WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT.

Fronii.piece. o c i a u m a of gicen jade, converted into a Gnostic talisman

described at p. 197. Presented to the Repository, Woolwich, by General
±JG oy.
Title-page. T nc Ophite version of the "Good Shepherd," described at
p. 2._>0. Sard. (New York.)
iv 0 athooa i nion Serpent, inscribed 101 With Me [thou shalt be safe].
.Remarkable mineralogically, as being cut in a piece of true jade (Nephrite)
(, Lewis Lollcction). P. xn.
°- 1. '^llG Gnostic Gorgon, a late Byzantine amulet. The legend, full
of blunders and contractions, is A r i O C A r i O C K T P I O C C A B A C J L ) 0 6 N
T O I C T Y I C T O I C e T A O r H M e N O C , "Holy, holy, Lord of hosts, in the
i0ncst, jsicssca. Drawn to the actual size, from a cast, sent t o m e
m a n y years ago by the late Mr. Albert W a y . But by a singular chance,
lie gem itself (a green jasper) two years back, came into the hands of Mr.
\\ . Talbot Heady, who supplied m e with a drawing of it, from which it
appears mat its other face represents Saint Anne, with the Infant Madonna
m her arms, and her name and title in the field, the legend around being
TCT6PA MGAAINH M G A A I N O M e N H OJC 0 A A A T T A N T A A H N H
CAINfcl. U, womb, black, blackening, as the calm soothes the sea [be
itiou quiet]. Tnc gem is therctore a taliiman for the protection of women
o pregnancy ; a fact accounting for its frequent occurrence ; Chiflct
figures another (the Gorgon side only) in his " A p i s t o p i s t u s , ' No. 70. P. 20.
. "• e Abraxas-god, as he is usually represented, with shield and
whip to scaio away all evil spirits. The reverse exhibits the Agathodsemon
Serpent, surrounded by triplets of the sacred animals of Egypt, all paying
him adoration. The legend in thefieldEVIA, is Syriac for " Serpent," the
rest remains unexplained. Drawn to the actual size, from a red jasper,
discovered at Bombay, to which place it had probably been carried by the
Persian refugees of the seventh century. (Lewis Collection.) P. 41.
No. 3. A circular green jasper (of the size of the drawing) preserved
from time immemrrial in Maestricht Cathedral, where it passes for the
Seal of Saint Servatius," although in reality m a n y centuries posterior to
ins elate, being a late mediaeval work. The obverse represents the bust of
some samt; the reverse, the Gnostic Gorgon ; around both rims a most
barbarous attempt at a common Byzantine spell; that is, of a few of the
first words only. The spell, in full, m a y be translated thus, " Death,
(Mmpa) black, blackening, as a serpent dost thou writhe, as a lion dost
thou roar ; but as a lamb shalt thou lie down ! *' P. 57.
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JNO. 4. l i i e Abraxas-god mounted in the chariot of the Sun. This

design is unique in its kind, and of great value, as proving the original
identity of the Basilidan deity with the Solar Power. H e has, however,
been adopted into the n e w religion by the legend of the reverse, the
Great I v a m e s , " lao and Abraxas placed within a coiled serpent, emblem
•> * J x . ( ~&" IJULl.^ J. . XKJO.

N o . 5. Horus, the Vernal Sun, seated on the lotus, type of the world,
and reviewing the adoration of the Baboon, attribute of the moon. Jasper.
^JNew York.) P. l o o .
-No. 6. I n e b u n m his car, in his hand the orb; he is saluted m the
legend as ' Thou art our Father! " and the word in the exergue Trallianus
tells us is one of his titles, and enters into a spell against gout. T h e
reverse exhibits Luna guiding her milk-white heifer, the Grecian substitute
anteloj:.of the Hindoo Chandra H a e m a t i t e . ( N e w York.)
for the silver antelope
x, 1ot.
N o . 7. Isis, one lotus on her brow, holding a sceptre. Sardonyx.
J
( v •*•• *• * *

-No. 8. Caduceus, within a myrtle wreath. O n the reverse is beautifully

engraved. A P I K C 0 O 1 , which is the exact transliteration of the Hebrew
charm against the special demon of the latrina, and which is found in the
Tannud, being consequently more ancient that the fourth century. T h e
meaning is Upon the head of a lion. Sard. ( N e w York.) P. 178.
N o . 9. T h e Abraxas god, engraved in so superior a style that the work
must date from the earliest period of the sect. Green jasper. ( N e w York.)
ir. -LJT,

xso. 10. The Abraxas god, with the title " loa, Son of the Universe! "
inis is a truer version of the Hebrew than the Eternal S o n , pproposedPUbcU
by Matter. Haematite. ( N e w York.) P. 244.
N o . 11. Talisman against the Evil Eye. T h e much-dreaded organ is
shown encompassed by the symbols of the deities presiding over the days
of the week, as the Lion, for the Sun, the Stag for the Moon, the Wolf for
iviars, t e c , all combining to bame the force of the stroke. This attribution
of days came from the Chaldean astrologers : it is represented in a painting
at xierculaneum, but the earnest use of it to mark a date is found in JJio
Cassius, w h o observes that Jerusalem was taken " on Saturn's D a y . "
Sard. ( N e w York.) P. 256.
N o . 12. Drawing rudely scratched on the plaster of the wall of a guard-
room, or the Palatme, representing a m a n of the lower class touncatus
popeuus, or a slave, making a gesture of adoration to a biforru diety
elevated upon steps,, with the explanatory inscription "Alexamenos,
w o hips \P* i worshipping) u-oci. It is disputed whether this be a bona
fide adoration of the jackal-headed Anubis; or the caricature by some
heathen scoffer of the convert, Alexamenos aod his newly-found god,
depicted here m the shape described by Tertulhan. tSee remarks at
page —oiJ. P. _ i 9.
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No. 13. Bust of Apollo, in the Greek style, interpolated by a later hand
with a tahsmanic legend, that would have defied all interpretation but for
the existence of another of the same nature, yet rather more explicit.
This is a portrait^ Pescennius Niger (Paris), inscribed with an invocation
Holy iving, ii.pono, to preserve the health of that Emperor,
p e trie present one, chieny by trie initial letters. Ouri, there-
fore, must be read BaatXevs ATTOWGIV lepo? Seov(noov*) [{T{OCF~\ and, in
the same way, calls upon the God of Health to show this favour to
Pescennius rival, Severus. Sard. ( N e w York.) P. 302.
No. 14. Tahsmamc Ring of Bishop Seffrid, found in his tomb; now
preserved in the Cathedral Library, Chichester. P. 328.
• o. . lie Agathoitomon, declaring by the legend " I a m C b n u m i s ,
Sun of the Universe, (00. The Greek numeral must be the Number of a
JName, just as BOO is that of Jesus, but what that name was, I leave to
deeper X a b b a l i s t s than myself to discover. Calcedony. (British Museum.)
J.. 340.
JNo. l b . Serapis and Agathodremon combined in one body; enthroned
and holding the Orb, as being Lord of the Universe. H e receives the
adoration of the Cynocephalus, attribute of the m o o n ; whence, perhaps, it
m a y be inferred that Serapis is to be understood now in the more restricted
seuse of the Solar Power. Green jasper. ( N e w York.) P. 358.
No. 17. S P H I N X , emblem of mystery, sporting with a narthex, the wand
carried by the candidates for initiation into the Dionysia. Campanian
sty ic, engraved upon the base of a Sard. oC;irabeus. (New York.) P. 372.
JNO. 18. The golden Delphic E, surmounted by a fillet of roses. For
^he explanation of tiie symbol, see p. 297. Cameo iu a^ate-onyx. ( N e w
York.) P. 431.

No. 19. Vase, the lower part modelled as a triple face of the boy Atys;
at the base lie the pastoral staff -
start and pipes. Atys, in the Phrygian
m y s t e r i e s , is invoked as the (Shepherd of the white stars, and guiding
them by the sound of his piping, which Tatian ( H y m n to the Mother of
ic (jods^) explains by identifying h m i with the power that governs the
motions of the heavens, Ped jasper. (New York.) P. 466.
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T I I F , drawings were, for the most part, made from gems in the Praun
Cabinet, n o w transferred to the iintish M u s e u m , some few from m y o w n
collection, n o w in the M u s e u m of Art, iscw York. The materials are
either dark green and yellow jaspers, or calcedomes varying in colour from
olive green to light yellow. All designs are drawn to double the actual

PLATE A.

VARIOUS TYPES OF THE GOD ABRAXAS.

1. Abraxas brandishing a whip, to scare away malignant influences, his
shield emblazoned with some word of power. Keverse, the usual Greek
transliteration 01 the tiebrew name 01 God.
-j. Abraxas, armed with, a sword ; the exceptionally neat execution of
the mtagho bespeaks the first days of the religion.
3. Abraxas, wielding a mace, a Persian weapon that betrays the Asiatic
origin of tills particular design; the t/iuncCevoolt in the field identifies this
Power with the classic Jupiter. ^ The reverse exhibits the Triple Hecate,
Queen of Hell, brandishing various weapons for the same prophylactic
purpose as the god himself. A unique combination of ideas, engraved
upon a circular copper plaque, found in the south 01 France.
4. The Agathodajmon Serpent, with radiated head, identified by the
legend with the god Abraxas. One of the few types that can with
confidence be attributed to the sect of Ophites.
5. Abraxas, of very debased and late execution. The title babaoth,
on the reverse, properly signifying "of h o s t s , " was mistaken by the
ignorant Hellenists for the actual name of a Power, by translating " Lord
of Hosts as ' the Lord S a b a o t h . ' Under this title he figures largely in
the sigillum of the " Pistss-Sophia."

P L A T E B.

1. Abraxas, represented here with the head of an ass, and thereby

identified with Typhon, a singular perversion of ancient ideas. This g e m
is valuable as distinctly declaring its purpose by the legend on the
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reverse, $YA(</>uXa<ro-e), " Defend m e , " addressed to the Power depicted

upon it ; and thus putting out 01 doubt the destruction of all the other
specimens of its class.
A, Abraxas, of neat work and early date, not later than the fourth
«/*
3. The Giant Typhoeus defying Jove : his serpent-legs denote that he is
the son of .Mother -hearth.. Inis beautiful intaglio, which is of Italo-Greek
workmanship, and found at Cuma3, is introduced here merely to show the
source whence the sectaries of the Decline borrowed the idea of similar
combinations of discordant natures. (Burnt sard: N e w York.)
4. Abraxas, with whip and shield, combining his influence with Horus,
seated on the lotus, the regular personification of the Vernal Sun. The
meaning of the type is set forth in the legend, which is the (jreek
transliteration of the xiebrew ofiewiesfi J.ICITYI, oun of the u n i v e r s e .
The union of the two types indicates that Abraxas is here to be under-
stood in his original sense, the simple personification of the Solar Power.

