An Exposition of the Mysteries; Or, Religious Dogmas and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Druidsauthor, 1835 - 403 pages |
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Page 91
... myste- rious description , the hieroglyphic , of which there are two kinds , —the one denoting objects , in a direct manner , by means of the initial sounds of words ; the other is symbolical . Of the symbolical signs one class ...
... myste- rious description , the hieroglyphic , of which there are two kinds , —the one denoting objects , in a direct manner , by means of the initial sounds of words ; the other is symbolical . Of the symbolical signs one class ...
Page 105
... Myste- ries , as the Mysteries were for the support of the doctrine . But now , lest it should be mistaken , that initiation alone , or any other means than a virtuous life , entitled men to this future happiness , the Myste- ries ...
... Myste- ries , as the Mysteries were for the support of the doctrine . But now , lest it should be mistaken , that initiation alone , or any other means than a virtuous life , entitled men to this future happiness , the Myste- ries ...
Page 111
... myste- ries , who were lawgivers , should be for keeping this truth a secret . They had had , themselves , the chief hand in the rise of vulgar polythe- ism . They contrived it for the sake of the state ; and to keep the peo- ple in awe ...
... myste- ries , who were lawgivers , should be for keeping this truth a secret . They had had , themselves , the chief hand in the rise of vulgar polythe- ism . They contrived it for the sake of the state ; and to keep the peo- ple in awe ...
Page 130
... myste- ries in private conventicles . From rites so managed , it is easy to believe , many enormities would arise . This was the original of those horrid impieties commited in the mysteries of Bacchus at Rome ; of which the historian ...
... myste- ries in private conventicles . From rites so managed , it is easy to believe , many enormities would arise . This was the original of those horrid impieties commited in the mysteries of Bacchus at Rome ; of which the historian ...
Page 147
... myste- ries ; at the conclusion of which the office of female hierophant ends , if we can judge by the duty imposed upon the sibyl by Virgil , as will appear further on . - Edit . + The bee , or rather bee - hire , among the masonic ...
... myste- ries ; at the conclusion of which the office of female hierophant ends , if we can judge by the duty imposed upon the sibyl by Virgil , as will appear further on . - Edit . + The bee , or rather bee - hire , among the masonic ...
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