unwarranted--sense of superiority over those whom the ,english term so contemptuously 8niggers10 the white ,european would hardly submit himself to the practical tuition of either ,kopt1 ,brahman1 or ,lama4 ,to become a neophyte1 one must be ready to devote himself heart and soul to the study of mystic sciences4 ,magic--most imperative of mistresses--brooks no rival4 ,unlike other sciences1 a theoretical knowledge of formul without mental capacities or soul powers1 is utterly useless in magic4 ,the spirit must hold in complete subjection the combativeness of what is loosely termed educated reason1 until facts have vanquished cold human sophistry4 ,those best prepared to appreciate occultism are the spiritualists1 although1 through prejudice1 until now they have been the bitterest opponents to its introduction to public notice4 ,despite all foolish negations and denunciations1 their phenomena are real4 ,despite1 also1 their own assertions they are wholly misunderstood by themselves4 ,the totally insufficient theory of the constant agency of disembodied human spirits in their production has been the bane of the ,cause4 ,a thousand mortifying rebuffs have failed to open their reason or intuition to the truth4 ,ignoring the teachings of the past1 they have discovered no substitute4 ,we offer them philosophical deduction instead of unverifiable hypothesis1 scientific analysis and demonstration instead of undiscriminating faith4 ,occult philosophy gives them the means of meeting the reasonable requirements of science1 and frees them from the humiliating necessity to accept the oracular teachings of 8intelligences10 which as a rule have less intelligence than a child at school4 ,so based and so strengthened1 modern phenomena would be in a position to command the attention and enforce the respect of those who carry with them public opinion4 ,without invoking such help1 spiritualism must continue to vegetate1 equally repulsed--not without cause--both by scientists and theologians4 ,in its modern aspect1 it is neither a science1 a religion1 nor a philosophy4 ,are we unjust2 does any intelligent spiritualist complain that we have misstated the case8 ,to what can he point us but to a confusion of theories1 a tangle of hypotheses mutually contradictory8 ,can he affirm that spiritualism1 even with its thirty years of phenomena1 has any defensible philosophy2 nay1 that there is anything like an established method that is generally accepted and followed by its recognized representatives8 ,and yet1 there are many thoughtful1 scholarly1 earnest writers among the spiritualists1 scattered the world over4 ,there are men who1 in addition to a scientific mental training and a reasoned faith in the phenomena per se1 possess all the requisites of leaders of the movement4 ,how is it then1 that1 except throwing off an isolated volume or so1 or occasional contributions to journalism1 they all refrain from taking any active part in the formation of a system of philosophy8 ,this is from no lack of moral courage1 as their writings well show4 ,nor because of indifference1 for enthusiasm abounds1 and they are sure of their facts4 ,nor is it from lack of capacity1 because many are men of mark1 the peers of our best minds4 ,it is simply for the reason that1 almost without exception1 they are bewildered by the contradictions they encounter1 and wait for their tentative hypotheses to be verified by further experience4 ,doubtless this is the part of wisdom4 ,it is that adopted by ,newton1 who1 with the heroism of an honest1 unselfish heart1 withheld for seventeen years the promulgation of his theory of gravitation1 only because he had not verified it to his own satisfaction4 ,spiritualism1 whose aspect is rather that of aggression than of defense1 has tended toward iconoclasm1 and so far has done well4 ,but1 in pulling down1 it does not rebuild4 ,every really substantial truth it erects is soon buried under an avalanche of chimeras1 until all are in one confused ruin4 ,at every step of advance1 at the acquisition of every new vantage-ground of ,,fact1 some cataclysm1 either in the shape of fraud and exposure1 or of premeditated treachery1 occurs1 and throws the spiritualists back powerless because they cannot and their invisible friends will not 7or perchance can1 less than themselves7 make good their claims4 ,their fatal weakness is that they have but one theory to offer in explanation of their challenged facts--the agency of human disembodied spirits1 and the medium's complete subjection to them4 ,they will attack those who differ in views with them with a vehemence only warranted by a better cause2 they will regard every argument contradicting their theory as an imputation upon their common sense and powers of observation2 and they will positively refuse even to argue the question4 ,how1 then1 can spiritualism be ever elevated to the distinction of a science8 ,this1 as ,professor ,tyndall shows1 includes three absolutely necessary elements3 observation of facts2 induction of laws from these facts2 and verification of those laws by constant practical experience4 ,what experienced observer will maintain that spiritualism presents either one of these three elements8 ,the medium is not uniformly surrounded by such test conditions that we may be sure of the facts2 the inductions from the supposed facts are unwarranted in the absence of such verification2 and1 as a corollary1 there has been no sufficient verification of those hypotheses by experience4 ,in short1 the prime element of accuracy has1 as a rule1 been lacking4 ,that we may not be charged with desire to misrepresent the position of spiritualism1 at the date of this present writing1 or accused of withholding credit for advances actually made1 we will cite a few passages from the ,london ,spiritualist of ,march #b1 #ahgg4 ,at the fortnightly meeting1 held ,february #ai1 a debate occurred upon the subject of 8,ancient ,thought and ,modern ,spiritualism40 ,some of the most intelligent ,spiritualists of ,england participated4 ,among these was ,mr4 ,w4 ,stainton ,moses1 ,m4,a41 who has recently given some attention to the relation between ancient and modern phenomena4 ,he said3 8,popular spiritualism is not scientific2 it does very little in the way of scientific verification4 ,moreover1 exoteric spiritualism is1 to a large extent1 devoted to presumed communion with personal friends1 or to the gratification of curiosity1 or the mere evolution of marvels4444 ,the truly esoteric science of spiritualism is very rare1 and not more rare than valuable4 ,to it we must look to the origination of knowledge which may be developed exoterically4444 ,we proceed too much on the lines of the physicists2 our tests are crude1 and often illusory2 we know too little of the ,protean power of spirit4 ,here the ancients were far ahead of us1 and can teach us much4 ,we have not introduced any certainty into the conditions--a necessary prerequisite for true scientific experiment4 ,this is largely owing to the fact that our circles are constructed on no principle4444 ,we have not even mastered the elementary truths which the ancients knew and acted on1 e4g41 the isolation of mediums4 ,we have been so occupied with wonder-hunting that we have hardly tabulated the phenomena1 or propounded one theory to account for the production of the simplest of them4444 ,we have never faced the question3 ,what is the intelligence8 ,this is the great blot1 the most frequent source of error1 and here we might learn with advantage from the ancients4 ,there is the strongest disinclination among spiritualists to admit the possibility of the truth of occultism4 ,in this respect they are as hard to convince as is the outer world of spiritualism4 ,spiritualists start with a fallacy1 viz43 that all phenomena are caused by the action of departed human spirits2 they have not looked into the powers of the human spirit2 they do not know the extent to which spirit acts1 how far it reaches1 what it underlies40 ,our position could not be better defined4 ,if ,spiritualism has a future2 it is in the keeping of such men as ,mr4 ,stainton ,moses4 ,our work is done--would that it were better done6 ,but1 despite our inexperience in the art of book-making1 and the serious difficulty of writing in a foreign tongue1 we hope we have succeeded in saying some things that will remain in the minds of the thoughtful4 ,the enemies of truth have been all counted1 and all passed in review4 ,modern science1 powerless to satisfy the aspirations of the race1 makes the future a void1 and bereaves man of hope4 ,in one sense1 it is like the ,baital ,pachisi1 the ,hindu vampire of popular fancy1 which lives in dead bodies1 and feeds but on the rottenness of matter4 ,the theology of ,christendom has been rubbed threadbare by the most serious minds of the day4 ,it is found to be1 on the whole1 subversive1 rather than promotive of spirituality and good morals4 ,instead of expounding the rules of divine law and justice1 it teaches but itself4 ,in place of an ever-living ,deity1 it preaches the ,evil ,one1 and makes him indistinguishable from ,god ,himself6 8,lead us not into temptation0 is the aspiration of ,christians4 ,who1 then1 is the tempter8 ,satan8 ,no2 the prayer is not addressed to him4 ,it is that tutelar genius who hardened the heart of ,pharaoh1 put an evil spirit into ,saul1 sent lying messengers to the prophets1 and tempted ,david to sin2 it is--the ,bible-,god of ,israel6 ,our examination of the multitudinous religious faiths that mankind1 early and late1 have professed1 most assuredly indicates that they have all been derived from one primitive source4 ,it would seem as if they were all but different modes of expressing the yearning of the imprisoned human soul for intercourse with supernal spheres4 ,as the white ray of light is decomposed by the prism into the various colors of the solar spectrum1 so the beam of divine truth1 in passing through the three-sided prism of man's nature1 has been broken up into vari-colored fragments called ,,religions4 ,and1 as the rays of the spectrum1 by imperceptible shadings1 merge into each other1 so the great theologies that have appeared at different degrees of divergence from the original source1 have been connected by minor schisms1 schools1 and off-shoots from the one side or the other4 ,combined1 their aggregate represents one eternal truth2 separate1 they are but shades of human error and the signs of imperfection4 ,the worship of the ,vedic pitris is fast becoming the worship of the spiritual portion of mankind4 ,it but needs the right perception of things objective to finally discover that the only world of reality is the subjective4 ,what has been contemptuously termed ,paganism1 was ancient wisdom replete with ,deity2 and ,judaism and its offspring1 ,christianity and ,islamism1 derived whatever of inspiration they contained from this ethnic parent4 ,pre-,vedic ,brahmanism and ,buddhism are the double source from which all religions sprung2 ,nirvana is the ocean to which all tend4 ,for the purposes of a philosophical analysis1 we need not take account of the enormities which have blackened the record of many of the world's religions4 ,true faith is the embodiment of divine charity2 those who minister at its altars1 are but human4 ,as we turn the bloodstained pages of ecclesiastical history1 we find that1 whoever may have been the hero1 and whatever costumes the actors may have worn1 the plot of the tragedy has ever been the same4 ,but the ,eternal ,night was in and behind all1 and we pass from what we see to that which is invisible to the eye of sense4 ,our fervent wish has been to show true souls how they may lift aside the curtain1 and1 in the brightness of that ,night made ,day1 look with undazzled gaze upon the ,,unveiled ,,truth4 ,,the ,,end4 ,,footnotes3 #a ,these figures are copied from the 8,religious ,statistics of the ,united ,states for the year #ahga40 #b ,these are3 ,the ,baptists1 ,congregationalists1 ,episcopalians1 ,northern ,methodists1 ,southern ,methodists1 ,methodists various1 ,northern ,presbyterians1 ,southern ,presbyterians1 ,united ,presbyterians1 ,united ,brethren1 ,brethren in ,christ1 ,reformed ,dutch1 ,reformed ,german1 ,reformed ,presbyterians1 ,cumberland ,presbyterians4 #c ,h4 ,maudsley3 8,body and ,mind40 #d 8,boston ,sunday ,herald10 ,november #e1 #ahgf4 #e ,see the self-glorification of the present ,pope in the work entitled1 8,speeches of ,pope ,pius ,,ix40 by ,don ,pascale de ,franciscis2 and the famous pamphlet of that name by the ,rt4 ,hon4 ,w4 ,e4 ,gladstone4 ,the latter quotes from the work named the following sentence pronounced by the ,pope3 8,my wish is that all governments should know that ,i am speaking in this strain4444 ,and ,i have the right to speak1 even more than ,nathan the prophet to ,david the king1 and a great deal more than ,st4 ,ambrose had to ,theodosius660 #f ,see ,king's 8,gnostics10 and other works4 #g ,des ,mousseaux3 8,la ,magie au ,x,i,xme ,sicle10 chap4 i4 #h ,hargrave ,jennings3 8,the ,rosicrucians10 pp4 #bbh-bda4 #i ,des ,mousseaux3 8,hauts ,phnomenes de la ,magie40 #aj ,don ,pasquale di ,franciscis3 8,discorsi del ,sommo ,pontefice ,pio ,,ix410 ,part i41 p4 #cdj4 #aa 8,speeches of ,pius ,,ix410 p4 #ad4 ,am4 ,edition4 #ab ,vide 8,speeches of ,pope ,pius ,,ix410 by ,don ,pasq4 di ,franciscis2 ,gladstone's pamphlet on this book2 ,draper's 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 and others4 #ac ,the fact is given to us by an eye-witness who has visited the church several times2 a ,roman ,catholic1 who felt perfectly horrified1 as he expressed it4 #ad ,referring to the seed planted by ,jesus and his ,apostles4 #ae 8,chips10 vol4 i41 p4 #bf1 ,preface4 #af ,mallet3 8,northern ,antiquities40 #ag ,ether is both pure and impure fire4 ,the composition of the latter comprises all its visible forms1 such as the 8correlation of forces0--heat1 flame1 electricity1 etc4 ,the former is the ,spirit of ,fire4 ,the difference is purely alchemical4 #ah ,see 8,inquiry into the ,nature and ,place of ,hell10 by ,rev4 ,t4 ,surnden4 #ai ,revelation xvi4 #h-i4 #bj ,aristotle mentions ,pythagoreans who placed the sphere of fire in the sun1 and named it ,jupiter's ,prison4 ,see 8,de ,clo10 lib4 ii4 #ba 8,de ,civit4 ,dei10 #a1 xxi41 c4 #ag4 #bb 8,demonologia and ,hell10 p4 #bhi4 #bc 8,les ,hauts ,phnomnes de la ,magie10 p4 v41 ,preface4 #bd ,dr4 ,stanley3 8,lectures on the ,eastern ,church10 p4 #djg4 #be ,in the government of ,tambov1 a gentleman1 a rich landed proprietor1 had a curious case happen in his family during the ,hungarian campaign of #ahdh4 ,his only and much-beloved nephew1 whom1 having no children1 he had adopted as a son1 was in the ,russian army4 ,the elderly couple had a portrait of his--a water-color painting-- constantly1 during the meals1 placed on the table in front of the young man's usual seat4 ,one evening as the family1 with some friends1 were at their early tea1 the glass over the portrait1 without any one touching it1 was shattered to atoms with a loud explosion4 ,as the aunt of the young soldier caught the picture in her hand she saw the forehead and head besmeared with blood4 ,the guests1 in order to quiet her1 attributed the blood to her having cut her fingers with the broken glass4 ,but1 examine as they would1 they could not find the vestige of a cut on her fingers1 and no one had touched the picture but herself4 ,alarmed at her state of excitement the husband1 pretending to examine the portrait more closely1 cut his finger on purpose1 and then tried to assure her that it was his blood and that1 in the first excitement1 he had touched the frame without any one remarking it4 ,all was in vain1 the old lady felt sure that ,dimitry was killed4 ,she began to have masses said for him daily at the village church1 and arrayed the whole household in deep mourning4 ,several weeks later1 an official communication was received from the colonel of the regiment1 stating that their nephew was killed by a fragment of a shell which had carried off the upper part of his head4 #bf ,executions for witchcraft took place1 not much later than a century ago1 in other of the ,american provinces4 ,notoriously there were negroes executed in ,new ,jersey by burning at the stake--the penalty denounced in several ,states4 ,even in ,south ,carolina1 in #ahfe1 when the ,state government was 8reconstructed10 after the civil war1 the statutes inflicting death for witchcraft were found to be still unrepealed4 ,it is not a hundred years since they have been enforced to the murderous letter of their text4 #bg ,vide the title-page on the ,english translation of ,mayerhoff's 8,reuchlin und ,seine ,zeit10 ,berlin1 #ahcj4 8,the ,life and ,times of ,john ,reuchlin1 or ,capnion1 the ,father of the ,german ,reformation10 by ,f4 ,barham1 ,london1 #ahdc4 #bh ,lord ,coke3 #c 8,institutes10 fol4 #dd4 #bi ,vide 8,the ,life of ,st4 ,gregory of ,tours40 #cj ,translated from the original document in the ,archives of ,orleans1 ,france2 also see 8,sortes and ,sortilegium20 8,life of ,peter de ,blois40 #ca 8,miracles and ,modern ,spiritualism40 #cb ,there were two chairs of the titular apostle at ,rome4 ,the clergy1 frightened at the uninterrupted evidence furnished by scientific research1 at last decided to confront the enemy1 and we find the 8,chronique des ,arts0 giving the cleverest1 and at the same time most ,jesuitical1 explanation of the fact4 ,according to their story1 8,the increase in the number of the faithful decided ,peter upon making ,rome henceforth the centre of his action4 ,the cemetery of ,ostrianum was too distant and would not suffice for the renions of the ,christians4 ,the motive which had induced the ,apostle to confer on ,linus and ,cletus successively the episcopal character1 in order to render them capable of sharing the solicitudes of a church whose extent was to be without limits1 led naturally to a multiplication of the places of meeting4 ,the particular residence of ,peter was therefore fixed at ,viminal2 and there was established that mysterious ,chair1 the symbol of power and truth4 ,the august seat which was venerated at the ,ostrian ,catacombs was not1 however1 removed4 ,peter still visited this cradle of the ,roman ,church1 and often1 without doubt1 exercised his holy functions there4 ,a second ,chair1 expressing the same mystery as the first1 was set up at ,cornelia1 and it is this which has come down to us through the ages40 ,now1 so far from it being possible that there ever were two genuine chairs of this kind1 the majority of critics show that ,peter never was at ,rome at all2 the reasons are many and unanswerable4 ,perhaps we had best begin by pointing to the works of ,justin ,martyr4 ,this great champion of ,christianity1 writing in the early part of the second century in ,rome1 where he fixed his abode1 eager to get hold of the least proof in favor of the truth for which he suffered1 seems perfectly unconscious of ,st4 ,peter's existence66 ,neither does any other writer of any consequence mention him in connection with the ,church of ,rome1 earlier than the days of ,irenus1 when the latter set himself to invent a new religion1 drawn from the depths of his imagination4 ,we refer the reader anxious to learn more to the able work of ,mr4 ,george ,reber1 entitled 8,the ,christ of ,paul40 ,the arguments of this author are conclusive4 ,the above article in the 8,chronique des ,arts10 speaks of the increase of the faithful to such an extent that ,ostrianum could not contain the number of ,christians4 ,now1 if ,peter was at ,rome at all--runs ,mr4 ,reber's argument--it must have been between the years ,a4 ,d4 #fd and #fi2 for at #fd he was at ,babylon1 from whence he wrote epistles and letters to ,rome1 and at some time between #fd and #fh 7the reign of ,nero7 he either died a martyr or in his bed1 for ,irenus makes him deliver the ,church of ,rome1 together with ,paul 7687 7whom he persecuted and quarrelled with all his life71 into the hands of ,linus1 who became bishop in #fi 7see ,reber's 8,christ of ,paul10 p4 #abb74 ,we will treat of it more fully in chapter iii4 ,now1 we ask1 in the name of common sense1 how could the faithful of ,peter's ,church increase at such a rate1 when ,nero trapped and killed them like so many mice during his reign8 ,history shows the few ,christians fleeing from ,rome1 wherever they could1 to avoid the persecution of the emperor1 and the 8,chronique des ,arts0 makes them increase and multiply6 8,christ10 the article goes on to say1 8willed that this visible sign of the doctrinal authority of his vicar should also have its portion of immortality2 one can follow it from age to age in the documents of the ,roman ,church40 ,tertullian formally attests its existence in his book 8,de ,prscriptionibus40 ,eager to learn everything concerning so interesting a subject1 we would like to be shown when did ,christ ,,will anything of the kind8 ,however3 8,ornaments of ivory have been fitted to the front and back of the chair1 but only on those parts repaired with acacia-wood4 ,those which cover the panel in front are divided into three superimposed rows1 each containing six plaques of ivory1 on which are engraved various subjects1 among others the #8,labors of ,hercules4' ,several of the plaques were wrongly placed1 and seemed to have been affixed to the chair at a time when the remains of antiquity were employed as ornaments1 without much regard to fitness40 ,this is the point4 ,the article was written simply as a clever answer to several facts published during the present century4 ,bower1 in his 8,history of the ,popes0 7vol4 ii41 p4 #g71 narrates that in the year #affb1 while cleaning one of the chairs1 8the #8,twelve ,labors of ,hercules' unluckily appeared engraved upon it10 after which the chair was removed and another substituted4 ,but in #agie1 when ,bonaparte's troops occupied ,rome1 the chair was again examined4 ,this time there was found the ,mahometan confession of faith1 in ,arabic letters3 8,there is no ,deity but ,allah1 and ,mahomet is his ,apostle40 7,see appendix to 8,ancient ,symbol-,worship10 by ,h4 ,m4 ,westropp and ,c4 ,staniland ,wake47 ,in the appendix ,prof4 ,alexander ,wilder very justly remarks as follows3 8,we presume that the ,apostle of the ,circumcision1 as ,paul1 his great rival1 styles him1 was never at the ,imperial ,city1 nor had a successor there1 not even in the ghetto4 ,the #8,chair of ,peter1' therefore1 is sacred rather than apostolical4 ,its sanctity proceeded1 however1 from the esoteric religion of the former times of ,rome4 ,the hierophant of the ,mysteries probably occupied it on the day of initiations1 when exhibiting to the candidates the ,petroma 7stone tablet containing the last revelation made by the hierophant to the neophyte for initiation740 #cc ,joshua xxiv4 #ae4 #cd ,one of the most surprising facts that have come under our observation1 is that students of profound research should not couple the frequent recurrence of these 8unexpected and almost miraculous0 discoveries of important documents1 at the most opportune moments1 with a premeditated design4 ,is it so strange that the custodians of 8,pagan0 lore1 seeing that the proper moment had arrived1 should cause the needed document1 book1 or relic to fall as if by accident in the right man's way8 ,geological surveyors and explorers even as competent as ,humboldt and ,tschuddi1 have not discovered the hidden mines from which the ,peruvian ,incas dug their treasure1 although the latter confesses that the present degenerate ,indians have the secret4 ,in #ahci1 ,perring1 the archologist1 proposed to the sheik of an ,arab village two purses of gold1 if he helped him to discover the entrance to the hidden passage leading to the sepulchral chambers in the ,north ,pyramid of ,doshoor4 ,but though his men were out of employment and half-starved1 the sheik proudly refused to 8sell the secret of the dead10 promising to show it gratis1 when the time would come for it4 ,is it1 then1 impossible that in some other regions of the earth are guarded the remains of that glorious literature of the past1 which was the fruit of its majestic civilization8 ,what is there so surprising in the idea8 ,who knows but that as the ,christian ,church has unconsciously begotten free thought by reaction against her own cruelty1 rapacity1 and dogmatism1 the public mind may be glad to follow the lead of the ,orientalists1 away from ,jerusalem and towards ,ellora2 and that then much more will be discovered that is now hidden8 #ce 8,chips from a ,german ,workshop10 vol4 i41 p4 #cgc2 ,semitic ,monotheism4 #cf ,an after-thought has made us fancy that we can understand what is meant by the following sentences of ,moses of ,choren3 8,the ancient ,asiatics10 says he1 8five centuries before our era--and especially the ,hindus1 the ,persians1 and the ,chaldeans1 had in their possession a quantity of historical and scientific books4 ,these works were partially borrowed1 partially translated in the ,greek language1 mostly since the ,ptolemies had established the ,alexandrian library and encouraged the writers by their liberalities1 so that the ,greek language became the deposit of all the sciences0 78,history of ,armenia074 ,therefore1 the greater part of the literature included in the #gjj1jjj volumes of the ,alexandrian ,library was due to ,india1 and her next neighbors4 #cg ,bonamy says in 8,le ,bibliotheque d',alexandrie10 quoting1 we suppose1 the ,presbyter ,orosius1 who was an eye-witness1 8thirty years later40 #ch ,since the above was written1 the spirit here described has been beautifully exemplified at ,barcelona1 ,spain1 where the ,bishop ,fray ,joachim invited the local spiritualists to witness a formal burning of spiritual books4 ,we find the account in a paper called 8,the ,revelation10 published at ,alicante1 which sensibly adds that the performance was 8a caricature of the memorable epoch of the ,inquisition40 #ci ,e4 ,pococke gives the variations of the name ,buddha as3 ,bud'ha1 ,buddha1 ,booddha1 ,butta1 ,pout1 ,pote1 ,pto1 ,pte1 ,phte1 ,phtha1 ,phut1 etc41 etc4 ,see 8,india in ,greece10 ,note1 ,appendix1 #cig4 #dj ,the tiara of the ,pope is also a perfect copy of that of the ,dala-,lama of ,thibet4 #da ,it is the traditional policy of the ,college of ,cardinals to elect1 whenever practicable1 the new ,pope among the oldest valetudinarians4 ,the hierophant of the ,eleusinia was likewise always an old man1 and unmarried4 #db ,this is not correct4 #dc 8,le ,spiritisme dans le ,monde10 p4 #bh4 #dd ,translated by ,prof4 ,draper for 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science20 book xii4 #de 8,decline and ,fall of the ,roman ,empire40 #df 8,sohar ,comment410 ,gen4 xl4 #aj2 8,kabbal4 ,denud410 i41 #ebh4 #dg 8,the beings which the philosophers of other peoples distinguish by the name #8,dmons1' ,moses names #8,angels1'0 says ,philo ,judus4--8,de ,gigant10 i4 #bec4 #dh ,deuteronomy xxxiii4 #b41 is translated 8fiery law0 in the ,english ,bible4 #di ,see ,rees's 8,encyclopdia10 art4 ,kabala4 #ej 8,histor4 ,manich410 ,liv4 vi41 ch4 i41 p4 #bia4 #ea 8,the altogether mystical coloring of ,christianity harmonized with the ,essene rules of life and opinions1 and it is not improbable that ,jesus and ,john the ,baptist were initiated into the ,essene ,mysteries1 to which ,christianity may be indebted for many a form of expression2 as indeed the community of ,therapeut1 an offspring of the ,essene order1 soon belonged wholly to ,christianity0 78,yost10 i41 #daa--quoted by the author of 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man074 #eb ,a4 ,franck3 8,die ,kabbala40 #ec 8,le ,spiritisme dans le ,monde40 #ed 8,asit4 ,trans410 i41 p4 #egi4 #ee ,louis ,jacolliot3 8,the ,initiates of the ,ancient ,temples40 #ef ,franck3 8,die ,kabbala40 #eg ,see 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 p4 #bbd4 #eh ,see 8,sohar20 8,kab4 ,den420 8,the ,book of ,mystery10 the oldest book of the kabalists2 and ,milman3 8,history of ,christianity10 pp4 #bab1 #bac-bae4 #ei ,milman3 8,history of ,christianity10 p4 #bhj4 ,the ,kurios and ,kora are mentioned repeatedly in 8,justin ,martyr40 ,see p4 #ig4 #fj ,see ,olshausen3 8,biblischer ,commentar ber sammtliche ,schriften des ,neuen ,testaments10 ii4 #fa ,there is a wide-spread superstition 7871 especially among the ,slavonians and ,russians1 that the magician or wizard cannot die before he has passed the 8word0 to a successor4 ,so deeply is it rooted among the popular beliefs1 that we do not imagine there is a person in ,russia who has not heard of it4 ,it is but too easy to trace the origin of this superstition to the old ,mysteries which had been for ages spread all over the globe4 ,the ancient ,variago-,rouss had his ,mysteries in the ,north as well as in the ,south of ,russia2 and there are many relics of the by-gone faith scattered in the lands watered by the sacred ,dnieper1 the baptismal ,jordan of all ,russia4 ,no ,znchar 7the knowing one7 or ,koldoun 7sorcerer71 male or female1 can die in fact before he has passed the mysterious word to some one4 ,the popular belief is that unless he does that he will linger and suffer for weeks and months1 and were he even finally to get liberated1 it would be only to wander on earth1 unable to quit its region unless he finds a successor even after death4 ,how far the belief may be verified by others1 we do not know1 but we have seen a case which1 for its tragical and mysterious dnoument1 deserves to be given here as an illustration of the subject in hand4 ,an old man1 of over one hundred years of age1 a peasant-serf in the government of ,s----1 having a wide reputation as a sorcerer and healer1 was said to be dying for several days1 and still unable to die4 ,the report spread like lightning1 and the poor old fellow was shunned by even the members of his own family1 as the latter were afraid of receiving the unwelcome inheritance4 ,at last the public rumor in the village was that he had sent a message to a colleague less versed than himself in the art1 and who1 although he lived in a distant district1 was nevertheless coming at the call1 and would be on hand early on the following morning4 ,there was at that time on a visit to the proprietor of the village a young physician who1 belonging to the famous school of ,nihilism of that day1 laughed outrageously at the idea4 ,the master of the house1 being a very pious man1 and but half inclined to make so cheap of the 8superstition10 smiled--as the saying goes--but with one corner of his mouth4 ,meanwhile the young skeptic1 to gratify his curiosity1 had made a visit to the dying man1 had found that he could not live twenty-four hours longer1 and1 determined to prove the absurdity of the 8superstition10 had taken means to detain the coming 8successor0 at a neighboring village4 ,early in the morning a company of four persons1 comprising the physician1 the master of the place1 his daughter1 and the writer of the present lines1 went to the hut in which was to be achieved the triumph of skepticism4 ,the dying man was expecting his liberator every moment1 and his agony at the delay became extreme4 ,we tried to persuade the physician to humor the patient1 were it for humanity's sake4 ,he only laughed4 ,getting hold with one hand of the old wizard's pulse1 he took out his watch with the other1 and remarking in ,french that all would be over in a few moments1 remained absorbed in his professional experiment4 ,the scene was solemn and appalling4 ,suddenly the door opened1 and a young boy entered with the intelligence1 addressed to the doctor1 that the koum was lying dead drunk at a neighboring village1 and1 according to his orders1 could not be with 8grandfather0 till the next day4 ,the young doctor felt confused1 and was just going to address the old man1 when1 as quick as lightning1 the ,znchar snatched his hand from his grasp and raised himself in bed4 ,his deep-sunken eyes flashed2 his yellow-white beard and hair streaming round his livid face made him a dreadful sight4 ,one instant more1 and his long1 sinewy arms were clasped round the physician's neck1 as with a supernatural force he drew the doctor's head closer and closer to his own face1 where he held him as in a vise1 while whispering words inaudible to us in his ear4 ,the skeptic struggled to free himself1 but before he had time to make one effective motion the work had evidently been done2 the hands relaxed their grasp1 and the old sorcerer fell on his back--a corpse6 ,a strange and ghostly smile had settled on the stony lips--a smile of fiendish triumph and satisfied revenge2 but the doctor looked paler and more ghastly than the dead man himself4 ,he stared round with an expression of terror difficult to describe1 and without answering our inquiries rushed out wildly from the hut1 in the direction of the woods4 ,messengers were sent after him1 but he was nowhere to be found4 ,about sunset a report was heard in the forest4 ,an hour later his body was brought home1 with a bullet through his head1 for the skeptic had blown out his brains6 ,what made him commit suicide8 ,what magic spell of sorcery had the 8word0 of the dying wizard left on his mind8 ,who can tell8 #fb 8,anacalypsis20 also ,tertullian4 #fc 8,anthon10 art4 ,eleusinia4 #fd ,dunlap3 8,musah1 ,his ,mysteries10 p4 #ga4 #fe #a ,kings1 viii4 #b4 #ff ,let us remember in this connection that ,col4 ,van ,kennedy has long ago declared his opinion that ,babylonia was once the seat of the ,sanscrit language and of ,brahmanical influence4 #fg 8#8,the ,agrouchada-,parikshai1' which discloses1 to a certain extent1 the order of initiation1 does not give the formula of evocation10 says ,jacolliot1 and he adds that1 according to some ,brahmans1 8these formula were never written1 they were and still are imparted in a whisper in the ear of the adepts0 78mouth to ear1 and the word at low breath10 say the ,masons74--8,le ,spiritisme dans le ,monde10 p4 #ajh4 #fh 8,le ,spiritisme dans le ,monde10 p4 #ajh4 #fi ,w4 ,d4 ,whitney3 8,oriental and ,linguistic ,studies1 ,the ,veda1 etc40 #gj ,jacolliot seems to have very logically demonstrated the absurd contradictions of some philologists1 anthropologists1 and ,orientalists1 in regard to their ,akkado and ,semito mania4 8,there is not1 perhaps1 much of good faith in their negations10 he writes4 8,the scientists who invent ,turanian peoples know very well that in ,manu alone1 there is more of veritable science and philosophy than in all that this pretended ,semitism has hitherto furnished us with2 but they are the slaves of a path which some of them are following the last fifteen1 twenty1 or even thirty years4444 ,we expect1 therefore1 nothing of the present4 ,india will owe its reconstitution to the scientists of the next generation0 78,le ,gense de l',humanit10 pp4 #fj-fa74 #ga ,cory3 8,anc4 ,frag40 #gb ,movers3 8,phoinizer10 #bfc4 #gc ,dunlap3 8,sp4 ,hist4 of ,man10 p4 #bha4 #gd ,siva is not a god of the ,vedas1 strictly speaking4 ,when the ,vedas were written1 he held the rank of ,maha-,deva or ,bel among the gods of aboriginal ,india4 #ge 8,de ,antro ,nympharum40 #gf 8,navarette10 book ii41 c4 x4 #gg 8,on the ,origin of ,heathen ,idolatry40 #gh ,isis and ,osiris are said1 in the ,egyptian sacred books1 to have appeared 7i4e41 been worshipped71 on earth1 later than ,thot1 the first ,hermes1 called ,trismegistus1 who wrote all their sacred books according to the command of ,god or by 8divine revelation40 ,the companion and instructor of ,isis and ,osiris was ,thot1 or ,hermes ,,ii41 who was an incarnation of the celestial ,hermes4 #gi ,lord ,kingsborough3 8,ant4 ,mex410 p4 #afe4 #hj 8,ap4 ,malal410 lib4 i41 cap4 iv4 #ha ,payne ,knight3 8,phallic ,worship40 #hb ,the ,celsus above mentioned1 who lived between the second and third centuries1 is not ,celsus the ,epicurean4 ,the latter wrote several works against ,magic1 and lived earlier1 during the reign of ,hadrian4 #hc ,we have the facts from a trustworthy witness1 having no interest to invent such a story4 ,having injured his leg in a fall from the steamer into the boat in which he was to land at the ,mount1 he was taken care of by these monks1 and during his convalescence1 through gifts of money and presents1 became their greatest friend1 and finally won their entire confidence4 ,having asked for the loan of some books1 he was taken by the ,superior to a large cellar in which they keep their sacred vessels and other property4 ,opening a great trunk1 full of old musty manuscripts and rolls1 he was invited by the ,superior to 8amuse himself40 ,the gentleman was a scholar1 and well versed in ,greek and ,latin text4 8,i was amazed10 he says1 in a private letter1 8and had my breath taken away1 on finding among these old parchments1 so unceremoniously treated1 some of the most valuable relics of the first centuries1 hitherto believed to have been lost40 ,among others he found a half-destroyed manuscript1 which he is perfectly sure must be a copy of the 8,true ,doctrine10 the of ,celsus1 out of which ,origen quoted whole pages4 ,the traveller took as many notes as he could on that day1 but when he came to offer to the ,superior to purchase some of these writings he found1 to his great surprise1 that no amount of money would tempt the monks4 ,they did not know what the manuscripts contained1 nor 8did they care10 they said4 ,but the 8heap of writing10 they added1 was transmitted to them from one generation to another1 and there was a tradition among them that these papers would one day become the means of crushing the 8,great ,beast of the ,apocalypse10 their hereditary enemy1 the ,church of ,rome4 ,they were constantly quarrelling and fighting with the ,catholic monks1 and among the whole 8heap0 they knew that there was a 8holy0 relic which protected them4 ,they did not know which1 and so in their doubt abstained4 ,it appears that the ,superior1 a shrewd ,greek1 understood his bevue and repented of his kindness1 for first of all he made the traveller give him his most sacred word of honor1 strengthened by an oath he made him take on the image of the ,holy ,patroness of the ,island1 never to betray their secret1 and never mention1 at least1 the name of their convent4 ,and finally1 when the anxious student who had passed a fortnight in reading all sorts of antiquated trash before he happened to stumble over some precious manuscript1 expressed the desire to have the key1 to 8amuse himself0 with the writings once more1 he was very navely informed that the 8key had been lost10 and that they did not know where to look for it4 ,and thus he was left to the few notes he had taken4 #hd ,see the historical romance of ,canon ,kingsley1 8,hypatia10 for a highly picturesque account of the tragical fate of this young martyr4 #he ,we beg the reader to bear in mind that it is the same ,cyril who was accused and proved guilty of having sold the gold and silver ornaments of his church1 and spent the money4 ,he pleaded guilty1 but tried to excuse himself on the ground that he had used the money for the poor1 but could not give evidence of it4 ,his duplicity with ,arius and his party is well known4 ,thus one of the first ,christian saints1 and the founder of the ,trinity1 appears on the pages of history as a murderer and a thief6 #hf 8,la ,dmonomanie1 ou trait des ,sorciers40 ,paris1 #aehg4 #hg ,dr4 ,w4 ,g4 ,soldan3 8,geschichte der ,hexen processe1 aus den ,quellen dargestellt40 ,stuttgart1 #ahdc4 #hh ,frederick ,forner1 ,suffragan of ,bamberg1 author of a treatise against heretics and sorcerers1 under the title of 8,panoplia ,armatur ,dei40 #hi 8,sorcery and ,magic10 by ,t4 ,wright1 ,m4,a41 ,f4,s4,a41 etc41 ,corresponding ,member of the ,national ,institute of ,france1 vol4 ii41 p4 #ahe4 #ij ,besides these burnings in ,germany1 which amount to many thousands1 we find some very interesting statements in ,prof4 ,draper's 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science40 ,on page #adf1 he says3 8,the families of the convicted were plunged into irretrievable ruin4 ,llorente1 the historian of the ,inquisition1 computes that ,torquemada and his collaborators1 in the course of eighteen years1 burned at the stake #aj1bbj persons1 #f1hfj in effigy1 and otherwise punished #ig1cba6444 ,with unutterable disgust and indignation1 we learn that the papal government realized much money by selling to the rich1 dispensations to secure them from the ,inquisition40 #ia 8,sorcery and ,magic20 8,the ,burnings at ,wrtzburg10 p4 #ahf4 #ib ,and retinted in the blood of the millions murdered in his name--in the no less innocent blood than his own1 of the little child-witches6 #ic ,st4 ,augustine3 8,city of ,god10 ,i1 xxi41 ch4 vi42 des ,mousseaux3 8,murs et ,pratiques des ,demons40 #id ,a correspondent of the ,london 8,times0 describes the ,catalonian exorcist in the following lines3 8,about the #adth of ,october it was privately announced that a young woman of seventeen or eighteen years of age1 of the lower class1 having long been afflicted with #8a hatred of holy things1' the senior priest of the ,church of the ,holy ,spirit would cure her of her disease4 ,the exhibition was to be held in a church frequented by the best part of the community4 ,the church was dark1 but a sickly light was shed by wax lights on the sable forms of some eighty or a hundred persons who clustered round the presbyterio1 or sanctuary1 in front of the altar4 ,within the little enclosure or sanctuary1 separated from the crowd by a light railing1 lay1 on a common bench1 with a little pillow for her head to recline upon1 a poorly-clad girl1 probably of the peasant or artisan class2 her brother or husband stood at her feet to restrain her 7at times7 frantic kicking by holding her legs4 ,the door of the vestry opened2 the exhibitor--,i mean the priest--came in4 ,the poor girl1 not without just reason1 #8had an aversion to holy things1' or1 at least1 the #djj devils within her distorted body had such an aversion1 and in the confusion of the moment1 thinking that the father was #8a holy thing1' she doubled up her legs1 screamed out with twitching mouth1 her whole body writhing1 and threw herself nearly off the bench4 ,the male attendant seized her legs1 the women supported her head and swept out her dishevelled hair4 ,the priest advanced and1 mingling familiarly with the shuddering and horror-struck crowd1 said1 pointing at the suffering child1 now sobbing and twitching on the bench1 #8,promise me1 my children1 that you will be prudent 7prudentes71 and of a truth1 sons and daughters mine1 you shall see marvels4' ,the promise was given4 ,the exhibitor went to procure stole and short surplice 7estola y roquete71 and returned in a moment1 taking his stand at the side of the #8possessed with the devils1' with his face toward the group of students4 ,the order of the day's proceedings was a lecture to the bystanders1 and the operation of exorcising the devils4 #8,you know1' said the priest1 #8that so great is this girl's aversion to holy things1 myself included1 that she goes into convulsions1 kicks1 screams1 and distorts her body the moment she arrives at the corner of this street1 and her convulsive struggles reach their climax when she enters the sacred house of the ,most ,high4' ,turning to the prostrate1 shuddering1 most unhappy object of his attack1 the priest commenced3 #8,in the name of ,god1 of the saints1 of the blessed ,host1 of every holy sacrament of our ,church1 ,i adjure thee1 ,rusbel1 come out of her4' 7,n4 ,b4 #8,rusbel' is the name of a devil1 the devil having #beg names in ,catalonia47 ,thus adjured1 the girl threw herself--in an agony of convulsion1 till her distorted face1 foam-bespattered lips and writhing limbs grew well-nigh stiff--at full length upon the floor1 and1 in language semi-obscene1 semi-violent1 screamed out1 #8,i don't choose to come out1 you thieves1 scamps1 robbers4' ,at last1 from the quivering lips of the girl1 came the words1 #8,i will2' but the devil added1 with traditional perversity1 #8,i will cast the #ajj out1 but by the mouth of the girl4' ,the priest objected4 ,the exit1 he said1 of #ajj devils out of the small ,spanish mouth of the woman would #8leave her suffocated4' ,then the maddened girl said she must undress herself for the devils to escape4 ,this petition the holy father refused4 #8,then ,i will come out through the right foot1 but first'--the girl had on a hempen sandal1 she was obviously of the poorest class--#8you must take off her sandal4' ,the sandal was untied2 the foot gave a convulsive plunge2 the devil and his myrmidons 7so the cura said1 looking round triumphantly7 had gone to their own place4 ,and1 assured of this1 the wretched dupe of a girl lay quite still4 ,the bishop was not cognizant of this freak of the clergy1 and the moment it came to the ears of the civil authorities1 the sharpest means were taken to prevent a repetition of the scandal40 #ie ,louis ,jacolliot3 8,le ,spiritisme dans le ,monde10 p4 #afb4 #if ,st4 ,augustine3 8,city of ,god40 #ig 8,murs et ,pratiques des ,demons10 p4 ii4 #ih ,des ,mousseaux3 8,table des ,matires40 #ii 8,demonologia20 ,london1 #ahbg1 ,j4 ,bumpus1 #bc ,skinner ,street4 #ajj 8,trait ,preparatif l',apologie pour ,herodote10 c4 #ci4 #aja ,de ,missa ,privat et ,unctione ,sacerdotum4 #ajb ,see the 8,life of ,st4 ,dominick0 and the story about the miraculous ,rosary2 also the 8,golden ,legend40 #ajc ,james de ,varasse1 known by the ,latin name of ,james de ,veragine1 was ,vicar ,general of the ,dominicans and ,bishop of ,genoa in #abij4 #ajd ,thirteenth century4 #aje 8,rituale ,romanum10 pp4 #dge-dgh4 ,parisiis1 #aheb4 #ajf 8,murs et ,pratiques des ,demons10 p4 #agg4 #ajg ,see the narrative selected from the 8,golden ,legend10 by ,alban ,butler4 #ajh ,see the 8,golden ,legend20 8,life of ,st4 ,francis20 8,demonologia40 #aji 8,the ,mythology of the ,hindus10 by ,charles ,coleman4 ,japan4 #aaj 8,supernatural ,religion40 #aaa ,neither do we1 if by true religion the world shall at last understand the adoration of one ,supreme1 ,invisible1 and ,unknown ,deity1 by works and acts1 not by the profession of vain human dogmas4 ,but our intention is to go farther4 ,we desire to demonstrate that if we exclude ceremonial and fetish worship from being regarded as essential parts of religion1 then the true ,christ-like principles have been exemplified1 and true ,christianity practiced since the days of the apostles1 exclusively among ,buddhists and 8heathen40 #aab 8,ancient ,pagan and ,modern ,christian ,symbolism10 p4 xvi4 #aac 8,discourses of ,miracles wrought in the ,roman ,catholic ,church2 or a full ,refutation of ,dr4 ,stillingfleet's unjust ,exceptions against ,miracles40 ,octavo1 #afgf1 p4 #fd4 #aad ,after this1 why should the ,roman ,catholics object to the claims of the ,spiritualists8 ,if1 without proof1 they believe in the 8materialization0 of ,mary and ,john1 for ,ignatius1 how can they logically deny the materialization of ,katie and ,john 7,king71 when it is attested by the careful experiments of ,mr4 ,crookes1 the ,english chemist1 and the cumulative testimony of a large number of witnesses8 #aae ,the 8,mother of ,god0 takes precedence therefore of ,god8 #aaf ,see the 8,new ,era0 for ,july1 #ahge4 ,n4 ,y4 #aag 8,paul and ,plato40 #aah ,see 8,la ,magie au ,x,i,xme ,sicle10 p4 #afh4 #aai 8,rom4 ,rit410 edit4 of #ahea1 pp4 #bia-bif1 etc41 etc4 #abj ,creature of salt1 air1 water1 or of any object to be enchanted or blessed1 is a technical word in magic1 adopted by the ,christian clergy4 #aba 8,rom4 ,rit410 pp4 #dba-dce4 #abb ,see 8,art-,magic10 art4 ,peter d',abano4 #abc 8,ritual10 pp4 #dbi-dcc2 see 8,la ,magie au ,x,i,xme ,sicle10 pp4 #aga1 #agb4 #abd 8,dogme et ,rituel de la ,haute ,magie10 vol4 ii41 p4 #hh4 #abe 8,conferences10 by ,le ,pre ,ventura1 vol4 ii41 part i41 p4 lvi41 ,preface4 #abf 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 p4 #fb4 #abg 8,de ,baptismo ,contra ,donatistas10 lib4 vi41 ch4 xliv4 #abh 8,conflict1 etc410 p4 #cg4 #abi ,ibid4 #acj 8,paul and ,plato10 by ,a4 ,wilder1 editor of 8,the ,eleusinian and ,bacchic ,mysteries10 of ,thomas ,taylor4 #aca 8,paul and ,plato40 #acb ,see ,taylor's 8,eleus4 and ,bacchic ,myst40 #acc #a ,corin41 iii4 #aj4 #acd ,in its most extensive meaning1 the ,sanscrit word has the same literal sense as the ,greek term2 both imply 8revelation10 by no human agent1 but through the 8receiving of the sacred drink40 ,in ,india the initiated received the 8,soma10 sacred drink1 which helped to liberate his soul from the body2 and in the ,eleusinian ,mysteries it was the sacred drink offered at the ,epopteia4 ,the ,grecian ,mysteries are wholly derived from the ,brahmanical ,vedic rites1 and the latter from the ante-vedic religious ,mysteries--primitive ,buddhist philosophy4 #ace ,it is needless to state that the ,gospel according to ,john was not written by ,john but by a ,platonist or a ,gnostic belonging to the ,neo-platonic school4 #acf ,the fact that ,peter persecuted the 8,apostle to the ,gentiles10 under that name1 does not necessarily imply that there was no ,simon ,magus individually distinct from ,paul4 ,it may have become a generic name of abuse4 ,theodoret and ,chrysostom1 the earliest and most prolific commentators on the ,gnosticism of those days1 seem actually to make of ,simon a rival of ,paul1 and to state that between them passed frequent messages4 ,the former1 as a diligent propagandist of what ,paul terms the 8antitheses of the ,gnosis0 7#ast ,epistle to ,timothy71 must have been a sore thorn in the side of the apostle4 ,there are sufficient proofs of the actual existence of ,simon ,magus4 #acg 8,introd4 to ,eleus4 and ,bacchic ,mysteries10 p4 x4 ,had we not trustworthy kabalistic tradition to rely upon1 we might be1 perhaps1 forced to question whether the authorship of the ,revelation is to be ascribed to the apostle of that name4 ,he seems to be termed ,john the ,theologist4 #ach ,bunsen3 8,egypt's ,place in ,universal ,history10 vol4 v41 p4 #ij4 #aci ,see de ,roug3 8,stele10 p4 #dd2 ,,ptar 7videus7 is interpreted on it 8to appear10 with a sign of interrogation after it--the usual mark of scientific perplexity4 ,in ,bunsen's fifth volume of 8,egypte10 the interpretation following is 8,illuminator10 which is more correct4 #adj ,bunsen's 8,egypt10 vol4 v41 p4 #ij4 #ada ,it is the property of a mystic whom we met in ,syria4 #adb ,the ,priests of ,isis were tonsured4 #adc ,see 8,ancient ,faiths10 vol4 ii41 pp4 #iae-iah4 #add 8,the ,gnostics and their ,remains10 p4 #ga4 #ade ,see illustration in ,inman's 8,ancient ,pagan and ,modern ,christian ,symbolism10 p4 #bg4 #adf ,ibid41 p4 #gf4 #adg ,initiates and seers4 #adh ,the augur's1 and now bishop's1 pastoral crook4 #adi 8,the ,heathen ,religion40 #aej 8,pres du ,desert d',orient10 vol4 ii41 p4 #bhc4 #aea ,justin ,martyr3 8,qust410 xxiv4 #aeb ,see ,taylor's 8,eleusinian and ,bacchic ,mysteries20 ,porphyry and others4 #aec ,franck3 8,die ,kabbala40 #aed 8,mysteries of the ,egyptians1 ,chaldeans1 and ,assyrians40 #aee 8,divine ,legation of ,moses20 ,the 8,eleusinian ,mysteries0 as quoted by ,thos4 ,taylor4 #aef ,this expression must not be understood literally2 for as in the initiation of certain ,brotherhoods it has a secret meaning1 hinted at by ,pythagoras1 when he describes his feelings after the initiation and tells that he was crowned by the gods in whose presence he had drunk 8the waters of life0--in ,hindu1 -bi-hayt1 fount of life4 #aeg ,this original and very long sermon was preached in a church at ,brooklyn1 ,n4 ,y41 on the #aeth day of ,april1 #ahgg4 ,on the following morning1 the reverend orator was called in the 8,sun0 a gibbering charlatan2 but this deserved epithet will not prevent other reverend buffoons doing the same and even worse4 ,and this is the religion of ,christ6 ,far better disbelieve in him altogether than caricature one's ,god in such a manner4 ,we heartily applaud the 8,sun0 for the following views3 8,and then when ,talmage makes ,christ say to ,martha in the tantrums3 #8,don't worry1 but sit down on this ottoman1' he adds the climax to a scene that the inspired writers had nothing to say about4 ,talmage's buffoonery is going too far4 ,if he were the worst heretic in the land1 instead of being straight in his orthodoxy1 he would not do so much evil to religion as he does by his familiar blasphemies40 #aeh 8,le ,spiritisme dans le ,monde10 p4 #fh4 #aei ,ibid41 pp4 #gh1 #gi4 #afj ,louis ,jacolliot3 8,phnomenes et ,manifestations40 #afa ,pisatshas1 dmons of the race of the gnomes1 the giants and the vampires4 #afb ,gandarbas1 good dmons1 celestial seraphs1 singers4 #afc ,asuras and ,nagas are the ,titanic spirits and the dragon or serpent-headed spirits4 #afd ,see ,arnolius3 8,op4 ,cit410 pp4 #bdi1 #bej4 #afe ,see ,inman's 8,ancient ,pagan and ,modern ,christian ,symbolism40 #aff ,introduction to ,taylor's 8,eleusinian and ,bacchic ,mysteries10 published by ,j4 ,w4 ,bouton4 #afg ,illustrated figures 8from an ancient ,rosary of the blessed ,virgin ,mary1 printed at ,venice1 #aebd1 with a license from the ,inquisition40 ,in the illustrations given by ,dr4 ,inman the ,virgin is represented in an ,assyrian 8grove10 the abomination in the eyes of the ,lord1 according to the ,bible prophets4 8,the book in question10 says the author1 8contains numerous figures1 all resembling closely the ,mesopotamian emblem of ,ishtar4 ,the presence of the woman therein identifies the two as symbolic of ,isis1 or la nature2 and a man bowing down in adoration thereof shows the same idea as is depicted in ,assyrian sculptures1 where males offer to the goddess symbols of themselves0 7,see 8,ancient ,pagan and ,modern ,christian ,symbolism10 p4 #ia4 ,second edition4 ,j4 ,w4 ,bouton1 publisher1 ,new ,york74 #afh ,see ,king's 8,gnostics10 pp4 #ia1 #ib2 8,the ,genealogy of the ,blessed ,virgin ,mary10 by ,faustus1 ,bishop of ,riez4 #afi ,prinseps quotes ,dubois1 8,edinburgh ,review10 ,april1 #ahea1 p4 #daa4 #agj 8,manu10 book ,i41 sloka #cb3 ,sir ,w4 ,jones1 translating from the ,northern 8,manu10 renders this sloka as follows3 8,having divided his own substance1 the mighty ,power became half male1 half female1 or nature active and passive2 and from that female he produced ,,viraj40 #aga 8,enead10 i41 book viii4 #agb 8,commentary upon the ,republic of ,plato10 p4 #chj4 #agc ,verses #cc-da4 #agd 8,phdrus10 p4 #fd4 #age ,the ,supreme ,buddha is invoked with two of his acolytes of the theistic triad1 ,dharma and ,sanga4 ,this triad is addressed in ,sanscrit in the following terms3 ,namo ,buddhya1 ,namo ,dharmya1 ,namo ,sangya1 ,aum6 while the ,thibetan ,buddhists pronounce their invocations as follows3 ,nan-won ,fo-tho-ye1 ,nan-won ,tha-ma-ye1 ,nan-won ,seng-kia-ye1 ,aan6 ,see also 8,journal ,asiatique10 tome vii41 p4 #bhf4 #agf ,the body of man--his coat of skin--is an inert mass of matter1 per se2 it is but the sentient living body within the man that is considered as the man's body proper1 and it is that which1 together with the fontal soul or purely astral body1 directly connected with the immortal spirit1 constitutes the trinity of man4 #agg ,we really think that the word 8witchcraft0 ought1 once for all1 to be understood in the sense which properly belongs to it4 ,witchcraft may be either conscious or unconscious4 ,certain wicked and dangerous results may be obtained through the mesmeric powers of a so-called sorcerer1 who misuses his potential fluid2 or again they may be achieved through an easy access of malicious tricky 8spirits0 7so much the worse if human7 to the atmosphere surrounding a medium4 ,how many thousands of such irresponsible innocent victims have met infamous deaths through the tricks of those ,elementaries6 #agh 8,ancient ,pagan and ,modern ,christian ,symbolism10 preface1 p4 #cd4 #agi 8,the ,christ of ,paul10 p4 #abc4 #ahj ,gospel according to ,mark1 viii4 #cc4 #aha 8,supernatural ,religion10 vol4 ii41 p4 #dhi4 #ahb 8,ancient ,pagan and ,modern ,christian ,symbolism10 p4 #bh4 #ahc ,see ,eusebius1 8,ex4 ,h410 bk4 iv41 ch4 v42 8,sulpicius ,severus10 vol4 ii41 p4 #ca4 #ahd ,it appears that the ,jews attribute a very high antiquity to 8,sepher ,toldos ,jeshu40 ,it was mentioned for the first time by ,martin1 about the beginning of the thirteenth century1 for the ,talmudists took great care to conceal it from the ,christians4 ,levi says that ,porchetus ,salvaticus published some portions of it1 which were used by ,luther 7see vol4 viii41 ,jena ,ed474 ,the ,hebrew text1 which was missing1 was at last found by ,mnster and ,buxtorf1 and published in #afha1 by ,christopher ,wagenseilius1 in ,nuremberg1 and in ,frankfort1 in a collection entitled 8,tela ,ignea ,satan10 or ,the ,burning ,darts of ,satan 78,see ,levi's ,science des ,esprits074 #ahe ,theodoret3 8,hretic4 ,fab410 lib4 ii41 #aa4 #ahf ,jervis ,w4 ,jervis3 8,genesis10 p4 #cbd4 #ahg 8,lightfoot10 #eja4 #ahh ,dunlap3 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man10 p4 x4 #ahi ,jeremiah vii4 #bi3 8,cut off thine hair1 ,o ,jerusalem1 and cast it away1 and take up a lamentation on high places40 #aij ,genesis xlix4 #bf4 #aia ,nazareth8 #aib ,otfried ,mller3 8,historical ,greek ,literature10 pp4 #bcj-bdj4 #aic ,see 8,movers10 p4 #fhc4 #aid 8,codex ,nazarus10 ii41 #cje4 #aie ,see ,lucian3 8,de ,syria ,dea40 #aif ,see ,psalm lxxxix4 #ah4 #aig 8,codex ,nazarus10 i4 #dg4 #aih ,ibid42 ,norberg3 8,onomasticon10 #gd4 #aii ,alph4 de ,spire3 8,fortalicium ,fidei10 ii41 #b4 #bjj ,hosea ix4 #aj4 #bja 8,the ,essenes considered oil as a defilement10 says ,josephus3 8,wars10 ii41 p4 #g4 #bjb ,luke xiii4 #cb4 #bjc ,matthew ii4 ,we must bear in mind that the ,gospel according to ,matthew in the ,new ,testament is not the original ,gospel of the apostle of that name4 ,the authentic ,evangel was for centuries in the possession of the ,nazarenes and the ,ebionites1 as we show further on the admission of ,st4 ,jerome himself1 who confesses that he had to ask permission of the ,nazarenes to translate it4 #bjd ,dunlap3 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man40 #bje 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 ii41 p4 #bcc4 #bjf ,preller3 vol4 i41 p4 #dae4 #bjg ,ibid41 vol4 i41 p4 #dij4 #bjh ,the word ,apocrypha was very erroneously adopted as doubtful and spurious4 ,the word means hidden and secret2 but that which is secret may be often more true than that which is revealed4 #bji ,the statement1 if reliable1 would show that ,jesus was between fifty and sixty years old when baptized2 for the ,gospels make him but a few months younger than ,john4 ,the kabalists say that ,jesus was over forty years old when first appearing at the gates of ,jerusalem4 ,the present copy of the 8,codex ,nazarus0 is dated in the year #ajdb1 but ,dunlap finds in ,irenus 7#b;d century7 quotations from and ample references to this book4 8,the basis of the material common to ,irenus and the 8,codex ,nazarus0 must be at least as early as the first century10 says the author in his preface to 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man10 p4 i4 #baj 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 i41 p4 #aji2 ,dunlap3 ,ibid41 xxiv4 #baa ,acts xxiv4 #e4 #bab ,ibid41 #ad4 #bac 8,herodotus10 ii41 p4 #agj4 #bad ,the ,hindu ,high ,pontiff--the ,chief of the ,namburis1 who lives in the ,cochin ,land1 is generally present during these festivals of 8,holy ,water0 immersions4 ,he travels sometimes to very great distances to preside over the ceremony4 #bae 8,ant4 ,jud410 xiii41 p4 #i2 xv41 p4 #aj4 #baf ,king thinks it a great exaggeration and is inclined to believe that these ,essenes1 who were most undoubtedly ,buddhist monks1 were 8merely a continuation of the associations known as ,sons of the ,prophets40 8,the ,gnostics and their ,remains10 p4 #bb4 #bag ,st4 ,jerome3 8,epistles10 p4 #di 7ad4 ,poulmam72 see ,dunlap's 8,spirit-,history10 p4 #bah4 #bah 8,munk10 p4 #afi4 #bai ,bacchus and ,ceres--or the mystical ,wine and ,bread1 used during the ,mysteries1 become1 in the 8,adonia10 ,adonis and ,venus4 ,movers shows that 8,iao is ,bacchus10 p4 #eej2 and his authority is ,lydus de ,mens 7#ch-gd72 8,spir4 ,hist410 p4 #aie4 ,iao is a ,sun-god and the ,jewish ,jehovah2 the intellectual or ,central ,sun of the kabalists4 ,see ,julian in ,proclus4 ,but this 8,iao0 is not the ,mystery-god4 #bbj ,josephus3 8,ant4 ,jud410 iv41 p4 #d4 #bba ,ibid41 ix42 #b ,kings1 i4 #h4 #bbb ,in relation to the well-known fact of ,jesus wearing his hair long1 and being always so represented1 it becomes quite startling to find how little the unknown ,editor of the 8,acts0 knew about the ,apostle ,paul1 since he makes him say in #a ,corinthians xi4 #ad1 8,doth not ,nature itself teach you1 that if a man have long hair1 it is a shame unto him80 ,certainly ,paul could never have said such a thing6 ,therefore1 if the passage is genuine1 ,paul knew nothing of the prophet whose doctrines he had embraced and for which he died2 and if false--how much more reliable is what remains8 #bbc ,max ,mller has sufficiently proved the case in his lecture on the 8,zend-,avesta40 ,he calls ,gushtasp 8the mythical pupil of ,zoroaster40 ,mythical1 perhaps1 only because the period in which he lived and learned with ,zoroaster is too remote to allow our modern science to speculate upon it with any certainty4 #bbd ,max ,mller3 8,zend ,avesta10 #hc4 #bbe ,philo3 8,de ,vita4 ,contemp40 #bbf ,the real meaning of the division into ages is esoteric and ,buddhistic4 ,so little did the uninitiated ,christians understand it that they accepted the words of ,jesus literally and firmly believed that he meant the end of the world4 ,there had been many prophecies about the forthcoming age4 ,virgil1 in the fourth ,eclogue1 mentions the ,metatron--a new offspring1 with whom the iron age shall end and a golden one arise4 #bbg 8,palestine10 p4 #ebe1 et seq4 #bbh 8,sod10 vol4 ii41 ,preface1 p4 xi4 #bbi 8,vit4 ,pythag40 ,munk derives the name of the ,iessns or ,essenes from the ,syriac ,asaya--the healers1 or physicians1 thus showing their identity with the ,egyptian ,therapeut4 8,palestine10 p4 #eae4 #bcj ,matthew xiii4 #aj4 #bca 8,eleusinian ,mysteries10 p4 #ae4 #bcb ,this descent to ,hades signified the inevitable fate of each soul to be united for a time with a terrestrial body4 ,this union1 or dark prospect for the soul to find itself imprisoned within the dark tenement of a body1 was considered by all the ancient philosophers and is even by the modern ,buddhists1 as a punishment4 #bcc 8,eleusinian ,mysteries10 p4 #di1 foot-note4 #bcd 8,the profound or esoteric doctrines of the ancients were denominated wisdom1 and afterward philosophy1 and also the gnosis1 or knowledge4 ,they related to the human soul1 its divine parentage1 its supposed degradation from its high estate by becoming connected with 8generation0 or the physical world1 its onward progress and restoration to ,god by regenerations or 444 transmigrations40 ,ibid1 p4 #b1 foot-note4 #bce ,cyril of ,jerusalem asserts it4 ,see vi4 #aj4 #bcf 8,phdrus10 #fd4 #bcg 8,the ,golden ,ass10 xi4 #bch 8,apocalypse10 xix4 #ab4 #bci ,see ,suet4 in 8,vita4 ,eutrop410 #g4 ,it is neither cruelty1 nor an insane indulgence in it1 which shows this emperor in history as passing his time in catching flies and transpiercing them with a golden bodkin1 but religious superstition4 ,the ,jewish astrologers had predicted to him that he had provoked the wrath of ,beelzebub1 the 8,lord of the flies10 and would perish miserably through the revenge of the dark god of ,ekron1 and die like ,king ,ahaziah1 because he persecuted the ,jews4 #bdj ,we believe that it was the ,sadducees and not the ,pharisees who crucified ,jesus4 ,they were ,zadokites--partisans of the house of ,zadok1 or the sacerdotal family4 ,in the 8,acts0 the apostles were said to be persecuted by the ,sadducees1 but never by the ,pharisees4 ,in fact1 the latter never persecuted any one4 ,they had the scribes1 rabbis1 and learned men in their numbers1 and were not1 like the ,sadducees1 jealous of their order4 #bda 8,dial410 p4 #fi4 #bdb ,fabricius3 8,cod4 ,apoc41 ,n4 ,t410 i41 #bdc2 ,tischendorf3 8,evang4 ,ap410 p4 #bad4 #bdc ,origen3 8,cont4 ,cels410 #aa4 #bdd ,rabbi ,iochan3 8,mag410 #ea4 #bde 8,origen10 #aa4 #bdf ,cf4 8,august de ,consans4 ,evang410 i41 #i2 ,fabric43 8,cod4 ,ap4 ,n4 ,t410 i41 p4 #cje1 ff4 #bdg 8,recog410 i4 #eh2 cf41 p4 #dj4 #bdh ,king's 8,gnostics10 p4 #ade2 the author places this sarcophagus among the earliest productions of that art which inundated later the world with mosaics and engravings1 representing the events and personages of the 8,new ,testament40 #bdi 8,de ,pudicitia40 ,see 8,the ,gnostics and their ,remains10 p4 #add4 #bej ,ibid41 plate i41 p4 #bjj4 #bea ,this gem is in the collection of the author of 8,the ,gnostics and their ,remains40 ,see p4 #bja4 #beb 8,hresies10 xxvii4 #bec #a ,cor4 xi4 #ad4 #bed ,see the 8,israelite ,indeed10 vol4 ii41 p4 #bch2 8,treatise ,nazir40 #bee 8,epiph4 ed4 ,petar10 vol4 i41 p #aag4 #bef 8,kabbala ,denudata10 ii41 #aee2 8,vallis ,regia10 ,paris edition4 #beg ,psalms viii4 #beh ,this contradiction1 which is attributed to ,paul in ,hebrews1 by making him say of ,jesus in chapter i41 #d3 8,being made so much better than the angels10 and then immediately stating in chapter ii4 #i1 8,but we see ,jesus1 who was made a little lower than the angels10 shows how unscrupulously the writings of the apostles1 if they ever wrote any1 were tampered with4 #bei8;,codex ,nazarus10 i4 #bc4 #bfj ,ibid41 preface1 p4 v41 translated from ,norberg4 #bfa 8,according to the ,nazarenes and ,gnostics1 the ,demiurg1 the creator of the material world1 is not the highest ,god40 7,see ,dunlap3 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man407 #bfb ,clemens3 8,al4 ,strom40 vii41 #g1 #ajf4 #bfc ,h4 ,e41 iv4 #g4 #bfd ,the gospels interpreted by ,basilides were not our present gospels1 which1 as it is proved by the greatest authorities1 were not in his days in existence4 ,see 8,supernatural ,religion10 vol4 ii41 chap4 ,basilides4 #bfe ,the five make mystically ten4 ,they are androgynes4 8,having divided his body in two parts1 the ,supreme ,wisdom became male and female0 78,manu10 book i41 sloka #cb74 ,there are many early ,buddhistic ideas to be found in ,brahmanism4 ,the prevalent idea that the last of the ,buddhas1 ,gautama1 is the ninth incarnation of ,vishnu1 or the ninth ,avatar1 is disclaimed partially by the ,brahmans1 and wholly rejected by the learned ,buddhist theologians4 ,the latter insist that the worship of ,buddha possesses a far higher claim to antiquity than any of the ,brahmanical deities of the ,vedas1 which they call secular literature4 ,the ,brahmans1 they show1 came from other countries1 and established their heresy on the already accepted popular deities4 ,they conquered the land by the sword1 and succeeded in burying truth1 by building a theology of their own on the ruins of the more ancient one of ,buddha1 which had prevailed for ages4 ,they admit the divinity and spiritual existence of some of the ,vedantic gods2 but as in the case of the ,christian angel-hierarchy they believe that all these deities are greatly subordinate1 even to the incarnated ,buddhas4 ,they do not even acknowledge the creation of the physical universe4 ,spiritually and invisibly it has existed from all eternity1 and thus it was made merely visible to the human senses4 ,when it first appeared it was called forth from the realm of the invisible into the visible by the impulse of ,a'di ,buddha--the 8,essence40 ,they reckon twenty-two such visible appearances of the universe governed by ,buddhas1 and as many destructions of it1 by fire and water in regular successions4 ,after the last destruction by the flood1 at the end of the precedent cycle--7the exact calculation1 embracing several millions of years1 is a secret cycle7 the world1 during the present age of the ,kali ,yug--,maha ,bhadda ,calpa--has been ruled successively by four ,buddhas1 the last of whom was ,gautama1 the 8,holy ,one40 ,the fifth1 ,maitree-,buddha1 is yet to come4 ,this latter is the expected kabalistic ,king ,messiah1 the ,messenger of ,light1 and ,sosiosh1 the ,persian ,saviour1 who will come on a white horse4 ,it is also the ,christian ,second ,advent4 ,see 8,apocalypse0 of ,st4 ,john4 #bff 8,irenus10 i4 #bc4 #bfg ,tertullian reversed the table himself by rejecting1 later in life1 the doctrines for which he fought with such an acerbity and by becoming a ,montanist4 #bfh ,in his debate with ,jacolliot upon the right spelling of the ,hindu ,christna1 ,mr4 ,textor de ,ravisi1 an ultramontane ,catholic1 tries to prove that the name of ,christna ought to be written ,krishna1 for1 as the latter means black1 and the statues of this deity are generally black1 the word is derived from the color4 ,we refer the reader to ,jacolliot's answer in his recent work1 8,christna et le ,christ10 for the conclusive evidence that the name is not derived from the color4 #bfi ,there is no equivalent for the word 8miracle10 in the ,christian sense1 among the ,brahmans or ,buddhists4 ,the only correct translation would be meipo1 a wonder1 something remarkable2 but not a violation of natural law4 ,the 8saints0 only produce meipo4 #bgj 8,beitrge10 vol4 i41 p4 #dj2 ,schleiermacher3 8,smmtl4 ,werke10 viii42 8,einl41 ,n4 ,t410 p4 #fd4 #bga 8,epiph4 ,hra410 xlii41 p4 #a4 #bgb ,tertullian3 8,adv4 ,marc410 ii4 #e2 cf4 #i4 #bgc ,ibid41 ii4 #e4 #bgd vol4 ii41 p4 #aje4 #bge ,ibid41 vol4 ii41 p4 #ajj4 #bgf 8,adv4 ,marc410 iv41 #i1 #cf4 #bgg 8,supernatural ,religion10 p4 #aja2 ,matthew v4 #ag4 #bgh ,this author1 vol4 ii41 p4 #ajc1 remarks with great justice of the 8,heresiarch0 ,marcion1 8whose high personal character exerted so powerful an influence upon his own time10 that 8it was the misfortune of ,marcion to live in an age when ,christianity had passed out of the pure morality of its infancy2 when1 untroubled by complicated questions of dogma1 simple faith and pious enthusiasm had been the one great bond of ,christian brotherhood1 into a phase of ecclesiastical development in which religion was fast degenerating into theology1 and complicated doctrines were rapidly assuming the rampant attitude which led to so much bitterness1 persecution1 and schism4 ,in later times ,marcion might have been honored as a reformer1 in his own he was denounced as a heretic4 ,austere and ascetic in his opinions1 he aimed at superhuman purity1 and1 although his clerical adversaries might scoff at his impracticable doctrines regarding marriage and the subjugation of the flesh1 they have had their parallels amongst those whom the ,church has since most delighted to honor1 and1 at least1 the whole tendency of his system was markedly towards the side of virtue40 ,these statements are based upon ,credner's 8,beitrge10 i41 p4 #dj2 cf4 ,neander3 8,allg4 ,k4 ,g410 ii41 p4 #gib1 f42 ,schleiermacher1 ,milman1 etc41 etc4 #bgi ,justin's 8,die ,evv410 p4 #ddf1 sup4 ,b4 #bhj ,but1 on the other hand1 this antagonism is very strongly marked in the 8,clementine ,homilies10 in which ,peter unequivocally denies that ,paul1 whom he calls ,simon the ,magician1 has ever had a vision of ,christ1 and calls him 8an enemy40 ,canon ,westcott says3 8,there can be no doubt that ,st4 ,paul is referred to as #8the enemy'0 78,on the ,canon10 p4 #beb1 note #b2 8,supernatural ,religion10 vol4 ii41 p #ce74 ,but this antagonism1 which rages unto the present day1 we find even in ,st4 ,paul's 8,epistles40 ,what can be more energetic than such like sentences3 8,such are false apostles1 deceitful workers1 transforming themselves into the apostles of ,christ4444 ,i suppose ,i was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostle0 7#b ,corinthians1 xi474 8,paul1 an apostle not of men1 neither by man1 but by ,jesus ,christ and ,god the ,father1 who raised him from the dead 444 but there be some that trouble you1 and would pervert the ,gospel of ,christ 444 false brethren4444 ,when ,peter came to ,antioch ,i withstood him to his face1 because he was to be blamed4 ,for before that certain came from ,james1 he did eat with the ,gentiles1 but when they were come he withdrew1 fearing them which were of the circumcision4 ,and the other ,jews dissembled 444 insomuch that ,barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation10 etc41 etc4 7,galat4 i4 and ii474 ,on the other hand1 we find ,peter in the 8,homilies10 indulging in various complaints which1 although alleged to be addressed to ,simon ,magus1 are evidently all direct answers to the above-quoted sentences from the ,pauline ,epistles1 and cannot have anything to do with ,simon4 ,so1 for instance1 ,peter said3 8,for some among the ,gentiles have rejected my lawful preaching1 and accepted certain lawless and foolish teaching of the hostile men 7enemy70--,epist4 of ,peter to ,james1 #b4 ,he says further3 8,simon 7,paul7 444 who came before me to the ,gentiles 444 and ,i have followed him as light upon darkness1 as knowledge upon ignorance1 as health upon disease0 78,homil410 ii4 #ag74 ,still further1 he calls him ,death and a deceiver 7,ibid41 ii4 #ah74 ,he warns the ,gentiles that 8our ,lord and ,prophet 787 7,jesus7 announced that he would send from among his followers1 apostles to deceive4 8,therefore1 above all1 remember to avoid every apostle1 or teacher1 or prophet1 who first does not accurately compare his teaching with that of ,james1 called the brother of our ,lord0 7see the difference between ,paul and ,james on faith1 ,epist4 to ,hebrews1 xi41 xii41 and ,epist4 of ,james1 ii474 8,lest the ,evil ,one should send a false preacher 444 as he has sent to us ,simon 787 preaching a counterfeit of truth in the name of our ,lord1 and disseminating error0 78,hom40 xi41 #ce2 see above quotation from ,gal4 #a1 #e74 ,he then denies ,paul's assertion1 in the following words3 8,if1 therefore1 our ,jesus indeed appeared in a vision to you1 it was only as an irritated adversary4444 ,but how can any one through visions become wise in teaching8 ,and if you say1 #8it is possible1' then ,i ask1 wherefore did the ,teacher remain for a whole year and discourse to those who were attentive8 ,and how can we believe your story that he appeared to you8 ,and in what manner did he appear to you1 when you hold opinions contrary to his teaching8444 ,for you now set yourself up against me1 who am a firm rock1 the foundation of the ,church4 ,if you were not an opponent1 you would not calumniate me1 you would not revile my teaching 444 7circumcision87 in order that1 in declaring what ,i have myself heard from the ,lord1 ,i may not be believed1 as though ,i were condemned4444 ,but if you say that ,i am condemned1 you blame ,god who revealed ,christ to me40 8,this last phrase10 observes the author of 8,supernatural ,religion10 8#8if you say that ,i am condemned1' is an evident allusion to ,galat4 ii1 #aa1 #8,i withstood him to the face1 because he was condemned'0 78,supernatural ,religion10 p4 #cg74 8,there cannot be a doubt10 adds the just-quoted author1 8that the ,apostle ,paul is attacked in this religious romance as the great enemy of the true faith1 under the hated name of ,simon the ,magician1 whom ,peter follows everywhere for the purpose of unmasking and confuting him0 7p4 #cd74 ,and