PLATE C.

1. Terminal fisure, periiaps allusive by its form to Justinus /±i.on,

" T h e Cross." The interminable legend surrounding it yields no intelli-
gible words, but the title below the Herrne, NIXAPOI~IAHC occurs also on
a talisman in the French Cabinet. The reverse gives the Seven Vowels (or
Voices ' ) that shroud the Ineilable JSame, which has never been uttered
aloud since the day of the destruction of the Temple, but is commuiicated
only m half-whispers to every Rabbi upon his ordination. It is a re-
markable fact that a Talmuiist, w h o remembered the Second Temple,
observes that this Holy .Name was * warbled rather than pronounced ' in
the course of the service; hence we m a y suspect the possibility of
imitating its sound by the permutation of vowels that form so important
an element in the construction of our talismans.
2. Father Nile, reclining and holding forth a cornucopia, emblematic of
amity. A s the number of ins (jreek n a m e , obo, is equivalent to
that of Abraxas, it is probable that, according to Kabbahstic rules, he here
represents that god. This explanation is supported by the type of the
reverse, Horus, seated on the lotus, addressed by the (jreek transliteration
of the Hebrew Ablanathctntxlba, " Thou art our Father!
3. Horus seated in the baris, or sacred boat; the prow and poop
whereof terminate m the hawk s head of Phre, and the ox-head of Apis.
H e is here addressed by the Ineliable -Name.
4. The same deity, addressed as before by the salutation jioldTidthciTi-
alba, followed by an unintelligible word. The unskilful gem-engraver,
unable to form curves m the lettering, has given to his B the form of rL,
and increased the dimculty of deciphering this legend.
5. The same, but now seated upon the scaraba?, type of the Creator,

also
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enclosed within the coiled serpent, emblem of Etemity. With these

purely Pharaonic signs the reverse combines the n a m e of the Jewish
angel Michael, and the Seven Vowels of the Inenable isame; thus
presenting an instructive example of that reconciliation of, apparently,
the most antagonistic creeds which is the very foundation 01 Gnosticism.

PLATE D.

SIGILS OF THE CNUPHIS SERPENT.

This class of figures has no connection with Gnosticism considered as a
development of Christianity; being nothing more than talismans for the
jirotection of the chest, as I have already shown from Galen. It is true
indeed that the i \ a b b a h s t s of Alexandria sought to heighten the Tfiedicmcit
efficiency of the ancient Pharaonic sigil by adding to it formula? of their
o w n fashion, embodying the all-powerful N a m e , but this did not endow
the g e m with any spiritual sense. T h e appellation " Kabbalist" I shall
always employ in this treatise m its strictest acceptation, and the present
is as good a place as any for stating m y reasons for doing so. It is the rule
nowadays to treat the Kabbala as the pure production of the Middle Ages,
and such it probably is, m the form under which it is n o w presented to
us. I will not, indeed, go as far as the most learned Rabbi of our times,
and boldly assert that Moses himself was a profound Kabbalist, although
"the W i s d o m of the E g y p t i a n s , " in which Holy Writ declares he was a
proficient, was beyond a doubt something of very m u c h the same nature.
Whttever unprejudiced person will carefully read what I have adduced of
the doctrines of Sastri and of JVlarcus (themselves converted Jews) will
find there the regular system of the Kabbala fully developed, and its
earliest and Egyptian rudiments in the Pistis Sophia of Valentmus. No
person really acquainted with the history of religions can suppose that
these theosophists invented these rules of interpretation: they merely
transferred principles sanctioned by antiquity from the explanation of the
Old Testament to that of the INew.
T o return to our Chnuplas, Chubis, or Crtupiis (for thus the Greeks
transliterated the Coptic Knepli) it is probable that the veneration in which
this sigil of the Pharaoh Nechepsi was held, was the true source of the
legend concerning Moses's elevation of the Brazen Serpent. A t all events,
I k n o w of an enamel picture of the scene (date, thirteenth century) in
which the Serpent, lifted up on the Cross, is figured with the radiated
lion's head, really as he is seen on these talismans. This particular sigil
is generally engraved on calcedony, varying in colour from olive-green to
waxy-wiite. T h e best executed have for material the plasena traversed
by an opaque white line (Pliny s laspis Granunatias), the estimation of
which as an amulet by the Orientals he particularly mentions.
1. T h e reverse of this g e m reads Chumis, accompanied by a row of
vowels that appear to contain the word I E H , which is, according to
Kabbala, an inferior title of God.
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2i, The Serpent elevated above the thymele, Bacchic altar—a combination
betraying the influence of the Dionysiac Mysteries. H e declares in
phonetic Hebrew, " I, I a m the Good Spirit.y T h e reverse of this g e m
had been covered with a long invocation m minute characters; n o w almost
entirely lost by the fracture 01 the material in the fire to which it had
accompanied its owner. ^JNew York.)
3. This Chnuphis, of exceptionallyfinework and yetfinermaterial, has
each of the seven rays of the crown tipped by one of the seven vowels
that m a k e up the Ineffable N a m e . u.he reverse exhibits the serpent-
entwined wand, (badge of the Egyptian priesthood) which generally goes
with this sigu, and doubtless added to its power. JMoses s rod and
Aesculapius's club hence took their origin.
4. Another Chnuphis, in the ordinary style. It is noticeable h o w the
gem-cutter has endeavoured to give variety to the endless repetition of the
same sign, by altering the arrangement of the serpentine folds.

PLATE E.

M O N U M E N T S OF THE SEKAPIS WORSHIP.

1. Serapis, viewed as the Sun-god, enthroned ; at his feet, the triple-

headed monster described by Macrobius. jJeiore him stands Isis, or Mother
Earth, holding a bunch of wheat-ears and poppy-heads, to mark her
character. ILIQ legend is the invocation Immaculate is Our .Lady, Isis!"
A fine specimen of Alexandrian art, in a beautiful sard. ( N e w York.)
2. Venus, arranging her hair at a mirror, held up to her by a Cupid;
two Loves, hovering in the air, hold a myrtle-crown over her head. T h e
inscription " The Manifestation of A r o r i p h , " occurs in a similar connection
upon a g e m m the Pans Cabinet. It is hard to determine whether she
be the " n u d a v e n t a s , whose l v a b b a h s t i c revelation to Marcus is given in
m y text; or merely a talisman for engendering love towards the wearer;
the material, uia^ueiic- i i t u n d x i i t , suppoiis i n e latter acceptation. TnQ
reverse exhibits Horus, seated on the lotus, planted upon the baris, which
is constructed out of long papyrus-stalks lashed together. H e here takes
the title of Abraxas, and is surrounded by adoring triplets of all the
animals held sacred by the Egyptians. The symbol of the Sun is seen at
his right.
3. Bust of Serapis, very curious for the prayer surrounding it, " Protect
Jupiter! a proof thai• Serapis is here regarcied as the Supreme Jjemg,
and the ancient Jupiter reduced to the rank of an astral Power; as, indeed
he was occasionally so understood m better times. Thus Persius :—** featur-
n u m q u e gravem nostro love fregimus u n a . (v. oO.)
4. Isis, veiled, with the tubulus on her head, and leaning on a tall
sceptre, in the pose of the rtoman Juno; for w h o m she might be mistaken
but for the invocation on the other side, I3anle, Serapis, the Evil E y e !
which declares the object of this talisman.
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5. Serapis, enthroned, seen in front face. Inscribed " H e r m e s , ' followed
by three letters, the initials of some then well-known address to that
,-,0 . \J merciy a private signamre ^iviaruai. mennons a physician 01
the name) the initials refer to his business. The God of the Shades was
a very fit patron for a proiCdsional w h o had doubtless done his best to
swell the ranks of his subjects, Bed jasper. (New York.)

PLATE F.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TYPES ADAPTED TO GNOSTIC IDEAS.

It is m tins class that the influence of Juoiaism is more stron0iy
marked than in any other fannly of these monuments. These gems
were designed as amulets against the power of demons, either considered
specially, or as manifested m the diseases 01 which they were the imal
cause to mankind. But before proceeding further, it will tend much to the
elucidation of this curious subject briefly to sketch the orthodox Jewish
doctrine upon this point. 1 here is no such thing in existence as a spirit
naturally evil, inasmuch as (iod, being all goodness, was absolutely
incapable of creating evil. Satan is himself an angel, like the others, and
has his own place in the Court of Heaven; but he is deputed to test, by
temptation, the strength of Man's virtue, since without a struggle there
can be no crown. The Babylonian Eabbi, Philemon, having demon-
strated this grand truth to the satisfaction of his numerous school, was
surprised the next day by a visit from this Ange mal entendu, m a bodily
shape, who tendered him public thanksf for the pains he had taken to
set his character in a true light. But, unfortunately, the Demiurgus had
commenced his work by creating so vast a number of spirits, that the
Sabbath-even came upon him before he had made bodies enough for half
of them. These poor houseless beings are not naturally malignant, but
are jealous of their more fortunate brethren, for the same reason that the
m a n w h o has no coat to his back. hates the m a n that h a s . J. hey there-
fore roam up and down the world, ever striving to force their way into
bodies already occupied, where their struggles with the rightful owner give
birth to all the maladies that riesh is heir to. It is remarkable that the
latter belief is universal among primitive races, however widely separated—
thefoamoiedes,the Hindoos, the Red Indians. Something similar, too, m a y
be found in Plutarch s curious disquisitions on the nature 01 demons,
contained in his two Treatises upon Oracles.
It is the fashion 01 our days to believe that the Jews borrowed all their
metaphysical theories from the Platonists of Alexandria ; but whoever has
gone deeply into the subject sees good reason to suspect that both Jews
and Greeks had gone, independently of each other, to a m u c h more ancient
source for such traditions.

