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INDEX.

A

• Abarras, 285, 291
• Abraham, a Druid, 31; a worshipper of idols, 68; introduced fire-worship, 195
• Abury, a religious shrine, 298
• Adam a creator, 168
• All-Heal, 29
• Am, or Aum, 44, 48, 155
• Ammon, 48
• Ancient races, civilization of, 105, 110, 136; means of communication among, 118; learning of, 119; telescope in use by, 115, 117
• Antiquities of Scotland, 303
• Ark, the, 85, 160, 196
• Aztecs, deity of, 313; religious observances of, 312

B

• Baal, 162, 173
• Babel, Tower of, 89, 92, 295
• Babylon, religious rites of, 210
• Bacchus, the New Sun, 58; worshipped in British Isles, 61
• Baptism, in India, 263; in Persia, 221; in Mexico, 264; by women in Christian Church, 268
• Baruch, 273, 274
• Bel-Nimrod, 147
• Belus, Tower of, 93
• Birth, new, an ancient doctrine, 222
• Brahm, head of Indian Triad, 79
• Buddha Gotama, moral grandeur of, 232; his birth, 51; doctrines of, 233; mother of, 234

C

• Carnac, 303
• Christ, birth of, 243, 245, 250; compared with Crishna, 241,242, connected with Persian mythology, 237; early pictures of, 324; first portrait of, 246; the, of the Romish Church, 244, 271; mission of, 267, philosophy of, 333; monogram of, 319; mother of, 240; titles of, 243; New Solar Deity, 245, 266, 276; not called Jesus, 245; birth of, prophesied, 277
• Christianity, antiquity of, 240, 286; phallic basis of, 275; date of, in British Isles, 284; in Ireland, 277, 278; outgrowth of Sun-worship, 332
• Confucius, books of, 227; influence of, 230; doctrines of, 228; system of, 227
• Council of Laodicea, 269
• Creation, account of (Berosus), 182; Elohistic narrative of, 189, 190; speculations concerning, 181

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• Crishna, crown and coronet of, 325, 326; as crucified Savior, 325,327; as represented by Moore, 326; as the Sun, 329
• Cross, in cave of Elephanta, 319; in Egypt, 318; in India, 320; in Pompeii, 319; on coins, 319; as the letter T, 321; as a medal, 319; sign of, prohibited, 323; Roman worship of, 321, 322
• Crucified God, in Rome, 321; in Cyprus, 322; in Ireland, 325; in India, 326; in British Isles, 244
• Cupid, 80
• Cybele, as female deity, 49, 94; as Great Mother, 93; priests of, 95
• Cycles (ancient), 110, 112, 115

D

• Deities, of Assyria, 40, 66, 142, 247; of Babylon, 40, 141; of Mexico, 145, 195; of Chaldea, 40, 99, 213; of Siberia; 76; of Peru, 76; of Egypt, 26, 35, 48, 66, 76, 172; of China, 46, 195; of Japan, 195; of Britain, 279, 296; of Ireland, 278, 281; of India, 34, 39, 77, 201; of Phœnicia, 20, 26; of Polynesia, 23; of Ceylon, 26; of the Goths, 77, 82; of the Celts, 28; of the Greeks, 77, 192, 195, 202; of the Romans, 194, 246, 258; of the Lapps, 13; of the Esths, 13; of the Druids, 28, 256; of the Arabians, 59; of the Jews 68, 79, 156, 158, 160, 164, 170, 173
• Devil, origin of, 179; Naas, child of, 273, 274; derivation of name, 177; Persian, 220; personal, 231
• Dionysos, 43, 60
• Doctrines, of Aristotle, 106; of Plato, 105; of Pythagoras, 105, 107; of St. Paul, 268, 275; of Zeno, 106; of the Goths, 82; of the Egyptians, 83; of Greeks, 83; of Jews, 159, 164, 170; of Lingajas, 91, 98, 268; of Nestorians, 269; of Etrurians, 124; of Sethians, 169; of Persians, 218, 220; of Druids, 29, 31, 255, 281, 283, 288; of Christian Church, 246, 330; of Gnostics relating to women, 269; of Gnostics relating to the Eucharist, 261; of the early Fathers, 106; concerning original sin, 331; concerning the atonement, 316, 329; concerning re-incarnation, 106, 331; concerning eternity of matter, 74, 83, 107; concerning abstractions or emanations, 105