if so1 then we must believe that it was ,st4 ,paul who broke both his legs in ,rome when flying in the air4 #bha 8,prtimoksha ,stra10 ,pali ,burmese copy2 see also 8,lotus de la ,bonne ,loi10 translated by ,burnouf1 p4 #ddd4 #bhb ,matthew xix4 #af-ah4 #bhc 8,pittakatayan10 book iii41 ,pali ,version4 #bhd ,see ,judges xiii4 #ah1 8,and the angel of the ,lord said unto him3 ,why askest thou after my name1 seeing it is ,,secret80 #bhe ,vol4 ii41 p4 #ajf4 #bhf ,emmanuel was doubtless the son of the prophet himself1 as described in the sixth chapter2 what was predicted1 can only be interpreted on that hypothesis4 ,the prophet had also announced to ,ahaz the extinction of his line4 8,if ye will not believe1 surely ye shall not be established40 ,next comes the prediction of the placing of a new prince on the throne--,hezekiah of ,bethlehem1 said to have been ,isaiah's son-in-law1 under whom the captives should return from the uttermost parts of the earth4 ,assyria should be humbled1 and peace overspread the ,israelitish country1 compare ,isaiah vii4 #ad-af2 viii4 #c1 #d2 ix4 #f1 #g2 x4 #ab1 #bj1 #ba2 xi42 ,micah v41 #b-g4 ,the popular party1 the party of the prophets1 always opposed to the ,zadokite priesthood1 had resolved to set aside ,ahaz and his time-serving policy1 which had let in ,assyria upon ,palestine1 and to set up ,hezekiah1 a man of their own1 who should rebel against ,assyria and overthrow the ,assur-worship and ,baalim 7#b ,kings xv4 #aa74 ,though only the prophets hint this1 it being cut out from the historical books1 it is noticeable that ,ahaz offered his own child to ,moloch1 also that he died at the age of thirty-six1 and ,hezekiah took the throne at twenty-five1 in full adult age4 #bhg ,tertullian3 8,adv4 ,marci10 iii4 #h ff4 #bhh 8,sup4 ,rel410 vol4 ii41 p4 #ajg2 8,adv4 ,marci10 iii4 #b1 #b2 cf4 iii4 #ab1 #ab4 #bhi 8,sup4 ,relig410 vol4 ii41 p4 #abf4 #bij ,we give the systems according to an old diagram preserved among some ,kopts and the ,druses of ,mount ,lebanon4 ,irenus had perhaps some good reasons to disfigure their doctrines4 #bia ,sophia is the highest prototype of woman--the first spiritual ,eve4 ,in the ,bible the system is reversed and the intervening emanation being omitted1 ,eve is degraded to simple humanity4 #bib ,see 8,irenus10 book i41 chap4 #ca-cc4 #bic ,in ,king's 8,gnostics10 we find the system a little incorrect4 ,the author tells us that he followed ,bellermann's 8,drei ,programmen ber die ,abraxas gemmen40 #bid ,see 8,idra ,magna40 #bie 8,codex ,nazarns10 part i41 p4 #i4 #bif ,see 8,codex ,nazarns10 i41 #aha4 ,fetahil1 sent to frame the world1 finds himself immersed in the abyss of mud1 and soliloquizes in dismay until the ,spiritus 7,sophia-,achamoth7 unites herself completely with matter1 and so creates the material world4 #big 8,irenus10 #cg1 and ,theodoret1 quoted in the same page4 #bih ,ibid41 i4 xxv4 #bii ,see preface to the 8,apocryphal ,new ,testament10 ,london1 printed for ,w4 ,hone1 ,ludgate ,hill1 #ahbj4 #cjj 8,it is first cited by ,virgilius ,tapsensis1 a ,latin writer of no credit1 in the latter end of the fifth century1 and by him it is suspected to have been forged40 #cja 8,elements of ,theology10 vol4 ii41 p4 #ij1 note4 #cjb ,parson's 8,letters to ,travis10 #hvo41 p4 #djb4 #cjc ,the term 8,paganism0 is properly used by many modern writers with hesitation4 ,professor ,alexander ,wilder1 in his edition of ,payne ,knight's 8,symbolical ,language of ,ancient ,art and ,mythology10 says3 8,it 7#8,paganism'7 has degenerated into slang1 and is generally employed with more or less of an opprobrious meaning4 ,the correcter expression would have been #8the ancient ethnical worships1' but it would be hardly understood in its true sense1 and we accordingly have adopted the term in popular use1 but not disrespectfully4 ,a religion which can develop a ,plato1 an ,epictetus1 and an ,anaxagoras1 is not gross1 superficial1 or totally unworthy of candid attention4 ,besides1 many of the rites and doctrines included in the ,christian as well as in the ,jewish ,institute1 appeared first in the other systems4 ,zoroastrianism anticipated far more than has been imagined4 ,the cross1 the priestly robes and symbols1 the sacraments1 the ,sabbath1 the festivals and anniversaries1 are all anterior to the ,christian era by thousands of years4 ,the ancient worship1 after it had been excluded from its former shrines1 and from the metropolitan towns1 was maintained for a long time by the inhabitants of humble localities4 ,to this fact it owes its later designation4 ,from being kept up in the ,pagi1 or rural districts1 its votaries were denominated ,pagans1 or provincials40 #cjd 8,super4 ,relig410 vol4 ii41 p4 #e4 #cje ,norberg3 ,preface to 8,cod4 ,naz410 p4 v4 #cjf ,epiph43 8,contra ,ebionitas40 #cjg ,see preface1 from page #a to #cd4 #cjh ,ibid41 p4 #g1 preface4 #cji ,hieronymus3 8,de ,virus410 illust41 cap4 #c4 8,it is remarkable that1 while all church fathers say that ,matthew wrote in ,hebrew1 the whole of them use the ,greek text as the genuine apostolic writing1 without mentioning what relation the ,hebrew ,matthew has to our ,greek one6 ,it had many peculiar additions which are wanting in our evangel40 7,olshausen3 8,nachweis der ,echtheit der smmtlichen ,schriften des ,neuen ,test410 p4 #cb2 ,dunlap3 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man10 p4 #dd47 #caj ,hieronymus3 8,commen4 to ,matthew10 book ii41 ch4 xii41 #ac4 ,jerome adds that it was written in the ,chaldaic language1 but with ,hebrew letters4 #caa 8,st4 ,jerome10 v41 #dde2 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man10 p4 #df4 #cab ,this accounts also for the rejection of the works of ,justin ,martyr1 who used only this 8,gospel according to the ,hebrews10 as also did most probably ,titian1 his disciple4 ,at what late period was fully established the divinity of ,christ we can judge by the mere fact that even in the fourth century ,eusebius did not denounce this book as spurious1 but only classed it with such as the ,apocalypse of ,john2 and ,credner 78,zur ,gesch4 ,des ,kan410 p4 #abj7 shows ,nicephorus inserting it1 together with the ,revelation1 in his 8,stichometry10 among the ,antilegomena4 ,the ,ebionites1 the genuine primitive ,christians1 rejecting the rest of the apostolic writings1 made use only of this ,gospel 78,adv4 ,hr40 i41 #bf71 and the ,ebionites1 as ,epiphanius declares1 firmly believed1 with the ,nazarenes1 that ,jesus was but a man 8of the seed of a man40 #cac ,see ,king's 8,gnostics10 p4 #ca4 #cad ,this ,iove1 ,iao1 or ,jehovah is quite distinct from the ,god of the ,mysteries1 ,,iao1 held sacred by all the nations of antiquity4 ,we will show the difference presently4 #cae ,king's 8,gnostics40 #caf ,iurbo and ,adunai1 according to the ,ophites1 are names of ,iao-,jehovah1 one of the emanations of ,ilda-,baoth4 8,iurbo is called by the ,abortions 7the ,jews7 ,adunai0 78,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 iii41 p4 #gc74 #cag ,king3 8,the ,gnostics and their ,remains10 p4 #ca4 #cah ,in the 8,gospel of ,nicodemus10 ,ilda-,baoth is called ,satan by the pious and anonymous author2--evidently1 one of the final flings at the half-crushed enemy4 8,as for me10 says ,satan1 excusing himself to the prince of hell1 8,i tempted him 7,jesus71 and stirred up my old people1 the ,jews1 against him0 7chap4 xv4 #i74 ,of all examples of ,christian ingratitude this seems almost the most conspicuous4 ,the poor ,jews are first robbed of their sacred books1 and then1 in a spurious 8,gospel10 are insulted by the representation of ,satan claiming them as his 8old people40 ,if they were his people1 and at the same time are 8,god's chosen people10 then the name of this ,god must be written ,satan and not ,jehovah4 ,this is logic1 but we doubt if it can be regarded as complimentary to the 8,lord ,god of ,israel40 #cai ,this is the ,nazarene system2 the ,spiritus1 after uniting herself with ,karabtanos 7matter1 turbulent and senseless71 brings forth seven badly-disposed stellars1 in the ,orcus2 8,seven ,figures10 which she bore 8witless0 78,codex ,nazarus10 i41 p4 #aah74 ,justin ,martyr evidently adopts this idea1 for he tells us of 8the sacred prophets1 who say that one and the same spirit is divided into seven spirits 7pneumata74 8,justin ad ,grcos20 8,sod10 vol4 ii41 p4 #eb4 ,in the ,apocalypse the ,holy ,spirit is subdivided into 8seven spirits before the throne10 from the ,persian ,mithraic mode of classifying4 #cbj ,this certainly looks like the 8jealous ,god0 of the ,jews4 #cba ,it is the ,elohim 7plural7 who create ,adam1 and do not wish man to become 8as one of ,,us40 #cbb ,theodoret3 8,hret420 ,king's 8,gnostics40 #cbc 8,gnostics and their ,remains10 p4 #gh4 #cbd ,some persons hold that he was ,bishop of ,rome2 others1 of ,carthage4 #cbe ,his polemical work addressed against the so-called orthodox ,church--the ,catholic--notwithstanding its bitterness and usual style of vituperation1 is far more fair1 considering that the 8great ,african0 is said to have been expelled from the ,church of ,rome4 ,if we believe ,st4 ,jerome1 it is but the envy and the unmerited calumnies of the early ,roman clergy against ,tertullian which forced him to renounce the ,catholic ,church and become a ,montanist4 ,however1 were the unlimited admiration of ,st4 ,cyprian1 who terms ,tertullian 8,the ,master10 and his estimate of him merited1 we would see less error and paganism in the ,church of ,rome4 ,the expression of ,vincent of ,lerius1 8that every word of ,tertullian was a sentence1 and every sentence a triumph over error10 does not seem very happy when we think of the respect paid to ,tertullian by the ,church of ,rome1 notwithstanding his partial apostasy and the errors in which the latter still abides and has even enforced upon the world as infallible dogmas4 #cbf ,were not the views of the ,phrygian ,bishop ,montanus1 also deemed a ,,heresy by the ,church of ,rome8 ,it is quite extraordinary to see how easily the ,vatican encourages the abuse of one heretic ,tertullian1 against another heretic ,basilides1 when the abuse happens to further her own object4 #cbg ,does not ,paul himself speak of 8,principalities and ,powers in heavenly places0 7,ephesians iii4 #aj2 i4 #ba71 and confess that there be gods many and ,lords many 7,kurioi78 ,and angels1 powers 7,dunameis71 and ,principalities8 7,see #a ,corinthians1 viii4 #e2 and ,epistle to ,romans1 viii4 #ch47 #cbh ,tertullian3 8,prscript40 #cbi ,baur2 ,credner2 ,hilgenfeld2 ,kirchhofer2 ,lechler2 ,nicolas2 ,ritschl2 ,schwegler2 ,westcott1 and ,zeller2 see 8,supernatural ,religion10 vol4 ii41 p4 #b4 #ccj ,see ,epiphanius3 8,contra ,ebionitas40 #cca ,the ,ophites1 for instance1 made of ,adonai the third son of ,ilda-,baoth1 a malignant genius1 and1 like his other five brothers1 a constant enemy and adversary of man1 whose divine and immortal spirit gave man the means of becoming the rival of these genii4 #ccb ,the ,bishop of ,salamis died ,a4,d4 #djc4 #ccc 8,epiphanius10 i41 #abb1 #abc4 #ccd ,the 8,clementines0 are composed of three parts--to wit3 the ,homilies1 the ,recognitions1 and an ,epitome4 #cce 8,supernatural ,religion10 vol4 ii41 p4 #b4 #ccf 8,homilies10 xviii41 #a-ae4 #ccg 8,clementine ,homilies20 8,supernatural ,religion10 vol4 ii4 #cch 8,supernatural ,religion10 p4 #aa4 #cci ,hieron43 8,opp410 vii41 p4 #bgj1 ff42 8,supernatural ,religion10 p4 #aa4 #cdj ,ibid4 #cda ,theodoret3 8,hret4 ,fab410 ii41 vii4 #cdb ,see 8,irenus10 ,i41 xii41 p4 #hf4 #cdc 8,auszge aus dem ,sohar10 p4 #ab4 #cdd 8,cod4 ,naz410 vol4 ii41 p4 #adi4 #cde ,theodoret3 8,hret4 ,fab410 ii41 vii4 #cdf 8,homilies10 xvi41 #ae ff42 ii41 #ab2 iii41 #eg-ei2 x41 #ai4 ,schliemann3 8,die ,clementinem10 p4 #acd ff41 8,supernatural ,religion10 vol4 ii41 p4 #cdi4 #cdg 8,homilies10 iii41 #bj f2 ii41 #af-ah1 etc4 #cdh ,ibid41 iii41 #bj ff4 #cdi ,schliemann3 8,die ,clementinem10 pp4 #acj-agf2 quoted also in 8,supernatural ,religion10 p4 #cdb4 #cej ,we will speak of this doctrine further on4 #cea 8,kabbala ,denudata10 vol4 ii41 p4 #aee2 8,vallis ,regia40 #ceb 8,hermes10 ,x41 iv41 #ba-bc4 #cec ,idra ,magna3 8,kabbala ,denudata40 #ced ,justin ,martyr3 8,apol410 vol4 ii41 p4 #gd4 #cee ,josephus3 8,wars10 ,,ii41 chap4 #h4 sec4 #g4 #cef ,see ,josephus2 ,philo2 ,munk 7#ce74 ,eusebius mentions their semneion1 where they perform the mysteries of a retired life 78,ecclesiastic ,history10 lib4 ii41 ch4 #ag74 #ceg 8,epiphanius10 ed4 ,petau1 i41 p4 #aag4 #ceh ,cerinthus is the same ,gnostic--a contemporary of ,john the ,evangelist--of whom ,irenus invented the following anecdote3 8,there are those who heard him 7,polycarp7 say that ,john1 the disciple of the ,lord1 going to bathe at ,ephesus1 and perceiving ,cerinthus within1 rushed forth from the bath-house 444 crying out1 #8,let us fly1 lest the bath-house fall down1 ,cerinthus1 the enemy of the truth1 being within it'0 7,irenus3 8,adv4 ,hr410 iii41 #c1 #d74 #cei ,munk3 8,palestine10 p4 #ebe2 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man40 #cfj 8,haxthausen10 p4 #bbi4 #cfa 8,shahrastni20 ,dr4 ,d4 ,chwolsohn3 8,die ,ssabier und der ,ssabismus10 ii41 p4 #fbe4 #cfb ,maimonides1 quoted in ,dr4 ,d4 ,chwolsohn3 8,die ,ssabier und der ,ssabismus10 ii41 p4 #deh4 #cfc 8,ye have condemned and killed the just10 says ,james in his epistle to the twelve tribes4 #cfd ,porphyry makes a distinction between what he calls 8the ,antique or ,oriental philosophy10 and the properly ,grecian system1 that of the ,neo-platonists4 ,king says that all these religions and systems are branches of one antique and common religion1 the ,asiatic or ,buddhistic 78,gnostics and their ,remains10 p4 #a74 #cfe 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man40 #cff 8,hermes ,trismegistus10 pp4 #hf1 #hg1 #ij4 #cfg ,it is the correct interpretation of the ,bible allegories that makes the ,catholic clergy so wrathful with the ,protestants who freely scrutinize the ,bible4 ,how bitter this feeling has become1 we can judge by the following words of the ,reverend ,father ,parker of ,hyde ,park1 ,new ,york1 who1 lecturing in ,st4 ,teresa's ,catholic ,church1 on the #ajth of ,december1 #ahgf1 said3 8,to whom does the ,protestant ,church owe its possession of the ,bible1 which they wish to place in the hands of every ignorant person and child8 ,to monkish hands1 that laboriously transcribed it before the age of printing4 ,protestantism has produced dissension in ,church1 rebellions and outbreaks in ,state1 unsoundness in social life1 and will never be satisfied short of the downfall of the ,bible6 ,protestants must admit that the ,roman ,church has done more to scatter ,christianity and extirpate idolatry than all their sects4 ,from one pulpit it is said that there is no hell1 and from another that there is immediate and unmitigated damnation4 ,one says that ,jesus ,christ was only a man2 another that you must be plunged bodily into water to be baptized1 and refuses the rites to infants4 ,most of them have no prescribed form of worship1 no sacred vestments1 and their doctrines are as undefined as their service is informal4 ,the founder of ,protestantism1 ,martin ,luther1 was the worst man in ,europe4 ,the advent of the ,reformation was the signal for civil war1 and from that time to this the world has been in a restless state1 uneasy in regard to ,governments1 and every day becoming more skeptical4 ,the ultimate tendency of ,protestantism is clearly nothing less than the destruction of all respect for the ,bible1 and the disruption of government and society40 ,very plain talk this4 ,the ,protestants might easily return the compliment4 #cfh ,eliphas ,levi ascribes this narrative to the ,talmudist authors of 8,sota0 and 8,sanhedrin10 p4 #ai1 book of 8,jechiel40 #cfi ,this fragment is translated from the original ,hebrew by ,eliphas ,levi in his 8,la ,science des ,esprits40 #cgj ,those who know anything of the rites of the ,hebrews must recognize in these lions the gigantic figures of the ,cherubim1 whose symbolical monstrosity was well calculated to frighten and put to flight the profane4 #cga ,arnobius tells the same story of ,jesus1 and narrates how he was accused of having robbed the sanctuary of the secret names of the ,holy ,one1 by means of which knowledge he performed all the miracles4 #cgb ,this is a translation of ,eliphas ,levi4 #cgc 8,la ,science des ,esprits10 p4 #cg4 #cgd 8,israelite ,indeed10 vol4 iii41 p4 #fa4 #cge 8,origen10 vol4 ii41 p4 #aej4 #cgf 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 i41 p4 #bc4 #cgg 8,in the way these call heresy ,i worship0 7,acts xxiv4 #ad74 #cgh 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 ii41 p4 #aji4 #cgi 8,milman10 p4 #bjj4 #chj ,dunlap says in 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man30 8,mr4 ,hall1 of ,india1 informs us that he has seen ,sanscrit philosophical treatises in which the ,logos continually occur10 p4 #ci1 foot-note4 #cha ,see ,john i4 #chb ,origen3 8,philosophumena10 xxiv4 #chc ,kleuker3 8,natur und ,ursprung der ,emanationslehre bei den ,kabbalisten10 pp4 #aj1 #aa2 see 8,libri ,mysterii40 #chd 8,these as natural brute beasts40 8,the dog has turned to its own vomit again2 and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire0 7#bb74 #che ,the types of the creation1 or the attributes of the ,supreme ,being1 are through the emanations of ,adam ,kadmon2 these are3 8,the ,crown1 ,wisdom1 ,prudence1 ,magnificence1 ,severity1 ,beauty1 ,victory1 ,glory1 ,foundation1 ,empire4 ,wisdom is called ,jeh2 ,prudence1 ,jehovah2 ,severity1 ,elohim2 ,magnificence1 ,el2 ,victory and ,glory1 ,,sabaoth2 ,empire or ,dominion1 ,,adonai40 ,thus when the ,nazarenes and other ,gnostics of the more ,platonic tendency twitted the ,jews as 8abortions who worship their god ,iurbo1 ,adunai10 we need not wonder at the wrath of those who had accepted the old ,mosaic system1 but at that of ,peter and ,jude who claim to be followers of ,jesus and dissent from the views of him who was also a ,nazarene4 #chf ,according to the 8,kabala10 ,empire or ,dominion is 8the consuming fire1 and his wife is the ,temple or the ,church40 #chg ,colossians ii4 #ah4 #chh ,it is more likely that both abused ,paul1 who preached against this belief2 and that the ,gnostics were only a pretext4 7,see ,peter's second ,epistle47 #chi ,the true name of ,manes--who was a ,persian by birth--was ,cubricus4 7,see ,epiph4 8,life of ,manes10 ,hret4 lxv47 ,he was flayed alive at the instance of the ,magi1 by the ,persian ,king ,varanes ,i4 ,plutarch says that ,manes or ,manis means ,masses or ,,anointed4 ,the vessel1 or vase of election1 is1 therefore1 the vessel full of that light of ,god1 which he pours on one he has selected for his interpreter4 #cij ,see ,king's 8,gnostics10 p4 #ch4 #cia ,franck3 8,die ,kabbala10 p4 #abf4 #cib ,philo3 8,qust4 et ,solut40 #cic ,see ,franck3 8,die ,kabbala10 p4 #aec ff4 #cid 8,kabbala ,denudata20 preface to the 8,sohar10 ii41 p4 #bdb4 #cie ,see ,champollion's 8,egypte40 #cif 8,idra ,rabba10 vi41 p4 #eh4 #cig ,idra ,suta3 8,sohar10 ii4 #cih ,idra ,suta3 8,sohar10 iii41 p4 #bhh a4 #cii ,ego sum qui sum 7see 8,bible074 #djj ,see 8,institutes of ,manu10 translated by ,sir ,william ,jones4 #dja ,champollion4 #djb ,we are fully aware that some ,christian kabalists term ,en-,soph the 8,crown10 identify him with ,sephira2 call ,en-,soph 8an emanation from ,god10 and make the ten ,sephiroth comprise 8,en-,soph0 as a unity4 ,they also very erroneously reverse the first two emanations of ,sephira--,chochma and ,binah4 ,the greatest kabalists have always held ,chochma 7,wisdom7 as a male and active intelligence1 ,jah 1 and placed it under the ,no4 #b on the right side of the triangle1 whose apex is the crown1 while ,binah 7,intelligence7 or 1 is under ,no4 #c on the left hand4 ,but the latter1 being represented by its divine name as ,jehovah 1 very naturally showed the ,god of ,israel as only a third emanation1 as well as a feminine1 passive principle4 ,hence when the time came for the ,talmudists to transform their multifarious deities into one living ,god1 they resorted to their ,masoretic points and combined to transform ,jehovah into ,adonai1 8the ,lord40 ,this1 under the persecution of the ,medival kabalists by the ,church1 also forced some of the former to change their female ,sephiroth into male1 and vice versa1 so as to avoid being accused of disrespect and blasphemy to ,jehovah2 whose name1 moreover1 by mutual and secret agreement they accepted as a substitute for ,jah1 or the mystery name ,,iao4 ,alone the initiated knew of it1 but later it gave rise to a great confusion among the uninitiated4 ,it would be worth while--were it not for lack of space--to quote a few of the many passages in the oldest ,jewish authorities1 such as ,rabbi ,akiba1 and the 8,sohar10 which corroborate our assertion4 ,chochma-,wisdom is a male principle everywhere1 and ,binah-,jehovah1 a female potency4 ,the writings of ,irenus1 ,theodoret1 and ,epiphanius1 teeming with accusations against the ,gnostics and 8,hresies10 repeatedly show ,simon ,magus and ,cerenthus making of ,binah the feminine divine ,spirit which inspired ,simon4 ,binah is ,sophia1 and the ,sophia of the ,gnostics is surely not a male potency1 but simply the feminine ,wisdom1 or ,intelligence4 7,see any ancient 8,arbor ,kabbalistica10 or ,tree of the ,sephiroth47 ,eliphas ,levi1 in the 8,rituel de la ,haute ,magie10 vol4 i41 pp4 #bbc and #bca1 places ,chochma as ,no4 #b and as a male ,sephiroth on the right hand of the ,tree4 ,in the 8,kabala0 the three male ,sephiroth--,chochma1 ,chesed1 ,netsah--are known as the ,pillar of ,mercy2 and the three feminine on the left1 namely1 ,binah1 ,geburah1 ,hod1 are named the ,pillar of ,judgment2 while the four ,sephiroth of the centre--,kether1 ,tiphereth1 ,jesod1 and ,malchuth--are called the ,middle ,pillar4 ,and1 as ,mackenzie1 in the 8,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia10 shows1 8there is an analogy in these three pillars to the three ,pillars of ,wisdom1 ,strength1 and ,beauty in a ,craft ,lodge of ,masonry1 while the ,en-,soph forms the mysterious blazing star1 or mystic light of the ,east40 7p4 #djg74 #djc ,justin3 8,cum4 ,trypho10 p4 #bhd4 #djd ,a division indicative of time4 #dje ,sanchoniathon calls time the oldest on1 ,protogonos1 the 8first-born40 #djf ,philo ,judus3 8,cain and his ,birth10 p4 xvii4 #djg ,azrael1 angel of death1 is also ,israel4 ,ab-ram means father of elevation1 high placed father1 for ,saturn is the highest or outmost planet4 #djh ,see ,genesis xiii4 #b4 #dji ,saturn is generally represented as a very old man1 with a sickle in his hand4 #daj ,bunsen3 8,egypt's ,place in ,universal ,history10 vol4 v41 p4 #he4 #daa ,idra ,suta3 8,sohar10 iii41 p4 #bib b4 #dab ,bereshith ,rabba3 8,parsha10 ix4 #dac 8,sohar10 i41 p4 #bj a4 #dad 8,the ,sanscrit s10 says ,max ,mller1 8is represented by the z and h4 ,thus the geographical name #8hapta hendu1' which occurs in the #8,avesta1' becomes intelligible1 if we retranslate the z and h into the ,sanscrit s4 ,for #8,sapta ,sindhu1' or the seven rivers1 is the old ,vaidic name for ,india itself0 78,chips10 vol4 i41 p4 #ha74 ,the 8,avesta0 is the spirit of the 8,vedas0--the esoteric meaning made partially known4 #dae ,what is generally understood in the 8,avesta0 system as a thousand years1 means1 in the esoteric doctrine1 a cycle of a duration known but to the initiates and which has an allegorical sense4 #daf ,matter3 8,histoire ,critique du ,gnosticisme10 pl4 x4 #dag ,idra ,suta3 8,sohar10 iii41 p4 #bhh4 #dah ,ibid41 sect4 ii4 #dai ,ibid41 vii4 #dbj ,jam vero quoniam hoc in loco recondita est illa plane non utuntur1 et tantum de parte lucis ejus particepant qu demittitur et ingreditur intra filum ,ain ,soph protensum e ,persona 7,al-,god7 deorsum3 intratque et perrumpit et transit per ,adam primum occultum usque in statum dispositionis transitque per eum a capite usque ad pedes ejus3 et in eo est figura hominis 78,kabbala ,denudata10 ii41 p4 #bdf74 #dba 8,sohar10 i41 p4 #ea a4 #dbb ,book iii41 p4 #bij4 #dbc 8,idra ,rabba10 #eda1 #edb4 #dbd ,ibid41 iii41 p4 #cf4 #dbe ,ibid41 p4 #aga4 #dbf 8,nat4 und ,urspr4 d4 ,emanationslehre b4 d4 ,kabbalisten10 p4 ii4 #dbg 8,irenus10 p4 #fcg4 #dbh 8,idra ,suta10 ix42 8,kabbala ,denudata20 see ,pythagoras3 8,monad40 #dbi 8,codex ,nazarus10 i41 p4 #ade4 #dcj 8,idra ,rabba10 viii41 pp4 #ajg-aji4 #dca 8,auszge aus dem ,sohar10 p4 #aa4 #dcb ,he is the universal and spiritual germ of all things4 #dcc 8,ad4 ,kabb4 ,chr410 p4 #f4 #dcd 8,sohar10 p4 #ic4 #dce 8,movers10 p4 #bfe4 #dcf 8,kabbala ,denudata10 vol4 ii41 p4 #bcf4 #dcg ,champollion1 ,junior3 8,lettres40 #dch 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 ii41 pp4 #dg-eg4 #dci ,ibid41 vol4 i41 p4 #ade4 #ddj ,ibid41 vol4 ii41 p4 #baa4 #dda ,ibid41 vol4 i41 p4 #cjh4 #ddb ,sophia-,achamoth also begets her son ,ilda-,baoth1 the ,demiurge1 by looking into chaos or matter1 and by coming in contact with it4 #ddc 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 ii41 p4 #aji4 ,see 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man10 for translation4 #ddd ,revelation iv4 #e4 #dde ,ezekiel4 #ddf 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 ii41 p4 #abg4 #ddg ,the first androgyne duad being considered a unit in all the secret computations1 is1 therefore1 the ,holy ,ghost4 #ddh 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 iii41 p4 #ei4 #ddi ,ibid41 vol4 i41 p4 #bhe4 #dej ,ibid41 vol4 i41 p4 #cji4 #dea ,ibid41 vol4 i41 p4 #bhg4 ,see 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man10 p4 #aja4 #deb ,john iv4 #i4 #dec 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 ii41 p4 #abc4 #ded 8,then went up ,moses and ,aaron1 ,nadab and ,abihu1 and seventy of the elders of ,israel4 ,and they saw the ,god of ,israel10 ,exodus xxiv4 #i1 #aj4 #dee ,irenus3 8,clementine ,homilies10 ,i41 xxii41 p4 #aah4 #def 8,adv4 ,hs410 ,,iii41 ii41 #ah4 #deg ,see ,king's 8,gnostics40 #deh ,ezekiel i4-ii4 #dei 8,gnostics and their ,remains40 #dfj 8,although this science is commonly supposed to be peculiar to the ,jewish ,talmudists1 there is no doubt that they borrowed the idea from a foreign source1 and that from the ,chaldeans1 the founders of magic art10 says ,king1 in the 8,gnostics40 ,the titles ,iao and ,abraxas1 etc41 instead of being recent ,gnostic figments1 were indeed holy names1 borrowed from the most ancient formul of the ,east4 ,pliny must allude to them when he mentions the virtues ascribed by the ,magi to amethysts engraved with the names of the sun and moon1 names not expressed in either the ,greek or ,latin tongues4 ,in the 8,eternal ,sun10 the 8,abraxas10 the 8,adonai10 of these gems1 we recognize the very amulets ridiculed by the philosophic ,pliny 78,gnostics10 pp4 #gi1 #hj72 ,virtutes 7miracles7 as employed by ,irenus4 #dfa ,so called to distinguish the short-face1 who is exterior1 8from the venerable sacred ancient0 7the 8,idra ,rabba10 iii41 #cf2 v4 #ed74 ,seir-,anpin is the 8image of the ,father40 8,he that hath seen me hath seen my ,father0 7,john xiv4 #i74 #dfb 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 iii41 p4 #eg4 #dfc ,ibid41 vol4 iii41 p4 #fa4 #dfd ,this stone1 of a sponge-like surface1 is found in ,narmada and seldom to be seen in other places4 #dfe ,john has an eagle near him2 ,luke1 a bull2 ,mark1 a lion2 and ,matthew1 an angel--the kabalistic quaternary of the ,egyptian ,tarot4 #dff ,see ,matter1 upon the subject4 #dfg ,consult ,book of ,daniel1 iv41 v4 #dfh ,ahriman1 the production of ,zoroaster1 is so called in hatred of the ,arias or ,aryas1 the ,brahmans against whose dominion the ,zoroastrians had revolted4 ,although an ,arya 7a noble1 a sage7 himself1 ,zoroaster1 as in the case of the ,devas whom he disgraced from gods to the position of devils1 hesitated not to designate this type of the spirit of evil under the name of his enemies1 the ,brahman-,aryas4 ,the whole struggle of ,ahura-mazd and ,ahriman is but the allegory of the great religious and political war between ,brahmanism and ,zoroastrianism4 #dfi 8,nork10 ii41 #adf4 #dgj ,rev4 ,mr4 ,maurice takes it also to mean the cycles4 #dga 8,duncker10 ii41 #cfc2 ,spiegel's 8,avesta10 i41 #cb1 #cd4 #dgb ,see the 8,book of ,dehesh10 #dg4 #dgc ,see ,king's translation of the 8,zend ,avesta10 in his 8,gnostics10 p4 #i4 #dgd ,the dvas or devils of the ,iranians contrast with the devas or deities of ,india4 #dge 8,nork10 ii41 #adf4 #dgf ,the ,bishop of ,ephesus1 #bah ,a4,d42 ,eusebius3 8,h4 ,e40 iii41 #ca4 ,origen stoutly maintained the doctrine of eternal punishment to be erroneous4 ,he held that at the second advent of ,christ even the devils among the damned would be forgiven4 ,the eternal damnation is a later ,christian thought4 #dgg ,luke xii4 #aj4 #dgh 8,hermes ,trismegistus10 vi4 #ee4 #dgi ,plato ,protogoras2 8,cory10 p4 #bgd4 #dhj ,panthier3 8,la ,chine10 ii41 #cge2 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man10 p4 #ig4 #dha ,acts ii4 #bb4 #dhb ,john i4 #f4 #dhc ,ibid41 #cj4 #dhd ,john viii4 #dj4 #dhe ,ibid41 ix4 #aa4 #dhf ,priestley3 8,history of ,early ,christianity10 p4 #b1 sect4 #b4 #dhg ,mahomet was born in #ega ,a4,d4 #dhh ,j4 ,m4 ,peebles3 8,jesus--,man1 ,myth1 or ,god80 #dhi ,translated from the 8,hari-,purana10 by ,jacolliot3 8,christna1 et le ,christ40 #dij ,clement3 8,al4 ,strom410 v4 #ad1 #aaj2 translation given in 8,supernatural ,religion10 vol4 i1 p4 #gg4 #dia ,this work1 8,the ,pastor of ,hermas10 is no longer extant1 but appears only in the 8,stichometry0 of ,nicephorus2 it is now considered an apocrypha4 ,but1 in the days of ,irenus1 it was quoted as ,holy ,scripture 7see 8,sup4 ,religion10 vol4 i41 p4 #beg7 by the ,fathers1 held to be divinely inspired1 and publicly read in the churches 7,irenus3 8,adv4 ,hr410 iv41 #bj74 ,when ,tertullian became a ,montanist he rejected it1 after having asserted its divinity 7,tertullian3 8,de ,orat410 p4 #ab74 #dib 8,sohar10 xl41 p4 #aj4 #dic 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 iii41 pp4 #fj1 #fa4 #did ,ibid41 vol4 ii41 p4 #bha2 vol4 iii41 p4 #ei4 #die ,we must remind the reader1 in this connection1 that ,joshua and ,jesus are one and the same name4 ,in the ,slavonian ,bibles ,joshua reads--,iessus 7or ,jesus71 ,navin4 #dif 8,idra ,rabba10 vol4 iii41 #da2 the 8,sohar40 #dig 8,kabbala ,denudata10 vol4 ii41 p4 #bcj2 the 8,book of the ,babylonian ,companions10 p4 #ce4 #dih 8,sohar ,ex410 p4 #aa4 #dii 8,midrash ,hashirim20 8,rabbi ,akaba20 8,midrash ,koheleth10 vol4 ii41 p4 #de4 #ejj 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 iii41 p4 #fj4 #eja 8,on the ,canon10 p4 #agh ff4 #ejb ,vol4 ii41 p4 #eg2 ,norberg's 8,onomasticon20 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man10 p4 #ajc4 #ejc 8,preller10 vol4 i41 p4 #dhd2 ,k4 ,o4 ,muller3 8,history of ,greek ,literature10 p4 #bch2 8,movers10 p4 #eec4 #ejd 8,sohar10 vol4 i41 fol4 #be4 #eje 8,simil410 vol4 ix41 p4 #ab2 8,supernatural ,religion10 vol4 i41 p4 #beg4 #ejf ,mark xiii4 #cb4 #ejg 8,apolog410 vol4 i41 p4 #fc4 #ejh 8,idra ,rabba10 x41 p4 #agg4 #eji 8,codex ,nazarus10 vol4 i41 p4 #bc4 #eaj ,philo says that the ,logos is the interpreter of the highest ,god1 and argues1 8that he must be the ,god of us imperfect beings0 78,leg4 ,alleg410 iii41 #gc74 ,according to his opinion man was not made in the likeness of the most ,high ,god1 the ,father of all1 but in that of the second ,god who is his word--,logos0 7,philo3 8,fragments10 #a2 ex4 ,euseb4 8,prpar4 ,evang410 vii41 #ac74 #eaa 8,codex ,nazarus10 p4 #eg2 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man10 p4 #ei4 #eab 8,hundert und ein ,frage10 p4 xvii42 ,dunlap3 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man10 p4 #hg2 the author1 who quotes ,nork1 says that parts of the 8,midrashim0 and the 8,targum0 of ,onkelos1 antedate the 8,new ,testament40 #eac ,writing upon ,ptolemus and ,heracleon1 the author of 8,supernatural ,religion0 7vol4 ii41 p4 #bag7 says that 8the inaccuracy of the ,fathers keeps pace with their want of critical judgment10 and then proceeds to illustrate this particularly ridiculous blunder committed by ,epiphanius1 in common with ,hippolytus1 ,tertullian1 and ,philostrius4 8,mistaking a passage of ,irenus1 #8,adv4 ,hr41' i41 p4 #ad1 regarding the ,sacred ,tetrad 7,kol-,arbas71 ,hippolytus supposes ,irenus to refer to another heretic leader40 ,he at once treats the ,tetrad as such a leader named 8,colarbasus10 and after dealing 7vi41 #d7 with the doctrines of ,secundus1 and ,ptolemus1 and ,heracleon1 he proposes1 #e1 to show1 8what are the opinions held by ,marcus and ,colarbasus10 these two being1 according to him1 the successors of the school of ,valentinus 7cf4 ,bunsen3 8,hippolytus1 ,u4 ,s4 ,zeit410 p4 #ed f42 8,ref4 ,omn4 ,hr410 iv41 #ac74 #ead ,see ,godf4 ,higgins3 8,anacalypsis40 #eae ,inman3 8,ancient ,pagan and ,modern ,christian ,symbolism10 p4 #hd4 #eaf ,meaning--holding up of different views4 #eag 8,this absurd mistake10 remarks the author of 8,supernatural ,religion10 vol4 ii41 p4 #bah1 8shows how little these writers knew of the ,gnostics of whom they wrote1 and how the one ignorantly follows the other40 #eah 8,ref4 ,omn4 ,hr410 iv41 #ac4 #eai ,epiph43 8,hr410 xxxvi41 #a1 p4 #bfb 7quoted in 8,supernatural ,religion074 ,see ,volkmar's 8,die ,colorabasus-gnosis0 in ,niedner's 8,zeitschr4 ,hist4 ,theol40 #ebj 8,gnostics and their ,remains10 p4 #ahb f41 note #c4 #eba ,mosheim4 #ebb ,tertullian3 8,despect10 ch4 xxx4 #ebc ,mosheim3 8,eccles4 ,hist410 c4 v41 #e4 #ebd ,socrates3 8,scol4 ,eccl4 ,hist410 b4 ,i41 c4 ix4 #ebe 8,proverbs10 chap4 xvi41 p4 #cc4 ,in ancient ,egypt and ,greece1 and among ,israelites1 small sticks and balls called the 8sacred divining lots0 were used for this kind of oracle in the temples4 ,according to the figures which were formed by the accidental juxtaposition of the latter1 the priest interpreted the will of the gods4 #ebf ,another untrustworthy1 untruthful1 and ignorant writer1 and ecclesiastical historian of the fifth century4 ,his alleged history of the strife between the ,pagans1 ,neo-platonics1 and the ,christians of ,alexandria and ,constantinople1 which extends from the year #cbd to #dci1 dedicated by him to ,theodosius1 the younger1 is full of deliberate falsifications4 ,edition of 8,reading10 ,cantab1 #agbj1 fol4 ,translated4 ,plon frres1 ,paris4 #ebg 8,gems of the ,orthodox ,christians10 vol4 i41 p4 #ace4 #ebh ,revelation xiv4 #a4 #ebi ,daghba is a small temple of globular form1 in which are preserved the relics of ,gautama4 #ecj ,prachidas are buildings of all sizes and forms1 like our mausoleums1 and are sacred to votive offerings to the dead4 #eca ,the ,talmudistic records claim that1 after having been hung1 he was lapidated and buried under the water at the junction of two streams4 8,mishna ,sanhedrin10 vol4 vi41 p4 #d2 8,talmud10 of ,babylon1 same article1 #dc a1 #fg a4 #ecb 8,coptic ,legends of the ,crucifixion10 ,,mss4 xi4 #ecc ,the engraving represents the talisman as of twice the natural size4 ,we are at a loss to understand why ,king1 in his 8,gnostic ,gems10 represents ,solomon's seal as a five-pointed star1 whereas it is six-pointed1 and is the signet of ,vishnu1 in ,india4 #ecd ,king 78,gnostics07 gives the figure of a ,christian symbol1 very common during the middle ages1 of three fishes interlaced into a triangle1 and having the ,,five letters 7a most sacred ,pythagorean number7 4 4 engraved on it4 ,the number five relates to the same kabalistic computation4 #ece 8,la ,gense de l',humanit10 p4 #i4 #ecf ,the kabalistic ,sephiroth are also ten in number1 or five pairs4 #ecg ,an avatar is a descent from on high upon earth of the ,deity in some manifest shape4 #ech 8,bhagavatta40 #eci 8,manu10 books i4 and xii4 #edj ,see ,cory's 8,ancient ,fragments40 #eda 8,origin of ,species10 first edition1 p4 #dhd4 #edb ,ibid41 p4 #dhd4 #edc ,ibid41 pp4 #dhh1 #dhi4 #edd 8,la ,gense de l',humanit10 p4 #cci4 #ede 8,traditions ,indo-,europennes et ,africaines10 p4 #bia4 #edf 8,traditions ,indo-,europennes et ,africaines10 pp4 #bid1 #bie4 #edg 8,les ,fils de ,dieu10 p4 #cb4 #edh 8,le ,spiritisme dans le ,monde10 p4 #gh and others4 #edi 8,les ,fils de ,dieu10 p4 #bgb4 ,while not at all astonished that ,brahmans should have refused to satisfy ,m4 ,jacolliot's curiosity1 we must add that the meaning of this sign is known to the superiors of every ,buddhist lamasery1 not alone to the ,brahmans4 #eej 8,la ,gense de l',humanit10 p4 #cci4 #eea ,see 8,journal of the ,royal ,asiatic ,society10 vol4 xiii41 p4 #gi4 #eeb ,lahgash is nearly identical in meaning with ,vch1 the hidden power of the ,mantras4 #eec ,in 8,rig-,veda ,sanhita0 the meaning is given by ,max ,mller as the ,absolute1 8for it is derived from #8diti1' bond1 and the negative particle ,a40 #eed 8,hymns to the ,maruts0 ,i41 #hi1 #aj4 #eee ,ibid41 ,i41 #bd1 #a4 #eef ,ibid41 ,x41 #fc1 #b4 #eeg ,george ,smith gives the first verses of the ,akkadian ,genesis as found in the ,cuneiform ,texts on the 8,lateres ,coctiles40 ,there1 also1 we find ,anu1 the passive deity or ,en-,soph1 ,bel1 the ,creator1 the ,spirit of ,god 7,sephira7 moving on the face of the waters1 hence water itself1 and ,hea the ,universal ,soul or wisdom of the three combined4 ,the first eight verses read thus3 #a4 ,when above1 were not raised the heavens2 #b4 and below on the earth a plant had not grown up4 #c4 ,the abyss had not broken its boundaries4 #d4 ,the chaos 7or water7 ,tiamat 7the sea7 was the producing mother of the whole of them4 7,this is the ,cosmical ,aditi and ,sephira47 #e4 ,those waters at the beginning were ordained but #f4 a tree had not grown1 a flower had not unfolded4 #g4 ,when the gods had not sprung up1 any one of them2 #h4 a plant had not grown1 and order did not exist4 ,this was the chaotic or ante-genesis period4 #eeh ,thus is it that we find in all the philosophical theogonies1 the ,holy ,ghost female4 ,the numerous sects of the ,gnostics had ,sophia2 the ,jewish kabalists and ,talmudists1 ,shekinah 7the garment of the ,highest71 which descended between the two cherubim upon the ,mercy ,seat2 and we find even ,jesus made to say1 in an old text1 8,my ,mother1 the ,holy ,ghost1 took me40 8,the waters are called nara1 because they were the production of ,nara1 the ,spirit of ,god0 78,institutes of ,manu40 i4 #aj74 #eei ,narayana1 or that which moves on the waters4 #efj 8,manu10 sloka #ab4 #efa ,when a female power1 she is ,sephira2 when male1 he is ,adam ,kadmon1 for1 as the former contains in herself the other nine ,sephiroth1 so1 in their totality1 the latter1 including ,sephira1 is embodied in the ,archetypal ,kadmon1 the 4 #efb ,see ,haug's 8,aytareya ,brahmanam10 of the ,rig-,veda4 #efc ,the same transformations are found in the cosmogony of every important nation4 ,thus1 we see in the ,egyptian mythology1 ,isis and ,osiris1 sister and brother1 man and wife2 and ,horus1 the ,son of both1 becoming the husband of his mother1 ,isis1 and producing a son1 ,malouli4 #efd ,mandala ,i41 ,skta #aff1 ,max ,mller4 #efe 8,asiatic ,researches10 vol4 viii41 pp4 #djb1 #djc2 ,colebrooke's translation4 #eff ,as in the ,pythagorean numerical system every number on earth1 or the world of the effects1 corresponds to its invisible prototype in the world of causes4 #efg ,see initial chap41 vol4 i41 word ,yajna4 #efh ,eve is the trinity of nature1 and ,adam the unity of spirit2 the former the created material principle1 the latter the ideal organ of the creative principle1 or1 in other words1 this androgyne is both the principle and the ,logos1 for is the male1 and the female2 and1 as ,levi expresses it1 this first letter of the holy language1 ,aleph1 represents a man pointing with one hand toward the sky1 and with the other toward the ground4 ,it is the macrocosm and the microcosm at the same time1 and explains the double triangle of the ,masons and the five-pointed star4 ,while the male is active the female principle is passive1 for it is ,,spirit and ,,matter1 the latter word meaning mother in nearly every language4 ,the columns of ,solomon's temple1 ,jachin and ,boaz1 are the emblems of the androgyne2 they are also respectively male and female1 white and black1 square and round2 the male a unity1 the female a binary4 ,in the later kabalistic treatises1 the active principle is pictured by the sword 1 the passive by the sheath 4 ,see 8,dogme et ,rituel de la ,haute ,magie10 vol4 i4 #efi ,the vertical line being the male principle1 and the horizontal the female1 out of the union of the two at the intersection point is formed the ,,cross2 the oldest symbol in the ,egyptian history of gods4 ,it is the key of ,heaven in the rosy fingers of ,neith1 the celestial virgin1 who opens the gate at dawn for the exit of her first-begotten1 the radiant sun4 ,it is the ,stauros of the ,gnostics1 and the philosophical cross of the high-grade ,masons4 ,we find this symbol ornamenting the tee of the umbrella-shaped oldest pagodas in ,thibet1 ,china1 and ,india1 as we find it in the hand of ,isis1 in the shape of the 8handled cross40 ,in one of the ,chaitya caves1 at ,ajunta1 it surmounts the three umbrellas in stone1 and forms the centre of the vault4 #egj 8,when this world had emerged from obscurity1 the subtile elementary principles produced the vegetable germ which at first animated the plants2 from the plants1 life passed through the fantastic organisms which were born in the ilus 7boue7 of the waters2 then through a series of forms and different animals1 it at length reached man0 78,manu10 book i42 and 8,bhagavatta074 ,manu is a convertible type1 which can by no means be explained as a personage4 ,manu means sometimes humanity1 sometimes man4 ,the ,manu who emanated from the uncreated ,swayambhuva is1 without doubt1 the type of ,adam ,kadmon4 ,the ,manu who is progenitor of the other six ,manus is evidently identical with the ,rishis1 or seven primeval sages who are the forefathers of the post-diluvian races4 ,he is--as we shall show in ,chapter ,,viii4--,noah1 and his six sons1 or subsequent generations are the originals of the post-diluvian and mythical patriarchs of the ,bible4 #ega ,cory's 8,ancient ,fragments40 #egb ,see ,vol4 ,i41 chap4 i41 pp4 #cc1 #cd1 of this work4 #egc 8,sepher ,jezireh10 chap4 i41 ,mishna ixth4 #egd ,ibid4 #ege 8,sohar10 i41 #b a4 #egf 8,sepher ,jezireh10 ,mishna ix41 #aj4 #egg ,it is interesting to recall ,hebrews i4 #g1 in connection with this passage4 8,who maketh his angels 7messengers7 spirits1 and his ministers 7servants1 those who minister7 a flame of fire40 ,the resemblance is too striking for us to avoid the conclusion that the author of 8,hebrews0 was as familiar with the 8,kabala0 as adepts usually are4 #egh 8,the ,sons of ,god20 8,the ,india of the ,brahmans10 p4 #bcj4 #egi ,may it not be that ,hanoum is the representative of that link of beings half-man1 half-monkeys1 which1 according to the theories of ,messrs4 ,hovelacque and ,schleicher1 were arrested in their development1 and fell1 so to say1 into a retrogressive evolution8 #ehj ,the ,primal or ,ultimate ,essence has no name in ,india4 ,it is indicated sometimes as 8,that0 and 8,this40 8,this 7universe7 was not originally anything4 ,there was neither heaven1 nor earth1 nor atmosphere4 ,that being non-existent resolved #8,let me be4'0 7,original ,sanscrit ,text47 ,dr4 ,muir1 vol4 v41 p4 #cff4 #eha ,coleman's 8,hindu ,mythology40 #ehb ,the siege and subsequent surrender of ,lanca 7,isle of ,ceylon7 to ,rama is placed by the ,hindu chronology--based upon the ,zodiac--at #g1ejj to #h1jjj years ,b4,c41 and the following or eighth incarnation of ,vishnu at #d1hjj ,b4,c4 7from the book of the ,historical ,zodiacs of the ,brahmans74 #ehc ,a ,hanoverian scientist has recently published a work entitled ,ueber die ,auflsung der ,arten dinck ,natrliche ,jucht ,wahl1 in which he shows1 with great ingenuity1 that ,darwin was wholly mistaken in tracing man back to the ape4 ,on the contrary1 he maintains that it is the ape which has evolved from man4 ,that1 in the beginning1 mankind were1 morally and physically1 the types and prototypes of our present race and of human dignity1 by their beauty of form1 regularity of feature1 cranial development1 nobility of sentiments1 heroic impulses1 and grandeur of ideal conceptions4 ,this is a purely ,brahmanic1 ,buddhistic1 and kabalistic philosophy4 ,his book is copiously illustrated with diagrams1 tables1 etc4 ,he says that the gradual debasement and degradation of man1 morally and physically1 can be readily traced throughout the ethnological transformations down to our times4 ,and1 as one portion has already degenerated into apes1 so the civilized man of the present day will at last1 under the action of the inevitable law of necessity1 be also succeeded by like descendants4 ,if we may judge of the future by the actual present1 it certainly does seem possible that so unspiritual and materialistic a body as our physical scientists should end as simia rather than as seraphs4 #ehd 8,de ,bel4 ,jud410 vol4 ii41 p4 #ab4 #ehe 8,de ,somniio10 p4 #dee d4 #ehf 8,sohar10 vol4 ii41 p4 #if4 #ehg 8,mishna20 8,aboth10 vol4 iv41 p4 #bi2 ,mackenzie's 8,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia10 p4 #dac4 #ehh 8,sohar10 vol4 iii1 p4 #fa b4 #ehi ,ibid41 vol4 i41 p4 #fe b4 #eij ,hermetic work4 #eia 8,dhamma-pada10 slokas #bgf et seq4 #eib ,neander3 8,history of the ,church10 vol4 i41 p4 #hag4 #eic ,it is from the highest ,zion that ,maitree-,buddha1 the ,saviour to come1 will descend on earth2 and it is also from ,zion that comes the ,christian ,deliverer 7see ,romans xi4 #bf74 #eid #a ,corinth4 ii4 #f1 #g1 #h4 #eie 8,lotus de la ,bonne ,loi10 p4 #hjf4 #eif 8,du ,bouddhisme10 #ie4 #eig ,philippians iii4 #aa-ad4 #eih 8,the ,mahvansa10 vol4 i41 ,introduction4 #eii ,the ,five ,articles of ,faith4 #fjj ,not only did the ,buddhist missionaries make their way to the ,mesopotamian ,valley1 but they even went so far west as ,ireland4 ,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,lundy1 in his work on 8,monumental ,christianity10 referring to an ,irish ,round ,tower1 observes3 8,henry ,o',brien explains this ,round ,tower ,crucifixion as that of ,buddha2 the animals as the elephant and the bull1 sacred to ,buddha1 and into which his soul entered after death2 the two figures standing beside the cross as ,buddha's virgin mother1 and ,kama his favorite disciple4 ,the whole picture bears a close likeness to the ,crucifixion1 in the cemetery of ,pope ,julius1 except the animals1 which are conclusive proof that it cannot be ,christian4 ,it came ultimately from the far ,east to ,ireland1 with the ,phnician colonists1 who erected the ,round ,towers as symbols of the life-giving and preserving power of man and nature1 and how that universal life is produced through suffering and death40 ,when a ,protestant clergyman is thus forced to confess the pre-,christian existence of the crucifix in ,ireland1 its ,buddhistic character1 and the penetration of the missionaries of that faith even to that then remote portion of the earth1 we need not wonder that in the minds of the ,nazarean contemporaries of ,jesus and their descendants1 he should not have been associated with that universally known emblem in the character of a ,redeemer4 ,in noticing this admission of ,dr4 ,lundy1 ,mr4 ,charles ,sotheran remarked1 in a lecture before the ,american ,philological ,society1 that both legends and archological remains unite in proving beyond question 8that ,ireland1 like every other nation1 once listened to the propagandists of ,siddhrtha-,buddha40 #fja 8,the religion of multiplied baptisms1 the scion of the still existent sect named the #8,christians of ,st4 ,john1' or ,mendans1 whom the ,arabs call el-,mogtasila and ,baptists4 ,the ,aramean verb seba1 origin of the name ,sabian1 is a synonym of 0 7,renan3 8,vie de ,jesus074 #fjb ,foh-,tchou1 literally1 in ,chinese1 meaning ,buddha's lord1 or the teacher of the doctrines of ,buddha--,foh4 #fjc ,this mountain is situated southwest of ,china1 almost between ,china and ,thibet4 #fjd ,,sol1 being situated1 on the diagram1 exactly in the centre of the solar system 7of which the ,ophites appear to have been cognizant7--hence1 under the direct vertical ray of the ,higher ,spiritual ,sun--showers his brightness on all other planets4 #fje ,speaking of ,venus1 ,placidus1 the astrologer1 always maintained that 8her bluish lustre denotes heat40 ,as to ,mercury1 it was a strange fancy of the ,ophites to represent him as a spirit of water1 when astrologically considered he is as 8a cold1 dry1 earthy1 and melancholy star40 #fjf ,the name which ,norberg translates1 in his ,onomasticon to the 8,codex ,nazarus10 as ,ferho1 stands1 in the original1 ,parcha ,rabba4 ,in the 8,life of ,manes10 given by ,epiphanius1 in his 8,hr410 lxvi41 is mentioned a certain priest of ,mithras1 a friend of the great ,hresiarch ,manes1 named ,parchus4 #fjg ,its description is found in one of the magic books of the ,egyptian ,king ,nechepsos1 and its use prescribed on green jasper stones1 as a potent amulet4 ,galen mentions it in his work1 8,de ,simp4 ,med410 c4 ix4 #fjh ,consider those two diametrically-opposed doctrines--the ,catholic and the ,protestant2 the one preached by ,paul1 the semi-,platonist1 and the other by ,james1 the orthodox ,talmudist4 #fji ,the material1 bad side of ,sophia-,achamoth1 who emanates from herself ,ilda-,baoth and his six sons4 #faj ,see ,norberg's translation of 8,codex ,nazarus10 ,preface4 ,this proves once more the identification of ,jesus with ,gautama-,buddha1 in the minds of the ,nazarene ,gnostics1 as ,nebu or ,mercury is the planet sacred to the ,buddhas4 #faa ,nous1 the designation given by ,anaxagoras to the ,supreme ,deity1 was taken from ,egypt1 where he was styled ,,nout4 #fab ,by very few though1 for the creators of the material universe were always considered as subordinate deities to the ,most ,high ,god4 #fac ,lydus1 #a4 c41 ,ledrenus1 #a4 c4 #fad 8,ern das ,land zwischen dem ,indus und ,tigris40 #fae ,asi means1 moreover1 8,thou art10 in ,sanscrit1 and also 8sword10 8,asi10 without the accent on the first vowel4 #faf ,professor ,a4 ,wilder4 #fag ,these sacred anagrams were called 8,zeruph40 #fah 8,book of ,numbers1 or ,book of the ,keys40 #fai ,the 8,jezira10 or book of the creation1 was written by ,rabbi ,akiba1 who was the teacher and instructor of ,simeon ,ben ,iochai1 who was called the prince of the kabalists1 and wrote the 8,sohar40 ,franck asserts that 8,jezira0 was written one century ,b4,c4 78,die ,kabbala10 #fe71 but other and as competent judges make it far older4 ,at all events1 it is now proved that ,simeon ,ben ,iochai lived before the second destruction of the temple4 #fbj 8,jezira10 p4 #h4 #fba ,ibid4 ,see the constancy with which ,ezekiel sticks in his vision to the 8wheels0 of the 8living creatures0 7ch4 #a41 passim74 #fbb ,he was an ,alexandrian ,neo-platonic under the first of the ,ptolemies4 #fbc 8,chips10 vol4 i4 #fbd ,see ,max ,mller's 8,our ,figures40 #fbe ,ibid4 #fbf ,see ,king's 8,gnostics and their ,remains10 plate xiii4 #fbg 8,vita ,pythagor40 #fbh #fjh ,b4,c4 #fbi ,this city was built #ccb ,b4,c4 #fcj 8,metaph410 vii4 ,f4 #fca ,see drawings from the ,temple of ,rama1 ,coleman's 8,mythology of the ,hindus40 ,new ,york3 ,j4 ,w4 ,bouton1 ,publisher4 #fcb ,see ,hargrave ,jennings3 8,rosicrucians10 p4 #beb4 #fcc ,k4 ,o4 ,mller3 8,history of ,greek ,literature10 p4 #bhc2 8,movers10 pp4 #edg-eec2 ,dunlap3 8,sod1 the ,mysteries of ,adoni10 p4 #ba4 #fcd ,see 8,universal ,history10 vol4 v41 p4 #cja4 #fce 8,spirit4 ,hist410 pp4 #fd1 #fg1 #gh4 #fcf 8,sod1 the ,mysteries of ,adoni10 p4 #ba4 #fcg ,see ,leviticus xvi4 #h1 #aj1 and other verses relating to the biblical goat in the original texts4 #fch 8,sagra ,scrittura10 and 8,paralipomeni40 #fci ,article 8,goat10 p4 #beg4 #fdj 8,types of ,mankind10 p4 #fjj2 8,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia40 #fda 8,ecclesiastical ,history10 vol4 i41 pp4 #cha1 #chb4 ,read the whole quotations to appreciate the doctrine in full4 #fdb 8,anacalypsis40 #fdc ,quoted in the 8,seers of the ,ages10 by ,j4 ,m4 ,peebles4 #fdd ,we hold to the idea--which becomes self-evident when the ,zoroastrian imbroglio is considered--that there were1 even in the days of ,darius1 two distinct sacerdotal castes of ,magi3 the initiated and those who were allowed to officiate in the popular rites only4 ,we see the same in the ,eleusinian ,mysteries4 ,belonging to every temple there were attached the 8hierophants0 of the inner sanctuary1 and the secular clergy who were not even instructed in the ,mysteries4 ,it is against the absurdities and superstitions of the latter that ,darius revolted1 and 8crushed them10 for the inscription of his tomb shows that he was a 8hierophant0 and a ,magian himself4 ,it is also but the exoteric rites of this class of ,magi which descended to posterity1 for the great secresy in which were preserved the 8,mysteries0 of the true ,chaldean ,magi was never violated1 however much guess-work may have been expended on them4 #fde xxiii41 #f4 #fdf 8,the ,gnostics and their ,remains10 p4 #ahe4 #fdg ,these are truths which cannot fail to impress themselves upon the minds of earnest thinkers4 ,while the ,ebionites1 ,nazarites1 ,hemerobaptists1 ,lampseans1 ,sabians1 and the many other earliest sects which wavered later between the varying dogmatisms suggested to them by the esoteric and misunderstood parables of the ,nazarene teacher1 whom they justly regarded as a prophet1 there were men1 for whose names we would vainly search history1 who preserved the secret doctrines of ,jesus as pure and unadulterated as they had been received4 ,and still1 even all these above-mentioned and conflicting sects were far more orthodox in their ,christianity1 or rather ,christism1 than the ,churches of ,constantine and ,rome4 8,it was a strange fate that befell these unfortunate people0 7the ,ebionites71 says ,lord ,amberley1 8when1 overwhelmed by the flood of heathenism that had swept into the ,church1 they were condemned as heretics4 ,yet1 there is no evidence that they had ever swerved from the doctrines of ,jesus1 or of the disciples who knew him in his lifetime4444 ,jesus himself was circumcised 444 reverenced the temple at ,jerusalem as #8a house of prayer for all nations4'444 ,but the torrent of progress swept past the ,ebionites1 and left them stranded on the shore0 78,an ,analysis of ,religious ,beliefs10 by ,viscount ,amberley1 vol4 i41 p4 #ddf74 #fdh ,what will1 perhaps1 still more astonish ,american readers1 is the fact that1 in the ,united ,states1 a mystical fraternity now exists1 which claims an intimate relationship with one of the oldest and most powerful of ,eastern ,brotherhoods4 ,it is known as the ,brotherhood of ,luxor1 and its faithful members have the custody of very important secrets of science4 ,its ramifications extend widely throughout the great ,republic of the ,west4 ,though this brotherhood has been long and hard at work1 the secret of its existence has been jealously guarded4 ,mackenzie describes it as having 8a ,rosicrucian basis1 and numbering many members0 78,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia10 p4 #dfa74 ,but1 in this1 the author is mistaken2 it has no ,rosicrucian basis4 ,the name ,luxor is primarily derived from the ancient ,beloochistan city of ,looksur1 which lies between ,bela and ,kedgee1 and also gave its name to the ,egyptian city4 #fdi ,these people do not accept the name of ,druzes1 but regard the appellation as an insult4 ,they call themselves the 8disciples of ,hamsa10 their ,messiah1 who came to them1 in the tenth century1 from the 8,land of the ,word of ,god10 and1 together with his disciple1 ,mochtana ,boha-eddin1 committed this ,word to writing1 and entrusted it to the care of a few initiates1 with the injunction of the greatest secresy4 ,they are usually called ,unitarians4 #fej ,the ,okhal 7from the ,arabic akl--intelligence or wisdom7 are the initiated1 or wise men of this sect4 ,they hold1 in their mysteries1 the same position as the hierophant of old1 in the ,eleusinian and others4 #fea ,this is the doctrine of the ,gnostics who held ,christos to be the personal immortal ,spirit of man4 #feb ,the ten ,messiahs or avatars remind again of the five ,buddhistic and ten ,brahmanical avatars of ,buddha and ,christna4 #fec ,see1 farther on1 a letter from an 8,initiate40 #fed ,in this column the first numbers are those given in the article on the ,druzes in the 8,new ,american ,cyclopdia0 7,appleton's71 vol4 vi41 p4 #fca4 ,the numbers in parentheses show the sequence in which the commandments would stand were they given correctly4 #fee ,this pernicious doctrine belongs to the old policy of the ,catholic ,church1 but is certainly false as regards the ,druzes4 ,they maintain that it is right and lawful to withhold the truth about their own tenets1 no one outside their own sect having a right to pry into their religion4 ,the okhals never countenance deliberate falsehood in any form1 although the laymen have many a time got rid of the spies sent by the ,christians to discover their secrets1 by deceiving them with sham initiations4 7,see the letter of ,prof4 ,rawson to the author1 p4 #cac47 #fef ,this commandment does not exist in the ,lebanon teaching4 #feg ,there is no such commandment1 but the practice thereof exists by mutual agreement1 as in the days of the ,gnostic persecution4 #feh 8,mount ,lebanon10 vol4 #c4 ,london1 #ahec4 #fei ,every temple in ,india is surrounded by such belts of sacred trees4 ,and like the ,koum-boum of ,kansu 7,mongolia7 no one but an initiate has a right to approach them4 #ffj ,john ,yarker1 ,jr43 8,notes on the ,scientific and ,religious ,mysteries of ,antiquity10 etc4 #ffa ,this 8,self10 which the ,greek philosophers called ,augides1 the 8,shining ,one10 is impressively and beautifully described in ,max ,mller's 8,veda40 ,showing the 8,veda0 to be the first book of the ,aryan nations1 the professor adds that 8we have in it a period of the intellectual life of man to which there is no parallel in any other part of the world4 ,in the hymns of the 8,veda0 we see man left to himself to solve the riddle of this world4444 ,he invokes the gods around him1 he praises1 he worships them4 ,but still with all these gods 444 beneath him1 and above him1 the early poet seems ill at rest within himself4 ,there1 too1 in his own breast1 he has discovered a power that is never mute when he prays1 never absent when he fears and trembles4 ,it seems to inspire his prayers1 and yet to listen to them2 it seems to live in him1 and yet to support him and all around him4 ,the only name he can find for this mysterious power is #8,brahman2' for brahman meant originally force1 will1 wish1 and the propulsive power of creation4 ,but this impersonal brahman1 too1 as soon as it is named1 grows into something strange and divine4 ,it ends by being one of many gods1 one of the great triad1 worshipped to the present day4 ,and still the thought within him has no real name2 that power which is nothing but itself1 which supports the gods1 the heavens1 and every living being1 floats before his mind1 conceived but not expressed4 ,at last he calls it #8tman1' for tman1 originally breath or spirit1 comes to mean ,self1 and ,self alone2 ,self1 whether ,divine or human2 ,self1 whether creating or suffering2 ,self1 whether one or all2 but always ,self1 independent and free4 #8,who has seen the first-born1' says the poet1 when he who had no bones 7i4e41 form7 bore him that had bones8 ,where was the life1 the blood1 the ,self of the world8 ,who went to ask this from any one who knew it80 78,rig-,veda10 i41 #afd1 #d74 ,this idea of a divine ,self1 once expressed1 everything else must acknowledge its supremacy2 8,self is the ,lord of all things1 ,self is the ,king of all things4 ,as all the spokes of a wheel are contained in the nave and the circumference1 all things are contained in this ,self2 all ,selves are contained in this ,self4 ,brahman itself is but ,self0 7,ibid41 p4 #dgh2 8,khndogya-upanishad10 viii41 #c1 #c1 #d72 8,chips from a ,german ,workshop10 vol4 i41 p4 #fi4 #ffb ,john x4 #cd1 #ce4 #ffc #b ,corinthians1 vi4 #af4 #ffd ,jacolliot3 8,voyage au ,pays des lphants40 #ffe ,buddhist chief priests at ,ceylon4 #fff ,samenara is one who studies to obtain the high office of a ,oepasampala4 ,he is a disciple and is looked upon as a son by the chief priest4 ,we suspect that the ,catholic seminarist must look to the ,buddhists for the parentage of his title4 #ffg ,jacolliot declares1 in his 8,fils de ,dieu10 that he copied these dates from the 8,book of the ,historical ,zodiacs10 preserved in the pagoda of ,vilenur4 #ffh ,we were told that there were nearly #bj1jjj of such books4 #ffi ,lepsius3 8,knigsbuch10 b4 ii1 tal4 i4 dyn4 #e1 h4 p4 ,in #a ,peter ii4 #c1 ,jesus is called 8the ,lord ,crestos40 #fgj ,mackenzie3 8,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia10 p4 #bjg4 #fga 8,adv4 ,hr410 iii41 #b1 #b4 #fgb ,sprengel3 8,histoire de la ,mdecine40 #fgc 8,christ of ,paul10 p4 #ahh4 #fgd 8,adv4 ,hr410 v4 #cc1 #d4 #fge ,eusebius3 8,hist4 ,eccles410 iii41 p4 #ci4 #fgf ,bunsen3 8,egypt10 vol4 i1 p4 #bjj4 #fgg 8,internal ,development of ,europe10 p4 #adg4 #fgh 8,antiquities10 lib4 xviii41 cap4 #c4 #fgi ,wise man always meant with the ancients a kabalist4 ,it means astrologer and magician4 8,israelite ,indeed10 vol4 iii41 p4 #bjf4 ,hakim is a physician4 #fhj ,dr4 ,lardner rejects it as spurious1 and gives nine reasons for rejecting it4 #fha ,revelation i4 and ii4 #fhb ,philip1 the first martyr1 was one of the seven1 and he was stoned about the year ,a4,d4 #cd4 #fhc #a ,corinthians1 vii4 #cd4 #fhd ,revelation xiv4 #c1 #d4 #fhe ,philopatris1 in ,taylor's 8,diegesis10 p4 #cgf4 #fhf ,king's 8,gnostics and their ,remains40 #fhg 8,aug4 ,serm410 clii4 ,see ,payne ,knight's 8,mystic ,theology of the ,ancients10 p4 #ajg4 #fhh ,baronius3 8,annales ,ecclesiastici10 t4 xxi41 p4 #hi4 #fhi 8,chron4 de ,lanercost10 ed4 ,stevenson1 p4 #aji4 #fij ,dulaure3 8,histoire ,abrege des ,diffrens ,cultes10 vol4 ii41 p4 #bhe2 ,martezzi 8,pagani ,christiani10 p4 #gh4 #fia ,basilides is termed by ,tertullian a ,platonist4 #fib ,c4 ,w4 ,king3 8,the ,gnostics and their ,remains10 p4 #aig1 foot-note #a4 #fic ,plutarch3 8,roman ,questions10 p4 #dd4 #fid ,linus1 ,anacletus1 and ,clement4 #fie 8,life of ,claudius10 sect4 #be4 #fif 8,vita ,saturnini ,vopiscus40 #fig 8,the ,gnostics and their ,remains10 p4 #fh4 #fih ,in ,payne ,knight's 8,ancient ,art and ,mythology10 ,serapis is represented as wearing his hair long1 8formally turned back and disposed in ringlets falling down upon his breast and shoulders like that of women4 ,his whole person1 too1 is always enveloped in drapery reaching to his feet40 7 cxlv474 ,this is the conventional picture of ,christ4 #fii 8,vie de ,jesus10 p4 #dje4 #gjj ,see 8,pirke ,aboth20 a ,collection of ,proverbs and ,sentences of the old ,jewish ,teachers1 in which many ,new ,testament sayings are found4 #gja 8,buddhism10 p4 #bag4 #gjb ,max ,mller3 8,christ and other ,masters20 8,chips10 vol4 i4 #gjc ,the 8,life of ,jesus0 by ,strauss1 which ,renan calls 8un livre1 commode1 exact1 spirituel et consciencieux0 7a handy1 exact1 witty1 and conscientious book71 rude and iconoclastic as it is1 is nevertheless in many ways preferable to the 8,vie de ,jesus10 of the ,french author4 ,laying aside the intrinsic and historical value of the two works--with which we have nothing to do1 we now simply point to ,renan's distorted outline-sketch of ,jesus4 ,we cannot think what led ,renan into such an erroneous delineation of character4 ,few of those who1 while rejecting the divinity of the ,nazarene prophet1 still believe that he is no myth1 can read the work without experiencing an uneasy1 and even angry feeling at such a psychological mutilation4 ,he makes of ,jesus a sort of sentimental ninny1 a theatrical simpleton1 enamored of his own poetical divagations and speeches1 wanting every one to adore him1 and finally caught in the snares of his enemies4 ,such was not ,jesus1 the ,jewish philanthropist1 the adept and mystic of a school now forgotten by the ,christians and the ,church--if it ever was known to her2 the hero1 who preferred even to risk death1 rather than withhold some truths which he believed would benefit humanity4 ,we prefer ,strauss who openly names him an impostor and a pretender1 occasionally calling in doubt his very existence2 but who at least spares him that ridiculous color of sentimentalism in which ,renan paints him4 #gjd ,see ,chap4 iii41 p4 #ig4 #gje ,in a recent work1 called the 8,world's ,sixteen ,crucified ,saviors0 7by ,mr4 ,kersey ,graves7 which attracted our notice by its title1 we were indeed startled as we were forewarned on the title-page we should be by historical evidences to be found neither in history nor tradition4 ,apollonius1 who is represented in it as one of these sixteen 8saviours10 is shown by the author as finally 8crucified 444 having risen from the dead 444 appearing to his disciples after his resurrection1 and0--like ,christ again--8convincing a ,tommy787 ,didymus0 by getting him to feel the print of the nails on his hands and feet 7see note1 p4 #bfh74 ,to begin with1 neither ,philostratus1 the biographer of ,apollonius1 nor history says any such thing4 ,though the precise time of his death is unknown1 no disciple of ,apollonius ever said that he was either crucified1 or appeared to them4 ,so much for one 8,saviour40 ,after that we are told that ,gautama-,buddha1 whose life and death have been so minutely described by several authorities1 ,barthelemy ,st4 ,hilaire included--was also 8crucified by his enemies near the foot of the ,nepl mountains0 7see p4 #ajg72 while the ,buddhist books1 history1 and scientific research tell us1 through the lips of ,max ,mller and a host of ,orientalists1 that 8,gautama-,buddha 7,skya-muni7 died near the ,ganges4444 ,he had nearly reached the city of ,kusingara1 when his vital strength began to fail4 ,he halted in a forest1 and while sitting under a sl tree he gave up the ghost0 7,max ,mller3 8,chips from a ,german ,workshop10 vol4 i41 p4 #bac74 ,the references of ,mr4 ,graves to ,higgins and ,sir ,w4 ,jones1 in some of his hazardous speculations1 prove nothing4 ,max ,mller shows some antiquated authorities writing elaborate books 8444 in order to prove that ,buddha had been in reality the ,thoth of the ,egyptians2 that he was ,mercury1 or ,wodan1 or ,zoroaster1 or ,pythagoras4444 ,even ,sir ,w4 ,jones 444 identified ,buddha first with ,odin and afterwards with ,shishak40 ,we are in the nineteenth century1 not in the eighteenth2 and though to write books on the authority of the earliest ,orientalists may in one sense be viewed as a mark of respect for old age1 it is not always safe to try the experiment in our times4 ,hence this highly instructive volume lacks one important feature which would have made it still more interesting4 ,the author should have added after ,prometheus the 8,roman10 and ,alcides the ,egyptian god 7p4 #bff7 a seventeenth 8crucified ,saviour0 to the list1 8,venus1 god of the war10 introduced to an admiring world by ,mr4 ,artemus ,ward the 8showman60 #gjf 8,khandogya-upanishad10 viii41 #c1 #d2 ,max ,mller3 8,veda40 #gjg 8,idra ,rabba10 x41 #aag4 #gjh ,introd4 in 8,sohar10 pp4 #cje-cab4 #gji ,john xiv4 #gaj 8,les ,hauts ,phnomnes de la ,magie10 p4 #gd4 #gaa ,barthelemy ,st4 ,hilaire3 8,le ,buddha et sa ,religion10 ,paris1 #ahfj4 #gab 8,journal des ,dbats10 ,avril1 #ahec4 #gac 8,dogme et ,rituel de la ,haute ,magie40 #gad 8,timus20 8,polit410 #bfi1 ,e4 #gae 8,timus10 #bi2 8,phdrus10 #ahb1 #bdg2 8,repub410 ii41 #cgi1 ,b4 #gaf 8,laws10 iv41 #gae1 ,e42 x41 #ija1 ,c4 #gag 8,repub410 ii41 #cha2 8,tht410 #agf1 ,a4 #gah 8,laws10 x41 #ija1 ,d4 #gai 8,laws10 iv41 #gaf1 ,a42 8,repub410 x41 #fac1 ,a4 #gbj 8,phdrus10 #bdf1 ,c4 #gba ,e4 ,zeller3 8,plato and the ,old ,academy40 #gbb 8,laws10 x41 #ije1 ,d4 #gbc ,max ,mller3 8,buddhism10 ,april1 #ahfb4 #gbd ,of the ,abb ,huc1 ,max ,mller thus wrote in his 8,chips from a ,german ,workshop10 vol4 i41 p4 #ahg3 8,the late ,abb ,huc pointed out the similarities between the ,buddhist and ,roman ,catholic ceremonials with such a navet1 that1 to his surprise1 he found his delightful #8,travels in ,thibet' placed on the #8,index4' #8,one cannot fail being struck1' he writes1 #8with their great resemblance with the ,catholicism4 ,the bishop's crosier1 the mitre1 the dalmatic1 the round hat that the great lamas wear in travel 444 the mass1 the double choir1 the psalmody1 the exorcisms1 the censer with five chains to it1 opening and shutting at will1 the blessings of the lamas1 who extend their right hands over the head of the faithful ones1 the rosary1 the celibacy of the clergy1 the penances and retreats1 the cultus of the ,saints1 the fasting1 the processions1 the litanies1 the holy water2 such are the similarities of the ,buddhists with ourselves4 ,he might have added tonsure1 relics1 and the confessional40 #gbe 8,crawford's ,mission to ,siam10 p4 #ahb4 #gbf ,many are the marvels recorded as having taken place at his death1 or we should rather say his translation2 for he did not die as others do1 but having suddenly disappeared1 while a dazzling light filled the cavern with glory1 his body was again seen upon its subsidence4 ,when this heavenly light gave place to the habitual semi-darkness of the gloomy cave--then only1 says ,ginsburg1 8the disciples of ,israel perceived that the lamp of ,israel was extinguished40 ,his biographers tell us that there were voices heard from ,heaven during the preparation for his funeral and at his interment4 ,when the coffin was lowered down into the deep cave excavated for it1 a flame broke out from it1 and a voice mighty and majestic pronounced these words in the air3 8,this is he who caused the earth to quake1 and the kingdoms to shake60 #gbg ,plot3 8,natural ,history of ,staffordshire40 ,published in #afff4 #gbh 8,die ,kabbala10 #ge2 8,sod10 vol4 ii4 #gbi 8,die ,kabbala10 #dg4 #gcj ,he relates how ,rabbi ,eleazar1 in the presence of ,vespasian and his officers1 expelled demons from several men by merely applying to the nose of the demoniac one of the number of roots recommended by ,king ,solomon6 ,the distinguished historian assures us that the ,rabbi drew out the devils through the nostrils of the patients in the name of ,solomon and by the power of the incantations composed by the king-kabalist4 ,josephus3 8,antiquities10 ,,viii41 ii41 #e4 #gca ,there are unconscious miracles produced sometimes1 which1 like the phenomena now called 8,spiritual10 are caused through natural cosmic powers1 mesmerism1 electricity1 and the invisible beings who are always at work around us1 whether they be human or elementary spirits4 #gcb ,it dates from #aedj2 and in #aeee a general outcry was raised against them in some parts of ,portugal1 ,spain1 and other countries4 #gcc ,extracts from this 8,arrt0 were compiled into a work in #d vols41 #abmo41 which appeared at ,paris1 in #agfb1 and was known as 8,extraits des ,assertions1 etc40 ,in a work entitled 8,rponse aux ,assertions10 an attempt was made by the ,jesuits to throw discredit upon the facts collected by the ,commissioners of the ,french ,parliament in #agfb1 as for the most part malicious fabrications4 8,to ascertain the validity of this impeachment10 says the author of 8,the ,principles of the ,jesuits10 8the libraries of the two universities of the ,british ,museum and of ,sion ,college have been searched for the authors cited2 and in every instance where the volume was found1 the correctness of the citation established40 #gcd 8,theologi ,moralis10 ,tomus iv41 ,lugduni1 #affc4 #gce ,tom4 iv41 lib4 xxviii41 sect4 #a1 de ,prcept ,i41 c4 #bj1 n4 #ahd4 #gcf ,ibid41 sect4 #b1 de ,prcept ,i41 ,probl4 #aac1 n4 #ehf4 #gcg ,richard ,arsdekin1 8,theologia ,tripartita10 ,coloni1 #agdd1 ,tom4 ii41 ,pars4 ii41 ,tr4 #e1 c4 #a1 #b1 n4 #d4 #gch 8,theologia ,moralis nunc pluribus partibus aucta1 ,r4 ,p4 ,claudio ,lacroix1 ,societatis ,jesu40 ,coloni1 #ageg 7,ed4 ,mus4 ,brit474 #gci ,tom4 ii41 lib4 iii41 ,pars4 #a1 ,fr4 #a1 c4 #a1 dub4 #b1 resol4 viii4 ,what a pity that the counsel for the defense had not bethought them to cite this orthodox legalization of 8cheating by palmistry or otherwise10 at the recent religio-scientific prosecution of the medium ,slade1 in ,london4 #gdj ,niccolini3 8,history of the ,jesuits40 #gda 8,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia10 p4 #cfi4 #gdb ,imago3 8,primi ,sculi ,societatis ,jesu10 lib4 #a41 c4 #c41 p4 #fd4 #gdc ,anthony ,escobar3 8,univers ,theologi ,moralis receptiore1 absque lite sententi10 etc41 ,tomus i41 ,lugduni1 #afeb 7,ed4 ,bibl4 ,acad4 ,cant474 8,idem sentio1 e breve illud tempus ad unius hor spatium traho4 ,religiosus itaque habitum demittens assignato hoc temporis interstitio1 non incurrit excommunicationem1 etiamsi dimittat non solm ex caus1 turpi1 scilicet fornicandi1 aut clm aliquid abripiendi1 set etiam ut incognitus ineat lupanar40 ,probl4 #dd1 n4 #bac4 #gdd ,pars4 #aa1 ,tra4 #b1 c4 #ca4 #gde ,see 8,the ,principles of the ,jesuits1 ,developed in a ,collection of ,extracts from their own ,authors40 ,london1 #ahci4 #gdf ,from the ,pastoral of the ,archbishop of ,cambrai4 #gdg ,see 8,jerusalem ,talmud1 ,synhedrin10 c4 #g1 etc4 #gdh 8,franck10 pp4 #ee1 #ef4 #gdi ,charles ,antony ,casnedi3 8,crisis ,theologica10 ,ulyssipone1 #agaa4 ,tome i41 ,disp4 #f1 ,sect4 #b1 #a1 n4 #ei4 #gej ,ibid4 #gea ,ibid41 #b1 n4 #gh4 #geb ,ibid41 ,sect4 #e1 #a1 n4 #afe4 #gec 8,thesis propugnata in regio ,soc4 ,jes4 ,collegio celeberrim ,academi ,cadomensis1 die ,veneris1 #cj ,jan41 #afic40 ,cadomi1 #afic4 #ged ,michelet and ,quinet of the ,college of ,france3 8,the ,jesuits40 #gee ,champollion3 8,hermes ,trismegistus10 xxvii4 #gef 8,de ,cultu ,adorationis ,libri ,tres410 ,lib4 iii41 ,disp4 i41 c4 #b4 #geg ,ibid4 #geh 8,egypt's ,place in ,universal ,history10 vol4 v41 p4 #id4 #gei ,ibid41 vol4 v41 p4 #abi4 #gfj 8,and ,god created 444 every nephesh 7life7 that moveth0 7,gen4 i4 #ba71 meaning animals2 and 7,genesis ii4 #g7 it is said3 8,and man became a nephesh0 7living soul72 which shows that the word nephesh was indifferently applied to immortal man and to mortal beast4 8,and surely your blood of your nepheshim 7lives7 will ,i require2 at the hand of every beast will ,i require it1 and at the hand of man0 7,gen4 ix4 #e74 8,escape for nepheshe0 7escape for thy life is translated7 7,gen4 xix4 #ag74 8,let us not kill him10 reads the ,english version 7,gen4 xxxvii4 #ba74 8,let us not kill his nephesh10 is the ,hebrew text4 8,nephesh for nephesh10 says ,leviticus 7xvii4 #h74 8,he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death40 8,he that smiteth the nephesh of a man0 7,levit4 xxiv4 #ag72 and from verse #ah and following it reads3 8,and he that killeth a beast 7nephesh7 shall make it good4444 ,beast for beast10 whereas the original text has it 8nephesh for nephesh40 #a ,kings i4 #ab2 ii4 #bc2 iii4 #aa2 xix4 #b1 #c1 all have nephesh for life and soul4 8,then shall thy nepheshah for 7his7 nepheshu10 explains the prophet in #a ,kings xx4 #ci4 ,truly1 unless we read the 8,old ,testament0 kabalistically and comprehend the