Or Jrolemo, as the Xlebrew t Ivisscd his knees 19 the ex-

,inay equally well be read. predion in the Talmud.
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1. The Agathodaemon Serpent, mounted upon a pair of h u m a n legs. A

unique variety of the class the same idea being more usually embodied in
a h u m a n figure with head and neck of a serpent; or in a serpent with the
head of Serapis. The long invocation on the field evidently begins with
the name 01 Abraxas.
2. The jackal-headed Anuiis, an Egyptian sceptre in each hand,
advancing between the Sun and the Moon, the regular emblems of Eter-
nity. A remarkable specimen of religious syncretism, for the power of the
Pharaonic god is doubled by adding, on the reverse, the name of Michael,
guardian-angel of the Jewish race, betweenfourstars, which certainly stand
for the letters of the Great Tetragrammaton.
3. M u m m y , enveloped m the folds of the guardian Agathodamion. T h e
detached letters around (often so found in these gems) seem to cloak the
word " Initia." If so, this m a y have been a token (symbolum) given to
ttie neophyte upon his initiation into certain mytteries : a custom to which
St. John alludes, mentioning the " white stone " with the N e w N a m e graven
thereon, to be given to him that overcometh.
4. A Power equipped with double arms and wings, bearing sceptres to
mark his dignity, and carrying on his head the sacramental Table. T h e
tree-trunk below, with its Five lopped-off branches, had doubtless a deep
mystic meaning, probably the degree of the person who carried the talisman.
Ui the most barbarous execution, but valuable for the name " Baincho'
on the reverse : the astral Power, according to the *' Pistis-Sophia," resident
l
p ^uiy.
5. Anuiis, m one hand the sceptre, m the other the lustral vase,
standing above the open left hand, which Apuleius informs us was the
type of Justice. A t his side is the goddess of Truth, her head formed
out of a bunch of ostrich-feathers : under her feet the udder-shaped vessel
carried in the Isiac procession. One deity is invoked by " Thou art our
Father ! the other as Sun of the Universe ! " The letters in the middle
eeem to make up the owner's |name, " Pia . . ."
G. Anuiis, advancing with the sceptre and situla: the legend on the
reverse is unexplained.
7. A talisman, certainly meant to be of mighty efficacy, for it combines
7. A tansman, certainly meant to be of mighty efficacy, for
the influences of Anuiis, Cnuphis, and Horus with that of the God of
m e Jews, rudely cut upon the four sides of a cube of steaschist.

PLATE G.
EGYPTIAN TYPES (continued).
i. In tins composition an element from a little-used, source is introduced.
I n e Uiecian Apollo, distinguished by his proper attribute, the bay-branch,
is seen caressing the Ibis, sacred to Thoth, scribe of the gods. The latter
UUILJ b e m 0 Kientiueci with xiermes, his birtt carries the ciiduceus ; it also
bears upon its head the corn-measure, typical of abundance.
2. The Ass-headed Typhon, or the Principle of Evil, with quadruple
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wings and one foot hoofed, carries by the tail two monstrous scorpions:
over his head a scarabams tiying. U t no esoteric meaning, out smiply an
amulet against the bite of the reptile, made after the rule in such cases
prescribed. The most convincing proof of the practice is the early Greek
gem published by Gen. Cesnola ( Cyprus. pi. xl. (), representing two
asps, with the explanation E X K ; and to this day the Arabs always draw
upon their amulets the figure of the thing against which it ought to guard
the wearer.
3. A Dual Power, who combines the jackal's head of Anubis with the
ass's head of Typhon, whence one of his feet is hoofed, brandishes in his
four hands swords and torches, wherewith to scare away the evil spirits.
The legend on the reverse, I H E P A A M B A V B A K A K Z I K A, has not been
read, but contains the Coptic name of Anubis.
4. The Sun-god, Phre, with radiated head, adoring the seated Thoth,
ibis-headed, and using the invocation (cut on the reverse) thou art
our Father ! Inasmuch as the .Neo-Platonists made -tiermes to be the
Power that regulates the motion of the heavens (for which reason Julian
addressed his morning prayer to him), there is evident reason w h y the
god of Day should thus do domage to Thoth as his superior and director.
5. A very popular Oryllus, its components being the emblems of the
elements—the Bird standing for air; the Lion for Fire ; the Ram s head
for Earth, and the Bacchic mark for water. This Pagan talisman has
been Gnosticised by Thoth's ibis, with the Holy Barnes, " Abraxas and
" lao;" but the work on both sides is evidently from the same hand, and
in the style of the fourth century. 'Ihe material is a rarely-used stone
obsidiaft*

PLATE H.

EGYPTIAN TYPES (continued}.

1. Tortoise lying upon the lotus, which springs out of the back of a
crocodile. The unexplained legend of the reverse occurs again m connection
with an analogous design—a vulture-headed winged Genius, seated on
the back of a double-headed crocodile, published by \\ alsh (No. L6) in his
Coins, Lrems, occ, uiustratmg the riogress o \J c y.
2. The Ark of the Covenant, apparently copied from the " Altar of L y o n s ,
that so c o m m o n device of the brass coins of Tiberius. The engraver ol
this late R o m a n gem had not studied the minute description of the Ark,
given in the Law. There is a Kabbmical tradition (although savouring
too much of Alexandrian philosophy to demand any credit) that the
Cherubim placed over it were represented as male and female, in the act
of copulation, in order to express the grand doctrine of the essence of Form
and Matter, the two principles of all things. W h e n the Chaldeans
broke into the Sanctuary, and beheld this most astounding emblem, they
naturally enough exclaimed " Is this your God, of w h o m you boast, that H e
is such a lover of purity !
O n the side is a blundeied attempt at the mystic woiu, TctragHimmutoii,
^riLi DESCRIPTION OJ? T H E PLATES.

i.e. the JNaine of Four -Letters, viz. Jod, He, Van, He. For the Narnes of
God, according to the Kabbah, are made u p respectively, of Four, Forty-
two, and Seventy-four letters. The second explains the motive for the
number of sacrifices offered up by Balaam in his fruitless attempt to
propitiate the God of the Hebrews; and perhaps m a y have induced the
composers of the Lrenealogy of Jesus (though working independentlv of
each other) to bring out the same mystic number by curtailing the second
series of tliree of its kings.
y-w & e d and douoiy-armed .rower, holding four .Egyptian
sceptres, and standing on a coiled serpent, enclosing a Holy N a m e . T h e
legend is a transliteration of the Hebrew for .Light of L i g h t s . Another
form of such transliteration is given by Caylus ( ' ltecueil d'Antiquites,' vi.
PI. II), crpaopwvo-; reading from the end backwards; cut for reverse to a
coiled serpent enclosing various sigla.
4. Thoth s balloon, bearing on his head the Solar disk, m the attitude of
adoration. i n e reverse bears H N A - M E P C j u , sometimes written M A P O O -
H N 1 , "Enlighten m y eyes!' whence we m a y suspect this very c o m m o n
type to be no more than an amulet against ophthalmia.
5. Inis g e m is given here as a good specimen of a type of which great
numbers are to be met with, although its whole conception, and the vague
symbols in the field—the Solomon's Seal, celestial globe, etc., entirely out
of the antique taste, refer its creation to the fancy of mediaeval quacks and
astrologers. \\ as the hgure suggested by the idol in the shape of an
Old Man,"^ with whose worship the Templars were so persistently
charged? ihe present example, belonging as it does to the original
Praun Cabinet, must have been executed before the beginning of the
seventeenth century.
6. '1 he outline of the h u m a n figurefilledu p with " Holy N a m e s , " and
thereby representmg Adam Jxudmon, the P nmitive M a n of the
Ivabala. The finest example of this curious design, and in which the
letters are the most clearly defined, is the one Caylus gives (I.e. pi. 2 2 \
which has been cut by a later hand on the reverse of a Lion passant, in
the Persian style.
7. The 15aboon adoring a Trian'jle, Egyptian symbol of the M o o n ,
elevated upon a column bearing an inscription. The fact that the
_tythagoreans (^who avowedly got then whole system from Egypt)
symbolised Athene 03 the triangle, lends srengt-h to the idea that the
Attic goddess was in her origin merely the expression of the Lunar
Power.

PLATE J.

SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE MITHEAIC MYSTERIES.

1. This pretty design m a y be tersely described in a line of Manilius :—
" Quadrijugis et Phoebus equis et Delia b i g i s . "
Sol and Luna in their appropriate equipages : a heathenish device enough,
but the same hand has backed their influence by the invocation, " lao
 DESCRIPTION OF T H E PLATES. 44d

feabaoth, Abraxas ; He, i.e. the living God, protect Aparaslath''% the bearer
of tins talisman. Similar formulas, always attached to women s names,
very frequeuny occur.
2. The Zoroastnan Dog, of w h o m and whose olhce so m u c h has been
said in tlie text. J. no ill-cut IJITU IS intended for tiie Haven, the usual
iVlithraic attribute.
3. The Lion of Baal, the Syrian Sun-god; below, the Scarabasus
^P^fy^o e Creative Power. l n c Phoenician inscription Osan el, God
gives s t r e n g t h , " is the name of the owner of the signet. Levy quotes an
agate scaraba3US at the isritish JHuseum exactly similar to tins gem (a nne
sard), a proof of the popularity of both type and name.
^ 4. A unique talismauic device, converting a male Sphinx into a novel
bird, by the addition of the legs of a crane and the tail of a scorpion. It
is engraved m the Persian style: m y motive for admitting it into the
present class.
5. i ne ZiOuiacal l^ion, guided by its astral G e m u s in its course through
the seven planets.
6. The Sun-god, with radiated head, mounted upon a camel, typifying
the Ejast. I>elovv is set the fire-altar of Jjiithraic worship. t i e is followed
by Chanticleer, attribute of the god of Day, preceded by the Horse—his
peculiar sacrifice, as Ovid tells us :
Plncat equo Persis rauns Hypenona cmctum,
JNe detur Celen victima tarda deo. (Fasti. I. ouo—ob.)

P L A T E IV.

M I T H R A I C (continued).