E

• Easter, 196, 253, 257
• Egg as symbol, 84
• Egyptian mysteries, 138
• Eleusinian mysteries, 202, 204
• Elohim, 40, 67, 70, 274
• Emblems, Assyrian and Babylonian, 43; crosses as, 318, 322; Egyptian, 27; of eternity, 297; of female deity, 32, 96, 98, 278, 279; of generative power, 294; of immortality, 32; of life, 206; Lingham and Yoni as religious, 200; towers, etc., as male, 295
• Ethiopia first to worship the gods, 120

F

• Female, creative power, 271; element in the sun, 49; nature worship, 11; principle, soul of the world, 55; as serpent, 144, 179, 261
• Flood, 78, 84, 92, 160, 184, 188

G

• Gaia, first deified object, 12
• God, adoration of one, 38; of Abraham, 67, 69; as Aleim, 62; change

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  in ideas of, 14; as Destroyer or Regenerator, 95; male principle as, 153; reigning monarch as, 153; worshipped as female, II; wine as, 24
• God-idea, of ancients, 24, 64; developed, 58, 192; divorced from nature, 100; in Egypt, 176, elimination of female from, 63, 160; of Etruscans, 125; importance of female in, 31; male attributes in, 59; represented by mother and child, 47, 49, 51, 210, 214; originally female, 214; represented by fire, 198

H

• Hea, 145, 146, 150, 152
• Hercules, conflicts of, 274
• Holy Fire, 195; Druids' worship of, 256; worshipped by Christians, 257; worshipped in Britain, 255; introduced into Ur by Abraham, 195; Persian worship of, 197, 219; preservation of, in Rome, 194; worshipped by Jews, 196
• Horus, 47, 49, 66, 176, 244

I

• Iliad, the, 138
• Ireland, cemeteries of, 283; buildings of, in 6th century, 290; ecclesiastical functions in, 288; laws of, in 16th century, 290; monumental remains in, 288; phallic worship in, 281, 282; planting of Christianity in, 285; Romish missionaries to, 286; round towers of, 295, 301, 302; Sun-worship in, 292; worship of Apollo in, 292

J

• Jacob, 156
• Janus and Juno, 249
• Jehovah, 68, 170; originally female, 173
• Jews, depravity of, 208, faithlessness of, 163; religion of, 171; first appearance in history of, 164; worship of Aleim by, 173
• Jove, 43, 54, 153
• Jupiter, mother of the gods, 62; an oak tree, 28

K

• Kosmogony, Phœnician, 182; Babylonian, 183; Gothic, 185; Chinese, 187; Japanese, 187; Semitic, 191

L

• Labyrinth, 132
• Laotse, 230, 231
• Lotus, emblem of Great Mother, 33, 34, 36, 96

M

• Marcellina, 267
• Mary, worship of, 270; not a creator, 270
• Maya, 51, 53
• May-day, 255, 256
• May-pole, 25, 26, 255
• Menu, 75
• Minerva, allegory of, 328; daughter of the Great Mother, 153; homage paid to, 60; worship of, 57, 307; as Light, 191; as Wisdom, 60, 107
• Moon, gender of, 56; Isis, not worshipped as, 55
• Moses, as Savior, 171
• Mother, Great, 93; worship of, 95, 129; of all the gods, 13; of Gotama Buddha, 108; only recognized parent, 14
• Mt. Parnassus, 260
• Muth, 53, 57, 60, 94, 150, 175, 307
• Mysteries of Eleusis, 202, 204

N

• Nature-worship, 16, 103, 125, 130
• Neith, 11, 307

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• Netpe, 174
• Noah, as Hea, 152; as Deon, 150; as god man, 78; as Mithras, 81; as Phroneous, 84; as Phanes, 80; as savior, 78; as Menu, 75