hidden meaning thereof1 it is very little we can learn from it as regards the soul's immortality4 ,the common people among ,hebrews had not the slighest idea of soul and spirit1 and made no difference between life1 blood1 and soul1 calling the latter the 8breath of life40 ,and ,king ,james's translators have made such a jumble of it that no one but a kabalist can restore the ,bible to its original form4 #gfa ,in 8,prcepta ,decaloga0 7,edit4 of ,sion ,library71 ,tom4 i41 lib4 iv41 c4 #b1 n4 #g1 #h4 #gfb ,opinion of ,john de ,dicastille1 ,sect4 xv41 8,de ,justitia et ,jure10 etc41 cens4 pp4 #cai1 #cbj4 #gfc 8,curss ,theologici10 ,tomus v41 ,duaci1 #afdb1 ,disp4 #cf1 ,sect4 #e1 n4 #aah4 #gfd ,name of the highest ,egyptian hierophants4 #gfe 8,crata ,nepoa1 or the ,mysteries of the ,ancient ,egyptian ,priests40 #gff ,see ,matthew xvi4 #ah1 where it is mistranslated 8the gates of ,hell40 #gfg ,humberto ,malhandrini3 8,ritual of ,initiations10 p4 #aje4 ,venice1 #afeg4 #gfh ,pages #dc1 #dd1 note f4 ,niccolini of ,rome1 author of 8,the ,history of the ,pontificate of ,pius ,,ix420 8,the ,life of ,father ,gavazzi10 etc4 #gfi ,and begged in the name of ,him who had nowhere to lay his head6 #ggj ,in 8,egypt's ,place in ,universal ,history10 ,bunsen gives the cycle of #ba1jjj years1 which he adopts to facilitate the chronological calculations for the reconstruction of the universal history of mankind4 ,he shows that this cycle 8for the nutation of the ecliptic10 arrived at its apex in the year #abdj of our era4 ,he says3 8,the cycle divides itself into two halves of #aj1ejj 7or twice #e1bej7 years each4 8,the beginning of the first half3 ,the highest point will be #ai1gfj ,b4,c4 ,the lowest #i1bfj ,consequently the middle of the descending line 7beginning of second quarter7 will be #ad1eaj ,the middle of the ascending line 7beginning of fourth quarter7 #d1jaj 8,the new cycle1 which began in #abdj of our era1 will come to the end of its first quarter in #djaj ,a4,d40 ,the ,baron explains that 8in round numbers1 the most favorable epochs for our hemisphere since the great catastrophe in ,middle ,asia 7,deluge #aj1jjj years ,b4,c47 are3 the #d1jjj years before1 and the #d1jjj years after ,christ2 and the beginning of the first epoch1 of which alone we can judge1 as it alone is complete before us1 coincides exactly with the beginnings of national history1 or 7what is identical7 with the beginning of our consciousness of continuous existence0 78,egypt's ,place in ,universal ,history10 ,key1 p4 #ajb74 8,our consciousness0 must mean1 we suppose1 the consciousness of scientists1 who accept nothing on faith1 but much on unverified hypotheses4 ,we do not say this with reference to the above-quoted author1 earnest scholar and noble champion that he is1 of freedom in the ,christian ,church1 but generally4 ,baron ,bunsen has well found for himself that a man cannot remain an honest scientist and please the clerical party4 ,even the little concessions he made in favor of the antiquity of mankind1 brought on him1 in #ahei1 the most insolent denunciations1 such as 8,we lose all faith in the author's judgment 444 he has yet to learn the very first principles of historical criticisms 444 extravagant and unscientific exaggeration10 and so on--the pious vituperator closing his learned denunciations by assuring the public that ,baron ,bunsen 8cannot even construct a ,greek sentence0 78,quarterly ,review10 #ahei2 see also 8,egypt's ,place in ,universal ,history10 chap4 on ,egyptological ,works and ,english ,reviews74 ,but we do regret that ,baron ,bunsen had no better opportunity to examine the 8,kabala0 and the ,brahmanical books of the ,zodiacs4 #gga 8,the ,funeral ,ritual of the ,deeds of ,horus40 #ggb ,bunsen3 8,egypt's ,place in ,universal ,history10 vol4 v41 p4 #acc4 #ggc ,lepsius3 8,abth410 iii42 ,bl41 #bgf2 ,bunsen1 #acd4 #ggd ,in the eighty-first chapter of the 8,ritual0 the soul is called the germ of lights and in the seventy-ninth the ,demiurgos1 or one of the creators4 #gge 8,ritual10 vi41 #dd2 ,champollion3 8,manifestations to the ,light20 ,lepsius3 8,book of the ,dead20 ,bunsen3 8,egypt's ,place in ,universal ,history40 #ggf ,we cannot help quoting a remark by ,baron ,bunsen in relation to the 8,word0 being identical with the 8,ineffable ,name0 of the ,masons and the kabalists4 ,while explaining the 8,ritual10 some of the details of which 8resemble rather the enchantments of a magician than solemn rites1 although a hidden and mystical meaning must have been attached to them0 7the honest admission of this much1 at least1 is worth something71 the author observes3 8,the mystery of names1 the knowledge of which was a sovereign virtue1 and which1 at a later period1 degenerated into the rank heresy 787 of the ,gnostics and the magic of enchanters1 appears to have existed not only in ,egypt but elsewhere4 ,traces of it are found in the #8,cabala' 444 it prevailed in the ,greek and ,asiatic mythology0 78,egypt's ,place1 etc410 p4 #adg74 ,we then see the representatives of ,science agreeing upon this one point1 at least4 ,the initiates of all countries had the same 8mystery name40 ,and now it remains with the scholars to prove that every adept1 hierophant1 magician1 or enchanter 7,moses and ,aaron included7 as well as every kabalist1 from the institution of the ,mysteries down to the present age1 has been either a knave or a fool1 for believing in the efficacy of this name4 #ggg ,see ,chap4 ,i41 pp4 #db1 #dc1 note1 of this volume4 #ggh ,see 8,the ,principles of the ,jesuits1 ,developed in a ,collection of ,extracts from their own ,authors10 ,london3 ,j4 ,g4 and ,f4 ,rivington1 ,st4 ,paul's ,churchyard1 and ,waterloo ,place1 ,pall ,mall2 ,h4 ,wix1 #da ,new ,bridge ,street1 ,blackfriars2 ,j4 ,leslie1 ,queen ,street1 etc41 #ahci4 ,section xvii41 8,high ,treason and ,regicide10 containing thirty-four extracts from the same number of authorities 7of the ,society of ,jesus7 upon the question1 among others the opinion thereof of the famous ,robert ,bellarmine4 ,so ,emmanuel ,sa says3 8,the rebellion of an ecclesiastic against a king1 is not a crime of high treason1 because he is not subject to the king0 78,confessarium ,aphorismi ,verbo ,clericus10 ,ed4 ,coloni1 #afae1 ,ed4 ,coll4 ,sion74 8,the people10 says ,john ,bridgewater1 8are not only permitted1 but they are required and their duty demands1 that at the mandate of the ,vicar of ,christ1 who is the sovereign pastor over all nations of the earth1 the faith which they had previously made with such princes should not be kept0 78,concertatio ,ecclesi ,catholic in ,angli adversus ,calvino ,papistas10 ,resp4 fol4 #cdh74 ,in 8,de ,rege et ,regis ,institutione1 ,libri ,tres10 #afdj 7,edit4 ,mus4 ,brit471 ,john ,mariana goes even farther3 8,if the circumstances will permit10 he says1 8it will be lawful to destroy with the sword the prince who is declared a public enemy4444 ,i shall never consider that man to have done wrong1 who1 favouring the public wishes1 should attempt to kill him10 and 8to put them to death is not only lawful1 but a laudble and glorious action40 ,est tamen salutaris cogitatio1 ut sit principibus persuasum si rempublicam oppresserint1 si vitiis et fditate intolerandi erunt1 e conditione vivere1 ut non jure tantum1 sed cum laude et glori perimi possint0 7,lib4 i41 c4 #f1 p4 #fa74 ,but the most delicate piece of ,christian teaching is found in the precept of this ,jesuit when he argues upon the best and surest way of killing kings and statesmen4 8,in my own opinion10 he says1 8deleterious drugs should not be given to an enemy1 neither should a deadly poison be mixed with his food or in his cup4444 ,yet it will indeed be lawful to use this method in the case in question 7that he who should kill the tyrant would be highly esteemed1 both in favor and in praise10 for 8it is a glorious thing to exterminate this pestilent and mischievous race from the community of men71 not to constrain the person who is to be killed to take of himself the poison which1 inwardly received1 would deprive him of life1 but to cause it to be outwardly applied by another without his intervention2 as1 when there is so much strength in the poison1 that if spread upon a seat or on the clothes it would be sufficiently powerful to cause death0 7,ibid41 lib4 i41 c4 f41 p4 #fg74 8,it was thus that ,squire attempted the life of ,queen ,elizabeth1 at the instigation of the ,jesuit ,walpole40-- ,pasquier3 8,catchisme des ,jsuites0 7#afgg1 p4 #cej1 etc471 and 8,rapin0 7fol41 ,lond41 #agcc1 vol4 ii41 book xvii41 p4 #adh74 #ggi ,puffendorf3 8,droit de la ,nat410 book iv41 ch4 #a4 #ghj 8,again1 ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time1 thou shalt not forswear thyself4444 ,but ,i say unto you1 swear not at all10 etc4 8,but let your communication be yea1 yea2 nay1 nay2 for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil0 7,matthew v4 #cc1 #cd1 #cg74 #gha ,barbeyrac1 in his notes on ,puffendorf1 shows that the ,peruvians used no oath1 but a simple averment before the ,inca1 and were never found perjuring themselves4 #ghb ,we beg the reader to remember that we do not mean by ,christianity the teachings of ,christ1 but those of his alleged servants--the clergy4 #ghc ,dr4 ,anderson's 8,defence10 quoted by ,john ,yarker in his 8,notes on the ,scientific and ,religious ,mysteries of ,antiquity40 #ghd ,epiphanius included1 we must think1 after that1 in violation of his oath1 he had sent over seventy persons into exile1 who belonged to the secret society he betrayed4 #ghe ,united ,states ,anti-,masonic ,convention3 8,obligation of ,masonic ,oaths10 speech delivered by ,mr4 ,hopkins1 of ,new ,york4 #ghf ,john ,yarker1 ,junr43 8,notes on the ,scientific and ,religious ,mysteries of ,antiquity2 the ,gnosis and ,secret ,schools of the ,middle ,ages2 ,modern ,rosicrucianism2 and the various ,rites and ,degrees of ,free and ,accepted ,masonry40 ,london1 #ahgb4 #ghg ,ibid41 p4 #aea4 #ghh ,john ,yarker3 8,notes1 etc410 p4 #aej4 #ghi 8,proceedings of the ,supreme ,council of ,sovereign ,grand ,inspectors-,general of the ,thirty-third and ,last ,degree1 etc41 etc4 ,held at the city of ,new ,york1 ,august #ae1 #ahgf10 pp4 #ed1 #ee4 #gij 8,histoire des sectes religieuses10 vol4 ii41 pp4 #cib-dbh4 #gia 8,notitia codicis grci evangelium ,johannis variatum continentis10 ,havani1 #ahbh4 #gib ,this is the reason why unto this day the fanatical and kabalistic members of the ,nazarenes of ,basra 7,persia71 have a tradition of the glory1 wealth1 and power of their 8,brothers10 agents1 or messengers as they term them in ,malta and ,europe4 ,there are some few remaining yet1 they say1 who will sooner or later restore the doctrine of their ,prophet ,iohanan 7,st4 ,john71 the son of ,lord ,jordan1 and eliminate from the hearts of humanity every other false teaching4 #gic ,the two great pagodas of ,madura and ,benares1 are built in the form of a cross1 each wing being equal in extent 7,see ,mauri3 8,indian ,antiquities10 vol4 iii41 pp4 #cfj-cgf74 #gid ,findel3 8,history of ,freemasonry10 ,appendix4 #gie 8,a ,sketch of the ,knight ,templars and the ,knights of ,st4 ,john of ,jerusalem10 by ,richard ,woof1 ,f4,s4,a41 ,commander of the ,order of ,masonic ,knight ,templars4 #gif ,findel3 8,history of ,freemasonry10 ,appendix4 #gig 8,general ,history of ,freemasonry10 p4 #bah4 #gih ,see ,gaffarel's version2 ,eliphas ,levi's 8,la ,science des ,esprits20 ,mackenzie's 8,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia20 8,sepher ,toldos ,jeshu20 and other kabalistical and ,rabbinical works4 ,the story given is this4 ,a virgin named ,mariam1 betrothed to a young man of the name of ,iohanan1 was outraged by another man named ,ben ,panther or ,joseph ,panther1 says 8,sepher ,toldos ,jeshu40 8,her betrothed1 learning of her misfortune1 left her1 at the same time forgiving her4 ,the child born was ,jesus1 named ,joshua4 ,adopted by his uncle ,rabbi ,jehosuah1 he was initiated into the secret doctrine by ,rabbi ,elhanan1 a kabalist1 and then by the ,egyptian priests1 who consecrated him ,high ,pontiff of the ,universal ,secret ,doctrine1 on account of his great mystic qualities4 ,upon his return into ,judea his learning and powers excited the jealousy of the ,rabbis1 and they publicly reproached him with his origin and insulted his mother4 ,hence the words attributed to ,jesus at ,cana3 #8,woman1 what have ,i to do with thee8' 7,see ,john ii4 #d47 ,his disciples having rebuked him with his unkindness to his mother1 ,jesus repented1 and having learned from them the particulars of the sad story1 he declared that 8,my mother has not sinned1 she has not lost her innocence2 she is immaculate and yet she is a mother4444 ,as for myself ,i have no father1 in this world1 ,i am the ,son of ,god and of humanity60 ,sublime words of confidence and trust in the unseen ,power1 but how fatal to the millions upon millions of men murdered because of these very words being so thoroughly misunderstood6 #gii ,we speak of the ,american ,chapter of ,rose ,croix4 #hjj ,pythagoras4 #hja ,the first ,grand ,chapter was instituted at ,philadelphia1 in #agig4 #hjb ,see ,yarker's 8,notes on the ,mysteries of ,antiquity10 p4 #aec #hjc ,see #b ,kings1 xxiii4 #g1 ,hebrew text1 and ,english1 the former especially4 ,in the degree of ,kadosh1 a lecture is given upon the descent of ,masonry through ,moses1 ,solomon1 the ,essenes1 and the ,templars4 ,christian ,k4 ,k4's may get some light as to the kind of 8,temple0 their ancestors would1 in such a genealogical descent1 have been attached to1 by consulting verse #ac of the same chapter as above quoted4 #hjd ,see ,eliphas ,levi's 8,dogme et ,rituel10 vol4 i4 #hje ,yeva is ,heva1 the feminine counterpart of ,jehovah-,binah4 #hjf ,we find a very suggestive point in connection with this appellation of ,jehovah1 8,son of ancient ,kings10 in the ,jana sect of ,hindustan1 known as the ,sauryas4 ,they admit that ,brahma is a ,devat1 but deny his creative power1 and call him the 8,son of a ,king40 ,see 8,asiatic ,researches10 vol4 ix41 p4 #bgi4 #hjg ,as1 for instance1 ,shaddai1 ,elohim1 ,sabaoth1 etc4 #hjh ,cahen's 8,hebrew ,bible10 iii41 p4 #aag4 #hji ,the ,greek monks have this 8miracle0 performed for the 8faithful0 every year on ,easter night4 ,thousands of pilgrims are there waiting with their tapers to light them at this sacred fire1 which at the precise hour and when needed1 descends from the chapel-vault and hovers about the sepulchre in tongues of fire until every one of the thousand pilgrims has lighted his wax taper at it4 #haj ,the ,rishi are identical with ,manu4 ,the ten ,pragpati1 sons of ,viradj1 called ,maritchi1 ,atri1 ,angira1 ,plastya1 ,poulaha1 ,kratu1 ,pratcheta1 ,vasishta1 ,brighu1 and ,narada1 are euhemerized ,powers1 the ,hindu ,sephiroth4 ,these emanate the seven ,rishi1 or ,manus1 the chief of whom issued himself from the 8uncreated40 ,he is the ,adam of earth1 and signifies man4 ,his 8sons10 the following six ,manus1 represent each a new race of men1 and in the total they are humanity passing gradually through the primitive seven stages of evolution4 #haa ,in days of old1 when the ,brahmans studied more than they do now the hidden sense of their philosophy1 they explained that each of these six distinct races which preceded ours had disappeared4 ,but now they pretend that a specimen was preserved which was not destroyed with the rest1 but reached the present seventh stage4 ,thus they1 the ,brahmans are the specimens of the heavenly ,manu1 and issued from the mouth of ,brahma2 while the ,sudra was created from his foot4 #hab ,to avoid discussion we adopt the palographical conclusions arrived at by ,martin ,haug and some other cautious scholars4 ,personally we credit the statements of the ,brahmans and those of ,halhed1 the translator of the 8,sastras40 #hac ,the god ,heptaktis4 #had ,the sanctuary of the initiation4 #hae 8,comparative ,mythology40 #haf ,while having no intention to enter at present upon a discussion as to the nomadic races of the 8,rhematic period10 we reserve the right to question the full propriety of terming that portion of the primitive people from whose traditions the 8,vedas0 sprang into existence1 ,aryans4 ,some scientists find the existence of these ,aryans not only unproved by science1 but the traditions of ,hindustan protesting against such an assumption4 #hag ,without the esoteric explanation1 the 8,old ,testament0 becomes an absurd jumble of meaningless tales--nay1 worse than that1 it must rank high with immoral books4 ,it is curious that ,professor ,max ,mller1 such a profound scholar in ,comparative ,mythology1 should be found saying of the pragpatis and ,hindu gods that they are masks without actors2 and of ,abraham and other mythical patriarchs that they were real living men2 of ,abraham especially1 we are told 7see 8,semitic ,monotheism07 that he 8stands before us as a figure second only to one in the whole history of the world40 #hah ,the italics are our own4 8,the ,vedas10 lecture by ,max ,mller1 p4 #ge4 #hai 8,chips10 vol4 i41 p4 #h4 #hbj ,we believe that we have elsewhere given the contrary opinion1 on the subject of 8,atharva-,veda10 of ,prof4 ,whitney1 of ,yale ,college4 #hba ,see ,baron ,bunsen's 8,egypt10 vol4 v4 #hbb 8,chips10 vol4 i42 8,the ,vedas40 #hbc ,max ,mller3 ,lecture on 8,the ,vedas40 #hbd ,julian3 8,in ,matrem10 p4 #agc2 ,julian3 8,oratio10 v41 #agb4 #hbe ,lyd43 8,de ,mensibus10 iv41 #ch-gd2 8,movers10 p4 #eej2 ,dunlap3 8,saba10 p4 #c4 #hbf 8,westminster ,review30 ,septenary ,institutions2 8,stone ,him to ,death40 #hbg 8,di ,verbo ,mirifico40 #hbh ,idra ,suta3 8,sohar10 book iii41 p4 #bib b4 ,the ,supreme consulting with the ,architect of the world--his ,logos--about creation4 #hbi ,idra ,suta3 8,sohar10 iii41 #ace b4 ,if the chapters of ,genesis and the other ,mosaic books1 as well as the subjects1 are muddled up1 the fault is the compiler's-- not that of oral tradition4 ,hilkiah and ,josiah had to commune with ,huldah1 the prophetess1 hence resort to magic to understand the word of the 8,lord ,god of ,israel10 most conveniently found by ,hilkiah 7#b ,kings1 xxiii472 and that it has passed still later through more than one revision and remodelling is but too well proved by its frequent incongruities1 repetitions1 and contradictions4 #hcj ,this assimilation of the deluge to an earthquake on the ,assyrian tablets would go to prove that the antediluvian nations were well acquainted with other geological cataclysms besides the deluge1 which is represented in the ,bible as the first calamity which befel humanity1 and a punishment4 #hca ,george ,smith notes in the tablets1 first the creation of the moon1 and then of the sun3 8,its beauty and perfection are extolled1 and the regularity of its orbit1 which led to its being considered the type of a judge and the regulator of the world40 ,did this story of the deluge relate simply to a cosmogonical cataclysm--even were it universal--why should the goddess ,ishtara or ,astoreth 7the moon7 speak of the creation of the sun after the deluge8 ,the waters might have reached as high as the mountain of ,nizir 7,chaldean version71 or ,jebel-,djudi 7the deluge-mountains of the ,arabian legends71 or yet ,ararat 7of the biblical narrative71 and even ,himalaya of the ,hindu tradition1 and yet not reach the sun--even the ,bible itself stopped short of such a miracle4 ,it is evident that the deluge of the people who first recorded it had another meaning1 less problematical and far more philosophical than that of a universal deluge1 of which there are no geological traces whatever4 #hcb ,the 8dead letter that killeth10 is magnificently illustrated in the case of the ,jesuit de ,carrire1 quoted in the 8,bible dans l',inde40 ,the following dissertation represents the spirit of the whole ,catholic world3 8,so that the creation of the world10 writes this faithful son of ,loyola1 explaining the biblical chronology of ,moses1 8and all that is recorded in ,genesis1 might have become known to ,moses through recitals personally made to him by his fathers4 ,perhaps1 even1 the memories yet existed among the ,israelites1 and from those recollections he may have recorded the dates of births and deaths of the patriarchs1 the numbering of their children1 and the names of the different countries in which each became established under the guidance of the holy spirit1 which we must always regard as the chief author of the sacred books0666 #hcc ,see chapter xv4 and last of ,part ,i4 #hcd 8,description1 etc41 of the ,people of ,india10 by the ,abb ,j4 ,a4 ,dubois1 missionary in ,mysore1 vol4 i41 p4 #ahf4 #hce 8,ftichisme1 ,polythisme1 ,monothisme10 pp4 #agj1 #aga4 #hcf ,against the latter assumption derived solely from the accounts of the ,bible we have every historical fact4 #ast4 ,there are no proofs of these twelve tribes having ever existed2 that of ,levi was a priestly caste and all the others imaginary4 #b;d4 ,herodotus1 the most accurate of historians1 who was in ,assyria when ,ezra flourished1 never mentions the ,israelites at all8 ,herodotus was born in #dhd ,b4,c4 #hcg ,dr4 ,kennicot himself1 and ,bruns1 under his direction1 about #aghj1 collated #fib manuscripts of the ,hebrew 8,bible40 ,of all these1 only two were credited to the tenth century1 and three to a period as early as the eleventh and twelfth4 ,the others ranged between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries4 ,in his 8,introduzione alla ,sacra ,scrittura10 pp4 #cd-dg1 ,de ,rossi1 of ,parma1 mentions #a1dah ,,mss4 collated1 and #cgd editions4 ,the oldest manuscript 8,codex10 he asserts--that of ,vienna--dates ,a4,d4 #ajai2 the next1 ,reuchlin's1 of ,carlsruhe1 #ajch4 8,there is10 he declares1 8nothing in the manuscripts of the ,hebrew #8,old ,testament' extant of an earlier date than the eleventh century after ,christ40 #hch 8,india in ,greece10 ,preface1 ix4 #hci 8,chips10 vol4 i4 #hdj 8,egypt's ,place in ,universal ,history10 vol4 v41 p4 #gg4 #hda ,ibid41 p4 #gh4 #hdb 8,chips20 8,aitareya ,brahmanam40 #hdc ,dr4 ,m4 ,haug1 ,superintendent of the ,sanscrit studies in the ,poona ,college1 ,bombay4 #hdd ,pococke belongs to that class of ,orientalists who believe that ,buddhism preceded ,brahmanism1 and was the religion of the earliest ,vedas1 ,gautama having been but the restorer of it in its purest form1 which after him degenerated again into dogmatism4 #hde 8,india in ,greece10 p4 #bjj4 #hdf ,the ,asiatic origin of the first dwellers in the ,nilotic ,valley is clearly demonstrated by concurrent and independent testimony4 ,cuvier and ,blumenbach affirm that all the skulls of mummies which they had the opportunity of examining1 presented the ,caucasian type4 ,a recent ,american physiologist 7,dr4 ,morton7 has also argued for the same conclusion 78,crania gyptiaca40 ,philadelphia1 #ahdd74 #hdg ,the late ,rajah of ,travancore was succeeded by the elder son of his sister now reigning1 the ,maharajah ,rama ,vurmah4 ,the next heirs are the sons of his deceased sister4 ,in case the female line is interrupted by death1 the royal family is obliged to adopt the daughter of some other ,rajah1 and unless daughters are born to this ,rana another girl is adopted1 and so on4 #hdh ,there are some ,orientalists who believe that this custom was introduced only after the early ,christian settlements in thiopia2 but as under the ,romans the population of this country was nearly all changed1 the element becoming wholly ,arabic1 we may1 without doubting the statement1 believe that it was the predominating ,arab influence which had altered the earliest mode of writing4 ,their present method is even more analogous to the ,devangar1 and other more ancient ,indian ,alphabets1 which read from left to right2 and their letters show no resemblance to the ,phnician characters4 ,moreover1 all the ancient authorities corroborate our assertion still more4 ,philostratus makes the ,brahmin ,iarchus say 7,v4 ,a41 iii41 #f7 that the thiopians were originally an ,indian race1 compelled to emigrate from the mother-land for sacrilege and regicide 7see ,pococke's 8,india10 etc41 ii41 p4 #bjf74 ,an ,egyptian is made to remark1 that he had heard from his father1 that the ,indians were the wisest of men1 and that the thiopians1 a colony of the ,indians1 preserved the wisdom and usages of their fathers1 and acknowledged their ancient origin4 ,julius ,africanus 7in ,eusebius and ,syncellus71 makes the same statement4 ,and ,eusebius writes3 8,the thiopians1 emigrating from the river ,indus1 settled in the vicinity of ,egypt0 7,lemp41 ,barker's edition1 8,mero074 #hdi ,they might have been also1 as ,pococke thinks1 simply the tribes of the 8,oxus10 a name derived from the 8,ookshas10 those people whose wealth lay in the 8,ox10 for he shows ,ookshan to be a crude form of ,ooksha1 an ox 7in ,sanscrit ox is as in ,english74 ,he believes that it was they1 8the lords of the ,oxus10 who gave their name to the sea around which they ruled in many a country1 the ,euxine or ,ooksh-ine4 ,pali means a shepherd1 and s'than is a land4 8,the warlike tribes of the ,oxus penetrated into ,egypt1 then swept onward to ,palestine 7,,pali-,,stan71 the land of the ,palis or shepherds1 and there effected more permanent settlements0 78,india in ,greece074 ,yet1 if even so1 it would only the more confirm our opinion that the ,jews are a hybrid race1 for the 8,bible0 shows them freely intermarrying1 not alone with the ,canaanites1 but with every other nation or race they come in contact with4 #hej ,prof4 ,a4 ,wilder3 8,notes40 #hea ,moses reigned over the people of ,israel in the wilderness for over forty years4 #heb ,the name of the wife of ,moses was ,zipporah 7,exodus ii474 #hec ,about #ajdj1 the ,jewish doctors removed their schools from ,babylonia to ,spain1 and of the four great rabbis that flourished during the next four centuries1 their works all show different readings1 and abound with mistakes in the manuscripts4 ,the 8,masorah0 made things still worse4 ,many things that then existed in the manuscripts are there no longer1 and their works teem with interpolations as well as with lacun4 ,the oldest ,hebrew manuscript belongs to this period4 ,such is the divine revelation we are to credit4 #hed ,no chronology was accepted by the rabbis as authoritative till the twelfth century4 ,the #dj and #a1jjj are not exact numbers1 but have been crammed in to answer monotheism and the exigencies of a religion calculated to appear different from that of the ,pagans4 78,chron4 ,orth410 p4 #bch74 ,one finds in the 8,pentateuch0 only events occurring about two years before the fabled 8,exodus0 and the last year4 ,the rest of the chronology is nowhere1 and can be followed only through kabalistic computations1 with a key to them in the hand4 #hee ,the ,gnostics1 called ,collyridians1 had transferred from ,astoreth their worship to ,mary1 also ,queen of ,heaven4 ,they were persecuted and put to death by the orthodox ,christians as heretics4 ,but if these ,gnostics had established her worship by offering her sacrifices of cakes1 cracknels1 or fine wafers1 it was because they imagined her to have been born of an immaculate virgin1 as ,christ is alleged to have been born of his mother4 ,and now1 the ,pope's infallibility having been recognized and accepted1 its first practical manifestation is the revival of the ,collyridian belief as an article of faith 7,see 8,apocryphal ,new ,testament20 ,hone3 8,the ,gospel of ,mary attributed to ,matthew074 #hef ,hargrave ,jennings3 8,rosicrucians40 #heg 8,progress of ,religious ,ideas40 #heh ,lilith was ,adam's first wife 8before he married ,eve10 of whom 8he begat nothing but devils20 which strikes us as a very novel1 if pious1 way of explaining a very philosophical allegory3 ,burton's 8,anatomy of ,melancholy40 #hei ,it is in commemoration of the ,ark of the ,deluge that the ,phnicians1 those bold explorers of the 8deep10 carried1 fixed on the prow of their ships1 the image of the goddess ,astart1 who is ,elissa1 ,venus ,erycina of ,sicily1 and ,dido1 whose name is the feminine of ,david4 #hfj ,dr4 ,lundy3 8,monumental ,christianity40 #hfa ,lucian1 iv4 #bgf4 #hfb #a ,kings xviii4 ,all this is allegorical1 and1 what is more1 purely magical4 ,for ,elijah is bent upon an incantation4 #hfc ,the ,talmud books say that ,noah was himself the dove 7spirit71 thus identifying him still more with the ,chaldean ,nouah4 ,baal is represented with the wings of a dove1 and the ,samaritans worshipped on ,mount ,gerizim the image of a dove4 8,talmud1 ,tract4 ,chalin410 fol4 #f1 col4 #a4 #hfd ,numbers x4 #bi1 #ca4 #hfe ,the ,bible contradicts itself as well as the ,chaldean account1 for in chapter vii4 of ,genesis it shows 8every one of them0 perishing in the deluge4 #hff ,numbers xiii4 #hfg ,we do not see why the clergy--especially the ,catholic-- should object to our statement that the patriarchs are all signs of the zodiac1 and the old gods of the 8heathen0 as well4 ,there was a time1 and that less than two centuries ago1 when they themselves exhibited the most fervent desire to relapse into sun and star worship4 ,this pious and curious attempt was denounced but a few months since by ,camille ,flammarion1 the ,french astronomer4 ,he shows two ,augsburgian ,jesuits1 ,schiller and ,bayer1 who felt quite anxious to change the names of the whole ,sabean host of the starry heaven1 and worship them again under ,christian names6 ,having anathematized the idolatrous sun-worshippers for over fifteen centuries1 the ,church now seriously proposed to continue heliolatry--to the letter this time--as their idea was to substitute for ,pagan myths biblical and 7in their ideas7 real personages4 ,they would have called the sun1 ,christ2 the moon1 ,virgin ,mary2 ,saturn1 ,adam2 ,jupiter1 ,moses 7672 ,mars1 ,joshua2 ,venus1 ,john the ,baptist2 and ,mercury1 ,elias4 ,and very proper substitutes too1 showing the great familiarity of the ,catholic ,church with ancient ,pagan and kabalistic learning1 and its readiness1 perhaps1 to at last confess the source whence came their own myths4 ,for is not king ,messiah the sun1 the ,demiurge of the heliolaters1 under various names8 ,is he not the ,egyptian ,osiris and the ,grecian ,apollo8 ,and what more appropriate name than ,virgin ,mary for the ,pagan ,diana-,astart1 8the ,queen of ,heaven10 against which ,jeremiah exhausted a whole vocabulary of imprecations8 ,such an adoption would have been historically as well as religiously correct4 ,two large plates were prepared1 says ,flammarion1 in a recent number of 8,la ,nature10 and represented the heavens with ,christian constellations instead of ,pagan4 ,apostles1 popes1 saints1 martyrs1 and personages of the ,old and ,new ,testament completed this ,christian ,sabeanism4 8,the disciples of ,loyola used every exertion to make this plan succeed40 ,it is curious to find in ,india among the ,mussulmans the name of ,terah1 ,abraham's father1 ,azar or ,azarh1 and ,azur1 which also means fire1 and is1 at the same time1 the name of the ,hindu third solar month 7from ,june to ,july71 during which the sun is in ,gemini1 and the full moon near ,sagittarius4 #hfh ,cicero3 8,de ,nat4 ,deo410 i41 #ac4 #hfi 8,herodotus10 ii41 #ade4 #hgj 8,monumental ,christianity10 p4 #c4 #hga ,who but the authors of the 8,pentateuch0 could have invented a ,supreme ,god or his angel so thoroughly human as to require a smear of blood upon the door-post to prevent his killing one person for another6 ,for gross materialism this exceeds any theistical conception that we have noticed in ,pagan literature4 #hgb ,denon3 8,egypt10 ii41 pl4 #dj1 ,no4 #h1 p4 #ed4 #hgc ,pages #ac and #djb4 #hgd ,in ,volney's 8,ruins of ,empires0 p4 #cfj1 it is remarked that as ,aries was in its fifteenth degree #addg ,b4,c41 it follows that the first degree of 8,libra0 could not have coincided with the ,vernal equinox more lately than #ae1aid years ,b4,c41 to which1 if you add #agij years since ,christ1 it appears that #af1ihd years have elapsed since the origin of the ,zodiac4 #hge ,see cuts in ,inman's 8,ancient ,faiths40 #hgf ,cicero3 8,de ,nat4 ,deorum10 i41 #aj4 #hgg ,virgil3 8neid10 vi41 #gbd ff4 #hgh ,the term 8coats of skin10 is the more suggestive when we learn that the ,hebrew word 8skin0 used in the original text1 means human skin4 ,the text says3 8,and ,java ,aleim made for ,adam and his wife ,,chitonut ,,our4 ,the first ,hebrew word is the same as the ,greek --chiton--coat4 ,parkhurst defines it as the skin of men or animals and 1 ,,our1 ,,or1 or ,,ora4 ,the same word is used at ,exodus xxxiv4 #cj1 #ce1 when the skin of ,moses 8shone0 7,a4 ,wilder74 #hgi ,here1 again1 the 8,masorah10 by converting one name into another1 has helped to falsify the little that was left original in the primitive ,scriptures4 ,de ,rossi1 of ,parma1 says of the ,massoretes1 in his 8,compendis10 vol4 iv41 p4 #g3 8,it is known with what carefulness ,esdras1 the most excellent critic they have had1 had reformed the text and corrected it1 and restored it to its primary splendor4 ,of the many revisions undertaken after him1 none are more celebrated than that of the ,massoretes1 who came after the sixth century 444 and all the most zealous adorers and defenders of the 8,masorah10 ,christians and ,jews 444 ingenuously accord and confess that it1 such as it exists1 is deficient1 imperfect1 interpolated1 full of errors1 and a most unsafe guide40 ,the square letter was not invented till after the third century4 #hhj ,scorpio is the astrological sign of the organs of reproduction4 #hha ,the patriarchs are all convertible in their numbers as well as interchangeable4 ,according to what they relate1 they become ten1 five1 seven1 twelve1 and even fourteen4 ,the whole system is so complicated that it is an utter impossibility in a work like this to do more than hint at certain matters4 #hhb ,see vol4 ,i4 of the present work1 p4 #cb4 ,alone1 the ,hindu calculation by the ,zodiac1 can give a key to the ,hebrew chronologies and the ages of the patriarchs4 ,if we bear in mind that1 according to the former astronomical and chronological calculations1 out of the fourteen manwantara 7or divine ages71 each of which composed of twelve thousand years of the devas1 multiplied by seventy-one1 forms one period of creation--not quite seven are yet passed1 the ,hebrew calculation will become more clear4 ,to help1 as much as possible1 those who will be sure to get a good deal bewildered in this calculation1 we will remind the reader that the ,zodiac is divided into #cfj degrees1 and every sign into thirty degrees2 that in the ,samaritan ,bible the age of ,enoch is fixed at #cfj years2 that in 8,manu10 the divisions of time are given thus3 8,the day and the night are composed of thirty ,mouhourta4 ,a mouhourta contains thirty kals4 ,a month of the mortals is of thirty days1 but it is but one day of the pitris4444 ,a year of the mortals is one day of the ,devas40 #hhc ,see ,rawlinson's 8,diagrams40 #hhd ,in the ,brahmanical ,zodiac the signs are all presided over by and dedicated to one of the twelve great gods4 ,so1 #a4 ,mecha 7,aries7 is dedicated to ,varuna2 #b4 ,vricha 7,taurus71 to ,yama2 #c4 ,mithuna 7,gemini71 to ,pavana2 #d4 ,karcataca 7,cancer71 to ,srya2 #e4 ,sinha 7,leo71 to ,soma2 #f4 ,kanya 7,virgo71 to ,kartikeia2 #g4 ,toulha 7,libra71 to ,kouvera2 #h4 ,vristchica 7,scorpio71 to ,kama2 #i4 ,dhanous 7,sagittarius71 to ,ganesa2 #aj4 ,makara 7,capricornus71 to ,poulhar2 #aa4 ,kumbha 7,aquarius71 to ,indra2 and1 #ab1 ,minas 7,pisces71 to ,agni4 #hhe ,moor's 8,hindu ,pantheon10 pp4 #bie-cjb4 #hhf ,apollo was also ,abelius1 or ,bel4 #hhg ,halal is a name of ,apollo4 ,the name of ,mahalal-,eliel would then be the autumnal sun1 of ,july1 and this patriarch presides over ,leo 7,july7 the zodiacal sign4 #hhh ,see description of the ,sephiroth1 in chapter iv4 #hhi ,how servile was this ,chaldean copy may be seen in comparing the ,hindu chronology with that of the ,babylonians4 ,according to ,manu1 the antediluvian dynasties of the ,pradjpatis reigned #d1cbj1jjj human years1 a whole divine age of the devas in short1 or that length of time which invariably occurs between life on earth and the dissolution of that life1 or pralaya4 ,the ,chaldeans1 in their turn1 give precisely the same figures1 minus one cipher1 to wit3 they make their #abj saros yield a total of #dcb1jjj years4 #hij ,eliphas ,levi gives it both in the ,greek and ,hebrew versions1 but so condensed and arbitrarily that it is impossible for one who knows less than himself to understand him4 #hia ,see ,rabbi ,simeon's dissertation on the primitive ,man-,bull and the horns1 8,sohar40 #hib 8,the ,nuctameron of the ,hebrews20 see ,eliphas ,levi1 vol4 i4 #hic 8,anszuge aus dem ,sohar10 p4 #ac1 #ae4 #hid ,such is the opinion of the erudite ,dr4 ,jost and ,donaldson4 8,the ,old ,testament ,books1 as we now find them1 seem to have been concluded about #aej years ,b4,c4444 ,the ,jews now sought the other books1 which had been dispersed during the wars1 and brought them into one collection0 7,ghillany3 8,menschenopfer der ,hebrar10 p4 #a74 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man40 ,appendix4 #hie 8,jost10 vol4 i41 p4 #ea4 #hif ,burder's 8,josephus10 vol4 ii41 pp4 #cca-cce4 #hig 8,die ,kabbala10 p4 #ie4 #hih ,gaffarel3 ,introduction to 8,book of ,enoch40 #hii ,so firmly established seems to have been the reputation of the ,brahmans and ,buddhists for the highest morality1 and that since time immemorial1 that we find ,colonel ,henry ,yule1 in his admirable edition of 8,marco ,polo10 giving the following testimony3 8,the high virtues ascribed to the ,brahman and ,indian merchants were1 perhaps1 in part1 matter of tradition 444 but the eulogy is so constant among medival travellers that it must have had a solid foundation4 ,in fact1 it would not be difficult to trace a chain of similar testimony from ancient times down to our own4 ,arrian says no ,indian was ever accused of falsehood4 ,hwen ,t'sang ascribes to the people of ,india eminent uprightness1 honesty1 and disinterestedness4 ,friar ,jordanus 7circa #accj7 says the people of ,lesser ,india 7,sindh and ,western ,india7 were true in speech and eminent in justice2 and we may also refer to the high character given to the ,hindus by ,abul ,fazl4 ,but after #aej years of ,european trade1 indeed1 we find a sad deterioration4444 ,yet ,pallas1 in the last century1 noticing the ,bamyan colony at ,astrakhan1 says its members were notable for an upright dealing that made them greatly preferable to ,armenians4 ,and that wise and admirable public servant1 the late ,sir ,william ,sleeman1 in our own time1 has said that he knew no class of men in the world more strictly honorable than the mercantile classes of ,india40#ijj ,the sad examples of the rapid demoralization of savage ,american ,indians1 as soon as they are made to live in a close proximity with ,christian officials and missionaries1 are familiar in our modern days4 #ijj ,the 8,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo1 the ,venetian10 translated by ,colonel ,henry ,yule1 vol4 ii41 p4 #ced4 #ija ,at the present moment ,mr4 ,o',grady is ,editor of the 8,american ,builder10 of ,new ,york1 and is well known for his interesting letters1 8,indian ,sketches--,life in the ,east10 which he contributed under the pseudonym of ,hadji ,nicka ,bauker ,khan1 to the ,boston 8,commercial ,bulletin40 #ijb ,ecclesiastes xii4 #ac2 see ,tayler ,lewis's 8,metrical ,translation40 8,the great conclusion here2 ,fear ,god and ,his commandments keep1 for this is all of man40 #ijc ,see ,micah vi41 #f-h1 8,noyes's ,translation40 #ijd ,matthew xvii41 #cg-dj4 #ije 8,les ,hauts ,phnomenes de la ,magie10 p4 #ab1 preface4 #ijf 8,history of ,magic1 ,witchcraft1 and ,animal ,magnetism40 #ijg ,see ,draper's 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science40 #ijh ,gospel according to ,mark1 iii4 #bi3 8,he that shall blaspheme against the ,holy ,ghost1 hath never forgiveness1 but is in danger of eternal damnation0 71 error74 #iji ,gospel according to ,matthew1 v4 #dd4 #iaj 8,comparative ,mythology10 ,april1 #ahef4 #iaa #ast ,epistle of ,john1 iii4 #h4 #iab #b ,kings1 xviii4 #d4 ,it is probable that the fiery serpents or ,seraphim mentioned in the twenty-first chapter of the book of ,numbers were the same as the ,levites1 or ,ophite tribe4 ,compare ,exodus xxxii4 #bf-bi with ,numbers xxi4 #e-i4 ,the names ,heva1 1 ,hivi or ,hivite1 1 and ,levi 1 all signify a serpent2 and it is a curious fact that the ,hivites1 or serpent-tribe of ,palestine1 like the ,levites or ,ophites of ,israel1 were ministers to the temples4 ,the ,gibeonites1 whom ,joshua assigned to the service of the sanctuary1 were ,hivites4 #iac #a ,chronicles1 xxi4 #a3 8,and ,satan stood up against ,israel and moved ,david to number ,israel40 #b;d ,samuel1 xxiv4 #a3 8,and again the anger of the ,lord was kindled against ,israel1 and he moved ,david against them to say3 #8,go1 number ,israel and ,judah4'0 #iad ,zechariah iii4 #a1 #b4 ,a pun or play on words is noticeable2 8adversary0 is associated with 8,satan10 as if from 1 to oppose4 #iae ,jude #i4 #iaf ,in the 8,assyrian ,tablets10 ,palestine is called 8the land of the ,hittites20 and the ,egyptian ,papyri1 declaring the same thing1 also make ,seth1 the 8pillar-god10 their tutelar deity4 #iag ,seth1 ,suteh1 or ,sat-an1 was the god of the aboriginal nations of ,syria4 ,plutarch makes him the same as ,typhon4 ,hence he was god of ,goshen and ,palestine1 the countries occupied by the ,israelites4 #iah 8,vendidad10 fargard x41 #bc3 8,i combat the dva shma1 the very evil40 8,the ,yanas10 x4 #ah1 speaks likewise of shma-,dva1 or ,khasm3 8,all other sciences depend upon shma1 the cunning40 8,serv410 lvi4 #ab3 8,to smite the wicked ,auramanyas 7,ahriman1 the evil power71 to smite shma with the terrible weapon1 to smite the ,mazanian dvas1 to smite all devas40 ,in the same fargard of the 8,vendidad0 the ,brahman divinities are involved in the same denunciation with shma-dva3 8,i combat ,india1 ,i combat ,sauru1 ,i combat the ,dva ,naonhaiti40 ,the annotator explains them to be the ,vedic gods1 ,indus1 ,gaurea1 or ,siva1 and the two ,aswins4 ,there must be some mistake1 however1 for ,siva1 at the time the 8,vedas0 were completed1 was an aboriginal or thiopian ,god1 the ,bala or ,bel of ,western ,asia4 ,he was not an ,aryan or ,vedic deity4 ,perhaps ,srya was the divinity intended4 #iai ,jacob ,bryant3 8,analysis of ,ancient ,mythology40 #ibj ,plutarch3 8de ,iside10 xxx41 xxxi4 #iba ,wilkinson's 8,ancient ,egyptians10 p4 #dcd4 #ibb ,see 8,vendidad10 fargand x4 #ibc ,salverte3 8,des ,sciences ,occultes10 appendix1 note ,a4 #ibd ,the term signifies a trial1 or probation4 #ibe #b ,samuel1 ii4 #e1 #ae2 vi4 #a-d4 ,pliny4 #ibf ,see #a ,corinthians1 v4 #e2 #b ,corinthians1 xi4 #ad2 #a ,timothy1 i4 #bj4 #ibg #b;d ,epistle of ,paul to the ,corinthians1 xii4 ,in ,numbers xxii4 #bb the angel of the ,lord is described as acting the part of a ,satan to ,balaam4 #ibh #a ,kings1 xxii4 #ai-bc4 #ibi ,haug3 8,essays on the ,sacred ,language1 ,writings1 and ,religion of the ,parsees40 #icj ,the 8,avesta0 describes the serpent ,dahaka1 as of the region of ,bauri or ,babylonia4 ,in the ,median history are two kings of the name ,deiokes or ,dahaka1 and ,astyages or ,az-dahaka4 ,there were children of ,zohak seated on various ,eastern thrones1 after ,feridun4 ,it is apparent1 therefore1 that by ,zohak is meant the ,assyrian dynasty1 whose symbol was the purpureum signum draconis--the purple sign of the ,dragon4 ,from a very remote antiquity 7,genesis xiv47 this dynasty ruled ,asia1 ,armenia1 ,syria1 ,arabia1 ,babylonia1 ,media1 ,persia1 ,bactria1 and ,afghanistan4 ,it was finally overthrown by ,cyrus and ,darius ,hystaspes1 after 8#a1jjj years'0 rule4 ,yima and ,thrtaona1 or ,jemshid and ,feridun1 are doubtless personifications4 ,zohak probably imposed the ,assyrian or ,magian worship of fire upon the ,persians4 ,darius was the vicegerent of ,ahura-,mazda4 #ica ,the name in the ,gospels is 1 or ,baal of the ,dwelling4 ,it is pretty certain that ,apollo1 the ,delphian ,god1 was not ,hellenian originally1 but ,phnician4 ,he was the ,paian or physician1 as well as the god of oracles4 ,it is no great stretch of imagination to identify him with ,baal-,zebul1 the god of ,ekron1 or ,acheron1 doubtless changed to ,zebub1 or flies1 by the ,jews in derision4 #icb 8,against ,apion10 i4 #be4 8,the ,egyptians took many occasions to hate and envy us3 in the first place because our ancestors 7the ,hyk-sos1 or shepherds7 had had the dominion over their country1 and when they were delivered from them and gone to their own country1 they lived there in prosperity40 #icc ,bunsen4 ,the name ,seth with the syllable an from the ,chaldean ana or ,heaven1 makes the term ,satan4 ,the punners seem now to have pounced upon it1 as was their wont1 and so made it ,satan from the verb ,sitan1 to oppose4 #icd 8,vendidad10 fargard x4 ,the name ,vendidad is a contraction of ,vidva-data1 ordinances against the ,dvas4 #ice ,bundahest1 8,ahriman created out of the materials of darkness ,akuman and ,ander1 then ,sauru and ,nakit40 #icf ,see ,lenoir's 8,du ,dragon de ,metz10 in 8,mmoires de l',acadmie ,celtique10 i41 #aa1 #ab4 #icg ,plutarch3 8,isis and ,osiris40 #ich 8,the ,origin of ,serpent ,worship10 by ,c4 ,staniland ,wake1 ,m4,a4,i4 ,new ,york3 ,j4 ,w4 ,bouton1 #ahgg4 #ici 8,tree and ,serpent ,worship10 etc4 #idj ,godfrey ,higgins3 8,anacalypsis20 ,dupuis3 8,origines des ,cultes10 iii41 #ea4 #ida ,martianus ,capella3 8,hymn to the ,sun10 i41 ii42 ,movers3 8,phiniza10 #bff4 #idb ,plutarch3 8,isis and ,osiris40 #idc ,virgil3 8,eclogues10 iv4 #idd ,ovid3 8,fasti10 ii41 #dea4 #ide ,knorring3 8,terra et ,clum10 #ec4 #idf ,anna is an ,oriental designation from the ,chaldean ana1 or heaven1 whence ,anatis and ,anatres4 ,durga1 the consort of ,siva1 is also named ,anna purna1 and was doubtless the original ,st4 ,anna4 ,the mother of the prophet ,samuel was named ,anna2 the father of his counterpart1 ,samson1 was ,manu4 #idg ,the virgins of ancient time1 as will be seen1 were not maids1 but simply almas1 or nubile women4 #idh ,kircher3 8dipus gypticus10 iii41 #e4 #idi ,from 1 to serve1 to worship1 to heal4 #iej ,e4 ,pococke derives the name ,pythagoras from ,buddha1 and guru1 a spiritual teacher4 ,higgins makes it ,celtic1 and says that it means an observer of the stars4 ,see 8,celtic ,druids40 ,if1 however1 we derive the word ,pytho from 1 petah1 the name would signify an expounder of oracles1 and ,buddha guru a teacher of the doctrines of ,buddha4 #iea ,in the ,secret ,museum of ,naples1 there is a marble bas-relief representing the ,fall of ,man1 in which ,god the ,father plays the part of the ,beguiling ,serpent4 #ieb ,first ,epistle to the ,corinthians1 x4 #aa43 8,all these things happened unto them for types40 #iec ,epistle to the ,galatians1 iv4 #bd3 8,it is written that ,abraham had two sons1 the one by a bond-maid1 the other by a freewoman 444 which things are an allegory40 #ied ,see 8,job10 by various translators1 and compare the different texts4 #iee ,see ,kerr ,porter's 8,persia10 vol4 i41 plates #ag1 #da4 #ief ,the expression 8of the kindred of ,ram0 denotes that he was an ,araman or ,syrian from ,mesopotamia4 ,buz was a son of ,nahor4 8,elihu son of ,barachel0 is susceptible of two translations4 ,eli-,hu--,god is1 or ,hoa is ,god2 and ,barach-,al--the worshipper of ,god1 or ,bar-,rachel1 the son of ,rachel1 or son of the ewe4 #ieg xxxvi4 #bd-bg4 #ieh ix4 #e-aa4 #iei xxxviii4 #a1 et passim4 #ifj ,job xxxviii4 #ce4 #ifa ,ibid41 xli4 #h4 #ifb ,ibid41 xli4 #cd4 #ifc ,atum1 or ,at-ma1 is the ,concealed ,god1 at once ,phtha and ,amon1 ,father and ,son1 ,creator and thing created1 ,thought and ,appearance1 ,father and ,mother4 #ifd ,molitor1 ,ennemoser1 ,henman1 ,pfaff1 etc4 #ife ,schopheim3 8,traditions10 p4 #cb4 #iff ,w4 ,williams3 8,primitive ,history20 ,dunlap3 8,spirit ,history of ,man40 #ifg ,plutarch3 8,isis and ,osiris10 p4 #ag4 #ifh 8,sibylline ,oracles10 #gfj-ghh4 #ifi ,euripides3 8,bacch40 #igj ,we doubt the propriety of rendering 1 virgin4 ,demeter and ,persephoneia were substantially the same divinity1 as were ,apollo and ,esculapius4 ,the scene of this adventure is laid in ,krete or ,koureteia1 where ,zeus was chief god4 ,it was1 doubtless1 ,keres or ,demeter that is intended4 ,she was also named 1 which is the same as 4 ,as she was the goddess of the ,mysteries1 she was fittest for the place as consort of the ,serpent-,god and mother of ,zagreus4 #iga ,pococke considers ,zeus a grand lama1 or chief ,jaina1 and ,kore-,persephone1 or ,kuru-,parasu-pani4 ,zagreus1 is ,chakras1 the wheel1 or circle1 the earth1 the ruler of the world4 ,he was killed by the ,titans1 or ,teith-ans 7,daityas74 ,the ,horns or crescent was a badge of ,lamaic sovereignty4 #igb ,nonnus3 8,dionysiacs40 #igc ,see ,deane's 8,serpent ,worship10 pp4 #hi1 #ij4 #igd ,creuzer3 8,symbol410 vol4 i41 p4 #cda4 #ige ,the ,dragon is the sun1 the generative principle-- ,jupiter-,zeus2 and ,jupiter is called the 8,holy ,spirit0 by the ,egyptians1 says ,plutarch1 8,de ,iside10 xxxvi4 #igf ,in the original it stands ons 7emanations74 ,in the translation it stands worlds4 ,it was not to be expected that1 after anathematizing the doctrine of emanations1 the ,church would refrain from erasing the original word1 which clashed diametrically with her newly-enforced dogma of the ,trinity4 #igg ,see ,dean's 8,serpent ,worship10 p4 #ade4 #igh ,ecclesiasticus xxiv4 #c4 #igi ,see ,dunlap's 8,spirit ,history of ,man10 the chapter on 8the ,logos1 the ,only ,begotten and the ,king40 #ihj ,translated by ,buckley4 #iha 8,select ,works on ,sacrifice40 #ihb ,typhon is called by ,plutarch and ,sanchoniathon1 8,tuphon1 the red-skinned40 ,plutarch3 8,isis and ,osiris10 xxi4-xxvi4 #ihc 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 p4 #bfi4 #ihd ,rahu and ,kehetty are the two fixed stars which form the head and tail of the constellation of the ,dragon4 #ihe ,e4 ,upham3 8,the ,mahvansi1 etc410 p4 #ed1 for the answer given by the chief-priest of ,mulgirs ,galle ,vihari1 named ,sue ,bandare ,metankere ,samanere ,samayahanse1 to a ,dutch ,governor in #agff4 #ihf ,we leave it to the learned archologists and philologists to decide how the ,naga or ,serpent worship could travel from ,kashmir to ,mexico and become the ,nargl worship1 which is also a ,serpent worship1 and a doctrine of lycanthropy4 #ihg ,michael1 the chief of the ons1 is also 8,gabriel1 the messenger of ,life10 of the ,nazarenes1 and the ,hindu ,indra1 the chief of the good ,spirits1 who vanquished ,vasouki1 the ,demon who rebelled against ,brahma4 #ihh ,see the ,gnostic amulet called the 8,chnuphis-,serpent10 in the act of raising its head crowned with the seven vowels1 which is the kabalistic symbol for signifying the 8gift of speech to man10 or ,logos4 #ihi 8,tamas1 the ,vedas40 #iij ,thomas ,aquinas3 8,somma10 ii41 #id ,art4 #d4 #iia ,see des ,mousseaux2 see various other ,demonographers2 the different 8,trials of ,witches10 the depositions of the latter exacted by torture1 etc4 ,in our humble opinion1 the ,devil must have contracted this disagreeable smell and his habits of uncleanliness in company with medival monks4 ,many of these saints boasted of having never washed themselves6 8,to strip one's self for the sake of vain cleanliness1 is to sin in the eyes of ,god10 says ,sprenger1 in the 8,witches' ,hammer40 ,hermits and monks 8dreaded all cleansing as so much defilement4 ,there was no bathing for a thousand years60 exclaims ,michelet in his 8,sorcire40 ,why such an outcry against ,hindu fakirs in such a case8 ,these1 if they keep dirty1 besmear themselves only after washing1 for their religion commands them to wash every morning1 and sometimes several times a day4 #iib ,lermontoff1 the great ,russian poet1 author of the 8,demon40 #iic 8,les ,hauts ,phnomenes de la ,magie10 p4 #cgi4 #iid 8,movers10 p4 #aji4 #iie ,hercules is of ,hindu origin4 #iif ,the same as the ,egyptian ,kneph1 and the ,gnostic ,ophis4 #iig 8,serpent ,worship10 p4 #ade4 #iih 8,movers10 p4 #cig4 ,azazel and ,samael are identical4 #iii ,saturn is ,bel-,moloch and even ,hercules and ,siva4 ,both of the latter are ,harakala1 or gods of the war1 of the battle1 or the 8,lords of ,hosts40 ,jehovah is called 8a man of war0 in ,exodus xv4 #c4 8,the ,lord of ,hosts is his name0 7,isaiah li4 #ae71 and ,david blesses him for teaching his 8hands to war and his fingers to fight0 7,psalms cxliv4 #a74 ,saturn is also the ,sun1 and ,movers says that 8,kronos ,saturn was called by the ,phnicians ,israel 7#acj74 ,philo says the same 7in ,euseb41 p4 #dd74 #ajjj 8,blessed be ,iahoh1 ,alahim1 ,alahi1 ,israel0 7,psalm lxxii474 #ajja ,hardy's 8,manual of ,buddhism10 p4 #fj4 #ajjb ,cousin3 8,lect4 on ,mod4 ,phil410 vol4 i41 p4 #djd4 #ajjc ,movers1 ,duncker1 ,higgins1 and others4 #ajjd 8,hres10 xxxiv2 8,gnostics10 p4 #ec4 #ajje ,wine was first made sacred in the mysteries of ,bacchus4 ,payne ,knight believes--erroneously we think--that wine was taken with the view to produce a false ecstasy through intoxication4 ,it was held sacred1 however1 and the ,christian ,eucharist is certainly an imitation of the ,pagan rite4 ,whether ,mr4 ,knight was right or wrong1 we regret to say that a ,protestant clergyman1 the ,rev4 ,joseph ,blanchard1 of ,new ,york1 was found drunk in one of the public squares on the night of ,sunday1 ,august #e1 #ahgg1 and lodged in prison4 ,the published report says3 8,the prisoner said that he had been to church and taken a little too much of the communion wine60 #ajjf ,the initiatory rite typified a descent into the underworld4 ,bacchus1 ,herakles1 ,orpheus1 and ,asklepius all descended into hell and ascended thence the third day4 #ajjg ,king's 8,hist4 ,apost4 ,creed10 #hvo1 p4 #bf4 #ajjh ,justice ,bailey's 8,common ,prayer10 #ahac1 p4 #i4 #ajji 8,apostle's ,creed20 8,apocryphal ,new ,testament40 #ajaj 8,on the ,creed10 fol4 #afgf1 p4 #bbe4 #ajaa ,lib4 #a1 c4 #b2 8,lib4 de ,princ410 in 8,prom4 ,advers4 ,praxeam10 c4 ii4 #ajab 8,de ,fide et ,symbol40 #ajac 8,preller30 ii41 p4 #aed4 #ajad ,nicodemus3 8,apocryphal ,gospel10 translated from the ,gospel published by ,grynus1 8,orthodoxographa10 vol4 i41 tom4 ii41 p4 #fdc4 #ajae ,euripides3 8,herakles10 #hjg4 #ajaf 8neid10 viii41 #bgd1 ff4 #ajag 8,frogs20 see fragments given in 8,sod1 the ,mystery of ,adonis40 #ajah ,see pages #ahj-ahg1 #cbg4 #ajai ,aristophanes3 8,frogs40 #ajbj ,see ,preface to 8,hermas0 in the ,apocryphal ,new ,testament4 #ajba ,in the 8,life of ,buddha10 of ,bkah ,hgyur 7,thibetan text71 we find the original of the episode given in the ,gospel according to ,luke4 ,an old and holy ascetic1 ,rishi ,asita1 comes from afar to see the infant ,buddha1 instructed as he is of his birth and mission by supernatural visions4 ,having worshipped the little ,gautama1 the old saint bursts into tears1 and upon being questioned upon the cause of his grief1 answers3 8,after becoming ,buddha1 he will help hundreds of thousands of millions of creatures to pass to the other shore of the ocean of life1 and will lead them on forever to immortality4 ,and ,i--,i shall not behold this pearl of ,buddhas6 ,cured of my illness1 ,i shall not be freed by him from human passion6 ,great ,king6 ,i am too old--that is why ,i weep1 and why1 in my sadness1 ,i heave long sighs60 ,it does not prevent the holy man1 however1 from delivering prophecies about the young ,buddha1 which1 with a very slight difference1 are of the same substance as those of ,simeon about ,jesus4 ,while the latter calls the young ,jesus 8a light for the revelation of the ,gentiles and the glory of the people of ,israel10 the ,buddhist prophet promises that the young prince will find himself clothed with the perfect and complete enlightenment or 8light0 of ,buddha1 and will turn the wheel of law as no one ever did before him4 8,rgya ,tcher ,rol ,pa20 translated from the ,thibetan text and revised on the original ,sanscrit1 ,lalitavistara1 by ,p4 ,e4 ,foncaux4 #ahdg4 ,vol4 ii41 pp4 #ajf1 #ajg4 #ajbb ,the sign of the cross--only a few days after the resurrection1 and before the cross was ever thought of as a symbol6 #ajbc ,payne ,knight shows that 8from the time of the first ,king ,menes1 under whom all the country below ,lake ,mris was a bog 7,herod41 ii41 #d71 to that of the ,persian invasion1 when it was the garden of the world0--between #aa1jjj and #ab1jjj years must have elapsed4 7,see 8,ancient ,art and ,mythology20 cli41 ,r4 ,payne ,knight1 p4 #ajh4 ,edit4 by ,a4 ,wilder47 #ajbd ,seth or ,sutech1 8,rawlinson's ,history of ,herodotus10 book ii41 appendix viii41 #bc4 #ajbe ,the fact is vouchsafed for by ,epiphanius4 ,see ,hone3 8,apocryphal ,new ,testament20 8,the ,gospel of the ,birth of ,mary40 ,in his able article 8,bacchus1 the ,prophet-,god10 ,professor ,a4 ,wilder remarks that 8,tacitus was misled into thinking that the ,jews worshipped an ass1 the symbol of ,typhon or ,seth1 the ,hyk-sos ,god4 ,the ,egyptian name of the ass was eo1 the phonetic of ,iao20 and hence1 probably1 he adds1 8a symbol from that mere circumstance40 ,we can hardly agree with this learned archologist1 for the idea that the ,jews reverenced1 for some mysterious reason1 ,typhon under his symbolical representation rests on more proof than one4 ,and for one we find a passage in the 8,gospel of ,mary10 is cited from ,epiphanius1 which corroborates the fact4 ,it relates to the death of 8,zacharias1 the father of ,john the ,baptist1 murdered by ,herod10 says the ,protevangelion4 ,epiphanius writes that the cause of the death of ,zacharias was that upon seeing a vision in the temple he1 through surprise1 was willing to disclose it1 but his mouth was stopped4 ,that which he saw was at the time of his offering incense1 and it was a man ,,standing ,,in ,,the ,,form ,,of ,,an ,,ass4 ,when he was gone out1 and had a mind to speak thus to the people1 ,woe unto you1 whom do ye worship8 he who had appeared unto him in the temple took away the use of his speech4 ,afterward when he recovered it1 and was able to speak1 he declared this to the ,jews1 and they slew him4 ,they 7the ,gnostics7 add in this book1 that on this very account the high priest was commanded by the law-giver 7,moses7 to carry little bells1 that whensoever he went into the temple to sacrifice1 he whom they worshipped1 hearing the noise of the bells1 might have time enough to hide himself1 and not be caught in that ugly shape and figure0 7,epiph474 #ajbf 8,phallism in ,ancient ,religions10 by ,staniland ,wake and ,westropp1 p4 #gd4 #ajbg ,hercules is also a god-fighter as well as ,jacob-,israel4 #ajbh 8,phallism in ,ancient ,religions10 p4 #ge4 #ajbi ,antiochus ,epiphanius found in #afi ,b4,c4 in the ,jewish temple1 a man kept there to be sacrificed4 ,apion3 8,joseph1 contra ,apion10 ii41 #h4 #ajcj ,the ox of ,dionysus was sacrificed at the ,bacchic ,mysteries4 ,see 8,anthon10 p4 #cfe4 #ajca 8,paus410 #e1 #af4 #ajcb ,judges iv4 #d4 #ajcc #b ,kings1 xxii4 #ad4 #ajcd xiv4 #b2 xx4 #af1 #ag4 #ajce xxvii4 #bh1 #bi4 #ajcf ,the festival denominated ,liberalia occurred on the seventeenth of ,march1 now ,st4 ,patrick's ,day4 ,thus ,bacchus was also the patron saint of the ,irish4 #ajcg ,prof4 ,a4 ,wilder3 8,bacchus1 the ,prophet-,god10 in the ,june number 7#ahgg7 of the 8,evolution1 a ,review of ,polities1 ,religion1 ,science1 ,literature1 and ,art40 #ajch 8,edinburgh ,review10 ,april1 #ahea1 p4 #daa4 #ajci 8,indian ,sketches2 or ,life in the ,east10 written for the 8,commercial ,bulletin10 of ,boston4 #ajdj ,see chapter ii4 of this vol41 p4 #aaj4 #ajda ,it would be worth the trouble of an artist1 while travelling around the world1 to make a collection of the multitudinous varieties of ,madonnas1 ,christs1 saints1 and martyrs as they appear in various costumes in different countries4 ,they would furnish models for masquerade balls in aid of church charities6 #ajdb ,even as we write1 there comes from ,earl ,salisbury1 ,secretary of ,state for ,india1 a report that the ,madras famine is to be followed by one probably still more severe in ,southern ,india1 the very district where the heaviest tribute has been exacted by the ,catholic missionaries for the expenses of the ,church of ,rome4 ,the latter1 unable to retaliate otherwise1 despoils ,british subjects1 and when famine comes as a consequence1 makes the heretical ,british ,government pay for it4 #ajdc 8,ancient ,faiths and ,modern10 p4 #bd4 #ajdd 8,ftichisme1 ,polythisme1 ,monothisme40 #ajde 8,oriental and ,linguistic ,studies10 8,vedic ,doctrine of a ,future ,life10 by ,w4 ,dwight ,whitney1 ,prof4 of ,sanscrit and ,comparative ,philology at ,yale ,college4 #ajdf 8,oriental and ,linguistic ,studies10 p4 #dh4 #ajdg ,in his article on 8,paul1 the ,founder of ,christianity10 ,professor ,a4 ,wilder1 whose intuitions of truth are always clear1 says3 8,in the person of ,aher we recognize the ,apostle ,paul4 ,he appears to have been known by a variety of appellations4 ,he was named ,saul1 evidently because of his vision of ,paradise--,saul or ,sheol being the ,hebrew name of the other world4 ,paul1 which only means #8the little man1' was a species of nickname4 ,aher1 or other1 was an epithet in the ,bible for persons outside of the ,jewish polity1 and was applied to him for having extended his ministry to the ,gentiles4 ,his real name was ,elisha ben ,abuiah40 #ajdh 8,in the #8,talmud' ,jesus is called ,,autu ,h-,,ais1 1 that man40--,a4 ,wilder4 #ajdi ,see ,moor's plates1 #ge1 ,no4 #c4 #ajej ,max ,mller's estimate4 #ajea ,dr4 ,lundy3 8,monumental ,christianity10 p4 #aec4 #ajeb ,buddhaghosa's 8,parables10 translated from the ,burmese1 by ,col4 ,h4 ,t4 ,rogers1 ,r4 ,e42 with an introduction by ,m4 ,mller1 containing 8,dhammapada10 #ahgj4 #ajec ,interpreter of the ,consulate-,general in ,siam4 #ajed 8,ancient ,faith and ,modern10 p4 #afb4 #ajee ,ibid4 #ajef ,the words contained within quotation marks are ,inman's4 #ajeg ,see vol4 i4 of this work1 p4 #cai4 #ajeh p4 #eg4 #ajei ,matthew vii4 #b4 #ajfj ,p4 #be4 #ajfa ,see ,draper's 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 p4 #bbd4 #ajfb ,this is the doctrine of the ,supralapsarians1 who asserted that 8,he ,god predestinated the fall of ,adam1 with all its pernicious consequences1 from all eternity1 and that our first parents had no liberty from the beginning40 ,it is also to this highly-moral doctrine that the ,catholic world became indebted1 in the eleventh century1 for the institution of the ,order known as the ,carthusian monks4 ,bruno1 its founder1 was driven to the foundation of this monstrous ,order by a circumstance well worthy of being recorded here1 as it graphically illustrates this divine predestination4 ,a friend of ,bruno1 a ,french physician1 famed far and wide for his extraordinary piety1 purity of morals1 and charity1 died1 and his body was watched by ,bruno himself4 ,three days after his death1 and as he was going to be buried1 the pious physician suddenly sat up in his coffin and declared1 in a loud and solemn voice1 8that by the just judgment of ,god he was eternally damned40 ,after which consoling message from beyond the 8dark river10 he fell back and relapsed into death4 ,in their turn1 the ,parsi theologians speak thus3 8,if any of you commit sin under the belief that he shall be saved by somebody1 both the deceiver as well as the deceived shall be damned to the day of ,rasta ,khz4444 ,there is no ,saviour4 ,in the other world you shall receive the return according to your actions4444 ,your ,saviour is your deeds and ,god ,himself4#ajfc #ajfc 8,the ,modern ,parsis10 lecture by ,max ,mller1 #ahfb4 #ajfd 8,de ,isid4 et ,osir410 p4 #chj4 #ajfe ,every tradition shows that ,jesus was educated in ,egypt and passed his infancy and youth with the ,brotherhoods of the ,essenes and other mystic communities4 #ajff ,bunsen found some records which show the language and religious worship of the ,egyptians1 for instance1 not only existing at the opening of the old ,empire1 8but already so fully established and fixed as to receive but a very slight development in the course of the old1 middle1 and modern ,empires10 and while this opening of the old ,empire is placed by him beyond the ,menes period1 at least #d1jjj years ,b4,c41 the origin of the ancient ,hermetic prayers and hymns of the 8,book of the ,dead10 is assigned by ,bunsen to the pre-,menite dynasty of ,abydos 7between #d1jjj and #d1ejj ,b4,c471 thus showing that 8the system of ,osirian worship and mythology was already formed #c1jjj years before the days of ,moses40 #ajfg ,it was also called the 8hook of attraction40 ,virgil terms it 8,mystica vannus ,iacchi10 8,georgics10 i41 #aff4 #ajfh ,in an ,address to the ,delegates of the ,evangelical ,alliance1 ,new ,york1 #ahgd1 ,mr4 ,peter ,cooper1 a ,unitarian1 and one of the noblest practical ,christians of the age1 closes it with the following memorable language3 8,in that last and final account it will be happy for us if we shall then find that our influence through life has tended to feed the hungry1 to clothe the naked1 and soothe the sorrows of those who were sick and in prison40 ,such words from a man who has given two million dollars in charity2 educated four thousand young girls in useful arts1 by which they gain a comfortable support2 maintained a free public library1 museum1 and reading-room2 classes for working people2 public lectures by eminent scientists1 open to all2 and been foremost in all good works1 throughout a long and blameless life1 come with the noble force that marks the utterances of all benefactors of their kind4 ,the deeds of ,peter ,cooper will cause posterity to treasure his golden sayings in its heart4 #ajfi 8,aus dem ,tibetischen bersetzt und mit dem ,originaltexte herausgegeben10 von ,s4 ,j4 ,schmidt4 #ajgj 8,buddhism in ,tibet10 by ,emil ,schlagintweit1 #ahfc1 p4 #bac4 #ajga 8,ecclesiastical ,history10 l4 i41 c4 #ac4 #ajgb ,tathagta is ,buddha1 8he who walks in the footsteps of his predecessors20 as ,bhagavat--he is the ,lord4 #ajgc ,we have the same legend about ,st4 ,veronica--as a pendant4 #ajgd 8,introduction l',histoire du ,buddhisme ,indien10 ,e4 ,burnouf1 p4 #cda4 #ajge ,moses was a most notable practitioner of ,hermetic ,science4 ,bearing in mind that ,moses 7,asarsiph7 is made to run away to the ,land of ,midian1 and that he 8sat down by a well0 7,exod4 ii471 we find the following3 ,the 8,well0 played a prominent part in the ,mysteries of the ,bacchic festivals4 ,in the sacerdotal language of every country1 it had the same significance4 ,a well is 8the fountain of salvation0 mentioned in ,isaiah 7xii4 #c74 ,the water is the male principle in its spiritual sense4 ,in its physical relation in the allegory of creation1 the water is chaos1 and chaos is the female principle vivified by the ,spirit of ,god--the male principle4 ,in the 8,kabala10 ,zachar means 8male20 and the ,jordan was called ,zachar 78,universal ,history10 vol4 ii41 p4 #dbi74 ,it is curious that the ,father of ,st4 ,john the ,baptist1 the ,prophet of ,jordan--,zacchar--should be called ,zachar-ias4 ,one of the names of ,bacchus is ,zagreus4 ,the ceremony of pouring water on the shrine was sacred in the ,osirian rites as well as in the ,mosaic institutions4 ,in the ,mishna it is said1 8,thou shalt dwell in ,succa and pour out water seven1 and the pipes six days0 78,mishna ,succah10 p4 #a74 8,take virgin earth 444 and work up the dust with living ,,water10 prescribes the ,sohar 7,introduction to 8,sohar20 8,kabbala ,denudata10 ii41 pp4 #bbj1 #bba74 ,only 8earth and water1 according to ,moses1 can bring forth a living soul10 quotes ,cornelius ,agrippa4 ,the water of ,bacchus was considered to impart the ,holy ,pneuma to the initiate2 and it washes off all sin by baptism through the ,holy ,ghost1 with the ,christians4 ,the 8well0 in the kabalistic sense1 is the mysterious emblem of the ,secret ,doctrine4 8,if any man thirst1 let him come unto me and drink10 says ,jesus 7,john vii474 ,therefore1 ,moses the adept1 is naturally enough represented sitting by a well4 ,he is approached by the seven daughters of the ,kenite ,priest of ,midian coming to fill the troughs1 to water their father's flock4 ,here we have seven again--the mystic number4 ,in the present biblical allegory the daughters represent the seven occult powers4 8,the shepherds came and drove them 7the seven daughters7 away1 but ,moses stood up1 and helped them1 and watered their flock40 ,the shepherds are shown1 by some kabalistic interpreters1 to represent the seven 8badly-disposed ,stellars0 of the ,nazarenes2 for in the old ,samaritan text the number of these ,shepherds is also said to be seven 7see kabalistic books74 ,then ,moses1 who had conquered the seven evil ,powers1 and won the friendship of the seven occult and beneficent ones1 is represented as living with the ,reuel ,priest of ,midian1 who invites 8the ,egyptian0 to eat bread1 i4e41 to partake of his wisdom4 ,in the ,bible the elders of ,midian are known as great soothsayers and diviners4 ,finally1 ,reuel or ,jethro1 the initiator and instructor of ,moses1 gives him in marriage his daughter4 ,this daughter is ,zipporah1 i4e41 the esoteric ,wisdom1 the shining light of knowledge1 for ,siprah means the 8shining0 or 8resplendent10 from the word 8,sapar0 to shine4 ,sippara1 in ,chaldea1 was the city of the 8,sun40 ,thus ,moses was initiated by the ,midianite1 or rather the ,kenite1 and thence the biblical allegory4 #ajgf ,schmidt3 8,der ,weise und der ,thor10 p4 #cg4 #ajgg 8,rgya ,tcher ,rol4 ,pa410 8,history of ,buddha ,sakya-muni0 7,sanscrit71 8,lalitavistara10 vol4 ii41 pp4 #ij1 #ia4 #ajgh 8,protevangelion0 7ascribed to ,james71 ch4 xiii4 and xiv4 #ajgi 8,pali ,buddhistical ,annals10 iii41 p4 #bh2 8,manual of ,buddhism10 #adb4 ,hardy4 #ajhj 8,gospel of the ,infancy10 chap4 xx41 xxi42 accepted by ,eusebius1 ,athanasius1 ,epiphanius1 ,chrysostom1 ,jerome1 and others4 ,the same story1 with the ,hindu earmarks rubbed off to avoid detection1 is found at ,luke ii41 #df1 #dg4 #ajha ,alabaster3 8,wheel of the ,law10 pp4 #bi1 #cd1 #ce1 and #ch4 #ajhb ,e4 ,upham3 8,the ,history and ,doctrines of ,buddhism10 p4 #ace4 ,dr4 ,judson fell into this prodigious error by reason of his fanaticism4 ,in his zeal to 8save souls10 he refused to peruse the ,burmese classics1 lest his attention should be diverted thereby4 #ajhc 8,indian ,antiquary10 vol4 ii41 p4 #ha2 8,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 i41 p4 #dda4 #ajhd 8,ssabismus10 vol4 i41 p4 #gbe4 #ajhe ,murray's 8,history of ,discoveries in ,asia40 #ajhf 8,manual of ,buddhism10 p4 #adb4 #ajhg ,see ,inman's 8,ancient ,pagan and ,modern ,christian ,symbolism10 p4 #ib4 #ajhh 8,rgya4 ,tcher4 ,rol4 ,pa410 ,bkah ,hgyour 7,thibetan version74 #ajhi ,gospel according to ,luke1 i4 #ci-de4 #ajij ,didron3 8,iconograph4 ,chrtienne ,histoire de ,dieu40 #ajia ,there are numerous works deduced immediately from the 8,vedas10 called the 8,upa-,ved40 ,four works are included under this denomination1 namely1 the 8,ayus10 8,gandharva10 8,dhanus10 and 8,sthpatya40 ,the third 8,upaveda0 was composed by ,viswamitra for the use of the ,kshatriyas1 the warrior caste4 #ajib ,bunsen's 8,egypt's ,place in ,universal ,history10 vol4 v41 p4 #ic4 #ajic ,alabaster2 8,wheel of the ,law10 pp4 #dc-dg4 #ajid 8,the ,debatable ,land10 p4 #ade4 #ajie 8,we divide our zeal10 says ,dr4 ,henry ,more1 8against so many things that we fancy ,popish1 that we scarce reserve a just share of detestation against what is truly so4 ,such are that gross1 rank1 and scandalous impossibility of transubstantiation1 the various modes of fulsome idolatry and lying impostures1 the uncertainty of their loyalty to their lawful sovereigns by their superstitious adhesion to the spiritual tyranny of the ,pope1 and that barbarous and ferine cruelty against those that are not either such fools as to be persuaded to believe such things as they would obtrude upon men1 or1 are not so false to ,god and their own consciences1 as1 knowing better1 yet to profess them0 7,postscript to 8,glanvill074 #ajif ,payne ,knight believes that ,ceres was not a personification of the brute matter which composed the earth1 but of the female productive principle supposed to pervade it1 which1 joined to the active1 was held to be the cause of the organization and animation of its substance4444 ,she is mentioned as the wife of the ,omnipotent ,father1 ther1 or ,jupiter 78,the ,symbolical ,language of ,ancient ,art and ,mythology10 xxxvi474 ,hence the words of ,christ1 8it is the ,spirit that quickeneth1 flesh profiteth nothing10 applied in their dual meaning to both spiritual and terrestrial things1 to spirit and matter4 ,bacchus1 as ,dionysus1 is of ,indian origin4 ,cicero mentions him as a son of ,thyon and ,nisus4 means the god ,dis from ,mount ,nys in ,india4 ,bacchus1 crowned with ivy1 or kissos1 is ,christna1 one of whose names was ,kissen4 ,dionysus is preminently the deity on whom were centred all the hopes for future life2 in short1 he was the god who was expected to liberate the souls of men from their prisons of flesh4 ,orpheus1 the poet-,argonaut1 is also said to have come on earth to purify the religion of its gross1 and terrestrial anthropomorphism1 he abolished human sacrifice and instituted a mystic theology based on pure spirituality4 ,cicero calls ,orpheus a son of ,bacchus4 ,it is strange that both seem to have originally come from ,india4 ,at least1 as ,dionysus ,zagreus1 ,bacchus is of undoubted ,hindu origin4 ,some writers deriving a curious analogy between the name of ,orpheus and an old ,greek term1 1 dark or tawny-colored1 make him ,hindu by connecting the term with his dusky ,hindu complexion4 ,see ,voss1 ,heyne and ,schneider on the ,argonautis4 #ajig 8,vie de ,jesus10 p4 #bai4 #ajih ,ibid41 p4 #bba4 #ajii 8,analysis of ,religious ,belief10 vol4 i41 p4 #dfg4 #aajj ,see the 8,gita10 translated by ,charles ,wilkins1 in #aghe2 and the 8,bhagavad-,purana10 containing the history of ,christna1 translated into ,french by ,eugne ,burnouf4 #ahdj4 #aaja ,matthew vii4 #ba4 #aajb 8,of the ,people of ,india10 vol4 i41 p4 #hd4 #aajc ,or 8,researches into the ,mysteries of ,occultism20 ,boston1 #ahgg1 ,edited by ,mrs4 ,e4 ,hardinge ,britten4 #aajd ,see 8,stone ,him to ,death20 8,septenary ,institutions40 ,capt4 ,james ,riley1 in his 8,narrative0 of his enslavement in ,africa1 relates like instances of great longevity on the ,sahara ,desert4 #aaje ,russian ,armenia2 one of the most ancient ,christian convents4 #aajf 8,egyptian ,book of the ,dead40 ,the ,hindus have seven upper and seven lower heavens4 ,the seven mortal sins of the ,christians have been borrowed from the ,egyptian ,books of ,hermes with which ,clement of ,alexandria was so familiar4 #aajg ,the atrocious custom subsequently introduced among the people1 of sacrificing human victims1 is a perverted copy of the ,theurgic ,mystery4 ,the ,pagan priests1 who did not belong to the class of the hierophants1 carried on for awhile this hideous rite1 and it served to screen the genuine purpose4 ,but the ,grecian ,herakles is represented as the adversary of human sacrifices and as slaying the men and monsters who offered them4 ,bunsen shows1 by the very absence of any representation of human