1. Circular copper plate, of the same size as the drawing, bearing the
name of jiurelius r urelius, the person for whose benefit the talisman was
devised. It represents a female figure, standing in the attitude of
adoration; legend, The jjirth of S a l v a t i o n . O n the reverse is seen
the Solar Lion bestriding a corpse, a type so frequent in this class that
it m a y reasonably be referred to the entrance-rite of initiation, the
simulation of death alluded to by fopartianus.
2. The most elegant of these mystic designs that has ever come to m y
knowledge. Two Cranes, one with the head of a l i a m , the other of a
L u l l , stand guardians over the Mithraic sacramental table, under which
lies crouched the Solar Ijion, the House of the S u n . ' Upon the table
are set the sacred vessels; above it is the Delphic E , badge of Apollo,
between two Palmyrene (?) letters, and over all the Seven Planets,
engraved with an accuracy worthy of its elegance in a veryfinesard.
3. A talisman of uncommon potency, to judge from the profusion
of symbolism with which its two faces are overloaded. A four-winged,
four-armed Power, standing like the Babylonian Belus m the air, is involved
with a multiplicity of legends, amongst which the usual formulas " Thou
art our I< ather, Sun of the Universe, " Michael, " Adonai," can clearly
444 DESCRIPTION

be read. T h e reverse shows a female figure standing and adoring the

Deity, w h o guides the Solar light. In the legends w e can distinguish'
^luraxas, itiicnaei, and luicnaio.
4. This type only diners from the last by the addition of the prostrate
m a n under the .Lion s feet, and that nothing definite can be made out of
the disjointed inscription. T h e reverse merely bears the Great Name
" lao, S a b a o t h , and the Seven Vowlls. T h e potency of such words is
still an article 01 faith with all true Jews. In tlie year looo—b, the fiabbi
of Neutra, in Hungary, actually stood his trial for murder on the charge of
having cursed, by the Ineffable ftame an enlightened lady w h o m he had
ordered to leave the synagogue on the Sabbath-day, because she had
ventured to m a k e her appearance there with her hair m sight, and w h o
had died suddenly on the very same day. T h e Rabbi only escaped
conviction by publicly and solemnly disclaiming the possession of any
such power, to^ the inexpressible disgust of his whole congregation, w h o
looked upon him as a wretch tliat had denied his (rod in order to save
ins iiie !
PLATE L.

M I T I I R A I C (continued).
1. The JYlitliraic Lion, moving through the stars of heaven. T h e
reverse exhibits a complete assemblage of the Sigla; that are found,
dispersed, upon so m a n y talismans. That they stand for the names of
deities and astral Powers m a y be guessed from the fact that M o h a m -
medans still express Jxlluh by a circle filled u p with diagonal lines.
2. Lion-headed M a n , doubtless a Leonticus (one of the grades in the
Mithraic Mysteries), uttering, with uplifted hand, the inexplicable adjura-
tion, " 0, Centaur of God, Thou match for a hundred [demons] ! " Here
Uarovrofiaxos is formed after the analogy of ^ovo/idxos, " a match for o n e . "
3. A Mobed (Zioroastrian priest or Magus) performmg his nocturnal
devotions before an altar, on which are set up various sacra, amongst
which m a y be recognised the regular insignia of his profession, the Sword
and the Divimng-rods. iLngraved upon the base of a calcedony cone, an
early form of the sknet in Assyria.
4. Horns, the Vernal Sun-god, making the gesture of adoration, his
whip resting upon his left arm. H e is seated upon the seed-vessel of the
lotus, that aptest sympoi of the universe, m virtue of its innumerable
contents. In the long, clearly-cut legend that fills the exergue, no
hitherto-explained formula? are to be recognised.

PLATE M.
G-ENERAL TALISMANS.
1. Zodiacal Monster, compounded of Scorpio and Capricornus, carrying a
legionary standard. Bearing in mind that the former Sign is under the
patronage of Mars, according to Manilius—" Pngnax Mavorti Scorpius
haeret"—and the latter a badge of the second Augustan Legion, w e m a y
 DESCRIPTION OF T H E PLATES. 445

reasonably suppose this gem to have been engraved for the benefit of
some member of that corps. Sard. (New York Museum.)
2. Three lines of the usual Gnostic siglaPj in a cartouche formed by a
coiled serpent, precisely in the same w a y that the Brahmins still write
the Great N a m e A U M — a sure evidence of the meaning of these
mystic characters. Sard., set in an iron ring, of which only fragments
remain.
3. Fortuna, with rudder and horn of plenty, standing. T h e word
Ifeliciter, m scattered letters, the usual acclamation of the crowd, and the
palm-branch prove this gem a present to some favourite aitriga. Its
purport is the same as that of the monogram so often found enclosed m
the held of the Antomate medal, also accompanied, with a palm, which
has at last been m a d e out to contain the elements 01 Pali/ia l^cticiter!
4. Masks of Silenus and of .Bacchus, combined into the outline of an
elephant's head, bearing a caduceus in his trunk. The typical beast of
India is an allusion to the Indian origin of the god; and the conceit was a
favourite with the Komans, to judge from the number of such compositions
that they have bequeathed us. Bed jasper. (rsew York.)
5. iistrological j.Tine, or n^rure produceu. by o.iviam 0 m e circle of the
Zodiac into equilateral triangles. Here, Virgo (Astraja) at the apex of a
triangle, is borne up by Taurus and Capricorn. This was the horoscope of
Pescennius .Niger, w h o placed it on the reverse of a coin, on account of its
appropriateness to his surname of Justus, of which virtue Astraa was the
emblem.
6. The Gorgons H e a d : the type explains itself by the legend, " I
protect Jihoro m a n dares some Greco-Persian, to judge from his Oriental
name. T h e younger Lucian tells us in his ' Philopatrios' that the Gorgon
was placed upon the shields of the Heroes as being " a thing that wards off
all d a n g e r s . Red jasper. QlNew York.)
7. Mars, grounding arms, m the costume of a soldier of the times of
Constantine. The legend declares the virtue of the sigil: 'Mars hath
cut on the disease of the liver. i5ut a most interesting point m the
amulet has been discovered by Prof. Stephens, viz., that the four characters
behind the head of Mars are the Runes for A B L E , Help. Under
Constantine and his sons, the Franks (as Arnmian observes) were para-
mount in the army. It is easy to conceive h o w some orhcer of that nation
has thought to augment the great virtue of this important talisman by the
addition of one of his national spells. Engraved in a slight manner, upon
nasmatite.
8. Jxakea. w a r n o i j upon a. prancing, steed, branG-isiiin^, a 7?iwce, that
specially Oriental weapon; legend, The Seal of G o d . " Curious for the
material—a turquoise ; to the present day the Persians firmly believe in
the protective virtue of this gem, to which they give the name of Phiruz—
J. 1 1 " V \\i LU1.
446 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.

PLATE N.
GENERAL T A L I S M A N S (continued}.
1. Universal Nature, symbolised in a highly poetic manner, combining
all her forces for the protection of the bearer. T h e Eagle of Jupiter
(Air^); u i o uoipfiins of iNeptune (Water); trie h%on of Sol (Fire), are
moulded into the mask of Pan, whose semi-bestial nature is of the Earth,

w mcKelmann, m describing an intaglio 01 the Stosch Cabinet (No. 1232)

all> play m S uP°n his syrinx, seated in the centre of the Zodiac, observes
that the ancients considered this god as the " Type of the Universe "; and
saw in his horns and shaggy hairs mystic allusions to the solar rays. For
the same reason Apollo shared his Gryphon with Pan, and Orpheus sings
of him as Attuning the harmony of the world with his sportive m u s i c . "
O n y x cameo (Rollm and Feuardent).
s, anamg, with the -Asp, badge of royalty, rising from her fore-
head. ^ The Coptic legend opens with the name of Osiris. Thecharacters
in the inner circle seem to be Demotic—they are not Palmyrene. I have
p iiuished tins gem, as being the nnest example of the class that has ever
come to m y knowledge, by the kind permission of its owner, Mr. J. C.
Robinson. Dark jasper. (On the reverse, a later hand has inscribed the
" Great N a m e , " and the Seven Vowlls, to adapt the talisman to the n e w

Nos. 3 and G are very frequent forms, made up entirely of siglae and
Numrrals ; on which latter subject more shall be said further on.
4. This spell, "Great is the Name of the One G o d , " is the Jewish
defiance to its rival, " Great is the Name of Serapis,"—of which Caylus
p ^ shes a beautiful example, in relief, of antique paste—a material that
indicates a large manufacture of the same article to meet a constant
demand.
5. Certain astral Powers, represented by their then well-known symbols,
are enlisted, by this engraving, m the service of a lady, Sabinia Quinta.
A popular kind of talisman this; another very similar is known to m e ,
made for the benefit of one V xetorina.
P y u i a o 0 i a s is perpetually relcrred to by -Hippolytus as the real master
of the Gnostics in the application of Numerals to the expression of things
divine. H e is known to have learned his system in Egypt; and neces-
sarily brought away with him the cyphers which he found employed for
the same purpose amongst his teachers. The primitive Egyptian numerals
were of the simplest nature, but their abbreviations ultimately became
distinct symbolical cyphers for the several days of the months; and out
of these cyphers the Arabs composed their own system of notation. Hence
it follows that m a n y of the Gnostic siglm m a y be no more than numerals
connected with the astrological use of the charm on which they occur. In
fact, Porphyry says of Pythagoras (in his Late ) that his famous
Numbers were merely hieroglyphs, whereby he expressed ideas con-
nected with his o w n philosophy. The so-called " Pythagorean N u m e -
 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 447
rals are shown in the M S S . of Boethius's Geometry, composed in the
sixth century. A n d that the A u m b e r s of Pythagoras were Ten.
appears from the remark of Aristotle (Met. vn. 8) " that some philo-
sophers maintained that ideas and numbers were of the same LUIIU.1L,
nature, and
amount to Ten in all
That the INumrrals asas written
written down
down by the K o m a n s
the last of the
by the
were Egyptian demotic characters in their origin is a very probable '
conjecture ; but it is a curious fact, and remarkably confirms what lias
been said above, that several of them when viewed upside down assume
the exact form of our present Arabic cyphers.

PLATE 0.

HINDOO SYMBOLS A N D CASTE-MARKS.

