An Exposition of the Mysteries; Or, Religious Dogmas and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Druidsauthor, 1835 - 403 pages |
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... given to the disciples of the priests , by means of an atlas . " " They were , says Bailey , very famous among men , because they intimate the season of the year . " The Blazing Star is Anubis , the Dog - star ; whose rising forewarned ...
... given to the disciples of the priests , by means of an atlas . " " They were , says Bailey , very famous among men , because they intimate the season of the year . " The Blazing Star is Anubis , the Dog - star ; whose rising forewarned ...
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... given by the Egyptians , Phenicians , the Greeks , and Romans , are obscured by fabulous recitals , and by metamorphoses full of absurdity . Although they were the most ingenious and polished of all people , they formed ideas so strange ...
... given by the Egyptians , Phenicians , the Greeks , and Romans , are obscured by fabulous recitals , and by metamorphoses full of absurdity . Although they were the most ingenious and polished of all people , they formed ideas so strange ...
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... given birth to the gods , goddesses , metamorphoses , auguries , and oracles . The fables thus reduced to their true value , will amuse without danger ; and the mas- ters possibly will like and adopt a principle , whose great simplicity ...
... given birth to the gods , goddesses , metamorphoses , auguries , and oracles . The fables thus reduced to their true value , will amuse without danger ; and the mas- ters possibly will like and adopt a principle , whose great simplicity ...
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... given to this public sign were Anubis the barker , the giver of advices , or Tahaut the dog . " The meaning then that has been handed down to masons of their blazing - star , completely identifier it with Anubis the dog - star . * See ...
... given to this public sign were Anubis the barker , the giver of advices , or Tahaut the dog . " The meaning then that has been handed down to masons of their blazing - star , completely identifier it with Anubis the dog - star . * See ...
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... given by this star , and in consequence retiring to the high ground with the produce of their agricul- ture , might enjoy the comforts that surrounded them . The same necessity which rendered the Egyptians astronomers , made them also ...
... given by this star , and in consequence retiring to the high ground with the produce of their agricul- ture , might enjoy the comforts that surrounded them . The same necessity which rendered the Egyptians astronomers , made them also ...
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