sacrifice on the oldest monuments1 that this custom had been abolished in the old ,empire1 at the close of the seventh century after ,menes2 therefore1 #c1jjj years ,b4,c41 ,iphiscrates had stopped the human sacrifices entirely among the ,carthaginians4 ,diphilus ordered bulls to be substituted for human victims4 ,amosis forced the priests to replace the latter by figures of wax4 ,on the other hand1 for every stranger offered on the shrine of ,diana by the inhabitants of the ,tauric ,chersonesus1 the ,inquisition and the ,christian clergy can boast of a dozen of heretics offered on the altar of the 8mother of ,god10 and her 8,son40 ,and when did the ,christians ever think of substituting either animals or wax-figures for living heretics1 ,jews1 and witches8 ,they burned these in effigy only when1 through providential interference1 the doomed victims had escaped their clutches4 #aajh ,this is why ,jesus recommends prayer in the solitude of one's closet4 ,this secret prayer is but the paravidya of the ,vedantic philosopher3 8,he who knows his soul 7inner self7 daily retires to the region of ,swarga 7the heavenly realm7 in his own heart10 says the ,brihad-,aranyaka4 ,the ,vedantic philosopher recognizes the tman1 the spiritual self1 as the sole and ,supreme ,god4 #aaji 8,wheel of the ,law10 p4 #ed4 #aaaj ,a4 ,wilder3 8,ancient and ,modern ,prophecy40 #aaaa ,while at ,petrovsk 7,dhagestan1 region of the ,caucasus7 we had the opportunity of witnessing another such mystery4 ,it was owing to the kindness of ,prince ,melikoff1 the governor-general of ,dhagestan1 living at ,temerchan-,shoura1 and especially of ,prince ,shamsoudine1 the ex-reigning ,shamchal of ,tarchoff1 a native ,tartar1 that during the summer of #ahfe we assisted at this ceremonial from the safe distance of a sort of private box1 constructed under the ceiling of the temporary building4 #aaab ,does not this afford us a point of comparison with the so-called 8materializing mediums80 #aaac ,the ,yezidis must number over #bjj1jjj men altogether4 ,the tribes which inhabit the ,pashalik of ,bagdad1 and are scattered over the ,sindjar mountains are the most dangerous1 as well as the most hated for their evil practices4 ,their chief ,sheik lives constantly near the tomb of their prophet and reformer ,adi1 but every tribe chooses its own sheik among the most learned in the 8black art40 ,this ,adi or ,ad is a mythic ancestor of theirs1 and simply is1 ,adi--the ,god of wisdom or the ,parsi ,ab-ad the first ancestor of the human race1 or again ,adh-,buddha of the ,hindus1 anthropomorphized and degenerated4 #aaad ,within less than four months we have collected from the daily papers forty-seven cases of crime1 ranging from drunkenness up to murder1 committed by ecclesiastics in the ,united ,states only4 ,by the end of the year our correspondents in the ,east will have valuable facts to offset missionary denunciations of 8heathen0 misdemeanors4 #aaae 8,evolution10 art4 ,paul1 the ,founder of ,christianity4 #aaaf ,we find in ,galatians iv4 #d1 the following3 8,but when the fulness of the time was come1 ,god sent forth his ,son1 made of a woman1 made under the law40 #aaag ,the date has been fully established for these ,pali ,books in our own century2 sufficiently so1 at least1 to show that they existed in ,ceylon1 #caf ,b4,c41 when ,mahinda1 the son of ,asoka1 was there 7,see ,max ,mller1 8,chips1 etc410 vol4 i41 on ,buddhism74 #aaah 8,a ,new ,historical ,relation of the ,kingdom of ,siam10 by ,m4 de la ,loubre1 ,envoy to ,siam from ,france1 #afhg-h1 chap4 xxv41 ,london2 8,diverse ,observations to be ,made in ,preaching the ,gospel to the ,orientals40 ,the ,sieur de la ,loubre's report to the king was made1 as we see1 in #afhg-h4 ,how thoroughly his proposition to the ,jesuits1 to suppress and dissemble in preaching ,christianity to the ,siamese1 met their approval1 is shown in the passage elsewhere quoted from the ,thesis propounded by the ,jesuits of ,caen 78,thesis propugnata in regio ,soc4 ,jes4 ,collegio1 celeberrim ,academi ,cadoniensis1 die ,veneris1 #cj ,jan41 #afic71 to the following effect3 8444 neither do the ,fathers of the ,society of ,jesus dissemble when they adopt the institute and the habit of the ,talapoins of ,siam40 ,in five years the ,ambassador's little lump of leaven had leavened the whole4 #aaai ,in a discourse of ,hermes with ,thoth1 the former says3 8,it is impossible for thought to rightly conceive of ,god4444 ,one cannot describe1 through material organs1 that which is immaterial and eternal4444 ,one is a perception of the spirit1 the other a reality4 ,that which can be perceived by our senses can be described in words2 but that which is incorporeal1 invisible1 immaterial1 and without form cannot be realized through our ordinary senses4 ,i understand thus1 ,o ,thoth1 ,i understand that ,god is ineffable40 ,in the ,catechism of the ,parsis1 as translated by ,m4 ,dadabhai ,naoroji1 we read the following3 8,q4 ,what is the form of our ,god80 8,a4 ,our ,god has neither face nor form1 color nor shape1 nor fixed place4 ,there is no other like ,him4 ,he is ,himself1 singly such a glory that we cannot praise or describe ,him2 nor our mind comprehend ,him40 #aabj 8,contemporary ,review10 p4 #ehh1 ,july1 #ahgj4 #aaba 8,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 ii41 pp4 #cjd1 #cjf4 #aabb ,ibid4 #aabc ,ibid4 #aabd 8,dec410 v41 lib4 vi41 cap4 #b4 #aabe 8,travels in ,tartary10 etc41 pp4 #aba1 #abb4 #aabf 8,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 ii41 p4 #cdj4 #aabg ,his twenty or more volumes on ,oriental subjects are indeed a curious conglomerate of truth and fiction4 ,they contain a vast deal of fact about ,indian traditions1 philosophy and chronology1 with most just views courageously expressed4 ,but it seems as if the philosopher were constantly being overlaid by the romancist4 ,it is as though two men were united in their authorship--one careful1 serious1 erudite1 scholarly1 the other a sensational and sensual ,french romancer1 who judges of facts not as they are but as he imagines them4 ,his translations from ,manu are admirable2 his controversial ability marked2 his views of priestly morals unfair1 and in the case of the ,buddhists1 positively slanderous4 ,but in all the series of volumes there is not a line of dull reading2 he has the eye of the artist1 the pen of the poet of nature4 #aabh ,les ,fils de ,dieu4 8,l',inde ,brahmanique10 p4 #bif4 #aabi ,in its general sense1 ,isvara means 8,lord20 but the ,isvara of the mystic philosophers of ,india was understood precisely as the union and communion of men with the ,deity of the ,greek mystics4 ,isvara-,parasada means1 literally1 in ,sanscrit1 grace4 ,both of the 8,mimansas10 treating of the most abstruse questions1 explain ,karma as merit1 or the efficacy of works2 ,isvara-,parasada1 as grace2 and ,sradha1 as faith4 ,the 8,mimansas0 are the work of the two most celebrated theologians of ,india4 ,the 8,pourva-,mimansa0 was written by the philosopher ,djeminy1 and the 8,outtara-,mimansa0 7or ,vedanta71 by ,richna ,dvipayaa ,vyasa1 who collected the four 8,vedas0 together4 7,see ,sir ,william ,jones1 ,colebrooke1 and others47 #aacj ,suetonius3 8,august40 #aaca ,plutarch4 #aacb 8,pliny10 xxx41 pp4 #b1 #ad4 #aacc 8,servius ad4 on10 p4 #ga4 #aacd ,peary ,chand ,mittra3 8,the ,psychology of the ,aryas20 8,human ,nature10 for ,march1 #ahgg4 #aace ,the ,boulogne 7,france7 correspondent of an ,english journal says that he knows of a gentleman who has had an arm amputated at the shoulder1 8who is certain that he has a spiritual arm1 which he sees and actually feels with his other hand4 ,he can touch anything1 and even pull up things with the spiritual or phantom arm and hand40 ,the party knows nothing of spiritualism4 ,we give this as we get it1 without verification1 but it merely corroborates what we have seen in the case of an ,eastern adept4 ,this eminent scholar and practical kabalist can at will project his astral arm1 and with the hand take up1 move1 and carry objects1 even at a considerable distance from where he may be sitting or standing4 ,we have often seen him thus minister to the wants of a favorite elephant4 #aacf ,answer to a question at 8,the ,national ,association of ,spiritualists10 ,may #adth1 #ahgg4 #aacg 8,a ,buddhist's ,opinions of the ,spiritual ,states40 #aach ,see the 8,london ,spiritualist10 ,may #be1 #ahgg1 p4 #bdf4 #aaci ,see ,coleman's 8,hindu ,mythology40 #aadj ,russian subjects are not allowed to cross the ,tartar territory1 neither the subjects of the ,emperor of ,china to go to the ,russian factories4 #aada ,these are the representatives of the ,buddhist ,trinity1 ,buddha1 ,dharma1 and ,sangha1 or ,fo1 ,fa1 and ,sengh1 as they are called in ,thibet4 #aadb ,a ,bikshu is not allowed to accept anything directly even from laymen of his own people1 least of all from a foreigner4 ,the slightest contact with the body and even dress of a person not belonging to their special community is carefully avoided4 ,thus even the offerings brought by us and which comprised pieces of red and yellow pou-lou1 a sort of woollen fabric the lamas generally wear1 had to pass through strange ceremonies4 ,they are forbidden1 #a1 to ask or beg for anything--even were they starving--having to wait until it is voluntarily offered2 #b1 to touch either gold or silver with their hands2 #c1 to eat a morsel of food1 even when presented1 unless the donor distinctly says to the disciple1 8,this is for your master to eat40 ,thereupon1 the disciple turning to the pazen has to offer the food in his turn1 and when he has said1 8,master1 this is allowed2 take and eat10 then only can the lama take it with the right hand1 and partake of it4 ,all our offerings had to pass through such purifications4 ,when the silver pieces1 and a few handfuls of annas 7a coin equal to four cents7 were at different occasions offered to the community1 a disciple first wrapped his hand in a yellow handkerchief1 and receiving it on his palm1 conveyed the sum immediately into the ,badir1 called elsewhere ,sabat1 a sacred basin1 generally wooden1 kept for offerings4 #aadc ,these stones are highly venerated among ,lamaists and ,buddhists2 the throne and sceptre of ,buddha are ornamented with them1 and the ,taley ,lama wears one on the fourth finger of the right hand4 ,they are found in the ,altai ,mountains1 and near the river ,yarkuh4 ,our talisman was a gift from the venerable high-priest1 a ,heiloung1 of a ,kalmuck tribe4 ,though treated as apostates from their primitive ,lamaism1 these nomads maintain friendly intercourse with their brother ,kalmucks1 the ,chokhots of ,eastern ,thibet and ,kokonor1 but even with the ,lamaists of ,lha-,ssa4 ,the ecclesiastical authorities however1 will have no relations with them4 ,we have had abundant opportunities to become acquainted with this interesting people of the ,astrakhan ,steppes1 having lived in their ,kibitkas in our early years1 and partaken of the lavish hospitality of the ,prince ,tumene1 their late chief1 and his ,princess4 ,in their religious ceremonies1 the ,kalmucks employ trumpets made from the thigh and arm bones of deceased rulers and high priests4 #aadd ,the ,buddhist ,kalmucks of the ,astrakhan steppes are accustomed to make their idols out of the cremated ashes of their princes and priests4 ,a relative of the author has in her collection several small pyramids composed of the ashes of eminent ,kalmucks and presented to her by the ,prince ,tumene himself in #ahcf4 #aade ,the sacred fan used by the chief priests instead of an umbrella4 #aadf ,see vol4 i41 p4 #dgf4 #aadg ,see his 8,lectures on ,sound40 #aadh ,from the compound word stra1 maxim or precept1 and antika1 close or near4 #aadi ,it sounds like injustice to ,aska to compare him with ,constantine1 as is done by several ,orientalists4 ,if1 in the religious and political sense1 ,aska did for ,india what ,constantine is alleged to have achieved for the ,western ,world1 all similarity stops there4 #aaej ,see 8,indian ,sketches20 ,appleton's 8,new ,cyclopedia10 etc4 #aaea ,aum 7mystic ,sanscrit term of the ,trinity71 mani 7holy jewel71 padm 7in the lotus1 padma being the name for lotus71 houm 7be it so74 ,the six syllables in the sentence correspond to the six chief powers of nature emanating from ,buddha 7the abstract deity1 not ,gautama71 who is the seventh1 and the ,alpha and ,omega of being4 #aaeb ,moru 7the pure7 is one of the most famous lamaseries of ,lha-,ssa1 directly in the centre of the city4 ,there the ,shaberon1 the ,taley ,lama1 resides the greater portion of the winter months2 during two or three months of the warm season his abode is at ,foht-lla4 ,at ,moru is the largest typographical establishment of the country4 #aaec ,the ,buddhist great canon1 containing #a1jhc works in several hundred volumes1 many of which treat of magic4 #aaed 8,crawfurd's ,mission to ,siam10 p4 #ahb4 #aaee 8,semedo10 vol4 iii41 p4 #aad4 #aaef ,there was an anecdote current among ,daguerre's friends between #ahch and #ahdj4 ,at an evening party1 ,madame ,daguerre1 some two months previous to the introduction of the celebrated ,daguerrean process to the ,acadmie des ,sciences1 by ,arago 7,january1 #ahci71 had an earnest consultation with one of the medical celebrities of the day about her husband's mental condition4 ,after explaining to the physician the numerous symptoms of what she believed to be her husband's mental aberration1 she added1 with tears in her eyes1 that the greatest proof to her of ,daguerre's insanity was his firm conviction that he would succeed in nailing his own shadow to the wall1 or fixing it on magical metallic plates4 ,the physician listened to the intelligence very attentively1 and answered that he had himself observed in ,daguerre lately the strongest symptoms of what1 to his mind1 was an undeniable proof of madness4 ,he closed the conversation by firmly advising her to send her husband quietly and without delay to ,bictre1 the well-known lunatic asylum4 ,two months later a profound interest was created in the world of art and science by the exhibition of a number of pictures taken by the new process4 ,the shadows were fixed1 after all1 upon metallic plates1 and the 8lunatic0 proclaimed the father of photography4 #aaeg ,schott3 8ber den ,buddhismus10 p4 #ga4 #aaeh 8,the ,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 ii41 p4 #ceb4 #aaei ,ibid41 vol4 ii41 p4 #acj1 quoted by ,col4 ,yule in vol4 ii41 p4 #cec4 #aafj ,no country in the world can boast of more medicinal plants than ,southern ,india1 ,cochin1 ,burmah1 ,siam1 and ,ceylon4 ,european physicians--according to time-honored practice--settle the case of professional rivalship1 by treating the native doctors as quacks and empirics2 but this does not prevent the latter from being often successful in cases in which eminent graduates of ,british and ,french schools of ,medicine have signally failed4 ,native works on ,materia ,medica do not certainly contain the secret remedies known1 and successfully applied by the native doctors 7the ,atibb71 from time immemorial2 and yet the best febrifuges have been learned by ,british physicians from the ,hindus1 and where patients1 deafened and swollen by abuse of quinine1 were slowly dying of fever under the treatment of enlightened physicians1 the bark of the ,margosa1 and the ,chiretta herb have cured them completely1 and these now occupy an honorable place among ,european drugs4 #aafa ,the ,hindu appellation for the peculiar mantrm or charm which prevents the serpent from biting4 #aafb ,between the bells of the 8heathen0 worshippers1 and the bells and pomegranates of the ,jewish worship1 the difference is this3 the former1 besides purifying the soul of man with their harmonious tones1 kept evil demons at a distance1 8for the sound of pure bronze breaks the enchantment10 says ,tibullius 7i41 #h-bb71 and the latter explained it by saying that the sound of the bells 8should be heard by the ,lord when he the priest goeth in unto the holy place before the ,lord1 and when he goeth out1 that he die not0 7,exodus xxviii4 #cc2 ,eccles4 xiv4 #i74 ,thus1 one sound served to keep away evil spirits1 and the other1 the ,spirit of ,jehovah4 ,the ,scandinavian traditions affirm that the ,trolls were always driven from their abodes by the bells of the churches4 ,a similar tradition is in existence in relation to the fairies of ,great ,britain4 #aafc ,an elemental dmon1 in which every native of ,asia believes4 #aafd ,lady1 or ,madam1 in ,moldavian4 #aafe ,the hour in ,bucharest corresponded perfectly with that of the country in which the scene had taken place4 #aaff ,capt4 ,w4 ,l4 ,d4 ,o',grady3 8,life in ,india40 #aafg ,neither ,russia nor ,england succeeded in #ahdi in forcing them to recognize and respect the ,turkish from the ,persian territory4 #aafh ,persepolis is the ,persian ,istakhar1 northeast of ,shiraz2 it stood on a plain now called ,merdusht4 ,at the confluence of the ancient ,medus and the ,araxes1 now ,pulwn and ,bend-emir4 #aafi 8gyptiaci ,theatrum ,hierogliphicum10 p4 #edd4 #aagj ,we have twice assisted at the strange rites of the remnants of that sect of fire-worshippers known as the ,guebres1 who assemble from time to time at ,baku1 on the 8field of fire40 ,this ancient and mysterious town is situated near the ,caspian ,sea4 ,it belongs to ,russian ,georgia4 ,about twelve miles northeast from ,baku stands the remnant of an ancient ,guebre temple1 consisting of four columns1 from whose empty orifices issue constantly jets of flame1 which gives it1 therefore1 the name of ,temple of the ,perpetual ,fire4 ,the whole region is covered with lakes and springs of naphtha4 ,pilgrims assemble there from distant parts of ,asia1 and a priesthood1 worshipping the divine principle of fire1 is kept by some tribes1 scattered hither and thither about the country4 #aaga ,baady-ku-,ba--literally 8a gathering of winds40 #aagb ,see also 8,magic and ,mesmerism10 a novel reprinted by the ,harpers1 thirty years ago4 ,,index4 ,,index4 ,abarbanel1 his explanation of the sign of the coming of the ,messiah1 ii4 #bef ,abracadabra1 diabolical1 evoked anew1 ii4 #d ,abraham1 his history1 ii4 #bag2 belongs to the universal mythology1 ii4 #baf2 ,zeruan1 ib42 ,isaac1 and ,judah1 from ,brahma1 ,ikshwaka and ,yada1 ii4 #dhh2 and his sons1 the story an allegory1 ii4 #dic ,abraiaman1 or charmers of fishes and wild beasts in ,ceylon1 i4 #fjf ,absolution and penance authorized in the ,church of ,england1 ii4 #edd ,absorbed1 a state of intimate union1 ii4 #aag ,abuses of magic denounced by the ancients1 ii4 #ig1 #ii ,abydos1 a pre-,menite dynasty1 ii4 #cfa ,academicians1 ,french1 i4 #fj2 reject theurgical magic1 i4 #bha ,academy1 ,french1 indignant at the charge of ,satanism1 i4 #aja2 rejected mesmerism1 i4 #afe1 #aga2 ,committee of #aghd1 i4 #aga2 ,committee of #ahbf1 i4 #agc ,acari1 produced by chemical experiments1 i4 #dfe ,accuser of ,souls at the judgment1 ii4 #dhg ,acher 7,paul7 in the garden of delights1 ii4 #aai2 8made depredations10 ib4 ,actions guided by spiritual beings1 i4 #cff ,ad1 its meaning1 i4 #egi ,adah1 her sons from the ,euxine to ,kashmere1 i4 #egi ,ad-,am1 only-begotten1 i4 #egi ,adam 771 ,divine essence emanating from1 i4 #a2 the primitive man1 i4 #b2 the second1 i4 #big2 the same as the 8gods10 or ,elohim1 i4 #bii2 of dust1 i4 #cjb2 ,kadmon1 androgynous1 i4 #big2 the first man evolved1 ib42 same as the ,logos1 ,prometheus1 ,pimander1 ,hermes1 and ,herakles1 i4 #bih2 of ,eden1 eat without initiation of the ,tree of ,knowledge or secret doctrine1 i4 #ege2 invested with the chitun1 or coat of skin1 ib42 the fall1 not personal transgression1 but a law of dual evolution1 ii4 #bgg2 conducted from ,hell1 ii4 #eag2 same as ,tamuz1 ,adonis1 and ,helios1 ib42 sends ,seth on an errand to paradise1 ii4 #ebj2 ,kadmon1 ii4 #cf2 ,kadmon1 i4 #ic2 ,kadmon1 the first race of men his emanations1 ii4 #bgf2 ,primus1 the ,microprosopus1 ii4 #deb ,adamic ,earth1 i4 #ea ,adamite1 the third race1 produced by two races1 i4 #cje ,adanari1 the ,hindu goddess1 ii4 #dea1 #dec ,adar-gat1 ,aster't1 etc41 the ,magna ,mater1 i4 #egi ,adept1 the first self-made1 ii4 #cag2 of the highest order1 may live indefinitely1 ii4 #efc2 of the seventh rite1 ii4 #efd ,adepts few1 i4 #ag2 in ,paris and elsewhere ii4 #djc2 8travellers10 ib4 ,adhima and ,heva1 created by ,siva1 and ancestors of the present race1 i4 #eij ,a'di ,buddha1 the ,unknown1 ii4 #aef2 the father of the ,yezidis1 ii4 #ega ,adima and ,heva1 in the prophecies of ,ramatsariar1 i4 #egi ,adonai or ,adamites1 i4 #cjc ,adonim1 i4 #cja ,adonis1 his rites celebrated in the grotto at ,bethlehem1 ii4 #aci ,adonis-worship1 at the ,jordan1 ii4 #aha ,adrian supposed the ,christians to worship ,serapis1 ii4 #ccf bel-,zivo1 the ,metatron1 or ,anointed spirit1 ii4 #aed2 ii4 #bcf1 #bdg2 the same as the ,angel ,gabriel1 ii4 #bdg neas drives away ghosts with his sword1 i4 #cfb1 #cfc ons1 or genii1 i4 #cjj ,arolites1 used in the ,mysteries1 i4 #bhb2 in the tower of ,belos1 ii4 #cca2 used to develop prophetic power1 ib4 ther1 i4 #ef2 in that form the ,deity pervading all1 i4 #abi2 the primordial chaos1 i4 #acd2 the spirit of cosmic matter1 i4 #aef2 deified1 i4 #aeh2 source whence all things come and whither they will return1 i4 #ahi2 the fifth element1 i4 #cdb2 a medium between this world and the other1 ib42 the ,breath of the ,father1 the ,holy ,ghost1 ii4 #ej thiopia1 east of ,babylonia1 ii4 #dcd thiopians from the ,indus1 who settled near ,egypt1 probably ,jews1 i4 #efg2 originally an ,indian race1 ii4 #dcg2 law of inheritance by the mother1 ib4 ,affinity of soul for body1 i4 #cdd2 acknowledged between the ,syllabus and the ,koran1 ii4 #hb ,afrasiah1 the ,king of ,assyria1 i4 #ege ,africa1 phantoms appearing in the desert1 i4 #fjd ,afrits1 i4 #ada2 nature-spirits1 ,shedim1 demons1 i4 #cac2 studying antediluvian literature1 ii4 #bi ,agassiz1 ,prof4 ,l41 unfairness of1 i4 #fc2 his argument in favor of the immortality of all orders of living beings1 i4 #dbj ,agathodaimon and ,kakothodaimon1 i4 #acc ,agathadmon1 the serpent on a pole1 ii4 #eab ,age of paper1 i4 #ece ,aged of the aged1 ii4 #bdd ,ages1 golden1 silver1 copper and iron1 no fiction1 i4 #cd2 or ,aions1 ii4 #add ,agni1 the sun-god and fire-god1 i4 #bgj ,agrippa1 ,cornelius1 i4 #afg1 #bjj2 his remarks on the marvellous power of the human soul1 i4 #bhj ,ahab and his sons encouraged by the prophets1 ii4 #ebe ,ahaz1 his family deposed1 ii4 #ddj ,ahijah the prophet instigates ,jeroboam to revolt against ,solomon1 ii4 #dci ,ahriman1 his contest with ,ormazd1 ii4 #bcg2 to be purified in the fiery lake1 ii4 #bch ,aij-,taon1 the ,supreme ,god of the ,yakuts of ,siberia1 ii4 #efh ,ain-,soph1 ii4 #baj ,ajunta1 ,buddhistic caverns of1 i4 #cdi ,aksa1 or life-principle1 i4 #aac2 known to ,hindu magicians1 ib42 same as ,archus1 i4 #abe2 a designation of astral and celestial lights combined1 forming the anima mundi1 and constituting the soul and spirit of man1 i4 #aci2 the will1 i4 #add ,ak-,ad or ,akkad1 meaning suggested1 i4 #egi ,akkadians1 introduced the worship of ,bel or ,baal1 i4 #bfc2 progenitors and ,aryan instructors of the ,chaldeans1 i4 #egf2 never a ,turanian tribe1 ib42 a tribe of ,hindus1 ib42 from ,armenia1 perhaps from ,ceylon1 i4 #egh2 invented by ,lenormant1 ii4 #dbc ,akiba in the garden of delights1 ii4 #aai ,aksakof1 i4 #da1 #df2 protests against the decision of ,prof4 ,mendeleyeff and commission adverse to mediumism1 i4 #aah ,alba petra1 or white stone of initiation1 ii4 #cea ,alberico and not ,amerigo1 the name of ,vespucius or ,vespuzio1 i4 #eia ,albertus ,magnus1 ii4 #bj ,albigenses1 descendants of the ,gnostics1 ii4 #ejb ,albumazar on the identity of the myths1 ii4 #dhi ,alchemical principles1 i4 #aia ,alchemists1 i4 #ff1 #bje ,alchemy1 universally studied1 i4 #ejb2 old as tradition1 i4 #ejc2 books destroyed by ,diocletian1 the ,roman ,emperor1 ib4 ,alchemy and magic prevalent among the clergy1 ii4 #eg ,aleim or ,eloim1 gods or powers1 also priests1 i4 #ege ,alexander of ,macedonia1 his expedition into ,india doubtful1 ii4 #dbi ,alexandrian library1 the most precious rolls preserved1 ii4 #bg2 learned ,copts do not believe it destroyed1 ii4 #bh2 obtained from the ,asiatics1 ib42 school1 derived the soul from the ether or world-soul1 i4 #caf4 ,algebra1 i4 #ecf ,alkahest1 i4 #ej2 the universal solvent clear water1 i4 #acc2 overlooked by the ,french ,academy1 i4 #afe2 explained by ,van ,helmont and ,paracelsus1 i4 #aia ,allegory1 becomes sacred history1 ii4 #djf2 reserved for the inner sanctuary1 ii4 #dic ,alligators do not disturb fakirs1 i4 #chc ,allopathists in medicine enemies to psychology1 i4 #hh2 oppose everything till stamped as regular1 ib42 oppose discoveries1 ib4 ,all things formed after the model1 i4 #cjb 8,almighty1 the ,nebulous10 i4 #abi ,al-om-jah1 an ,egyptian hierophant1 ii4 #cfd ,alsatians believe ,paracelsus to be only sleeping in his grave1 ii4 #ejj ,amasis1 ,king of ,egypt1 sends a linen garment to ,lindus1 i4 #ecf ,amazons1 their circle-dance in ,palestine1 ii4 #de ,amberley1 ,viscount1 regards ,jesus as an iconoclastic idealist1 ii4 #efb2 looks down upon the social plane indicated by the great ,sopher1 ib4 ,amenthes1 or ,amenti1 has no blazing hell1 ii4 #aa ,americ1 or great mountain1 the name of a range in ,central ,america visited by ,columbus1 i4 #eib ,america1 ,central1 lost cities1 i4 #bci2 not named from ,vespucius1 i4 #eia2 name found in ,nicaragua1 i4 #eib2 first applied to the continent in #aebb1 ib42 ,markland1 ib42 note of ,a4 ,wilder1 ib42 the conservatory of spiritual sensitives1 ii4 #ai ,american lodges know nothing of esoteric ,masonry1 ii4 #cgf2 templarism1 its three degrees1 ii4 #chc ,americans to join the ,catholic ,church1 ii4 #cgi ,amita or ,buddha1 his realm1 i4 #fja ,ammonius ,sakkas1 i4 #ddc2 dated his philosophy from ,hermes1 ii4 #cdb ,amrita1 the supreme soul1 i4 #bfe ,amulet1 a soldier made proof by one against bullets1 i4 #cgh ,amulets and relics1 spells and phylacteries1 ii4 #ceb ,amun1 i4 #bfb ,an1 spirits of1 ii4 #chg ,ansthesia1 its discovery by ,wells1 i4 #eci2 the improvements by ,morton1 ,simpson1 and ,colton1 i4 #edj2 understood by the ,egyptians and ,brahmans1 ib4 ,anahit1 the earth1 i4 #aa ,anathems1 a custom original with ,christians1 ii4 #ccd ,anaxagoras1 belief concerning spiritual prototypes1 i4 #aeh ,anaximenes held the doctrine of evolution or development1 i4 #bch ,ancient and ,accepted ,scottish ,rite a ,jesuitical product1 ii4 #cij ,ancient ,philosophies1 based on the doctrine of ,god the universal mind diffused throughout nature1 i4 #bhi2 books written symbolically1 i4 #ai2 of the ancient1 i4 #cjb2 ,code of ,manu1 not in our possession1 i4 #ehe1 #ehf2 landmarks of ,masonry departed from1 ii4 #chj2 mysteries hidden only from the profane1 ii4 #aba2 religions1 the wisdom or doctrine1 their basis1 ii4 #ii2 identical as to their secret meaning1 ii4 #daj2 derived from one primitive worship1 ii4 #dab2 word1 note of ,emanuel ,swedenborg1 ii4 #dgj2 in ,buddhistic ,tartary1 ii4 #dga ,ancients1 monotheistical before ,moses1 i4 #bc2 knew certain sciences better than modern savants1 i4 #be2 regarded the physical sun as only an emblem1 i4 #bgj2 practiced psychometry1 i4 #cca2 their religion that of the future1 i4 #fac ,anderson1 author of the ,constitutions of #agbc and #agch1 a ,masonic impostor1 ii4 #chi2 ,steve1 his spiritual advisers anxious for his speedy execution lest he should fall from grace1 ii4 #edc ,angelo1 ,michel1 his remarkable gem1 i4 #bdj ,angkor1 figures purely archaic1 i4 #efg ,anglican ,church adopting again the ,roman usages1 ii4 #edd ,anima1 i4 #cg ,anima ,mundi1 or world-soul1 i4 #ef1 #beh2 same as ,nirvana1 i4 #bia2 feminine with the ,gnostics and ,nazarenes1 i4 #cjj2 bi-sexual1 i4 #cja2 same as the astral light1 ib42 an igneous1 ethereal nature1 i4 #caf1 #cag2 the human soul born upon leaving1 i4 #cde ,animals1 perhaps immortal1 argument of ,agassiz1 i4 #dbj1 #dbg2 argument from natural instinct1 i4 #dbf1 #dbg2 shut up in the ark1 ii4 #ddg ,animation1 suspended1 i4 #dhc2 voluntarily1 ib42 in cataleptic clairvoyance1 i4 #dhi ,anna1 ,st41 going in quest of her daughter ,mary1 ii4 #dia2 the origin of the name1 ib4 ,annas and ,caiaphas confess ,jesus to be the ,son of ,god1 ii4 #ebb ,annihilation1 the meaning of the ,buddhist doctrine1 i4 #bij2 of the soul1 i4 #cai ,annoia1 ii4 #bhb1 #bhf ,anthesteria1 the baptism and passage through the gate1 ii4 #bde1 #bdf ,anthropomorphic devil the bottom card1 ii4 #dgi ,anti-,christ1 a fable invented as a precaution1 ii4 #ece ,antichristianism1 seeking to overthrow ,christianity by science1 i4 #ccg ,anti-,masonic ,convention denying the validity of an oath1 ii4 #cgc-cge ,antipathy1 its beginning1 i4 #cji ,antitypes of men to be born1 i4 #caj ,antiquity of human race1 over #bej1jjj years1 i4 #c2 of necromancy and spiritualism1 remote1 i4 #bje2 lost natural philosophy1 i4 #bce2 of optical instruments1 gunpowder1 the steam-engine1 astronomical science1 i4 #bdj1 #bda2 of the flood1 i4 #bda2 opinion of ,aristotle1 i4 #dbh ,ape1 astral body1 i4 #cbg2 a degenerated man1 ii4 #bgh ,apis1 the bull1 secret book concerning his age1 i4 #djf ,apocryphal ,gospels first received and then discarded1 ii4 #eah ,apollo made the prince of demons and lord of the under-world1 ii4 #dhh ,apollonius of ,tyana1 his journey an allegory1 i4 #ai2 regard for stones1 i4 #bfe2 cast out devils1 i4 #cef2 his power to witness the present and the future1 i4 #dhf2 beheld an empusa or ghl1 i4 #fjd2 testimony of ,justin ,martyr respecting his powers1 ii4 #ig2 not a 8spirit-medium10 ii4 #aah2 his mistake1 ii4 #cda2 his conjurations when wrapped in a woolen mantle1 ii4 #cdd2 visited ,kashmere1 ii4 #dcd2 the faculty of his soul to quit the body1 ii4 #eig2 vanished from sight and renewal elsewhere1 ib4 ,apollyon1 his various characters1 ii4 #eaa ,apophis1 or ,apap1 the dragon1 infests the soul1 ii4 #cfh ,apostles1 ,acts of1 rejected1 ii4 #ahb2 ,creed a forgery1 ii4 #ead ,apostles of ,buddhism1 ii4 #fjh ,apparitions of spirits of animals1 i4 #cbf ,appleton's ,new ,american ,cyclopdia misstates the date of the laws of ,manu1 i4 #ehg ,apuleius' doctrine concerning birth and death of the soul1 ii4 #cde2 on the beatific vision1 ii4 #ade2 accused of black magic1 ii4 #adi ,aquinas1 ,thomas1 destroys the brazen oracular head of ,albertus ,magnus1 ii4 #ef ,arabic manuscripts1 #hj1jjj burned at ,granada1 i4 #eaa ,aralez1 ,armenian gods who revivify men1 ii4 #efd ,arcane powers in ,man1 ii4 #aab2 knowledge and sorcery1 ii4 #ehc ,archus1 i4 #ad2 same as ,chaos1 fire1 sidereal or astral light1 psychic or ektenic force1 ,akasa1 etc41 i4 #abe2 the principle of life1 i4 #djj ,archologists1 their attacks on each other1 ii4 #dga1 #dgb ,archetypal man a spheroid1 ii4 #dfi ,architecture of the ,egyptian temples1 i4 #eag ,architectural remains in different countries1 their remarkable identity of parts1 i4 #egb ,archons of this world1 ii4 #hi1 #ij ,archytas1 instructor of ,plato1 constructed a wooden dove1 i4 #edc2 invented the screw and crane1 ib4 ,arctic regions visited by the ,phnicians1 i4 #ede ,argha1 or ark1 ii4 #ddd ,arhat1 i4 #bia2 reaches ,nirvana while on earth1 ii4 #cbj ,arhats1 free from evil desire1 i4 #cdf ,aristotle on the human soul and the world-soul1 i4 #bea2 three natural principles1 i4 #caj2 on gas from the earth1 i4 #bjj2 on form1 i4 #cab2 on the nous and psuche1 i4 #caf2 on the filth element1 i4 #cag2 believed in the nous and psuche1 the reasoning and the animal soul1 i4 #cag2 borrowed doctrines from ,pythagoras1 i4 #cai1 #cbj2 believed in a past eternity of human existence1 i4 #dbh2 doctrine of two-fold soul1 i4 #dbi2 taught the ,buddhistic doctrine1 i4 #dcj2 believed light to be itself an energy1 i4 #eaj2 contradicted by the ,neo-,platonists1 i4 #dcj2 taught that the earth was the centre of the universe1 i4 #djh2 obnoxious to ,christian theology1 ii4 #cd2 upon ,jon or 1 ii4 #cjb ,ark1 what it represents1 ii4 #ddd ,armenian tradition of giving life to a slain warrior1 ii4 #efd ,armor1 ,prof41 theory of malformations1 i4 #cib ,arnobius1 believed the soul corporeal1 i4 #cag ,artesian well1 used in ,china1 i4 #eag ,articles of faith of the ancient wisdom-religions1 ii4 #aaf ,artificial lakes in ancient temples in ,egypt1 ,asia1 and ,america1 i4 #egb ,artificially fecundated woman1 i4 #gg1 #ha ,arts in the archaic ages1 i4 #dje1 #djf ,artufas1 the temples of nagualism1 i4 #eeg ,aryan1 ,median1 ,persian1 and ,hindu1 also the ,gothic and ,slavic peoples1 i4 #egf2 nations1 had no devil1 ii4 #aj2 carried bronze manufacture into ,europe1 i4 #eci2 united1 #c1jjj ,b4,c41 ii4 #dcc2 in the valley of the upper ,indus1 ib42 did not borrow from the ,semites1 ii4 #dbf ,asbestos1 i4 #bbi2 thread and oil made from it1 i4 #ejd ,asclepiadotus1 reproduces chemically the exhalations of the sacred oracle-grotto1 i4 #eca ,asdt1 7,deut4 xxxiii4 #b71 signifies emanations1 but mistranslated1 ii4 #cd ,asgrtha1 temple in ,india1 ii4 #ca ,ash-trees1 third race of men created from1 i4 #eeh ,ashmole1 ,elias1 the ,rosicrucian1 the first operative ,mason of note1 ii4 #cdi ,asia1 middle belt1 perhaps once a sea-bed1 i4 #eij1 #eib ,asideans1 or ,khasdims1 the same as ,pharsi or ,pharisees1 ii4 #dda ,asmodeus1 or shma-deva1 ii4 #dhb ,asmonean priest-kings promulgated the ,old ,testament in opposition to the ,apocrypha1 ii4 #ace2 first ,pharisees1 and then ,sadducees1 ib4 ,asoka and ,augustine1 ii4 #cb2 his missionaries1 ii4 #db2 the ,buddhist1 sent missionaries to other countries1 ii4 #dia ,ass1 the form of ,typhon1 ii4 #dhd2 its ,coptic name1 ,,ao1 a phonetic of ,iao1 ib42 head found in the temple1 ii4 #ebc ,assyria1 the land of ,nimrod1 or ,bacchus1 i4 #efh ,assyrians basso-relievos at ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #eff2 sphinxes1 ii4 #dea2 tablets1 the flood1 ii4 #dbb ,assyrians1 their archaic empire1 ii4 #dhf ,astral atmosphere1 i4 #cad2 body or doppelganger1 i4 #cfj2 of the ape1 i4 #cbg2 fire1 represented by the serpent1 i4 #acg2 fluid can be compressed about the body1 to protect it from violence1 i4 #cgh1 #chj2 a bolt of it can be directed with fatal force1 i4 #chj2 form oozing out of the body1 i4 #agi2 bound to the corpse and infesting the living1 i4 #dcb2 light1 i4 #ef1 #aef1 #bdg2 the ,ob or ,python1 i4 #aeh2 currents1 i4 #bdg2 same as the anima mundi1 i4 #cja2 dual and bi-sexual1 ib42 ,soul or ,spirit1 i4 #ab2 divided by ,h4 ,more into the arial and therial vehicles1 i4 #bjf2 said to linger about the body #c1jjj years1 i4 #bbf2 doctrine of ,epicurus1 i4 #bej2 the perisprit1 composed of matter1 i4 #bhi2 not immortal1 i4 #dcb2 virgin1 i4 #abf ,astrograph1 i4 #che ,astrologers1 ,chaldean1 i4 #bje ,astrology1 i4 #bei ,astronomus1 the title of the highest initiate1 ii4 #cfe ,astronomical calculations of ,chaldeans and ,egyptians1 i4 #ba2 of ,chaldeans and ,aztecs1 i4 #aa1 #bda2 of ,chinese1 i4 #bda ,aswatha1 the ,hindu tree of life1 i4 #aeb1 #aec ,athanor1 the1 the ,archimedean lever1 i4 #ejf ,atheism1 not a ,buddhistical doctrine1 i4 #bib ,atharva-,veda1 great value1 ii4 #dad1 #dae ,athbach1 ii4 #bii ,atheists1 none among heathen populations1 ii4 #bdj2 none in days of old1 ii4 #ecj ,athos1 ,mount1 story of the manuscripts1 ii4 #eb ,athothi1 king of ,egypt1 writes a book on anatomy1 i4 #djf ,athtor1 or ,mother ,night1 i4 #ia ,atlantis1 the legend believed1 i4 #eeg ,atlantic ocean1 once intersected by islands and a continent1 i4 #eeg1 #eeh2 mentioned in the ,secret ,book1 i4 #eij2 perhaps the actual name of the great ,southern continent in the ,indian ,ocean1 i4 #eia2 name not ,greek1 ib42 probable etymology of the name1 ib42 two orders of inhabitants1 i4 #eib1 #eic2 their fall1 and the submersion of the island1 i4 #eic ,atma1 i4 #cdf ,atman1 the spiritual self1 recognized as ,god1 ii4 #eff ,atmospheric electricity embodied in demi-gods1 i4 #bfa ,atoms1 doctrine taught by ,demokritus1 i4 #bdi ,atonement1 origin of the doctrine1 ii4 #da2 error of ,prof4 ,draper1 ib42 mysteries of initiation1 ii4 #db ,attraction1 the great mystery1 i4 #cch ,audhumla1 the cow or female principle1 i4 #adg ,augoeides1 or part of the divine spirit1 i4 #ab1 #cjf1 #cae2 cannot be communed with by a hierophant with a touch of mortal passion1 i4 #ceh2 self-shining vision of the future self1 ii4 #aae2 the tman or self1 ii4 #cag ,augsburgian ,jesuits desirous to change the ,sabean emblems1 ii4 #dej ,augustine1 his accession to ,christianity placed theology and science at everlasting enmity1 ii4 #hh2 his directions about the ladies' toilet1 ii4 #cca2 scouted the sphericity of the earth1 ii4 #dgg2 affirmed a predestinated state of happiness and predetermined reprobation1 ii4 #edf ,a ,u ,m1 meaning of the sacred letters1 ii4 #ca2 the holy primitive syllable1 ii4 #ci2 and ,tum1 ii4 #chg ,aur1 i4 #aeh ,aura ,placida1 deified into two martyrs1 ii4 #bdh ,aureole1 from ,babylonia1 ii4 #ie ,auricular confession in the ,anglican church1 ii4 #edd ,aurora borealis1 conjectures concerning it of scientists1 i4 #dag ,aurumgahad1 i4 #cdi2 ,buddhistic mementos1 i4 #cdi ,austin ,friars1 or ,augustinians1 outdone in magic by the ,jesuits1 i4 #dde ,avany1 the ,virgin1 by whom the first ,buddha was incarnated1 ii4 #cbb ,avatar1 i4 #bia2 the earliest1 ii4 #dbg ,avatars and emanations1 ii4 #aee1 #aef2 of ,vishnu1 ii4 #bgd2 they symbolize evolution of races1 ii4 #bge ,avicenna1 on chickens with hawks' heads1 i4 #che ,azaz-,el1 or ,siva1 ii4 #cjb1 #cjc ,azoth1 or creative principle1 symbol1 i4 #dfb2 blunder of de ,mirville1 ib4 ,aztecs1 of ,mexico1 their calendar1 i4 #aa2 resembled the ancient ,egyptians1 i4 #efj ,baal1 prophets danced the circle-dance of the ,amazons1 ii4 #de2 ,tsephon1 god of the crypt1 ii4 #dhg2 how his hierophants procured apparitions1 ii4 #efg ,babies speaking good ,french1 i4 #cga ,babinet on table-turning1 i4 #fj1 #aja1 #ajd2 declares levitation impossible and is refuted1 i4 #aje2 his story of a fire-globe resembling a cat1 i4 #ajg ,babylon1 built by those who escaped the deluge1 i4 #ca2 after three conquerors1 i4 #ecd2 the great mother1 or ,magna ,mater1 ii4 #eja ,babylonia1 the seat of ,sanscrit literature1 ii4 #dbh ,babylonian priests1 asserted their observations to have extended back #dgj1jjj years1 i4 #ecc2 system defined1 ii4 #agj ,bacchic fan1 held by ,osiris1 ii4 #did ,bacchus1 a saint of the ,roman calendar1 i4 #afj2 worship among the ,jews1 ii4 #abh2 8the son of ,god10 ii4 #dib2 myth1 contains the history of the gods1 ii4 #ebg2 the ,prophet-,god1 ii4 #ebg1 #ebh2 a saint in the calendar1 ii4 #ebh2 or ,dionysus1 his ,indian origin1 ii4 #efj ,bacon1 ,roger1 miracles1 i4 #fi2 predicted the use of steam and other modern inventions1 i4 #dac ,badagas1 a people of ,hindustan who revere and maintain the ,todas1 ii4 #fac-fae ,bad demons1 i4 #cdc ,bael-tur1 sacred to ,siva1 i4 #dfi ,baggage from the ,pagan mysteries1 ii4 #ccd ,bahak-,zivo1 i4 #bih2 ordered to create1 i4 #bii2 the creator1 ii4 #acd ,bahira1 the ,nestorian monk1 ii4 #ed ,balahala1 the fifth degree1 ii4 #cfe ,balam ,acan1 a ,toltecan king1 i4 #eec ,ban1 on spiritualistic writings1 ii4 #h ,banyan1 the tree of knowledge and life1 ii4 #bic ,baphomet1 the alleged god of the ,templars1 ii4 #cjb ,baptism of blood1 the slaughter of a hierophant or an animal1 ii4 #db2 a general practice1 ii4 #acd ,baptismal font in ,egyptian pyramids1 i4 #eai ,baptist preachers' meeting in ,new ,york1 ii4 #dgc1 #dgd2 a warm doctrine1 ib4 ,baptista ,porta1 i4 #ff ,baptists1 ii4 #bia ,bardesanian system1 ii4 #bbd ,barjota1 ,cur de1 his magical powers1 ii4 #fj2 saves the ,pope's life1 ib4 ,barlaam and ,josaphat1 a ridiculous romance1 ii4 #ehj ,barrachias-,hassan-,oglu1 i4 #dc ,barri 7,italy71 a statue of the ,madonna with crinoline1 ii4 #i ,bart1 his testimony in regard to ,herakles1 ii4 #eae ,basic matter of gold1 i4 #ej ,basileus1 the archon taking charge of the ,eleusinians1 ii4 #ij ,basilidean system1 the exposition of ,irenus1 ii4 #aeg ,basilides1 description of ,clement1 ii4 #abc2 derived his doctrines from the ,gospel according to ,matthew1 ii4 #aee2 his doctrines set forth by ,tertullian1 ii4 #ahi ,bastian1 ,dr41 his conception of the temple of ,angkor or ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #efg1 #efh ,batria1 the wife of ,pharaoh1 teacher of ,moses1 i4 #be ,battle of life1 ii4 #aab ,baubo1 in the ,mysteries1 what she directed1 ii4 #aab ,bayle1 his testimony on spurious relics1 ii4 #gb ,beads and rosaries1 of ,buddhistic origin1 ii4 #ie4 ,beatific vision or epopteia1 testimony of ,paul and ,apuleius1 ii4 #adf ,beaujeu1 ,count1 his ,masonic imposture1 ii4 #cha ,beaumont1 ,elie de1 on terrestrial circulation1 i4 #ejc ,beausobre1 on the ,rasit or ,principle1 ii4 #cf ,beel-,zebub 7more properly ,beel-,zebul1 the ,baal of the ,temple7 the same as ,apollo1 the ,oracle-,god1 ii4 #dha2 nicknamed ,beel-,zebub1 a god of flies1 ii4 #dhf ,beer made in ancient ,egypt1 i4 #edc ,bel1 a personification of the ,hindu ,siva1 i4 #bfc2 and the dragon1 i4 #eej2 ,baal1 the ,devil1 i4 #eeb ,belial1 a ,diakka1 ii4 #dhb ,believers in magic1 mesmerism and spiritualism1 #hjj1jjj1jjj1 i4 #eab ,bellarmin1 ,cardinal1 his vision about the bottomless pit1 ii4 #h ,bells before the shrine of ,jupiter-,ammon1 ii4 #ie2 in ,jewish and ,buddhistic rites1 ib4 ,belus1 the first ,assyrian king1 deified1 i4 #eeb ,ben ,asai1 in the garden of delights1 ii4 #aai2 ,zoma1 in the garden of delights1 ii4 #aai ,benedict1 ,st41 and his black raven1 ii4 #gh ,bengal1 magical seance1 i4 #dfg ,bengalese conjurers and jugglers1 i4 #deg2 planting trees1 etc41 which grew at once1 ib4 ,bethlehem1 grotto of1 temple of ,adonis1 ii4 #aci ,beverages to produce visions1 ii4 #aag ,bhagaved-gita1 opinion of du ,perron1 ii4 #efb2 reverenced by the ,brahmans1 ib42 contains the greatest mysteries of the ,brahmanic religion1 ii4 #efc2 reverenced alike by ,brahmanists and ,buddhists1 ib4 ,bhagavant1 the same as ,parabrahma1 i4 #ia2 endued ,brahma with creative power1 i4 #ij2 not a creator1 i4 #cdg2 enters the world-egg1 ib4 ,bhagaved1 i4 #adh ,bhangulpore1 ,round ,tower1 ii4 #e ,bhutavan1 the ,spirit of ,evil1 created to destroy the incarnation of the sin of ,brahma1 i4 #bfe ,bible1 antedated by ,vedas1 i4 #ia2 its allegories repeated in ,talapoin and ,ceylonese traditions and manuscripts1 i4 #egg2 used as a weapon against the people who furnished it1 ii4 #if2 an allegorical screen of the ,kabala1 ii4 #baj2 the great light of modern ,masonry1 ii4 #chi2 four or five times written over1 ii4 #dgj2 when made up1 ii4 #dga2 a secret volume1 ib42 ,patriarchs only zodiacal signs1 ii4 #dei ,bilocation1 i4 #cfa ,binlang-stone1 ii4 #bcd ,biographers of the ,devil1 ii4 #ae ,birds1 sung a mass for ,st4 ,francis1 ii4 #gg ,birs-,nimrud1 the temple of seven stages1 i4 #bfa ,birth of the human soul1 i4 #cde ,birth-marks1 i4 #chd ,bisexual1 the first man1 i4 #eei ,bishops of the fourth century illiterate1 ii4 #bea ,black-faced ,christ in ,india1 ii4 #ecb ,black gods worshipped by the ,yakuts1 ii4 #efh1 #efi ,blackguardism of ,father ,weninger1 ii4 #cgi ,black magic practised at the ,vatican1 ii4 #f2 sorcery and witchcraft1 an abuse1 ii4 #aah2 mirror1 i4 #eif2 reveals to the ,inca queen her husband's death1 ib42 virgins in ,french cathedrals1 figures of ,isis1 ii4 #ie 8,bleeding ,head0 of a murdered child employed as an oracle1 ii4 #ef2 image1 ii4 #ag ,blessed ,virgin gives a demoniac a sound thrashing1 ii4 #gf ,blind ,force plus intelligence1 i4 #aii2 psychic force1 ib4 ,blood1 the baptism1 ii4 #db2 of ,jesus ,christ1 a phial of it presented to ,henry ,,iii4 of ,england1 ii4 #ga2 eagerness of spirits for it1 i4 #cdd2 its circulation understood by the ,egyptians1 i4 #edd2 liquefied at ,naples and ,nargercoil1 in ,india1 i4 #fac2 its emanations serve spirits with material for their apparitions1 ii4 #efg2 the universal ,proteus and arcanum of life1 ib42 -demons1 i4 #cec2 -evocation by the ,yakuts1 ,bulgarians and ,moldavians1 ii4 #efi1 #egj ,bloody legislation of ,protestant countries against witchcraft1 ii4 #ejc2 rites in ,hayti1 ii4 #egb ,blue1 held in aversion as the symbol of evil1 ii4 #ddf2 ray1 i4 #acg1 #bfd2 -violet1 the seventh ray1 most responsive of all1 i4 #ead ,body1 the sepulchre of the soul1 ii4 #aab2 how long it may be kept alive1 ii4 #efc2 of ,moses1 a symbol for ,palestine1 ii4 #dhb2 may be obsessed by spirits during the temporary absence of the soul1 ii4 #ehi ,boismont1 de1 ,brierre1 on hallucinations1 i4 #add ,boodhasp1 the founder of ,sabism or baptism1 ii4 #bij1 #bia ,book of the ,dead1 ,egyptian1 i4 #eag1 #eah2 quoted in the ,gospel according to ,matthew1 ii4 #edh2 older than ,menes1 ii4 #cfa2 of ,jasher1 i4 #edi2 of ,jasher1 the ,old ,testament condensed1 ii4 #cii2 of ,numbers1 ,chaldean1 i4 #cb ,books lost and destroyed1 i4 #bd2 of ,hermes1 i4 #cc2 of ,hermes1 attested by the ,champollions1 i4 #fbe ,births1 feast of1 supposed to be ,bacchic1 ii4 #dd1 #de ,bosheth1 ,israelites consecrated1 ii4 #acj ,both-al1 ,batylos1 and ,beth-el1 i4 #eej ,bourbourg1 ,brasseur de1 publishes ,popol ,vuh1 i4 #b ,boussingault on table-turning1 i4 #fj ,bozrah1 the convent there the place where the seed of ,islam was sown1 ii4 #ed ,brachmans in ,greece1 ii4 #cba ,brahm1 i4 #bia ,brahma1 a secondary deity1 like ,jehovah1 the demiurgos1 i4 #ia2 evolved himself1 and then brought nature from himself1 i4 #ic2 creates ,lomus1 i4 #acc2 produces spiritual beings1 then daints or giants1 and1 finally1 the castes of men1 i4 #adh2 the name of the universal germ1 ii4 #bfa2 night of1 ii4 #bgb1 #bgc1 #dba2 manifested as twelve attributes or gods1 i4 #cdh2 day and night1 ii4 #dba ,brahma-,prajapati committed the first sin1 i4 #bfe2 his repentance and the hottest tear1 ib4 ,brahm-tma1 or chief of the initiates1 had the two crossed keys1 ii4 #ca ,brahman1 his astounding declaration to ,jacolliot1 ii4 #ehe ,brahmanas1 ii4 #dji1 #daj2 the key to the ,rig-,veda1 ii4 #dae ,brahmanical religion1 stated in the doctrine of ,god as the ,universal mind diffused through all things1 i4 #bhi ,brahmanism1 pre-,vedic1 identical with ,buddhism1 ii4 #adb2 ,buddhism its primitive source1 ii4 #afi ,brahman gods1 ,siva1 ,surya1 and the ,aswins denounced in the ,avesta1 ii4 #dhb1 #dhc ,brahman-,yoggins1 i4 #cjg2 story of descent from giants1 i4 #abb2 theories of the sun and moon1 i4 #bfd2 their powers of prediction and clairvoyance1 i4 #ddf2 possess secrets of ansthesia1 i4 #edj2 widows burned without hurting them1 ib42 know that the rite of widow-burning was never prescribed1 i4 #eda2 their religion exclusive1 and not to be disseminated1 i4 #eha2 dispossessed the ,jaina natives of ,india1 ii4 #cbc2 in ,babylonia1 ii4 #dbh2 and ,buddhists1 their extraordinary probity1 ii4 #dgd2 how it has deteriorated by ,christian association1 ib4 ,brain1 substance changed by thought and sensation1 i4 #bdi1 #bej2 silvery spark in1 i4 #cbi ,brazen serpent1 the caduceus of ,mercury or ,asklepios1 i4 #eef2 symbol of ,esculapius or ,iao1 ii4 #dha2 worshipped by the ,israelites1 ib42 broken by ,hezekiah1 ii4 #ddj ,bread-and-mutton protoplasms1 i4 #dba ,bread and wine1 a sacrifice of great antiquity1 ii4 #dc1 #dd1 #eac ,breath1 immortal1 infusing life1 i4 #cjb ,brighou1 the pragpati and his patriarchal descendants1 ii4 #dbg ,bronze age1 i4 #ecd ,bronze introduced into ,europe #f1jjj years ago by ,aryan immigrants1 i4 #eci ,brothers of the ,shadow1 i4 #cai ,broussard on magnetism and medicine1 ii4 #faj ,bruno1 why slaughtered1 i4 #ic2 ,prof4 ,draper misrepresents him1 i4 #id2 held ,jesus to be a magician1 ib42 accusation against him1 i4 #ie2 his reply1 i4 #if2 declared this world a star1 ib42 acknowledged an universal ,providence1 ib42 doubted the ,trinity1 i4 #ig2 a ,pythagorean1 i4 #ih ,brutal force adored by ,christendom1 ii4 #ccd ,buchanan1 ,prof4 ,j4 ,r41 criticises ,agassiz1 i4 #fc2 his bridge from physical impression to consciousness1 i4 #hg2 theory of psychometry1 i4 #ahb2 on tendency of gestures to follow the phrenological organs1 i4 #ejj ,buddha1 the formless ,brahm1 i4 #bia2 the monad1 ib41 #eej2 incarnation1 ib42 his lama representative1 i4 #dcg1 #dch2 appearing of his shadow to ,hiouen-,thsang1 i4 #fjj2 never deified by his followers1 ii4 #bdj2 a social rather than a religious reformer1 ii4 #cci2 tempted and victorious1 ii4 #eac2 never wrote1 ii4 #eei2 his lessons to his disciples1 ib42 taught the new birth1 ii4 #eff2 breaks with the old mysteries1 ib42 or ,sommona-,cadom1 the ,siamese ,saviour1 ii4 #egf2 changed by the ,vatican into ,st4 ,josaphat1 ii4 #egi2 8just as if he had been a ,christian10 ii4 #eha ,buddha-,siddrtha1 i4 #cd2 -,gautama1 i4 #ib2 lived #b1edj years ago1 ii4 #ecg2 teaches how to escape reincarnation1 i4 #cdf ,buddhism based on the doctrine of ,god1 the universal ,mind diffused through all things1 i4 #bhi2 prehistoric1 the once universal religion1 ii4 #abc2 preached by ,jesus1 ii4 #abc2 its ethics1 ii4 #abd2 identical with pre-,vedic ,brahmanism1 ii4 #adb2 the primitive source of ,brahmanism1 ii4 #afi2 its groundwork the kabalistic doctrine1 i4 #bga2 its doctrine based on works1 ii4 #bhh2 esoteric doctrines1 ii4 #cai2 the religion of the earlier ,vedas1 ii4 #dcf2 degenerated into ,lamaism1 ii4 #ehb ,buddhist patriarch of ,nangasaki1 ii4 #gi2 system1 how mastered1 i4 #bhi2 monks in ,syria and ,babylon1 ii4 #bij2 went so far as ,ireland1 ib42 theories of sun and moon1 i4 #bfd2 respect for the sapphire-stone1 ib4 ,buddhistic element in ,gnosticism and missionaries in ,greece1 ii4 #cba2 theology1 four schools1 ii4 #ecc ,bull the emblem of life everywhere1 ii4 #bce1 #bcf2 against the comet1 ii4 #eji2 and syllabus burned by the ,bohemians1 ii4 #efj ,bull's eye in the target of ,christianity1 ii4 #dgf ,bullets successfully resisted by talismans1 i4 #cgh ,bulwer-,lytton1 his description of the vril1 or primal force1 i4 #fd1 #abe2 elementary beings1 i4 #bhe1 #bhi2 the ,vril-ya1 or coming race1 i4 #bif ,bunsen1 testimony concerning the ,origines of ,egypt1 i4 #ebi2 description of the ,pyramid of ,cheops1 i4 #eah2 account of the ,egyptian skill in quarrying1 ib42 on the word ,,ptr1 ii4 #ic2 his opinion respecting ,zoroaster and the ,baktrian emigration1 ii4 #dcb2 his opinion of ,khamism1 ii4 #dce2 on the exodus of the ,israelites1 ii4 #eeh ,bur1 the offspring of ,audhumla1 i4 #adg ,burning men to avoid shedding their blood1 i4 #fd2 scientists about as ready as clergy1 i4 #he ,buried cities in ,hindustan1 i4 #cej ,butlerof1 ,prof4 ,a41 on the facts of spiritualism1 ii4 #c ,cabeirians1 i4 #bc ,cable-tow1 the ,brahmanical cord1 ii4 #cic ,cadire1 ,mlle41 her seduction by a ,jesuit priest1 ii4 #fcc1 #fcd ,cagliostro1 an ,hermetic philosopher1 persecuted by the ,church of ,rome1 i4 #bjj2 said to have made gold and diamonds1 i4 #eji ,cain1 ancestor of the ,hivites1 or ,serpents1 ii4 #ddf2 and ,siva1 ii4 #ddh2 or ,kenu1 the eldest1 ii4 #dfd ,calmeil imputes theomania of the ,calvinists to hysteria and epilepsy1 i4 #cga2 his explanation of their extraordinary power of resistance to blows1 i4 #cge ,calmet1 ,dom1 on vampires1 i4 #deb ,calvin affirmed election1 original sin1 and reprobation1 ii4 #edg ,carnac1 the serpent's mount1 i4 #eed ,campanile ,column1 of ,st4 ,mark's1 in ,venice1 its original1 ii4 #e ,canals of ,egypt1 i4 #eaf1 #eag ,canonical books1 enforced eliminations1 ii4 #adc2 selected by sortilege1 ii4 #bea ,capuchins1 their ,christmas observances1 ii4 #cfe ,carpenter1 ,w4 ,b41 lecture on ,egypt1 i4 #ddj ,carthage more civilized than ,rome1 i4 #ebj2 built long before the taking of ,troy1 ib42 not built by ,dido1 ib4 ,cataclysms1 periodical1 i4 #ca ,catalepsy and vampirism1 i4 #ddi1 #dej ,catherine of ,medicis employed a sorcerer1 ii4 #ee2 her resort to the charm of 8the bleeding head10 ii4 #ef ,catholic ritual of pagan origin1 ii4 #he2 miracle in ,poland means revolution1 ii4 #ag2 must be ,ultramontane and ,jesuit1 ii4 #cef2 missionaries becoming ,talapoins1 ii4 #eca ,catholicism more fetish-worshipping than ,hinduism1 ii4 #hj ,catholics persecute other ,christians1 ii4 #ha ,causes1 ,platonic division1 i4 #cic ,cave-men of ,les ,eyzies1 i4 #bie ,cave-temples of ,ajunta1 ,buddhistic1 i4 #cdi2 of ,india1 claimed by the ,jainas1 ii4 #cbc ,caves of ,mithras1 ii4 #dia ,celestial ,virgin pursued by the ,dragon1 a mystery and representation in the constellations1 ii4 #dij ,celsus1 his accusations of the ,christians1 ii4 #ea2 not being refuted1 his books burned1 ii4 #ea1 #eb2 a copy probably existing at a monastery on ,mount ,athos1 ii4 #eb2 his opinion of ,jesus1 ii4 #ecj ,celebrated vase of the ,genoa ,cathedral1 its material not known1 i4 #ecg1 #ech ,celt1 probably a hybrid of the ,aryan and ,iberians of ,europe1 i4 #egf ,cement1 ancient1 i4 #bci ,cenchrea1 ,paul shorn and ,lucius initiated there1 ii4 #ij ,centenarians1 ,parr1 ,jenkins1 and others1 ii4 #efd ,central ,america1 her peoples to be traced to the ,phnicians and ,mosaic ,israelites1 i4 #eee2 ,asia1 the face of the country changed1 ii4 #dbf2 ,invisible1 i4 #cjb ,cerebral electricity1 its dependence upon the statical1 i4 #cbb ,ceremony of withdrawing the soul1 ii4 #fjc ,ceres or ,demeter1 the female or passive productive principle1 ii4 #efj ,cerinthus1 his doctrines described by ,irenus1 ii4 #agf ,cevennes1 prophets of1 i4 #bba2 the ,convulsionaires1 miraculous occurrences1 i4 #cgj2 statement by ,figuier1 i4 #cgj1 #cga ,chair of ,st4 ,fiacre and its prolificating virtue1 ii4 #ccb ,chaldean ,arba and ,christian ,four1 ii4 #aga2 oracles1 i4 #ece2 denounce augury1 ib4 ,chaldeans1 their correct astronomical calculations1 i4 #aa2 their magic1 i4 #ff2 their theory of magic1 i4 #dei2 their origin1 ii4 #df2 ,hebrew ,sanscrit1 ib4 ,champollion declares the ,egyptians monotheists1 i4 #bd2 his description of ,karnak1 i4 #ebc2 synopsis of his discoveries1 i4 #ecj ,chandragupta1 his exploits1 ii4 #fjg1 #fjh ,chaos1 the ,female ,principle1 i4 #fa2 ,archus1 ,akasa1 i4 #abe2 the ,soul of the ,world1 i4 #abi2 and ether1 the first two1 i4 #cda ,charlatan only will ever use mercury as a medicine1 ii4 #fba ,charms1 the ,dharani1 their extraordinary powers1 i4 #dga ,charmed life1 i4 #cgi ,charmers1 their power over beasts and reptiles1 i4 #cha ,charybdis1 the malstrom1 i4 #ede ,chemi1 or ,chem1 the ancient name of ,egypt1 i4 #eda ,chemical vapors taking forms1 i4 #abg ,chemicals keep away disagreeable physical phenomena1 i4 #cef1 #ceg ,chemist and magician compared1 i4 #dfd ,chemistry1 ancient proficiency1 i4 #ej2 revolution1 i4 #afc2 ,egypt its cradle1 i4 #eda2 called alchemy1 i4 #edb ,cheops1 his engraved ring1 i4 #bdj2 pyramid of1 its measure and weight1 i4 #eah2 ,prof4 ,smyth's descriptions1 i4 #ebj ,cherub1 one of his nails preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga2 of ,jeheskiel1 ii4 #dea ,cherubs1 the vehans of deity1 ii4 #bca ,chess played in ,egypt and ,india #e1jjj years ago1 i4 #edd ,chevalier ,ramsay1 the ,jesuit inventor of the ,scottish ,rite1 ii4 #cij ,chicago murderers converted in prison1 ii4 #edc ,child1 ,mrs4 ,lydia ,m41 remarks on ,hindu emblems1 i4 #ehc2 ii4 #dde ,child-burning by the ,jesuits1 ii4 #fe ,child-medium1 ,sanscrit written in her presence1 i4 #cfh2 ,kate ,fox's son1 i4 #dci ,children1 born malformed1 wounded1 and parts cut away1 i4 #chf2 may kill their parents1 ii4 #cfc2 sacrificed to ,moloch-,hercules1 at ,tophet1 in the valley of ,hinnom1 ii4 #aa ,china1 the glass1 i4 #ecg2 metal work1 i4 #ech ,chinese believe in the art of overcoming mortality1 i4 #bad2 ancient emperor puts two astronomers to death1 i4 #bda ,chitonuth our1 chitons or coats of skin1 a priestly garb1 i4 #ege2 ,adam and his wife invested by 1 ,java ,aleim1 ib4 ,chrestians before ,christians1 ii4 #cbc ,chrestos1 worshipped many centuries before ,christ1 ii4 #cbd2 ,christians and ,jews alike united1 ii4 #eeh ,christ a rencarnationist1 ii4 #ade2 destroyed ,jehovah-worship1 ii4 #ebg2 a modified ,christna1 ii4 #ecb2 a personage rather than a person1 ii4 #egf ,christian spiritualists1 i4 #ed2 denominations1 peculiarity of their deity1 ii4 #b1 #ced1 #dhe1 #eha2 spent on their buildings1 ii4 #b2 the spiritualists in them1 ii4 #b2 hatred of spiritualism1 ii4 #d2 symbols1 presence of phallism1 ii4 #e2 ,church1 with the rites and priestly robes of heathenism1 ii4 #if2 doctrines classified1 ii4 #ade2 doctrines1 their origin in ,middle ,asia1 ii4 #cch2 ,gnostics1 ii4 #cbd2 appeared just as the ,essenes disappeared1 ib42 ,sabbath1 its date1 ii4 #dai2 theology1 its origin1 ii4 #ebe ,christianity1 early1 based on the doctrine of ,god1 the universal mind diffused through all things1 i4 #bhe2 description of ,max ,mller1 ii4 #aj2 pure heathenism1 ii4 #hj2 primitive1 had secret pass-words and rites1 ii4 #bjd2 doctrines taken from ,brahmanism and ,buddhism1 the ceremonials and pageantry from ,lamaism1 ii4 #baa2 its true spirit found only in ,buddhism1 ii4 #bdj2 made little change from ,roman paganism1 ii4 #ccd2 its doctrines plagiarized1 ii4 #cdf2 and a personal ,god repudiated by ,freemasons at ,lausanne1 ii4 #cgg2 bull's eye in its target1 ii4 #dgf2 theological1 the ,devil its patron genius1 ii4 #dgh2 its symbols anticipated by the older religions1 ii4 #eeg2 ,paul the real founder1 ii4 #egd2 stripped of every feature to make it acceptable to the ,siamese1 ii4 #egi ,christians1 few understand ,jewish theology1 i4 #ag2 divided into three unequal parties1 ii4 #c2 why they quarrelled with the ,pagans1 ii4 #ea2 accepted the worship of the ,god of the gardens1 ib42 ,old1 called ,nazarenes1 ii4 #aea2 only seven to twelve in each church1 ii4 #age2 ,pauline and ,petrine controversy1 ib42 of ,st4 ,john1 or ,mendans1 ii4 #bhi1 #bij2 do not believe in ,christ1 ii4 #bij2 accused of child-murder at their 8perfect passover10 ii4 #ccc2 originally composed of secret societies1 ii4 #cce2 anciently kept no ,sabbaths1 ii4 #dai2 claim the discovery of the ,devil1 ii4 #dgg2 praiseworthy1 modified ,buddhists1 ii4 #edj2 ,russian and ,bulgarian1 cursed by the ,pope1 ii4 #efj ,christism1 before ,christ1 ii4 #cb ,christmas festivals of ,capuchins1 ii4 #cfe ,christna1 orthography of the name1 i4 #ehf2 crushing the head of the serpent1 ii4 #ddf2 and his mother with the aureole1 ii4 #ie2 raises the daughter of ,angashuna to life1 ii4 #bda2 the good shepherd1 crushes the serpent ,kalinaga1 is crucified1 ii4 #ddg2 ,sakya-muni1 and ,jesus1 three men exalted to deity1 ii4 #ecf2 lived #f1hgg years ago 7#ahgg71 ii4 #ecg2 his dying words to the hunter1 ii4 #ede1 #edf2 his eulogy of works rather than contemplations1 ii4 #efc ,christos or ,crestos1 ii4 #adb2 his entering into the man ,jesus at the ,jordan1 ii4 #ahf2 the ,angel ,gabriel1 ii4 #aic2 from the ,sanskrit kris or sacred1 ii4 #aeh2 an aggregation of the emanations1 etc41 ii4 #aei ,christs of the pre-,christian ages1 ii4 #dc ,church and priest1 benefits if they were to pass away1 ii4 #ehf ,church of ,rome in #ahgf1 excommunicating and cursing1 ii4 #f2 her powerless fury against the ,bulgarians and ,servians1 ii4 #g2 pre-eminent in murderous propensity1 i4 #bg2 has mightier enemies than 8heretics0 and 8infidels10 ii4 #cj2 believes in magic1 ii4 #gf2 its maxim to deceive and lie to promote its ends1 ii4 #cjc ,churches1 their phallic symbols1 ii4 #e2 ancient1 only seven to twelve in each1 ii4 #age4 ,cicero1 on divine exhalations from the earth1 i4 #bjj2 concerning the gods1 i4 #bhj ,cipher of the ,s4 ,p4 ,r4 ,c41 the ,knight ,rosy ,cross of ,heredom1 and of the ,knights ,kadosh1 ii4 #cie2 ,royal ,arch1 ii4 #cif ,circle1 perfect1 decussated1 ii4 #dfi2 of necessity1 i4 #bif2 of necessity1 when completed1 i4 #cdf2 of necessity1 the sacred mysteries at ,thebes1 i4 #eec2 of stones1 i4 #egb ,circle-dance or chorus of the ,amazons1 performed by ,king ,david and others1 ii4 #de2 of the ,amazons around a priapic image1 a common usage and sanctioned by a ,catholic priest1 ii4 #cca1 #ccb2 taught to initiates in the sixth degree1 ii4 #cfe ,circulation1 terrestrial1 i4 #ejc2 of the blood1 understood by the ,egyptians1 i4 #edd ,city1 the mysterious1 story of1 i4 #edg ,civilization1 ancient1 i4 #bci2 of the east preceded that of the west1 i4 #eci ,clairvoyance1 cataleptic1 the subject practically dead1 i4 #dhd ,clearchus gives five cases of larv or vampires1 i4 #cfd2 story of the boy whose soul was led away from the body and returned again1 i4 #cfe1 #cff ,clear vision obstructed by physical memory1 ii4 #eia ,clemens ,alexandrinus1 believed in metempsychosis1 i4 #ab2 denounces the ,mysteries1 ii4 #ajj ,cleonymus returned after dying1 i4 #cfd ,cleopatra sent news by a wire1 i4 #abg ,clergy1 ,greek1 ,roman and ,protestant1 discountenance spiritual phenomena1 i4 #bf2 ,roman and ,protestant burned and hanged mediums1 ib42 ,protestant1 their hatred of spiritualism1 ii4 #d2 their cast-off garb worn by men of science1 ii4 #h2 attired in the cast-off garb of the heathen priesthood1 ib4 ,clerkship of the ,templars1 ii4 #che ,clermont system1 the ,scottish ,rite1 ii4 #cha ,clinton1 ,de ,witt1 ,grand ,master of the first ,grand ,encampment ,general1 ii4 #chc ,clocks and dials in ancient periods1 i4 #ecf ,coats of skin1 i4 #b1 #adi2 explained1 i4 #bic2 worn by the priests of ,hercules1 i4 #ege2 ,adam and his wife so invested1 ib42 ,chitonuth our1 ii4 #deh ,code of ,justinian copied from ,manu1 i4 #ehf ,codex ,nazarus prohibits the worship of ,adonai the ,sun-god1 ii4 #aca2 denounces ,jesus1 ii4 #acb ,coffin1 from ,egypt1 dated by astronomical delineations1 i4 #ebj1 #eba ,colenso1 ,bishop1 exiled the ,old ,testament1 ii4 #d ,colleges for teaching prophecy and occult sciences1 i4 #dhb ,collouca-,batta1 account of the migrations of ,manu-,vina from ,india to ,egypt1 i4 #fbg ,collyridians asserted ,mary to be virgin-born1 ii4 #aaj2 transferred their worship from ,astoreth to ,mary1 ii4 #ddd ,colob1 a planet on which the ,mormon chief god lives1 ii4 #b ,colored masonry not acknowledged1 ii4 #cia ,colquhoun1 ,j4 ,c41 on the doctrine of a personal devil1 ii4 #dgg ,commission1 ,russian1 to investigate spiritual phenomena1 i4 #aag ,communication1 subjective1 with spirits1 ii4 #aae ,communication1 supposed1 with the dead1 with angels1 devils1 and gods1 i4 #cbc ,communion with ,god1 a pagan sentiment1 ii4 #dgj ,companions1 or ,kabalists1 ii4 #dgj ,compensation1 the law never swerves1 ii4 #ede ,comte1 ,auguste1 i4 #gf2 catechism of religion of positivism1 i4 #gh2 his feminine mystery1 i4 #ha2 his doctrines repudiated by ,huxley1 i4 #hb2 his philosophy belonging to ,david ,hume1 ib42 the ventriloquist1 on spiritual phenomena1 i4 #aja ,comtists1 or positivists1 despised and hated1 ii4 #c ,conflict between the world-religions1 i4 #cjg ,conical monuments imputed to ,hermes ,trismegistus1 i4 #eea ,conjurers1 i4 #gc ,consciousness a quality of the soul1 i4 #aii ,constitutions1 secret1 of the ,jesuits1 ii4 #ced ,continent1 ,atlantian1 i4 #eia2 ,lemuria1 i4 #eib2 ,great ,equinoctial1 i4 #eid2 in the ,pacific1 i4 #eid2 inhabited by the ,rutas1 ib4 8,control10 i4 #cfj ,convulsionaries cured by marriage1 i4 #cge ,convulsionary1 extraordinary resistance to external injury1 i4 #cgc ,corcoran1 ,catherine1 malformed child1 i4 #cib ,cordanus1 power of leaving his body to go on errands1 i4 #dgg ,corinthian bride1 resuscitated by ,apollonius of ,tyana1 i4 #dha ,correspondences1 ,swedenborg's doctrine that of ,pythagoras and ,kabalists1 i4 #cjf ,corson1 ,prof41 on science and its contests with religion1 i4 #djc ,cory1 exceptions to his view of ,plato and ,pythagoras1 i4 #bhh ,cosmo1 ,st41 traffic by the ,italian clergy in his phallic ex-votos1 ii4 #e ,cosmogonical doctrines based on one formula1 i4 #cda ,counterfeit relics palmed off on ,prince ,radzivil1 ii4 #gb2 they work miracles1 ib4 ,counterfeits in thaumaturgy are proofs of an original1 ii4 #efg ,covercapal1 the serpent-god1 converted1 ii4 #eji ,cox1 ,sergeant1 proposition concerning the physical phenomena of spiritualism1 i4 #aie2 his denial1 i4 #bja ,creation1 doctrine of ,hermetists and ,rosicrucians1 i4 #beh2 cycle of1 ii4 #bgb1 #bgc2 ,plato's discourse1 ii4 #dfi2 of mankind1 ,hindu legend1 i4 #adh2 ,norse legend1 i4 #adf1 #aea2 of men from the tree tzite and women from the reed sibac1 i4 #eeh ,creative ,principle1 proclaimed at ,lausanne by the supreme councils of ,freemasonry1 ii4 #cgg2 denounced by ,gen4 ,pike1 ib4 ,creator1 not the ,highest ,god1 i4 #cji2 the father of matter and the bad1 ib4 ,credo1 as amended by ,robert ,taylor1 ii4 #ebb ,creed1 suggested for ,protestant and ,catholic bodies1 ii4 #dgc ,crime of every kind sanctioned by ,jesuit doctrine1 ii4 #cec2 by ecclesiastics in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #egc ,crimean war1 i4 #bfj ,crook1 ,episcopal1 adopted from the ,etrurian augurs1 ii4 #id ,crookes1 ,prof41 begins to investigate spiritual phenomena1 i4 #dd2 on psychic force1 i4 #de2 theories1 i4 #dg2 remarks on ,prof4 ,thury1 i4 #aab2 his experiment with the planchette1 i4 #aii2 acknowledges the evidence of spiritual phenomena overwhelming1 i4 #bjb2 weighing light1 i4 #bha ,cross1 philosophical1 i4 #ejh2 or ,tau1 an ancient symbol1 ii4 #cic2 ,egyptian1 found at ,palenque1 i4 #egb2 a sign of recognition1 long before the ,christian era1 ii4 #hg2 found on the walls of the ,serapeum1 ii4 #bec1 #bed2 used in the ,mysteries1 ib42 of the ,zodiac1 ii4 #deb2 revered by every nation1 ii4 #dec2 the geometrical basis of religious symbolism1 ib42 acknowledged by the ,jews1 ii4 #ded ,crosse1 ,andrew1 producing living insects by chemical action1 i4 #dfe ,crowe1 ,catherine1 on stigmata or birth marks1 i4 #cif ,crusade of des ,mousseaux and de ,mirville against the arch-enemy1 ii4 #ae ,cryptographs of the ,sovereign ,princes ,rose ,croix1 ii4 #cid ,crypts of ,thebes and ,memphis1 i4 #eec2 mysteries of the circle of necessity1 ib4 ,cults derived from one primitive religion1 ii4 #dab ,cup1 consecrated in the ,bacchic mysteries1 ii4 #eac ,cures effected at the ,egyptian temples1 i4 #eca1 #ecb ,curse inheres in matter1 i4 #dcc2 allegorical1 of the earth1 ii4 #dbj ,cursing1 a ,christian1 and not a pagan practice1 ii4 #ccd2 prohibited because it will return1 ii4 #fjh ,cusco1 its temples and hieroglyphics1 i4 #eig2 tunnel to ,lima and ,bolivia1 ib4 ,cycle1 at the bottom1 i4 #bdg2 doctrine demonstrated1 i4 #cdh2 the ,unavoidable1 the ,mysteries1 i4 #eec ,cycles of human existence1 i4 #e1 #f1 #bdg1 #bic2 of the universe1 ii4 #dbj ,cyclopeans were ,phnicians1 i4 #efg2 were shepherds in ,libya1 miners and builders1 and forged bolts for ,zeus1 ib42 same as ,anakim1 ib4 ,cyclopes1 or ,cuclo-pos1 the ,rajpoot race1 ii4 #dch ,cyril1 bishop of ,alexandria1 anthropomorphized ,isis as ,mary1 ii4 #da2 his murder of ,hypatia1 ii4 #ec2 the assassin of ,hypatia sold church vessels1 etc41 ii4 #bec ,czechs of ,bohemia burn the ,bull and ,syllabus1 ii4 #efj ,dactyls1 ,phrygian1 i4 #bc ,daguerre declared by a physician to be insane because he declared his discovery1 ii4 #fai ,daimonion of ,socrates the cause of his death1 ii4 #aag ,daimonia1 i4 #bgf ,daityas1 i4 #cac ,damiano1 ,st41 traffic in ,isernia1 in his limbs and ex-voto1 ii4 #e ,dam-,sdhna1 a practice of fakirs like the rabbinic method of 8entering paradise10 ii4 #eij ,danger1 the greatest to be feared1 ii4 #abb ,daniel a ,babylonian ,rabbi1 astrologer1 and magus1 ii4 #bcf ,dardanus received the ,kabeiri gods as a dowry1 i4 #egj2 carried their worship to ,samothrace and ,troy1 ib4 ,darius ,hystaspes1 teacher of the ,mazdean religion1 ii4 #adj2 put down the magian rites1 ii4 #adb2 restored the worship of ,ormazd1 ii4 #bbj2 added the ,brahman to the ,magian doctrine1 ii4 #cjf2 the institutor of magism1 ii4 #ejb2 established a ,persian colony in ,judea1 ii4 #dda ,dark races of ,hindustan worshipped ,bala-,mahadeva1 ii4 #dcd ,darkness and the bad1 how produced1 i4 #cjb ,darwin1 his theory1 i4 #ad ,darwinian line of descent1 i4 #aed2 theory1 in book of ,genesis1 i4 #cjc ,daughters of ,shiloh1 their dance1 ii4 #de ,david1 ,king1 exorcised the evil spirit of ,god1 i4 #bae2 how he reinforced his failing vigor1 i4 #bag2 danced the circle-dance of the ,amazons1 ii4 #de2 knew nothing of ,moses1 ib42 performing a phallic dance before the ark1 ii4 #gi2 brought the name ,jehovah to ,palestine1 ii4 #big2 established the ,sadducean priesthood1 ib42 ascends out of hell1 ii4 #eag2 the ,israelitish ,king ,arthur1 ii4 #dci2 establishes a new religion in ,palestine1 ib4 ,davis1 ,a4 ,j41 on ,diakka1 i4 #bah ,day and night of ,brahma1 ii4 #dba ,daytha1 the ,hindu ,nimrod1 ii4 #dbe ,dead1 their ashes assuming their likeness1 ii4 #ffc ,death1 when it actually occurs1 i4 #dhb2 when resuscitation is possible1 i4 #dhe2 planetary1 i4 #bed2 no certain signs1 i4 #dgi2 exposition1 i4 #dhj2 language of ,pimander1 i4 #fbd1 #fbe2 the penalty for divulging secrets of initiation1 ii4 #ii2 the ,gates1 ii4 #cfd2 the second1 ii4 #cfh ,death-symbol at the orgies1 ii4 #ach ,decameron1 ,boccaccio's1 prudery beside the ,golden ,legend1 ii4 #gi ,decimal notation unknown to ,pythagoras1 ii4 #cjj2 known to the ,pythagoreans1 ib4 ,degeneracy of ,christians1 ii4 #ege ,degrees1 the three1 ii4 #cfd ,deicide1 never charged on the ,jews by ,jesus1 ii4 #aic ,deity1 from deva1 and devil from daeva1 the same etymology1 ii4 #eab2 represented by three circles in one1 ii4 #bab ,delegatus1 ii4 #aed ,deluge1 i4 #cj2 ,hindu story1 ii4 #dbe ,demeter1 the ,kabeirian1 her picture represented with the electrified head1 i4 #bcd2 or ,ceres1 the intellectual soul1 ii4 #aab ,demigod philosophers1 ii4 #ecf ,demigods and atmospheric electricity1 i4 #bfa ,demiurgic ,mind1 i4 #ee ,demiurgos1 or architect of the world1 ,brahma1 i4 #aia2 ,jehovah1 ib4 ,democritus1 i4 #fa2 on death1 i4 #cfe2 on the soul1 i4 #dja2 a student of the ,magi1 i4 #eab2 his belief concerning magic1 ib4 ,demon and ,martin ,luther1 ii4 #gc2 of ,socrates1 ii4 #bhc1 #bhd2 same as the nous1 ib4 ,demons1 the doctrine of ,buddha1 i4 #ddh2 in the ,western ,sahara1 fascinate travellers1 i4 #fjd2 sometimes speak the truth1 ii4 #ga2 opinion of ,proclus1 i4 #cab ,demoniac1 sulphurous flames1 ii4 #ge2 one receives a sound thrashing from the ,blessed ,virgin1 ii4 #gf ,demonologia1 i4 #hi ,demon-worship and saint-worship substantially the same1 ii4 #bi ,dendera1 the temple1 the female figures1 i4 #ebd ,de ,negre1 ,grand ,hierophant of the ,rite of ,memphis1 ii4 #chj ,denon1 his description of the ruins of ,karnak1 i4 #ebd ,dentists in ancient ,egypt1 i4 #ede ,denton1 ,prof41 examples of psychometrical power1 i4 #ahc2 illustrates archology by psychometry1 i4 #bie ,dervish1 their initiation1 ii4 #cag ,desatir1 or book of ,shet1 on light1 ii4 #aac ,descartes believed in occult medicine1 i4 #ga2 his system of physics1 i4 #bjf ,descendants1 resemblance to ancestors1 i4 #che ,descent into hell1 ii4 #agg2 to subdue the rebellious archangel1 i4 #bii2 how explained by ,kabalists1 ib42 of spirit to matter1 i4 #bhe ,designations of the virgin-mothers1 ,hindu1 ,egyptian1 and ,catholic1 ii4 #bji ,des ,mousseaux1 his reply to ,calmeil and ,figuier in regard to ,convulsionaries1 i4 #cge1 #cgf2 on miracles1 magic1 etc41 i4 #fad1 #fae2 ,chevalier1 his crusade against the devil1 ii4 #ae2 proves magic and spiritualism to be twin-sciences1 ib4 ,despres made the diamond1 i4 #eji ,destiny1 an influence that each man weaves round himself1 ii4 #eic2 how guided1 ib4 ,devas and ,asuras1 their battles1 i4 #ab ,devs1 i4 #ada2 nature-spirits1 called also shedim1 demons1 and afrites1 i4 #cac ,devil1 memoir of1 i4 #ajb2 the chief pillar of faith1 i4 #ajc2 not an entity1 but an errant force1 i4 #ach2 and deity1 words of the same etymology1 ii4 #eab2 the ,shadow of ,god1 i4 #efj2 the anthropomorphic1 a creation of man1 i4 #efa2 ,aryan nations had none1 ii4 #aj2 called by des ,mousseaux the ,serpent of ,genesis1 ii4 #ae2 a whole community possessed1 ii4 #af2 pesters ,st4 ,dominic as a flea and as a monkey1 ii4 #gh2 ,christians claim the discovery1 ii4 #dgg2 the patron genius of theological ,christianity1 ii4 #dgg2 to deny him equivalent to denying the ,saviour1 ii4 #dgh2 what he is1 ii4 #dhj2 an essential antagonistic force1 ib42 the key found in the book of ,job1 ii4 #dic2 the fundamental stone of ,christianity1 ii4 #eja2 origin of the ,english notions1 ib42 the ,european1 ii4 #ejb2 with horns and hoof1 only known in ,popish ,encyclicals1 ii4 #ejc2 his various delineations by authors1 ii4 #eaa ,devils1 #ae1jjj in a man1 ii4 #ge2 the ,fathers made them from the pagan gods1 ii4 #ejb ,devil-worshippers of ,travancore1 i4 #ace2 falsely-termed1 their practice1 i4 #ddf1 #ddg ,dew from heaven1 i4 #cjg ,dewel1 a demon of ,ceylon1 i4 #ddh ,dharana1 or catalepsy1 ii4 #eij1 #eia ,dharm-,asoka1 the great propagandist of ,buddhism1 ii4 #fjg ,dhyna or perfection1 ii4 #bhg ,diabolical manifestations1 frowned at by the ,roman ,church1 ii4 #d ,diagram of the ,nazarenes1 ii4 #bie ,diakka1 discovered by ,a4 ,j4 ,davis1 i4 #bah2 what ,porphyry said1 i4 #bai ,dialogue of ,david and the devils1 ii4 #ge ,diamond1 made by ,desprez1 i4 #eji ,dido1 ,elissa1 or ,astarte1 the virgin of the sea1 ii4 #ddf ,dirghatamas' hymns1 ii4 #daa ,di ,franciscis1 ,don ,pasquale1 8professor of flunkeyism in things spiritual10 ii4 #g2 pious collection of papal fishwoman's talk1 ib4 ,dii minores1 or twelve gods1 ii4 #dea ,diktamnos1 i4 #bfd ,diobolos 7son of ,zeus7 changed to ,diabolos1 an accuser1 ii4 #dhe ,dionysus1 his worship superseded by the rites of ,mithras1 ii4 #dia2 or ,bacchus1 his ,hindu origin1 ii4 #efj ,diploteratology or production of monsters1 i4 #cij ,disbelievers in magic cannot share the faith of the church1 ii4 #ga ,diocletian burned libraries of books upon the secret arts1 i4 #dje ,dionysius ,areopagita and the ,kabala1 i4 #bf ,dion pursued by ,typhon to the ,euphrates1 ii4 #dij ,disciples of ,john1 ii4 #bhi1 #bij2 do not believe in ,christ1 ii4 #bij ,dissimilarities between ,buddhism and ,christianity1 ii4 #edj1 #eda 8,distractions0 of adversaries of spiritualism1 i4 #aaf ,divination by the lot1 ii4 #bj1 #ba2 prohibited by the ,council of ,varres1 i4 #ba2 devoid of sin1 ii4 #cec ,divine book1 i4 #djf2 magic1 i4 #bf ,djin reading magic rolls1 ii4 #bi ,docet or illusionists1 believed in the ,maya1 ii4 #aeg ,documents sure to reappear1 ii4 #bf ,dodechdron1 the geometrical figure of the universe1 i4 #cdb ,domes1 the reproductions of the lithos1 ii4 #e ,dominic and the devils1 ii4 #gc1 #ge2 receives a rosary from the ,virgin ,mary1 ii4 #gd2 most hated by devils1 ii4 #ge2 and the devil flea and monkey1 ii4 #gh ,dominicans1 none in hell1 ii4 #ge ,dodona1 priestesses1 prophesied by means of the oak1 ii4 #eib ,doppelganger1 or astral body1 i4 #cfj ,double cross of ,chaldea1 ii4 #dec2 existence1 i4 #agi1 #ahj2 life of the adept1 ii4 #efd2 perverted into the offering of human sacrifices1 ii4 #efe ,double-sexed creators1 i4 #aef ,dove1 represented ,noah1 worshipped1 ii4 #ddh ,dowager mother alone the mediatrix1 ii4 #i2 owes the present ,pope for the finest gem in her coronet1 ib4 ,dracontia1 or temples to the dragon1 i4 #eed ,dragon and the sun1 the basis of heliolatrous religion1 i4 #eej2 sons of1 the hierophants1 i4 #eec2 cured of a sore eye by ,simeon ,stylites1 and adored ,god1 ii4 #gg2 ,apophis1 his influence on the soul1 ii4 #cfh2 ,horus piercing his head1 ii4 #ddf2 pursues ,thuesis and her son1 ii4 #dij2 glided over the cradle of ,mary1 ii4 #eje2 of ,ceylon1 ,rawho1 ii4 #eji ,dragons1 oriental in character1 i4 #ddh ,drama of ,job explained1 