I. No. 1. Type of Mahadeva or Siva. Fire personified.
.Ao. 2. Type of Vishnu : Wtter.
J\o. 3. I n e olierfcun ': symbol of the union of the two Elements.
No. 4. T h efive-pointedfigurerepresenting the conjunction of Brahma
\Lreator) with Siva (Destroyer) becomes the famous "Solomons Seal,'
the badge of the Jewish nation, and therefore engraved upon their tombs
in the R o m a n Catacombs.
i n e equilateral inan 0 ie, Trncun, symbolises Inune Co-equality. A
( m a m e m a u c a ) the sen-existmg Deity. I n e circle expresses
iiralima, or E.termty. I n e Triangle inscribed m the Circle, Trinity in
Unity. 'J he Circle within the Triangle, Unity in Trinity.
i n e worsmppers of a Sacti ^remale Power) mark their sacred jars with
the very expressive symbol, No. 5; those of Vishnu with I\o.&; and those of
Siva with No. 8, which signifies the copulation of Siva with Durga.
Amongst the signatures of the ancient Jama (Buddhist) kings, occur
the symbols 8 and 9; and also the so-called " M a e a n d o r , " that frequent
decoration of Ixreek Coins.
The six following symbols are various Caste-marks, which religious
Hindoos put upon their foreheads every morning, with ashes of cowdung,
or coloured earths, and powdered sandalwood, producing a great variety in
them by the employment of different colours. Those figured here
designate the followers of Vishnu.
11. These marks distinguish the votaries of Siva and his wife, Pauvati.
The most obvious symbol of the Passive Principle of Nature, the mystic
Yoni, (and with which Sesostris branded the nations that had submitted
to his arms without resistance) is decorously repressed in the general form
of these marks, the two Deities being those that preside over propagation
and change which the vulgar call by the name of Death.
ill. Otiier caste-marks, denoting minor ditlerences m the sects that bear
them : they are given here because they include m their number some that
appear to have been the originals of certain Mediaeval siglse.
IV. Characters cut upon the rock in the sandstone quarries of Silsilis
448 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.

rl O J P 1 " J-iidu they d.re uij//iuotiic(ic m a y be inferred from the

fact 01 their accompanying thefiguresof various animals; they are of
great interest to us, being identical "with those so often found upon our
talisman.
V. Palmyrene characters from a finely-cut inscription n o w in the
ljOuvre.
VI. Siglx, exactly of the nature of Masons' Marks, and of very ancient
date, for they are found on the pottery deposited in the Gallic tombs
around Bologna. S o m e are stamped in the clay before baking, and
therefore must have indicated the maker s n a m e ; but the greater number
have been scratched on the surface at some later time, probably when
placed in the sepulchre, to carry down to posterity the m e m o r y of the
deceased. Those here given are selected from the list figured by the
Conte Ixozzalim in his very instructive memoir ' Gli Scavi presso Bologna,'
±ot t,
v 11. Masons Marks, cut on the ashlar of the old Palace of Sadilat, near
pahan, whence they were copied by Ouseley, m the belief that they were
inscriptions in some unknown tongue.
VIII. Masons' Marks^ from the "Drawing-room" of Raglan Castle, an
Elizabethan building. They will suffice for specimens of the notation, all
the medieeval, early or late, being of the same nature, though infinitely
varied m minor details. M a n y lists of these have been published from
time to time, the most recent, of the Marks in Duffield Church, a N o r m a n
building, published m the Journal of the Derbyshire Arch. Soc, ix. p. 168.
1 A. Every genuine Free Mason (not Rosicrucian recoctus Freemason)
after serving his apprenticeship, and being made " free and accepted " of
the Craft, receives his o w n " M a r k , " which he must thenceforth cut upon
every stone that he dresses, in order to identify his o w n work when pay-
day comes. The essential principle m the Mark is that it must have an
odd number of terminations. The Marks here set down were in use with
the masons employed in the construction of the South \v ales Railway.
The most convincing proof of the emptiness of the lofty pretensions of our
so-called Freemasons, is that they actually are entirely ignorant that
this most ancient rule of the Craft, to which they pretend to belong, is
stm regulany foiiowco.,
 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX

JOSEPH JACOBS, B.A.

PART I.—GNOSTICISM AND ITS SOURCES, pp. 1-112.

T H E Gnostic heresies play so important a part in the Christianity of the
first three centuries that they naturally come up for treatment in all the
Church histories for that period, such as those of Gieseler, Neander, Hase,
and fociian, as well as m the histories 01 Gnnstian doctrine (Ilagenbach,
F. i \ . lucier, F. VJ. Baur, A. j.Neander, L. iNoack, t v c ) , and even in the
histories of philosophy of Ueberweg, Zeller, &c. But the monographic
treatment of the subject from the theological standpoint—the Gnostic
gems attracted early attention—may be said to have begun with

A. Neander.—Die genetische Entwickelmig der vornehmsten gnos-

tischen Systeme. Berl. 1818. [Sober and clear.]
Cv. A. IjCwald.—De Doctrinci Gnosticet. 1818.
J. Matter. Ihstoire critique du gnosticisms et de son influence sur les
autres sectes rehgieuses et philosophiques pendant les six premiers
siecles. Pans, 2 tomes, 1828. [Second and best edition, Strasbourg,
3 tomes, 1843. Somewhat superficial and viewy, but still useful;
giving outlines of whole subject, including iconography.]
E. Burton.—Inquiry into the Heresies of the Apsstolic Age. Oxford,
1830. [Bampton lectures for 1829, uncritical; superseded for
English readers by Maneel.]
J. A. Mochler.— Versudi iiber d. Ursprung dcs Gnosticismus. Tub.
lool.
F. C. Baur.—Die Christhche Gnosis. Tubingen, 1835. [The place of
publication indicates the tendency of this publication. Baur's
views are read to best advantage in his Das Christenthum der 3
ersten Jahrhunderte.']
INorton. History of the vrnostics. 1845.
J l . Eossel. Geschichte der Untersuchungen iiber d. Gnosticismus in his
J tieologisc/ie Jyac/uetss. l>erl. 1847.
E. A. Lipsius.—Gnosticismus in Ersch and Griiber. Bnd. 71. 18GO.
[The starting-point of new lines of inquiry rendered necessary by
m o puuiicanon by lUiiier of the P tuiosoplhumenei attributed to
mppolytus ^oiar. i less, t o o l >\J
W . Mlller. Geschichte der Cosmologie der griechischen Kirche bis an

2G
450 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX.

I I . L. Manscl.— The Gnostic Heresies of the J'irst and Second Centuries.

London, 1875. [Posthumous. Edited by J. B. Lightfoot. Best
English work, clear, fair, mainly founded on Lipsius, classification
of sects geographical. His arrangement is : Notices of Gnosticism
in New Test. (iv. v.)—Precursors, Simon Magus and Menander
(vi.)—The Ophite Sects (vu.) Cerintlms, Carpocrates, JSazarenes
and Mjbwmtes (viu.) Syrian /jects, Saturmnus, Tanan, jjarde-
sanes (ix.)—Egyptian, Basilides ^ (x.) Valentinus and Valen-
tinians (xi. xii.)—Asiatic Gnosticism, Marcion (xm.) Judaismg
Rieaction, \jiememines, l^i/itsa i \ .y.]
A. Hilgenfeld.—Die Ketzergeschichte des Urchristenthums. Leipzig,
1884. [Ill-arranged, but at present the work round which
* discussion on Gnosticism centres.]
These are the cruef monographs on the wnoio subject. i>csiuos these,
several articles m theological reviews m a y be mentioned, m a n y of
them reaching the length of monographs. They were mostly
occasioned by the various publications mentioned above, as can be
seen by their dates. F. K. .Lucke m Berliner theol. Zeitseii. lo19 ;
J. \J. 1J. Lricseler m Hall. lit. z.eit. J-o—o\ and m tjiudien u.
Kritiken, 1830 ; F. C. Baur. ibid., 1837 ; H. T. Cheever in Amer.
BiUl. Ilepos. 1840 ; I!. Baxmann, Deutsche Ztst. 1861 [translated
Amer. Tlieol. lieo. 1862] ; l l i l g e n i c k l in /.tst.f. wiss. tlieol. 1x1. x m .
Articles m encyclopedias oncn show original research, or present
useful summrries: besides the epoch-making one of Jjipsius m
Ersch and Giiiber, reference m a y be made to the sa*ue writer s
article " Gnosis ' m Schenkel s Bibel-hexikon \\h\K>) ; C. P. \\ m g
m McClmtock and Strong, vol. in. l o i o [_useful biuiiography] ;
\V. L. Alexander in last edition of ivitto and J. i j . Jacob! m

The S O U R C E S are scanty and scattered, at any rate as regarcis m -

dependent
ependent works by Gnostics. In addition to to scattered fragments in
Grabo's Spicilcgium, there have been published-

Minter. Gilie gnosticx. ivopenh. lot—

Korbcrg.—Codex Nazareus vel hwer Adami. .Lciacn, l b l o .
[The so-called Bible of Gnosticism, i.e. of the Mendaites; on
w h o m see Christian Ilevieiv, Jan. 1855,and Petermann m Herzog.]
A. l l a h n . — Bardesanes Gnosticus Syrorum primus hymnologus
Leipz. 1819.
A. Halm —Antitheses Marcioms Gnostici. -Leipz. 1 o - o .
M . G. Schwartze. Pistis Sojmia, opus gnosticum a codice manuscripto
Coptus Londini descripsit et Latme vertit M. G. Schwartze,
edidit J. H. Petermann. Berl. 18ol—o.
[r><ow considered to be a production of the later Ophite schools,
see K. Kostlin, Die gnostische System des Bucncs Pistis Sophia
in Tlieol. Jcuiro. for l o o l . j
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i>ut the real sources 01 our knowledge of Gnosticism are to be found in

the earliest heresiologists, Irenasus (Adv. hiereses}, Epiphanius (Adv.
/} a i( JO ^-tus {ijitutfius diia PhilosopfiuTncTtcij ; on the trust-
worthiness of tliese a considerable literature exists.
G. Yo\kmnT.—Die Quellen der Ketzergeschichte. I. End. 1855.
1. A. ljipsius. -Zur Qiteuenlcritifc des tipiphamos. 180;).
„ Die Quellen der dltesten Ketzergwchtclite. 1875.
A. l l i l U U l C h . . Ztllr itfUClteilfcVlc'lK d. Lf6SCfl. CtCS /TlOSttClS'/tlUS, IcWo.

~,> >» m Zstt j , iiit. i keol. iwf4:,

pp. 14o—-ib.
c, u s iveizcrgesciiichte j-,oes thorougmy into tliese sources.

P. <J- AristomUus. Valckaener s monograph J9e Aristobido Judxo,

j-ouo, is s u n the fulicst anci best.
P. 4-., vide p. l o , note on .hnoch.
" Book of A d a m "—Codex Nasareus Liber Adami appellate, syriace
ptus, uuineque reaaitus a M. JSorbery. Uenin, 1815.
•*-* 7. ^'i the large literature on Jiiphesus it is sufficient to refer to
t r u n l , Jisphesiaca, Ben. 1843 ; Faikcner, Ephesus and, the Temple of
Diana. 1862.
P. 8 . — O n traces of Gnosticism in the Gospels. C. C. Tittmann, De
vestigus Gnosticorum in Novo Testamento frustra gutssitis, Le\j>.
1773; translated Contributions to Foreign JAterature. N e w York,
, o •• s "•"'j 1'i " " SCCp
i • 14. 1 ltle given above, also Kostlin's monograph.
*• • 24. Jews in ancient world form the subject of Prof. Mayor's
elaborate notes on Juvenal xiv. 06-106, running over twelve closely
p ted pages and preceded more suo by an elaborate bibliography
of previous treatment. T h e only thing of importance since is a
paper of ileyct s Les juifs devant I opinion romaine in lieu, des etudes
juives. 1oo-t. The relations of (jnosticism and Judaism formed
the subject of the historian Graetz'sfirstwork, Gnosticismus und
Judenthum. Krotoschin, 1846.
P. 29. T h e Zendavesta is n o w translated in Sacred Books of the East,
vols. IV. x x m . and xxxi. For literature see Tide, Outlines of the
j of iieiigion, § l\K). Onief work, Jiang, Essays on the
Parsis m Triibner's Oriental Series. O n Persian influences on
Jewish angelology, ivohut, Awgclologie des Tahnuds. 1868.
P. 66. JJr. Ixinsburg collected in small compass the modern views on
the lvabbala in his monograph The Kabbala. 1866. It has
attracted, little attention from Jewish scholars since that date.
All scientific inquirers place the origin of Kabbala in the twelfth
x iry, uiough mysticism akin to it appears as early as Bible
times. O n the great influence of the Kabbala in Middle Ages cf.
Stockl, Liesch. d. Philos. im Mittelaltcr. Bud. ii. O n the Talmud
at the time of writing three monographs are about to appear—
Prof. Strack separately; Dr. Ginsburg in Smith-Wace, Diet, of
2t G 2
•1J2 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX.