O

• Oman, 125, 127
• Omoroka, 183
• Original sin, 330
• Osiris, history of, 175; son of Mai, 174; first offering of celestial Virgin, 174

P

• Patrick, St., first heard of, 287; miracles of, 287; fable of, 287; represented a set of monks, 280
• Persians, their attempt to purify faiths, 217; their civilization, 131; marriage ceremony of, 226; religion of, 219; sacred works of, 237; spirituality of, 223
• Phallic worship, 200, 209
• Pire Monc, 95, 96
• Puranas, 87
• Pyramids, 96, 98

Q

• Queen of Heaven, 165, 203, 234, 240, 248, 269
• Quetzalcoatl, 313

R

• Religion, of ancient races, 74, 129, 143; bestialized, 104; Christian, same as pagan, 246; of India and Egypt, 3
• Religious worship in Britain, 278
• Rites, in India, 263; Thesmophorian, 203; of Bona Dea, 204; of Baal-Peor, 209
• Rocking stones, 301

S

• Sacrament of Lord's Supper, 24, 25
• Sacrifices, among Amazolus, 311; among Aztecs, 312; to the god of pro-creation, 308; to the Jewish god, 315; to Moloch, 309, 310; of Mexicans, 315, 316; not practised in earlier ages, 306; of yajna or lamb, 307
• Savior, a crucified, 329; expected by various nations, 243, 245; prophecy of, in Ireland, 238, 292; prophecy of, in Persia, 238; worshipped by Mexicans, 315; mythical figure of, 321
• Serpent, sacred character of, 261; myths and legends, 145; a universal symbol, 261; as a symbol of Christian faith, 262
• Seth, as Aleim, 167; deposed, 174; as evil principle, 164, 178, 180; as God of Nature, 168; as third person of the Trinity, 169; worship of, 172
• Solomon's Temple, 208
• Sphinx, the, 93, 94
• St. John's Day, 256, 258
• Stonehenge, 297
• Sun, as Aditi, 39, 42; birth of, 252; as cause of evil, 306; as Creator, 41; dies and rises again, 242; emblem of Deity, 41, 67 female power in, 43; as God, 208, 244; all gods centre in the, 42; as regenerator, 73, 74; worship of, 130, 259
• Superstitions, 101

T

• Trees, emblems of creative force, 20; male or female, 21; as phallic emblems, 21; as religious symbols, 21; and serpent, 31, 32; worship of, 19, 27, 28; worship condemned, 37

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• Tree of Life, beginning and end of all things, 37; of Ceylon, 23; of India, 22, 28; of Egypt, 26, 174; of Nineveh, 27; of Scandinavia, 26; man as a dead branch of, 321
• Trinity, of the Hindoos, 64, 76; of the Indians, 188; of the Tartars, 76; of the New Zealanders, 188; of the Peruvians, 188; of the Gothic nation, 185; of the Egyptians, 176; of the Chinese, 187; second person of, female, 266; as father, mother, and child, 147; as Menu, 76; as Fo of Buddhists, 76

V

• Vedas, 131
• Venus, 80, 85, 202, 209, 211, 215, 274, 318
• Virgin, antiquity of worship of, 66, 125; black, 58, 270; worshipped by Christians, 269
• Virgin of the Sphere, 51, 74; gave birth to sun-god, 51
• Vishnu, 141

W

• Water, regarded as sacred, 151; life principle contained in, 151; worship of, 148; symbol of female energy, 267; goddess of, 148
• Women, handiwork of Vulcan, 192; honored with a crown, 192; identified with evil, 329; of the Idol, 212; as legitimate plunder, 103; as legislators, 283; not creators, 99; monasteries for, 283; regarded as matter, 272; as serpents, 143, 144; as slaves, 211, 214; gift of Wisdom, 193

X

• Xisuthrus, 184

Y

• Yávanas, 88
• Yorkshire stone, 300

Z

• Zeus, 60
• Zodiac of Dendera, 30
• Zoroaster, 220, 224, 237