ii4 #did1 #die ,draper1 ,prof41 on pagan belief concerning the human spirit1 i4 #dbi2 asserts that ,aristotle taught the ,buddhistic doctrine1 i4 #dcj2 probably meant to misrepresent the ,neo-platonic philosophers1 i4 #dca2 defines the 8age of faith0 and 8age of decrepitude10 i4 #ehb2 on ,olympus restored by ,constantine1 ii4 #di2 on the conflict instituted by ,augustine between religion and science1 ii4 #hh ,dream produced by the inner ego of a ,shaman at the author's request1 ii4 #fbh ,dress of the ,christian clergy like that of ancient pagans1 ii4 #id ,druidical structures like other ancient works1 i4 #egb ,druids denominated themselves snakes1 i4 #eed ,drummer of ,tedworth1 i4 #cfc ,druzes of ,mount ,lebanon1 ii4 #cjf2 their #hj1jjj warriors1 ii4 #cjh2 never became ,christians1 ii4 #cji2 their doctrines1 ii4 #cji1 #caj2 believe in 8two souls10 ii4 #cae2 their tricks with strangers1 ib42 correct and garbled versions of their commandments1 ii4 #caa ,duad or second1 i4 #bab2 ether and chaos the first1 i4 #cdc ,dual evolution represented in ,adam1 ii4 #bgg2 taught by ,plato and others1 ii4 #bgi ,dudim1 or mandragora1 i4 #dfe ,dunbar1 ,george1 endeavor to derive the ,sanscrit from the ,greek language1 i4 #ddc ,duomo of ,milan1 its original1 ii4 #e ,du ,potet1 ,baron1 ,grand ,master of ,mesmerism1 i4 #aff2 views of sorcery1 epidemics1 antipathies1 magic1 i4 #bgi1 #ccc ,dupuis mistook ancient symbolism1 i4 #bd ,durga1 the active virtue1 or ,shekinah1 ii4 #bgf ,dust of the earth to become the constituent of living soul1 ii4 #dbj ,dynasties1 two in ,india1 ii4 #dcg ,dwellers of the threshold1 i4 #bhe ,early ,christian ,church invented the doctrine of ,second ,advent to shut off periodical incarnations1 ii4 #ece2 ,christianity itself a heresy1 ii4 #abc2 its history imparted to the first ,knight ,templars1 ii4 #chb ,earth1 queen of the ,serpents1 i4 #aj2 the goddess ,anahit or ,venus1 i4 #aa2 magical exhalations1 i4 #aii1 #bjj2 a magnet1 i4 #bhb ,earths germinate1 i4 #chi ,east1 the land of knowledge1 i4 #hi2 its civilization preceded that of the ,west1 i4 #eci ,eastern thiopians an ,aryan stock1 ii4 #dce2 magic1 its adepts uniformly in good health1 ii4 #eie2 requires no 8conditions0 like mediums1 ib4 ,ebers ,papyrus in the ,astor library1 i4 #c2 quoted1 i4 #bc2 its curious contents1 i4 #ebi ,ebionites1 ii4 #abg2 the first ,christians1 ii4 #ahj2 the relatives of ,jesus1 ii4 #aha2 used only the ,gospel according to ,matthew1 ii4 #ahb2 the ,nazarenes their instructors1 ii4 #aij2 condemned as heretics1 ii4 #cjg ,ecbatana1 her seven walls and other wonders1 i4 #ecd ,echo in the desert of ,gobi1 i4 #fjf ,ecclesia non novit sanguinem1 ii4 #eh ,eclectic ,platonists adopt the inductive method1 ii4 #cd2 school1 its dispersion desired by ,christians1 ii4 #eb2 its groundwork1 ii4 #cdb1 #cdc ,ecstasy1 power of conversing with ,deity1 i4 #aba2 doctrine of ,paracelsus and ,van ,helmont1 i4 #agj2 defined by ,plotinus1 i4 #dhf ,ectenic force1 i4 #ee2 same as psychic force1 i4 #aac2 same as the ,akasa1 ib4 ,eden1 the allegory of the ,book of ,genesis1 i4 #ege ,edison1 of ,newark1 ,n4 ,j41 supposed discovery of a new force1 i4 #abf ,egg1 spiritual or mundane1 i4 #ef2 evolved by ,emepht1 the supreme1 i4 #adf2 ,isle of ,chemmis produced from it1 i4 #adg2 ,bhagavant enters and emerges as ,brahma1 i4 #cdf2 and bird1 which appeared first81 i4 #dbf1 #dbh ,egkosmioi1 i4 #cab ,ego1 the sentient soul1 inseparable from the brain1 ii4 #eij ,egypt1 resort of philosophers1 i4 #be2 priests could communicate from temple to temple1 i4 #abg2 doctrine of evolution taught1 i4 #aed2 the perpetual lamp discovered there1 i4 #bbf2 taught the secret to ,moses1 i4 #bbh2 ,pythagoras twenty-two years in the temple1 i4 #bhd2 ,hermetic brothers1 ii4 #cjg2 secret biography of its gods1 i4 #djf2 books before ,menes1 ib42 did not learn her wisdom from her ,semitic neighbors1 i4 #eae2 akin with ,india1 ib42 probably colonized by the ,eastern ,ethiopians1 ib42 #bj1jjj years' antiquity1 i4 #eai2 the birthplace of chemistry1 i4 #eda2 dentists and oculists1 i4 #ede2 no doctor allowed to practice more than one specialty1 ib42 trial by jury1 ib42 received her laws from pre-,vedic ,india1 i4 #ehi2 colonized from ,india in the dynasty of ,soma-,vanga1 i4 #fbg ,egyptian temples1 architecture of1 i4 #eag2 monuments defeat the efforts of the fathers1 ii4 #ebj2 saints reappearing as a serpent1 ii4 #dij ,egyptians1 civilized before the first dynasties1 i4 #f2 astronomical calculations1 i4 #ba2 were monotheists1 i4 #bc2 knowledge of engineering1 i4 #eaf2 changed the course of the ,nile1 ib42 their astronomical erudition1 i4 #ebj2 their high civilization disputed1 i4 #eba2 arts of war1 i4 #eca2 gods in the ,grecian pantheon1 i4 #edc2 made beer1 manufactured glass and imitated gems1 i4 ib42 the best music-teachers1 i4 #edd2 understood the circulation of the blood1 ib42 their sacred books older than the ,genesis1 ii4 #dca2 ancient ,indians1 ii4 #dcd2 the ,caucasian race1 ii4 #dcf ,eight powers of the soul1 ii4 #eic ,eight hundred million believers in magic1 mesmerism1 and spiritualism1 i4 #eab ,eight-pointed star or double cross1 ii4 #dec ,el1 i4 #ac2 the sun-god1 same as ,seth1 ,saturn1 ,seth1 ,siva1 ii4 #ebd ,elcazar1 ,rabbi1 expelled demons1 ii4 #cej ,electric waves1 i4 #bgh ,electrical photography1 i4 #cie ,electricity1 personated by ,thor in ,norse legends1 i4 #afj1 #afa2 two kinds1 i4 #ahh1 #cbb2 occult properties anciently understood1 i4 #bcd2 represented at ,samothrace by the ,kabeirian ,demeter1 ib42 denoted by the ,dioskuri1 i4 #bce2 the fire on the altar1 i4 #bhc2 blind and intelligent1 i4 #cbb2 cerebral1 ib42 developed from magnetic currents1 i4 #cie2 used anciently to supply fire to the altars1 i4 #ebf ,electro-magnetism1 i4 #ajc2 employed by ,paracelsus1 i4 #afd ,elion1 or ,elon1 the highest god1 i4 #eed ,eliphas ,levi1 on resuscitation of the dead1 i4 #dhe ,elixir of life regarded as absurd1 i4 #eja2 possible1 i4 #ejb2 curious accounts1 i4 #ejc ,elizabeth1 ,queen1 ,jesuitic attempt to murder her1 ii4 #cgc ,elemental demon driven away with a sword1 i4 #cfd2 spirits1 i4 #fg1 #caa2 inhabit the universal ether1 i4 #bhd2 psychic embryos1 i4 #caa2 live in the ether1 ib42 power to assume tangible bodies1 ib4 ,elementary spirits1 i4 #fg2 three classes1 i4 #caj2 called demons by ,proclus1 i4 #cab2 terrestrial spirits1 i4 #cai2 four classes1 ib42 peril of evoking them1 i4 #cdb2 afraid of sharp weapons1 i4 #cfb ,elephanta1 the ,mahody1 ii4 #e ,eleusinian ,mysteries1 ii4 #dd ,elihu1 the hierophant of ,job1 ii4 #dig ,elisha anointed ,jehu that he might unite the ,israelites1 ii4 #ebe ,ellenborough1 ,lady1 her talisman1 ii4 #bee1 #bef ,elohim inhabiting an island in the ancient inland sea of ,middle ,asia1 i4 #ehi1 #eij1 #eii ,eloim1 gods or powers1 priests2 also ,aleim1 i4 #ege ,emanation of souls from divinity1 doctrine of1 i4 #ac ,emanations1 doctrine of1 ii4 #cd ,embalming in ,thibet1 ii4 #fjc ,emanuel1 not ,christ1 but the son of ,isaiah1 ii4 #aff2 the son of the ,alma1 in whose days ,syria and ,israel were overcome1 ii4 #ddj ,embryo1 stamped with a resemblance by the imagination of the mother1 i4 #che2 its nucleus1 i4 #chi ,emepht1 the supreme1 first principle1 i4 #adf2 emanation from him of the creative ,god1 ii4 #da ,emigration from ,india to the ,west1 ii4 #dbh ,eminent men called gods1 i4 #bd1 #bhj ,emmerich1 ,catherine1 the ,tyrolese ecstatic1 i4 #cih ,empedocles believed in two souls1 i4 #cag2 restored a woman to life1 i4 #dhj2 arrested a water-spout1 ii4 #eig ,empusa or ghl1 beheld by ,apollonius of ,tyana1 i4 #fjd ,enmity1 everlasting1 between theology and science1 ii4 #hh ,ennemoser on seership1 etc41 in ,india1 i4 #dfj ,enoch1 sacred delta of1 i4 #bj2 ,masonic legend1 i4 #ega2 builds a subterranean structure with nine chambers1 ib42 communicates secrets to ,methuselah1 ib42 the type of the dual man1 spiritual and terrestrial1 ii4 #dec2 and ,elias ascending from hell1 ii4 #eag ,enoch-,verihe1 i4 #efj ,en-,soph1 i4 #af1 #fg1 #bgj1 #bgb2 means ,no-,thing1 quo ad non1 the same as nirvana1 i4 #bib2 the first principle1 i4 #cdg2 within its first emanation1 ii4 #cg ,enthusiastic energy1 ii4 #eia ,ephesus a focus of the universal secret doctrines1 ii4 #aee ,epicurus disbelieved in ,god1 i4 #cag2 believed the soul constituted of the roundest1 finest atoms1 ib42 testimony concerning the gods1 i4 #dcf ,epidemic in moral and physical affairs1 i4 #bgd1 #bgf1 #bgg2 of assassination1 i4 #bgg2 of possession in ,germany1 i4 #cgd ,epimenides1 i4 #cfd2 power to make his soul leave his body and return1 ii4 #eig ,epiphanius1 a ,gnostic renegade1 who betrayed his associates as state's evidence1 ii4 #bdi2 belied the ,gnostics1 ii4 #ccj ,episcopalian crook adopted from the augurs of ,etruria1 ii4 #id ,epopt1 master-builder1 adept1 ii4 #ia ,epopt1 knew nothing of the last and dreaded rite1 ii4 #efc ,epopteia1 revelation and clairvoyance1 the last stage in initiation1 ii4 #ij ,erring spirits1 their re-incarnation1 i4 #ceg ,eslinger1 ,elizabeth1 the apparition1 i4 #fh ,esoteric catechism1 i4 #ai2 doctrines never committed to writing1 i4 #bga2 ,masonry not known in ,american lodges1 ii4 #cgf ,essaoua or sorcerers1 i4 #dhh ,essenes1 hermetic fraternities1 i4 #af2 had greater and minor mysteries1 ii4 #db2 had the same customs as the ,apostles1 ii4 #aif2 believed in pre-existence1 ii4 #bhj2 declared by ,eusebius to have been the first ,christians1 ii4 #cbc2 older than the ,christians1 ib42 never employed oaths1 ii4 #cgc2 probably ,buddhists1 ii4 #dia ,eternal torments of hell1 why pagans are condemned to them1 ii4 #h2 letter of ,virgin ,mary on the subject1 ib42 damnation1 the only doctrine invented originally by ,christians1 ii4 #ccd2 meaning of the word1 ii4 #ab ,eternity1 the duad or second1 i4 #bab2 no ,hebrew word to express the idea1 ii4 #ab ,ether1 the universal1 i4 #abh1 #aef1 #bhd2 properties1 i4 #aha2 directed by an intelligence1 i4 #aii2 disturbed by planetary aspects1 i4 #bge2 influenced by ,divine thought1 i4 #caj2 the universal world-soul1 i4 #caf1 #cda2 universal1 the womb of the universe1 i4 #chi2 universal1 the repository of the spiritual images of all forms and thoughts1 i4 #cie2 the ,orphean doctrine denounced by the early ,christians1 ii4 #ce ,ethereal body1 i4 #bha ,ethiopians1 eastern1 the builders1 colonists of ,egypt1 i4 #eae ,etruscans understood electricity and employed it in worship1 i4 #ebg2 invented lightning-rods1 ib4 ,eucharist1 common to many ancient nations1 ii4 #dc ,eurinus returned after dying1 i4 #cfe ,european science1 without the knowledge of the secrets of herbs of dreams1 ii4 #ehi ,europeans cannot see certain colors1 i4 #baa ,eusebius1 ,bishop of ,csarea1 perverted chronology1 i4 #bhh2 convicted of mendacity1 ii4 #cbg ,evapto1 or initiation1 same as epopteia1 ii4 #ij1 #ia ,eve1 the name and its affinity with the ,tetragrammaton1 ii4 #bii2 her story told kabalistically1 ii4 #bbc-bbe ,every nation has believed in a ,god1 ii4 #aba ,evil possessed space as the intelligences retired1 i4 #cdb2 essential to the evolving of the good1 ii4 #dhj2 eye1 i4 #chj2 ,pope ,pio ,nono said to have the gift1 ib42 magic1 i4 #bf ,evocation1 of souls1 objected to1 i4 #cba2 of the dead1 i4 #dib2 the 8souls of the blessed0 do not come1 i4 #dic2 blood used for the purpose1 ib4 ,evocations1 magical1 pronounced in a particular dialect1 ii4 #df2 a formula1 ib4 ,evolution1 taught by science1 the secret doctrine and the ,bible1 i4 #aeb2 theory found in ,india and ,assyria1 i4 #aed2 held by ,anaximenes and accepted by the ,chaldeans1 i4 #bch2 taught by ,hermes1 i4 #beg2 doctrine of ,robert ,fludd1 i4 #beh2 ancient belief1 i4 #bhe1 #bie2 doctrine of ,a4 ,r4 ,wallace1 i4 #bid2 operation defined1 i4 #cbi1 #ccj2 spiritual and physical1 i4 #ceb2 theory does not solve the ultimate mystery1 i4 #dai2 of man out of primordial spirit-matter1 i4 #dbi2 ,darwin begins his theory at the wrong end1 ib42 as taught by the ,bhagavat and ,manu1 ii4 #bfj2 by ,sanchoniathon and ,darwin1 ii4 #bfa2 of our own planet1 ii4 #dbj2 for six days1 and one of repose1 ii4 #dbb2 of the universe1 ii4 #dfg2 of man from the highest to lowest1 ii4 #dbd ,exorcising a girl in ,catalonia1 ii4 #fh ,exorcism1 ii4 #ff2 new ritual1 ii4 #fi ,exorcist-priest1 ii4 #ff ,exoteric religion1 its ,god an idol or fiction1 i4 #cjg ,exposures1 pretended1 of impostors1 i4 #ge ,extinction at death1 those who believe it will commit1 in consequence1 any sin they choose1 ii4 #eff ,ex votos1 ,phallic1 traffic by the ,roman clergy1 ii4 #e ,ezekiel's wheel1 a wheel of the ,adonai1 ii4 #dea2 explained1 ii4 #dee2 exoteric1 ii4 #dfa2 esoteric1 ii4 #dfb ,ezra compiled the ,pentateuch1 i4 #egh ,fables1 allegorical science and anthropology1 i4 #abb2 allegorized the gods and natural phenomena1 i4 #bfa ,fairfield1 ,francis ,gerry1 his testimony in regard to the phantom-hand1 ii4 #eid1 #eie ,faith1 the ,devil the chief pillar1 i4 #ajc2 its power to heal disease1 i4 #baf2 phenomena of1 i4 #cbc2 its great power1 ii4 #eig2 of the ,church1 disbelievers in magic cannot share1 ii4 #gf2 omni-perceptive1 inside of human credulity1 ii4 #abj ,faithful daughters of the church1 ii4 #ed ,fakir buried six weeks and resuscitated1 i4 #dgg2 and his guru1 ii4 #aje ,fakirs not harmed by alligators1 i4 #chc2 use the force known as ,akasa1 i4 #aac2 raised from the ground1 i4 #aae1 #bbd ,fall of ,adam1 not a personal transgression1 but an evolution1 ii4 #bgg ,fallen angels1 hurled by ,siva into ,onderah1 ii4 #aa ,familiar spirit1 those having one1 refused initiation1 ii4 #aah ,famines follow missionaries1 ii4 #eca ,faraday1 i4 #aa2 his medium-catcher1 i4 #fc ,fascination1 i4 #chj1 #cha2 at a precipice1 i4 #eja ,fatalism rejected by ancients1 ii4 #eic ,fate1 defined by ,henry ,more1 i4 #bjf 8,father0 of ,jesus1 the hierophant of the mysteries1 ii4 #efa ,fathers1 selected narratives for their saints1 from the poets and pagan legends1 ii4 #gh ,fauste asserts that the evangeliums or gospels were not written by ,jesus or the apostles1 but by unknown persons1 ii4 #ch ,fav-,atma1 or sentient soul1 ii4 #eij ,favre1 ,jules1 counsel for ,madam ,roger1 i4 #aff ,feast of the dead in ,moldavia and ,bulgaria1 ii4 #efi1 #egj ,felix1 preacher of ,notre ,dame1 on mystery and science1 i4 #ccg ,felt1 ,george ,h41 i4 #bb ,female trinity1 ii4 #ddd ,ferho1 the greatest1 i4 #cjj2 first cause1 i4 #cja2 believed in by ,jesus and ,john1 ii4 #bij ,fessler's rite1 a ,jesuitical production1 ii4 #cij ,fetahil1 i4 #bih2 called to aid in creation1 i4 #bii2 the newest man and creator1 i4 #cjj2 the 8newest man10 ii4 #age ,fiery serpents 7,numbers1 xxi471 a name given to the ,levites1 i4 #eee2 or seraphs1 the ,levites1 or serpent-tribe1 ii4 #dha2 the allegory explained1 ii4 #abi ,fifteen thousand devils in a man1 ii4 #ge ,fifth degree1 ii4 #cfe2 element1 i4 #cag2 stage of initiation the most awful and sublime1 ii4 #aja ,fifty millions slaughtered by ,christians since ,jesus said1 8,love your enemies10 ii4 #dgi ,fifty-five thousand ,protestant clergymen in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #a ,final absorption1 i4 #ab ,finger of the ,holy ,ghost preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga ,fiords of ,norway described in the ,odyssey1 i4 #edi ,fire1 living1 i4 #abi2 on the altar1 electric1 i4 #bhc2 its triple potency1 i4 #dbc2 from heaven1 always employed by the ancients in the temples1 i4 #ebf2 preserved by the magi1 i4 #ebh2 and brimstone1 the lake1 ii4 #ab ,fire-proof mediums1 i4 #dde1 #ddf ,fkara-,yogis1 ii4 #afd ,first ,air1 or anima mundi1 ii4 #bbg2 adept1 ii4 #cag2 begotten1 constructed the world1 i4 #cdb2 cause1 denied by ,vyasa and ,kapila1 ii4 #bfa2 ,christians1 the ,elianites1 ii4 #ahj2 the disciples of ,paul1 ii4 #agh2 cycle1 i4 #cja2 gods1 a hierarchy of higher powers1 ii4 #dea2 light1 i4 #cjb2 man created bi-sexual1 i4 #eei2 races of men spiritual1 ii4 #bgf2 direct emanations of the ,tikkun or ,adam ,kadmon1 ib42 sin1 committed by ,brahma-,pragpati and his daughter ,ushas1 i4 #bfe2 the spirit of evil created to destroy its incarnation1 ib42 trinity1 i4 #cda4 ,fish displaying magnetic affinity1 i4 #baj ,fish-charming in ,ceylon1 i4 #fjf ,fisher 7,dr4 ,g47 on deploteratology1 i4 #cij ,fishwife1 talk of papal discourses1 ii4 #g ,fiske1 ,prof4 ,j41 i4 #db2 disputes the doctrine of cycles and the high civilization of the ,egyptians1 i4 #eba2 declares the theories of profound science in ancient ,egypt and the ,east utterly destroyed1 i4 #ebe ,five thousand ,roman ,catholic clergy in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #a ,flammarion the astronomer1 his avowal1 i4 #aie2 ,camille1 his curious revelation1 ii4 #dej ,flight of the alone to the ,alone1 ii4 #dac ,flood1 #aj1jjj years ,b4,c41 i4 #bda2 as described in the ,assyrian tablets1 ii4 #dbb2 ,hindu legend1 ii4 #dbh2 the old serpent1 ii4 #ddg ,florentine scientist witnessing a re-incarnation of a ,dalai-,lama1 i4 #dcg 8,flowers of ,speech10 ,mr4 ,gladstone's catalogue1 ii4 #g ,fludd1 ,robert 7de ,fluctibus71 on magnetism1 i4 #ga2 on minerals as rudimentary of plants1 etc41 i4 #beh2 chief of the 8philosophers by fire10 i4 #cji2 on the essence of gold1 i4 #eaa ,flute-player of ,vaucanson1 i4 #edc ,ftal life1 little known about it1 i4 #chf ,ftus1 its sensitive surface like a collodionized plate1 i4 #che2 its signature1 ib42 extinguished1 i4 #djb ,foraisse1 ,m41 his story respecting ,masonry1 ii4 #cha ,forbidden ground1 i4 #dah ,force1 magnetic1 body nourished by1 i4 #afi2 produced by will1 i4 #bhe2 the supreme artist and providence1 ii4 #dj ,force-correlation1 i4 #bce2 taught in prehistoric time1 i4 #bda1 #bdb2 the ,a ,b ,c of ,occultism1 i4 #bdc ,fore-heaven1 ii4 #ecd ,fall of man an allegory1 and so regarded1 ii4 #eda ,forever1 meaning of the word1 ii4 #ab ,forgery the basis of the ,church1 ii4 #cbi ,former life1 i4 #cdg ,forms1 images impressed on the ether1 i4 #cie ,formula of an evocation1 ii4 #df ,formulas1 secret1 i4 #ff2 for inextinguishable fire1 i4 #bbi ,four ages or yugs1 ii4 #bge2 ages of the ,bible like those of the nations1 ii4 #ddc2 gospels1 their doctrines found elsewhere1 ii4 #ccg2 kingdoms in nature1 i4 #cbi2 men not begotten by the gods1 nor born of women1 i4 #eeh2 the gods afraid of them1 and give them wives1 i4 #eeh2 races of men1 i4 #eei2 ,tanam1 etc41 entered the garden1 ii4 #aai2 8,truths10 i4 #bij1 #bia ,fourni1 ,dr41 declares that no physiology of the nervous system exists1 i4 #djg2 remarkable declaration concerning the human ovule1 i4 #cig ,fourth degree1 ii4 #cfe2 race1 parents of men 8whose daughters were fair10 i4 #eei ,fourfold emanations1 ii4 #bgb ,francis1 ,st41 preached to the birds1 ii4 #gg2 preached to a wolf till he repented1 ib4 ,francke1 ,a41 remarks on the transmutations of ,christianity1 ii4 #ch2 the ,sephiroth and ,providence1 ii4 #dj ,free and ,accepted ,masons1 and the ,masonic impostor1 ,anderson1 ii4 #chi ,free-,masonry1 its origin in ,london1 ii4 #cdi2 proclaims a creative principle as ,great ,architect1 ii4 #cgg ,french ,revolution1 what it achieved for freedom1 ii4 #bb ,fretheim1 ,abb1 his faculty of conversing by power of will1 i4 #dgf ,friar ,pietro presents a demon to ,dr4 ,torralva1 ii4 #fj ,fundamental doctrine identical in all the ancient religions1 ii4 #ii ,funeral ritual of the ,egyptians1 ii4 #cfg ,future life1 better to believe in it1 ii4 #eff2 self1 beheld at the moment of initiation1 ii4 #aae2 man1 primitive shape1 i4 #chh1 #chi2 religion of1 i4 #gf2 woman of1 artificially fecundated1 i4 #gg2 also offered to the incubi1 i4 #gh ,gabriel1 the same as ,christos1 ii4 #aic ,gaffarillus1 on the form of a burned plant remaining in the ashes1 i4 #dge1 #dgf ,galileo1 i4 #ce2 anticipated1 i4 #aei1 #bch ,gallus1 quotation from1 ii4 #ejd ,gan-,duniyas1 an ,assyrian name of ,babylonia1 i4 #ege ,gan-,eden1 or garden of ,eden1 also ,ganduniyas1 a name of ,babylonia1 i4 #ege ,ganesor1 the elephant-headed god found in ,central ,america1 i4 #egb1 #egc ,ganges1 the paradisiacal river1 ii4 #cj ,gap between ,christianity and ,judaism1 ii4 #ebf ,garden of delight 7,eden71 the mysterious science1 ii4 #aai2 of ,eden1 allegory1 i4 #ege2 name of ,babylonia1 ib42 explanation as a sacerdotal college1 ib4 ,garibaldi1 his testimony concerning priests1 ii4 #cdg2 a ,mason1 ii4 #cia ,garlic1 story by ,hippocrates1 i4 #bj ,gasparin1 ,count ,agenor de1 i4 #ii2 makes no differences between magnetic phenomena and will-force1 i4 #aji2 his labors1 ii4 #ae ,gate of the ,house of ,life1 and of ,dionysus1 ii4 #bde1 #bdf ,gates of ,death1 in the hall of initiation1 ii4 #cfd ,gautama-,buddha1 his birth announced to ,maya his mother by a vision1 i4 #ib2 called an atheist1 i4 #cjg2 his answer to ,king ,prasenagit on miracles1 i4 #eii1 #fjj2 a disciple of a ,jaina guru1 ii4 #cbb2 his legends wrought into the evangelists1 ii4 #dia1 #dib2 his history copied into ,the ,golden ,legend1 ii4 #egi2 his esoteric doctrines1 ii4 #cai2 first opened the sanctuary to the pariah1 ib4 ,gayatri1 its metre1 ii4 #daj ,gegen ,chutuktu1 late patriarch of ,mongolia1 an incarnation of ,buddha1 ii4 #fag ,gehenna1 a valley near ,jerusalem1 where the ,israelites immolated their children1 ii4 #aa2 of the universe1 or eighth sphere or planet1 i4 #cbh2 repentance possible1 i4 #ceb ,gemantria1 ii4 #bih ,gemma1 ,cornelius1 account of a child born wounded1 i4 #chf ,genealogy of the gods1 astronomical1 i4 #bfg ,generations1 fall into1 i4 #cae ,genesis1 ,book of1 a reminiscence of the ,babylonish captivity1 i4 #egf2 first three chapters transcribed from other cosmogonies1 the fourth and fifth from the secret ,book of ,numbers1 the ,kabala1 i4 #egi2 the introductory chapters do not treat of creation1 ii4 #dba2 the book later than the invention of the sign ,libra1 ii4 #deg ,genghis ,khan1 his tomb and promised reappearance1 i4 #eih ,genii1 or ons1 lord of1 i4 #cjj ,genius1 the divine spirit1 i4 #bgg ,genoa cathedral1 the celebrated vase1 i4 #ecg1 #ech ,geographers in pre-,mosaic days1 i4 #djf ,geometers of the ,alexandrian ,museum1 i4 #g ,germany depopulated by the thirty years' war1 ii4 #ejc2 priestesses1 how they hypnotized themselves1 ii4 #eib ,ghosts1 unlike materialized spirits1 i4 #fi2 i4 #cde ,ghouls1 i4 #cai2 or ghls1 in the deserts1 i4 #fjd2 and vampires1 ii4 #efd ,giants1 i4 #ca2 progenitors of ,brahmans1 i4 #abb2 remains of a prehistorical race1 i4 #cjc1 #cjd ,gibbon1 his praise of the ,gnostics1 ii4 #bdi ,gilbert on magnetism1 i4 #dig ,giles1 ,rev4 ,chauncey1 on spiritual death1 i4 #cag ,ginnungagap1 the cup of illusion1 i4 #adg2 the boundless abyss of the mundane pit1 i4 #afj ,girard1 ,father1 his employment of sorcery and revolting crimes1 ii4 #fcc ,gladstone1 ,hon4 ,w4 ,e41 8,speeches of ,pius ,,ix410 ii4 #d2 catalogue of 8flowers of speech0 in papal discourses1 ii4 #g ,glass that would not break1 i4 #ej2 malleable1 i4 #bci2 in ,pompeii1 ,china1 and ,genoa1 i4 #ecg ,glass-blowing in ,egypt1 i4 #edc ,gliddon1 ,george ,r41 description of the moving of an obelisk1 i4 #eai2 eloquent testimony to ,egyptian civilization1 i4 #eba1 #ebb ,glycerine1 a compound of three hydroxyl groups1 i4 #eje1 #ejf ,gnosis1 the ,kabala1 or secret knowledge1 still existing1 ii4 #ch ,gnostic1 wrote ,gospel according to ,john1 i4 #b2 serpent with the seven vowels1 ii4 #dhi ,gnosticism1 oriental1 i4 #bga2 ,buddhistic elements1 ii4 #cba ,gnostics1 ii4 #da2 believed in metempsychosis1 i4 #ab2 early ,christians and followers of the ,essenes1 i4 #bf2 originated many ,christian doctrines1 ii4 #da1 #db2 their greatest heresies1 ii4 #aee1 #aef2 praised by ,gibbon1 ii4 #bei2 their doctrines falsified by the ,christian ,fathers1 ii4 #cbf2 their view of the ,jewish ,god1 ii4 #ebf ,gobi desert1 the seat of empire1 i4 #eih2 jealousy of foreign intrusion1 i4 #eii2 testimony of ,marco ,polo1 ib42 believed to be inhabited by malignant beings1 i4 #fjc ,goblins1 elementary1 i4 #fh ,god1 personal1 denied by modern scientists1 i4 #af2 an intelligent1 omnipotent1 individual will1 i4 #eh2 his existence denied by ,comte and the ,positivists1 i4 #gf2 to be sought in nature1 and not outside1 i4 #ic2 belief of ,henry ,more1 the ,english ,platonist1 i4 #bje1 #bjf2 ,kircher's doctrine of the one magnet1 i4 #bjh2 the monad1 i4 #bab2 doctrines of ,voltaire and ,volney1 i4 #bfh2 the central sun1 i4 #bgj2 the universal mind1 the original doctrine1 i4 #bhi2 is no-thing1 not a concrete or visible being like objects1 i4 #bib2 belief of the ,stoics1 i4 #cag2 of the several ,christian denominations1 ii4 #b2 the ,father1 ii4 #ej2 of the gardens1 his rites adopted by the ,fathers1 ii4 #ea2 each immortal spirit1 ii4 #aec2 8manifest in the flesh10 a forged text1 ii4 #agh2 his actions subject to necessity1 ii4 #bea2 ,masonic testimony1 ii4 #cgg2 the ,father1 the beguiling serpent1 ii4 #dib2 prepares hell for priers into his mysteries1 ii4 #ebd2 every man's1 bounded by his own conceptions1 ii4 #efg ,god-man1 the first man1 i4 #big ,god's comedy and our tragedy1 ii4 #ecd ,godfrey ,higgins in error about ,roman ,catholic esoterism1 ii4 #aba ,gods1 eminent men so called1 i4 #bd1 #bhj2 inferior to deities1 i4 #bhg2 supercelestial and intercosmic1 i4 #cab2 pagan1 ,christian archangels1 i4 #caf2 kind and beneficent demons1 i4 #ccb2 their names kept secret1 i4 #eha2 not incarnations of the ,supreme ,being1 ii4 #aec ,gogard1 the ,hellenic tree of life1 i4 #big ,gold1 basic matter of1 i4 #ej2 its manufacture asserted1 i4 #ejc2 testimony of ,francesco ,picos1 i4 #ejd2 assertion of ,dr4 ,peisse1 i4 #ejh1 #eji2 made by ,theodore ,tiffereau1 i4 #eji2 the deposit of light1 i4 #eaa ,golden ,legend1 a conservatory of pious lies1 ii4 #gd2 choice excerpts1 ii4 #gf-gi2 beats the ,decameron1 ii4 #gi2 a parodized or plagiarized history of ,buddha1 ii4 #egi ,good demons appear1 i4 #ccc2 spirits hardly ever appear1 i4 #cdd2 enough ,morgan1 ii4 #cgb2 ,shepherd1 a ,gnostic symbol1 ii4 #adi ,goodale1 ,miss ,annie1 death1 i4 #dgi ,goodness must be alternated by its opposite1 ii4 #dhj ,gorillas mentioned by ,hanno1 i4 #dab ,gospel according to ,peter1 ii4 #aha2 fourth1 full of ,gnostic expressions1 ii4 #bje2 fourth1 blends ,christianity with the ,gnosis and ,kabala1 ii4 #baa ,gospels1 their authors and compilers not known1 ii4 #cg1 #ch ,gossein1 fakir1 contest with a sorcerer1 i4 #cfh ,grco-,russian church never under the ,roman ,catholics1 i4 #bg ,grand council of the emperors1 a ,jesuitical production1 ii4 #cij2 secours1 i4 #cgd2 cycle1 ,orpheus1 i4 #bid2 its character1 i4 #bif2 cycle completed1 i4 #cjc ,grandville1 ,dr41 on mummy-bandaging1 i4 #eci ,gravitation1 none in the ,newtonian sense1 i4 #bga ,gray brain-matter the god1 i4 #cf ,great ,dragon1 crushed under the foot of the ,virgin of the ,sea1 ii4 #ddf2 ,vasaki1 casting out a flood of poison which the earth swallows1 ii4 #dij2 equinoctial continent1 i4 #eid2 ,masonic revolution of #agag1 ii4 #chi2 secret of evocation1 ii4 #aad2 snake1 worshipped by the pueblo-chiefs of ,mexico1 i4 #eeg2 spirit of the ,indian1 the manifested ,brahma1 i4 #efj2 synagogue revised the ,pentateuch1 i4 #egh2 universal soul1 absorption into it does not involve loss of individuality1 ii4 #aaf2 year1 i4 #cj ,greatest scientists inanimate corpses1 i4 #cah ,greece derived its art from ,egypt1 i4 #eba ,gregory ,,vii41 pope1 a magician1 ii4 #ef1 #eg2 of ,tours1 exposition of sortilege1 ii4 #bj ,gross1 ,t41 denounces those opposed to investigation1 ii4 #if ,grote assimilates the ,pythagoreans to the ,jesuits1 ii4 #ebi ,gunpowder1 anciently used by the ,chinese1 i4 #bda ,guru-astara1 a spiritual teacher1 ii4 #ada ,gymnosophists of ,india1 i4 #ij2 knew the ,aksa1 i4 #aac ,half-death1 i4 #deb ,half-gods1 i4 #cbc2 or mukti1 men regenerate on earth1 ii4 #eff ,hierophant1 transfer of his life to a candidate1 ii4 #efc ,hakem1 the wise one of the ,druzes1 ii4 #caj ,haideck1 ,countess1 a ,mason1 ii4 #cia ,hall of spirits1 ii4 #cfe ,hamites preferred to settle near rivers and oceans1 ii4 #deh ,hamsa1 the ,messiah of the ,druzes1 ii4 #cjh2 the precursor1 ii4 #caj ,hanno1 mention of gorillas1 i4 #dab ,hanuma1 or ,hanuman the sacred monkey1 the progenitor of the ,europeans1 i4 #efc2 resembles the ,egyptian cynocephalus1 i4 #efd2 endowed with speech1 ii4 #bgd ,hare1 ,prof41 i4 #ch2 views of ,comte's positive philosophy1 i4 #gi2 mistreated by ,harvard professors1 i4 #agf1 #agg2 declared non compos mentis1 i4 #bcc2 bullied by ,prof4 ,henry1 i4 #bde ,harmony and justice analagous1 i4 #ccj ,hasty burial deprecated1 i4 #dec ,haug1 ,dr41 asserts the affinity of the ,zoroastrian1 ,jewish1 and ,christian religions1 ii4 #dhf ,haunted house1 i4 #fi ,hayes1 ,moses ,michael1 introduced ,royal ,arch ,masonry into this country1 ii4 #cic ,hayti1 a centre of secret societies1 where infants are immolated1 ii4 #egb ,healing art in the temples always magical1 ii4 #ejb ,heathen processions and priapic emblems at ,easter in ,france1 ii4 #ccb2 priesthood1 their cast-off garb worn by ,christian clergy1 ii4 #h ,heavenly ,man1 ,tikkun1 ,protogonos1 ii4 #bgf ,hebrew manuscripts of the ,bible the oldest1 ii4 #dcj2 burned by the ,inquisition1 ib4 ,hebron1 or ,kirjath-,arba1 city of the four ,kabeiri1 ii4 #aga2 ,smaragdine tablet of ,hermes found1 i4 #ejg ,heliocentric system known by ,hindus #b1jjj ,b4,c41 i4 #i2 denied alike by scholars and the clergy1 i4 #hd2 known by the priests of ,egypt1 i4 #ecb ,hel1 or ,hela1 neither a state nor place of punishment1 ii4 #aa2 cold and cheerless1 ib4 ,hell1 a ,german goddess1 ii4 #aa2 not a place of punishment in ,scandinavian mythology1 ib42 nowhere so set forth in ,egyptian or ,hindu mythology1 nor in the ,jewish ,scriptures1 ib42 the ,archimedean lever of ,christian theology1 ib42 said to be located in the sun1 ii4 #ab2 denied by ,origen1 ii4 #ac2 hypothesis of ,mr4 ,swinden1 ib42 ,augustine's theory of miracles1 ib42 eternal torments of1 all pagans condemned to1 ii4 #h2 ,virgin ,mary testifying to it with her own signature1 ib42 the damned1 ii4 #be2 priests there1 but no monks1 ib42 no ,dominicans1 ib42 a hallucination1 ii4 #ejg2 never means eternal torment1 ii4 #ejg2 the translation in the ,bible a forgery1 ii4 #ejf2 its prince quarrelling with ,satan1 ii4 #eae ,hellenic figures at ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #efh ,hell-torments1 their perpetuity denied by ,origen1 ii4 #ac ,helps1 artificial1 to clairvoyance1 ii4 #eib ,heptaktis1 the seven-rayed god1 ii4 #dag ,herakleitus on fighting with anger1 i4 #bdh2 the ,ephesian1 his philosophical doctrine of fire and flux1 i4 #dbb2 the spirit of fire1 i4 #dbc ,herakles1 the ,grecian ,hercules1 the ,logos1 i4 #bih2 disseminated a mild religion1 ii4 #eae2 the only-begotten1 ii4 #eae2 the saviour1 ib42 ascending from the nether house of ,pluto1 ii4 #eag2 slew the sacrificers of men1 ii4 #efe ,herbs of dreams and enchantments1 ii4 #ehi ,her-cules1 the ,sanscrit form of ,mel-,kartha1 i4 #efg ,hercules1 the magnet named from him1 i4 #acj2 not the same as the ,grecian ,herakles1 ib42 creator and father1 i4 #aca2 killed by the devil1 i4 #acb2 and ,thor1 i4 #bfa2 the first-begotten1 ,bel1 ,baal1 and ,siva1 ii4 #dib2 the ,titan1 restores ,jupiter or ,zeus to his throne1 i4 #bii2 descends to ,hades1 ib42 ,invictus1 his initiation into the ,eleusynia and descent into hell1 ii4 #eaf ,herder places the cradle of mankind in ,india1 ii4 #cj ,heredom ,rosy ,cross1 ii4 #cid ,heresies1 early ,christianity among them1 ii4 #abc2 secret sects of the ,christians1 ii4 #bhi2 one still in existence1 ii4 #bij ,hermas1 the pastor of1 a book quoting from the ,sohar1 ii4 #bdc1 #bdd ,hermes1 the counterpart of the serpent1 ii4 #ejh2 his prediction to ,prometheus1 ii4 #ead1 #eae2 ,trismegistus1 #bj1jjj books written before ,menes1 i4 #djf2 his ,smaragdine ,tablet or manual of alchemy1 i4 #ejg2 reputed author of serpent-worship and heliolatry1 i4 #eea2 an evocation of angels and demons to preside at ,mysteries1 i4 #fac2 and ,hostanes believed in one ,god1 ii4 #hh ,hermetic books on medicine1 i4 #c2 their antiquity1 i4 #cg2 ,brothers of ,egypt1 ii4 #cjg2 doctrine accounts most reasonably for the formation of the world1 i4 #cda2 fraternities1 i4 #af2 gold1 i4 #eaa2 philosophers1 i4 #a ,hermetists' doctrine of creation1 i4 #beh2 why they wrote incomprehensibly1 i4 #fbg ,hermodorus or ,hermotimus1 i4 #cfd1 #dgf ,hero invented a steam-engine1 i4 #bda ,herodotus mentioned a night of six months1 i4 #dab2 testimony concerning the pyramids1 i4 #eah1 #eai2 description of the labyrinth1 i4 #ebb ,hezekiah1 the ,redeemer and ,messiah1 ii4 #ddj1 #dda2 the rod or scion from the stem of ,jesse1 ii4 #dda2 a prince from ,bethlehem establishes a sacred college and a new religion1 terminating ,baal and serpent-worship1 ii4 #ddj2 succeeded on the extinction of the family of ,ahaz1 ii4 #aff ,hiarchus and ,hiram1 i4 #ai ,hieroglyph of ,knights ,kadosh1 ii4 #cia ,hieroglyphics on the stones of the ,temple of ,dendera1 i4 #ebd ,hierophant offered his own life1 ii4 #db2 did not allow candidates to see or hear him personally1 ii4 #ic ,hierophants1 ,egyptian1 i4 #ij ,higgins1 ,godfrey1 i4 #cc2 rebuke of skeptics who accept the ,bible stories1 i4 #bhd2 had not the key to the esoteric doctrine1 i4 #cdg2 on the ,rasit1 ii4 #ce ,high ,hierophant transferring his life1 ii4 #efd ,highest pyrotechny1 i4 #cjf ,hildebrand1 the seventh ,pope ,gregory1 a magician1 ii4 #eeg ,hindu demigods1 ii4 #ajc2 wonderful appearance seen by ,jacolliot1 ib42 gods1 masks without actors1 ii4 #bfa1 #bfb2 populations in ,greece1 ii4 #dbh2 rites belong to a religion older than the present one1 ii4 #ece ,hindus1 more susceptible to magnetism1 ii4 #faj2 and ,iranians1 battles1 i4 #ab2 ancient1 their philosophy and science1 i4 #fah-fbj2 their great probity1 ii4 #dgd2 corrupted by ,european associations1 ib4 ,hindustan1 once called thiopia1 ii4 #dcd2 dark races worshipped ,maha ,deva1 ib4 ,hiouen-,thsang1 his description of the magicians of ,peshawer1 i4 #eii2 his vision of the shade of ,buddha1 i4 #fjj ,hippocrates1 his views like of ,herakleitos1 i4 #dbc2 identical with those of the ,rosicrucians1 ib42 his doctrine of man's inner sense1 i4 #dbe2 praise of instinct1 i4 #dcd ,hiram1 i4 #ai ,hiram ,abiff1 i4 #bi ,hitchcock1 ,e4 ,a41 exposition of alchemy1 i4 #cjh2 ,prof41 on psychometric photography1 i4 #ahd ,hivim1 or ,hivites1 descendants of the ,serpent1 i4 #eed2 ,ophites1 or serpent-tribe1 ,cain their ancestor1 ii4 #ddf2 of ,palestine a serpent-tribe1 ii4 #dha ,hobbs1 ,abigail1 confederated with the devil1 i4 #cfa ,holy ,ghost1 the ther1 the breath of ,god1 ii4 #ej2 a bit of his finger kept as a relic1 ii4 #ga4 ,holy kiss1 and toilet directions of ,augustine1 ii4 #cca2 limbs of ,sts4 ,cosmo and ,damiano1 phallic symbols1 ii4 #e2 syllable1 supreme mystery1 ii4 #aad2 thief ascends out of hell1 ii4 #eag ,homer1 the ,iliad probably plagiarized1 ii4 #dcf ,homunculi of ,paracelsus1 i4 #dfe ,hononer1 the ,persian ,logos1 or living manifested word1 i4 #efj ,horse with fingers1 i4 #daa1 #dab ,horse-shoe magnet applied to the phantom-hand1 ii4 #eid ,horus piercing the head of the serpent1 ii4 #ddf ,hospitals anciently established near temples1 ii4 #ih ,houdin ,robert1 i4 #gc1 #ajj2 testimony in regard to table-rapping and levitation1 i4 #ceh1 #cei2 suspected of magic1 i4 #cgi ,house of ,david deposed by the ,israelites1 ii4 #dci ,howitt ,william1 explanation of exorcism1 ii4 #ff ,huc1 ,abb1 his testimony concerning the infant ,dalai-,lama1 i4 #dch2 his book placed on the ,index ,expurgatorius1 ib42 his account of the marvellous tree1 i4 #ddj2 the picture of the moon1 i4 #dda2 punishment for his candor1 ii4 #cde1 #cdf2 his testimony of the ,lamaic doctrines1 ii4 #ehb2 his story of the children compelled to swallow mercury1 ii4 #fjd4 ,hufeland1 ,dr41 theory of magnetic sympathy1 i4 #bjg ,human body once half ethereal1 i4 #a2 made as a prison of earlier races1 i4 #b2 credulity contains inside of it an omni-perceptive faith1 ii4 #abj2 embryo1 evolved1 i4 #cjb1 #cjc2 ftus1 transient forms like those of ftal animals1 i4 #chh2 process of development1 i4 #chi2 race1 many before ,adam1 i4 #b2 imprisoned in bodies1 i4 #b2 antiquity more than #bej1jjj years1 i4 #c2 authorities differ in regard to original barbarism1 i4 #d2 sacrifices1 an ancient practice1 ii4 #edg2 abolished in ,egypt1 ,africa1 and ,greece1 ii4 #efh2 offered to the ,virgin ,mary as heretics1 ib42 soul an immortal god1 i4 #cde2 is born and dies like man1 ib42 spirit1 sees all things as in the present1 i4 #ahe ,humanity1 happy day for it1 ii4 #ehf4 ,humboldt1 ,alexander von1 suspected intercourse between ,mexicans and ,hindus1 i4 #edh ,humboldt1 ,alexander1 on presumptuous skepticism1 i4 #bbc ,hume1 ,david1 exalted by ,prof4 ,huxley1 i4 #dba2 the real founder of the positive philosophy1 i4 #hb2 testimony in the miracles at the tomb of ,abb ,paris1 i4 #cgc ,hunt1 ,prof4 ,sterry1 on solutions1 i4 #aib ,huss1 ,john1 his memory sacred in ,bohemia1 ii4 #efj ,huxley1 physical basis of life1 i4 #ae2 classes spiritualism outside of philosophical inquiry1 i4 #ae2 repudiates positive philosophy as ,catholicism minus ,christianity1 i4 #hb2 defines what constitutes proof1 i4 #aba2 confesses ignorance of matter1 i4 #djh2 his theory formulated1 i4 #dai ,hyk-sos1 or shepherds of ,egypt1 the ancestors of the earlier ,israelites1 ii4 #dhg ,hymns by ,dirghatamas1 ii4 #daa ,hyneman1 ,leopold1 testimony on ,masonry becoming sectarian1 ii4 #chj ,hypatia1 her atrocious murder by order of ,st4 ,cyril1 ii4 #ec2 letter of ,synesius1 ib42 why ,cyril caused her to be murdered1 ii4 #bec ,hystaspes1 ,gushtasp1 ,vistaspa1 ii4 #ada2 visited ,kashmere1 ii4 #dcd ,hysteria imputed to the prophets of the ,cevennes1 i4 #cga ,i was1 but am no more1 ii4 #cic ,i4 ,h4 ,s41 in hoc signum1 ii4 #ebg ,iachus1 an ,egyptian physician1 i4 #djf ,iaho1 variety of etymologies1 ii4 #cja2 statement of ,aristotle1 ii4 #cjb ,iamblichus1 i4 #cc2 raised ten cubits from the ground1 i4 #aae2 forbids endeavors to procure phenomena1 i4 #bai2 explanation of ,pythagoras1 i4 #bdh1 #bhd2 on manifestations of demons1 etc41 i4 #ccc2 the founder of theurgy1 his practice1 i4 #dhi2 his explanation of the objects of the ,mysteries1 ii4 #aja ,iao1 the male essence of the ,phnicians1 i4 #fa ,yava1 1 the secret name of the mystery-god1 ii4 #afe ,idic finger1 i4 #bc ,identity of all ancient religions and secret fraternities between the ancient faiths1 ii4 #ajj ,idiots1 reborn1 i4 #cea ,iessaens1 ii4 #aij ,ievo1 not the same as ,iao1 ii4 #bif ,iezedians1 came from ,basrah1 ii4 #aig ,ignition of stars1 i4 #bed ,ilda-,baoth1 the son of ,chaos1 ii4 #ahc2 his sons1 ib42 creates man1 ii4 #ahd2 punishes him for transgression1 ii4 #ahe2 his abode in the planet ,saturn1 ii4 #bcf2 transformed into the ,devil1 ii4 #eja ,illuminati and their purposes1 ii4 #cia ,illusion 7,maya71 the veil of the arcana1 i4 #bga ,immaculate ,conception of the ,holy ,virgin1 an element of old phallic religion1 ii4 #e2 why promulgated1 ii4 #aaj ,imagination1 the plastic power of the soul1 i4 #cif2 not identical with fancy1 ib42 a memory of preceding states1 ib42 its power upon physical condition1 i4 #che2 its influence on ftal life doubted by ,magendie1 i4 #cij ,immodesty of the ,vedas exceeded by that of the ,bible1 ii4 #hh ,immoral principles of the ,jesuits1 ii4 #cee ,immorality1 sexual1 said to be produced by religious instinct1 i4 #hc ,ilus or ,hyle1 the slime or earth-matter1 i4 #adf ,immortal1 ,chinese1 ,siamese1 etc41 believe some know the art of becoming1 i4 #bad2 theory of ,maxwell1 i4 #baf2 breath1 i4 #cjb2 portion of immortal matter1 ii4 #bfb ,immortality of the soul1 the doctrine as old as the twelfth ,egyptian dynasty1 ii4 #cfa2 of the spirit1 ,moksha and ,nirvana1 ii4 #aaf2 of all1 a false idea1 i4 #caf2 to be won1 ib4 ,imparting the secret to the successor1 ii4 #fga ,impostor-demons1 seven1 ii4 #bcd ,incarnation explained1 ii4 #aeb1 #aec2 prophetic star1 ii4 #ded2 exhibited before the author1 ii4 #eii-fjb ,incarnations1 the five of the ,buddhists1 ii4 #bge2 known in all the old world-religions1 ii4 #ejc2 of the deity1 periodical1 ii4 #ece ,incas1 the lost treasures1 i4 #eif2 the story of the last queen1 ib42 their tomb1 i4 #eig2 the tunnel1 i4 #eih ,incendiarism1 epidemic1 i4 #bgf ,india1 magic in1 i4 #hi2 gymnosophists1 i4 #hj2 of the archaic period1 i4 #ehi2 included ,persia1 ,thibet1 ,mongolia1 and ,great ,tartary1 ib42 the alma mater of the world-religions1 ii4 #cj2 said to be the cradle of the human race1 ib42 derived her rites from some foreign source1 ii4 #ece2 ,southern1 the law of inheritance1 ii4 #dcg ,indian dynasties1 solar and lunar1 ii4 #dcg1 #dch ,indicator1 ,prof4 ,faraday1 i4 #fc ,individual life in the future to be won1 i4 #caf2 existence1 how sustained1 i4 #cah1 #cai2 existence of the spirit a ,hindu doctrine1 ii4 #ecd ,individualization depends on the spirit1 i4 #cae ,indranee and her son painted with the aureole1 ii4 #ie ,induction1 not the usual mode of great discoveries1 i4 #eac ,ineffable name employed by ,jesus1 ii4 #chg ,infant1 temporarily animated by the spirit of a lama1 ii4 #fja1 #fjb ,infant-girl burned as a witch1 ii4 #fe ,infant-prophet in ,france1 i4 #dch ,infants1 dying1 prematurely born a second time1 i4 #cea2 unborn1 how influenced1 i4 #cie2 eaten at the sacrifices in ,hayti1 ii4 #egb ,initiation1 the practice in every ancient religion1 ii4 #ii2 represented the experience of the soul after death1 ii4 #did2 of a ,druze1 ii4 #cac ,injunction of secresy1 ii4 #dj ,inman1 ,dr4 ,thos41 defines greatest curse of a nation1 ii4 #aba1 #abb2 on ,christian heathenism1 ii4 #hj1 #ha2 declares the ,atheism imputed to ,buddha ,sakya not supported1 ii4 #ecc2 comparison of ,christians and ,buddhists1 ii4 #edj ,inner ,man1 can withdraw from the body1 ii4 #ehh ,inner ,sense1 doctrine of ,hippocrates1 i4 #dbd1 #dbe2 of ,iamblichus1 i4 #dce ,innocent ,,iii41 bull against magic1 ii4 #fi ,innocents of ,bethlehem1 their massacre1 a myth copied from ,india1 ii4 #aii ,inquisition1 the slaughter-house of the church1 destroyed by ,napoleon ,i41 ii4 #bb2 its atrocious cruelty1 ii4 #ee2 its bloodshed and human sacrifices unparalleled in paganism1 ii4 #e1 #f2 why invented1 ii4 #eh2 its origin in ,paradise1 ii4 #ei2 burned ,hebrew ,bibles1 ii4 #dcj ,inquisitors of our days1 the scientists1 i4 #ii ,insanity from spiritualism in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #g2 the obsession by spirits1 ii4 #ehi ,inscription on the coffin of ,queen ,mentuhept1 i4 #ib ,instinct1 i4 #dbe2 its miracles1 i4 #dcc ,integral whole1 ii4 #aaf ,intelligence of the electric bolt1 i4 #ahh2 ether directed1 i4 #aii ,intelligent electricity1 i4 #cbb ,intercosmic gods1 i4 #cab ,interior ,man1 doctrine of ,socrates and ,plato1 ii4 #bhc ,interview with a young lama re-incarnated ,buddha1 ii4 #eih ,intuition the guide of the seer1 i4 #dcc2 a rudiment in every one1 i4 #dcd2 doctrine of ,iamblichus1 i4 #dce ,investigation denounced as a criminal labor1 ii4 #if ,invisible ,sun1 i4 #cjb ,invocation of ancestors by ,moldavian ,christians1 ii4 #egj ,invulnerability1 can be imparted1 i4 #cgi ,iran and ,turan1 their wars conflicts between ,persians and ,assyrians or ,aturians1 i4 #egf ,irenus1 makes ,christ fifty years old1 ii4 #cje2 on the trine in man1 ii4 #bhe2 and the ,gnostics1 their contests1 ii4 #ea2 believed the soul corporeal1 i4 #cag2 attempted to establish a new doctrine on the basis of ,plato1 i4 #bhi2 found guilty of falsehood1 ii4 #cbg ,irenus ,philaletha1 explanation of the peculiar style of ,hermetic writers1 i4 #fbh ,ireland visited by ,buddhist missionaries1 ii4 #bij1 #bia ,iron in the sun1 i4 #eac2 found in the ,pyramid of ,cheops1 i4 #edb4 ,isaiah the prophet1 his vision of seraphs1 i4 #ceh2 terminated the direct line of ,david1 ii4 #ddj2 celebrates the new chief1 ,hezekiah1 ib4 ,isarim or ,essenean initiates1 ii4 #db2 found the ,smaragdine ,tablet at ,hebron1 i4 #ejg ,isernia1 worship of the limbs of ,saints ,cosmo and ,damiano1 and traffic in phallic ex-votos1 ii4 #e ,ishmonia1 the petrified city1 traditions of books and magic literature1 ii4 #bi ,isis1 the name of a medicine1 i4 #ecb2 the ,virgin ,mother of ,egypt1 ii4 #aj2 queen of ,heaven1 ii4 #ej2 immaculate1 her titles applied to the ,virgin ,mary1 ii4 #ie2 anthropomorphised into ,mary1 ii4 #da2 the 8woman clothed with the sun10 ii4 #dhi ,isitwa1 the divine power1 ii4 #eic ,islam1 the minarets1 ii4 #e ,islamism1 the outgrowth of the ,nestorian controversy1 ii4 #ed ,island of ,middle ,asia1 inhabited by ,elohim1 i4 #ehi2 empire of the ,pacific ,ocean1 i4 #eib ,israel1 what the name means1 ii4 #dja2 the enumeration of #ab tribes supposed to be purely mythical1 i4 #efh ,israelites1 intermarried perpetually with the other nations of ,palestine1 i4 #efh2 why their language was ,semitic1 ib42 their symbols relate to sun-worship1 ii4 #dja2 the plebeian were ,canaanites and ,phnicians1 ii4 #acd2 worshipped ,baal or ,bacchus and the ,serpent1 ii4 #ebc2 their prophets disapproved of sacrificial worship1 ii4 #ebe2 offered human sacrifices1 ii4 #ebd2 their prophetesses1 ib4 ,israelitish ,tabernacle1 elegant workmanship1 i4 #ecf ,istar1 ,astoreth1 the same as ,venus1 ,queen of ,heaven1 ii4 #ddd ,isvara1 a psychological condition1 ii4 #eia 8,itself0 met by the disembodied soul at the gates of ,paradise1 ii4 #fce ,iurbo ,adonai1 ii4 #ahe1 #ahi ,ixtlilxochitl1 author of the ,popul-,vuh1 i4 #edh ,jacob1 extraordinary fecundity of his family1 ii4 #eeh2 the ,zouave1 i4 #afe1 #bag1 #bah ,jacob's pillar a lingham1 ii4 #dde ,jacolliot1 ,louis1 i4 #aci2 criticises orientalists1 i4 #ehc2 testimony in regard to theopia1 i4 #faf1 #fag2 branded as a humbug1 ii4 #dg2 denounces the theory of ,turanians and ,semitism1 ii4 #dh2 on vulgar magic in ,india1 ii4 #gj2 description of ,brahmanic initiations1 ii4 #ajc2 sees a living spectre1 ii4 #ajd1 #aje2 on ,hindu metaphysics1 ii4 #bfb2 disbelieves in the chastity of ,buddhistic monks1 ii4 #cba2 knew no secrets1 ii4 #ehd ,jadgar or sorcerers in ,india1 ii4 #fi ,jaga-nath1 ii4 #big ,jah-,buh-,sun1 ii4 #cdh ,jaina sect claims ,buddhism1 ii4 #cba2 owners of the cave-temples1 ii4 #cbc ,jains1 taught the existence of two ethereal bodies1 i4 #dbi ,jairus1 resuscitation of his daughter by ,jesus1 i4 #dha ,james the ,just1 never called ,jesus the ,son of ,god1 ii4 #bjb ,japanese1 their probity1 ii4 #egc ,jasher1 ,book of1 ii4 #cii ,java ,aleim1 7,lord-,god71 head of the priest-caste of ,eden or ,babylonia1 i4 #ege2 invests man with the coat of skin1 ib42 of the ,sacerdotal ,college1 ii4 #bic ,javanese1 island empire1 i4 #eib ,jehovah1 his castle of fire1 i4 #bgj2 a cruel anthropomorphic deity1 i4 #cjg2 not the sacred name at all1 ii4 #cih2 only a ,masoretic invention1 ib42 feminine1 ii4 #cii2 resembled ,siva1 ii4 #ebd ,jehovah-,nissi or ,iao-,nisi1 the same as ,osiris or ,bacchus the ,dio-,nysos or ,jove of ,nysa1 ii4 #afe1 #ebf ,jehovah-worship and ,christianity abandoned by ,freemasons at ,lausanne1 ii4 #cgg ,jeroboam made the lawful king of the ,israelites1 ii4 #dci ,jerome1 ,st41 mentions ,jews of ,lydda and ,tiberias as mystic teachers1 i4 #bf2 procured the ,gospel of ,matthew from the ,nazarenes1 ii4 #aha2 his perverted text of ,job1 ii4 #dif ,jerusalem1 the temple not so ancient as pretended1 ii4 #chi ,jesuit cryptography1 ii4 #cig ,jesuits1 a secret society1 now control the ,roman ,church1 ii4 #ceb2 their magic1 ii4 #cec2 their secret constitution1 ii4 #ced2 ,mackenzie's description1 ii4 #cee2 their profession of faith1 ii4 #ceh2 their expulsion from ,venice1 ib42 declare ,christianity not evidently true1 ii4 #ceh1 #cei2 sanction the murder of parents1 ii4 #cfc2 disguised as ,talapoins1 i4 #cga2 contest of magic with the ,augustinians1 i4 #dde2 two1 desiring to change ,sabean for ,christian names1 ii4 #dej2 adopt the institute and habit of ,siamese ,talapoins1 ii4 #egg2 set aside ,christian doctrines1 ii4 #egh ,jesus1 of ,renan1 ,strauss and ,viscount ,amberley1 ii4 #efb2 ,talmudic story1 ii4 #bja2 discovered and revealed the occult theology1 ii4 #bjb2 or ,nebo1 inspired by ,mercury1 ii4 #acb2 and ,christna1 united to their ,chrestos1 ii4 #eeh2 his life a copy of ,christna1 his character of ,buddha1 ii4 #cci2 preached ,buddhism1 ii4 #abc2 believed in ,ferho or ,fo1 ii4 #bij2 did not give any name to the ,father1 ib42 his true history imparted to the ,templars1 ii4 #chb2 regarded as a brother1 ib42 an avatar like ,melchizedek1 becomes a son of ,god by baptism1 ii4 #eff2 son of ,panther1 a high pontiff of the universal secret doctrines1 ii4 #chf2 proclaims himself the ,son of ,god and humanity1 ib42 represented by a great serpent1 ii4 #dij2 an ,essene and ,nazarene1 ii4 #aca2 used oil and drank wine1 ib42 of the church1 the ideal of ,irenus1 ii4 #cc2 classified his teachings1 ii4 #ade1 #adg2 said to have been a ,pharisee1 ii4 #adh2 said to have been a magician1 ib42 the materialized divine spirit1 ii4 #egf2 deified because of his dramatic death1 ii4 #cci2 why he died1 ii4 #ede2 always called a man1 ii4 #bci2 forgave his enemies1 ii4 #h2 the heirs of ,peter curse theirs1 ii4 #i2 cast out devils by purifying the atmosphere1 i4 #cef2 taught the ,logia1 or secret doctrines1 ii4 #aia2 transmitted magnetic or theurgical powers1 i4 #acj2 healed by word of command1 i4 #bag2 his followers innovators1 ii4 #acb2 endeavored to give the arcane truth to the many1 ii4 #efa2 made little impression upon his own century1 ii4 #cce2 familiar with the ,koinoboi1 ii4 #ccf2 who rejected him as the ,son of ,god1 ii4 #dee2 said to have been hanged and stoned1 ii4 #bee2 never pronounced the name of ,jehovah1 ii4 #afc2 his doctrines like those of ,manu1 ii4 #afd2 and ,buddha never wrote1 ii4 #eei2 unwilling to die1 hence1 no self-sacrificing ,savior1 ii4 #ede ,jewish colonists of ,palestine imbued with ,magdean notions1 ii4 #dha2 people regard the ,mosaic books as an allegory1 i4 #eed1 #eee2 theology not understood by ,christians1 i4 #ag ,jews excluded from ,masonic lodges1 ii4 #cij2 their doubtful origin1 ii4 #dch2 worshipped ,baal or ,hercules1 ii4 #ebd2 brought the ,persian dualism to ,palestine1 ii4 #ejj1 #eja2 named ,ormazd and ,ahriman1 ,satan1 ii4 #eja2 an ,indian sect1 the ,kaloni1 i4 #efg2 probably came from ,afghanistan or ,india1 ib42 similar or identical with the ,phnicians1 i4 #eff ,job1 book of1 ,satan or ,typhon appears1 ii4 #dhc2 the allegory explained in the ,book of the ,dead1 ii4 #dic2 a representation of initiation1 ii4 #did2 will give the key to the whole matter of the ,devil1 ii4 #dic2 his trials and vindication1 ii4 #dhe2 seeing ,god1 ii4 #dhe1 #dhf2 the neophyte1 hears ,god in the whirlwind1 ii4 #dih2 vindicated by his ,redeemer or champion1 ii4 #dii1 #ejj ,jobard1 on two kinds of electricity1 i4 #ahh ,john1 ,gospel written by a ,gnostic1 i4 #b2 travelled in ,asia ,minor and learned of the ,mithraic rites1 ii4 #ejg2 the ,baptist1 his disciples ,essenean dissenters1 ii4 #acj2 disciples of1 same as ,nazareans or ,mendans1 do not believe in ,christ1 ii4 #bij ,jonah1 the prophet1 the allegory explained1 ii4 #beh ,jones1 ,sir ,william1 on the laws of ,manu1 i4 #ehe2 rules for constructing a purana1 ii4 #dib ,josaphat1 ,st41 a transmogrified ,buddha1 ii4 #egi ,judaism1 ,gnosticism1 ,christianity1 and ,masonry erected on the same cosmical myths1 i4 #dje ,joseph1 studied in ,egypt1 i4 #be2 became an ,egyptian1 i4 #eff ,josephus1 interpolated1 ii4 #aif2 his passage concerning ,jesus1 ii4 #cbh ,joshua1 fugitives1 i4 #ede ,jowett1 translator of ,plato1 exceptions to his criticism1 i4 #bhh ,judans1 whether they were ever in ,palestine before ,cyrus1 a problem1 i4 #efh ,judi1 the designation of the ,jews1 an ,indian term1 ii4 #dda ,judea1 its primitive history a distortion of ,indian fable1 ii4 #dga ,judgment of the ,dead1 ii4 #cfd ,juggernaut1 his procession imitated by missionaries in ,ceylon1 ii4 #aac ,jugglers of ,india and ,egypt1 i4 #gc2 walking from tree-top to tree-top1 i4 #die ,julian1 the emperor1 a son of ,god or ,mithra by initiation1 ii4 #eff ,juno1 her temple covered with pointed blades of swords1 i4 #ebg2 her abandoning of ,veii for ,rome1 i4 #fad ,jupiter and four moons discovered in ,assyria1 i4 #bfa2 his mythological adventures1 astronomical phenomena1 i4 #bfg1 #bfh2 or ,zeus originally the cosmic force1 i4 #bfb2 also the demiurg1 ib42 the chief deity of the ,orphic hymn1 i4 #bfc ,jury-trial1 introduced by the ,egyptians1 i4 #ede ,justice and harmony analogous1 i4 #ccj ,justin ,martyr1 criticised for his heretical opinion about ,socrates1 ii4 #h2 his testimony concerning the talismans of ,apollonius of ,tyana1 ii4 #ig2 on the non-observance of the ,sabbath by ,christians1 ii4 #dai ,justinian1 code of1 copied from the code of ,manu1 i4 #ehf ,k----1 a positivist and skeptic1 his experiences in ,thibet1 ii4 #eii-fjb ,kabala1 its fundamental geometrical figure the key to the problem1 i4 #ad2 ,chaldean1 not known1 i4 #ag2 included in the ,arcane doctrines1 i4 #bje2 same as the laws of ,manu1 i4 #bga2 solves esoteric doctrines of every religion1 i4 #bga2 never written1 ib42 concerning ,shedim1 i4 #cac2 its system of ,sephiroth and emanations1 ii4 #bac2 repeated in ,talapoin manuscripts1 i4 #egg2 ,oriental1 or secret ,book of ,numbers1 i4 #egi ,kabalists1 ,chaldean1 claim science above #gj1jjj years old1 i4 #a2 explanation of the allegory of descent into hell1 i4 #bii ,kabeiri1 ,assyrian divinities1 i4 #efi2 differently named and numbered in different places1 ib42 reproduced in their ,samothracian postures on the walls of ,nagkon-,wat1 ib42 had similar names east as west1 ib42 worshipped at ,hebron1 the city of ,beni-,anak or anakim1 ib42 number hardly known1 ii4 #dgh2 their names1 ii4 #agj ,kabeirian gods represented at ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #efe1 #eff ,kadeshim1 or ,galli1 in the ,hebrew sanctuaries1 ii4 #de ,kadeshuth1 or ,nautch-girls in ,india1 ii4 #de ,kadosh degree invented at ,lyons1 ii4 #chd ,kalani1 an ,indian sect1 progenitors of the ,jews1 i4 #efg ,kalavatti1 raised from the dead by ,christna1 ii4 #bda ,kalmucks1 described earlier human races than the present1 i4 #b ,kalpas1 i4 #ca ,kali1 the 8fall of man10 ii4 #bge ,kali-,yug1 the designation of the present third yug or age of mankind1 i4 #ehg2 began #d1ejj years ago1 ib4 ,kaliadovki1 or ,christian mysteries1 ii4 #aai ,kangalins1 or witches in ,india1 ii4 #fi ,kanhari caves at ,salsette1 the abode of ,st4 ,josaphat1 ii4 #ehj1 #eha ,kanni1 or bad virgins1 ii4 #ddg ,kansa of ,madura1 commands the murder of ,christna and the massacre of the infants1 ii4 #aii ,kapila1 a skeptic1 i4 #aba2 i4 #cjg2 denied a ,first ,cause1 ii4 #bfa ,karabtanos1 i4 #cjj ,karnak1 the representative of ,thebes1 its archeological remains1 i4 #ebc2 lakes and mountains in its sanctuary1 i4 #ebd ,kasbeck1 the mountain where ,prometheus was punished1 i4 #bih ,katie ,king1 i4 #dh1 #ed2 soulless1 i4 #fg ,kavindisami the fakir1 causes a seed to grow miraculously1 i4 #aci ,kebar-,zivo1 i4 #cjj ,kepler believed the stars to be intelligences1 i4 #bjg1 #bjh1 #bec ,kerrenhappuch1 a mystic name1 ii4 #dif ,kerner1 ,dr41 witnessing case of ,elizabeth ,eslinger1 i4 #fh2 account of the encounter of the ,cossack and ,frenchman1 i4 #cih ,keto or ,cetus1 the same as ,dagon or ,poseidon1 ii4 #beh ,key to the ,buddhist system1 i4 #bhi2 to the mysteries lost by the ,roman ,catholic ,church1 ii4 #aba2 ,g4 ,higgins mistaken1 ib4 ,keys of ,st4 ,peter1 where they originated1 ii4 #ca2 cross and fishes1 eastern symbols1 ii4 #bee2 to ,masonic ciphers1 ii4 #cid ,keystone1 absent at ,nagkon-,wat1 ,santa ,cruz del ,quich1 ,ocosingo1 and the ,cyclopean structures of ,greece and ,italy1 i4 #ega2 has an esoteric meaning1 ib4 ,khaldi1 worshippers of the moon-god1 ii4 #dh ,khamism1 an ancient deposit from ,western ,asia1 ii4 #dce ,khansa1 remarkable juggling trick1 i4 #dgc ,kidder1 ,bishop1 remarkable testimony concerning the religion a wise man would choose1 ii4 #bdj ,king1 ,john1 i4 #ge ,kings and statesmen1 ,jesuit method for assassinating1 ii4 #cgc ,kircher1 ,father1 taught universal magnetism1 i4 #bjh ,kiyun or ,kivan1 the same as ,siva1 i4 #egj ,klikoucha1 i4 #bh ,klippoth1 i4 #ada ,kneph1 his snake-emblem1 i4 #acc2 producing the mundane egg1 ii4 #bbf ,knights ,kadosch1 cipher1 ii4 #cie2 hieroglyph1 ii4 #cif2 ,rose ,croix1 cipher1 ii4 #cie2 ,templars1 i4 #cj2 ,templars1 the modern1 have no secrets dangerous to the ,church1 ii4 #cha2 ,templars1 ,french ,order1 ii4 #chd1 #che2 the assassination of a ,prince1 ii4 #che ,knowledge1 tree of1 the pippala1 ii4 #dab2 arcane1 when sorcery and when wisdom1 ii4 #eh ,koheleth1 the summary1 ii4 #dgf ,koinobi or communists of ,egypt1 ii4 #cje ,kol-,arbas1 the ,tetrad or group of four mistaken for a ,gnostic leader1 ii4 #bdh ,kor-,persephon1 ,zeus the ,dragon1 and their son1 ii4 #eje ,kosmos1 regarded as ,god or comprehending ,god1 i4 #aed ,kounboum1 mystery of1 i4 #bhi2 the ,sacred ,tree of ,thibet1 i4 #cjb2 the wonderful ,tree of ,thibet with letters and symbols on its leaves1 i4 #ddj2 ,sanscrit characters on the leaves and bark1 ii4 #df ,kristophores1 or the fourth degree1 ii4 #cfe ,kronos1 i4 #acb ,krupte 7crypt7 the abode of a teleiotes1 ii4 #ic ,kublai-,khan1 ii4 #fjh2 why he failed to adopt ,christianity1 ii4 #eha1 #ehb2 reverences ,christ1 ,mahomet1 ,moses1 and ,buddha all together1 ii4 #ehb2 his testimony concerning ,christians1 ii4 #ehc ,kuklopes or ,cyclopeans1 shepherds1 miners1 builders1 metal-workers1 and ,anakim1 i4 #efg ,kuklos ,anangkes1 or ,circle of ,necessity1 i4 #eec ,kukushan1 a medicinal plant of extraordinary virtue1 ii4 #fjh ,kumil-,mdan1 the undine1 an elemental spirit1 i4 #dif ,kurds1 affirmed to be ,indo-,european1 ii4 #fbi2 are ,mahometans1 magicians1 ,yezids1 and fire-worshippers1 ii4 #fcj2 scene with a sorcerer1 ii4 #fca ,kutchi of ,lha-,ssa1 magically apprised by a ,shaman of the author's helpless condition in the desert1 ii4 #fbh ,kutti-,satan1 a ,tamil spirit1 i4 #efg ,labyrinth1 the great1 description by ,herodotus1 i4 #ebb ,lactantius on calling up souls1 i4 #afg2 declared the heliocentric system a heretical doctrine1 i4 #ebf2 rejected the doctrine of the antipodes1 ii4 #dgg ,lstrygonians of the ,odyssey cannibal races of ,norway1 i4 #edi ,laghana-,sastra1 a secret sect in ,india1 ii4 #cae2 their sacred groves1 ii4 #caf ,lake1 mysteries of1 ii4 #ach2 of fire and brimstone1 ii4 #ab2 the devil cast in it1 with the beast and false prophet1 ib42 place of purification of the wicked1 ii4 #bch ,lakes and mountains in the ,sanctuary of ,karnak1 i4 #ebd ,lakshmi or ,lakmi1 the ,damatri ,venus or ,great ,mother1 ii4 #bei1 #eih ,lama infant1 or reincarnated ,buddha1 interview with him1 ii4 #eih ,lamaic saints at a cave-temple1 ii4 #eii2 exorcism1 ii4 #fbf ,lamaism1 the purest ,buddhism1 ii4 #fjh ,lamas1 ,thibetan1 use the force known as ,aksa1 i4 #aac ,lamps1 ever-burning1 one in the tomb of ,cicero's daughter1 i4 #bbd1 #bbh2 in crypts of ,india1 ,thibet1 and ,japan1 i4 #bbe2 in ,travancore1 ib42 in ,egypt1 i4 #bbf2 at ,athens1 ,carthage1 ,edessa1 ,antioch1 i4 #bbg2 in the ,appian ,way and the ,mosaic ,tabernacle1 i4 #abh2 mode of preparing1 i4 #bbi ,lamp-wicks of stone1 i4 #bca2 of asbestos1 i4 #bca ,land-measuring1 known by the ,egyptians1 i4 #eca ,lao-tsi1 or ,laotsen1 his figure produced by magic1 i4 #fjj ,lares1 i4 #cde ,larmenius1 charter forged1 ii4 #che ,larva1 the soul1 i4 #cdd1 #cde ,larv1 shadows of men that have once lived1 i4 #caj2 their reincarnation1 i4 #ceg ,last rite1 not known by the highest epopt1 ii4 #efc ,latin ,church1 nearly upset by modern research1 ii4 #f2 despoiled the kabalists and theurgists1 ii4 #he2 preserves the old pagan worship1 even to the dress of the clergy1 ii4 #ib ,lausanne1 declaration of the ,supreme ,masonic ,councils1 ii4 #cgg2 denounced by ,gen4 ,pike1 ib4 ,leaping of the prophets of ,baal1 ii4 #de ,leaves1 impressions made on1 i4 #cfh1 #cfi ,le ,comte1 ,prof41 comparison of living and dead organism1 i4 #dff2 on vital force1 i4 #cac ,lempriere accuses ,pythagoras and ,porphyry1 i4 #dca ,lemure1 i4 #cde ,lemuria1 the last continent of the ,indian ,ocean1 perhaps the same as ,atlantis1 i4 #eia1 #eib2 the ,indian legend1 i4 #eid ,lens found at ,nineveh1 i4 #bci ,lentulus1 his forged letter1 ii4 #aea ,leopard-skin1 a sacred appendage of the mysteries1 i4 #efh2 found sculptured in basso-relievo in ,central ,america1 i4 #efi2 employed by the ,brahmans1 ib4 ,lesser mysteries1 their meaning and object1 ii4 #aaa ,lesser and greater mysteries1 accused of indecency1 ii4 #ajj ,letter of ,father ,raulica on magic1 ii4 #gj2 of ,mary ,virgin to the ,bishop and ,church of ,messina1 ii4 #hc2 from a ,druze brother to the author1 ii4 #cac ,letters1 ii4 #hc2 invented in ,egypt1 i4 #ecb ,levi1 a caste rather than a tribe1 i4 #efh ,levi1 ,eliphas1 exposition of the means to acquire magical power1 i4 #acg2 his remark on the ancient ,christian malignity1 ii4 #bej ,leviathan1 the occult science1 ii4 #dii ,law of compensation never swerves1 ii4 #ede ,levitation discussed1 i4 #dia1 #dib1 #did-dih2 under magnetic conditions practicable1 ii4 #ehi ,levitations1 i4 #ajj1 #bbe2 declared impossible1 i4 #aje2 of ,iamblichus1 i4 #aae2 occasioned by the attraction of the perisprit or astral soul1 i4 #aig2 disapproved by ,iamblichus1 i4 #bai ,levites1 or serpent-tribe1 the seraphs or fiery serpents1 ii4 #dha ,lewis1 ,sir ,g4 ,c41 opinion adverse to the culture of the ancients1 i4 #ebe ,liberalia1 or ,st4 ,patrick's day1 a festival of the ,church1 ii4 #ebh ,libyan shepherds1 ,cyclopeans1 i4 #efg ,lichen1 produced1 i4 #cjb ,life1 a phenomenon of matter1 i4 #aae ,life-principle1 speculations1 i4 #dff ,life-transfer1 ii4 #efd ,light1 chemical relations1 i4 #acf2 undulatory theory much doubted1 i4 #acg2 mystical1 the ,divine ,intelligence1 i4 #beh2 same as electricity1 ib42 both matter and a force1 i4 #bha2 sympathy its offspring1 i4 #cji2 an energy1 not an emanation1 the view of ,aristotle1 i4 #eaj2 sublimated gold1 i4 #eaa ,lightning1 conjured down by ,prometheus1 i4 #ebf2 fate of ,tullius1 i4 #ebg ,lightning-photographs1 i4 #cid1 #cie ,lightning-rods on ancient temples1 i4 #ebg1 #ebh2 used in ,india1 i4 #ebh ,lilith1 ,adam's 8first wife10 ii4 #dde ,linen of ancient ,egypt1 i4 #ecf2 fire-proof1 i4 #bcj ,linga1 same as the pillars of the patriarchs1 ii4 #bce ,lingham1 or emblem of ,maha ,deva1 ii4 #e2 and ,yoni in churches1 ii4 #e ,lithos or phallus1 reproduced in steeples1 turrets1 and domes1 ii4 #e ,littr on positive philosophy1 i4 #gh ,living acari by chemical experiments1 i4 #dfe2 fire1 i4 #cja ,local gods1 ii4 #dea ,lodestone1 its power to affect a whole audience1 i4 #bfe ,logia1 or secret doctrines taught by ,jesus1 ii4 #aia ,logoi1 all fail and are punished1 i4 #bih ,logos1 i4 #aca2 in every mythos1 i4 #afb 1 ,true ,doctrine of ,celsus1 story of the book at a convent1 ii4 #eb ,long-face1 the ,supreme ,god1 ii4 #bdg ,long hair1 worn by ,john the ,baptist and ,jesus1 and denounced by ,paul1 ii4 #adj ,lord of the ,genii1 i4 #cjj ,losing one's soul possible1 i4 #cag ,lost word1 where to be sought1 i4 #ehj2 and its substitute1 ,mac ,benac1 ii4 #cdi ,lotus1 the sacred flower of ,egyptians and ,hindus1 i4 #ia2 superseded by the lilies1 i4 #ib ,loubre1 ,m4 de la1 on ,buddha and the ,buddhists1 ii4 #egf-egi ,lourdes1 shrine of1 materializations of ,virgin ,mary1 i4 #aai2 the madonna1 her miracles1 i4 #fad1 ii4 #f2 the moving of the statue1 i4 #fah ,love1 its magnetism the originator of created things1 i4 #baj ,lucifer1 i4 #bii ,luke1 the evangelist1 reputed an ,essene1 ii4 #add ,lunar dynasties in ,india1 the ,chandra ,vensa1 ii4 #dch ,lundy1 ,rev4 ,dr41 what he has proved1 ii4 #eeg ,luther and the demon1 ii4 #gc2 the worst man in ,europe1 ii4 #bjj2 his denunciation of the ,catholics1 ii4 #bjh2 intolerant1 and ,calvin bloodthirsty1 ii4 #ejc ,lycanthropes1 over #fjj put to death in the ,jura by sentence of a judge1 ii4 #fbf ,lutherans burned as sorcerers1 ii4 #fa ,luxor1 unfading colors1 i4 #bci2 brotherhood of1 ii4 #cjh ,macaulay1 his criticism of scientists and philosophers1 i4 #dbd ,mac ,benac1 ii4 #cdi ,machagistia1 the magic taught in ,persia and ,babylonia1 i4 #bea2 the testimony of ,plato1 ii4 #cjf ,mackenzie1 his description of the ,jesuits1 ii4 #cee ,macrocosm1 i4 #fb ,macroprosopos or macrocosm1 i4 #ehj ,madonna of ,barri1 with crinoline1 ii4 #i2 of ,rio de ,janeiro1 dcollete1 with blonde hair and chignon1 ii4 #aj ,madras famine made worse by ,catholic taxation1 ii4 #ecb ,malstrom1 the ,charybdis of the ,odyssey1 i4 #ede4 ,magendie1 remedy for consumption1 i4 #hi2 absents himself from experiments instituted by the ,french ,academy in #ahbf1 i4 #age1 #agf2 acknowledges that little is known of ftal life1 i4 #chf2 opinion of malformation1 i4 #chh1 #cij2 asserts influence of imagination on the ftus1 i4 #cid ,magi established magic1 i4 #be2 taught the birth and decadence of worlds1 i4 #bee2 ,pythagoras1 their associate1 i4 #bhd2 objected to the evocation of souls1 i4 #cba2 three schools1 ii4 #cfa2 ,chaldean1 the masters of the ,jews1 ib42 two schools1 ii4 #abh1 #cjf ,magic1 based on natural science1 i4 #ag2 once universally taught1 i4 #ah1 #bdg2 a divine science1 i4 #be2 originally established by ,magi1 and not by priests1 ib42 very ancient1 ib42 ,moses and ,joseph proficients1 ib42 two kinds1 divine and evil1 i4 #bf2 neglected by ,masons1 i4 #cj2 spiritualism1 its modern form1 i4 #db2 profound knowledge of simples and minerals1 i4 #ff2 likely to be rediscovered by scientists1 i4 #fg2 esoteric in ,india1 i4 #ij2 practised by ,gymnosophists1 i4 #ij2 the divina sapientia1 i4 #id2 ,salverte's ,philosophy of ,magic1 i4 #aae2 mesmerism an important branch1 i4 #abi2 theory of ,eliphas ,levi1 i4 #acg2 modern forms1 i4 #ach2 doctrine of ,paracelsus1 ,agrippa1 and ,philalethes1 i4 #afg2 included in the arcane doctrine of ,wisdom1 i4 #bje2 the power never possessed by those addicted to vicious indulgences1 i4 #bah2 its basis1 the occult or spiritual principle1 i4 #bdd2 testimony of ,du ,potet1 i4 #bgi2 theurgical1 i4 #bha2 a sacerdotal science1 i4 #bfb2 exemplified in eastern countries of ,asia1 i4 #cbj2 adepts understand the akasa or astral fluid1 i4 #cgh2 synonymous with religion and science1 i4 #dei2 belief of ,demokritus2 #hjj1jjj1jjj believers in1 i4 #eab2 ,votan of ,ancient ,america1 i4 #ede2 cultivated by ,aztecs and ancient ,egyptians1 i4 #efj2 studied by the people of ,pashai or ,peshawer1 i4 #eii2 seance described by ,hon4 ,j4 ,l4 ,o',sullivan1 i4 #fjh-faa2 the church believes in it1 ii4 #gf2 used to select the canonical books of ,holy ,scripture1 ii4 #bea2 denounced1 ii4 #ejb2 the science of man and nature1 and its applications in practice1 ii4 #ehc2 its principles1 ii4 #ehg-eij2 its cornerstone1 ii4 #ehi2 black1 practised at the ,vatican1 ii4 #f2 taught in the lamaseries1 ii4 #fji2 magnetism its alphabet1 ii4 #faj ,magic arcanum1 i4 #ejf2 crystal1 i4 #dfg2 lamp of ,hermes1 ii4 #dag ,magical ansthetics of the ,brahmans1 used in the burning of widows1 i4 #edj2 exhibitions of ,tartary and ,thibet1 testimony of ,col4 ,yule1 i4 #fjj2 moon of ,thibet1 i4 #dda2 evocation a part of the sacerdotal office1 ii4 #aah2 evocations must be pronounced in a particular dialect1 ii4 #df ,magician1 how different from a witch1 i4 #cff2 difference from a medium1 i4 #cfg2 can summon and dismiss spirits at will1 ib4 ,magism flourished at the ,ur of the ,kasdeans1 i4 #edi ,magnale magnum1 i4 #agj1 #bac ,magus1 ,magh1 ,mahaji1 i4 #abi ,magnes1 i4 #fd2 rediscovered by ,mesmer1 i4 #ga2 the living fire or spirit of light1 i4 #abi ,magret1 rediscovered by ,paracelsus1 i4 #ga2 the stone1 i4 #abi2 its concealed power1 i4 #afh2 ,kircher's doctrine of one magnet in the universe1 i4 #bjh2 the same as the spiritual ,sun1 or ,god1 i4 #bji2 the poles signified in the ,mysteries by the ,dioskuri1 i4 #bce2 the sun1 i4 #bga ,magnetic currents develop into electricity1 i4 #cie ,magnetization1 two kinds1 i4 #agh2 of minerals by animal magnetism1 i4 #bji2 of a table or person1 i4 #cbb ,magnetism1 i4 #abi2 animal1 denied by modern science and then accepted1 i4 #acj2 the magic power of man1 i4 #agj2 taught by ,des ,cartes1 i4 #bjf2 by ,naud1 ,hufeland1 ,wirdig1 and ,kepler1 i4 #bjg2 and by ,porta and ,father ,kircher1 i4 #bji2 of love1 the originator of every created thing1 i4 #baj2 taught in the ,mysteries1 i4 #bcd2 poles represented by the ,dioskuri1 i4 #bce2 the universal law1 i4 #bdd2 the alphabet of magic1 ii4 #faj2 being true1 medicine absurd1 ib4 ,mahbhrata1 antedated the age of ,cyrus the great1 ii4 #dbh ,maha ,deva or ,siva1 his lingham or emblem in pagodas1 ii4 #e2 worshipped by the dark races of ,hindustan1 ii4 #dcd ,mahady of ,elephanta1 ii4 #e ,mahat1 or ,prakriti1 the external sense-life1 ii4 #efe ,mahomet1 his testimony concerning ,jews1 ii4 #dhj ,mahometan1 confession of ,faith on the ,chair of ,peter1 ii4 #be ,mahometanism1 the outgrowth of ,christian cruelty1 ii4 #ec1 #ed2 making more proselytes than ,christians1 ii4 #bci ,maimonides1 i4 #ag ,malagrida1 burned for sorcery in #agfa1 ii4 #eh ,malays1 their island empire1 i4 #eib ,males suckling their young1 i4 #dab ,malformations1 opinion of ,magendie1 i4 #chh2 theory of ,prof4 ,armor1 i4 #cib ,malum in se1 no such principle1 ii4 #dhj ,man1 once communed with unseen universes1 i4 #b2 belief of the ,kalmucks1 ib42 8as immortal as ,god10 i4 #ac2 how influenced1 i4 #ci2 composed of like elements as the stars1 i4 #afh2 magnetism his magic power1 i4 #agj2 different electric condition of persons and sexes1 i4 #aga2 possessed of three spirits1 i4 #bab2 a little world inside the great1 ib42 ,van ,helmont's theory1 i4 #bac2 ,plato's theory1 i4 #bgf1 #big2 androgynous1 i4 #dig2 created in the sixth millenium1 i4 #cdb2 possesses arcane powers1 ii4 #aac2 how he should do1 ii4 #abb2 the fall an evolution1 ii4 #bgg2 his spirit1 if not his soul1 prexistent1 ii4 #bhj2 the object of the alchemic1 ,hermetic1 and mystic explorations1 i4 #cjh2 the philosopher's stone and trinity in unity1 i4 #cji2 a microcosm1 i4 #cbc2 never steps outside of universal life1 ii4 #cdc2 the six principles1 ii4 #cfg2 first appears as a stone1 i4 #chi2 has power to shape matter1 i4 #cid1 #cie2 ante-natal maternal impressions of this character1 i4 #cie2 seven days on the pillar1 ii4 #ddg2 the story of the fall regarded as an allegory1 ii4 #edf2 has a natural1 a spiritual1 and final birth1 ii4 #efe2 triune1 body1 soul1 and immortal spirit1 ii4 #ehh2 how he becomes an immortal entity1 ib4 ,man-tree1 i4 #big ,mandrakes or ,mandragora1 a magical plant1 i4 #dfe ,manes1 i4 #cg1 #cde2 his fate1 ii4 #bjh ,manifestations1 subjective and objective1 i4 #fh2 mediumistic1 in ,asia1 i4 #cbj ,mano1 ii4 #bbh1 #bbi1 #cjj ,mantheon1 a title of ,zoroaster1 ii4 #dji ,mantic frenzy produced by exhalations from the earth1 i4 #eca ,manu1 laws the same as the doctrines of the sages and ,kabala1 i4 #bga2 doctrine of the universe1 ib42 laws of1 opinion of ,sir ,william ,jones1 i4 #ehe2 the basis of the code of ,justinian1 i4 #eha2 their age1 i4 #ehf-ehh2 widow-burning not mentioned in them1 i4 #ehh2 on life1 evolution1 and transformations1 i4 #fbj1 #fba2 predicts the advent of the ,divine ,one1 ii4 #ej2 knew nothing of deluge1 ii4 #dbg1 #dbh ,manus1 six1 progenitors of six races of men1 i4 #eij ,manu-,vina or ,menes1 colonizes ,egypt from ,india1 i4 #fbg ,manwantara1 i4 #cb ,marathos or ,martu1 ancient city and name of ,phnicia1 means ,the ,west1 i4 #egi ,marathon1 neighing of horses and shouts of men heard #djj years after the battle1 i4 #gj ,marcion distinguished between ,judaism and ,christianity1 ii4 #afb2 his doctrines1 ii4 #ajc2 accepted ,paul and denied the other apostles1 ii4 #afh2 the great hresiarch1 his influence1 ii4 #aei1 #afj2 brutally assailed by ,tertullian and ,epiphanius1 ib4 ,marco ,polo1 on veins of salamander or asbestos1 i4 #ejd2 asserts that in ,kashmere images are made to speak1 i4 #eje2 brought movable types and blocks for printing1 from ,china1 i4 #eac2 describes ,buddha as living like a ,christian1 ii4 #eha2 on the nature-spirits of the deserts1 i4 #fjc2 would not retract his 8falsehoods10 ib42 declaration in regard to hearing spirits talk in the desert1 i4 #fjd ,marcosians1 their sacrament1 ii4 #eac ,marechale d',ancre1 her trial for sorcery1 ii4 #fj ,mariana1 ,jesuit1 explains the best way to kill a king1 ii4 #cgb1 #cgc ,markland1 a possible root of name ,america1 i4 #eib ,marriage cured the convulsionaries1 i4 #cge ,marrying the father's wife1 ii4 #bdj ,marses in ,italy1 power over serpents1 i4 #cha ,martu or ,marathos1 the west1 i4 #egi ,mary1 virgin1 materializing at ,lourdes1 i4 #aai2 writes a letter from heaven declaring the pagans condemned to eternal torments1 ii4 #h2 the anthropomorphized ,isis1 ii4 #da2 writes letters1 ii4 #hb1 #hc2 text of one1 ii4 #hg2 without her consent1 no redemption1 ii4 #agb1 #agc2 overshadowed by ,ilda-,baoth and not by bel ,zivo or ,gabriel1 ii4 #bdg2 like ,dido1 the ,virgin of the ,sea1 ii4 #ddf2 is visited by the ,agathodaimon serpent1 ii4 #eje ,mason1 ,osgood1 on deity and nature1 i4 #dbf ,masonic ciphers1 the keys1 ii4 #cid2 fraternity1 its unworthy members1 ii4 #cgf2 honors offered by ,m4 de ,ngre1 a grand hierophant1 refused1 ii4 #chj2 institute1 brought into disrepute by the ,jesuits1 ii4 #che2 pagan in origin1 ib42 ,templars1 a creation of the ,jesuits1 ii4 #cha ,masonry1 neglect of magic and spiritualism1 i4 #cj2 once a true secret organization1 ii4 #cdi2 who should be excluded1 ii4 #cgf2 esoteric1 not known in ,american lodges1 ib42 the time to remodel it has come1 ii4 #cgg2 no secrets left unpublished1 ib42 whether ,christian or pagan1 ib42 departing from its original aims1 ii4 #chj2 ,european and ,american1 the ,bible its great light1 ii4 #chi ,masons1 accusations against them half guess-work1 ii4 #cgb2 reject a personal ,god1 ii4 #cge2 and the impostor ,anderson1 ii4 #chi ,masorets changed the immodest words in the ,bible1 ii4 #dcj ,master-builder1 epopt1 adept1 the ,apostle ,paul1 ii4 #ia ,master's word1 communicated only at low breath1 ii4 #ii ,mas'udi1 on the ghls in the desert1 i4 #fjd ,materialization1 what spirits practice it1 i4 #cai2 personal1 i4 #cba ,materializations recorded in the ,bible1 i4 #dic 8,materialized spirits10 i4 #fg2 witnessed by the author1 i4 #fi2 ,virgin ,mary to be expected at the ,vatican1 ii4 #hb2 often comes and lights a taper at ,arras1 ib4 ,mathematical error held by the ,gnostics1 ii4 #aid ,mathematicians1 ancient1 went to ,egypt to be instructed1 i4 #eca ,mathematics1 ,pythagorean and ,platonic1 i4 #ajf ,matsya1 the earliest avatar1 ii4 #dbg ,matter1 how produced1 i4 #adj2 proclaimed by modern physicists sole and autocratic sovereign of the universe1 i4 #bce2 its indestructibility1 i4 #bdc2 origin1 i4 #beh2 the serpent that tempted man1 i4 #big2 not created by ,divine thought1 i4 #caj2 indestructible and eternal1 i4 #cbh2 fructified by the ,divine idea or imagination1 i4 #cif2 the remote effect of emanative energy1 ii4 #ce ,matthew1 gospel of1 a secret book written in ,hebrew1 ii4 #aha1 #ahb2 quotes the ,egyptian ,book of the ,dead1 ii4 #edh ,matwanlin1 on voices in the deserts1 i4 #fjd ,maudsley1 ,prof41 repudiates ,comte1 ii4 #c2 rejects the positive philosophy1 i4 #hb ,mauritania ,tingitana1 its columns1 i4 #ede ,mauritius1 his nauscopite1 i4 #bdj ,max ,mller1 scouts the idea of original human brutality1 i4 #d2 on the meaning of ,veda1 i4 #ced2 on ,sanscrit literature1 i4 #ddb2 on the four ancestors1 i4 #eei2 on ,brahmanical