Christ. Biog.; and Dr. Schillcr-Szinessy in iLncy. Brit. H a m -

burger s Jxeal-Encyclopctate, though unequal, is useiiu and at
present the easiest means of getting second-hand information
about Talmudical topics.
P. 40.—Camillo Leonardi, Speculum Lapidum. Ven. loCL.
P. 42.— The earliest monograph dealing with the relations of Gnosticism
to the Ijast is J. J. Schmidt, Verwandschajt d. gnostisclien Lelire
rsiit den Religionssystemen d. Orients. Leip. 1828. O n Manes
and Mamchcism the great work is still lieausobre, Ihstoire critique
du Manicheisme. 17o-±. Jiut important additions to our knowledge
have come from Oriental sources, which are given in somewhat
haphazard fashion but with excellent index in r lugel, Mam, seine
Lelire und seine Sciirytt-n. Leip. 1OO-J. Early works on M a m are
given in Fabricius, Bill, grcec. t. vii. p. 310 seq., ed. Harles. See
also Kessler, Untersuchungen z. Genesis d. manicMisch. Religions-
system. 1876.
p. 49.—F or bibliography of .buddhism see liole, Outlines § oA. A good
short account by T. I\hys Davids (S.P.C.K.). The best recent
books are Oldenburg, Buddha; fits Life and lJoctrmes, l o o o ;
and I I . Ivern, Der Buddhismus u. seme (jeschichte in Indien.
Leipz. 1885.
P. 51 TI.—See Buddhist lie-cords of the Western World, translated by
S. Beal. JJ vols. 1obo.
P. 52.— The best account of the l^ssenes is m the appendices to .Lightfoot s
ColossianSj strangely neglected by German inquirers as Lucius.
P. 58.—The special literature on Simon Magus is rather large.
JMosheim.—De it no bartone ivlago m his Dissert, ad tiist. eccL
pert. 2,i\(i ed. vol. ii. Alton. 17b*.
A. Simson.—Lebtn und Le/ire Simon Magiers m Zt. j , tiist.
Theol. 1841.
F. Hudsen.—Sirnonis Magi vita doctrinaque. Berl. 1868. [Progr.]
A. Jlilgenfehl.—Bar Magier Simon in Zt. f. wiss. Thieol. 1868,
pp. 00 t —Jo.
R. A. Lipsius.—Die Qudlen d. romischen Petrussage. Kiel, 1872.
\ \ . Moller m HerzogPliitt, 1884, t. xn. pp. 246-ob.
O n the alleged statue of Simon see A. van Dale, De statua
Simonis Magi. Amst. 1700; and Corp. Ins. Lat. vi. 1. _
P. 70.—On iMsilides besides the jjisputatio in z>acagm, \jOiiect.
monument, veter. see
Uhlhorn.—System des Dasilides. 1 o o o .
l>aur in his Theol. Jahrb, 1ooo.
Hofstede de Groot.—Basilides als erste Zeuge f. neutestament
Scft'i ijten j_translated iiom u u t e n j . 1000.
J. _L. Jacobi.— Ueber d. ursprungl. ISasilid. System m /jt, f.
Ivirchengesch. loi 7 ; p. 4J<_> it.
P. 82.~^]»esides the Ophite Textbook Pistis fooplna mentioned above,
the special treatments are to be found in
 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX. 453

Moshcim. Gesch. d. Schlanyenbruder. llelmst. 1746-8.

A. r iilunor. De Ojj/iitis. Hint. l o o * .
-Lipsius. ueber de opini. System in Zt.f. wiss. Theol. 1863-4.
F. Giraud. Ophitm, dissertatio historico-theologjca de eorum
j e plao us acjans. jraris, loo-* |_DCSS modern worKj.
P. 104. O n the Eigyptian Pantheon see Lipsius, Der Gotterkreis d. alien
Aegypter. iscrlin Academy, 1 o o l , and Tiele 1. c, § 29. I h o i r
t | ibfaeiiLRuoii HI art best given in Perrot-ompiez, Jiistoire de VArt
J
l JJi te viiao im_,iish Litinsi.it.ion, 1ooij. Mas-
p o, c tvuiujots cjjpbLtiiiie, 1oot.

P A R T 11.—'WoESiiir O F M I T H R A S A N D SERAris, pp. 115 seq.

THE interesting problems that have collected about the worship of

Mithras have been dealt with in the following special works :—
Sainte-Croix. Eecherches critiques sur les mysteres du pagauisme.
Paris, 1817.
foeel. Die i\± it/was Lrc/icimnmsse. lo—o.
Hammer.—JMitiirialca. Vienna, 1834.
Creuzcr.—Das Mithreum. Heidelb. 1838.
Lajam. liecherches sur le culte public et les mysteres de Mithra. Paris,
l o i I—o.
vVindischmann.—Mithra. 1857.
Shrines of Mithras are described by J. Hodgson in Eliena Archeoloyie
i. 274T-3*J09 w h o gives the earlier literature, and by Stark, Zwei
MWirxen d. yrosstierzogi. Attei ttiunieisammluny in Jvirlsruhie. 1<SG4.
P. l i b . O n the Persian relations of Mithraicism see Burnouf, Sur le
Jcacna.
P. 117.—For another etymology see G. Barzilai, Gli Abraxas, studeo
J . ^ LU, _LO I 3.
P. 119. This view of the origin of Christmas wasfirstenunciated by
vvernsaoit, JJe origtne solemnium JNatalls C/irtsti ex fesiivitate
Aatalts J?ivicti, AVittenb. 1757; he is followed Ity Jablonsky
in his Opuscula, Amst. 1809, vol. iii. p. 351 seq., who argues that
the Bas-ilidans caused the adoption (p. 361).
P. 1-U. T n c latest monograph on thefcadduceesand Phansees is that
of Jii. jVLontet, Hjssai sur les or (genes des partis sadduceens et
phiartscens. i a n s , 1o^o. A iiilL bibliography at end of Seiilert's
article Sadducaer in Hlerzog-Phtt.
P. 129.—Flam. Vacca in Nordiui, Hornet Antiqua, pt. iv. 1771.
P. Lot. O n comemporary Parsees, T. L). F. lvaraka, History of the
X (hi SIS) 2 V O l S . J-OOO.
P. loJ.—Caste-marks of modern Hindoos are given in Sir Gr. Birdwood's
Industrial Arts of India. 1880 (plate M ) .
P. 1oo. O n penances m general, the exhaustive work of F. AV. H .
'xD-t BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX.

Yyssscrschleben, Die Bussordnungen der abendlandischen Kivclie.

Halle, 1851. O n those of the Brahmins, Sir M . Williams, Modern
India
PP. 158 seq.—See bibliog. note on p. 104.
P.l 14.1 -I lie nutre is UHKHOWII m t n c Eastern L-nurcn j v. llcrelCj
JJCU aj z. tr ut ytbutiLiue, t. n.
P. 179.—J\eierencc m a y be made here to ljcssings well-known essay.
P. LJo. The latest study of the jettatura is, I a m iuiormed by JMr.
Mitt, a series of articles, La Fascination, by Tuchmann in
JjlGl'USiUC. 1ooO-7.

P A R T 111.— THE AGATIIOD^EMON W O R S H I P A N D T H E A B R A X A S

(JEMS, pi>. 215 seq.

P. _jj.i. u u stipent UOISIIIJ corn p. miroductory essay to Ferguson,

Tree and Serpent Worship, second ed. 1873. A m o n g Semites,
jiauenssm, Stiidien zur sentii. li el Mjionsgescin elite I. s iv.
P. — —0.—J. 1><J1 lermaun, Ucoer die Getjwien der JiltC'ti mit dem
Abraxasbilde. Stuck 1—o. B>erl. 1818, 19, 20.
P. 230. This formed the subject of a monograph by F. X . Krans,
J his Spotterueijvx. Freib. 1bi'l. V. cut on ]>. 279 here.
P, - o l . Vide Jiarzilais tract quoted m bibliog. note on p. 117.
P. 254.—On the age of this "Gcmatria" see J. Gow, Ihst, of Greek
jMaillttilttZLLbj p. •irt.
P. «iO<J. For (iii)liography of ixisiiiucs see note on p. 70.
P. - b o . Uu \ a Lent in us, LT. l i e n n c i , Die Valentinische Crnosis und die
Ifeih'je Schrift. Berl. 1871.
P. *ttJ. O n the ng. see monograph referred to m bibliog. note on
p. 230.
P. _ b l . The 9.) epithets of God m Islam form the subject of Ei. Arnold s
poem, Pearls of the iHiitlt. 1C'^~)-..
P. 281 n.—Levy, Gemmm und SiegeL 18GS), p. 47-9 and Taf. iii.
P. _h4. Die bvherin von Prevorst was published 1800, and translated
into almost all European languages.

P A R T I V . — T E E F I G U R E D M O N U M E N T S O F G N O S T I C I S M , pp. 305 seq.

G N O S T I C gems have long attracted the attention of antiquarians, their

stjarait invtou_,(iuoii utgiiiiung w u n
Macarius.—[Hcureux] Abraxas sen Apmtopsstts. Ant. 1657; with
appendix by Chifllct. [Plates included in Gorkcaus, Dattyliotheca,
3rd edit. Leyd. 1695.]
Kirchmann.—De cinnuus. 1657, c. xxi.
XUontiaucon. D jintKjuite expligiwe, l a n s , 17.—,; vol. n. livre i n ,
J-i'js AbiUxas, pp. oOo seq. Supp. vol. n. 1724, pp. 209 seq.
 BIBLIOGRAPHICALi APPENDIX. 455

Gon.— Thesaurus gemmarum astriferarum. ^ riorence, xiov, 101.