literature1 i4 #ehj2 on the mutations of ,christianity1 ii4 #aj2 on the science of religion1 ii4 #bf2 his retort upon ,prof4 ,whitney1 ii4 #dg2 assertion on the ,hindu gods1 ii4 #dac2 on the ,vedas1 ii4 #dad2 his understanding of ,nirvana1 ii4 #dcb ,maxwell1 his offer to cure diseases abandoned as incurable1 i4 #bae2 his theory of the world-soul or life-spirit1 i4 #bae1 #baf ,maya1 or illusion1 i4 #bhi ,mayas of ,yucatan1 their mysterious city1 i4 #edg ,mecassipa1 an enchanter1 i4 #cee ,medallions from the ashes of the dead1 ii4 #fjc ,mediatorship1 how exercised1 i4 #dhg1 #dhh ,medici family patrons of the black art1 ii4 #ee ,medicine1 classed by ,bacon as a conjectural science1 i4 #dje2 modern1 what it has gained and lost1 i4 #bj2 occult1 suggested by ,descartes1 i4 #bad ,medium1 a conductor1 i4 #bja2 difference from a magician1 i4 #cfg2 a passive1 the adept an active instrument1 ii4 #ehh2 needs a foreign intelligence1 ii4 #eib ,medium-catcher of ,prof4 ,faraday1 i4 #fc ,medium-healers1 charged with vampirism1 i4 #dij1 #dia ,mediums1 their visions more trustworthy than those of ,catholic priests1 ii4 #gc2 burned1 hanged1 and otherwise murdered1 i4 #bf1 #cec2 in ,russia1 i4 #bg2 generally utter commonplace ideas1 i4 #bba2 their astral limbs1 ii4 #eie2 are usually diseased1 ib42 the ,mosaic law contemplated killing them1 i4 #cef2 passive1 i4 #dhh2 unregulated ones persecuted1 i4 #dhi2 how cured1 i4 #dij2 generally disordered while the ancient thaumaturgists were not1 ib4 ,mediumistic diathesis1 i4 #aag2 phenomena in ,asia1 i4 #cbj ,mediumship1 physical and spiritual1 i4 #cfg2 its phases seldom altered1 ib42 depends upon a peculiar organization1 i4 #cfg2 psychographic1 i4 #cfh2 its conditions and circumstances1 i4 #dhg2 in holy men1 mediatorship1 ib42 in these days an undesirable gift1 i4 #dhh2 natural1 ii4 #aah2 the opposite of adeptship1 ii4 #ehh ,megasthenes traces the ,jews to the ,kalani of ,india1 i4 #efg ,melampus1 his magical cures1 i4 #eca ,melanephoris1 the third degree1 ii4 #cfd ,mementos of a long bygone civilization1 i4 #cdi ,memory1 views of ,ammonius ,sakkas1 ii4 #eia2 of ,god1 i4 #agh ,men produced by the giant ,ymir1 and also by the cow ,audhumla1 i4 #adh2 denoted by the tree of life1 ,yggdrasill1 ,zampun1 ,aswatha1 i4 #aea-d2 existed at a period extremely remote1 i4 #aee2 of the ,stone ,age described by ,mrs4 ,denton1 i4 #bie2 revivified without souls1 ii4 #efd2 races differ in their spiritual gifts1 ii4 #ehh2 soulless1 ii4 #cfi2 of science wear the cast-off garb of priests dyed to escape detection1 ii4 #h ,mendeleyeff1 ,prof41 declares spiritualism a mixture of superstition1 delusion1 and fraud1 i4 #aag2 protest by ,butleroff1 ,aksakoff1 and others1 i4 #aah ,menes1 turned the course of the ,nile1 i4 #eaf ,menon1 the inventor of letters1 i4 #ecb ,mensabulism1 i4 #cbb ,mental photography1 i4 #cbb ,mentuhept1 ,queen1 inscription on her monument1 ii4 #ib ,mercaba1 ii4 #cdh2 must be first known1 ii4 #cdi2 a hidden doctrine1 ib4 ,mercurius vit of ,paracelsus1 ii4 #fbj ,mercury1 water of1 symbol of the soul1 i4 #cji2 or quicksilver1 never used by ,yogi or alchemist1 only by charlatans1 and not by ,paracelsus1 ii4 #fbj1 #fba2 never restored a man to health1 ib4 ,meridian1 known when the first pyramid was built1 i4 #ecf ,meru or ,meruah1 sound1 etc41 i4 #eib2 and its gods1 ii4 #bcc1 #bcd ,mesmer1 rediscovered animal magnetism1 i4 #afe2 his #bg propositions1 i4 #agb2 condemned by the ,french ,committee of #aghd ,mesmerism1 i4 #bc2 a rediscovery of what ,paracelsus taught1 i4 #gb2 repudiated by positivists1 i4 #hb2 used successfully by physicians1 ib42 an important branch of magic1 i4 #abi1 #aca2 condemned in ,france in #aghd1 i4 #aga2 prize offered for thesis by the ,prussian ,government1 i4 #agc2 taught by ,descartes1 i4 #bjf ,message delivered at ,kounboum1 ii4 #fjd ,messages1 writing by spirits1 i4 #cfg ,messiah1 comes in the conjunction of ,jupiter and ,saturn1 in the sign ,pisces1 ii4 #bef2 the fifth emanation1 ii4 #bei ,metallic springs found in ancient war-chariots1 i4 #ecj ,metalline1 a compound overcoming friction1 i4 #ejb ,metallurgy among the ,egyptians and ,semitic races1 i4 #ech ,metals not simple bodies1 i4 #eji ,metatron1 or angel of the ,lord1 transformed into ,jesus the son of ,mary1 ii4 #cc2 seventy names1 ii4 #bde ,metempsychosis1 i4 #h2 believed by all philosophers1 early fathers and ,gnostics1 i4 #ab2 doctrine of ,plato1 i4 #bgf1 #bgg2 an allegory1 not to be literally understood1 and relating to experiences of the soul1 i4 #bhi1 #eej2 of ,buddha1 i4 #bia2 dreaded by ,hindus1 i4 #cdh2 the separation of the thumos and ridding the nous of the phren1 ii4 #bhf ,methuselah helps ,enoch construct nine chambers underground in the land of ,canaan1 i4 #ega2 receives from him certain secret learning1 ib4 ,metis1 the same as ,sophia of the ,gnostics1 and ,sephira1 ii4 #afc ,mexican serpent-gods1 i4 #egb ,mexicans1 ancient1 i4 #cac2 their theory of lunar eclipses similar to the ,hindu1 i4 #edh ,mexico1 serpent-worship1 i4 #df1 #eea-eeh ,michael1 the unknown angel1 ii4 #dhh2 a phial of his sweat preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga2 the archangel1 the same as ,ophiomorphos1 ii4 #bjf2 and the ,devil1 their dispute1 ii4 #dhb2 the ,dragon-slayer1 ii4 #dhh ,michelet1 testimony in regard to the ,jesuits1 ii4 #ceh1 #cei ,microcosm1 i4 #bab ,microcosmos1 i4 #bh ,microprosopos 7little face71 the microcosm1 i4 #ehj2 the ,adam primos1 ii4 #deb ,microscope1 its brothers in the ,books of ,moses1 i4 #bdj ,middle ,asia1 botany and mineralogy1 i4 #hi2 ever-burning lamps1 i4 #bbg ,midgard snake1 i4 #aea ,midianites regarded as wise men1 ii4 #ddi ,milk of the ,celestial ,virgin1 i4 #fd ,milton1 ,john1 regarded ,paradise ,lost as a book of fiction1 ii4 #eja ,mimer1 the deep well of wisdom1 i4 #aea ,minarets of ,islam1 ii4 #e ,minerals1 magnetized by man1 i4 #bji2 the basis of evolution of vegetable organisms1 ib42 their occult properties1 ii4 #ehi ,miracles1 those of the ,bible surpassed by those of the ,vedas1 i4 #ij2 so-called1 genuine1 from ,moses to ,cagliostro1 i4 #abh2 none in nature1 ii4 #ehg2 at the tomb of ,abb ,paris1 i4 #cgb2 among the ,convulsionaires1 ib42 none in ,protestant countries1 ii4 #ag2 in spite of the ,church1 ii4 #bb1 #bc ,miraculous ,conception1 a legend of ,buddhism1 ii4 #ejd2 fire at the ,holy ,sepulchre1 ii4 #djd ,mirville1 ,de1 i4 #ii2 refutes ,babinet's denial of levitation1 i4 #aje2 the nebulous ,almighty1 i4 #abi ,mithra1 a triple god1 ii4 #da ,mithraic ,mysteries1 ii4 #cea2 initiation of ,julian the ,emperor1 ii4 #eff ,mixture to out-stench devils1 ii4 #fg ,mnizurin1 i4 #cba ,mochtana or ,mokomna1 the ,druze apostle1 ii4 #cjh ,morals1 the ,buddhistic code1 ii4 #fjh ,model of the ,universe1 i4 #cjb ,modern philosophers1 see only the physical form of ,isis1 i4 #af2 devil1 a heritage from ,cybel1 ii4 #eja2 ,savants know less than ancients1 i4 #ae2 science denies a ,supreme ,being or ,personal ,god1 i4 #af2 teaches the power of human thought to affect the matter of another universe1 i4 #caj2 scientists hate new truths1 i4 #dji2 spiritualism1 i4 #dj2 the modern form of magic1 i4 #db ,mris1 the artificial lake constructed in ,egypt1 i4 #eaf ,moisasure1 the ,hindu ,lucifer1 i4 #bii ,moksha and the ,nirvana1 ii4 #aaf2 the second spiritual birth1 ii4 #eff ,moldenwaher1 his documents concerning the prosecution of the ,knights-,templar1 bought up by ,free-masons1 ii4 #chc ,moloch-,hercules1 children immolated to him in the valley of the ,gehenna1 ii4 #aa ,moloch-,god of the inquisition1 ii4 #fe ,moloch-like divinity of ,roman church1 i4 #bg ,monad1 i4 #bab2 ,buddha1 i4 #bia ,monas1 ii4 #cdg ,mongolians1 ought to have been called ,scyths1 i4 #egf ,monkey of ,god1 now exorcised with holy water1 ii4 #if ,monkeys exhibiting human intellect1 i4 #cbf2 fabled to be progenitors of western people1 i4 #efc2 in ,egyptian temples1 i4 #efd2 in all ,buddhistic temples1 ib4 ,monkish impostors expelled from convents in ,southern ,mongolia1 ii4 #fji ,monks1 their fury for exorcising and roasting the convulsionaires of the ,cevennes1 i4 #cgj1 #cgb2 none in hell1 ii4 #ge ,monoliths1 for ,egyptian monuments1 i4 #eah2 how transported1 ib4 ,monogenes1 or only-begotten1 a name of ,proserpina1 ii4 #bhd ,montesquieu1 on two witnesses1 i4 #hg ,montezuma1 his effigy worshipped in ,mexico1 i4 #eeg ,montgeron1 writes a book on ,jansenist miracles1 i4 #cgc ,monuments1 religious1 the expression of the same thoughts1 i4 #efa2 planned and built under supervision of priests1 ib42 alike in ,asia and ,america1 ib4 ,moody1 the revivalist1 would see his son's eyes dug out1 ii4 #bej2 and ,sankey1 confounded by a ,roman bishop with spiritualists1 ii4 #g ,moon1 the same as ,diana1 ,diktynna1 ,artemis1 ,juno1 etc41 i4 #bfg2 her worship in ,crete1 ib42 influence on women1 ib42 legends of her phases1 i4 #bfe1 #bff2 influence on tides1 persons1 and vegetation1 i4 #bgc2 in middle nature1 and green the middle color1 i4 #ead ,moon-god1 ,deus ,lunus1 worshipped by the ,khaldi1 ii4 #dh ,moon-kings1 or lunar dynasty1 reigned at ,pruyag and ,allahabad1 ii4 #dh ,moor1 his explanation of the ,wittoba1 ii4 #eeg1 #eeh ,moore1 ,rev4 ,dunlop1 assertion of the age of the institutes of ,manu1 i4 #ehe ,moors1 bearded1 figures at the great temple of ,angkor1 or ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #efe1 #efg ,mora in ,sweden1 young children burned alive as witches1 ii4 #ejc ,more1 ,henry1 i4 #ed1 #gd2 his belief in ,pythagorean doctrines1 i4 #bjd1 #bje2 adversary of ,eugenius ,philalethes1 i4 #cjh2 demonstration of witchcraft1 i4 #cec2 theory of birth-marks1 i4 #chd1 #che ,morgan1 8good enough till after the election10 ii4 #cgb ,moigno1 ,abb1 his wretched success in writing down ,huxley1 ,tyndall1 and ,raymond1 i4 #ccf ,mormons1 polytheists1 ii4 #b ,mortal soul1 i4 #bgf1 #cbf ,mosaic books1 regarded by well-educated ,jews allegory1 i4 #eed1 #eee2 religion a sun-and-serpent worship1 ii4 #abi ,moses1 the pupil of the mother of ,pharaoh's daughter1 i4 #be2 communicated secrets to the seventy elders1 i4 #bf2 his code required two witnesses1 i4 #hg2 placed a perpetual lamp in the tabernacle1 i4 #bbh2 described ,jehovah the anthropomorphic deity as being the highest ,god1 i4 #cjg2 could not obtain his other name1 i4 #cji2 philosophized or spoke in allegory1 i4 #dcf2 said to have had knowledge of electricity1 i4 #ebh2 chief of the ,sodales or priest-colleges1 i4 #eee2 a hierophant of ,heliopolis and priest of ,osiris1 ib42 initiated1 ib42 became an ,egyptian and a priest1 i4 #eef2 denounced the spirit of ,ob1 not ,od1 i4 #eid2 disputes over his body1 its allegorical interpretation1 ii4 #dhb2 an initiate1 ii4 #abi2 and the ,israelites1 their story typical1 ii4 #dic2 versed in occult sciences1 ii4 #ei2 the law not more than two or three centuries older than ,christianity1 ii4 #ebf ,moslem arms blessed by the ,pope1 ii4 #efj ,mother and child1 a very ancient sign and myth1 ii4 #dia2 -trunk1 the universal religion1 ii4 #abc2 of ,god the most ancient1 ii4 #di1 #ej2 the ,heaven itself1 ii4 #ej2 lodge1 the great1 ii4 #cae ,mountain of light1 its appearance to ,hiouen-,thsang1 i4 #fjj ,mouse-mark1 produced by alarm1 i4 #cia ,mousseaux1 ,des1 i4 #ii2 declares the devil the chief pillar of faith1 i4 #ajc ,movable printing types1 in ,china before our ,era1 i4 #eac2 used in the earliest periods of lamaism in ,thibet1 ib4 ,moyst natures or elementary spirits1 i4 #cdb1 #cdc ,mukti1 or half-gods1 ii4 #eff ,mller1 ,albrecht1 testimony in regard to ancient skill1 i4 #eci ,mummy1 bandaging1 i4 #bj2 a symbol1 i4 #big2 a finger-ring at the ,london ,exhibition of #ahea1 i4 #eca ,mummy-bandaging1 i4 #eci2 #ajjj yards long ib4 ,mundane tree1 i4 #big ,mundane cross of heaven1 ii4 #ded2 egg or universal womb1 ii4 #bad2 snake creeps out of the primordial ilus1 i4 #bih ,muratori1 his felt cuirasse1 copied from the ancients1 i4 #ecj ,murder1 an obstacle to ancient1 but not to ,jesuit initiation1 ii4 #cfc ,murderous language of ,jerome and ,tertullian1 ii4 #bej ,music1 power over diseases1 i4 #bae2 effect on persons1 i4 #bge2 its influence on reptiles1 i4 #chb2 employed in ,egyptian temples for healing of nervous disorders1 i4 #edd ,musical instruments in ,egypt1 i4 #edd2 sand1 i4 #fje2 tones influence vegetation1 i4 #ead ,mutton-protoplasm1 i4 #bea ,mysteries1 i4 #ae2 little known1 i4 #bd2 of the ,israelites1 i4 #bf2 theurgic1 i4 #acj2 ,samothracian1 i4 #acb2 occult properties of magnetism and electricity taught1 i4 #bcd2 representation of ,demeter with the electrified head1 ib42 the ,dioskuri1 i4 #bcd-bdc2 ,pythagoras initiated1 i4 #bhd2 their gradation1 ii4 #aja2 ennobling in their character1 ib42 of the ancients identical with the ,hindu and ,buddhist initiations1 ii4 #aac1 #aad2 divine visions beheld in them1 ii4 #aah2 of the ,christians1 ii4 #aai2 ,jesuit1 not revealed to all priests1 ii4 #cej2 ,mithrac1 twelve tortures1 ii4 #cea2 taught to the ,babylonians1 ii4 #deg ,mysterious city of the ,mayas of ,yucatan1 i4 #edg2 science existed apart from 8mediumship10 ii4 #aah ,mystery of the celestial ,virgin pursued by the ,dragon1 ii4 #dij2 and science1 ,mr4 ,felix's book1 i4 #ccg ,mystery-,god of the ,ineffable ,name1 ii4 #bhi ,mystic doctrines not properly understood1 i4 #dbi2 legends of the ,middle ,ages1 ii4 #ch ,mystical words of power in old religions1 ii4 #ii2 properties in plants1 ii4 #ehi ,myths1 fables1 when misunderstood1 and truths as once understood1 ii4 #dca ,nabatheans in ,lebanon1 ii4 #aig ,nagal1 the chief sorcerer of the ,mexicans1 i4 #eef ,nagas1 or kingly snakes1 i4 #ddh2 or serpent-tribes of ,kashmere1 teachers of ,apollonius1 ii4 #dcd2 or serpent-worshippers of ,kashmere converted to the ,buddhistic faith1 ii4 #fjh ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #bci2 description of ,frank ,vincent1 i4 #efa-efc2 pictures represent scenes from the ,ramayava1 i4 #egc2 #ajj1jjj separate figures1 ib42 ascribed to the lost tribes of ,israel1 i4 #efe2 suggested to have been built for ,buddhaghosa1 ib42 contains representations of ,oannes or ,dagon1 the ,kabeiri1 the monkey or ,vulcan1 ,egyptian and ,assyrian figures1 ib4 ,nagualism and voodoo-worship1 i4 #eef1 #eeg2 secret worships1 i4 #eeg2 ii4 #egb2 perpetuated by ,catholic persecution1 ii4 #egc ,nails of a cherub preserved as relics1 ii4 #ga ,name1 ,ineffable1 not possessed by ,masons1 ii4 #chg ,nandi1 the ,vehan of ,siva1 ii4 #bce ,nara1 the mundane egg or universal womb1 ii4 #bad ,narayana1 mover of the waters1 ,brahma1 i4 #ia ,nation1 its greatest curse1 ii4 #aba ,national ,quarterly1 on modern scientists1 i4 #bdj1 #bdi ,natural magic1 no relation to sleight of hand1 i4 #abh2 8mediumship10 ii4 #aah ,nature1 four kingdoms1 i4 #cbi2 a materialization of spirit1 i4 #dbh2 triune1 the visible or objective1 the vital or subjective principle and the eternal spirit1 ii4 #ehg2 the servant of the magician1 ii4 #eij2 reveals all arts1 i4 #dbd1 #dbe ,nature-spirits or shedim1 i4 #cac2 or elementary1 i4 #cdi ,naud1 a defender of occult magnetism and theosophy1 i4 #bjg ,naus-copite1 an optical instrument1 i4 #bdj ,navel and less comely parts of ,jesus for relics1 ii4 #ga2 symbolized by the ark1 ii4 #ddd ,nazarene system explained1 ii4 #bbg-bbi2 diagram1 ii4 #bie ,nazarenes1 had a gospel inscribed to ,peter1 ii4 #abg2 an anti-,bacchus caste1 ii4 #abi2 existed before ,christ1 ii4 #aci1 #aha2 some as ,galileans1 ii4 #aci2 their belief of a divine overshadowing1 ii4 #aed ,nazaret or ,zoroaster1 ii4 #adj ,nazars1 ,joseph1 ,samuel1 ,samson1 ,zoroaster1 and ,zorobabel1 ii4 #abh2 wore their hair long1 but cut it off at initiation1 ii4 #ij2 ,jesus belonged to them1 ib4 ,nazireates1 inimical to the ,israelites1 ii4 #aca ,nebelheim1 the matrix of the earth1 i4 #adg ,nebular theory1 the ancient docrine1 i4 #bch ,necessity1 circle of1 i4 #bbf1 #bif2 men its toy1 i4 #bgf2 circle of1 when completed1 i4 #cdf ,necho1 ,king of ,egypt1 wrote on astronomy1 i4 #djf2 canal of1 i4 #eag2 ,,ii41 sent a fleet to circumnavigate ,africa1 i4 #edb ,necklace1 imprinted by lightning on two ladies1 i4 #cih ,necromancy1 a science of remote antiquity1 i4 #bje nekrokedeia1 i4 #bbh ,neoconis1 the second degree1 ii4 #cfd ,neo-,platonic ,eclectic ,school1 ii4 #cb ,neo-,platonists1 i4 #bfb2 their time of greatest glory1 ii4 #da2 their doctrines and practices copied1 ii4 #hd2 not 8spirit mediums10 ii4 #aah2 when they were doomed1 ii4 #beb ,nero1 his ring1 i4 #bdj2 dared not seek initiation1 ii4 #cfc ,neros ,i41 i4 #ca2 the ,great1 i4 #cc ,nervous disorders1 i4 #aag2 disorders a specialty in ancient ,egypt1 i4 #ebi2 disorders treated with music in ,egyptian temples1 i4 #edd2 exhaustion at spiritual circles1 i4 #cdc ,neurological telegraphy proposed1 i4 #cbd ,never-embodied men1 i4 #cja ,neville1 ,francis1 twice resuscitated1 i4 #dgi ,new birth and accompanying slaughter1 ii4 #db2 taught by ,buddha and ,jesus1 ii4 #eff ,new ,jersey1 negroes burned at the stake for witchcraft1 ii4 #ah ,new ,testament1 passages compared with sentences from the philosophers1 ii4 #cch ,newton ,bishop1 on the transformation of paganism into popery1 ii4 #bi2 ,dr4 the ,american healer1 i4 #afe1 #bag1 #bah2 ,isaac1 believer in magnetism1 i4 #agg ,niccolini1 his exposure of the profligacy of monks1 ii4 #cfe1 #cff ,nicodemus1 ,gospel taken from the pagan authors1 ii4 #eah ,nicolaitans adhered to marriage1 ii4 #cbi ,nicolas1 a man of honest report1 ii4 #ccc ,night of ,brahma1 ii4 #bgb1 #bgc ,nimbus and ,tonsure solar emblems1 ii4 #id ,nimrod1 or spotted1 a name of ,bacchus1 the wearer of the spotted skin1 i4 #efh ,nimroud1 convex lens found1 i4 #bdj ,nin or ,imus of the ,tzendales the same as ,ninus1 i4 #eea2 received homage in the form of a serpent1 i4 #ebb ,nineveh1 #dg miles in circumference1 i4 #bda ,nirvana1 i4 #bda1 #bij2 the world of cause1 i4 #cdf2 not nihilism nor extinction1 i4 #dcj2 complete purification from matter1 ii4 #aag2 subjective but not objective existence1 ii4 #bhf2 a personal immortality in spirit1 but not in soul1 ii4 #cbj2 or ,moksha1 the second spiritual birth1 ii4 #eff2 the ocean to which all religions tend1 ii4 #fci ,nirvritti or rest1 i4 #bdc ,no devil1 no ,christ1 ii4 #dib ,noah1 or ,nuah1 same as ,swayambhuva1 ii4 #ddh2 the universal mother1 ii4 #ddd ,nonnus1 his legend of ,kor and her son1 ii4 #ejd ,norns1 or ,parc1 watering the roots of the tree ,yggdrasill1 i4 #aea ,norse kingdom of the dead1 ii4 #aa2 contained no blazing hell1 ib4 ,,nous1 i4 #ee1 #aca2 consecrated to ,mary1 ,isis1 and ,nari1 ii4 #baj2 or rational soul1 everyman endowed1 ii4 #bgi2 the spirit or reasoning soul1 doctrine of ,aristotle1 i4 #cag2 the first-born1 or ,christ1 ii4 #aeg ,no-,zeruan1 the ancient of days1 ii4 #adb ,nout1 the ,egyptian name of the ,divine ,spirit1 ii4 #bhb2 same as ,nous1 ib4 ,nuah 7,hea7 king of the humid principle1 ii4 #dbi ,nubia1 its rock-temples1 i4 #edb ,nucleus of the embryo1 i4 #chi ,numa1 ,king of ,rome1 ,books of1 i4 #ebg2 understood electricity1 ib42 opposed the use of images in worship1 ib4 ,numbers1 ,hermetic ,book1 on cosmic changes1 i4 #bed2 book of secret1 the great ,kabala1 i4 #egi ,numerals of ,pythagoras1 hieroglyphical symbols1 i4 #ce2 the basis of all systems of mysticism1 ii4 #djg ,nun1 an ,egyptian designation1 ii4 #ie ,nysa1 ,nyssa1 always found where ,bacchus was worshipped1 ii4 #afe2 same as ,sinai1 ib4 ,oak1 sacred1 i4 #big1 #bih ,oannes1 i4 #acc2 the man fish1 i4 #cdi2 the same as ,vishnu1 ii4 #beg2 name signifies a spirit1 ib4 ,oath taken by initiates1 i4 #dji ,ob1 the astral light1 i4 #aeh ,obeah women in ,guiana charm snakes1 i4 #chc ,obelisks of ,egypt1 i4 #eah2 mode of transporting them1 i4 #eai2 imputed to ,hermes ,trismegistus1 i4 #eea ,object of this book1 ii4 #ih1 #ii ,obscene relics at ,embrum1 ii4 #ccb ,obscene bas-reliefs on the doors of ,st4 ,peter's ,cathedral1 ib4 ,obscene statue of ,christ and its miracles1 ib4 ,obscenity of heathen rites1 ii4 #gf ,obsession and possession1 i4 #dhg1 #dhh2 ii4 #af2 all confined to ,roman ,catholic countries1 ii4 #ag ,obsessions1 irresistible1 i4 #bgf ,occult properties in minerals1 ii4 #ehi2 powers by inheritance1 ii4 #fce1 #fcf ,occultism1 physical1 i4 #ai ,oculists in ancient ,egypt1 i4 #ede ,od1 an agent described by ,baron ,reichenbach1 i4 #adf2 astral currents vivified1 i4 #aeh2 emanations identical with flames from magnets1 etc41 i4 #afi ,odic ,force1 i4 #fg ,odin1 i4 #ai2 breathing in man and woman1 the ash and the alder1 the breath of life1 i4 #aea2 ,alfadir1 ib4 ,oersted1 on laws of nature1 i4 #ejf1 #ejg ,oetinger1 experiment on ashes of plants1 i4 #dgf ,o',grady1 ,wm4 ,l4 ,d41 his letter denouncing the influence of missionaries in ,india1 ii4 #dge2 on ,hindu demoralization under ,british rule1 ii4 #egd2 his account of a ,christian saturnalia in ,india1 ii4 #ecb ,okhal or hierophant of the ,druzes1 ii4 #cji ,okhals or spiritualists of ,syria1 ii4 #bib ,old book1 one original copy only in existence1 i4 #a2 gods of the heathen1 the same as the ancient patriarchs1 ii4 #dej2 man and his son1 remarkable resuscitation1 i4 #dhd2 ,testament1 exiled by ,colenso and recalled1 ii4 #d2 ,testament1 no real history in it1 ii4 #dda2 universes evolved before the present1 ii4 #dba ,olympic gods1 their biographies relate to physics and chemistry1 i4 #bfa2 women climbing perpendicular walls1 i4 #cgd ,onderah1 the ,hindu abyss of darkness1 only an intermediate state1 ii4 #aa ,one only good1 ii4 #bch2 in three1 i4 #beh ,only-begotten sons1 ii4 #aia ,operative masons1 ii4 #cib ,ophiomorphos and ,ophis ,christos1 ii4 #ddi ,ophion called also ,dominus1 ii4 #eab ,ophiozenes in ,cyprus1 power over venomous reptiles1 i4 #cha ,ophis1 the same as ,chnuphis or ,kneph1 ii4 #ahg2 or the agathodaimon1 ii4 #bic1 #bie ,ophism and heliolatry imputed to ,hermes1 i4 #ee;i ,ophite ,gnostics rejected the ,old ,testament1 ii4 #adg2 ,theogony correctly given1 ii4 #ahg2 worship transmuted into ,christian symbolism1 ii4 #eje2 or serpent-worshipping ,christians1 their scheme1 ii4 #bib2 seven planetary genii1 ii4 #bif2 rejected the ,mosaic writings1 ii4 #afh2 taught the doctrine of emanations1 ii4 #afi2 and ,nazarenes compared1 ii4 #agd2 denounced by ,peter and ,jude1 ii4 #bje2 accused of licentiousness1 ii4 #cbe ,optical instruments of ancient times1 i4 #bdj ,oracle of the bleeding head consulted by ,queen ,catherine of ,medicis1 ii4 #ef ,oracles obtained during the sacred sleep1 i4 #ceg ,oracular head1 made by ,pope ,sylvester ,,ii41 ii4 #ef2 by ,albertus ,magnus destroyed by ,thomas ,aquinas1 ib4 ,orcus1 i4 #bih1 #bii ,oriental philosophy1 fundamental propositions1 ii4 #ehg ,orientals1 their senses more acute1 i4 #baa2 ascribe a human figure to the soul1 i4 #bad2 believe certain persons have made gold and lived for ages1 ib4 ,orientalists have shown similarities between religions1 ii4 #di ,origen1 believed in metempsychosis1 i4 #ab2 an ,alexandrian ,platonist1 i4 #be2 secret doctrines of ,moses1 i4 #bf2 believed the spirit prexistent from eternity1 i4 #caf2 deemed the soul corporeal1 i4 #cag2 denied the perpetuity of hell-torments1 ii4 #ac2 taught that devils would be pardoned1 ib42 believed that the damned would receive pardon and bliss1 ii4 #bch2 on the threefold partition of man1 ii4 #bhe ,ormazd1 his worship restored1 ii4 #bbj2 his creations1 ii4 #bba ,orobio exposes the inquisition1 ii4 #ei ,orohippus1 i4 #daa ,orpheus1 alleged to be a disciple of ,moses1 i4 #ecb2 on the virtues of the lodestone1 i4 #bfe ,orphic ,mysteries not the popular ,bacchic rites1 ii4 #abi ,osiris1 i4 #ic1 #bjb2 brought up at ,nysa and called ,dionnysos1 ii4 #afe2 his slaying denoted the period when his worship was under the ban of the ,hyk-sos government1 ii4 #dhg2 and ,typhon1 ,e4 ,pococke's theory1 ii4 #dce1 #dcf ,o',sullivan1 ,hon4 ,john ,l41 description of a semi-magical seance1 i4 #fjh ,oulam does not mean infinite duration1 ii4 #ab ,ovule ceases to be an integral part of the body of the mother1 i4 #dja ,ovum1 impregnated1 its evolutionary history1 i4 #chi ,oxus-tribes or bull-worshippers dominate ,western ,asia1 ii4 #dci ,owen1 ,robert ,d41 on worship of words1 ii4 #efj ,pagan idols1 their destruction commanded by the ,roman emperor1 ii4 #dj2 worship1 the ,latin church preserves its symbols1 rites1 architecture and clerical dress1 ii4 #ib ,paganism1 true meaning of the word1 ii4 #agi2 ancient wisdom replete with deity1 ii4 #fci2 converted and applied to popery1 ii4 #bi ,pagans condemned to the eternal torments of hell1 ii4 #h2 ,virgin ,mary writing this to a saint1 ib4 ,palenque1 keystone not found1 i4 #ega2 the ,tau and astronomical cross1 i4 #egb ,pali1 their manuscripts translated1 i4 #egh2 have similar traditions as the ,babylonians1 ib42 shepherds1 who emigrated west1 ib4 ,pallium1 or stole1 a feminine sign1 ii4 #id2 that of ,augustine bedecked with ,buddhistic crosses1 ii4 #id ,panther1 ,grecian1 contained ,egyptian gods1 i4 #edc2 panther1 the sinful father of ,jesus1 ii4 #chf ,papacy1 scientific1 danger of1 i4 #djc2 8and civil power10 ,mr4 ,thompson's book denounced1 ii4 #cgh ,papal tiara1 the coiffure of the ,assyrian gods1 ii4 #id2 discourses1 catalogue of foul epithets on those who oppose the pope1 ii4 #g ,paper1 time-proof1 i4 #ebi ,papyrus1 as old as ,menes and the first dynasty1 i4 #ecj2 art of its preparation1 ib4 ,parables or double-meanings in the discourses of ,jesus1 ii4 #ade ,parabrahma the ,eternal1 ,bhaghavant1 i4 #ia ,paracelsus1 i4 #bj1 #ej2 his learning1 i4 #eb2 discovered hydrogen1 i4 #eb1 #afi2 his doctrine of faith and will1 i4 #eg1 #agj2 rediscovery of the magnet1 i4 #ga1 #afd1 #afg2 persecuted by the ,roman ,catholic ,church1 i4 #ajj2 his homunculi1 i4 #acc1 #dfe2 teacher of animal-magnetism and electro-magnetism1 i4 #afd2 theory of a concealed power of the magnet1 i4 #afh2 sidereal force1 ib42 theory of dreams1 i4 #agj2 on the alkahest1 i4 #aia2 method of transposing letters in his terms1 ib42 taught that three spirits actuate man1 i4 #bab2 removed disease by contact of healthy persons1 i4 #bag2 his preparation of mercury1 ii4 #fbj2 and chora1 and was persecuted for it as a magician1 ii4 #efe2 received the true initiation1 ii4 #cdi2 his assertion that magic was taught in the ,bible1 ii4 #ejj2 ,alsatians believe him not dead1 ib4 ,paradigm of the universe1 i4 #bab ,paradise ,lost1 the drama of ,milton1 ii4 #eja1 #ejb2 the unformulated belief of the ,english1 ib4 ,paradoxes1 five1 of adversaries of ,spiritualism1 i4 #aaf ,paralysis of the soul during life1 ii4 #cfh ,parerga1 i4 #ei ,pariahs1 or ,tchandales1 the parents of the ,jews1 ii4 #dch ,paris carrying off ,helen1 and ,ravana carrying off ,sita1 i4 #eff2 ,abb1 the ,jansenist1 miracles at his tomb for #bj years1 i4 #cgb ,parker1 ,father1 accuses the ,protestants of the purpose to destroy the ,bible1 ii4 #bjj ,parodi1 ,maria ,teresa1 case of malformed child1 i4 #cib ,parrot-headed squabs1 i4 #cie1 #cif ,parsis deny any vicarious sacrifice1 ii4 #edg ,pashai 7,peshawer7 or ,udayna1 classic land of sorcery1 i4 #eii2 testimony of ,hiouen-,thsang1 ib4 ,pastaphoris1 the first degree1 ii4 #cfd ,patriarchs1 great gods1 and pradjapatis represented signs of the ,zodiac1 ii4 #dej ,paul1 supposed to have been personified and assailed by ,peter under the name of ,simon ,magus1 ii4 #hi2 and ,plato1 quoted1 ii4 #hi1 #ij2 the real founder of ,christianity1 ii4 #egd2 a wise master-builder1 or adept1 ii4 #ij1 #ia2 why persecuted by ,peter1 ,james1 and ,john1 ii4 #ia2 supposed to be polluted by the ,gnosis1 ib42 the apostle1 used language pertaining to initiations1 ii4 #ij2 was initiated1 ib42 confessed himself a ,nazarene1 ii4 #acg2 on the beatific vision1 ii4 #adf2 his epistles alone acknowledged by ,marcion1 ii4 #afb2 differs from ,peter1 ii4 #ahj2 is adopted by the ,reformers1 ib42 his reference to occult powers1 ii4 #bjf2 only worthy apostle of ,jesus1 ii4 #bda2 taught that man was a trine1 ii4 #bha2 regarded ,christianity and ,judaism as entirely distinct1 ii4 #ebe2 the apostle1 his descendants said to possess the power of braving serpents1 i4 #cha2 asserted the story of ,moses and ,abraham to be allegories1 ii4 #dic ,pausanias on shadowy soldiers at ,marathon1 i4 #gj2 warned not to unveil the holy rites1 i4 #acj ,perry ,chand ,mittra1 his views on psychology of the ,aryas1 ii4 #eic ,pedactyl equus1 i4 #daa ,peisse1 ,dr41 on alchemy and making gold1 i4 #ejh1 #eji ,penalties of mutilation1 ii4 #ii1 #ajj ,pencil writing answers to questions1 in ,tartary1 i4 #fjj ,pentacle1 ,pythagorean1 ii4 #dea1 #deb ,pentagram1 can determine the countenance of unborn infants1 i4 #cie ,pentateuch1 constituted after the model of a purana1 ii4 #dib2 not written by ,moses1 ii4 #afg2 compiled by ,ezra and revised1 i4 #egh2 revised by the ,jews1 ii4 #ebf ,pepper1 ,prof41 his apparatus to produce spiritual appearances1 i4 #cei ,perfect circle decussated by the letter ,x1 ii4 #dfi ,perfect ,passover of orthodox ,christians1 ii4 #ccc ,periktione1 mother of ,plato1 her miraculous conception1 ii4 #cbe ,perispirit1 i4 #aig2 the astral soul1 i4 #bhi ,permutation1 doctrine of1 ii4 #aeb ,perpetual motion1 denied by science1 i4 #eja2 illustrated by the universe and the atomic theory1 i4 #ejb2 proved by the telescope and microscope1 ib4 ,persiphone or ,proserpina1 the same as ,ceres or ,demeter1 ii4 #eje ,persepolis1 wonders1 i4 #ecd2 the inscriptions older than any in ,sanscrit1 ii4 #dcf ,persia1 her wonders1 i4 #ecd ,persian ,mirror1 a robber detected by its use and punished1 ii4 #fca ,persian colonists dominated in ,judea1 the ,canaanites being the proletaries1 ii4 #dda ,personal devil not believed in by the ancients1 ii4 #dhc ,personality not to be applied to spiritual essence1 i4 #cae ,persons cut to pieces and put again together good as new1 i4 #dgc1 #dgd ,peru1 net-work of subterranean passages1 i4 #eie1 #eih2 treasures of the ,incas1 i4 #eif ,peruvians1 still preserve their ancient traditions and sacerdotal caste1 i4 #edf2 magical ceremonies1 ib4 ,peter1 1 name taken from the ,mysteries1 ii4 #bi ,,ptr1 its symbol an opened eye1 ii4 #ib1 #ic2 the interpreter1 ii4 #cib2 had nothing to do with the foundation of the ,latin ,church1 ii4 #ia2 his name ,petra or ,kiffa1 ib42 the whole story of his apostleship at ,rome a play on the name denoting the ,hierophant or interpreter of the mysteries1 ii4 #ia1 #ib2 the pulpit of1 declared to be the teachings of the spirit of ,god1 ii4 #h2 had two chairs1 ii4 #bc1 #be2 was never at ,rome1 ii4 #bd2 his life at ,babylon1 ii4 #abg2 was a ,nazarene1 ib42 denounced ,paul without naming him1 ii4 #agi ,peter-ref-su1 a mystery-word on a coffin1 ii4 #ib2 ,bunsen's comments1 ii4 #ib1 #ic ,peter the ,great1 stopped spurious miracles1 ii4 #ag ,petra1 the rock-temple of the ,church1 ii4 #cj ,petra1 or rock1 the logos1 ii4 #bdf ,petroma1 the two tablets of stone1 ii4 #ia ,phdrus1 i4 #b ,phallic symbols in churches1 ii4 #e2 stone1 batylos1 or lingham1 denounced by des ,mousseaux1 ib4 ,phallism1 heathen1 in ,christian symbols1 ii4 #e2 in the dogma of the ,immaculate ,conception1 and the fetish-worship of ,isernia1 ib4 ,phanes1 the revealed god1 i4 #adf ,phantasmal duplicate1 i4 #cfj ,phantasy1 ii4 #eia ,phantom-hand1 false as well as true1 ii4 #eid2 statement of ,dr4 ,fairfield1 ii4 #eie2 what it really is1 ib4 ,phantoms1 the manifestations of bad demons1 i4 #ccc ,phases of modern ,christianity1 ii4 #ege ,pharisees1 believed in transmigration of souls1 i4 #cdg ,phenomena1 spiritual1 discountenanced by the clergy1 i4 #bf2 divine visions of ,pius1 ,,ix41 i4 #bg2 the ,klikouchy and the ,yourodevoy1 i4 #bh2 absurd position assumed by scientists1 i4 #dj2 ,aksakof1 i4 #da2 ,fisk1 ,crookes1 and ,wallace1 i4 #db2 the ,dialectical ,society1 i4 #dd2 theories of ,prof4 ,crookes1 i4 #dg2 existed long before spiritualism1 i4 #ec2 ,prof4 ,faraday's tests1 i4 #fc2 materialization1 i4 #fg2 a haunted house1 i4 #fi2 physical displays seldom caused by disembodied spirits1 i4 #gc2 opposition of the positivists1 i4 #ge2 hostility of allopathists1 i4 #hh2 laid at the door of ,satan1 i4 #ii2 testimony of de ,gasparin1 i4 #aja2 hostility of medical writers1 i4 #ajb2 ,mr4 ,weekman the first investigator in ,america1 i4 #ajf2 reality acknowledged by ,prof4 ,thury1 i4 #aaj2 his theory1 i4 #aac2 ,e4 ,salverte1 i4 #aae2 ,de ,mirville's five distractions or paradoxes1 i4 #aaf2 condemned by ,commission of the ,imperial ,university of ,st ,petersburgh1 i4 #aag2 how produced1 i4 #aii2 evidence adduced by ,prof4 ,crookes overwhelming1 i4 #bjb2 given by an exterior intelligence1 i4 #bjc2 deceptions1 i4 #bag-bbb2 ,iamblichus forbids endeavors to procure them1 i4 #bai ,pherecydes1 taught that ther was heaven1 i4 #aeg ,philalethes1 ,eugenius 7,thomas ,vaughan71 i4 #ea1 #afg2 not an adept1 i4 #cjf2 model of ,swedenborg1 ib42 anticipated modern doctrine of the earth's beginning1 i4 #bee ,phillips1 ,wendell1 i4 #baa1 #bdj ,philo ,judus1 on spirits in the air1 i4 #b2 praise of magic1 i4 #be2 contradicted himself on purpose1 ii4 #ci2 was the father of new platonism1 ii4 #add ,philona1 visited her lover after death1 i4 #cfe ,philosophers1 believed in metempsychosis1 also that men have two souls1 i4 #ab2 their consignment to hell desired1 ii4 #bej ,philosopher's stone1 sought by a king of ,siam1 i4 #ega ,philosophy1 ,oriental1 its fundamental propositions1 ii4 #ehg ,phnicians1 circumnavigated the globe1 i4 #bci2 the earliest navigators1 i4 #ede2 their achievements1 ib42 an ,ethiopian race1 i4 #eff1 #efg2 traced by ,herodotus to the ,persian ,gulf1 i4 #efg2 ,phoinikes1 or ,ph'anakes1 i4 #efi2 the same as the ,hyk-sos or shepherds of ,egypt1 ib42 more or less identified with the ,israelites1 ib4 ,photographing in colors by will-power1 i4 #dfc ,photography1 electrical1 i4 #cie ,phtha1 the active or male creative principle1 i4 #ahf ,physical body may be levitated1 ii4 #ehi ,physically spiritualized1 the coming human race to be1 i4 #bif ,physician declares ,daguerre to be insane1 ii4 #fai ,physicians wash their hands on leaving a patient1 ii4 #faa2 problems1 i4 #bgg ,physicists divinify matter and overlook life1 i4 #bce ,pia ,metak1 king of ,siam1 becomes able to walk in the air1 ii4 #fah ,picture of a slain soldier1 extraordinary phenomena1 ii4 #ag ,pictures hidden from view1 ,prof4 ,draper's description1 i4 #ahf ,picus1 ,francisco1 testimony in regard to transmutation1 i4 #ejd ,pierart1 explanation of catalepsy and vampirism1 i4 #ddi ,pigmies in ,africa1 i4 #dab ,pike1 ,gen4 ,albert1 declaration against the creative principle proclaimed at ,lausanne1 ii4 #cgg ,pilate convokes an assembly of ,jews1 ii4 #ebb ,pillars set up by the patriarchs1 identical with the lingam of ,siva1 ii4 #bce ,pimander1 i4 #ic2 the same as the ,logos ,prometheus1 etc41 i4 #bih2 the nous1 word1 or ,divine ,light1 ii4 #ej ,pippala1 the sacred tree of knowledge1 ii4 #dab ,pitar1 its form seen at the moment of initiation1 ii4 #aad ,pitris1 the lunar ancestors of men1 ii4 #ajf1 #aag2 their worship fast becoming the worship of the spiritual portion of mankind1 ii4 #fci2 the doctrine of their existence revealed to initiates1 ii4 #aad2 a sect in ,india1 ii4 #cjh ,pious assassins of the early church1 ii4 #cjd ,pius ,,ix1 excommunicates ,czar ,nicholas as a schismatic i4 #bg2 has divine visions1 or rather epileptic fits1 ib42 evil eye1 i4 #cha2 pretends to be superior to ,st4 ,ambrose and the prophet ,nathan1 ii4 #ad2 is the faithful echo of the ,jesuits1 ii4 #cei ,planchette1 writing by1 i4 #aii ,planet1 i4 #cja ,plants are magnets1 i4 #bha1 #bhb ,plant-growing trick1 i4 #aci1 #ada1 #adb ,plants1 attracted by the sun1 i4 #bji2 sympathies and antipathies1 ib42 sympathy with human beings1 i4 #bdf2 possess mystical properties1 ii4 #ehi ,plato1 not often read understandingly1 i4 #h2 echoed the teachings of ,pythagoras1 i4 #i2 doctrine of the soul1 will1 or nous1 i4 #ad1 #ee2 his symbology misunderstood1 i4 #cg2 suggestion for physical improvement of the human race1 i4 #gg2 doctrine of wisdom1 i4 #aca2 on trance prophets1 i4 #bja2 asserted to be ignorant of anatomy1 i4 #bcf2 his method1 i4 #bcg2 ,prof4 ,jewett's acknowledgment1 ib42 on origin of the sun1 i4 #beh2 taught correlation of forces1 i4 #bfa2 his doctrines the same as those of ,manu1 i4 #bga2 declares man the toy of necessity1 i4 #bgf2 doctrine of genius1 i4 #bgg2 theory of metempsychosis1 i4 #bgg2 attraction1 i4 #bha2 his speculations on creation and cosmogony1 to be taken allegorically1 i4 #bhg2 veneration for the mysteries1 ib42 would not admit poets into his commonwealth1 i4 #bhh2 dismisses ,homer for his apparent antagonism to monotheism1 ib42 accused of absurdities1 etc41 i4 #cjg2 derived the soul from the world-soul1 i4 #caf2 shows the deity geometrizing1 i4 #cah2 on the future of the dead1 i4 #cbh2 learned secret science in ,egypt1 i4 #djf2 versed in the knowledge of the heliocentric system1 i4 #djh1 #dji2 his 8noble lie0 concerning ,atlantis1 i4 #dac2 on human races1 i4 #dbh2 his esoteric doctrines the same as the ,buddhistic1 i4 #dcj2 on prayer1 i4 #dcd2 on ,god geometrizing1 i4 #ejf2 on spiritual numerals1 i4 #ead2 the ,atlantis a possible cover of a story made arcane at initiation1 i4 #eia2 copies ,djeminy and ,vyasa1 i4 #fba2 complains of unbelief1 ii4 #af2 his faculty of production1 ib42 confessed that he derived his teachings from ancient and sacred doctrines1 ii4 #ci2 on divine mysteries1 ii4 #aac2 not a 8spirit-medium10 ii4 #aah2 and other philosophers taught dual evolution1 ii4 #bgi2 on the trine of man1 ii4 #bhb2 definition of the soul1 ii4 #bhe2 his testimony concerning the ,machagistia1 ii4 #cjf2 discourse concerning the creation1 ii4 #dfi2 taught that there was in matter a blind force1 ii4 #dhc2 on exaltation of the soul above sense1 ii4 #eia ,platonic philosophy adopted into the church1 ii4 #cc ,platonism introduced into ,christianity1 ii4 #cbe ,platonists1 their books burned1 i4 #dje ,pleroma1 three degrees1 i4 #cjb ,pleasanton on the ,blue ,ray1 i4 #acg1 #bfd2 denies gravitation1 and the existence of centripetal and centrifugal forces1 i4 #bga2 his theory of light1 i4 #bgb ,pliny mentions phantoms on the deserts of ,africa1 i4 #fjd ,plotinus1 on the descent of the soul into generated existence1 ii4 #aab2 six times united to his god1 ii4 #aae2 i4 #bib2 on human knowledge1 i4 #dcd2 on prayer1 ib42 on ecstasy1 i4 #dhf2 impulse in the soul to return to its centre1 ib42 on public worship of the gods1 i4 #dhi2 a clairvoyant1 seer1 and more1 ii4 #eia ,plutarch on the oracular vapors1 i4 #bjj2 on the nature of men1 ii4 #bhc2 on the dmon of ,socrates1 ii4 #bhd ,pococke1 ,e41 his theory of ,osiris and ,typhon1 ii4 #dce1 #dcf ,poland1 what a ,catholic miracle in that country means1 ii4 #ah ,polykritus returned after dying1 i4 #cfd ,polygamy openly preached by certain ,positivists1 i4 #gh ,pompei1 the room full of glass1 i4 #ecg ,pope seized the scepter of the ,pagan pontiff1 ii4 #cj2 now sympathising with the ,turks against ,christians1 ii4 #ha2 ,calvin and ,luther1 their doctrine one1 ii4 #dgi1 #dhj2 his fulminations against science1 ii4 #eei1 #efj2 ,calixtus ,,iii4 issues a bull against ,halley's ,comet1 ii4 #eji ,popes known as magicians1 ii4 #ef ,popol-,vuh1 a manuscript of ,quich1 i4 #b2 leaves the antiquarian in the dark1 i4 #edh ,porphyry1 upon ,diakka1 bad demons of sorcery1 i4 #bai2 twice united with ,god1 i4 #bib2 upon the passion of spirits for putrid substances and fresh blood1 i4 #cdd2 on freshly-spilt blood in evocation1 i4 #dic ,porta1 ,baptista1 theory of magic1 world-soul1 astral light1 i4 #bjh ,poruth-,madn1 the wrestling demon1 aiding in levitation1 taming animals1 etc41 i4 #dif ,positivism of ,littr found in ,vyasa1 #aj1djj ,b4,c41 i4 #fba ,positivists1 i4 #gc2 their religion without a ,god1 i4 #gf2 design to uproot ,spiritualism1 ib42 preach ,polygamy1 i4 #gh2 the climax of their system1 i4 #hj2 neglect no means to overthrow ,spiritualism1 i4 #hc2 despised and hated1 ii4 #c ,possession1 epidemic in ,germany1 i4 #cge ,poudot1 the shoemaker1 his house beset by an elemental demon1 i4 #cfd ,power of leaving the body temporarily1 i4 #dgf1 #dgg2 power to disappear1 and to be seen in other forms1 ii4 #ehc ,powers in nature1 as recognized by exact science1 and by kabalists1 i4 #dff ,pradjapatis1 the ancestors of mankind1 ten in number1 ii4 #dbg ,prakamya1 the power to change old age to youth1 ii4 #ehc ,pralayas or dissolutions1 two1 ii4 #dbd ,prakriti1 or ,mahat1 the external life1 ii4 #efe ,pranayama1 ii4 #eij ,prapti1 the faculty of divination1 healing and predicting1 ii4 #eic ,pratyahara1 ii4 #eij ,pravritti or active existence1 i4 #bdc ,prayer and its sequences1 i4 #dcd ,prayers1 kept secret from strangers1 i4 #eha ,pre-,adamite1 man described1 i4 #bie2 earth1 i4 #eje ,prediction of the ,russo-,turkish war1 i4 #bfj ,preminence of woman1 ii4 #bii ,prexistence1 apparent1 i4 #agi ,prexistent1 the spirit of man1 i4 #caf1 #cag2 ii4 #bhj2 law of form1 i4 #dbj ,pregnant woman1 highly impressible and receptive1 i4 #cid2 odic emanation and its influence on ftus1 i4 #cie2 under the influence of the ether or astral light1 ib42 might influence the features of children by pentagram1 ib4 ,prehistoric races1 i4 #ede ,premature burial1 i4 #def ,presbytere de ,cideville1 phenomenon of thunder and images of fantastic animals as predicted by a sorcerer1 i4 #ajf ,preston1 ,rev4 ,dr41 his doctrine of a ,mother in the plan of redemption1 ii4 #agb ,preterhuman beings1 their alliance indicated in every ancient religion1 ii4 #bii ,pre-,vedic religion of ,india1 ii4 #ci ,priest1 ,assyrian1 always bore the name of his god1 i4 #eed ,priest-ridden nations always fall1 ii4 #aba1 #abb ,priestesses of ,germany1 how they prophesied1 ii4 #eib ,priestley1 ,dr4 ,joseph1 discovered oxygen1 i4 #bej2 anticipated the present-day philosophers1 ib42 on the godhood of ,jesus1 ii4 #bci ,priests1 their cast-off garb worn by men of science1 ii4 #h ,priest-sorcerers1 ii4 #eg ,primal element obtained1 i4 #ea2 like clear water1 ib4 ,primitive ,christianity1 with grip1 pass-words and degrees of initiation1 ii4 #bjd2 ,christians1 a community of secret societies1 ii4 #cce2 triads1 ii4 #ded ,primordial substance1 i4 #acc ,prince of ,hohenlohe a medium1 i4 #bh2 of ,hell sides with the strongest1 and treats ,satan very badly1 ii4 #eag ,principe ,createur identical with the ,principe ,generateur and not ,christian1 ii4 #cgg ,principes1 i4 #cjj ,probation of ,jesus1 ii4 #dhd1 #dhe2 the ,devil or ,diabolos no malignant principle1 ii4 #dhe ,proclus1 on magic and emanation1 i4 #bdc2 theory of the gods or planetary spirits1 i4 #caa1 #cab2 his remarkable statements of marvels acted by dead persons1 i4 #cfd2 on second dying and the luminous form1 i4 #dcb2 his idea of divine power1 i4 #dhi2 the mystic pass-word1 ib42 his explanation of the gradation of the ,mysteries1 ii4 #aja2 upon apparitions beheld in the ,mysteries1 ii4 #aac ,proctor1 ,r4 ,a41 i4 #bde2 accuses the ancients of ignorance1 i4 #bec ,profanation to eat blood1 ii4 #efg ,projecting of the astral or spiritual body1 ii4 #fai1 #fbj ,prometheus1 the ,logos or ,adam ,kadmon1 i4 #bih2 revealed the art of bringing down lightning1 i4 #ebf2 prediction of ,hermes1 ii4 #ead1 #eae ,prophecies from ,hindu books1 ii4 #eef2 antedate ,christianity1 ii4 #eeg ,prophecy determined in two ways1 i4 #bjj2 gift imparted by infection1 i4 #bag2 a power possessed by the soul both in and apart from the body1 ii4 #eid ,prophetic star of the incarnation1 ii4 #ded ,prophets of ,baal danced the circle-dance of the ,amazons1 ii4 #de2 dominated in ,israel1 and priests in ,judah1 ii4 #dci2 of ,israel never approved of sacrificial worship1 ii4 #ebe2 led a party against the priests1 ib4 ,protection from vampires1 etc41 i4 #dfj ,protest against ethnological distinction from the progeny of ,noah1 ii4 #dcd ,protestant world still under the imputation of magical commerce with ,satan1 ii4 #ejc ,protestantism has no rights1 i4 #bg ,protestants in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #a2 their bloody statutes against witchcraft1 ii4 #ejc ,protevangelium1 a parody of the ,nicene creed1 ii4 #dgc ,protogonos1 i4 #cda ,proto-hippus1 i4 #daa ,protoplasm1 i4 #bbc2 taught by ,seneca1 etc41 i4 #bdi2 doctrine of the ,swbhvikas1 or ,hindu pantheists1 i4 #bej ,prunnikos1 mother of ,ilda-,baoth1 the ,god of the ,jews1 ii4 #ahg ,psyche1 the animal soul1 i4 #cag ,psychic embryos1 i4 #caa2 force1 i4 #de-fg2 same as ectenic force1 i4 #aac2 same as the ,akasa1 ib42 known to the ancient philosophers1 i4 #aca2 propositions of ,sergeant ,cox1 i4 #aie2 a blind force1 i4 #aii ,psychode force1 i4 #ee1 #aac ,psychography1 or writing of messages by spirits1 i4 #cfg ,psychological epidemics1 ii4 #fbe2 powers of certain nuns in ,thibet1 ii4 #fji ,psychology1 heretofore almost unknown1 i4 #djg2 the basis of physiology anciently1 but now based by scholars upon physiology1 i4 #dbd ,psychomatics of occultism1 i4 #cdd ,psychometry1 i4 #ahb2 ,prof4 ,denton and wife1 i4 #ahc2 i4 #ccj2 practised by the ancients1 i4 #cca ,psychophobia1 i4 #df ,psylli in ,africa1 serpent-charmers1 i4 #cha ,pueblos of ,mexico still worship the sun1 moon1 stars1 and fire1 i4 #eeg ,pulpit of ,peter the teaching of the ,spirit of ,god1 ii4 #h ,punch-and-,judy boxes or ,christian mysteries1 ii4 #aai ,punjaub1 population hybridized with ,asiatic thiopians1 i4 #efg ,purana1 rules for writing one1 ii4 #dib2 the model of the ,pentateuch1 ib4 ,purple1 ,tyrian1 i4 #bci ,pttm1 or imps1 i4 #ddg ,pyramids1 their architecture and symbolism1 i4 #bcf2 of ,egypt1 i4 #eah2 their purpose1 i4 #eai2 the baptismal font1 ib42 the supposed manufacture of the material1 ib42 built on the former sea-shore1 i4 #ebj ,pyrrho1 how to be interpreted1 ii4 #ecj ,pythagoras1 his philosophy derived from the ,brahmans1 i4 #i2 taught the heliocentric system1 i4 #ce1 #ecb2 believed in an infinity of worlds1 i4 #if2 ,bruno his disciple1 i4 #if1 #ih2 taught ,god as the ,universal ,mind1 i4 #aca2 his esoteric system included in the arcane doctrines of wisdom1 i4 #bje2 ,galileo a student1 i4 #bch2 his maxim widely scattered1 8,do not stir the fire with a sword10 i4 #bdg2 dual signification of his precepts1 i4 #bdh2 his trinity1 i4 #bfb2 regard for precious stones and their mystical virtues1 i4 #bfe2 his doctrine the same as the laws of ,manu1 i4 #bga2 alleged influence on birds and animals1 i4 #bhc2 testimony of ,thomas ,taylor1 i4 #bhd2 initiated in the ,mysteries of ,byblos1 ,tyre1 ,syria1 ,egypt and ,babylon1 ib42 did not teach literal transmigration of the soul1 i4 #bhi2 taught the ,buddhistic doctrines1 i4 #bhi-bia2 held for a clever impostor1 i4 #cjg2 derived the soul from the world-soul1 i4 #caf2 mathematical doctrine of the universe1 i4 #cah2 taught the same as ,buddha1 i4 #cdg2 explains imagination as memory1 i4 #cif2 copied by ,euclid1 ,archimedes1 and ,ptolemy1 i4 #eab2 learned music in ,egypt and taught it in ,italy1 i4 #edd2 placed the sphere of purification in the sun1 ii4 #ab2 subdued wild animals1 ii4 #gg2 persuaded a bull not to eat beans1 ii4 #gh2 was not a 8spirit-medium10 ii4 #aah2 his system of numerals1 ii4 #cjj2 probably did not understand decimal notation1 ib4 ,pythagorean pentacle1 ii4 #dea1 #deb ,pythagorists were probably ,buddhists1 ii4 #dia ,pytho1 or ,ob1 i4 #cee ,pythoness1 her powers of seership1 ii4 #eij ,quack1 a false name imposed on ,paracelsus1 ii4 #fba ,queen of ,heaven indebted to ,pius ,,ix41 ii4 #i2 the ,virgin ,mary1 ,isis1 ,ishtar1 ,astart1 ,queen ,dido1 ,anna1 ,anaitis1 etc41 ii4 #if1 #ddf-dej ,quetzo-,cohuatl1 the serpent-god of ,mexican legends1 i4 #edf2 wonders wrought by him1 ii4 #eeh2 his wand1 ib4 ,quich cosmogony1 i4 #edi ,quicksilver and sulphur1 a magical preparation to give long life1 ii4 #fbj ,quotation from ,psalms credited by ,matthew to ,isaiah1 ii4 #agb ,rabbinical chronology1 none before the twelfth century1 ii4 #ddc ,races1 human1 many died out before ,adam1 i4 #b2 pre-,adamite1 i4 #cje2 of men differ in gifts1 ii4 #ehh ,radzivil1 ,prince1 detects the impostures of monks1 ii4 #gb ,rahat1 or perfect man1 ii4 #bhg1 #bhh ,railroads in ,upper ,egypt1 i4 #ebh ,ram1 or ,aries1 the symbol of creative power1 i4 #bfb ,ramayana the source and origin of ,homer's inspiration1 ii4 #bgh ,ramsay1 ,count1 his story of the ,templars1 ii4 #chd ,raspberry-mark produced by longing1 i4 #cia ,rasit1 its meaning suppressed1 ii4 #cd2 wisdom1 ii4 #ce ,rational soul1 every man endowed1 ii4 #bgi ,raulica1 ,father ,ventura de1 letter on magic1 ii4 #gj ,ravan and ,rama1 ii4 #dcf ,raven and ,st4 ,benedict1 ii4 #gh ,rawho1 the demon of ,ceylon1 ii4 #eji ,rawlinson1 ,sir ,h4 ,c41 brings home an engraved stone1 i4 #bdj2 declares that the ,akkadians came from ,armenia1 i4 #bfc2 conjectures respecting the ,aryans1 ii4 #dcc ,rawson1 ,prof4 ,a4 ,l41 a member of the ,druze ,brotherhood of ,lebanon1 ii4 #cab2 account of his initiation1 ii4 #cac ,rays of the ,star of ,bethlehem preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga ,razors1 superior article in ,africa1 i4 #ech ,realm of ,amita1 legend of1 i4 #fja ,reason1 what it is1 i4 #dbe2 developed at the expense of instinct1 i4 #dcc2 and instinct1 their source1 i4 #dcb ,reber1 ,g41 shows that there was no apostolic church at ,rome1 ii4 #abd ,rebold1 ,dr41 statement concerning the ancient colleges of ,egypt1 i4 #ebj ,reciprocal influences1 i4 #cad ,red dragon1 the ,assyrian military symbol1 borrowed by ,persia1 ,byzantium1 and ,rome1 ii4 #dhd ,redeemer not promised in the book of ,genesis1 but by ,manu1 ii4 #ej ,red-haired man1 repugnance to stepping over his shadow1 ii4 #faj2 the magnetism dreaded1 ii4 #faa ,reformation had ,paul for leader1 ii4 #ahj ,reformers as bloodthirsty as ,catholics1 ii4 #ejc ,regazzoni1 remarkable experiments1 i4 #adb2 the mesmerist1 feats1 i4 #bhc ,regenerated heathendom in the ,christian ranks1 ii4 #hj ,regeneration or spiritual birth taught in ,india1 ii4 #efe ,regulation wardrobe of the ,madonna1 ii4 #i ,reichenbach1 described the ,od force1 i4 #adf2 prepared the way to understand ,paracelsus1 i4 #afg2 on odic force of pregnant women1 i4 #cid ,reincarnation1 its cause1 i4 #cdf2 its possibility1 and impossibility1 i4 #cea ,religion without a ,god1 i4 #gf2 of the future1 ib42 of the ancients the religion of the future1 i4 #fac2 private or national property1 not to be shared with foreigners1 i4 #eha2 taught in the oldest ,mysteries1 i4 #efg2 which dreads the light must be false1 ii4 #aba2 of ,gautama1 propagandism1 ii4 #fjh ,religions1 ancient1 based on indestructibility of matter and force1 i4 #bdc2 anciently sabaistic1 i4 #bfa2 derived from one source and tend to one end1 ii4 #fci2 ,papacy and scientific1 i4 #djc ,religious customs of the ,mexicans and ,peruvians like those of the ,phnicians1 ,babylonians1 and ,egyptians1 i4 #eea2 instinct productive of immorality1 i4 #hc2 liberty considered as intolerance1 ii4 #ejc2 reform pure at the beginning1 ii4 #ccc2 myths have an historical foundation1 ii4 #dca2 teachers1 ii4 #a ,renan1 ,e41 described ,jesus as a ,gallicized rabbi1 ii4 #efb ,repentance possible even in ,hades or ,gehenna1 i4 #ceb ,repercussion1 i4 #cfj ,rephaim1 i4 #acc ,resistance1 extraordinary1 to blows1 sharp instruments1 etc41 i4 #cge1 #cgf ,resuscitated ,buddha1 a babe speaking with man's voice1 i4 #dcg ,resuscitations1 i4 #dgh1 #dgi1 #dhj2 after actual death1 impossible1 i4 #dha ,report of ,french ,parliament upon the ,jesuits1 ii4 #cec ,resplendent one1 ii4 #aac2 the ,augoeides1 or self-shining vision1 ii4 #aae ,retribution on the ,roman ,catholic ,church1 ii4 #aba ,reuchlin1 ,john1 a ,kabalist1 ii4 #bj ,revelation1 or ,apocalypse1 its author a ,kabalist1 ii4 #ia2 his hatred of the ,mysteries made him the enemy of ,paul1 ib4 ,revenge of ,ilda-,baoth for the transgression of his command1 ii4 #ahe ,rib of the ,word made flesh preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga ,rig-,veda1 hymns written before ,zoroaster1 ii4 #dcc ,rio ,janeiro1 her ,madonna with bare limbs1 blond hair and chignon1 ii4 #i2 her ,christ in dandy evening dress1 ii4 #aj ,rishi ,kutsa1 i4 #aa ,rishis1 or sages1 i4 #ij ,rite of ,swedenborg1 a ,jesuitical production1 ii4 #cij ,rites and ceremonial dress of ,christian clergy like that of ,babylonians1 etc41 ii4 #id ,ritual of exorcism1 ii4 #fi2 funeral1 of the ,egyptians1 ii4 #cfg ,rituals1 ,kabalistic and ,catholic compared1 ii4 #he1 #hf ,rochester ,cathedral1 its originals1 ii4 #e2 rappings1 i4 #cf ,rock-temples of ,ipsambul1 i4 #edb2 works of ,phnician cities1 i4 #egj2 similar in ,egypt and ,america1 i4 #ega ,rod of ,moses1 the crux ansata1 ii4 #dee ,roger ,bacon1 i4 #fd ,roma1 ,cambodian traditions1 i4 #eff ,roman ,catholic ,clergy murdered mediums1 i4 #bf2 ,church burned sorcerers that were not priests1 ii4 #eh2 ,church has deprived herself of the key to her own religious mysteries1 ii4 #aba2 ,church regards dissent1 heresy1 and witchcraft identical1 ii4 #ejc2 considers religious liberty as intolerance1 ib4 ,roman ,catholics in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #a2 frown at the spiritual phenomena as diabolical1 ii4 #d2 pontiffs arrogate dominion over ,greek and ,protestant ,christians1 i4 #bg ,rome1 ,church of1 put ,bruno to death for his doctrines1 i4 #ic2 regards the spiritual phenomena as genuine1 i4 #ajj2 ,church of1 cursing spiritualists1 ii4 #f2 excommunicating the ,bulgarians1 ,servians1 ,russians1 and ,italian liberals1 ii4 #g ,rosaries of ,buddhistic origin1 ii4 #ie ,roscoe1 ,professor1 on iron in the sun1 i4 #eac ,rose1 impression of one on ,mme4 von ,n41 i4 #cih ,rosicrucians1 persecuted and burned1 i4 #fd2 their doctrine of creation1 i4 #beh2 still a mystery1 ii4 #chj2 unknown to its cruelest enemy1 the ,church1 ib42 the aim to support ,catholicism1 ii4 #cid2 their doctrine of fire1 i4 #dbc ,rosie ,cross1 brothers live only in name1 i4 #bi2 mysterious body1 i4 #fd2 burned without mercy by the ,church1 ib4 ,round ,tower of ,bhangulpore1 ii4 #e ,rousseau1 the savant1 encounter with a toad1 i4 #cii ,royal ,arch word1 ii4 #bic2 cipher1 ii4 #cif ,ruc1 from ,new ,zealand1 i4 #fjc ,rufus of ,thessalonica returned to life after dying1 i4 #cfe ,rules imposed upon neophytes1 ii4 #cfe ,russia1 no church-miracles1 ii4 #ag ,russian conquest of ,turkey predicted1 i4 #bfj ,s4 ,p4 ,r4 ,c41 the cipher1 ii4 #cie ,sabazian worship ,sabbatic1 ii4 #de ,sabbath1 adopted by the ,jews from other peoples1 ii4 #dag2 ,christian1 its origin1 ii4 #dai ,sabbatical institution not mentioned in ,job1 ii4 #did ,sabeanism1 treated of in ,job1 ii4 #did ,sacerdotal caste in every ancient religion1 ii4 #ii2 office1 magical evocation1 ii4 #aah ,sacred sleep1 i4 #ceg2 produced by draughts of soma-juice1 ib42 lake1 ii4 #cfd2 writings of ,india have a deeper meaning1 ii4 #dcj2 books of the ,jews destroyed1 #aeh ,b4,c41 ii4 #dgj2 tree of ,kounboum renews its budding in the time of ,son-,ka-po1 ii4 #fji ,sacrifice of the hierophant or victim1 ii4 #db2 of blood1 ii4 #eff ,sacrificial worship never approved by the ,israelitish prophets1 ii4 #ebe ,sacrilege to seek to understand a mystery1 ii4 #bdi ,sahara1 perhaps once a sea-bed1 i4 #eib ,st4 ,paul's ,cathedral1 its double lithoi1 ii4 #e2 ,medard1 the fanatics1 i4 #cge2 ,john1 ,knights of1 not ,masons1 ii4 #chc2 persecuted by the ,inquisition1 ib4 ,saints rescued from hell1 ii4 #eag2 ,buddhistic and ,lamaistic1 their great sanctity1 ii4 #fjh2 never washing themselves1 ii4 #eaa ,sakti1 the active energy of the gods1 ii4 #bgf2 employed as a vehan1 ib4 ,sakti-trimurti1 or female trinity1 ii4 #ddd ,salamander or asbestos1 i4 #ejd ,salem1 ,mass41 obsessions occurring there1 i4 #ga2 witchcraft1 the obeah woman1 i4 #cfa2 witchcraft1 ii4 #ah ,salsette1 the ,kanhari caves1 the abode of ,st4 ,josaphat1 ii4 #ehj1 #eha ,salt regarded as the universal menstruum and one of the chief formative principles1 i4 #adg ,salverte1 his philosophy of magic1 i4 #aae2 imputes deception to ,iamblichus and others1 ib42 his account of a soldier protected by an amulet1 i4 #cgh2 on mechanics and invention in ancient times1 i4 #eaf2 on the use of electricity1 etc41 by ,numa and ,tullus1 kings of ,rome1 i4 #ebg ,samddi1 an exalted spiritual condition1 ii4 #eij ,samael or ,satan1 the simoon or wind of the desert1 ii4 #dhc ,samaritans recognized only the books of ,moses and ,joshua1 ii4 #dgj ,samothrace1 a mystery enacted there once every seven years1 i4 #cjb2 worship of the ,kabeiri brought thither by ,dardanus1 i4 #egj ,samothracian ,mysteries and new life1 i4 #acb2 magnetism and electricity1 i4 #bcd ,samson1 the ,hebrew ,herakles1 a mythical character1 ii4 #dci2 represented by the ,somona of ,ceylon1 i4 #egg ,samuel the prophet1 a mythical hero1 the doppel of ,samson1 ii4 #dci2 the ,hebrew ,ganesa1 ib42 his school1 i4 #bf ,san ,marco at ,venice1 the original of the ,campanila column1 ii4 #e ,sanchoniathon1 on chaos and creation1 i4 #cdb ,sanctity of the chair of ,peter1 its source1 ii4 #be ,sankhya1 the eight faculties of the soul1 ii4 #eib1 #eic ,sanctuary of the pagodas never entered by a ,european except ,mr4 ,ellis--see ,higgins's ,apocalypsis--very doubtful1 ii4 #fbc ,sannysi1 a saint of the second degree1 ii4 #ih ,sanscrit1 endeavor to show its derivation from the ,greek1 i4 #ddc2 inscriptions1 none older than ,chandragupta1 ii4 #dcf2 the vernacular of the ,akkadians1 ii4 #df2 appears on the leaves of the magical ,koumboum1 ib42 books written in presence of a child-medium1 i4 #cfh2 impressions by a fakir or juggler on leaves1 i4 #cfh1 #cfi2 manuscripts translated into every ,asiatic language1 i4 #egh2 language derived from the ,rutas1 i4 #eid ,sapphire1 sacred to the moon1 i4 #bfd2 possesses a magical power and produces somnambulic phenomena1 ib42 ,hindu legend of its first production1 i4 #bfe ,sar or ,saros1 i4 #cj ,sara-isvati1 wife of ,brahma1 goddess of sacred knowledge1 ii4 #dji ,sarcophagus1 porphyry1 in the pyramids1 i4 #eai ,sargent1 ,epes1 on spiritual deceptions1 i4 #bbj2 his arraignment of ,tyndall for coquetting with different beliefs1 i4 #dai ,sargon1 the original of the story of ,moses1 ii4 #ddb ,sarpa ,rajni1 the queen of the serpents1 ii4 #dhi ,sarles1 ,rev4 ,john ,w41 advocates the damnation of adult heathen1 ii4 #dgd ,satan1 his existence first made a dogma by ,christians1 ii4 #ac2 declared fundamental1 ii4 #ad2 ,ilda-,baoth1 so called1 ii4 #ahf2 identical with ,jehovah1 ii4 #dea2 the mainstay of sacerdotism1 ii4 #dhj2 to be contemplated from their planes1 ii4 #dha2 personified as a devil by the ,asideans1 ii4 #dha2 same as ,ahriman or ,anramanyas1 ib42 the name applied to a serpent in the ,hebrew ,scriptures1 ii4 #dha2 the same as ,seth1 god of the ,hittites1 ib42 of the book of ,job1 ii4 #dhc2 counsels with the ,lord1 ii4 #dhe2 a son of ,god1 ii4 #dib2 makes a sortie into ,new ,england and other colonies1 ii4 #ejc2 the ,biblical term for public accuser1 ii4 #did2 the same as ,typhon1 ib42 cast forth by the prince of hell1 ii4 #eae1 #eaf2 is made subject to ,beelzebub1 prince of hell1 ii4 #eag2 and ,beelzebub hold a conversation about ,jesus1 ii4 #ebj1 #eba ,satanism defined by ,father ,ventura de ,raulica1 ii4 #ad ,sati1 a burned widow1 i4 #eda ,sattras1 imitations of the course of the sun1 i4 #aa ,saturation of the medium1 i4 #dii1 #ejj ,saturn1 ,chaldean discovery of his rings1 i4 #bfj1 #bfc2 the father of ,zeus1 i4 #bfc2 the same as ,bel1 ,baal1 and ,siva1 ib42 his image1 ii4 #bce2 or ,kronos1 offers his only-begotten son to ,ouranos and circumcises himself and family1 i4 #egh2 the myth original in the ,maha-,bharata1 ib4 ,saturnalia of monks at ,christmas1 ii4 #cff ,saul1 evil spirit exorcised1 i4 #bae ,saviour1 would be lost if we lose our demons1 ii4 #dgf ,scandinavian tradition of trolls1 ii4 #fbd ,scepter of the ,boddhisgat seen floating in the air1 ii4 #faj ,scheme of the ,ophites1 ii4 #bib ,schlieman1 the ,hellenist1 finds evidence of cycles of development1 i4 #f2 at ,mycen1 i4 #eih ,schmidt1 ,i4 ,j41 statement in regard to the steppes of ,turan and desert of ,gobi1 i4 #fjc ,scholars1 ancient1 believed in arcane doctrines1 i4 #bje ,scholastic science knows neither beginning nor end1 i4 #ccf ,schools of magic in the ,lamaseries1 ii4 #fji ,schopenhauer1 i4 #ee1 #ei2 on nature as illusion1 ii4 #aeh ,science1 formerly arcane and taught in the sanctuary1 i4 #g2 its progress1 i4 #dj2 spiritualism1 i4 #hc2 8has no belief10 i4 #bgh2 knows no beginning or end1 i4 #ccf2 called anti-christianism1 i4 #ccg2 mystery fatal to it1 i4 #cch2 its parent source1 the unknown1 i4 #cci2 its dilemma1 i4 #cdj2 will never distinguish the difference between human and animal ovules1 i4 #cig2 invading the domain of religion1 i4 #djc2 surrounded by a large hypothetical domain1 i4 #djd2 her domain within the limit of the changes of matter1 i4 #dba2 gross conception of fire1 i4 #dbc2 its dogmas concerning perpetual motion1 elixir of life1 transmutation of metals and universal solvent1 i4 #eja2 stages of its growth1 i4 #ecc2 its three necessary elements1 ii4 #fcg2 spiritism does not prevent them1 ib42 modern1 fails to satisfy the aspirations of the race2 makes the future a void and bereaves man of life1 ii4 #fci ,scientific knowledge confined to the temples1 i4 #be2 ,association1 or ,american ,association for the ,advancement of ,science1 on spiritualism and roosters crowing in the night1 i4 #bde1 #bdf2 attainments of ancient ,hindu savants1 i4 #fah1 #fbj ,scientists bound in duty to investigate1 i4 #e2 afraid of spiritual phenomena1 i4 #da2 treatment of ,prof4 ,crookes1 i4 #dd2 likely to rediscover magic1 i4 #fg2 not to be credited for the increase of knowledge1 i4 #hd2 denied ,buffon1 ,franklin1 the steam-engine1 railroad1 etc41 i4 #he2 surpassed the clergy in hostility to discovery1 ib42 as much given to persecution1 ib42 know little certain1 i4 #bbd2 entrapping of ,slade the medium1 ib42 put forth no new doctrines1 i4 #bdh1 #bdi2 anticipated by ,liebig and ,priestly1 i4 #bej2 many of them inanimate corpses1 i4 #cag2 their ultima thule1 i4 #cdj2 curious conjectures concerning the aurora1 i4 #dag2 their incapacity to understand the spiritual side1 i4 #dah ,scin-lecca1 or double1 ii4 #ajd2 makes the principal manifestations1 ii4 #eag ,scintilla1 the ,divine1 produces a monad1 i4 #cjb2 of ,abraham taken from ,michael1 ii4 #deb2 ,isaac from ,gabriel1 and ,jacob from ,uriel1 ii4 #deb ,scottish rite1 its headquarters at a ,jesuit college1 ii4 #cha ,screw1 invented by ,archytas1 the instructor of ,plato1 i4 #edc ,scyths1 probably the same as ,mongolians1 i4 #egf ,sea1 ancient inland sea north of the ,himalayas1 i4 #ehi ,seal1 ,solomon's of ,hindu origin1 i4 #ace ,seance in ,bengal1 i4 #dfg ,second ,emanation condenses matter and diffuses life1 i4 #cjb2 ,adam created unisexual1 i4 #eei2 spiritual birth1 ii4 #eff2 advent1 a fable invented for a precaution1 ii4 #ece2 death1 ii4 #cfh2 sight1 i4 #baa ,secret formul1 i4 #ff2 sacerdotal castes in every ancient religion1 ii4 #ii2 doctrine1 its martyrs1 i4 #egd2 of ,moses1 ii4 #ebe2 volume1 the real ,hebrew ,bible1 ii4 #dga2 sects of the ,christians1 ii4 #bhi2 are still in existence1 ii4 #bij2 ,god of the ,kabala1 ii4 #bcj2 of secrets1 ii4 #efh ,secrets for prolonging life1 ii4 #efc ,sectarian beliefs to disappear1 i4 #fac ,sects existing before ,christ1 ii4 #add ,sedecla1 the ,obeah woman of ,en-,dor1 i4 #did ,seer1 receives impressions directly from his spirit1 ii4 #eia ,seers or epopt1 not spirit-mediums1 ii4 #aah ,seer-adept1 knows how to suspend the action of the brain1 ii4 #eia ,seership natural with some people1 ii4 #ehh2 two kinds1 of the soul and the spirit1 ii4 #eij2 an elevation of the soul1 ii4 #eia ,self of man1 inner triune1 ii4 #aad2 the future1 ii4 #aae ,self-consciousness1 attained on earth1 i4 #cfh ,self-printed records on the sacred tree1 i4 #cjb ,seir-,anpin1 the ,christos1 ii4 #bcj2 the third god1 ii4 #bdg ,semitic1 the least spiritual branch of the human family1 ii4 #dcd2 its germs found in ,khamism1 ii4 #dce ,semi-monastics1 ii4 #fjh ,sensitive flame obeying a man's order1 ii4 #fjg ,separation1 temporary1 of the spirit from the body1 ii4 #ehh ,sephira1 i4 #afj2 the ,divine ,intelligence and mother of the ,sephiroth1 i4 #beh2 the same as ,metis and ,sophia1 i4 #bfc2 the first emanation1 i4 #bgj2 or ,sacred ,aged 7,maha ,lakshmi71 ii4 #dba ,sephiroth1 i4 #beh2 concealed wisdom1 their father1 ib42 or emanations1 ii4 #cf2 ten1 three classes in one unit1 ii4 #dj2 the same as the ten ,pradjapatis1 ii4 #bae2 same as the ten patriarchs1 ib4 ,sepulchres in ,thibet1 extraordinary arrangement of bodies and decorations1 ii4 #fjd ,seraph1 his snout preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga ,serapis1 a name of ,surya1 ii4 #dch2 an accepted type of ,christ1 ii4 #ccf2 his picture adopted by the ,christians1 ib42 represented by a serpent1 ii4 #dij2 usurped the worship of ,osiris1 ii4 #dia2 the seven vowels chanted as a hymn in his honor1 i4 #ead ,serpent of ,genesis1 des ,mousseaux's name for the devil1 i4 #ae2 matter1 i4 #big2 dwelling in the branches of the tree of life1 i4 #bih2 symbol of wisdom and immortality1 i4 #eec2 of the book of ,genesis1 ,ash-mogh or ,asmodeus1 ii4 #ahh2 persuades man to eat of the tree of knowledge1 ii4 #ahe2 ,christna crushing his head1 ii4 #ddf2 the divine symbol east and west1 ii4 #dhd2 most spirit-like of all reptiles1 and hence a favorite symbol1 ii4 #dhi2 how it became the emblem of eternity and of the world1 ii4 #dhi2 universally venerated1 ii4 #dhi2 a symbol of ,serapis and ,jesus1 ii4 #dij2 and ,eve1 ii4 #eab ,serpent-charmers1 cannot fascinate human beings1 ii4 #fab2 their powers1 ii4 #fbh ,serpent-charming1 i4 #cha1 #chb1 #dgj ,serpent-monsters1 i4 #cic ,serpent-god1 sons of1 the hierophants1 i4 #eec ,serpent-gods1 ,mexican1 #ac in number1 i4 #egb ,serpent-trail round the unformed earth1 ii4 #dhi ,serpent-worship1 its origin not known1 ii4 #dhi ,serpent-worshippers of ,kashmere become ,buddhists1 ii4 #fjh ,serpent's catacombs in ,egypt1 i4 #eec2 mysteries of the unavoidable cycle or centre of necessity1 ib4 ,serpents1 the earth their queen1 i4 #aj2 ,kneph1 ,agathodaimon1 ,kakodaimon1 i4 #acc1 #aeg2 ,eliphas ,levi's1 symbol of astral fire1 i4 #acg2 queen of1 ii4 #dhi2 used as plaything at ,hindu festivals1 ii4 #fbb ,servius1 on the ancient practice of employing celestial fire at the altars1 i4 #ebf ,sesostris1 instructed by the oracle in the ,trinity1 ii4 #ea ,seth1 the reputed son of ,adam1 the same as ,hermes1 ,thoth1 and ,sat-an1 i4 #eed2 the same as ,typhon1 ii4 #dhb ,seth1 his interview with ,michael at the gate of ,paradise1 ii4 #ebj2 worshipped by the ,hittites1 ii4 #ebc2 same as ,el1 ii4 #ebd ,sethicnites1 disbelieved that ,jesus was ,god1 ii4 #agf ,seven1 a sacred ,hindu number1 ii4 #djg2 among the ,chaldeans1 ii4 #djh2 potentiality of the number1 ii4 #dag2 steps1 the descent1 i4 #cec2 degrees1 old ,english ,templar ,rite1 ii4 #cgg2 vowels chanted as a hymn1 i4 #ead2 caverns1 i4 #eeb2 spirits1 i4 #cjj1 #cja2 spirits of the ,apocalypse1 i4 #dfa2 impostor demons1 ii4 #bif2 ons1 ib42 rishis1 ib4 ,seven-headed1 serpent1 ii4 #dhi ,seventh degree1 ii4 #cfe2 ray and seven vowel1 i4 #ead2 rite1 the life transfer1 ii4 #efd ,severus1 ,alexander1 pillaged ,egyptian temples for books1 i4 #djf ,sexual element in ,christianity1 ii4 #hj2 emblems and worship1 ii4 #dde ,shaberon1 summoning a lama by spirit-message1 ii4 #fjd2 his wonderful summons to rescue the author from peril in ,mongolia1 ii4 #fbh ,shaberons1 or ,khubilhans1 reincarnations of ,buddha1 ii4 #fji ,shad-belly coat first worn by ,babylonian priests1 ii4 #deh ,shadow1 repugnance to stepping across it1 ii4 #faj2 magnetic exhalation1 ii4 #faa ,shakers1 spiritual phenomena1 ii4 #ah ,shaman1 prophesying1 ii4 #fbd1 #fbe2 prediction of the ,crimean war1 ii4 #fbe2 extraordinary scene with the talismanic stone1 ii4 #fbf1 #fbh2 8dragged out of his skin10 ii4 #fbh2 priests bound to perform their 8true rites0 but once a year1 at the solstice1 ii4 #fbd ,shamanism or spirit-worship1 the oldest religion of ,mongolia1 an offshoot of primitive theurgy1 ii4 #fae ,shamans occasionally enjoy divine powers1 i4 #c1 #baa2 of ,siberia1 degenerate scions of ancient ,shamanism1 ii4 #faf2 sometimes only mediums1 sometimes magicians1 ii4 #fbe2 power over psychical epidemics1 ii4 #fbf2 each one has a talisman1 ib4 ,shampooing or tschamping1 a magical manipulation1 i4 #dde ,shark-charmers or ,kadal-katti1 i4 #fjf2 paid by the ,british government1 i4 #fjg ,shebang1 the ,sabbath1 ii41 #dah ,shedim1 nature-spirits1 or ,afrites1 i4 #cac ,shekinah1 the veil of the most ancient1 ii4 #bbc ,shem1 ,ham and ,japhet1 the old gods ,samas1 ,kham and ,iapetos1 ii4 #dhg ,shemites1 ,assyrians1 i4 #egf2 probably a hybrid of ,hamite and ,aryan1 ib4 ,shien-,sien1 a blissful state1 power of those obtaining it to transport themselves everywhere1 ii4 #fah1 #fbj ,shiloh1 daughters1 their dance1 ii4 #de ,shimeon and ,patar1 ii4 #ic ,shopffer1 ,prof41 teaches that the earth does not revolve1 i4 #fba ,shoel ob1 or consulter with familiar spirits1 i4 #cee ,shudla-,mdan1 the ghoul or graveyard fiend1 i4 #die ,shu-,king1 i4 #aa ,shla-,mdan1 the furnace-demon1 i4 #dif2 helps the juggler with raising trees1 ib4 ,shu-tukt1 a collegiate monastery1 having in it over #cj1jjj monks1 ii4 #fji ,siam1 a king in #afgj who sought for the philosopher's stone1 i4 #ega ,siamese1 the power of monks1 i4 #bac1 #bad2 study of the philosopher's stone1 i4 #bad2 believe that some know how to render themselves immortal1 ib4 ,sidereal force taught by ,paracelsus1 i4 #afh ,signature of the ftus1 i4 #che ,silver1 its aura1 the quicksilver of the yogis or alchemists1 ii4 #fbj1 #fba ,silver and green associated in hermetic symbolism1 i4 #eac ,silvery spark in the brain1 i4 #cbi ,simeon1 the existence of such a tribe denied1 i4 #cfh2 ben ,iochai1 compiler of the ,zohar1 ii4 #edh2 rabbi1 author of the ,zohar1 i4 #cja1 #cjb2 his sons arise and relate what they saw in hell1 ii4 #eai2 his prototype in ,india1 ib4 ,simon ben ,iochai1 i4 #bfc2 ,stylites1 lived #cf years atop of a pillar1 ii4 #gg2 cured a dragon of a sore eye1 ib4 ,simon ,magus1 a personification of the apostle ,paul1 ii4 #hi2 powers attributed to him1 i4 #dga2 his journey through the air1 ii4 #ceg2 and ,peter1 ii4 #aij1 #aia ,simoun1 or the wind of the desert1 called ,diabolos1 ii4 #dhc ,simulacrum of a ,roumanian lady conducted by a ,shaman to the tent of the author1 ii4 #fbg1 #fbh ,sin the necessary cause of the greatest good1 ii4 #dgi ,sinai1 ,mount1 metals smelted there1 i4 #edb2 story of ,moses and the brass seraph1 ib4 ,singing sands1 i4 #fje ,sins1 the five which divide the offender from his associates1 ii4 #fjh ,siphra ,dzeniouta1 i4 #a ,sister's son inheriting a crown1 ii4 #dcg ,sistra at the ,israelitish festival1 ii4 #de ,siva1 the fire-god1 same as ,bel and ,saturn or ,kronos1 i4 #bfc2 vigil-night1 i4 #ddf2 represented as sacrificing a rhinoceros instead of his son1 i4 #egg1 #egh2 identical with ,baal1 ,moloch1 ,saturn and ,abraham1 i4 #egh2 created ,adhima and ,heva1 ancestors of the present race of mankind1 i4 #eij2 hurls fallen angels into ,onderah1 ii4 #aa2 his paradise1 ii4 #bcd2 hurls the devils into the bottomless pit1 ii4 #bch2 ,sabazios and ,sabaoth the same divinity1 ii4 #dhg2 the same as the western chief gods1 ii4 #ebd2 most intellectual of the gods1 ib4 ,six principles of man1 ii4 #cfg2 days of evolution and one of repose1 ii4 #dbb2 sacred syllables1 8aum mani padma houm10 ii4 #fjf2 races of men mentioned in laws of ,manu1 i4 #eij2 thousand years the term of creation1 i4 #cdb2 thousand infant skulls found in a fish-pond by a convent in ,rome1 ii4 #eh ,sixteenth incarnation of ,buddha at ,urga1 ii4 #fag ,sixth degree1 ii4 #cfe ,sixty thousand 7#fj1dbh7 paid religious teachers in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #a ,skepticism a malady1 i4 #aae ,skill displayed in embalming in ,thibet1 ii4 #fjc1 #fjd ,skulls of infants found at nunneries1 ii4 #eh1 #baj ,slade1 the medium1 pretended exposure by ,prof4 ,lankester1 i4 #aah1 #bbd ,slavonian ,christians now assailed by the ,catholics1 ii4 #ha ,slavonians1 the mystic word1 ii4 #db ,smaragdine1 tablet of ,hermes1 found at ,hebron1 i4 #ejg ,smith1 ,george1 his reading of the ,assyrian tablets1 ii4 #dbb2 his reading of the story of ,sargon1 ii4 #ddb ,snake-symbol of ,phanes1 the mundane serpent and mundane year1 i4 #adf1 #aea1 #aeg ,smyth1 ,prof4 ,piazzi1 on the corn-bin1 i4 #eai2 mathematical description of the great pyramid1 i4 #ebj ,snake-skin considered magnetic1 ii4 #ejg ,snake's ,hole1 the subterranean passage terminating at the root of the heavens1 i4 #eec ,snakes kept in ,moslem mosques1 ii4 #dij2 reared with children in ,india1 ib4 ,snout of a seraph preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga ,society not certain but that all ends in annihilation1 ii4 #c 8,society10 ,british1 in ,india1 its supercilious contempt for the ,hindus and marvels in ,hindustan1 ii4 #fac ,socrates1 his demoniac or divine faculty and its service1 i4 #aca2 his demon1 ii4 #bhc2 same as the nous or spirit1 ii4 #bhd2 opinion of ,justin ,martyr about his future fate criticised1 ii4 #h2 a medium1 and therefore not initiated1 ii4 #aag2 why put to death as an atheist1 ii4 #aah ,sod1 an arcanum of ,mystery1 i4 #cja1 #eee2 the ,mysteries of ,baal1 ,adonis and ,bacchus1 ib42 the secret of ,simeon and ,levi1 ib42 great1 of the ,kadeshim1 ii4 #aca ,sodales1 or priest-colleges1 ,moses their chief1 i4 #eee ,sodalian oath1 i4 #dji ,sodom and ,gomorrah1 suffering eternal fire1 ii4 #ab ,sohar1 its compilation1 ii4 #cdh2 its theories like the ,hindu1 ii4 #bgf ,solar trinity1 red1 blue and yellow1 ii4 #dag2 dynasty in ,india1 the ,surga ,vansa1 ii4 #dcg ,solemn ceremony of the ,druzes1 ii4 #cab ,solidarities of ,greece and ,rome1 ii4 #chi ,solitary ,copts1 students of ancient lore1 ii4 #cjf ,solomon1 or ,sol-,om-,on1 ii4 #chi2 i4 #ai2 obtained secret learning1 i4 #ace2 seal of ,hindu origin1 ib42 ships to ,ophir or ,india1 i4 #acf2 his seven abominations1 ii4 #fg2 learned from ,votan the particulars of the products of the occident1 i4 #edf2 the builder of temples1 ii4 #dci2 revolts against him1 ib42 his temple never visited by the prophets1 ii4 #ebe2 and his temple only allegorical1 ii4 #cia2 temple1 the brazen columns and bowls to aid in entheastic power1 ii4 #edb ,soma1 juice of1 produces trance1 i4 #ceg ,somona1 the ,singalese ,samson1 i4 #egg 8,son of ,man10 ii4 #bcb ,son of ,god at one with man1 ii4 #fce ,sons of the ,serpent-,god1 i4 #eec ,son-,ka-po1 the ,shaberon1 or avatar and great reformer1 immaculately conceived1 and translated without dying into heaven1 ii4 #fji ,sophia or wisdom1 ii4 #da2 the ,holy ,ghost as a female principle1 i4 #acj2 the ,gnostic principle of wisdom1 the same as ,sephira and ,metis1 i4 #bfc ,sorcerer in ,africa1 impervious to bullets1 i4 #cgi ,sorcerers1 burned when not priests1 ii4 #eh ,sorcery1 i4 #bgi2 misapplied arcane knowledge1 ii4 #eha2 few facts better established1 i4 #cff2 with blood1 ii4 #efg1 #efh2 practised at the ,vatican1 ii4 #fbj2 approved by ,augustine1 ii4 #bj2 employed for crime1 ii4 #fcc ,sortes ,sanctorum1 ii4 #bj1 #ba ,sortie of ,satan into ,new ,england1 ii4 #ejc ,sortilegium or sorcery1 practised by clergy and monks1 ii4 #f2 ,gregory of ,tours1 ii4 #bj ,sosigenes1 reformed the calendar for ,csar1 i4 #aa ,sosiosh1 the tenth avatar and fifth ,buddha1 ii4 #bcf2 a permutation of ,vishnu1 ii4 #bcg ,sotheran1 ,charles1 letter on ,freemasonry1 ii4 #chh ,soul1 displays power when the body is asleep1 i4 #aii2 the two named by ,plato1 i4 #bgf2 marvellous power1 i4 #bhj2 passage through the seven planetary chambers1 i4 #big2 spirit wholly distinct1 i4 #cae2 dissolves into ether1 ib42 possible loss of its distinct being1 i4 #caf1 #cag2 the garment of the spirit1 i4 #cji2 exists as preexisting matter1 i4 #cag2 doctrine of the ,greek and ,roman philosophers1 i4 #dbi2 of ,aristotle1 ,homer1 the ,jains and ,brahmans1 ib42 the camera in which facts are fixed1 i4 #dhf2 escaping temporarily from the body1 ii4 #aje2 may dwell in paradise while the body lives in this world1 i4 #fjb2 punished by union with the body1 ii4 #aab2 the ,vedic doctrine1 ii4 #bfc2 universal1 when it sleeps1 ii4 #bgd2 its transmigration does not relate to man's condition after death1 ii4 #bhj2 its feminine1 ii4 #bha2 a part of it mortal1 ii4 #bhc2 the doctrine of ,pythagoras1 ii4 #bhc2 ,plato's definition1 ii4 #bhe1 #bhf2 its paralysis during life1 ii4 #cfh2 not knit to flesh1 ii4 #efe2 sentient1 the ,ego1 inseparable from the brain1 ii4 #eij2 raised above inferior good1 ii4 #eia2 power to liberate itself and behold things subjectively1 ii4 #eia2 its eight faculties1 ii4 #eib2 its teachings authoritative1 ii4 #eic2 possesses a power of prescience even when in the body1 ii4 #eid2 disembodied1 meets itself at the gate of ,paradise1 ii4 #fce2 of the world the archeal universal1 8mind10 ,sophia the ,holy ,ghost as a female principle1 i4 #acj2 doctrine of ,baptista ,porta1 i4 #bjh2 external1 i4 #bgf2 higher mortal1 ib42 the great universal1 union with it does not involve loss of individuality1 ii4 #aaf ,soul-blind like color-blind1 i4 #chg ,soul-electricity1 i4 #cbb ,soul-deaths1 ii4 #cfi ,soulless men yet living1 ii4 #cfi ,souls1 or immortal gods emanate from the triad1 i4 #cdh2 come to souls and impart to them information1 ii4 #eid ,source of the religious faiths of mankind1 ii4 #fci2 double1 of every religion1 ib4 ,south ,carolina1 statutes in force in #ahfe1 imposing the death-penalty for witchcraft1 ii4 #ah ,sparks or old worlds that perished1 ii4 #dba ,speaking images1 i4 #eje ,specialties in medical practice in ,egypt1 i4 #ede ,speculative ,masons1 ii4 #cib ,spectre of a herdsman in ,bavaria1 i4 #dea ,spectroscope1 confirmed doctrines of ,paracelsus1 i4 #afh1 #afi ,spell of the evil eye1 ii4 #fcc ,spheres1 music of1 i4 #bge ,spinoza1 his philosophy1 i4 #ic2 furnishes a key to the unwritten secret1 i4 #cjh ,spirit1 its origin1 i4 #beh2 not existing1 but immortal1 i4 #bia2 or spiritus1 the soul or anima mundi1 the mother1 i4 #bii1 #cjj2 progeny of1 i4 #cja2 human1 an emanation of the eternal spirit1 i4 #cje2 never entered wholly into the body1 i4 #cjf2 is masculine1 ii4 #bha2 of man prexistent1 ii4 #bhj2 distinct from soul1 i4 #cae2 individualization depends upon it1 ib42 becomes an angel1 i4 #caf2 its prexistence believed1 ib42 alone immortal1 ii4 #cfb2 leaving an old for a young body1 ii4 #efc2 by its vision all things can be known1 ii4 #ehh2 may abandon the body for specific periods1 ii4 #ehi2 the sole original unity1 ii4 #fjg2 the interpreter of ,god to man1 ii4 #fce2 its ,protean powers little known by spiritualists1 ii4 #fch ,spirit-ancestor1 a serpent1 #de1 #df ,spirit-form1 i4 #aig ,spirit-voices not articulate1 i4 #fh2 audible1 i4 #bbj ,spirit-intercourse1 #ddf1jjj1jjj believers1 i4 #aag ,spirit-flowers produced by a ,bikshuni1 ii4 #fji ,spiritists of ,france attacked by the ,roman church1 ii4 #f ,spirits that control mediums1 generally human1 i4 #fg2 cannot 8materialize10 ib42 not attracted by every body alike1 i4 #fi2 produce few of the 8physical phenomena10 i4 #gc2 the seven1 i4 #cjj1 #cja2 not possessed of the same attractions1 i4 #cdd2 or ghosts1 hurt by weapons1 i4 #cfc2 heard talking in the desert of ,lop1 and elsewhere1 i4 #fjd2 three categories of communication1 ii4 #aae2 may take possession of bodies in the absence of the soul1 ii4 #ehi2 bad1 compelled ,garma-,khian to appear and render an account1 ii4 #faf2 city of1 ib4 ,spiritual phenomena among the ,shakers1 ii4 #ah2 discountenanced by the clergy1 i4 #bf2 chase the scientists1 i4 #da2 ,iamblichus forbids the endeavor to procure them1 i4 #bai2 sun1 i4 #bi1 #cb2 the magnet of ,kircher1 i4 #bjh1 #bji2 ,gama1 ,ormazd1 the soul of things1 ,god1 i4 #bgj2 invisible and in the centre of space1 i4 #cjb2 the supreme deity1 ii4 #ac2 death1 its cause1 i4 #cah2 eyes1 i4 #ade2 sight1 scientists without it1 i4 #cah2 photography1 i4 #dhf ,spiritual entity1 in man1 an ancient doctrine1 ii4 #eic2 transferred1 ii4 #efc2 limbs1 can be made visible1 ii4 #eif2 world in proximity to us1 ii4 #eic2 state1 as unfolded in the ,sankhya1 a philosophy1 ii4 #eic2 numerals1 i4 #ead2 crisis of the ,shaman1 ii4 #fbe2 or magical powers exist in every man1 ii4 #fce2 circles are constructed on no principle1 ii4 #fch2 ,self the sole and ,supreme ,god1 ii4 #eff ,spiritualism1 drifting1 i4 #ec2 efforts of ,positivists to uproot1 i4 #gf1 #hc2 pretends only to be a science1 i4 #hc2 pronounced a delusion in ,russia1 i4 #aah2 universally diffused from remote antiquity1 i4 #bje2 why it must continue to vegetate1 ii4 #fcf2 is iconoclastic1 not constructed1 ii4 #fcg2 not scientific1 ii4 #fcg1 #fch2 exoteric1 too much directed to personal matters1 ib42 esoteric1 very rare1 ib4 ,spiritualists1 the majority remain in the religious denominations1 ii4 #b2 take no active part in the formation of a system of philosophy1 ii4 #fcg2 start with a fallacy1 ii4 #fch ,splendor1 mighty ,lord of1 i4 #cja ,spurious passage in the ,first ,epistle of ,john1 ii4 #agg ,square hat of the ,hierophant1 ii4 #cib ,squirrel materialized1 i4 #cbi ,sri-,iantara1 or ,solomon's seal1 ii4 #bfe ,stainton1 ,moses1 his criticisms of popular spiritualism1 ii4 #fch ,stan-gyour1 a work on magic1 i4 #ehj ,stanhope1 ,lady ,esther1 faints at a ,yezidi orgy1 ii4 #egb ,star of ,bethlehem1 rays carried home by a monk as relics1 ii4 #ga ,starry heaven1 worship proposed under ,christian names1 ii4 #dej ,stars1 ignition1 i4 #bed2 influence on fates of men1 i4 #bei2 and man have direct affinity1 i4 #afh1 #afi ,statues1 restorative of health1 i4 #bhc2 possible to animate them1 i4 #dhe2 endowed with reason1 i4 #fac ,steam-engine1 invented by ,hero of ,alexandria1 i4 #bda ,stedingers1 accused and exterminated1 ii4 #cca ,steel1 rusts in ,india and ,egypt1 i4 #baa2 superior article in ,india1 i4 #ech2 in ,egypt1 ib4 ,steeples1 turrets1 and domes1 phallic symbols1 ii4 #e ,stephens1 believes the key to ,american hieroglyphs will yet be obtained1 i4 #edf2 story of the unknown city of the ,mayas1 i4 #edg ,stewart1 ,prof4 ,balfour1 his tribute to ,herakleitus1 i4 #dbb2 warning to scientists1 i4 #dbd2 denies perpetual light1 i4 #eaj ,stigmata1 or birth-marks1 i4 #chd2 produced by sorcery of a ,jesuit priest1 ii4 #fcc ,stone of ,memphis1 its potency to prevent pain1 i4 #edj2 two tables1 masculine and feminine1 ii4 #e2 a ,shaman's talisman1 8spoke0 saving the author's life1 ii4 #fbf ,stonehenge1 its gods recognized as the divinities of ,delphos and ,babylon1 i4 #eej2 remarkable statement of ,dr4 ,stukely1 i4 #egb2 ,hamitic in plan1 ib4 ,stoics1 belief concerning ,god1 i4 #cag ,stones1 their secret virtues1 i4 #bfe ,strangers1 never admitted into a caste1 nor to religion1 i4 #eha ,stukely1 ,dr41 remarks concerning ,stonehenge1 i4 #egb ,subjective mediums1 i4 #caa2 communication with human god-like spirits1 ii4 #aae ,subsidy paid by the ,east ,india ,company to maintain worship at the pagodas1 ii4 #fbd ,subterranean passages in ,peru1 i4 #eie1 #eig ,subtile influence emanated from every man's body1 ii4 #faj ,suetonius knew nothing of ,christians1 ii4 #ece1 #ecf ,suez ,canal1 i4 #eaf1 #eag2 that of ,necho1 i4 #eag ,sufis1 their idea of one universal creed1 ii4 #cjf ,suicide and insanity caused by ,elementaries1 ii4 #g ,suicides and murderers1 i4 #cdd ,sulanuth1 i4 #cbe ,sulphur1 the secret fire or spirit of the alchemists1 i4 #cji2 and quicksilver1 a preparation to promote longevity1 ii4 #fbj1 #fba ,summary of ,koheleth1 ii4 #dgf ,sun1 an emblem of the sun-god1 i4 #bgj2 only a magnet or reflector1 i4 #bga2 has no more heat in it than the moon1 ib42 represented under the image of a dragon1 i4 #eeb2 made the location of hell1 ii4 #ab2 view of ,pythagoras1 ib42 increases the magnetic exhalations1 ii4 #faa2 and serpent-worship1 the religion of the ,phnicians and ,mosaic ,israelites1 i4 #eee ,sun-worship once contemplated by ,catholics1 ii4 #dej ,sun-worshippers always regarded the sun as an emblem of the spiritual sun1 i4 #bgj ,sunrise and sunset as taught by the ,shastras1 i4 #aj ,supersentient soul1 ii4 #eij 8,superstitions0 in regard to drowned persons1 ii4 #faa ,supreme ,being denied by modern science1 i4 #af2 by the positivists1 i4 #ga2 never rejected by ,buddhistical philosophy1 i4 #bib2 ,essence1 ii4 #bac1 #bad2 the ,swayambhuva and ,en-,soph1 ii4 #bah2 mystery of the holy syllable1 ii4 #aad ,surgery of ,yogis and ,talapoins1 ii4 #fba ,surnden1 ,rev4 ,t41 on locality of hell1 ii4 #ab ,sutrantika1 the sect having secret ,buddhistic religion1 ii4 #fjg ,suttee1 or burning of widows1 not practised when the ,code of ,manu was compiled1 i4 #ehh ,swbhvikas1 ,hindu pantheists1 the teachers of protoplasm1 i4 #bej2 their views of ,essence1 ii4 #bfb ,swayambhuva1 the unrevealed ,deity1 ii4 #ci2 the unity of three trinities1 making with himself two prajapatis1 ii4 #ci1 #dj2 the ,supreme ,essence the same as ,en-,soph1 ii4 #bad ,swearing forbidden by ,jesus1 ii4 #bgc ,sweat of ,st4 ,michael1 a phial of it preserved1 ii4 #ga ,swedenborg personated by a ,diakka1 i4 #bai2 on speech of spirits1 i4 #bbj2 ,heavenly ,arcana1 i4 #cjf2 a natural-born magician1 but not an adept1 ib42 made ,thomas ,vaughan his model1 ib42 doctrine of correspondences1 or hermetic symbolism1 ib42 believed in possibility of losing individual existence1 i4 #cag2 miraculous cures by his father1 i4 #dfd2 indicates the lost word1 i4 #ehj2 rite of1 a ,jesuitical product1 ii4 #cij ,swedenborgians believe in possible obliteration of the human personality1 i4 #cag2 believe that the soul may abandon the body for specific periods1 ii4 #cai ,swedish system of ,freemasonry1 ii4 #cha ,syllabus and ,koran1 a great affinity acknowledged1 ii4 #hb ,sylvester ,,ii41 ,pope1 a sorcerer1 ii4 #ef2 his 8oracular head10 ii4 #ef ,symbol1 its use1 ii4 #ic ,symbols1 i4 #ba2 ,christian1 and phallism1 ii4 #e ,sympathy1 mysterious1 between plants and human beings1 i4 #bdf2 the offspring of light1 i4 #cji ,synagogue1 8deposited its inheritance in the hands of ,christ10 ii4 #dgg2 has not expired1 ib4 ,synesius1 belief in metempsychosis1 i4 #ab2 his quotation from the book of stone at ,memphis1 i4 #beg2 believed the spirit prexisted from eternity as a distinct being1 i4 #caf2 bishop of ,cyrene1 his letter to ,hypatia1 ii4 #ec2 adhered to the ,platonic doctrines1 ii4 #aih ,systems1 ,indian1 ,chaldean and ,ophite compared1 ii4 #agj ,tabernacles or ingatherings1 feast of1 ii4 #dd2 regarded as ,bacchic rites1 ib4 ,table1 no demons enclosed1 i4 #cbb ,table-turning1 i4 #ii1 #aje ,tainting of ,souls1 i4 #cba ,talapoins1 of ,siam1 power over wild beasts1 i4 #bac2 have incombustible cloth1 i4 #bca2 have the ,kabala1 ,bible1 and other allegories in their manuscripts1 i4 #egg2 ,jesuits disguised as1 ii4 #cga2 their secrets of medicine1 ii4 #fba ,tale of the ,two ,brothers of ,central ,america1 i4 #eej ,talisman1 i4 #dfb2 ii4 #fcf ,talismans of ,apollonius1 testimony of ,justin ,martyr1 ii4 #ig ,talmage1 ,rev4 ,dr41 description of ,martha1 ii4 #ajb ,talmud1 i4 #ag ,tamil-,hindus worship ,kutti-,satan1 perhaps ,seth or ,satan1 i4 #efg ,tamti1 the same as ,belita1 ii4 #ddd2 the sea1 ii4 #dde ,tanaim1 the four who entered the garden1 ii4 #aai2 the ,kabalistic1 ii4 #dgj ,tarchon1 an ,etruscan priest and his bryony-hedge1 i4 #ebg ,tartar robber detected by a ,koordian sorcerer1 ii4 #fca ,tartary1 magic1 i4 #eii2 spiritualism1 i4 #fjj2 planchette-writing1 ib42 happy and heathen1 ii4 #bdj ,tau and astronomical cross of ,egypt found at the palace of ,palenque1 i4 #egb2 the handled cross1 a symbol of ,eternal life1 ii4 #bed2 the signet or name of ,god1 ib42 the hierophantic investiture1 ii4 #cfe ,taylor1 ,thomas1 his testimony concerning ,pythagoras1 i4 #bhd2 is unceremonious with the ,mosaic ,god1 i4 #bhh ,taylor1 ,robert1 his amended ,credo1 ii4 #ebb ,tcharaka1 a ,hindu physician of #e1jjj years ago1 i4 #efj ,tcherno-,bog1 or ,bogy1 the ancient deity of the ,russians1 ii4 #egb ,teaching of the soul1 the highest method of knowledge1 ii4 #eie ,tear of ,brahma1 the hottest1 becoming a sapphire1 i4 #bfe ,telegraphy1 neurological1 i4 #cbd ,telephone1 i4 #abf2 some such mode of communication possessed by the ,egyptian priests1 i4 #abg ,telescope in the light-house of ,alexandria1 i4 #ebh ,templar rite1 old ,english1 of seven degrees1 ii4 #cgg ,templarism is ,jesuitism1 ii4 #cij ,templars1 the founding of the ancient order1 ii4 #cha1 #chb2 did not believe in ,christ1 ii4 #chb2 succeeded by the ,jesuits1 ii4 #chc2 the pseudo-order invented to obviate the imputation of ,jesuitism1 ii4 #chd ,temple of the ,holy ,molecule1 i4 #dac2 had possession of ,eastern mysteries1 ii4 #chj2 of the perpetual fire1 ii4 #fcb2 at ,jerusalem1 not so ancient as was pretended1 ii4 #chi2 of ,solomon1 not esteemed by any ,hebrew prophet1 ii4 #ebe ,temples1 anciently the repositories of science1 i4 #be ,ten1 the ,pythagorean1 ii4 #aga2 virtues of initiation1 ii4 #ih ,teraphim1 ,kabeiri-gods1 i4 #egj2 identical with ,seraphim1 ib42 serpent-images1 ib42 received by ,dardanus as a dowry and carried to ,samothrace and ,troy1 ib4 ,teratology1 named by ,geoffroi ,st4 ,hilaire1 i4 #cij ,terrestrial elementary spirits1 i4 #cai2 circulation1 i4 #ejc2 immortality1 ii4 #fbj ,tertullian1 i4 #df2 on devils1 i4 #aei2 believed the soul corporeal1 i4 #cag2 desires to see all philosophers in the ,gehenna-fire1 ii4 #bej2 his intolerance1 ii4 #cbi ,tetractys1 i4 #i2 the ,one1 the ,chaos1 wisdom and reason1 ii4 #cf2 i4 #ejg ,tetragram1 i4 #ejf1 #ejg ,thales1 believed water the primordial substance1 i4 #acd1 #ahi2 said to have discovered the electric properties of amber1 i4 #bcd2 his belief concerning water and the ,divine ,mind1 ii4 #deh ,thaumaturgist1 his power of becoming invisible1 or appearing in two or more forms1 ii4 #ehh ,thaumaturgists1 use the force known as ,akasa1 i4 #aac2 declared by ,salverte to be knaves1 i4 #aae ,thebes1 or ,th-aba1 ii4 #ddh2 ancient1 i4 #ebc2 its prodigious ruins1 i4 #ebc1 #ebd2 the ,twelve ,tortures1 ii4 #cfd ,themura1 ii4 #bih ,theocletus1 ,grand ,pontiff of the ,order of the ,temple1 initiated the original ,knight ,templars1 ii4 #chb ,theology1 comparative1 and two-edged weapon1 ii4 #eca2 ,christian1 subversive rather than promotive of spirituality and good morals1 ii4 #fcd ,theologies1 ancient1 all agree1 ii4 #ci ,theon of ,smyrna1 his explanation of the five grades in the ,mysteries1 ii4 #aja ,theomania of the ,cevennois imputed to hysteria and epilepsy1 i4 #cga ,theophrastus1 legatee of ,aristotle1 i4 #cbj ,theopa1 the art of endowing figures with life1 i4 #fae1 #faf2 testimony of ,jacolliot1 i4 #faf1 #fag ,theosophists1 their confederations in ,germany1 ii4 #bj ,theosophy1 disfigured by theology1 i4 #ac ,therapeut1 a branch of the ,essenes1 ii4 #add ,therapeutists probably ,buddhists1 ii4 #dia ,thermuthis1 the name of ,pharaoh's daughter and of the sacred asp1 i4 #eef ,thespesius1 apparently dead for three days1 i4 #dhd ,thessalian sorceresses evoked shadows with blood1 ii4 #efh ,theurgic ,mystery1 ii4 #efc-ege ,theurgists1 i4 #bje-bai2 knew occult properties of magnetism and electricity1 i4 #bcd2 not 8spirit-mediums10 ii4 #aah2 persecuted by the ,christians1 ii4 #cd ,theurgy1 its phenomena produced by magnetic powers1 i4 #bc2 the devil at its head1 i4 #afa ,thevetat1 the 8,dragon0 of the ,atlantis1 i4 #eic2 his seduction of the people1 ib4 ,thing1 the one1 of the ,smaragdine ,tablet1 i4 #ejg1 #ejh2 named by ,hermetic philosophy1 i4 #ejh ,third emanation produces the universe of physical matter1 and1 finally1 8,darkness and the ,bad10 i4 #cjb2 race of men in ,hesiod1 i4 #eeh2 in ,popul-,vuh1 ib42 race of men1 the ,nephilim1 i4 #eei ,thirteen ,mexican ,serpent-,gods1 i4 #egb ,this book1 its object1 ii4 #ih1 #ii ,thomas1 ,st41 in ,malabar1 ii4 #ecd2 ,aquinas1 ii4 #bj2 ,taylor1 an expositor of ,plato's meaning1 ii4 #ajh1 #aji ,thomson1 ,sir ,william1 declares science bound to face every problem1 i4 #bbc ,thompson1 ,hon4 ,r4 ,w41 denounced by a ,catholic priest1 ii4 #cgh ,thor1 his electric hammer1 i4 #afj ,thought affects the matter of another universe1 i4 #caj ,thought-communication effected by a ,shaman with his stone1 ii4 #fbg ,thoughts guided by spiritual being1 i4 #cff2 human1 projected upon the universal ether1 i4 #cie2 ii4 #fcf ,thrtaona1 the ,persian ,michael1 contending with ,zohak1 ii4 #dhf ,three degrees of the pleroma1 i4 #cjb2 tricks exhibited1 i4 #gc2 degrees of communication with spirits1 ii4 #aae2 emanations1 i4 #cjb2 kabalistic forces1 ib42 ,gods1 or archial principles1 ,first ,cause1 ,logos1 and ,world-soul1 ii4 #cc2 ,saviours1 ii4 #ecf2 legends concerning them1 ii4 #ecg-eci2 enumeration of their followers1 ii4 #eci2 births of man1 ii4 #efh2 three hundred million ,buddhists seeking ,nirvana1 ii4 #ecc2 mothers1 i4 #beg ,three-sided prism of man's nature1 ii4 #fcd ,throwing spells by aid of the wind1 ii4 #fcb ,thrum-stone1 i4 #bca ,thummim1 i4 #ecf1 #ecg 1 thumos1 the astral soul1 i4 #dbi ,thury1 ,prof41 on levitation1 cited by de ,gasparin1 i4 #ii1 #aji2 his theory of spiritual phenomena1 i4 #aaj2 imputes them to the action of wills not human1 i4 #aab2 psychode and ectenic force1 i4 #aac ,tiara1 papal1 the coiffure of the ,assyrian gods1 ii4 #id ,tickets to ,heaven1 ii4 #bdc ,tiffereau1 ,theodore1 assertion that he had made gold1 i4 #eji ,tiger mesmerized1 i4 #dfg ,tigress1 bereft of her cubs1 mesmerized by a fakir1 ii4 #fbc ,tikkun1 the first born1 the ,heavenly ,man1 ii4 #bgf ,tillemont1 declares all illustrious pagans condemned to the eternal torments of hell1 ii4 #h ,timus1 cannot be understood except by an initiate1 ii4 #ci ,time and space no obstacles to the inner man1 ii4 #ehh ,tir-thankara1 the preceptor of ,gautama1 ii4 #cbb ,tissu1 the spiritual teacher of ,kublai-,khan1 his great holiness1 ii4 #fjh2 reforms religion1 ii4 #fji ,to 1 of ,plato1 ii4 #ch ,tobo1 liberator of the soul of ,adam1 ii4 #eag ,todas1 a strange people discovered in ,southern ,hindustan fifty years ago1 ii4 #fac2 revered and maintained by the ,badagas1 ii4 #fad2 an order and not a race1 ib4 ,tolticas1 said to be descended from the house of ,israel1 i4 #eeb ,tooth1 ,navel and less comely relics of ,jesus1 ii4 #ga ,tophet1 a place in the valley of ,gehenna1 where a fire was kept and children immolated1 ii4 #aa2 not a place of endless woe1 ii4 #ejb ,torquemeda1 ,tomas de1 his prodigious cruelty1 ii4 #ei2 burned ,hebrew ,bibles1 ii4 #dcj ,torralva and his demon ,zequiel1 ii4 #fj ,torturing people by means of ,simulacra1 ii4 #ee ,toulouse1 the ,bishop of1 his falsehoods about ,protestants and ,spiritualists of ,america1 ii4 #g ,townshend1 ,colonel1 remarkable power of suspending animation1 i4 #dhc ,traditions1 ancient1 belong to ,india1 ii4 #bei ,tragedy of ,human ,life1 its plot ever the same1 ii4 #fdj ,trance-life1 i4 #aha ,transformation of the ancient ideas1 ii4 #dia ,transmigration1 dreaded by the ,hindu1 i4 #cdf2 of the soul1 does not relate to man's condition after death1 ii4 #bhj ,transmural ,vision1 i4 #ade ,transmutation of metal1 the actual fact asserted1 i4 #ejc1 #ejd2 ,dr4 ,wilder's opinion1 i4 #eje2 salt1 sulpher1 and mercury thrice combined in azoth1 ib4 ,transubstantiation1 an arcane utterance perverted1 ii4 #efj ,travancore1 perpetual lamp1 i4 #bbe ,tree1 ,yggdrasill1 i4 #acc1 #aea2 ,zampun1 i4 #aeb2 ,aswatha1 ib42 symbol of universal life1 ib42 the pyramid1 i4 #aed2 ,gogard1 i4 #big2 serpent dwells in its branches1 i4 #bih2 the microcosmic and macrocosmic1 i4 #big2 tziti1 the third race of men1 i4 #eeh2 of knowledge1 ii4 #ahd2 or pippala1 ii4 #dab ,triad1 the ,intelligible1 i4 #bab2 from the duad1 i4 #cdh ,triads1 or trinities1 ,babylonian1 ,phnician and ,hindu1 ii4 #dh2 ,persian and ,egyptian1 ii4 #di ,tribes of ,israel1 what evidence before ,ezra1 i4 #ejh2 no tribe of ,simeon1 ib4 ,trigonocephali1 their bite kills like a flash of lighting1 ii4 #fbb ,trimurti1 i4 #ib2 their habitation1 ii4 #bcd ,trinities1 three1 in one unity1 making ten ,sephiroth or ,prajpatis1 ii4 #ci1 #dj2 ,hindu1 ,egyptian and ,christian1 ii4 #bbg ,trinity1 the first1 i4 #cda2 of ,egyptians1 i4 #afj2 three ,sephiroth or emanations1 ii4 #cf2 the doctrine revealed to ,sesostris1 ii4 #ea2 the word first found in the ,gospel of ,nicodemus1 ii4 #ebb2 listening for the answer of ,mary1 ii4 #agc2 kabalistic1 ii4 #bbb2 of workers in the cosmogony1 ii4 #dbj2 of nature the lock of magic1 ii4 #fce ,triple ,trimurti1 ii4 #ci ,trithemius1 ii4 #bj ,trizna or feast of the dead in ,moldavia1 ii4 #efi1 #egj ,trojan war a counterpart of that of the ,ramyana1 i4 #eff ,troy1 worship of the ,kabeiri brought by ,dardanus1 i4 #egj ,true ,adamic ,earth1 i4 #ea2 doctrine of ,celsus1 a copy still in existence1 ii4 #eb2 faith the embodiment of divine charity1 ii4 #fdj ,truth1 religions but vari-colored fragments of its beam1 ii4 #fci ,tschuddi1 ,dr41 his story of the train of llama1 and treasure1 i4 #edf ,tullia1 daughter of ,cicero1 lamp found burning in her tomb1 i4 #bbd ,tullus ,hostilius1 ,king of ,rome1 struck by lightning1 i4 #ebg ,tum1 devotees of1 ii4 #chg ,tunnel from ,cusco to ,lima and ,bolivia1 i4 #eig2 entrance1 ib42 dangers of its exploration1 i4 #eih ,turkey1 wars with ,russia and final conquest1 i4 #bfa ,turanian1 should have been applied to the ,assyrians1 i4 #egf2 evidently applied to the nomadic ,caucasian1 progenitor of the ,hamite or thiopian1 ib4 ,turner1 his account of an interview with a young lama or reincarnated ,buddha1 ii4 #eih ,turrets1 the reproduction of the lithos1 ii4 #e ,tutelar genius who hardened the heart of ,pharaoh1 etc41 ii4 #fci ,twelve houses1 the fable1 i4 #bfg2 tables1 a compilation1 i4 #ehh2 labors of ,hercules depicted on the chair of ,peter1 ii4 #be2 disciples sent by ,jehosaphat to preach1 ii4 #eag2 great gods1 ii4 #ddh2 minor gods1 ,dii minores1 ii4 #dea2 tortures1 ii4 #cea2 of ,theban initiation1 ii4 #cfd2 thousand years employed in creation1 i4 #cdb ,twenty-nine witch-burnings1 ii4 #fb ,two souls taught by the philosophers1 i4 #ab1 #cag2 idols of monotheistic ,christianity1 ii4 #i2 primeval principles1 i4 #cda2 principles1 the ,jews brought the doctrine from ,persia1 ii4 #ejj1 #eja2 diagrams explained1 ii4 #bff1 #bga2 8old ones10 ii4 #cej2 brothers of the ,bible1 the good and evil principles1 ii4 #dhi2 religions in each old faith1 ii4 #fjg ,two-headed serpents1 i4 #cic ,tycho-,brahe1 vision of the star1 i4 #dda1 #ddb ,tyndall confesses science powerless1 i4 #ad2 views of consciousness1 i4 #hf2 displays forms as of living plants and animals in an experimental tube1 i4 #abg2 his avoidance to investigate spiritual phenomena1 i4 #agf2 his ,belfast ,address1 i4 #cad2 his judgment of cowards1 i4 #dah2 declares spiritualism a degrading belief1 ib42 confesses that the evolution hypothesis does not solve the last mystery1 i4 #dai2 his experiments on sound1 ii4 #fjf2 his definition of science1 ii4 #fcg ,typhon once worshipped in ,egypt1 and then changed to an evil demon1 ii4 #dhg2 ,plutarch's explanation1 ii4 #dhc2 father of ,ierosolumos and ,ioudaios1 ii4 #dhd2 separated from his androgyne1 ii4 #ebd ,tyrian worship introduced into ,israel by ,ahab1 ii4 #ebe ,tyrrhenian cosmogony1 i4 #cdb ,udayna or ,pashai 7,peshawer7 the classic land of sorcery1 i4 #eii2 statement of ,hiouen-,thsang1 ib4 ,ultramontanes accused in ,france of siding with the ,mahometans1 ii4 #hb ,ulysses frightens phantoms with his sword1 i4 #cfb ,umbilical cord ruptured and healed1 i4 #chf ,umbilicus1 represented by the ark1 ii4 #ddd ,umbra1 or shade1 i4 #cg ,unavoidable cycle1 ,mysteries1 i4 #eec ,unconscious cerebration1 i4 #ee1 #bcb2 ventriloquism1 i4 #aja ,urdar1 the fountain of life1 i4 #aea1 #afb ,underworld1 i4 #cg ,undines1 i4 #fg ,union to the ,deity1 ii4 #eia ,unity of three trinities1 ii4 #ci2 the ,sephiroth or prajapatis1 ib4 ,universal soul1 or mind1 i4 #ef2 the doctrine underlying all philosophies1 ,buddhism1 ,brahmanism1 and ,christianity1 i4 #bhi2 relation to the reasoning and the animal soul1 i4 #caf2 solvent1 i4 #ej1 #acg1 #ahi ,universals to particulars1 i4 #bhh ,universe1 or ,kosmos1 the body of the invisible sun1 i4 #cjb2 doubt1 i4 #cbd2 how came it1 i4 #cda2 the concrete image of the ideal abstraction1 i4 #cdb2 existed from eternity1 ib42 passes through four ages1 ii4 #dba2 a musical instrument1 i4 #ead ,unknown presence1 when witnessed1 ii4 #afd2 the future self of man1 ii4 #afe ,unregulated mediums punished1 i4 #dhi ,unrevealed ,god1 i4 #afj ,unseen ,universe1 or all things there recorded1 ii4 #ehh2 spiritual universe1 its existence demonstrated1 ii4 #ae ,untrained mediumship illustrated by ,socrates and his daimonion1 ii4 #aag ,untenable dogmas of science1 i4 #eja ,upasakes and ,upasakis1 ,buddhistic semi-monastics1 ii4 #fjh ,uper-,ouranoi1 i4 #cab ,vach1 or sacred speech1 ii4 #dji ,vaivaswata1 the ,hindu ,noah1 ii4 #dbe ,valachian lady1 her simulacrum brought to the author in her tent in ,mongolia1 ii4 #fbg1 #fbh ,vampirism1 a terrible case in ,russia1 i4 #ded ,vampire-governor1 and his widow1 i4 #ded1 #dee ,vampires1 i4 #cai2 shedim1 etc41 i4 #ddi2 magnetic1 i4 #dfb2 ghouls and1 wandering about1 ii4 #efd ,van ,helmont1 i4 #ej1 #eg2 on magnetism and will1 i4 #agj2 on transmutation of earth into water1 i4 #aij2 testimony of ,deleuze1 i4 #aid2 a ,pythagorean1 i4 #bje2 theory of man1 i4 #bac2 remarkable account of a child born headless immediately after an execution1 i4 #chf2 on the power of woman's imagination1 i4 #cii2 testimony of ,dr4 ,fournier1 i4 #djj2 ridiculed for his directions for production of animals1 i4 #dad ,vari-colored fragments of the beam of ,divine ,truth1 ii4 #fci ,vasitva1 power of mesmerizing1 also of restraining the passions1 i4 #cic ,vasaki1 the great dragon1 ii4 #dij ,vast inland sea of middle ,asia1 and its island1 i4 #ehi ,vatican1 black magic practised there1 ii4 #f2 secret libraries1 ii4 #af1 #ai2 clergy1 how an access1 ii4 #ah ,vatou1 or candidate1 for initiation1 ii4 #ih2 sensitive to spiritual influences1 ii4 #aah ,vaughan1 ,thomas1 anecdote of his attempted sale of gold1 i4 #ejd ,vedas1 antedate the ,bible1 i4 #ia2 contain no such immodesty as the ,bible1 ii4 #hj2 older than the flood1 ii4 #dbg ,vedic words1 the controversies of ,sanscrit scholars1 ii4 #dg2 peoples not all ,aryans1 ii4 #dac ,vedic ,pitris1 their worship fast becoming the worship of the spiritual portion of mankind1 ii4 #fci ,vegetation1 influence of the moon1 i4 #bgc2 influenced by musical tones1 i4 #ead ,vehicle of life1 ii4 #dah ,venerable 8,mah10 ii4 #chh ,ventriloquists or pythi1 i4 #cee ,ventura de ,raulica1 his letter asserting the existence of ,satan as a fundamental dogma of the ,church1 ii4 #ad ,vesica ,piscis1 a ,zodiacal sign1 ii4 #bee ,vicarious atonement1 a ridiculous idea1 i4 #caf ,vicarious atonement1 ii4 #edb2 obliterates no wrong1 ii4 #ede2 not known by ,peter1 ii4 #edf ,vigil-night of ,siva1 i4 #ddf ,vincent1 ,frank1 his description of the ruins of ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #efb1 #efe ,vine1 the symbol of blood and life1 ii4 #bdd2 ,jesus1 ii4 #efa2 his 8,father0 not ,god1 but the hierophant1 ib4 ,viracocha1 the ,peruvian deity1 ii4 #bei ,viradji1 the ,son of ,god1 his origin1 ii4 #aaa ,virgin1 celestial1 milk of1 i4 #fd2 of the sea1 crushes the dragon under her feet1 ii4 #ddf2 of the ,zodiac1 rises above the horizon1 ,dec4 #beth1 ii4 #dij2 ,blessed1 thrashing a demoniac1 ii4 #gf2 ,mary1 declaring all pagans condemned to eternal torments1 over her own signature1 ii4 #h2 succeeded to the titles1 symbols and rites of ,isis1 ii4 #ie2 on the crescent moon1 like pagan goddesses1 ii4 #if2 queen of heaven1 ii4 ib42 mother without a husband1 positivist1 i4 #ha2 of the ,avatar1 ,son-,ka-po1 ii4 #ehi ,virgin-mothers1 ,hindu1 ,egyptian1 and ,catholic1 their epithets1 ii4 #bji ,vishnu1 takes the form of a fish1 ii4 #beg2 same as ,oannes1 ib42 the ,adam ,kadmon of the kabalists1 ii4 #bei2 his ten avatars1 ii4 #bgd2 symbolize evolution1 ii4 #bge2 the expression of the whole universe1 ii4 #bgg ,vishnu-flower1 ii4 #dfg ,visible universe from ,brahma-,prajapati1 i4 #cdh ,visions witnessed by initiates1 ii4 #aac2 produced by sorcery1 ii4 #fcc ,visit to the ,ladakh in ,thibet1 ii4 #eih ,visiting and leaving the body at home1 ii4 #fjd1 #fje ,vistaspa1 a king of ,bactriana1 ii4 #ada ,visvamitra1 his escape in the ark1 ii4 #beg2 ,egypt colonized in his reign1 i4 #fbg ,vital force1 speculations of men of science1 i4 #dff ,viti1 ,sancti1 ,chora1 or ,st4 ,vitus' ,dance1 ii4 #fbe ,voices of spirits and goblins heard in the desert1 i4 #fjd ,volatile salts obnoxious to devils1 i4 #cef ,volney1 mistook ancient worship1 i4 #bd2 his doctrine of ,god1 i4 #bfh ,voltaire1 on the being of ,god1 i4 #bfh ,voluntary withdrawal of the spirit from the body1 ii4 #ehh ,votan1 his admission to the snake's hole as a son of the snakes1 i4 #eec2 supposed by de ,bourbourg to be descended from ,ham and ,canaan1 i4 #eed2 the hero of the ,mexicans1 i4 #ede2 probably identical with ,quetzel-coatl1 ib42 intercourse with ,king ,solomon1 ib42 the navigating serpent1 ib4 ,voodo orgy in ,cuba1 ii4 #egc ,vourdalak or vampires of ,servia1 i4 #dea1 ii4 #cfh ,vowels1 the seven1 chanted as a hymn to ,serapis1 i4 #ead ,vridda ,manava1 or laws of ,manu1 i4 #ehe ,vril1 ,bulwer-,lytton's designation of the one primal force1 i4 #fd1 #abe ,vril-ya1 the coming race1 i4 #bif ,vulcan1 ,phta1 or ,hephaistos1 represented at ,nakyon-,wat1 i4 #efe1 #eff ,vulgar magic in ,india1 ii4 #bj ,vyasa1 a positivist1 i4 #fba2 denied a ,first ,cause1 ii4 #bfa ,vyse1 ,col41 found a piece of iron in the pyramid of ,cheops1 i4 #edb ,wagner1 ,prof4 ,nicholas1 on heat and psychical force1 i4 #dig2 on mediumistic phenomena1 i4 #dii ,walking above the ground1 i4 #dgb2 the faculty sought by devotees1 and attained by a ,king of ,siam1 ii4 #fah ,wallace1 ,a4 ,r41 on cycles1 i4 #aee2 belief in spiritualism and mesmerism1 i4 #agg2 theory of human development1 i4 #bid ,war of ,michael and the dragon1 an old myth1 ii4 #dhf ,warrior1 slain and resuscitated1 but without a soul1 ii4 #efd ,war-chariots1 ancient1 lighter than modern artillery-wagons1 i4 #ecj2 had metallic springs1 ib4 ,water1 of ,phtha1 i4 #fd2 the first principle of things1 i4 #acc2 an universal solvent1 i4 #acc1 #ahi2 of mercury1 the soul or psychical substance1 i4 #cji2 the first-created element1 ii4 #deh ,waters turned to blood1 i4 #dac1 #dae ,washing of images1 ii4 #ach ,wave-theory of light not accepted by ,prof4 ,cooke1 i4 #acg ,weapons1 dmons afraid of1 i4 #cfb ,weekman1 reputed the first investigator of spirit-phenomena in ,america1 i4 #aje ,weeks of seven days used in the ,east1 ii4 #dah ,weird cries of the ,gobi1 i4 #fjd ,weninger1 ,father ,f4 ,x41 a ,jesuit priest1 his denunciation of ,secretary ,thompson1 ii4 #cgh1 #cgi ,wesermann1 power to influence the dreams of others1 and to appear double1 i4 #dgg ,white-skinned people not often able to acquire magical powers1 ii4 #fce ,white stone of initiation1 ii4 #cea ,whitney1 ,prof4 ,w4 ,d41 his criticism of ,max ,mller1 ii4 #dg2 denunciation of ,jacolliot1 ib42 his translation of a ,vedic hymn1 ii4 #ecd ,widow-burning1 or suttee1 practised #b1ejj years1 but not when the ,code of ,manu was compiled1 i4 #ehh2 sustained by the ,brahmans from a forged verse of the ,rig-,veda1 i4 #ehi ,widows burned without pain by the ,brahmans1 i4 #edj ,wild beasts will not attack ,buddhistic nuns1 ii4 #fji ,wilder1 ,a41 on possibility of transmutation1 i4 #eje2 suggestion of another classification of the ,assyrians and ,mongols1 i4 #ege2 notes in regard to ,america1 the ,atlantic continent1 ,lemuria1 and the deserts of ,africa and ,asia1 i4 #eib2 on skeptics1 and respect for earnest convictions1 i4 #dcg2 on ,paul and ,plato1 ii4 #ij2 on the designation ,peter and the pretension of the ,pope to be his successor1 ii4 #ib2 opinion of ,zeruana1 ,turan1 and ,zohak1 ii4 #adb2 description of ,paul1 ii4 #egd-f ,wilkinson1 ,sir ,gardner1 his testimony in regard to ancient ,egyptian civilization1 i4 #ebf2 ,j4 ,j4 ,g41 declares truth temperamental1 i4 #bcd ,will1 i4 #ef-fa2 its potency in a state of ecstasy1 i4 #agj2 produces force1 i4 #bhe2 an emanation of deity1 ib42 power of1 ii4 #ba2 enables one to wound or injure another1 i4 #cfj1 #cfa2 generates force1 and force generates matter1 ii4 #cbj ,will-force of the ,yogis1 ii4 #efe ,will-power1 killing birds by it1 i4 #chj2 photographing by1 i4 #dfc2 the most powerful of magnets1 i4 #dgb2 its exercise the highest form of prayer1 ii4 #eib ,wine first sacred in the ,bacchic ,mysteries1 ii4 #ead ,winged men of the ,phdrus1 i4 #b ,wirdig taught that nature is ensouled1 i4 #bjg ,wisdom1 the arcane doctrine of the ancients1 i4 #bje1 #dcf2 or the principle1 ii4 #ce2 the chief1 ii4 #cf2 first emanation of the ,en-,soph1 ii4 #cg2 origin1 ii4 #bah2 the ethnic parent of every religion1 ii4 #fci1 #fdj ,wisdom-doctrine underlay every ancient religion1 ii4 #ii ,wisdom-religion1 to be found in the pre-,vedic religion of ,india1 ii4 #ci2 its articles of faith1 ii4 #aaf2 explained in ,code of ,manu1 ib42 the parent cult1 ii4 #baf ,wise women1 ii4 #ebe ,witch1 a knowing woman1 i4 #ced2 or kangalin1 lawful for a ,hindu to kill her1 ii4 #fab ,witch-burnings in ,germany1 ii4 #fa2 twenty-nine1 ii4 #fb1 #fc ,witchcraft1 execution in ,salem1 and other ,american provinces1 ii4 #ah2 laws in force in ,south ,carolina in #ahfe1 ib42 an offence among the ancients1 ii4 #ih2 those guilty of it not initiates1 ii4 #aag1 #aah ,witches1 pretended1 dozens of thousands burned1 i4 #cec2 of the middle ages1 the votaries of the former religion1 ii4 #ejb ,witches' ,sabbath1 the orgies of ,bacchus1 ii4 #ebh ,withdrawal of the inner from the outer man1 ii4 #ehc ,withdrawing of the inner from the outer1 i4 #dgf ,wittoba1 the crucified image of ,christna anterior to ,christianity1 ii4 #eeg ,wizard1 a wise man1 i4 #ced ,wolf1 converted by ,st4 ,francis1 ii4 #gg ,wolsey1 ,cardinal1 accused of sorcery1 ii4 #eg ,woman1 of the future1 i4 #gg2 fecundated artificially1 i4 #gg1 #ha2 must cease to be the female of the men1 i4 #gh2 ridding her of every maternal function1 ib42 applying a latent force1 ib42 offered to the encubi1 ib42 impossible1 i4 #ha2 evolved out of men1 i4 #big2 highly impressible when pregnant1 i4 #cid2 exudes akasa as an odic emanation1 i4 #cie2 how this is projected into the astral light or ether1 and repercussing1 impresses itself upon the ftus1 ib42 evolved out of the lusts of matter1 i4 #dcc2 clothed with the sun1 the goddess ,isis1 ii4 #dhi ,women1 magnetically influenced by the moon1 i4 #bfd ,women-colleges1 to superintend worship1 ii4 #ebd1 #ebe ,wong-,ching-,fu1 his explanation of ,nepang or ,nirvana1 ii4 #cai1 #cbj ,wonder-working fakirs seldom to be seen1 ii4 #fab1 #fac ,word1 magical1 i4 #dde2 ineffable1 and performance of miracles1 ii4 #cgj2 lost by the ,christians1 ib42 where to be sought1 ii4 #cga1 ii4 #dah2 8long lost but now found10 ii4 #cic ,world1 how called into existence1 i4 #cda2 how all will go well with it1 ii4 #abb2 soul of1 i4 #abi1 #bjh1 #bae1 #cdb2 religions1 startled by utterances of scientists1 i4 #bdh1 #bdi ,world-religions1 conflict between1 i4 #cjg2 identical at their starting-point1 ii4 #bae2 the devil their founder1 ii4 #dgi ,world-mountains1 allegorical expressions of cosmogony1 i4 #aeg ,world-soul1 the source of all souls1 and ether1 i4 #caf ,world-tree of knowledge1 i4 #egd ,worlds1 an incalculable number before the present one1 ii4 #dbd ,worship of the sun and serpent by ,phnicians and ,mosaic ,israelites1 i4 #eee2 of words1 denounced1 ii4 #efj2 of the spiritual portion of mankind1 ii4 #fci ,wounds1 mortal1 self-inflicted and healed1 i4 #bbd ,wreaths of green leaves for oracles1 ii4 #fab ,wren1 ,sir ,christopher1 simply the ,master of the ,london operative masons1 ii4 #cij ,wright1 ,thomas1 on sorcery and magic1 i4 #cef ,writings under the ban1 ii4 #h ,x1 decussation of the perfect circle1 ii4 #dfi ,x41 ,dr4 extraordinary scenes at a seance1 i4 #fjh-faa ,xenophanes1 his satire on the representations of ,god1 ii4 #bdb ,ximenes1 cardinal1 burned #hj1jjj ,arabic manuscripts1 i4 #eaa ,xisuthrus or ,hasisadra1 sailed with the ark to ,armenia1 ii4 #bag2 translated to the gods1 ii4 #dbd2 ,oannes and ,vishnu in the first avatar1 ii4 #deg ,yaho1 an old ,shemitic mystic name of the ,supreme ,being1 ii4 #big ,yadus migrating from ,india to ,egypt1 i4 #ddd ,yang-kie and ,mahu1 dwellers in both worlds1 i4 #fja1 #fjb ,yakuts and their worship1 ii4 #efh ,yarker1 ,john jr41 account of the dervishes1 ii4 #caf2 his testimony in regard to ,free-masonry1 ii4 #cgf ,year of blood1 #ahgf1 i4 #dci ,yezidis1 or devil-worshippers genuine sorcerers1 ii4 #ega2 their worship1 ii4 #egb ,yggdrasill1 i4 #acc2 universe springing up beneath its branches1 i4 #aea ,ymir1 the ,norse giant1 i4 #adg2 generates a race of depraved men1 i4 #adh2 is slain by the sons of ,bur1 i4 #aej ,yogas or cycles1 i4 #bic ,yogis of ,india1 ii4 #cdf2 their extraordinary powers1 ii4 #efe2 regarded as demi-gods1 ii4 #fab2 a peculiar medicine used by them composed of sulphur and juice of a plant1 ii4 #fba2 their longevity1 ii4 #fbj2 their medicinal preparation of sulphur and quicksilver1 ii4 #fbj ,yrmungand1 the midgard or earth-serpent1 i4 #aea ,yourodevoy1 i4 #bh ,youth1 the means of regaining1 ii4 #fah ,yowahous1 ii4 #cac ,yugas1 i4 #ca ,yule1 ,colonel1 on movable type1 i4 #eae2 on spiritualism in ,tartary1 i4 #fjj2 testimony in regard to spiritual flowers drawn by a medium in ,bond street1 ,london1 i4 #fja ,zacharias1 saw an apparition in the temple1 ass-formed1 ii4 #ebc ,zadokites1 or ,sadducees1 made a priest-caste by ,david1 ii4 #big ,zampun1 the ,thibetan tree of life1 i4 #aeb ,zamzummim1 the ,cyclopeans1 i4 #efg ,zarathustra-,spitoma1 his untold antiquity1 i4 #ab ,zarevna ,militrissa and the serpent1 i4 #eej ,zeller1 criticism of the ,fathers in regard to ,plato1 i4 #bhh ,zequiel1 a demon presented to ,torralva1 ii4 #fj ,zeno taught two eternal qualities in nature1 i4 #ab ,zeru-,ishtar1 a ,chaldean or ,magian high-priest1 ii4 #abi ,zeruan1 ,saturn or ,abraham1 the legend of the ,titans1 ii4 #bag ,zeus1 the ther1 i4 #ahg1 #ahh ,zeus-,dionysus1 i4 #bfb ,zmeij ,gorenetch1 the dragon1 i4 #eej ,znachar1 the ,russian sorcerer1 ii4 #ega ,zodiac1 its symbolism1 ii4 #def2 its origin1 #af1ihd years ago1 ib4 ,zohak and ,gemshid1 their struggle that of the ,persians and ,assyrians1 i4 #egf2 and ,feridun1 the legend explained1 ii4 #dhf2 or ,azhi-,dahaka1 the serpent of the ,avesta1 ii4 #dhf2 a personification of ,assyria1 ib4 ,zonarus traces knowledge from ,chaldea to ,egypt1 thence to the ,greeks1 i4 #edc ,zomagnetism1 or animal magnetism1 i4 #bjf2 can magnetize minerals1 ib4 ,zoroaster1 ,zarathustra1 ,zuruastara1 ,zuryaster1 a spiritual teacher1 ii4 #ada2 a reformer of ,chaldean ,magic1 i4 #aia2 when he lived1 ii4 #ada2 ,baron ,bunsen's opinion1 ii4 #dcb ,zoroastrian religion1 its affinity with ,judaism and ,christianity1 ii4 #dhf ,zoroastrianism1 no schism1 ii4 #adb ,zoroastrians1 migrated from ,india1 ii4 #adc ,zoro-,babel or prince of ,babylon1 ii4 #dda ,zuinglius1 the first reformer1 his cosmopolitan doctrine of the ,holy ,ghost1 i4 #acb #gjf ,,broadway1 ,new ,york1 ,march1 #ahgh4 ,j4 ,w4 ,bouton's ,catalogue ,,of ,,new ,,and ,,recent ,,publications1 ,importations and ,remainders1 ,,comprising ,,important ,,and ,,valuable ,,works ,,in ,,the ,,following ,,departments ,,of ,,literature3 ,art1 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,unger1 ,frans ,hals1 #cb ,works1 #cb ,veuillot4 ,jsus-,christ1 #ag ,violin and its ,makers1 ,hart1 #ah ,walford's ,county ,families1 #cj ,westminster ,drolleries1 #bb ,westropp1 ,handbook of ,archology1 #be ,wheeler's ,history of ,india1 #ac ,willshire on ,prints1 #ca ,wilson's ,dram4 ,works1 #ah ,ornithology1 #h ,wright's ,womankind1 #bf ,yarker1 ,scientific and ,religious ,mysteries1 #bg ,isis ,unveiled2 ,a ,,master ,,key ,,to ,,the ,,mysteries ,,of ,,ancient ,,and ,,modern ,,science ,,and ,,theology4 ,,by ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky1 ,corresponding ,secretary of the ,theosophical ,society4 #b vols4 ,royal #hvo1 about #a1ejj pages1 cloth1 #g4ej4 ,the recent revival of interest in ,philology and ,archology1 resulting from the labors of ,,bunsen1 ,,layard1 ,,higgins1 ,m,,ller1 ,,dr4 ,,schliemann1 and others1 has created a great demand for works upon ,eastern topics4 ,to the scholar and the specialist1 to the philologist and the archologist1 this work will be a most valuable acquisition1 aiding them in their labors and giving to them the only clue to the labyrinth of confusion in which they are involved4 ,to the general reader it will be especially attractive because of its fascinating style and pleasing arrangement1 presenting a constant variety of racy anecdote1 pithy thought1 sound scholarship1 and vivid description4 ,mme4 ,,blavatsky possesses the happy gift of versatility in an eminent degree1 and her style is varied to suit her theme with a graceful ease refreshing to the reader1 who is led without weariness from page to page4 ,the author has accomplished her task with ability1 and has conferred upon all a precious boon1 whose benefit the scientist as well as the religionist1 the specialist as well as the general reader1 will not be slow to recognize4 ,bible of ,humanity2 ,by ,,jules ,,michelet1 author of 8,the ,history of ,france10 8,priests1 ,women1 and ,families10 8,l',amour10 etc4 ,translated from the ,french by ,v4 ,,calfa4 #a vol4 #hvo1 cloth1 #c4jj4 8,his ,bible of ,humanity is a large epic in prose4 ,the artist-historian1 in the manner of inspired men and prophets1 sings the evolution of mankind4 ,there is no doubt that he throws brilliant glimpses of light on the long course of events and works which he unfolds2 but at the same time he carries away the reader with such rapid flight of imagination as almost to make him giddy40--,larousse's ,universal ,dictionary4 ,,new ,,edition ,,of ,,higgins' ,,great ,,work4 ,the ,anacalypsis2 ,an attempt to draw aside the ,veil of the ,satic ,isis2 or1 an ,inquiry into the ,origin of ,languages1 ,nations1 and ,religions4 ,by ,,godfrey ,,higgins1 ,esq4 ,vol4 ,i41 #hvo1 cloth1 #d4ej4 ,to be completed in four volumes4 ,the extreme rarity1 and consequent high price of the 8,anacalypsis0 has hitherto placed it beyond the reach of many scholars and students4 ,the new edition is issued in a much more convenient form1 and sold at less than one-sixth of the price of the original4 ,the powerful though rather dogmatic logic1 and the profound learning of the author1 give the work a singular importance2 and in a thinking age1 when many things formerly considered truths are passing away into the shadows of tradition1 the student of comparative mythology and the origin of religion and languages will look upon ,higgins' ,anacalypsis as his guide and luminary through the darkness of dawning science4 ,serpent and ,siva ,worship ,and ,mythology in ,central ,america1 ,africa1 and ,asia2 and ,the ,origin of ,serpent ,worship4 ,two ,treatises4 ,by ,,hyde ,,clarke and ,c4 ,,staniland ,,wake1 ,m4,a4,i4 ,edited by ,alexander ,wilder1 ,m4,d4 #hvo1 paper cover1 #ej cents4 8,serpent lore is the literature of the earliest times1 and every discovery in ethnical science is adding to our knowledge of this feature of the race4 ,these two eminent anthropologists suggest some very interesting speculations1 which seem confirmed by modern research1 and will be examined with avidity by scholars40 ,,splendid ,,new ,,volume ,,of ,,etchings4 ,examples of ,contemporary ,art4 ,etchings from ,representative ,works of ,living ,english and ,foreign ,artists1 viz43--,,fortuny1 ,,jules ,,breton1 ,,bernier1 ,e4 ,,burne ,,jones1 ,f4 ,,leighton1 ,,gonzalez1 ,,macbeth1 ,g4 ,f4 ,,watts1 ,,orchardson1 ,,van ,,marcke1 ,,paczka1 ,,chaplin1 etc41 etc4 ,executed by ,,waltner1 ,,martial1 ,,champollion1 ,,lalauze1 ,h,,douin1 ,,chauvel1 ,,greux1 etc4 ,one large folio volume1 vellum cloth1 gilt1 #ab4jj4 8,apart from its value as a graphic account of the two great foreign ,exhibitions of ,art1 this elegant volume deserves special attention from the value of its text1 furnishing as it does a general record of the artistic achievements of the past year4 ,they are1 in fact1 careful reviews of the representative ,exhibitions from which subjects of the illustrations have been chosen1 and their purpose is to supply1 within moderate limits1 a coherent account of the recent progress of the ,arts in ,england and ,france40 ,,interesting ,,new ,,work ,,on ,,blake4 ,william ,blake4 ,etchings from his ,works1 embracing many of the rarest subjects executed by that unique ,artist4 ,by ,w4 ,,bell ,,scott4 ,proofs on ,india paper4 ,folio1 half cloth1 #h4jj4 8,such is the plan and moral part of the author's invention2 the technical part and the execution of the artist1 though to be examined by other principles and addressed to a narrower circle1 equally claim approbation1 sometimes excite our wonder1 and not seldom our fears1 when we see him play on the very verge of legitimate invention2 but wildness so picturesque in itself1 so often redeemed by taste1 simplicity1 and elegance1 what child of fancy--what artist--would wish to discharge8 ,the groups and single figures on their own basis1 abstracted from the general composition and considered without attention to the plan1 frequently exhibit those genuine and unaffected attitudes--those simple graces--which nature and the heart alone can dictate1 and only an eye inspired by both discover4 ,every class of artists1 in every stage of their progress or attainments1 from the student to the finished master1 and from the contriver of ornament to the painter of history1 will find here materials of art and hints of improvement40--,cromek4 ,,new ,,volume ,,by ,,paul ,,lacroix4 ,,xviii ,sicle4 ,lettres1 ,sciences et ,arts4 ,france 7#agjj-agih74 ,illustrated with #ae chromo-lithographs and #bej wood-engravings1 after ,,watteau1 ,,vanloo1 ,,boucher1 ,,vernet1 ,,eisen1 ,,gravelot1 ,,moreau1 ,,st4 ,,aubin1 ,,cochin1 etc4 ,one ,volume imperial #hvo4 ,tastefully bound1 gilt edges1 #ac4ej4 ,full polished ,levant morocco1 gilt edges1 #bb4ej4 ,the ,school of ,shakspere4 ,including 8,the ,life and ,death of ,captain ,thomas ,stukeley10 with a ,new ,life of ,stukeley from ,unpublished ,sources2 8,nobody and ,somebody20 8,histriomastix20 8,the ,prodigal ,son20 8,jack ,drum's ,entertainment20 8,a ,warning for ,fair ,women10 with ,reprints of the ,accounts of the ,murder2 and 8,faire ,em40 ,edited1 with ,introduction and ,notes1 and an ,account of ,robert ,green and his ,quarrels with ,shakspere1 by ,,richard ,,simpson4 ,with an ,introduction by ,f4 ,j4 ,,furnivall4 #b vols4 #hvo1 cloth4 #f4jj4 ,schnorr's ,bible ,illustrations3 ,la ,sainte ,bible1 ,ancien et ,nouveau ,testament rcit et commentaires1 par ,m4 l',abb ,salmon du diocse de ,paris4 ,handsomely printed and illustrated1 with #bdj beautiful engravings on wood from the celebrated designs of ,schnorr of ,carolsfeld4 ,a handsome volume1 #dto1 paper1 uncut1 #f4jj2 or1 full turkey morocco1 extra1 gilt leaves1 #ab4jj4 ,musical ,instruments1 ,sound1 c4 ,les ,harmonies du ,son et les ,instruments de ,musique1 par ,i4 ,rambosson4 ,most profusely illustrated with upwards of #bjj beautiful engravings on wood1 and five chromo-lithographic plates4 #a large vol4 #hvo1 pp4 #ehb1 paper uncut1 #d4jj2 or half red morocco1 extra1 gilt edges1 #f4jj4 ,an entirely new work1 in which the subject is treated in a most exhaustive manner4 ,the book is divided into four general heads1 the first devoted to the ,history of ,music1 and its influence on ,physique and ,morals1 the ,influence of ,music on ,intelligence1 on the ,sentiments1 ,locomotion1 etc4 ,the second1 ,acoustics1 or production and propagation of sound1 including the most recent discoveries in this branch4 ,the third1 on the ,history of ,musical ,instruments4 ,the fourth1 on the ,voice1 etc4 ,the ,apophthegms of ,erasmus4 ,translated into ,english by ,nicholas ,udall4 ,literally reprinted from the scarce ,edition of #aefd4 ,beautifully printed on heavy laid paper1 front4 #hvo1 new cloth1 uncut4 ,only #bej copies1 each of which is numbered and attested by autograph signature of the editor4 #g4ej4 8,this is a pleasant gossipy book1 full of wise saws1 if not of modern instances4 ,it may be considered one of the earliest ,english jest books4 ,the wit in it is not as startling as fireworks1 but there is a good deal of grave1 pleasant humor1 and many of those touches of nature which make the whole world kin4 ,when ,nicholas ,udall undertook to translate this work he was the right man in the right place4 ,probably no old ,english book so abounds with colloquialisms and idiomatic expressions4 ,it is very valuable on that account4 ,this reprint has been made from the second edition1 that of #aefb4 ,the reprint is literal2 the only difference being that1 to make it easier for the general reader1 the contractions have been filled in1 and the ,greek quotations1 which were exceedingly incorrect1 have been1 in most cases1 put right40 ,,caxton ,,commemoration ,,volume4 ,the ,dictes and ,sayings of the ,philosophers4 ,the ,first ,book printed by ,caxton in ,england 7printed at the ,almonry at ,westminster in the year #adgg74 #a vol41 small folio4 ,printed in exact facsimile of the editio princeps1 on paper manufactured expressly for the work1 and having all the peculiarities of the original4 #a vol41 small folio4 #aj4jj4 ,the printing of this unique work has been executed by a photographic process which reproduces infallibly all the characteristics of the original work1 and the binding is a careful reproduction of that of ,caxton's day4 ,this memorial volume is rendered still more interesting1 and to the connoisseur more valuable1 by an ,introduction by ,william ,blades1 ,esq41 author of the ,life and ,typography of ,william ,caxton1 giving a short1 historical account of the book1 the circumstances that led to its publication1 and its position among the works printed by ,caxton4 ,it is believed that the publication of this work will1 apart from its value to collectors1 be generally acceptable as representing the first work issued from the press in ,england1 and as illustrating the state of the art of printing in its infancy4 ,to form ,six ,volumes1 demy #hvo 7,vols4 ,i4-,,iii4 ,poetry2 ,,iv4-,,vi4 ,prose ,works74 ,complete ,works of ,robert ,burns4 ,edited by ,w4 ,,scott ,,douglas1 with ,explanatory ,notes1 ,various ,readings and ,glossary4 ,containing #cbg ,poems and ,songs1 arranged chronologically1 #ae of which have not hitherto appeared in a complete form2 ,nasmyth's ,two ,portraits of ,burns1 newly engraved on steel2 ,the ,birthplace of ,burns and ,tam o' ,shanter1 after ,sam ,bough1 by ,w4 ,forrest2 and the ,scottish ,muse1 by ,clark ,stanton2 ,four ,facsimiles of ,original ,,mss42 a ,colored ,map1 ,wood ,engravings1 ,music1 c4 ,now ,ready1 ,volumes ,i41 ,,ii41 and ,,iii41 #hvo1 cloth1 price #e4jj each4 ,also on ,large ,paper1 ,india ,proof ,plates1 royal #hvo1 cloth1 #aj4jj per volume4 ,,the ,,third ,,volume contains hitherto unpublished ,poems1 drawings of ,ellisland and ,lincluden by ,,sam ,,bough1 engraved on steel by ,forrest1 facsimiles1 c4 ,,opinions ,,of ,,the ,,press4 8,we heartily congratulate the admirers of ,burns1 and of poetry1 in the prospect of having in their hands 444 such a labor of love and of knowledge40--,w4 ,m4 ,rossetti in ,the ,academy4 8,promises to outshine all former editions in completeness1 accuracy1 and interest40--,aberdeen ,journal4 8,the edition will be unquestionably the best which has yet appeared40--,birmingham ,gazette4 8,will doubtless supersede all others as library edition of ,burns40--,daily ,review4 8,really an #8exhaustive effort' to collect the whole of the poems40--,edinburgh ,courant4 8,may challenge comparison with any previous product of the ,scottish press40--,inverness ,courier4 8,a gratifying addition to general literature4 ,is of the highest order of merit40--,london ,scottish ,journal4 8,a fine library edition of ,scotland's greatest poet40--,pall ,mall ,gazette4 ,the ,plays and ,poems of ,cyril ,tourneur4 ,edited1 with ,critical ,introduction and ,notes1 by ,,john ,,churton ,,collins4 #b vols4 #hvo1 cloth4 #f4jj4 ,large paper 7only #ej printed74 #ab4jj4 8,so much of the dramatic fire and vigor which form the special characteristics of the ,elizabethan dramatists is discernable in ,cyril ,tourneur1 that it is satisfactory to see his works collected4444 ,if on the one hand he may claim to have enriched the drama with characters that may compare with the best in ,chapman or ,marston1 he has also in realism gone beyond ,webster4444 ,mr4 ,collins has discharged completely his editorial duties1 and his notes display a considerable amount of reading40--,,athen,,um4 ,,offered ,,at ,a ,,great ,,reduction ,,in ,,price4 ,an ,analysis of ,religious ,belief4 ,by ,,viscount ,,amberley4 8,ye shall know the truth1 and the truth shall make you free40 #b large1 handsomely printed vols4 demy #hvo1 new cloth1 uncut4 #h4jj 7usual price #ae4jj74 8,let them 7the readers7 remember that while he assails much which they reckon unassailable1 he does so in what to him is the cause of goodness1 nobleness1 love1 truth1 and of the mental progress of mankind40--,extract front ,lady ,russell's ,preface4 8,he has bequeathed to the world a collection of interesting facts for others to make use of4 ,it is a museum of antiquities1 relics1 and curiosities4 ,all of the religions of the world are here jostling one another in picturesque confusion1 like the figures in a masquerade40--,times4 8,this work has more than one claim on the reader's attention4 ,its intrinsic interest is considerable40--,spectator4 8,no one will fail during its perusal to be deeply interested1 and1 what is more1 powerfully stimulated to independent thought40--,examiner4 ,polychromatic ,ornament4 #ajj ,,plates ,,in ,,gold1 ,,silver1 ,,and ,,colors1 comprising upwards of #b1jjj specimens of the styles of ,ancient1 ,oriental1 and ,medival ,art1 and including the ,renaissance1 and ,x,v,i,ith and ,x,v,i,i,ith centuries1 selected and arranged for practical use by ,a4 ,racinet1 with ,explanatory ,text1 and a general introduction4 ,folio1 cloth1 gilt edges4 #dj4jj4 ,monsieur ,racinet is well known1 both in ,france and in this country1 as the author of the principal designs in those magnificent works1 8,le ,moyen ,age et la ,renaissance0 and 8,les ,arts ,somptuaires40 ,he is therefore peculiarly well fitted to grapple with the difficulties of so intricate a subject1 and it will be found that he has discharged his task in a manner to deserve general approval and admiration4 ,his happy choice of subjects1 all of them taken from originals1 his ingenious grouping of them in harmonious forms1 his wonderful accuracy in drawing1 and his perfect fidelity of color are only equalled by the profound knowledge which has enabled him to combine so vast a collection in historical order1 and yet in a classical form4 ,keramic ,art of ,japan4 ,,la ,c,,ramique ,,japonaise4 ,,french ,,edition1 traduit par ,m4 ,p4 ,louiby4 ,containing ,sixty-three ,plates 7,thirty-five of which are in ,gold and ,colors71 and nearly #bjj pages of ,text1 with numerous ,wood ,engravings printed in ,colors2 the whole being produced from original ,japanese works of the greatest beauty1 and representing the entire range of ,japanese ,keramic ,art1 ,ancient and ,modern4 ,by ,g4 ,a4 ,,audsley and ,j4 ,l4 ,,bowes1 of ,liverpool4 ,containing a ,comprehensive ,introductory ,essay upon ,japanese ,art in all its various branches1 illustrated by thirteen ,photo-,lithographic and ,autotype ,plates1 and numerous ,wood ,engraving1 printed in colors4 ,also1 a concise ,dissertation on ,keramic ,productions of ,japan1 from the earliest records up to the present day2 with sectional articles on the ,pottery and ,porcelain of the various provinces of the ,empire in which manufactories exist1 fully illustrated by thirty-five plates1 superbly printed in full colors and gold1 and fifteen plates in autotype4 ,to be supplied in seven parts1 folio1 at #aj4jj each4 ,parts ,i4 and ,,ii4 now ready4 ,n4 ,b4--,parts not sold separately4 ,no one who has examined the ,art productions of ,japan can have failed to observe the great beauty of the ,keramic ,wares of the country1 and the refined and educated feeling everywhere displayed in their decoration4 ,their general artistic excellence1 and the skilful rendering of natural objects they usually present1 have long commended them to the attention of the artists of ,europe--long1 indeed1 before they were sought after by collectors2 and it is not too much to say that many of our well-known artists have shown by their works their appreciation of ,japanese drawing and coloring4 ,the ,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia ,of ,history1 ,rites1 ,symbolism1 and ,biography4 ,by ,,kenneth ,r4 ,h4 ,,mackenzie4 #a vol4 demy #hvo1 cloth 7pp4 #gfh71 #g4jj4 ,the most complete and valuable work of reference that has ever been presented to the ,craft4 8,the task of the ,editor has been admirably performed1 and there can be no question the work will be a valuable addition to every ,masonic library40--,freemason's ,chronicle4 8,the ,editor has lavished much reading and labor on his subject40-- ,sunday ,times4 8,a deeply-learned work for the benefit of ,freemasons40--,publishers' ,circular4 8,your new work is excellent40--,bro4 ,w4 ,r4 ,,woodman1 ,m4,d41 ,g4,s4,b4 8,evidences a considerable amount of hard work1 alike in research and study1 444 and we can honestly and sincerely say we wish fraternally all success to the ,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia40--,freemason4 ,wilson's ,american ,ornithology3 ,or1 ,natural ,history of the ,birds of the ,united ,states2 with the ,continuation by ,,prince ,,charles ,,lucian ,,bonaparte4 ,,new ,,and ,,enlarged ,,edition1 completed by the insertion of above ,one ,hundred ,birds omitted in the original work1 and illustrated by valuable ,notes and a life of the ,author by ,sir ,,william ,,jardine4 ,three ,vols41 #hvo1 with a ,portrait of ,,wilson1 and #ajc ,plates1 exhibiting nearly ,four ,hundred figures of ,birds1 accurately engraved and beautifully colored1 cloth extra1 gilt top1 #ah4jj4 ,half smooth morocco1 gilt top1 #bj4jj4 ,half morocco extra1 gilt top1 #be4jj4 ,full tree calf extra1 gilt or marbled edges1 #cj4jj4 ,a few copies have been printed on ,,large ,,paper4 ,imperial #hvo size1 #c vols41 half morocco1 gilt top1 #dj4jj4 ,one of the cheapest books ever offered to the ,american public4 ,the old edition1 not nearly so complete as the present1 has always readily brought from #ej4jj to #fj4jj per copy4 8,the ,history of ,american ,birds1 by ,alexander ,wilson1 is equal in elegance to the most distinguished of our own splendid works on ,ornithology40--,,cuvier4 8,with an enthusiasm never excelled1 this extraordinary man penetrated through the vast territories of the ,united ,states1 undeterred by forests or swamps1 for the sole purpose of describing the native birds40--,,lord ,,brougham4 8,by the mere force of native genius1 and of delight in nature1 he became1 without knowing it a good1 a great writer40--,blackwood's ,magazine4 8,all his pencil or pen has touched is established incontestably2 by the plate1 description1 and history he has always determined his bird so obviously as to defy criticism1 and prevent future mistake4444 ,we may add1 without hesitation1 that such a work as he has published is still a desideratum in ,europe40--,,charles ,,lucian ,,bonaparte4 ,,completion ,,of ,,planch',s ,,great ,,work4 ,cyclopdia of ,costume2 ,or1 ,a ,dictionary of ,dress--,regal1 ,ecclesiastical1 ,civil1 and ,military--from the ,earliest ,period in ,england to the reign of ,george the ,third1 including ,notices of ,contemporaneous ,fashions on the ,continent4 ,by ,j4 ,r4 ,,planch1 ,somerset ,herald4 ,profusely illustrated by fourteen full-page colored plates1 some heightened with gold1 and many hundred others throughout the text4 #a vol4 #dto1 white vellum cloth1 blue edges1 unique style1 #bj4jj4 ,green vellum cloth1 gilt top1 #bj4jj4 ,half morocco1 extra1 gilt top1 #be4jj4 ,full morocco1 extra1 very elegant1 #cg4ej4 8,there is no subject connected with dress with which #8,somerset ,herald' is not as familiar as ordinary men are with the ordinary themes of everyday life4 ,the gathered knowledge of many years is placed before the world in this his latest work1 and there will exist no other work on the subject half so valuable4 ,the numerous illustrations are all effective--for their accuracy the author is responsible3 they are well drawn and well engraved1 and1 while indispensable to a proper comprehension of the text1 are satisfactory as works of art40--,art ,journal4 8,these numbers of a ,cyclopdia of ,ancient and ,modern ,costume give promise that the work will be one of the most perfect works ever published upon the subject4 ,the illustrations are numerous and excellent1 and would1 even without the letter-press1 render the work an invaluable book of reference for information as to costumes for fancy balls and character quadrilles4444 ,beautifully printed and superbly illustrated40--,standard4 8,those who know how useful is ,fairholt's brief and necessarily imperfect glossary will be able to appreciate the much greater advantages promised by ,mr4 ,planch's book40--,athenum4 ,,uniform ,,in ,,style ,,with ,l,,bke',s ,,and ,,mrs4 ,,jameson',s ,,art ,,works4 ,monumental ,christianity2 ,or1 the ,art and ,symbolism of the ,primitive ,church1 as ,witnesses and ,teachers of the one ,catholic ,faith and ,practice4 ,by ,,john ,p4 ,,lundy1 ,presbyter4 #a vol4 demy #dto4 ,beautifully printed on superior paper1 with over #bjj illustrations throughout the text1 and numerous large folding plates4 ,cloth1 gilt top1 #g4ej4 ,half morocco1 extra1 gilt top1 #aj4jj4 ,full morocco1 extra1 or tree calf1 #ae4jj4 ,this is a presentation of the facts and verities of ,christianity from the earliest monuments and contemporary literature4 ,these include the paintings1 sculptures1 sarcophagi1 glasses1 lamps1 seal-rings1 and inscriptions of the ,christian ,catacombs and elsewhere1 as well as the mosaics of the earliest ,christian churches4 ,many of these monuments are evidently of ,pagan origin1 as are also the symbols2 and the author has drawn largely from the ancient religions of ,india1 ,chaldea1 ,persia1 ,egypt1 ,etruria1 ,greece1 and ,rome1 believing that they all contained germs of religious truths which it is the province of ,christianity to preserve1 develop1 and embody in a purer system4 ,the ,apostles' ,creed is exhibited1 with its parallel or counterpart1 article by article1 in the different systems thus brought under review4 ,the book is profusely illustrated1 and many of the monuments presented in facsimile were studied on the spot by the author1 and several are specimens obtained in foreign travel4 ,this is one of the most valuable contributions to ecclesiastical and archological literature4 ,the revival of ,oriental learning1 both in ,europe and ,america1 has created a demand for such publications1 but no one has occupied the field which ,dr4 ,lundy has chosen4 ,the ,expositions which he has made of the symbols and mysteries are thorough without being exhaustive2 and he has carefully excluded a world of collateral matter1 that the attention might not be diverted from the main object of the work4 ,those who may not altogether adopt his conclusions will nevertheless find the information which he has imparted most valuable and interesting4 8,as a contribution to ,church and general history1 the exhaustive and learned work of ,dr4 ,lundy will be welcome to students and will take a high place40--,church ,journal4 8,when1 indeed1 we say that from beginning to end this book will certainly be found to possess a powerful interest to the careful student1 and that its influence for good cannot fail to be considerable1 we in nowise exaggerate its intrinsic merits4 ,it is one of the most valuable additions to our literature which the season has produced40--,new ,york ,times4 ,the ,epicurean2 ,a ,tale1 and ,,alciphron2 a ,poem4 ,by ,,thomas ,,moore4 ,with vignette illustrations on steel1 by ,j4 ,m4 ,w4 ,,turner1 ,r4,a4 #a vol4 #abmo4 ,handsomely printed on toned paper4 ,cloth1 extra1 gilt top1 #b4jj4 ,tree calf extra1 gilt edges1 #d4ej4 8,our sense of the beauties of this tale may be appreciated by the acknowledgment that for insight into human nature1 for poetical thought1 for grace1 refinement1 intellect1 pathos1 and sublimity1 we prize the ,epicurean even above any other of the author's works4 ,indeed1 although written in prose1 this is a masterly poem1 and will forever rank as one of the most exquisite productions in ,english literature40--,literary ,gazette4 ,the ,turner ,gallery1 ,a ,,series ,,of ,,sixty ,,engravings1 from the ,works of ,j4 ,m4 ,w4 ,,turner1 ,r4,a4 ,with ,biographical ,sketch and ,descriptive ,text by ,,ralph ,n4 ,,wornum1 ,keeper and ,secretary of the ,national ,gallery1 ,london4 ,one volume1 folio1 ,,india ,,proofs4 ,elegantly bound in half ,levant morocco1 extra1 gilt edges1 #ej4jj4 ,full ,levant morocco1 extra1 very elegant1 #ge4jj4 ---- ,the same4 ,atlas folio4 ,,large ,,paper4 ,artists' ,proofs4 ,half morocco1 extra1 #aaj4jj4 ,full ,levant morocco1 extra1 #afe4jj ,,the ,,turner ,,gallery is already so well known to lovers of art and to students of ,turner1 that1 in announcing a reissue of a limited number of copies of this important ,national ,work1 little need be said by way of comment or introduction4 ,the ,original ,engravings have1 for the first time1 been employed1 instead of the electrotype plates hitherto used1 thus securing impressions of more genuineness and brilliancy than have yet been offered to the public4 ,of the high-class character of the ,engravings themselves1 and of the skill and excellence with which they are executed1 such well-known names as ,,jeens1 ,,armytage1 ,,willmore1 ,e4 ,,goodall1 ,,brandard1 ,,wallis1 ,,cousens1 and ,,miller1 will be a sufficient guarantee4 ,from the ,london ,art ,journal4 8,a series of engravings from ,turner's finest pictures1 and of a size and equality commensurate with their importance1 has not till now been offered to the public4 8,in selecting the subjects1 the publisher has chosen judiciously4 ,many of his grandest productions are in this series of ,engravings1 and the ablest landscape engravers of the day have been employed on the plates1 among which are some that1 we feel assured1 ,turner himself would have been delighted to see4 ,these proof impressions constitute a volume of exceeding beauty1 which deserves to find a place in the library of every man of taste4 ,the number of copies printed is too limited for a wide circulation1 but1 on that account1 the rarity of the publication makes it the more valuable4 8,it is not too much to affirm1 that a more beautiful and worthy tribute to the genius of the great painter does not exist1 and is not likely to exist at any future time40 ,the attention of ,collectors and ,connoisseurs is particularly invited to the above exceedingly choice volume2 they should speedily avail themselves of the opportunity of securing a copy at the low price at which it is now offered4 ,,an ,,entirely ,,new ,,work ,,on ,,costume ,,by ,m4 ,,racinet1 ,,author ,,of 8,,polychromatic ,,ornament10 ,,etc4 ,le ,costume ,historique4 ,illustrated with #ejj ,plates1 #cjj of which are in ,colors1 ,gold and ,silver1 and #bjj in ,tinted ,lithography 7,camaeu74 ,executed in the finest style of the art1 by ,messrs4 ,,didot ,,co41 of ,paris4 ,representing ,authentic ,examples of the ,costumes and ,ornaments of all ,times1 among all ,nations4 ,with numerous choice specimens of ,furniture1 ,ornamental ,metal ,work1 ,glass1 ,tiles1 ,textile ,fabrics1 ,arms and ,armor1 ,useful ,domestic ,articles1 ,modes of ,transport1 etc4 ,with explanatory ,notices and ,historical ,dissertations 7in ,french74 ,by ,m4 ,a4 ,,racinet1 author of 8,polychromatic ,ornament40 ,to be issued in #bj parts4 ,small #dto 7#g #h inches71 #d4ej each4 ,folio1 large paper 7#aa #af inches71 in cloth portfolio1 #i4jj each4 ,,no ,,orders ,,received ,,except ,,for ,,the ,,complete ,,work4 ,each part will contain #be plates1 #ae in colors and #aj in tinted ,lithography4 ,parts #a1 #b1 and #c are now ready for delivery4 ,upon completion of the work1 the price will be raised #be per cent4 8,the ,messrs4 ,firmin ,didot ,co41 of ,paris1 a firm that disputes with the house of ,hachette ,co4 the honor of supplying ,france and the world with the most beautiful books at the cheapest rates compatible with the greatest excellence in editing and #8making1' have recently published the beginning of a work which1 by making its appeal chiefly to the eye1 is sure of a welcome in this picture-loving age of ours4 ,this is the ,,history ,,of ,,costume1 by ,a4 ,racinet1 well-known already to that portion of our public which is interested in the decorative art by his illustrated work on ornament4 ,l',ornement ,polychrome4--,racinet gives the word #8costume' almost as wide a sweep of meaning as ,viollet-le-,duc gives to furniture in his now famous ,dictionnaire du ,mobilier4 99 99 99 99 ,the field surveyed consists not only of costumes proper1 but of arms1 armor1 drinking vessels1 objects used in the service of the church1 modes of transport1 harness1 head-gear and modes of dressing the hair1 domestic interiors1 and furniture in the ordinary acceptation of the term4 ,each plate is to be accompanied with an explanatory text1 and there will be added an historical study1 so that little will be wanting to make this one of the completest encyclopdias of the sort that has ever appeared4 99 99 99 99 ,a charming taste has presided over the selection of the subject1 and the abundant learning that has been brought to bear in the collection of illustrations1 from so wide a field of human action1 is made to seem like play1 so lightly is it handled4 99 99 99 99 ,no scientific arrangement is observed in the order in which the subjects are presented4 ,we have ancient ,egypt1 ,assyria1 ,rome1 ,greece1 ,india1 ,europe in the middle ages1 and from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries1 ,japan1 ,turkey1 ,syria1 ,russia1 and ,poland1 mixed up for the present1 as if the work were an illustrated report of a fancy ball2 and1 to most of us1 the gay parade as it rolls along is none the less pleasant for this want of order40--,scribner's ,monthly4 8,the name of ,firmin ,didot ,co41 of ,paris1 is such a guarantee of mechanical execution in a book1 that it is sufficient to state that ,le ,costume ,historique is fully on a par with any of the former publications of this distinguished house4 ,in addition to its other features1 this work has numerous illustrations1 giving restorations of ,roman1 ,greek1 and ,egyptian interiors4 ,in fact the work is conceived on a large plan1 and will be found most useful to the artist4 ,with such a book as a reference1 some of the glaring inconsistencies we still see from time to time on the stage1 where periods as to costume1 some hundreds of years apart1 are terribly mixed up1 might be prevented1 and the unities saved4 ,the publishers have had the excellent idea of reducing the size of the illustrations1 so as to bring the price of this picture-cyclopdia of the costume of the world within the means of the most prudent book-buyer40--,n4 ,y4 ,daily ,times4 8,a new work on costume1 most expensive to the publishers and cheap to the subscribers4 ,parts ,i41 ,,ii41 and ,,iii41 with twenty-five pictures in each1 are ready4 ,we have minutely examined them1 and find them worthy of great praise1 both for general excellences of execution and for the recondite and curious sources drawn upon--the latter characteristic making the collector master of a great many pictorial facts and illustrations whose original sources are hard even to see and impossible to become possessed of40--,nation4 8,this work is unquestionably the best work on its subject ever offered to the public1 and it will engage very general attention4 ,in shapeliness and convenience1 too1 it leaves nothing to be desired1 which cannot be said often of cyclopdias of costume4 ,one can enjoy the colors and contents of these #8parts' while lounging in a veranda or rocking in a boudoir4 ,it is not necessary to adjourn to a public library and to an immovable chair40--,evening ,post4 ,,new ,,series4 ,examples of ,modern ,etching4 ,a series of #bj ,choice ,etchings by ,,queroy1 ,,brunet-,,debaines1 ,,hamerton1 ,,george1 ,,burton1 ,,wise1 ,,legros1 ,,le ,,rat1 ,,seymour-,,haden1 etc41 etc41 with descriptive text by ,p4 ,g4 ,,hamerton1 folio1 cloth gilt1 #ab4jj4 ,edited1 with notes1 by ,,philip ,,gilbert ,,hamerton1 ,editor of the 8,portfolio40 ,twenty ,plates1 by ,balfourier1 ,bodmer1 ,bracquemond1 ,chattock1 ,flameng1 ,feyen-,perrin1 ,seymour ,haden1 ,hamerton1 ,hesseltine1 ,laguillermie1 ,lalanne1 ,legros1 ,lucas1 ,palmer1 ,rajon1 ,veyrassat1 etc4 ,the text beautifully printed on heavy paper4 ,folio1 tastefully bound in cloth1 full gilt1 #aj4jj4 ,among the contents of this choice volume1 may be mentioned 8,the ,laughing ,portrait of ,rembrandt10 by ,flameng2 ,twickenham ,church1 by ,seymour ,haden2 ,aged ,spaniard1 by ,legros2 ,the ,hare--,a ,misty ,morning1 by ,bracquemond2 ,the ,thames at ,richmond1 by ,lalanne2 ,the ,ferryboat1 by ,veyrassat1 etc4 ,a set of proofs of the plates in the above volume alone are worth in the ,london market #aj #ajs4 #j;d41 or seventy dollars currency4 ,etchings from the ,national ,gallery4 ,a series of eighteen choice plates by ,flameng1 ,le ,rat1 ,rajon1 ,wise1 ,waltner1 ,brunet-,debaines1 ,gaucherel1 ,richeton1 etc41 after the paintings by ,masaccio1 ,bellini1 ,giorgione1 ,moroni1 ,mantegna1 ,velasquez1 ,rembrandt1 ,cuyp1 ,maes1 ,hobbema1 ,reynolds1 ,gainsborough1 ,turner1 and ,landseer1 with ,notes by ,,ralph ,n4 ,,wornum 7,keeper of the ,national ,gallery74 ,the text handsomely printed on heavy paper4 ,folio1 tastefully bound in cloth1 full gilt1 #aj4jj4 ,to admirers of ,etchings1 the present volume offers several of the most notable of recently executed plates1 among others the ,portrait of ,rembrandt1 by ,waltner2 ,the ,parish ,clerk1 after ,gainsborough1 by the same etcher2 ,the ,burial of ,wilkie1 after ,turner1 by ,brunet-,debaines2 ,portrait of a ,youth1 after ,masaccio1 by ,lopold ,flameng1 etc4 ,french ,artists of the ,present ,day4 ,a series of twelve fac-simile engravings1 after pictures by ,grome1 ,rosa ,bonheur1 ,corot1 ,pierre ,billet1 ,legros1 ,ch4 ,jacque1 ,veyrassat1 ,hbert1 ,jules ,breton1 etc41 with ,biographical ,notices by ,ren ,mnard4 ,folio1 tastefully bound in cloth1 gilt1 #aj4jj4 ,chapters on ,painting4 ,by ,,ren ,m,,nard 7,editor of 