[_mclucles essay by P a s s e n , jse geiiim s . - - j.
Mrrrette.— Traite des pierres gravies. 1750. II.08-(o.
i\ Miinter.— Versuch ilber d. Kirchlichen A.lttrthumer der {jnostiker.
i. i JU.
Bellerman.—Vide bibhog. note to p. l-6 [only vignettes on title pages].
KoW.—PalxocjrapMa critica. 1819-29; 4 vols. [third andfourthon

.Matter. Ilistoire du gnosticisme. ±O-JO. |_~nd cu nuii, _LO-±O.]

Hammer.—Deux coffrets gnostiques du inoyen ojje. l b o —
Stickel.—De gemma Abraxea nondum edita. 1o-l-i.
Mttter.— Voyage gnostique en Itahe. loot-.
King.—The Gnostics and their remains, ancient and medixval.
London, 1864. [First edition of present work including all the
gems in the preceding and more also: 13 plates and 27 woodcuts.]
N o collection of consequence has been made or published since 180-1
till the present volume.
p. 309.—On IA12 see u n i t v. lSaudissms elaborate essay uer
Ursprung des Gottesnamens 'law " in his Studien zur senaiischen
IieligionHOGRcliichte, 1873, pp. lbl—254. O n the nameitsi.lf cf. S. K,
Driver, Recent Theories on the Origin and Nature of the Tetra-
grammaton m Studia Jjibltca. l o o o , pp. J.-20.
p. 370.—On the apices of Boethius considerable discussion has arisen.
\ v o c p e k e , in Jour. Asiat. 1 o o o , p. o-l, traces them iiom India;
T. I I . Martin, Annali di matem. 1 b b o , p. uoU, from lijgypt;
while Friedlein, Zahheichen, pp. 15-19, & c , and W iissenborn in
Zt. Math. 1'hys., 1879, declare the passage m Boethius to be a
forgery. b e e Grow, Iltst. Greek Math., p. o b .
P. 372.—On magic squares treated mathematically, see \>c Morgan in
English Cyclopedia, sub. voce. sect. Arts and Scwnces, vol. v.
col. 415.

P A R T V.—TEMPLARS, EOSICRUCIAXS, FREEMASONS.

O N the TEMPLARS the most complete history is still that of Dupm,

Ilistoire de I ordre Tnilitttire des Tempita s. 15ruxelleti, 1751. O n their
mysteries, Loiseleur, La doctrine secrete des J.empiers. Uueans, i o i 2 .
A n d the trials, Miehelet, 7'roces des Tempiiers. 1871. T h e statutes
contained m Merzdort, (leheuihsUttutoi des Ordens der loupelkerreii,
Halle, 1877, have been shown to befictitiousby 11. (x. P rutz, ucheimlehre
und Geheiinslatut'ti des Teiiqielherren Ordenis. I!erl. 1879. See also
F. Schottmiiller, Der Untergaug des Temller-Ordeus, m i t urkundhehen
Beitriigen. 2 vols. 1887.
O n the JiOSICRTjciANS the earlier nterature is given m \ v . v. iMurr,
JJeber d. luahren Ursprung d. hosenkreiizer. See also l i u n l c , Ursprung
ttnd vornehmste Schicksale d. Orden d. Freimaurer und llosenkreuzer,
1810 ; and Klupfel, sub voc. m tlerzog-l litt. O n the origin of Freemasonry,
'xOO BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX.

full references m K. F. Gould's huge and uncritical History of Free-

masonry, vol. i. 1884.
P. 6J6n. A third edition in two vols. appeared in 1887.
P. 409. O n the influence of these Manichaean, sects in spreading
Eastern folklore through Europe, see M . Caster, Greeko-Slavonic
IIvvI CtCUi ft. 1 o o i.

P. 4J.G.—Assemblies of Al Hariri, translated by T. Chenery, vol. i.

1867; and Riickcrt's remarkable translation, Dei Venvamllunyen
u6& JlOU OCld.
 INDEX.

A. A. A., Ivabalistic, 199 A G A T H O D X E M O N , legend, 216

ABAANA0ANAABA, 246, 317 Agathodsemou gems, examples, 296
A i i.maji, the iHagian, n2 A h r i m a n , 1'JVII, 1 O _
fvugiirus, jurist s letter to, ol 7 Akbar, Ins religion, 416
AlJUACADABiRA, I >_ 1II Ul -l ,' l , 310
t>
O I U Aiaoaiches, 27
Abraxas as Phoebus, 103 Aiuigenses, ineir creed, 340
, last traces of the, 399
, the Sun-god, 117 Alexamenos, <jvojjito of, 230
, ^yniology of, Zi)i Alexaiiuna, the oerapis of, IO9
jiitctii) sigla for, I U
J.VOII D IOH tienned, 257 AUeius Caronius, spell of, 223
, iULiUimg 01, z O J >.vij)niiueiical names, o i l
, curious type of, 328 ' A m e n , why used in prayer, 267
• ngure, nrst mention of, 111 Amenti, trie Four, l u b
MIe LrUC, Z T O A M H N , the Three, 147
, A m m i a n , upon tlie Magi, 272
• -gems, how used, 274 Amor, how adopt I , 234
• -gems,
-gems, materials and art of, 2 t-t itmsnaspands, thefecven,140
- 0 C l , U X S C r i D t X l , 250
o Amyciae, Apollo of, Zyh
Abraxaster-geios, z z o •t ICiLj and the Rosy Cross, 394

Abraxoids, z o / Andrew, Kcvelation to St., 341

Abraham, statue of, 161 & i ?
Abrak, the Mystery of, 317 Angcis Names, talisman, 193
Aciiamotii, \v lsdom, ooO , JJ a y, o ±±
Achoreus, ozz Anngonus Gonatas, his treaty with
Adad, the Sun, 161 ASOKa, 51 ^
Adam, Book of, 4, 415 Anuois, witli two faces, 110
-Kadmon, 34 , with triple head, 293
Kadmon typified, 233 -\jlll IblUS, ZoU
Added talisimanic legends, 277 vjiiiibLus, nn00 uu rree Uof, 279
l , 279
iLdoyicii-, Adonis, ZJ\J •-Lyphon, O\JA
Adoneus, the Invisible, 2 J / Apis-bulls, catacombs of the, 164
A.E.I.O.U., Austrian version of, 234 Apollo, with talisimanic legend, 302
.ZEueas, his funeral sacrifice, 367 jipoijonius of Tyana, oo
iEons, Simon's, 67 jvpsetnus and trie pparIUI&, ub
, whence derived, 260 -i-puicius, iiu
—---~, list of the, 2bo , ' D e Magia,' 283
, male and female, 263 Arabic terms m mediaeval arf, 418
> , seals and numbers of the, 331 Arction, the Second, 77
, addresses of the Soul to the, 332 , jj(_miurgus, o i
, pictures of the, ooo Arclions of tlie threat Fate, 352
XCjaLUliljJiUS, Aristotle, copied by Basilides, 70
, the Sun, 177 Ark of the Covenant, 7
Aj-jiicnouflomon Serpent, 2VO Artemis of Pallene, 167
^**Jo
Arthur's Oon, 136
A.S. the Rosicrucian, 315
,why enjoined, 419
Asoka's Edicts, 51
Assassins,
Assassins, the sect or, 410
the sect 410
their Degrees, zto. (/.
, grucies of, i l l
Assembly, Masonic, oi8
Ass-headed deity, 230
Astrology, in liome, 111
Assumption of deities forms, o o o
Atneistan, nrst klaxon builder, o o o
Athelstans' Constitutions, 381
ATIONONOMA, {_,C
y-.\j\X\J l - Jl t- .^ nC^
Mameh
Augustine, a Mamehajan. 48
A U M , symbolism of, 2GG
, /bit
or OM,2GG
* , virtues of its use, ^ 0 7
-, type of the Trinity, 320
A \ l a , bisiiopric of, 06.)
rt^ccti apa?, place of torment, 000
B A B Y L O N I A N characters used in talis-
mans, 3ho
AjiwyiGnii nwncvi, ouo—OJ
Bacchic serpe
p L
i d'lo
-LKlLLllUS, Tile taUIl-toOU, d--j
• , god of the Jews, 323
Bacon's ' House of Wisdom,' 398
lMJaajiluS, I>U10C1US, Z.)J
Balaam's sacrifices, 442
Bambino, il santissimo, 3 3 ' !
JjapJiomet 01 the Temllars, 235
xiapiiometicfigures,403
Jiaphometicum lMysterium, 128
.1X11 DOIO, £0,1
• , ' Mother of the Saviour,' 3 3 3
xsarruel, upon the Idununati, 425, 426
J J MIL ieb, ma Ej^sLLlilj 70, Zi>/
Basilidau doctrine defined, 258
J5ath, scroll found at, 300
15. C. 11. J_J. JYL. JV. S., 402
jjeienus, l o o
, Gallic Sun-god, 136
JJetulns, thunderbolt, _JJO
'Birth of the N e w ^.un, 306
jjiiiiitKiy of Miuiras, i u
e o *™ b SLS, l o o
Boctliius Arithmttic, 370
' Bologna, Scavi presso,' 428
jjouuioii, v,aiuinal, ou2
jjountiary k. J i l l I L , L 1 1 L , I U
.1
Spirit, J J L U C jj.€iminUk.,
INDEX.
Boundless Power, 59
Bouteilles cemetery, 371
aonmans, origin of, 2iA
isnindmarkcs, Mitnraic, 139
Brazen Serpent, the, 218
Serpent whence derived, 3
.oromiius, h o w ngured, lo—
lirother, Masonic, 378
Buddha^ Gaya, inscription at, 269
Buddha's Foot, 270, 271
Buddhism described, 49
Buddhist missions, 51
0
lnJ
l 1172
d, 72 feVIUOOlS, OoJ
influence on Gnosticism, 390
i.Q< lmlE>, lilt, SCCL, "±UJ
J-IJJNl JJiIl,, lu.itJi.ia.L',
1U1 t i l l il.O, I lOi )Jj
jjuiietm Monumental, on Masons
itLaiKS, ooo
JjllllS, m u m m i e s of, 164
' J 1 b" U i l *t/i penance, 154
Ajj-Ztuiune Gorgon-amulets, fOJ
i_jAiiiui, copper of m e , oJ
Kjiiu.ucc-utj ITS syniDonsm, 1il>
Camillus Leonardi, 338
, bearer of souls, l o o
C a r i x m a n , their origin, 391
v^ariiai\on, gold plaque fountl at, o o J
C-aste-marks, and various siylx ex-
[UcilULU, 13, 1 4
diuusion of, o o o
Catalogues of (gnostic gems, 2io
Cave of Mithras, 136
c n a m , i>ia n ic, otj-
v^nauce, iuiiiira:C, 126
cnarun, the Etruscan, 1o^s, l b 7
Ceraunia, talismainc, I J 7
V- L»L-|JIUH,t.LLH, Z Z O
Chiflet's talisman, 290
cnuticnc. Tomb 194
Chinese symbols, 391
Christ, identified with Serapis, 161
Christ's person described, 162
Christinas day, h o wfixed,120
L.'iii\socheir of Tepiirice, i t 2
Ldmumis, various spellings of, 216
dinuphis, with mystic numeral, 340
geiii-iegends, /-to
Circle of the Sun, 300
Clemens Alexandriuus, 257
Clemens and Basilides, 257
4
2 JJ Cleopatra, Death of,' 1S±