8,gazette des ,beaux-,arts074 ,translated under the superintendence of ,philip ,gilbert ,hamerton4 ,illustrated with a series of forty superb etchings1 by ,flameng1 ,coutry1 ,masson1 ,le ,rat1 ,jacquemart1 ,chauvel1 etc41 the text beautifully printed by ,claye1 of ,paris4 ,royal #dto1 paper1 uncut1 #be4jj4 ,half polished levant mor41 gilt top1 #cj4jj4 ,ancient ,art and ,mythology4 ,the ,symbolical ,language of ,ancient ,art and ,mythology4 ,an ,inquiry4 ,by ,,richard ,,payne ,,knight1 author of 8,worship of ,priapus40 ,a new edition1 with ,introduction1 ,notes translated into ,english1 and a new and complete ,index4 ,by ,,alexander ,,wilder1 ,m4,d4 #a vol4 #hvo1 cloth1 handsomely printed1 #c4jj4 8,not only do these explanations afford a key to the religion and mythology of the ancients1 but they also enable a more thorough understanding of the canons and principles of art4 ,it is well known that the latter was closely allied to the other2 so that the symbolism of which the religious emblems and furniture consisted likewise constituted the essentials of architectural style and decoration1 textile embellishments1 as well as the arts of sculpture1 painting1 and engraving4 ,mr4 ,knight has treated the subject with rare erudition and ingenuity1 and with such success that the labor of those who come after him rather add to the results of his investigations than replace them in important particulars4 ,the labors of ,champollion1 ,bunsen1 ,layard1 ,bonomi1 the ,rawlinsons1 and others1 comprise his deductions so remarkably as to dissipate whatever of his assertions that appeared fanciful4 ,not only are the writings of ,greek and ,roman authors now more easy to comprehend1 but additional light has been afforded to a correct understanding of the canon of the ,holy ,scripture40--,extract from ,editor's ,preface4 ,a ,,supplementary ,,volume ,,to 8,,ancient ,,faiths40 ,ancient ,faiths and ,modern4 ,a ,dissertation upon ,worships1 ,legends1 and ,divinities in ,central and ,western ,asia1 ,europe1 and ,elsewhere1 before the ,christian ,era4 ,showing their ,relations to ,religious ,customs as they now exist4 ,by ,,thomas ,,inman1 ,m4,d41 author of 8,ancient ,faiths ,embodied in ,ancient ,names10 etc41 etc4 #a vol4 #hvo1 cloth1 #e4jj4 ,this work is most aptly expressed by the title1 and the author1 who is one of our most learned and accomplished modern writers1 has done ample justice to his subject4 ,he pries boldly into ,bluebeard's closet1 little recking whether he shall find a ghost1 skeleton1 or a living being2 and he tells us very bluntly and explicitly what he has witnessed4 ,several years since he gave to the learned world his treatise on ,ancient ,faiths ,embodied in ,ancient ,names1 in which were disclosed the ideas underlying the old-world religions1 and the nature of hieroglyphical symbols employed in the ,east4 ,the present volume complements that work1 elaborates more perfectly the ideas there set forth1 and traces their relations to the faiths1 worship1 and religious dogmas of modern time4 ,we are astonished to find resemblances where it would be supposed that none would exist1 betraying either a similar origin or analogous modes of thinking and reasoning among nations and peoples widely apart in race1 country1 and period of history4 ,the author is bold and often strong in his expressions1 from the intensity of his convictions1 but this serves to deepen the interest in his subject4 ,those who have read his former works with advantage will greet this volume with a cordial welcome2 and all who desire to understand the original religions of mankind1 the ideas which lie back of the revelations of ,holy ,scripture1 and particularly1 those who are not easily shocked when they come in contact with sentiments with which they have not been familiar1 will find this book full of entertainment as well as of instruction4 ,dr4 ,inman is working up a new mine of thought1 and the lover of knowledge will give his labor a welcome which few of our modern authors receive4 ,wheeler's ,india4 ,history of ,india4 ,by ,j4 ,,talboys ,,wheeler1 ,assistant ,secretary to the ,government of ,india1 in the ,foreign ,department1 ,secretary of the ,record ,commission1 ,author of the 8,geography of ,herodotus40 ,the ,ramayana and the ,brahmanic ,period4 #hvo1 cloth1 pp4 lxxxviii4 and #fhj1 with two maps4 #f4jj4 ,hindu1 ,buddhist1 ,brahmanical ,revival4 #hvo1 cloth1 pp4 #dhd1 with two maps1 cloth4 #e4jj4 ,under ,mussulman ,rule4 7,vol4 ,,iv471 #hvo1 #d4ej4 ,dr4 ,inman's ,ancient ,faiths4 ,embodied in ,ancient ,names2 or1 an ,attempt to trace the ,religious ,belief1 ,sacred ,rites1 and ,holy ,emblems of certain ,nations1 by an ,interpretation of the ,names given to ,children by ,priestly ,authority1 or assumed by ,prophets1 ,kings1 and ,hierarchs4 ,by ,,thomas ,,inman1 ,m4,d4 ,profusely illustrated with ,engravings on ,wood4 #b vols41 #hvo1 cloth1 #bj4jj4 8,dr4 ,inman's present attempt to trace the religious belief1 sacred rites1 and holy emblems of certain nations1 has opened up to him many hitherto unexplored fields of research1 or1 at least1 fields that have not been over-cultivated1 and the result is a most curious and miscellaneous harvest of facts4 ,the ideas on priapism developed in a former volume receive further extension in this4 ,dr4 ,inman1 as will be seen1 does not fear to touch subjects usually considered sacred in an independent manner1 and some of the results at which he has arrived are such as will undoubtedly startle1 if not shock1 the orthodox4 ,but this is what the author expects1 and for this he has thoroughly prepared himself4 ,in illustration of his peculiar views he has ransacked a vast variety of historical storehouses1 and with great trouble and at a considerable cost1 he places the conclusions at which he has arrived before the world4 ,with the arguments employed1 the majority of readers will1 we expect1 disagree2 even when the facts adduced will remain undisputed1 their application is frequently inconsequent4 ,in showing the absurdity of a narrative or an event in which he disbelieves1 the ,doctor is powerful4 ,no expense has been spared on the work1 which is well and fully illustrated1 and contains a good index40--,bookseller4 ,,new ,,illustrated ,,edition4 ,ancient ,symbol ,worship4 ,influence of the ,phallic ,idea in the ,religions of ,antiquity4 ,by ,,hodder ,m4 ,,westropp and ,c4 ,,staniland ,,wake4 ,with an ,introduction1 additional ,notes1 and ,appendix1 by ,,alexander ,,wilder1 ,m4,d4 ,new ,edition1 with eleven full-page ,illustrations4 #a vol4 #hvo1 cloth1 #c4jj4 ,the favor with which this treatise has been received has induced the publisher to bring out a new edition4 ,it makes a valuable addition to our knowledge1 enabling us to acquire a more accurate perception of the ancient-world religions4 ,we may now understand ,phallism1 not as a subject of ribaldry and leering pruriency1 but as a matter of veneration and respect4 ,the ,biblical student1 desirous to understand the nature and character of the idolatry of the ,israelites during the ,commonwealth and ,monarchy1 the missionary to heathen lands fitting for his work1 and the classic scholar endeavoring to comprehend the ideas and principles which underlie ,mythology1 will find their curiosity gratified2 and they will be enabled at the same time to perceive how not only many of our modern systems of religion1 but our arts and architecture1 are to be traced to the same archaic source4 ,the books examined and quoted by the authors constitute a library by themselves1 and their writers are among the ripest scholars of their time4 ,science is rending asunder the veil that conceals the adytum of every temple1 and revealing to men the sanctities revered so confidingly during the world's childhood4 ,with these disclosures1 there may be somewhat of the awe removed with which we have regarded the symbols1 mysteries1 and usages of that period2 but the true mind will not be vulgarized by the spectacle4 ,the ,eleusinian and ,bacchic ,mysteries4 ,a ,dissertation1 by ,,thomas ,,taylor1 ,translator of 8,plato10 8,plotinus10 8,porphyry10 8,iamblichus10 8,proclus10 8,aristotle10 etc41 etc4 ,third edition4 ,edited1 with ,introduction1 ,notes1 ,emendations1 and ,glossary1 by ,,alexander ,,wilder1 ,m4,d4 #a vol4 #hvo1 cloth1 #c4jj4 ,in the ,mysteries1 the dramas acted at ,eleusis and other sacred places1 were embodied the deeper thoughts and religious sentiment of the archaic world4 ,the men and women initiated into them were believed to be thenceforth under special care of ,god1 for this life and the future4 ,so holy and interior were the doctrines considered which had been learned in the ,sanctuary from the two tablets of stone1 that it was not lawful to utter them to another4 ,what was seen and learned elsewhere might be admirable2 but the exercises of ,eleusis and ,olympia had in them the something divine1 and those who observed them were 8the children of ,god10 and imaging ,him in wisdom1 intuitive discernment1 and love4 ,the reader desirous of getting the kernel of the doctrines of ,plato1 ,orpheus1 ,eumolpas1 and their fellow-laborers1 as well as of the ,alexandrian ,eclectics1 will obtain invaluable aid from this treatise4 ,,now ,,offered ,,at ,,greatly ,,reduced ,,prices4 ,pearson's ,reprints of the ,old ,dramatists4 ,being fac-simile reprints of the entire text of each author1 without note or comment1 with ,life and ,memoir4 ,handsomely printed on ribbed paper1 made expressly for the purpose1 and bound in antique boards1 uncut edges1 in exact imitation of the rare originals4 ,comprising the following3 ,,mrs4 ,,behn',s ,,plays1 ,,histories ,,and ,,novels4 #f vols4 #abmo1 8 8 8 8 8 8 #f vols4 #hvo1 ,large ,paper4 ,,mrs4 ,,centlivre',s ,,dramatic ,,works4 #c vols4 #abmo1 8 8 8 8 8 #hvo1 ,large ,paper4 ,,richard ,,brome',s ,,dramatic ,,works4 #c vols4 #abmo1 8 8 8 8 8 #hvo1 ,large ,paper4 ,,george ,,chapman',s ,,dramatic ,,works4 #c vols4 #abmo1 8 8 8 8 8 #hvo1 ,large ,paper4 ,,thomas ,,dekker',s ,,dramatic ,,works4 #d vols4 #abmo1 8 8 8 8 8 #hvo1 ,large ,paper4 ,,thomas ,,heywood',s ,,dramatic ,,works4 #f vols4 #abmo1 8 8 8 8 8 #hvo1 ,large ,paper4 ,,henry ,,glapthorne',s ,,plays ,,and ,,poems4 #b vols4 #abmo1 8 8 8 8 8 #hvo1 ,large ,paper4 ,together1 #bg vols4 #abmo1 #ed4jj1 or on large and thick paper1 #bg vols4 #hvo1 #ajh4jj4 ,the balance of the edition of these reprints having been recently 8sold off0 in ,london1 ,i am now enabled to offer them at the above greatly reduced prices1 for a brief period only4 ,several of the authors being already out of print1 the time is not far distant when it will be impossible to procure complete sets1 and collectors will do well to secure them while they have the opportunity4 ,antiquities of ,long ,island4 ,by ,,gabriel ,,furman4 ,with a ,bibliography by ,henry ,onderdonk1 ,jr4 ,to which is added ,notes1 ,geographical and ,historical1 relating to the town of ,brooklyn1 in ,kings ,county1 on ,long ,island4 #a vol4 large #abmo1 cloth1 #c4jj4 ,ancient ,pagan and ,modern ,christian ,symbolism4 ,by ,,thomas ,,inman1 ,m4,d41 author of 8,ancient ,faiths ,embodied in ,ancient ,names10 etc4 ,second edition1 revised and enlarged1 with an ,essay on ,baal ,worship1 on 8the ,assyrian ,sacred ,grove10 and other allied symbols4 ,by ,,john ,,newton1 ,m4,r4,c4,s4,e41 etc4 ,profusely illustrated4 #a vol4 cloth1 #c4jj4 ,this book contains in a nutshell the essence of ,dr4 ,inman's other publications1 and for the reader of limited means is just what he requires4 ,the subject of symbolism is as deep as human thought and as broad in its scope as humanity itself4 ,the erudite thinker finds it not only worthy of his best energies1 but capable of taxing them to the utmost4 ,many pens have been employed upon it1 and it has never grown old4 ,dr4 ,inman's views are somewhat peculiar2 he has concentrated his attention to the ideas which he believes to underlie the symbolism of the most ancient periods1 and can be traced through the autonomy of the ,christian ,church4 ,he finds the relation which exists1 and the antiquarian likewise1 between ,asshur and ,jehovah1 the ,baal of ,syria and the ,god whom ,christians worship2 and the mysteries of the ,sacred ,grove1 of which the ,old ,testament says so much1 are unfolded and made sensible to the common intellect4 ,scholars will welcome this volume1 and the religious reader will peruse its pages with the profoundest interest4 ,the symbols which characterize worship constitute a study which will never lose its interest1 so long as learning and art have admirers4 ,the ,lost ,beauties of the ,english ,language4 ,an ,appeal to ,authors1 ,poets1 ,clergymen1 and ,public ,speakers4 ,by ,,chas4 ,,mackay1 ,,ll4,d4 #a vol4 #abmo1 cloth extra1 #a4ge4 ,words change as well as men1 sometimes from no longer meeting the new wants of the people1 but oftener from the attraction of novelty which impels everybody to change4 ,a dictionary of obsolete words1 and terms becoming obsolete1 is a valuable reminder of the treasures which we are parting with2 not always wisely1 for in them are comprised a wealth of expression1 idiom1 and even history1 which the new words cannot acquire4 ,dr4 ,mackay has placed a host of such on record1 with quotations to illustrate how they were read by the classical writers of the ,english language1 not many centuries ago1 and enables us to read those authors more understandingly4 ,if he could induce us to recall some of them back to life1 it would be a great boon to literature2 but hard as it might have been for ,csar to add a new word to his native ,latin language1 it would have been infinitely more difficult to resuscitate an obsolete one1 however more expressive and desirable4 ,many of the terms embalmed in this treatise are not dead as yet3 and others of them belong to that prolific department of our spoken language that does not get into dictionaries4 ,but we all need to know them2 and they really are more homogeneous to our people than their successors1 the stilted foreign-born and alien ,english1 that 8the ,best0 is laboring to naturalize into our language4 ,the old words1 like old shoes and well-worn apparel1 sit most comfortably4 ,fu-,sang2 ,or1 the ,discovery of ,america by ,chinese ,buddhist ,priests in the ,fifth ,century4 ,containing a ,translation of ,professor ,carl ,neumann's work on the subject1 made under supervision of the ,author2 a letter by ,colonel ,barclay ,kennon1 late of the ,u4 ,s4 ,north ,coast ,pacific ,survey1 on the ,possibility of an ,easy ,passage from ,china to ,california2 and a ,rsum of the ,arguments of ,de ,guigues1 ,klaproth1 ,gustave ,d',eichthal1 and ,dr4 ,bretschneider on the ,narrative of ,hoei-,shin1 with other ,contributions and ,comments1 by ,,charles ,g4 ,,leland1 #a vol4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4ge4 ,,france ,,in ,,the ,,eighteenth ,,century4 ,lacroix4 7,,bibliophile ,,jacob7 ,,xviii ,,si,,cle1 ,,institutions1 ,,usages1 ,,et ,,costumes1 ,france1 #agjj-aghi4 ,illustrated with twenty-one large and beautifully executed chromo-lithographs1 and upwards of three hundred and fifty engravings on wood after ,watteau1 ,vanloo1 ,boucher1 ,lancret1 ,chardin1 ,bouchardin1 ,saint-,aubin1 ,eisen1 ,moreau1 etc4 #a vol4 thick ,imperial #hvo1 half red morocco1 extra gilt leaves1 #ac4ej4 ----,the same1 full crimson ,levant super-extra1 #bb4ej4 ,the title of this new work1 by the indefatigable ,paul ,lacroix1 conveys but an indifferent idea of its contents4 ,it is admirably gotten up1 and is illustrated in a most profuse manner1 equalling1 if not excelling1 the former works of the same author1 giving us a living picture of the #ahth century--the king1 nobility1 bourgeoisie1 people1 parliaments1 clergy1 army and navy1 commerce1 education1 police1 etc41 ,paris1 its pleasures1 promenades1 ftes1 salons1 cuisine1 theatres1 costumes1 etc41 etc4 ,a ,,new ,,work ,,on ,,christian ,,art4 ,jsus-,christ4 ,attendu1 vivant1 continu1 dans le monde1 par ,,louis ,,veuillot1 avec une tude sur l',art ,chrtien par ,e4 ,,cartier4 #af large and beautifully executed chromo-lithographs1 and #bjj engravings1 etchings1 and woodcuts1 from the most celebrated monuments1 from the period of the ,catacombs to the present day4 ,thick ,imp4 #hvo1 new half morocco extra1 gilt leaves1 #ac4ej4 ----,the same1 printed on large ,holland paper4 ,imp4 #hvo1 half polished ,levant morocco1 gilt top1 #bb4ej4 ,this elegant work is uniform in style and illustration with the works of ,paul ,lacroix1 by the same house4 ,the illustrations 7which were prepared under the direction of ,m4 ,dumoulin71 are of the most attractive character1 and present a chronological view of ,christian art4 ,the exquisite series of chromos are from pictures by ,giotto1 ,ghirlandajo1 ,andrea del ,sarto1 ,raphael1 ,fra ,bartolommeo-,angelico1 ,sacchi di ,pavia1 ,flandrin1 and a head of ,christ from the ,catacombs1 ,fac-similes1 by ,armand1 ,durand1 from rare etchings by ,marc ,antonio1 ,drer1 etc41 also a reduction from ,prevost1 plate of the wedding at ,cana1 after ,paul ,veronese1 and nearly #bjj charming engravings on wood4 ,,uniform ,,with ,,the ,,works ,,of ,,paul ,,lacroix4 ,jeanne ,d',arc4 ,par ,h4 ,,wallon 7,secrtaire de l',acadmie des ,inscriptions et ,belles-,lettres74 ,beautifully printed on heavy vellum paper1 and illustrated with #ad ,,chromo-,,lithographic ,,plates1 and one hundred and fifty fine engravings on wood after monuments of art1 fac-similes1 etc41 etc4 #a large volume1 thick royal #hvo1 half red morocco1 full gilt1 gilt edges1 #ac4ej4 ,full polished morocco extra1 #bb4ej4 ,contents3 ,an account of the arms and military dresses of the period1 accompanied by descriptive figures taken from the seals of the ,archives2 a map of feudal ,france1 by ,m4 ,aug4 ,longnon1 a new work of the highest importance to the history of the #aeth century2 a study of the worship shown to ,joan of ,arc in the ,french and ,foreign literatures 7it is known that during the lifetime of ,joan1 her wonderful mission was represented on the stage72 fac-similes of letters of ,joan1 etc41 etc4 ,dramatists of the ,restoration4 ,beautifully printed on superior paper1 to range with ,pickering's edition of ,webster1 ,peele1 ,marlowe1 etc4 ,as the text of most of these authors has1 in later editions1 been either imperfectly or corruptly dealt with1 the several ,plays have been presented in an unmutilated form1 and carefully collated with the earliest and best editions4 ,biographical ,notices and brief ,notes accompany the works of each author4 ,the series has been entrusted to the joint editorial care of ,,james ,,maidment and ,w4 ,h4 ,,logan4 ,it comprises the following authors3 ,,sir ,,william ,,davenant',s ,,dramatic ,,works4 #e vols4 ,,john ,,crowne',s ,,dramatic ,,works4 #d vols4 ,,sir ,,aston ,,cokain',s ,,dramatic ,,works4 #a vol4 ,,john ,,wilson',s ,,dramatic ,,works4 #a vol4 ,,john ,,lacy',s ,,dramatic ,,works4 #a vol4 ,,shakerley ,,marmion',s ,,dramatic ,,works4 #a vol4 ,together1 #ac vols4 post #hvo1 white vellum cloth1 #ej4jj4 ,large paper1 #ac vols4 #hvo1 #ge4jj4 ,whatman's drawing paper 7only thirty copies printed71 #aaj4jj4 ,the ,first ,edition of ,shakespeare4 ,mr4 ,,william ,,shakespeare',s ,comedies1 ,histories1 and ,tragedies4 ,published according to the ,true ,original ,copies4 ,london4 ,printed by ,,isaac ,,iaggard and ,,ed4 ,,blount4 #afbc4 ,an exact reproduction of the extremely rare original1 in reduced fac-simile by a photographic process1 ensuring the strictest accuracy in every detail4 ,post #hvo1 half mor41 gilt top1 #c4jj4 8,a complete fac-simile of the celebrated ,first ,folio edition of #afbc for half-a-guinea is at once a miracle of cheapness and enterprise4 ,being in a reduced form1 the type is necessarily rather diminutive1 but it is as distinct as in a genuine copy of the original1 and will be found to be as useful1 and far more handy to the student40--,athenum4 ,the ,violin4 ,its famous makers and their imitators4 ,by ,,george ,,hart4 ,in the above-mentioned work the author treats of the ,origin1 ,history1 ,development of this1 the greatest of musical instruments1 and gives interesting details concerning those ingenious makers who brought it to its present state of perfection4 ,it is illustrated by upwards of forty first-class ,wood ,engravings from ,photographs1 which represent the exact ,outlines and ,proportions of the masterpieces of ,,antonius ,,stradiuarius1 ,,amati1 ,,bergonzi1 and others1 including the celebrated violin by ,,joseph ,,guarnerius1 on which ,,paganini achieved his marvellous success4 #a vol4 post #hvo1 cloth1 #d4jj4 ,the same4 ,large ,paper4 ,demy #dto1 cloth1 #h4jj4 ,a ,,superb ,,series ,,of ,,etchings4 ,the ,wilson ,collection4 ,collection de ,m4 ,john ,w4 ,wilson4 ,expose dans la ,galerie du ,cercle ,artistique et ,littraire de ,bruxelles1 au profit des pauvres de cette ,ville4 ,troisime dition4 ,handsomely printed on heavy paper1 and illustrated with a series of #fh large and most exquisitely executed etchings1 from the most remarkable pictures in this celebrated collection4 ,,fine ,,impressions4 ,thick royal #dto1 paper1 uncut1 #be4jj2 or in half morocco1 gilt tops1 uncut1 #cj4jj4 ,already out of print and scarce4 ,this charming catalogue was gotten up at the expense of the generous owner of the collection1 and the money received from its sale donated to the fund for the relief of the poor of the city4 ,the edition consisted of #a1jjj copies4 ,it was immediately exhausted4 ,the ,catalogue is a model of its kind4 ,the notices are in most instances accompanied with a fac-simile of the artist's signature to the picture2 a biographical sketch of the artist2 notices of the engraved examples1 if any2 and critical notes on each picture4 ,the graphic department is1 however1 the great feature of this ,catalogue1 embracing1 as it does1 upwards of sixty examples of the best etchers of the present day1 including ,greux1 ,chauvel1 ,martial1 ,rajon1 ,gaucherel1 ,jacquemart1 ,hdouin1 ,lemaire1 ,duclos1 ,masson1 ,flameng1 ,lalanne1 ,gilbert1 etc41 etc4 ,drer's 8,little ,passion40 ,passio ,christi4 ,a complete set of the ,thirty-seven ,woodcuts1 by ,albert ,drer4 ,reproduced in fac-simile4 ,edited by ,w4 ,c4 ,prime4 ,one volume1 ,royal #dto 7#ac #aj inches74 ,printed on heavy glazed paper1 half vellum1 #aj4jj4 ,morocco antique1 #ae4jj4 ,the ,little ,passion of ,albert ,drer1 consisting of thirty-seven woodcuts1 has long been regarded as one of the most remarkable collections of illustrations known to the world4 ,complete sets of the entire series are excessively rare4 ,the editions which have been published in modern times in ,europe are defective1 lacking more or less of the ,plates1 and are of an inferior and unsatisfactory class of workmanship4 sop's ,fables4 ,with #ef illustrations1 from designs by ,henry ,l4 ,stephens4 ,royal #dto1 cloth extra1 gilt leaves1 #aj4jj4 ,mr4 ,stephens has no superior in the peculiar style of illustration which is most effective in bringing out the spirit of sop's ,fables1 and in this volume he has given us fifty-six full page cartoons1 brimming with droll humor1 reciting the ,fables over again1 and enforcing their morals just as effectively as was done by the words of sop himself4 ,the illustrations are among the finest specimens of art ever produced in this country1 and the volume as a whole is most creditable to ,american artistic skill4 ,boccaccio's ,decameron2 ,or1 ,ten ,days' ,entertainment4 ,now fully translated into ,english1 with ,introduction by ,,thomas ,,wright1 ,esq41 ,m4,a41 ,f4,s4,a4 ,illustrated by ,,stothard',s ,engravings on ,steel1 and the #ab unique plates from the rare ,milan ,edition4 ,one volume1 thick #abmo1 cloth extra1 #c4ej1 or handsomely bound in half polished ,levant morocco1 gilt top1 #e4ej4 ,the most complete translation1 containing many passages not hitherto translated into ,english4 ,bell's ,anatomy and ,philosophy of ,expression1 ,as connected with the ,fine ,arts4 ,profusely illustrated ,royal #hvo1 cloth1 uncut1 #d4ej4 ,tom ,d',urfey's 8,pills to ,purge ,melancholy40 ,being a collection of ,merry ,ballads and ,songs1 old and new1 fitted to all humors1 having each its proper tune for voice and instrument4 ,an exact and beautiful reprint of this very scarce work4 ,small paper1 #f vols41 crown #hvo1 bds41 uncut1 #ae4jj4 ,large paper1 #f vols4 crown #dto4 ,only a few printed4 ,bds41 uncut1 #bd4jj4 8,but what obtained ,mr4 ,d',urfey his greatest reputation was a peculiarly happy knack he possessed in the writing of satires and irregular odes4 ,many of these were upon temporary occasions1 and were of no little service to the party in whose cause he wrote2 which1 together with his natural vivacity and good humor1 obtained him the favor of great numbers1 of all ranks and conditions1 monarchs themselves not excluded4 ,he was strongly attached to the ,tory interest1 and in the latter part of ,queen ,anne's reign had frequently the honor of diverting that princess with witty catches and songs of humor suited to the spirit of the times1 written by himself1 and which he sang in a lively and entertaining manner4 ,and the author of the ,guardian1 who1 in ,no4 #fg4 has given a very humorous account of ,mr4 ,d',urfey1 with a view to recommend him to the public notice for a benefit play1 tells us that he remembered ,king ,charles ,,ii4 leaning on ,tom ,d',urfey's shoulder more than once1 and humming over a song with him4 8,he appears to have been a diverting companion1 and a cheerful1 honest1 good-natured man2 so that he was the delight of the most polite companies in conversations1 from the beginning of ,charles ,,ii4's to the latter part of ,king ,george ,i4's reign2 and many an honest gentleman got a reputation in his country by pretending to have been in company with ,tom ,d',urfey40--,chalmers4 ,,uniform ,,with 8,,tom ,d',,urfey',s ,,pills40 ,musarum ,delici2 ,or1 ,the ,muses' ,recreation1 #afef2 ,wit ,restor'd1 #afeh2 and ,wit's ,recreation1 #afdj4 ,the whole compared with the originals2 with all the ,wood ,engravings1 ,plates1 ,memoirs1 and ,notes4 ,a new edition1 in #b volumes1 post #hvo1 beautifully printed on antique laid paper1 and bound in antique boards1 #d4jj4 ,a ,,few ,,large ,,paper ,,copies have been prepared4 #b vols4 #dto1 #g4ej4 ,of the ,poets of the ,restoration1 there are none whose works are more rare than those of ,sir ,john ,mennis and ,dr4 ,james ,smith4 ,the small volume entitled 8,musarum ,delici2 or1 ,the ,muses' ,recreation10 which contains the production of these two friends1 was not accessible to ,mr4 ,freeman when he compiled his 8,kentish ,poets10 and has since become so rare that it is only found in the cabinets of the curious4 ,a reprint of the 8,musarum ,delici10 together with several other kindred pieces of the period1 appeared in #ahag1 forming two volumes of ,faceti1 edited by ,mr4 ,e4 ,dubois1 author of 8,the ,wreath10 etc4 ,these volumes having in turn become exceedingly scarce1 the ,publishers venture to put forth the present new edition1 in which1 while nothing has been omitted1 no pains have been spared to render it more complete and elegant than any that has yet appeared4 ,the type1 plates1 and woodcuts of the originals have been accurately followed2 the ,notes of the editor of #ahag are considerably augmented1 and indexes have been added1 together with a portrait of ,sir ,john ,mennis1 from a painting by ,vandyke in ,lord ,clarendon's ,collection4 ,the ,story of the ,stick ,in all ,ages and all ,lands4 ,a ,philosophical ,history and ,lively ,chronicle of the ,stick as the ,friend and ,foe of ,man4 ,its ,uses and ,abuses4 ,as ,sceptre and as ,crook4 ,as the ,warrior's ,weapon1 and the ,wizard's ,wand4 ,as ,stay1 as ,stimulus1 and as ,scourge4 ,translated and adapted from the ,french of ,,antony ,r,,al 7,fernand ,michel74 #a vol41 #abmo1 extra cloth1 red edges1 #a4ej4 8,wrought for a ,staff1 wrought for a ,rod40 ,,swinburne4--,atalanta in ,calydon4 ,the above work condenses in a lively narrative form a most astonishing mass of curious and recondite information in regard to the subject of which it treats4 ,from the bludgeon of ,cain to the truncheon of the ,marshals of ,france1 from the budding rod of ,aaron to the blazing cane of ,m4 de ,balzac1 the stick1 in all its relations with man since first he meddled with the ,tree of ,knowledge of ,good and ,evil1 is shown here to have played a far greater part in history than is commonly imagined4 ,it has been the instrument of justice1 it has been the tool also of luxury4 ,it has ministered to man1 its maker1 pleasure as well as pain1 and has served for his support as well as for his subjugation4 ,the mysteries in which it has figured are some of them revealed and others of them hinted in these most entertaining and instructive pages1 for between the days of the society of ,assassins in the ,east and those of the society of the ,aphrodites in the ,west1 the ,stick has been made the pivot of many secret associations1 all of them interesting to the student of human morals1 but not all of them wisely to be treated of before the general public4 ,the late ,mr4 ,buckle especially collected on this subject some most astounding particulars of social history1 which he did not live to handle in his own inimitable way1 but of which an adequate inkling is here afforded to the serious and intelligent reader4 ,,our ,,emigrant ,,ancestors4 ,original ,lists of ,persons of ,quality4 ,emigrants2 ,religious ,exiles2 ,political ,rebels2 ,serving-men ,sold for a ,term of ,years2 ,apprentices2 ,children ,stolen2 ,maidens ,pressed2 and others who went from ,great ,britain to the ,american ,plantations1 #afjj-agjj4 ,with their ,ages1 the ,localities where they formerly ,lived in the ,mother ,country1 ,names of the ,ships in which they embarked1 and other interesting particulars4 ,from ,,mss4 preserved in the ,state ,paper ,department of ,her ,majesty's ,public ,record ,office1 ,england4 ,edited by ,,john ,,camden ,,hotten4 ,a very handsome volume1 crown #dto1 #gjj pages1 elegantly bound in half ,roxburghe morocco1 gilt top1 #aj4jj4 ,a few ,large ,paper copies have been printed1 small folio1 #ag4ej4 ,blake's 7,wm47 ,marriage of ,heaven and ,hell3 ,a reproduction and facsimile of this marvelous work1 printed in colors1 on paper made expressly for the work4 #dto1 hf4 ,roxburghe morocco1 uncut1 #aj4jj4 #agij 7#ahfh74 ,a very few copies remaining4 8,the most curious and significant1 while it is certainly the most daring in conception and gorgeous in illustration of all ,blake's works40--,gilchrist's ,life of ,blake4 ,a ,,new ,,and ,,attractive ,,book ,,on ,,mexico ,a ,peep at ,mexico3 ,narrative of a ,journey ,across the ,republic1 from the ,pacific to the ,gulf1 in ,december1 #ahgc1 and ,january1 #ahgd4 ,by ,j4 ,l4 ,,geiger1 ,f4,r4,g4,s4 ,demy #hvo1 pp4 #cfh1 with #d ,maps and #de original ,photographs4 ,cloth1 #h4ej4 ,the ,english ,rogue4 ,described in the ,life of ,,meriton ,,latroon1 and other ,extravagants1 comprehending the most ,eminent ,cheats of both ,sexes4 ,by ,,richard ,,head and ,,francis ,,kirkman4 ,a fac-simile reprint of the rare ,original ,edition 7#affe-afgb71 with ,frontispiece1 ,fac-similes of the #ab copper-plates1 and ,portraits of the authors4 ,in ,four ,volumes1 post #hvo1 beautifully printed on antique laid paper1 made expressly1 and bound in antique boards1 #f4jj1 or ,,large ,,paper ,,copies1 #d vols4 #hvo1 #aj4jj4 ,this singularly entertaining work may be described as the first ,english novel1 properly so-called4 ,the same air of reality pervades it as that which gives such a charm to stories written by ,de,foe half a century later4 ,the interest never flags for a moment1 from the first chapter to the last4 ,as a picture of the manners of the period1 two hundred years ago1 in ,england1 among the various grades of society through which the hero passes in the course of his extraordinary adventures1 and among gypsies1 beggars1 thieves1 etc41 the book is invaluable to students4 ,the ,rump2 ,or1 ,an ,exact ,collection of the choicest ,,poems and ,,songs relating to the late ,times1 and continued by the most eminent ,wits2 from ,anno #afci to #affa4 ,a ,fac-simile ,reprint of the rare ,original edition 7,london1 #affb71 with ,frontispiece and ,engraved ,title-page4 ,in #b vols4 post #hvo1 printed on antique laid paper1 and bound in antique boards1 #d4jj2 or ,large ,paper ,copies1 #f4jj4 ,a very rare and extraordinary collection of some two hundred ,popular ,ballads and ,cavalier ,songs1 on all the principal incidents of the great ,civil ,war1 the ,trial of ,strafford1 the ,martyrdom of ,king ,charles1 the ,commonwealth1 ,cromwell1 ,pym1 the ,roundheads1 etc4 ,it was from such materials that ,lord ,macaulay was enabled to produce his vivid pictures of ,england in the sixteenth century4 ,to historical students and antiquaries1 and to the general reader1 these volumes will be found full of interest4 ,westminster ,drolleries4 ,ebsworth's 7,j4 ,woodfall7 ,westminster ,drolleries1 with an introduction on the ,literature of the ,drolleries1 and ,copious ,notes1 ,illustrations1 and ,emendations of ,text4 #b vols4 #abmo1 cloth1 uncut1 #h4jj4 ,boston 7,eng471 #ahge4 ,only a small ,edition2 privately printed4 ,swinburne's ,william ,blake2 ,a ,critical ,essay4 ,with ,illustrations from ,blake's ,designs in ,fac-simile1 some colored4 #hvo1 cloth1 #c4jj4 ,a valuable contribution to our knowledge of a most remarkable man1 whose originality and genius are now beginning to be generally recognized4 ,holbein and ,his ,times4 ,by ,,dr4 ,,alfred ,,woltmann1 translated by ,f4 ,a4 ,,bunnett4 ,with portraits and nearly #fj fine engravings from the works of this wonderful artist4 ,royal #hvo1 cloth extra1 gilt leaves1 #e4jj4 ,memoir of the ,lady ,ana ,de ,osorio1 ,countess of ,chinchon1 and ,vice-,queen of ,peru1 ,a4,d4 #afbi-ci4 ,with a ,plea for the ,correct ,spelling of the ,chinchona ,genus4 ,by ,,clements ,r4 ,,markham1 ,c4,b41 ,member of the ,imperial ,academy ,natur ,curiosorum1 with the ,cognomen of ,,chinchon4 ,small #dto1 with ,illustrations1 #g4ej4 ,,founders ,,of ,,the ,,british ,,museum4 ,lives of the ,founders1 ,augmenters1 and other ,benefactors of the ,british ,museum4 #aegj to #ahgj4 ,based on new researches at the ,rolls ,house2 in the ,department of ,,mss4 of the ,british ,museum2 in the ,privy ,council ,office1 and in other ,collections1 ,public and ,private4 ,by ,,edward ,,edwards4 #a vol4 #hvo1 large and beautiful type1 cloth1 #d4jj4 ,,large ,,paper1 ,,royal #hvo 7only #fj copies printed71 cloth1 #aj4jj4 ,by a special arrangement with the ,english publishers1 ,messrs4 ,trbner ,co41 the above is offered at the greatly reduced price mentioned4 ,legge's ,chinese ,classics4 ,translated into ,english1 with ,preliminary ,essays and ,explanatory ,notes4 ,vol4 ,i41 ,,the ,,life ,,and ,,teachings ,,of ,,confucius4 ,vol4 ,,ii41 ,,the ,,life ,,and ,,works ,,of ,,mencius4 ,vol4 ,,iii41 ,,the ,,she ,,king2 ,,or1 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,poetry4 ,together #c vols4 #hvo1 cloth1 #aj4jj4 ,diary of the ,american ,revolution4 ,by ,,frank ,,moore1 from ,newspapers and ,original ,documents4 ,handsomely printed on heavy laid paper1 and ,illustrated with a fine series of steel-plate portraits1 ,,india ,,proofs4 #b vols4 impl4 #hvo1 paper uncut1 #h4jj4 ,new ,york1 printed privately1 #ahfe4 ,large ,paper4 ,only a ,limited ,impression4 ,published at #bj4jj per copy4 ,littr's ,french ,dictionary4 ,dictionnaire de la ,langue ,franaise4 ,par ,e4 ,,littr1 de l',institut 7,acadmie ,franaise et ,acadmie des ,inscriptions et ,belles-,lettres74 ,four large vols4 royal quarto1 new half morocco1 #dj4jj4 8,no language that we have ever studied1 or attempted to study1 possesses a ,dictionary so rich in the history of words as this great work which ,m4 ,littr has fortunately lived long enough to complete40--,saturday ,review4 ,,uniform ,,with ,,the ,,large ,,folio ,,shakspeare ,,edited ,,by ,,the ,,same ,,author4 ,halliwell's ,new ,place4 ,an ,historical ,account of the ,new ,place1 ,stratford-upon-,avon1 the last residence of ,shakspeare4 ,folio1 cloth 7uniform in size with the edition of ,shakspeare's ,works edited by the ,author71 elegantly printed on super-fine paper1 and illustrated by upwards of sixty woodcuts1 comprising views1 antiquities1 fac-similes of deeds1 etc4 ,by ,,james ,o4 ,,halliwell1 ,f4,r4,s4 #aj4jj4 ,this is a most important work for the ,shakspearian student4 ,the great researches of the author have enabled him to bring to light many facts hitherto unknown in reference to the 8great bard40 ,all the documents possessing any real claim to importance are inserted at full length1 and many of them are now printed for the first time4 ,with respect to the illustrations1 which have been executed by ,j4 ,t4 ,blight1 ,esq41 ,f4 ,w4 ,fairholt1 ,esq41 ,e4 ,w4 ,ashbee1 ,esq41 and ,j4 ,h4 ,rimbault1 ,esq41 no endeavors have been spared to attain the strictest accuracy4 ,,reissue ,,of ,,cruikshank',s ,,etchings4 ,cruikshank's ,illustrations of ,time4 ,a series of #ce ,etchings4 ,by ,,george ,,cruikshank4 ,oblong quarto1 paper1 carefully printed from the original plates4 #b4jj4 #ahgd ----,the ,same4 ,,colored4 #c4jj4 #ahgd ,cruikshank's ,phrenological ,illustrations2 or1 ,an ,artist's ,view of the ,craniological ,system of ,doctors ,gall and ,spurzheim4 ,by ,,george ,,cruikshank4 ,a series of #cc ,etchings1 illustrative of the various ,organs of the ,brain4 ,oblong quarto1 paper1 #b4jj4 ----,the ,same4 ,,colored4 #c4jj4 ,this reissue1 of which only a limited impression has been made1 is printed from the original coppers4 8,have we not before us1 at this very moment1 a print--one of the admirable #8,illustrations of ,phrenology'--which entire work was purchased by a joint-stock company of boys--each drawing lots afterwards for the separate prints1 and taking his choice in rotation8 ,the writer of this1 too1 had the honor of drawing the first lot1 and seized immediately upon #8,philoprogenitiveness'--a marvellous print1 indeed--full of ingenuity and fine1 jovial humor40--,,wm4 ,m4 ,,thackeray4 ,,seven ,,generations ,,of ,,executioners4 ,memoirs of the ,sanson ,family4 ,compiled from ,private ,documents in the possession of the ,family 7#afhh to #ahdg71 by ,,henri ,,sanson4 ,translated from the ,french1 with an ,introduction by ,,camille ,,barr,,re4 ,two vols4 post #hvo1 cloth1 #e4ej2 or half calf1 extra1 #g4ej4 8,a faithful translation of this curious work1 which will certainly repay perusal1 not on the ground of its being full of horrors--for the original author seems to be rather ashamed of the technical aspect of his profession1 and is commendably reticent as to its details--but because it contains a lucid account of the most notable causes clbres from the time of ,louis ,,xiv4 to a period within the memory of persons still living4444 ,the memoirs1 if not particularly instructive1 can scarcely fail to be extremely entertaining40--,daily ,telegraph4 8,a book of great though somewhat ghastly interest4444 ,something much above a mere chapter of horrors40--,graphic4 ,avesta4 ,,the ,,religious ,,books ,,of ,,the ,,parsees4 ,from ,professor ,,spiegel',s ,german ,translation of the ,original ,manuscripts1 by ,a4 ,h4 ,,bleeck4 #c vols4 in #a1 #hvo1 cloth1 #g4ej4 ,english scholars who wish to become acquainted with the 8,bible of the ,parsees10 now for the first time published in ,english1 should secure this copy4 ,to thinkers the 8,avesta0 will be a most valuable work2 they will now have an opportunity to compare its ,,truths with those of the ,,bible1 the ,,koran1 and the ,,vedas4 ,freemasonry4 ,,paton',s 7,,charles ,i47 ,,freemasonry1 ,,its ,,symbolism1 ,,religious ,,nature1 ,,and ,,law ,,of ,,perfection4 ,thick #hvo1 new cloth1 uncut1 #c4ej4 ,hand-,book of ,archology4 ,egyptian--,greek--,etruscan--,roman4 ,by ,h4 ,m4 ,,westropp4 ,profusely ,illustrated with ,engravings on ,wood4 #hvo1 new cloth1 uncut1 #c4jj4 ,the ,gnostics ,,and ,,their ,,remains1 ,,ancient ,,and ,,medi,,val4 ,by ,c4 ,w4 ,,king4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 #hvo1 new cloth1 gilt1 #g4ej4 ,the only ,english work on the subject4 ,out of print and scarce4 ,champneys' ,quiet ,corner of ,england4 ,studies of ,landscape and ,architecture in ,winchelsea1 ,rye1 and ,romney ,marsh4 ,with thirty-one ,illustrations by ,,alfred ,,dawson4 ,imperial #hvo1 cloth1 gilt1 gilt leaves1 #e4jj4 8,mr4 ,champneys is an architect who takes the liberty to think for himself--a man of much original genius and sincere culture1 young1 and with an enthusiastic contempt for conventionality1 which ,i hope he may never outgrow40--,new ,york ,tribune1 ,letter from ,london ,correspondent4 ,ireland's ,shakspeare ,forgeries4 ,the ,confessions of ,william ,henry ,ireland1 containing the ,particulars of his ,fabrication of the ,shakspeare ,manuscripts2 together with ,anecdotes and ,opinions of many distinguished ,persons in the ,literary1 ,political1 and ,theatrical ,world4 ,a new edition1 with additional ,fac-similes1 and an ,introduction by ,,richard ,,grant ,,white4 #a volume1 #abmo1 vellum cloth1 uncut edges1 #b4jj2 or1 on ,large and ,thick paper1 #hvo1 #c4ej4 ,edition limited to #cjj copies4 ,enthusiasts are easily duped1 and of all enthusiasts1 excepting the religious1 those who give themselves up to the worship of some great poet or artist are the easiest prey of the impostor4 ,to them1 a book1 a letter1 the least scrap or relic which is connected directly1 or it would seem indirectly1 with their idol1 is an inestimable treasure1 and they are uneasy until it is in their possession1 or removed hopelessly beyond their reach4 ,of all these enthusiasts the 8,shakspearians0 are1 and for a hundred years have been1 at once the most numerous1 and the most easily1 because the most willingly1 deceived4 ,to their craving and their greed we owe the 8,ireland ,forgeries10 which were merely an impudent attempt to supply a demand--an attempt made by a clever1 ignorant young scamp1 who succeeded in deluding the whole body of them in ,england two generations ago4 ,his 8,confessions0 are the simply told story of this stupendous imposture3 and the book--long out of print and scarce--is one the most naf and amusing of its kind in the whole history of literature4 ,his exhibition of the 8gulls10 whom he made his victims1 is equally delightful and instructive2 and chiefly so1 because of his simplicity and frankness4 ,he conceals nothing1 palliates nothing2 tells the whole story of his ridiculous iniquity1 and leaves a lasting lesson to the whole tribe of credulous collectors1 ,shakspearian and others4 8,it has frequently afforded me a matter of astonishment to think how this literary fraud could have so long duped the world1 and involved in its deceptious vortex such personages as ,parr1 ,wharton1 and ,sheridan1 not omitting ,jemmy ,boswell1 of ,johnsonian renown2 nor can ,i ever refrain from smiling whensoever the volumes of ,malone and ,chalmers1 together with the pamphlets of ,boaden1 ,waldron1 ,wyatt1 and ,philalethes1 otherwise1 ---- ,webb1 ,esq41 chance to fall in my way40--,w4 ,h4 ,,ireland',s 8,chalcographimania40 ,womankind in ,western ,europe1 ,from the ,earliest ,times to the ,seventeenth ,century4 ,illuminated ,title1 #aj ,,chromo-,,lithographic ,,plates1 and numerous ,woodcuts4 ,small #dto1 cloth1 extra gilt1 #d4ej4 #ahfi4 ,this work is something more than a drawing-room ornament4 ,it is an elaborate and careful summary of all that one of our most learned antiquaries1 after years of pleasant labor on a very pleasant subject1 has been able to learn as to the condition of women from the earliest times4 ,de,foe's ,life and ,works1 ,life and ,newly-,discovered ,writings of ,daniel ,de,foe4 ,comprising ,several ,hundred ,important ,essays1 ,pamphlets1 and other ,writings1 now first brought to light1 after many years' diligent search4 ,by ,,william ,,lee1 ,esq4 ,with ,facsimiles and ,illustrations4 #c vols4 #hvo1 cloth1 #f4jj4 ,or in tree calf1 extra1 #ae4jj4 ,vol4 ,i4--,a ,,new ,,memoir ,,of ,,defoe4 ,vols4 ,,ii4 and ,,iii4--,,hitherto ,,unknown ,,writings4 ,a most valuable contribution to ,english history and ,english literature4 ,for many years it has been well known in literary circles that the gentleman to whom the public is indebted for this valuable addition to the knowledge of ,de,foe's ,life and ,works has been an indefatigable collector of everything relating to the subject1 and that such collection had reference to a more full and correct ,memoir than had yet been given to the world4 ,world's ,masonic ,register3 ,containing ,name1 ,number1 ,location1 and ,time of ,meeting of every ,masonic ,lodge in the ,world1 etc41 also every ,chapter1 ,council1 and ,commandery in the ,united ,states and ,canada1 ,date of ,organization1 etc41 and ,statistics of each ,masonic ,jurisdiction1 etc4 ,by ,leon ,hyneman4 ,portrait1 thick #hvo1 pp4 #eff1 cloth1 #b4jj4 ,the ,rosicrucians2 ,their ,rites and ,mysteries4 ,with chapters on the ,ancient ,fire and ,serpent-,worshippers1 and ,explanations of the ,mystic ,symbols represented in the ,monuments and ,talismans of the primeval ,philosophers4 ,by ,,hargrave ,,jennings4 ,crown #hvo1 #caf wood engravings1 #c4 ,a volume of startling facts and opinions upon this very mysterious subject4 ,scientific and ,religious ,mysteries of ,antiquity3 ,the ,gnosis and ,secret ,schools of the ,middle ,ages1 ,modern ,rosicrucianism1 and ,free and ,accepted ,masonry4 ,by ,john ,yarker4 #abmo1 new cloth1 #b4jj4 8,the sublime depths of the mysteries of antiquity have been sounded but by few minds in the lapse of ages1 and those who have leisure to follow upon their tracks will meet with an ample reward40 ,,only ,,one ,,hundred ,,copies ,,printed4 ,duyckinck's ,cyclopdia of ,american ,literature4 ,printed by ,alvord1 on a hand-press1 and on tinted paper of extra weight and finish1 prepared expressly for the work4 ,for the convenience of persons desirous of illustrating the work1 for which purpose it is admirably adapted1 it has been issued in five parts1 with separate rubricated titles1 each of the two original volumes being divided into two parts1 of about three hundred and fifty pages each1 and the new ,supplement forming the fifth4 ,a finely engraved portrait printed on ,india paper is given with each part4 ,the subjects of these portraits are ,benjamin ,franklin1 ,james ,fenimore ,cooper1 ,washington ,irving1 ,william ,hickling ,prescott1 and1 with the ,supplement1 a portrait of the late ,george ,l4 ,duyckinck1 newly engraved in line1 by ,burt1 after an original painting by ,duggan4 #e vols4 #dto1 uncut1 #be4jj4 ,half morocco1 gilt top1 #ej4jj4 ,only thirteen sets of this edition now remain4 ,payne ,knight's ,worship of ,priapus4 ,a discourse on the ,worship of ,priapus1 and its connection with the ,mystic ,theology of the ,ancients4 ,by ,,richard ,,payne ,,knight1 ,esq4 ,a new edition4 ,to which is added an essay on the worship of the generative powers during the middle ages of ,western ,europe4 ,illustrated with #ach engravings 7many of which are full-page71 from ,ancient ,gems1 ,coins1 ,medals1 ,bronzes1 ,sculpture1 ,egyptian ,figures1 ,ornaments1 ,monuments1 etc4 ,printed on heavy toned paper1 at the ,chiswick ,press1 #a vol4 #dto1 half ,roxburghe morocco1 gilt top1 #ce4jj4 8,r4 ,p4 ,knight1 the writer of the first #8,essay1' was a ,fellow of the ,royal ,society1 a member of the ,british ,parliament1 and one of the most learned antiquaries of his time4 ,his museum of ,phallic objects is now most carefully preserved in the ,london ,british ,museum4 ,the second #8,essay1' bringing our knowledge of the worship of ,priapus down to the present time1 so as to include the more recent discoveries throwing any light upon the matter1 is said to be by one of the most distinguished ,english antiquaries--the author of numerous works which are held in high esteem4 ,he was assisted it is understood1 by two prominent ,fellows of the ,royal ,society1 one of whom has recently presented a wonderful collection of ,phallic objects to the ,british ,museum authorities40 ,gesta ,romanorum4 ,or1 ,entertaining ,moral ,stories4 ,invented by the ,monks as a fireside recreation2 and commonly applied to their ,discourses from the ,pulpit1 whence the most celebrated of our ,poets and others1 from the earliest times1 have extracted their ,plots4 ,translated from the ,latin1 with ,preliminary ,observations and ,copious ,notes1 by the ,rev4 ,,charles ,,swan4 ,new edition1 with an ,introduction by ,,thomas ,,wright1 ,esq41 ,m4,a41 ,f4,s4,a4 #b vols4 #hvo1 vellum cloth1 uncut1 printed on large and heavy paper1 #aj4jj4 ,full calf1 extra1 #ag4ej4 ,a limited edition only was printed1 of which now only #ad copies remain4 8,they0 7the ,monks7 8might be disposed occasionally to recreate their minds with subjects of a light and amusing nature2 and what could be more innocent or delightful than the stories of the ,,gesta ,,romanorum60--,douce's ,illustrations to ,shakespeare4 ,jones' 7,owen7 ,grammar of ,ornament4 ,a ,series of #aab exquisitely colored ,plates1 executed in ,chromolithography1 comprising #cjjj examples of the ,decoration of all ,ages and ,nations1 with ,descriptive ,letterpress1 illustrated with ,woodcuts4 ,folio1 cloth1 extra1 gilt edges4 #cj4jj4 ,this new edition is a reproduction of the larger work on a smaller scale2 a few of the plates which could not be reduced have been printed on a larger scale1 and the same artistic matter has been extended from #ajj to #aab plates4 ,dibdin's ,bibliomania2 ,or1 ,book-,madness3 ,a ,bibliographical ,romance4 ,with numerous ,illustrations4 ,a new ,edition1 with a ,supplement1 including a ,key to the ,assumed ,characters in the ,drama4 #hvo1 half-,roxburghe1 #f4jj2 a few ,large ,paper copies1 ,imp4 #hvo1 half-,roxburghe1 the edges altogether uncut1 #ab4jj4 8,i have not yet recovered from the delightful delirium into which your #8,bibliomania' has completely thrown me4 ,your book1 to my taste1 is one of the most extraordinary gratifications ,i have enjoyed for many years40--,,isaac ,,disraeli4 ,greville's ,memoirs4 ,journal of the ,reign of ,king ,george ,,iv4 and ,king ,william ,,iv4 ,by the late ,charles ,c4 ,f4 ,greville1 ,esq4 ,edited by ,henry ,reeve4 #c vols4 #hvo1 cloth1 #g4ej4 ,no equally important contribution to the political history of the last generation has been made by any previous writer4 ,as a man of rank and fashion1 ,mr4 ,greville associated1 on terms of equality1 with all the statesmen of his time1 and his long tenure of a permanent office immediately outside of the circle of politics compelled him to observe a neutrality which was probably congenial to his character and inclination4--,saturday ,review4 ,archie ,armstrong's ,banquet of ,jests4 ,reprinted from the original edition1 together with ,,archie',s ,,dream 7#afda71 handsomely printed in antique style1 with red line borders4 ,square #abmo1 new vellum cloth1 uncut1 #f4ej4 ,the same1 printed on ,whatman's paper 7limited to #be copies74 ,square #abmo1 new cloth1 #i4jj4 ,the edition 7of all kinds7 was limited to #beb copies4 ,it is completely exhausted1 and copies are now difficult to obtain4 8,a more amusing budget of odd stories1 clever witticisms1 and laughter-moving tales1 is not to be found in ,jester's ,library40 ,nares' ,glossary4 ,or1 ,collection of ,words1 ,phrases1 ,names1 and ,allusions to ,customs1 ,proverbs1 etc41 which have been thought to require ,illustration in the ,works of ,english ,authors1 particularly ,shakespeare and his contemporaries4 ,,new ,,edition1 with additions1 etc41 by ,j4 ,o4 ,halliwell and ,thomas ,wright4 #b vols4 #hvo1 new cloth1 #f4ej4 ,gavin ,douglas' ,poetical ,works4 ,with ,memoir1 ,notes and ,glossary1 by ,j4 ,small1 ,m4,a41 ,f4,s4,a4 ,illustrated by specimens of the ,manuscripts1 and the title-pages and woodcuts of the early editions in facsimile4 ,handsomely printed in #d vols4 post #hvo1 cloth4 #ah4jj4 #ahgd4 ----,the same1 ,,large ,,paper4 ,fifty copies only printed4 #d handsome demy #hvo vols4 cloth1 #be4jj4 7,published #f4f4j47 ,the distinguished poets1 ,william ,dunbar1 ,gavin ,douglas1 ,bishop of ,dunkeld1 and ,sir ,david ,lindsay of the ,mount1 form a trio of whom ,scotland has every reason to be proud2 but1 as the ,works of the second of these have not hitherto been collected1 an ,edition of them has long been a desideratum in ,scottish ,literature4 ,walford's ,county ,families4 ,the ,county ,families of the ,united ,kingdom2 or1 ,manual of the ,titled and ,untitled ,aristocracy of ,great ,britain and ,ireland4 ,containing a ,brief ,notice of the ,descent1 ,birth1 ,marriage1 ,education1 and ,appointments of each person2 his ,heir ,apparent or ,presumptive2 as also a ,record of the ,offices which he has hitherto held1 with his ,town ,address and ,country ,residence4 ,by ,,edward ,,walford1 ,m4,a4 #a vol4 thick imperial octavo4 ,cloth1 gilt edges4 #a1bjj pages1 #h4jj4 ,caxton's ,statutes of ,henry ,,vii41 #adhi4 ,edited1 with ,notes and ,introduction1 by ,,john ,,rae1 ,esq41 ,fellow of the ,royal ,institution4 ,the earliest known volume of ,printed ,statutes1 and remarkable as being in ,english4 ,it contains some very curious and primitive ,legislation on ,trade and ,domestic ,matters4 ,in remarkable fac-simile1 from the rare original4 ,small folio1 half morocco1 uncut1 #g4ej4 ,owen ,jones' ,alhambra4 ,plans1 ,elevations1 and ,sections of the ,alhambra1 with the elaborate details of this beautiful specimen of ,moorish ,architecture1 minutely displayed in #ajj beautifully engraved plates1 #fg of which are highly finished in gold and colors1 from ,drawings taken on the spot by ,,jules ,,goury and ,,owen ,,jones1 with a complete translation of the ,arabic ,inscriptions1 and an ,historical ,notice of the ,kings of ,granada1 by ,,pascual ,,de ,,gayangos4 #b vols4 imperial folio 7pub4 at #bd71 elegantly half bound morocco1 gilt edges1 full gilt backs4 #ajj4 ,the same work on ,large ,paper1 #b vols4 atlas folio1 #ajj plates1 #fg of them in gold and colors1 the engraved plates on ,india paper 7pub4 at #cf71 half bound morocco1 gilt edges4 #abe4 ,for practical purposes1 to architects the small paper copies will suffice2 but gentlemen desirous of adding a noble book in its finest appearance to their library1 must have a ,large ,paper copy4 8,in spite of earthquakes1 mines and counter-mines--spite of ,spanish convicts1 ,french soldiers1 ,spanish bigotry1 and ,flemish barbarism of thieves and gipsys1 contrabandists and brigands1 paupers1 charcoal-burners and snow-gatherers1 the ,alhambra still exists--one of the most recent of ,european ruins4 ,it is the most perfect in repair and the richest in design2 it has suffered less from man1 or the elements1 and has fallen more gently into decay4 ,it was not molten like ,nineveh in an hour1 or buried in a day like ,pompeii2 it was not smitten down at a blow like ,corinth1 or sapped for centuries like ,athens4 ,though it has been alternately a barrack1 a prison1 a tea garden1 and an almshouse--though its harem has been a hen-house1 its prisons pens for sheep2 the ,alhambra is still one of the most wonderful productions of ,eastern splendor1 lingering in ,europe long after the ,moslem waves have rolled back into ,asia1 like a golden cup dropped on the sand1 or like the last tent of some dead ,arab1 still standing1 when the rest of his tribe have long since taken up their spears1 untethered their camels1 and sought their new homes in the far desert40 ,prostitution4 ,,dufour 7,,pierre74 ,histoire de la ,prostitution chez tous les peuples du ,monde1 depuis l'antiquit la plus recule jusqu' nos jours4 ,illustrated with numerous fine engravings on steel4 #f vols4 in #c1 #hvo1 hf4 cf4 gilt tops4 ,scarce4 #ah4jj4 #f vols4 #hvo1 cloth1 #ac4ej4 ,,original and ,,only ,,genuine ,,edition4 ,in this learned work--the best that we have on the subject--many of the chapters are devoted to dissertations on matters of general interest to students of literature4 ,we instance ,chap4 ,,xxiv41 containing a treatise on the ,obscenity of the ,french language1 the ,jargon of ,argot1 its ,origin1 etc42 also in ,chap4 ,,xxxii41 a highly interesting bibliographical account of the ,aretin plates by ,marc ,antonio1 etc41 etc4 ,the author was threatened with criminal prosecution1 and pledged himself never to reproduce the work2 it has now become scarce4 ,,new ,,and ,,magnificent ,,work ,,on ,,textile ,,fabrics4 ,ornamental ,textile ,fabrics ,of all ,ages and ,nations4 ,a practical ,collection of ,specimens4 ,illustrated with ,fifty ,plates in ,gold1 ,silver1 and ,colors1 ,comprising upwards of #a1jjj various styles of ,ancient1 ,medival and ,modern ,ornamental ,designs of ,textile ,fabrics1 with ,explanatory ,description and a ,general ,introduction4 ,by ,m4 ,,dumont-,,auberville4 #a vol4 folio1 cloth1 gilt1 extra4 #be4jj4 ,the ,editor of this work1 ,m4 ,dupont-,auberville1 is known as one of the most distinguished archologists of modern ,france1 and ,textile ,art is the department of archology to which he has devoted the best years of his life4 ,his collection of specimens of textile fabrics embraces models taken from all ages and from all countries1 and is admitted by all artists to be unique in every respect4 ,the works of ancient textile art1 both in the ,east and the ,west1 are done full justice to1 but at the same time the framer of 8,ornamental ,textile ,fabrics0 has drawn more amply from the extensive stock of models belonging to more recent periods4 ,from his immense collection of specimens taken from the ,renaissance and the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries1 he has selected those subjects which are most worthy of the attention both of the amateur and the manufacturer4 ,in this manner the work now submitted to the public is not a mere ornamental one1 but at the same time it possesses a practical usefulness which must cause it to be valued by all who make a study of taste in manufacturing industry in general1 and the art of weaving in particular4 ,,an ,,entirely ,,new ,,and ,,revised ,,edition4 ,old ,print ,collectors' ,guide3 ,an ,introduction to the ,study and ,collection of ,ancient ,prints4 ,frontispiece1 plates of monograms1 and illustrations4 ,by ,,wm4 ,h4 ,,willshire4 ,handsomely printed4 #b large vols4 demy #hvo1 half morocco1 gilt top1 #aa4jj4 ,this new edition entirely supersedes the previous one1 having1 in addition to much new matter1 full lists of ,monograms and marks of celebrated collectors and amateurs4 ,a work indispensable to the ,print ,collector1 being a concentration in one volume of all the varied information relative to the ,history of ,engraving and of ,ancient ,prints4 ,,contents4--,i4 ,engraving in ,ancient ,times4 ,,ii4 ,engraving in ,general1 from the beginning of the #acth to the #aeth ,century4 ,,iii4 ,on the ,various ,processes or kinds of ,engraving4 ,,iv4 ,advice on the ,study and ,collection of ,prints4 ,v4 ,the ,various ,schools of ,engraving4 ,,vi4 ,the ,northern ,schools to the time of ,drer4 ,,vii4 ,northern ,schools from ,drer to the #agth ,century4 ,,viii4 ,the ,southern ,schools of ,wood ,engraving4 ,,ix4 ,the ,masters of 8,chiaro oscuro40 ,x4 ,metal ,engraving4 ,masters of #addf1 etc4 ,,xi4 ,dutch and ,flemish ,schools4 ,,xii4 ,french and ,english ,schools4 ,,xiii4 ,chief ,etchers of the ,northern ,schools4 ,,xiv4 ,on ,engraving in the 8,dotted ,manner40 ,,xv4 ,the ,southern ,schools of ,engraving on ,metal4 ,nielli4 ,,xvi4 ,italian ,schools4 ,,xvii4 ,school of ,marc ,antonio4 ,,xviii4 ,chief ,etchers of the ,italian ,schools4 ,,xix4 ,mezzotinto ,engravings and ,engravers4 ,,xx4 ,on the ,examination and ,purchase of ,ancient ,prints4 ,,xxi4 ,on the ,conservation and ,arrangement of ,prints4 ,appendix4--,british ,museum ,collection1 ,douce ,collection1 ,oxford1 ,polytypage1 ,clich1 ,mezzotinto ,engraving1 ,high-priced ,books1 ,varia ,bibliography1 ,monograms1 indexes1 etc41 etc4 ,the ,works of ,william ,unger4 ,a ,series of ,seventy-two ,etchings after the ,old ,masters4 ,with ,critical and ,descriptive ,notes by ,c4 ,,vosmaer4 ,comprising the most celebrated paintings of the following artists3 ,,tintoretto1 ,,ruysdael1 ,,rembrandt1 ,,guido1 ,,poussin1 ,,rubens1 ,,ostade1 ,,jan ,,steen1 ,,van ,,dyck1 ,,wouvermans1 ,,paul ,,potter1 ,,frans ,,hals1 ,,veronese1 ,,jordaens1 ,,van ,,der ,,velde1 ,,brouwer1 etc41 etc4 ,ten parts folio1 #af #bb inches1 printed on heavy ,dutch paper1 #fj4jj4 ,or half morocco1 extra gilt top1 elegant and substantial1 #hj4jj4 8,no engraver who ever lived has so completely identified himself with painters he had to interpret as ,professor ,unger in the seventy-two plates which compose his #8,works4' ,he can adopt at will the most opposite styles1 and work on each with ease1 a fluency such as other men can only attain in one manner--their own--and after half a lifetime4 ,indeed1 one would not be going far wrong to describe ,professor ,unger as an art critic of very uncommon insight1 who explains the sentiment and execution of great painters with an etching needle instead of a pen4 8,it has been said of engraving that it is an unintellectual occupation1 because it is simply copyism2 but such engraving as this is not unintellectual1 for it proves a delicacy and keenness of understanding which are both rare among artists and critics4 ,unger has not the narrowness of the ordinary artist1 for he can enter into the most opposite styles2 nor has he the technical ignorance of the ordinary critic1 for he can draw--,i will not say like a great master1 but like twenty different great masters4 8,mr4 ,vosmaer1 the now well-known ,dutch critic1 who writes in ,english and ,french as well as in his own language1 has much increased the interest in ,unger's etchings by accompanying them with a valuable biographic essay of his own1 much superior to the ordinary #8letter-press1' which publishers in general appear to consider as a necessary companion to engraving4 8,the seventy-two etchings before us are1 on the whole1 the most remarkable set of studies from old masters which has been issued by the enterprise of our modern publishers1 and they can hardly fail to make fine work better appreciated both by artists and amateurs4 8,a few words of praise are due to the spirited publisher1 ,mr4 ,sijthoff1 of ,leyden1 for the manner in which these etchings of ,unger have been published4 ,they are printed on fine ,dutch paper1 and mounted 7pasted by the upper edge only7 on sufficiently good boards in such a manner as to enter into the most carefully arranged collections without further change4 ,they are accompanied by a text printed with the greatest taste1 on very fine ,dutch paper4 ,this series is printed in one class of proof only1 and issued at a price that is most reasonable1 and ,mr4 ,sijthoff deserves our thanks for placing works of real art1 thoroughly well got up1 within the reach of cultivated people who have limited incomes4 8,we recommend them strongly to all artists and lovers of art as a valuable means of art education and a source of enduring pleasure40--,,hamerton in the ,international ,review for ,jan41 #ahgf4 ,etchings after ,frans ,hals4 ,a ,series of #bj beautifully executed ,etchings4 ,by ,,william ,,unger4 ,with an ,essay on the ,life and ,works of the artist1 by ,c4 ,vosmaer4 ,two parts1 complete1 royal folio4 ,impressions on ,india paper1 #be4jj4 ,selected proofs1 before letters1 on ,india paper1 #dj4jj4 ,artist proofs on ,india paper1 #fj4jj4 ,or elegantly bound in half ,levant morocco1 extra1 gilt top1 #ae4jj additional to the above prices4 ,uniform with ,unger's works4 8,they who know the ,dutch painter ,hals only through the few portraits by him which have reached this country have but a slight comparative acquaintance with his works4 #8,a stranger to all academical lore1 to all literary co-operation1' writes ,mr4 ,vosmaer1 #8,frans ,hals appeared merely as a portrait-painter1 like most of the modern artists of his youth 444 true to life1 but also excelling by naturalness and masterly handling4 ,subsequently he portrayed the joyous popular life of the streets and the tavern2 at last those phases of national social life1 which have at once their image and memorial in the pictures of the arquebusiers and the civic governors4'0--,london ,art ,journal1 ,aug4 #ahgc4 ,,the ,,new ,,french ,,art ,,journal4 ,l',art4 ,revue ,hebdomadaire ,illustre4 7,m4 ,eugne ,vron et ,chas4 ,tardieu1 rdacteurs47 ,handsomely printed on heavy toned paper1 and illustrated with several hundred engravings on wood from drawings and pictures by celebrated cotemporary artists1 examples of antique and modern sculpture1 objects of ,art ,industry in all branches1 and a series of superbly executed etchings by the best living etchers1 executed expressly for this work2 being principally from the more noticeable pictures exhibited in the ,salons of ,europe1 carefully printed on ,holland paper4 ,forming four volumes a year4 ,royal folio 7#ag #ab in47 of about #ejj pp4 each1 with nearly #bjj woodcuts1 facsimiles1 etc41 and upwards of twenty etchings in each volume4 #d vols41 folio4 ,stitched1 paper covers1 uncut1 #cf4jj4 ,in cloth1 gilt top1 uncut edges1 #de4jj4 ,handsomely bound in half red morocco 7,jansen style71 gilt tops1 uncut edges1 #fe4jj4 ,,another ,,edition1 printed throughout on heavy ,holland paper1 in the most careful manner4 ,the etchings in two states1 ,artist proof on ,japan paper1 and ordinary print on ,holland paper4 ,the edition is strictly limited to one hundred copies1 numbered4 ,forming #d thick volumes1 folio4 ,price1 #abe4jj4 ,n4 ,b4--,payments to be made on delivery of each quarterly volume4 ,,opinions ,,of ,,the ,,press4 8,nowhere but in ,paris could such a ,review be produced every week as ,l',art1 so magnificent in every respect1 paper1 typography1 illustrations1 and above all1 so many sided in its view of art1 and so abundant and interesting in its information4 ,it has now been brought to the fourth year of its life1 with every sign of assured and increasing vigor1 and we are glad to learn1 from the report of the editor to the subscribers1 that something more substantial than the succs d'estime has rewarded the experiment of such a costly venture4444 ,it is simply the cheapest and the best thing of its kind4 ,m4 ,vron seems1 at any rate1 to have solved the problem of combining excellence with cheapness4 ,we find1 besides numerous little facsimiles of sketches1 and autograph letters of eminent artists1 musicians1 and dramatists1 no less than seventy fine etchings by such men as ,flameng1 ,courtry1 ,desbrosses1 ,lanon1 etc41 and woodcuts of ,claude's and ,turner's pictures1 with a series of very remarkable copies of the famous tapestries at ,madrid1 from the designs of ,albrecht ,drer and ,van ,eyck1 by ,edmond ,yon1 ,perrichon1 and ,c4 ,maurand1 as well as singularly fine examples of wood engraving4 ,supposing the reading matter of the ,review were as ephemeral and trivial in its purpose as the cheapest of the cheap instead of being1 as it is1 rich and racy1 with the native style of all ,french pens1 thoughtful and often profoundly suggestive1 and generally complete1 in reference to detail1 the two etchings by ,flameng1 from pictures by ,frans ,hals and ,nicholas ,maas1 alone would be really most valuable and acceptable to the print-collector4444 ,while ,l',art is conducted in this style the editor may feel quite secure that ,france will not lose that artistic supremacy she has long held40--,london ,times4 8,it would be easy and pleasant to go on discoursing about the pictures in ,l',art1 a paper which is so full of good1 sober1 and just criticisms1 trustworthy news about art1 and designs not otherwise to be obtained by most people40--,saturday ,review4 8,the new volume of ,l',art sufficiently manifests the success of a very valuable and interesting publication4444 ,there is no other journal in existence which so happily and skilfully combines the labors of artists and authors which does not subordinate art to letters1 or letters to art1 but permits them to go #8hand in hand1 not one before another4'444 ,in brief1 this grand folio volume of ,l',art abounds in matters of interest to all readers and students of sthetic and cultivated taste40--,the ,world 7,london74 8,there is some monotony in praising each successive portion of a periodical as it appears with an absolutely equal cordiality2 but the evenness of merit in ,l',art makes this uniformity of commendation a duty40--,the ,nation4 8,america is so destitute of illustrated works which can at all compare with ,l',art that she cannot do better than study and enjoy this ,french publication4 ,certainly there is no other means by which so many valuable pictures can be obtained at so small a price40--,the ,christian ,union4 8,sumptuous in paper and type1 lavish in illustrations1 and with critical and explanatory text of singular merit2 the most famous of modern art journals40--,n4 ,y4 ,times4 ,the ,portfolio3 ,an ,artistic ,periodical1 edited by ,,philip ,,gilbert ,,hamerton4 ,illustrated with ,etchings1 ,autotypes1 ,woodcuts1 ,facsimiles1 ,engravings1 ,heliogravures1 etc4 ,published monthly4 ,subscription reduced to ,,ten ,,dollars per annum4 ,sent1 ,postage free1 to any part of the ,united ,states1 on receipt of the ,subscription price4 8,the chief intention of #8,the ,portfolio' is to supply to its subscribers1 at a lower cost than would be possible without the certain sale of a regular periodical circulation1 ,works of ,art of various kinds1 but always such as are likely to interest a cultivated public2 and to accompany them with literature by writers of proved ability1 superior to mere letter-press1 and more readable than pure criticism or cataloguing40 ,among the artists who have furnished original etchings are ,bracquemond1 ,lalanne1 ,rajon1 ,legros1 and ,leopold ,flameng1 who has given some noble specimens of his skill1 especially in the reproduction of 8,the ,laughing ,portrait of ,rembrandt10 in his particular province as a reviver of the works of that artist4 ,the subjects in all cases are chosen for their worth and rarity1 and in these respects the 8,portfolio0 fairly rivals its great contemporary1 one of the noblest fine-art periodicals ever issued1 the ,parisian 8,gazette des ,beaux-,arts40 ,it has the same finish in execution in the minutest details of paper and print1 and is in every way a thoroughly artistic production1 far ahead in this way of anything of the class heretofore issued in ,england4 ,there are numerous single illustrations in the 8,portfolio10 worth the price of the volume1 suitable for framing4 ,,opinions ,,of ,,the ,,press4 8,of the ,,portfolio altogether it is to be said1 that not only is it the first periodical in the ,english language devoted to fine-art1 but that it leads all others by a very great distance1 whatever the second and third of such publications may be taken to be4 8,we warmly commend it to the notice of all who would cultivate in themselves and their families an appreciation of the beautiful in nature and art4 ,the illustrations are largely of sylvan scenery1 and etchings from the finest paintings are given1 with letter-press descriptions1 and the best articles from the highest authorities1 so that the monthly paper itself1 an illustration of what is taught1 becomes a complete magazine of the science of art4 ,we would regard the introduction of such a journal into the family as a good educator1 while it will prove a source of exquisite pleasure to those who have already a taste for the beautiful40--,n4 ,y4 ,observer4 8,we look for the ,,portfolio as for the only serial published1 in which works of art of a certain kind and of peculiar merit are to be found4 ,etching is not as popular1 perhaps1 as it should be1 but if anything is likely to bring its merits before the public1 it is such examples as are to be had here4 ,their effect is striking1 and in execution they are little short of perfect2 at any rate they exhibit this kind of work in the highest degree of perfection to which it has attained40--,n4 ,y4 ,daily ,times4 8,mr4 ,hamerton's ,,portfolio is easily chief among ,english art periodicals1 and has the advantage of being written by men who are not only familiar with the literature of art and the works of artists1 but are artists by profession1 and so know the feelings1 aims1 and technicalities of artists4 ,the editor is probably better acquainted with continental artists and their work than most of the insular fellows1 and his art theories and criticisms are proportionately more catholic and valuable4 ,the ,,portfolio1 instead of being a magazine of current gossip about artists and their doings1 is a work of permanent value1 apart from its excellent illustrations1 as a collection of able essays1 critical1 historical1 technical1 and personal1 very free from narrowness and professional or national prejudice4 ,it is the glory of the ,portfolio that it is in a way cosmopolitan1 free from the prejudices of nations and schools40--,atlantic ,monthly4 8,the ,portfolio is very charming4 ,an ,art periodical far superior to anything which has hitherto appeared40--,guardian4 8,from the first it has stood nearly alone as really #8an artistic periodical4' ,an hour spent over the ,portfolio is one of refreshment1 encouragement1 and unalloyed delight40--,spectator4 8,of the ,etchings the merits are unquestionable3 indeed1 the work is enriched with some of the finest examples4 ,the literary part is generally worthy of praise for being scholarly1 graceful1 and interesting40--,athenum4 8,dealing with artistic subjects generally1 and always in a spirit of intelligence and refinement40--,graphic4 8,to the portfolio is unanimously accorded the first place as an artistic periodical40--,cambridge ,chronicle4 ,back volumes for #ahgj1 '#ga1 '#gb1 '#gc1 '#gd1 '#ge1 '#gf1 and '#gg may still be had on application4 ,any volume sold separately4 ,price1 in blue cloth1 gilt leaves1 #ad4jj each4 ,transcriber's ,note3 ,words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores1 like this4 ,those in bold are surrounded by equal signs1 like this4 ,footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to precede the index4 ,printing errors1 such reversed order1 or partially printed letters1 diacriticals1 and punctuation1 were corrected4 ,final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added4 ,except as noted below for ,greek and ,hebrew1 misspelled words and irregular use of quotation marks were not changed4 ,footnote #fjh has two anchors4 hree-column texts in the original were reformatted as blockquotes to improve display in handheld devices4 ,the 8pigpen0 cipher is illustrated on lines #agcjh through #agcdj4 ,in the index1 punctuation was standardized and a few page number references were adjusted to match book pages4 ,some entries are not in alphabetical order2 these were left as printed4 ,term indexed as 8spirit-ancestor0 does not appear in either ,volume #a or ,volume #b4 ,corrections to ,greek3 ,,text3 line #dafb1 from to line #iiih1 from to line #abbeh1 from to line #acaib1 from to line #adbje1 from to line #aejec1 from to ,,footnotes3 ,,fn #efa from to ,,index3 line #ccehg1 from to line #cgeii1 from to line #dabbd1 from to ,corrections to ,hebrew3 ,,text3 line 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