L>nidus, Tempic at, *>uu
V ' H JlLi L« till U U d
O/I1J.
Coenct, auue,
Colic, amulet for tMIL,
h e , JG7
367
,
Collar of S b , its origin, 219
* College of Arabian Snges,' 394
Colossus of diiiercut metals, J bo
Constancy, emblem of, 220
Constitution.es iirtis (jcometricae, oi7
\jon 111101100, mciitorious, o o t , oou
Corax of Mithras, 120
Liow, typo of Isis, ii\)
Counterrcit of tliefcpint,oo
Crescent and seven stars, o l 8
V^TUbB, k5I 0 l_l Ul Lilt-, -J
Crown of Mithras, 128
Crusades, their ciiect, 418
Cursing by the Name, 444
Pscum, the, oou
v^yiiuucp s,
VJJ piicr of the Iiiuniiiictii, w o
Cypselus, Coffer of, 183
A.A.A.» 199
AAMNAMENELYG, DO
Dante s allotment of Heaven, o-io
Dante's Cliaron, 188
jjcath, antique typeot, 179 VJl,
, extinction of, OOJ
, Grecian types of, 188
, m ancient art, 11 %)
- ,tepintual,what, loO
±/ceune, tooms of the, z.t±
jJeities represented by numrrals, o\)i
u e i p m c Jiij the, -Ji
jjeniiurgus, how banied, oou
' , doing the work of the,' 334
Demons, I\.abbalistic, ob
i ) c Qumcy, on the Eosicrucians, oJo
Destructive Principle, 167
j./wdf iici symuoi, o u i
jjevls, casting out of, LOO
——, their various shapes, oo7
Dextvs&: -Z'ede, oou
jjiagrauima of the vjpnites, oo~>
A I K A I Q Z , on a gem, 129
JJIOUJsiac ojluooia
427
JJis, the Roman, l c 7
Dis-pater, of Gaul, 101
/ l V l U l I l g - M l S of the ii>ia.
1jJiviumg-rods v i d 0 i , 307
XJQi tUlC, l l l l l b l U l l I t o L b , —Ul
, Ot tllO P ill'bcCS, l o 7
INDEX. 459
* Domine quo vadis, Church of, 271
Donatist Contcssion of Faith, 3 i o
JJonneT-iicii., straiu-pjtii,
Draco, type of * The good and Perfect
Serpent,' 289.
* Dragon of the Outer Darkness, ooo
Dragon shaped, non-s \ c , ,
oo7
Dream-bringing demons, a)
Dreams, caused by magic, ±u
, sold by Jews, 221
Druidical religion, 4—,
stone, with Caste-marks, oo7
Druidism, invented in Britam, 421
Druids, put down by i lbcrius,
Druses of .Lebanon, -i13
Dualism, Hindoo, Zb-±
of deities, _i04
Dolcino Fra, and Margrrita, 03
Durya, of the Indians, 260
U*V-A-» zob
.L DELPHIICTM, „ j /
E g g of the Wrrld, o07
j_j0yptian uciLitb, IISt UI, iutj
sacred animals, 107
vrobpci f the, .. oo
E I C Z E T C CAPAniC, 327
Eleazar, drives out devils, 280
Jiiiements, itiigcis of the, oj
, toons of tlie, zo_
j_jicpiitintti, rock-ieiiipiL of, *±**/
J ^ l l a s , 1L0LUU Ul, ilOt
Emanation, doctrine of, 92
_L>mdlldUOLlb, LitL J J u b l l l U i l U , £.00
, doctrine of, 259
, the Five, their Coptic names, 313
li,mcsa, Temple of, lo-t
J-dUipLUULlLb tjltULUU, U
Enoch, Book of, 18
i orthe
_ L i ] H p i i a i l l U O , LO
Ephcsus, School of, 7
-Lphesian Spen, i n c , v>.
I'jpoptas, the JMasomc, ^_b
m pa o' Esoteric Mohammddanism, 415
i.jfabL'UCb, origin Ul L11L, OL
Evil Eye, talisman for, ^oG
, theory of the, u o
Spirus, o n g m of, I O J
J_J\e-covert<i ii & uic, 403
FAUI.I;S, (suobtic love of, lia
x1 uCulties, whence derived, o-iu
460
-T<iKii, badge of a, 3j\j
Fate, omce of, GOV
Ferdmand of Naples,P CO, .392
-T trillVbdt) emblem of, 219
i? nteen ±
x omts, .Masonic, 37
omxs, luasonic, Oii)
Fire, amulet against, 422
- the First Principle, 69
.rive, the sacred number,
number. ZJo
, words on the vesture of Jesus,
oOo
Foot, carved on stone, 185
, the divme, 270
Forniulai, txnottic, 2,o0
, p UipUoL OI, r>L9
Forty-two a sacred number, 442
* Free and accepted,' 385
oury, u-iiii(juiij of, 375
391
filt t Cal-dbllfcillcU.,
, pretender founder of, 376
Free-masons, the real, J o b
x1 rccmasons, true origin of title, o J i
Frog and serpent, symbolical, 36
Future punishments, 356
x ynoi, tjwttbZiiiLi, ooj
* G A B E S , the book of,' 343
I r a i e n , upon the jasper, 219
, upon demoniacal possession, 280
Gallic brand-marks, 428
coins with Tribal marks, 429
Garnet talisman, 289
' Gate of the Gods,' 346
Gaul, Gnosticism in, 338
i^eoinancy, Arab, oUo
Geometrical symbols for deities, 307
ercnealogy of xuary, 2ol
Gerniamcus, bewitched, oOo
vTlLLLl],
LI], L\
vriiosis, machinery of the, IU-1
, the Jewish, 4
-, true aim of the, 333
l_Tiiustic gems, lists of,2 2id
symuonsm, preservation of, d/i>
Guosticised types, 277
iriiosticism, beginnings of, 21
, wide dinusion of, oS/
Godhead, how constituted, S.)
God s name, h o w expressed by the lao, the Lunar Genius, 332
\*oui plaque, Carnarvon,oSJ
u
' Good o <-'! the,'354
vrui D on, an ainiuct, I O J
INDEX.
fe , origin&J type of, 167
, j u t of x^eath, i s
Gracchus destroys Cave of Mithras, 126
' Great Names,' the, 308
stavus ivaoiphus, chymic gold coins
of, 396
oJb
,
no,--urQ.cfi(iii) iiuraxas, £oi
xiadnan, upon Serapis, 161
AI pies f •iici Syrens, l o j
P J j on tombs, loo
xieavens, m e , ^OJ, obo
Hebdomad of Basilides, 81
Hebrew terms used by Christians, 125
words, false use of, bS
— words, use of, 2So
liecaic, how mvoked, .Zol
Helena, ' the Lost Sheep,' 68
, made an idol, 70
nenodorus, upon the H A H xLye, LJD
H euo^iLuaius, nj
, magic practices of, 226
xien, description of, dob
•, fa('tls OIj 1ilt
' Helmet of Adoneus,' 296
* of Hades,' 186
Henry in. employs Italian artists, 384
Ilenry vi. on Freemasonry, 376
Heracleomte passport to the moribund,
329
Iliero prohibits h u m a n sacrifices, 417
Hindoo deities, 264
duahstic deities, 264
symoois explained, o^o
ipeiviuts, on x>asuides, z o /
i ins
his x reatist, 11
Treatist., 11
Historians of Gnosticism, 11
Holy JName, xSasilidan, 259
Homer, Ophite explanation of, 86
xioop, type of Time, 179
iiorapollo s Interpretation, 108
noise, symbllic, loi)
llorua or JVtoses, 322
, how adopted, 232
Hosea Lux, mystic book of, 397
Hours, G e n u of the, 300
H u m a n sacrifices, 220
, UlUlCll, r±Zl
IAO, his various titles, 326
JaoSf Autumnal Sun, 321
I A Q , the name explained, 319
Ibis, type of Moon, nji
Idea, the Platonic, 34
 INDEX. 461
j.u01-woramp, i_*nosuc, (\j Jewish badge, 388
luoiSj woou.cn, of primitive Greece, 1G7 inliuence at HRoinOj
ome, 27
Ul T the Primal M a n , 351 IVLd^lLldllH, '±\J

i ^ u u r d H L c , m o goti of, z o i Joan Otf i>

J_> i t V < l l J l>. 2zU
avarre,
HCOVC, numerical
umerical value ot,
v 255 A x u r , 278
Jovis Axur,
Jovis 278
UiAUdjOLJl, ULIllUll, dot
, t) UUdlSUl, Orl—111 OI,
M 28 28
Judaism, on 0 in
, son of Darkness, 37 ^' s y i u u u i u i , 1 i u
±iiumiYi(tiit grades of the, "tzo Justinian's persecution, 340
Imprecations nxed on leinpie-wllls, Justin Martyr on Mithras, 122
ooO JYAiiUALA, real
JVABBALA, of t h e , 33
real source of
Incubi and Succubse, 334 -, and Talmud, 3 3 ,
India, iicr connexion with v^reecc, 271 Kabbalistic cyphers, 199
, her influence upon Egypt, 320 - titles, Zo7
.
, p o l u u
"M 2' * Ivan L VdUlj lb/
, source of the l*iagi, 2 i _ Karamala, Psychopompos, 16G
visited by Greeks, 53 ivdutaliduciir, Zb^
Indian sources of (juosticism, 42 ivavlacav, o o
unliable rs
Ineiiable rs ame, t h e , £\ib
266 i\-(j jianuMj i\0nuscastuS) oG9
N a m e , Hindoo, 2GG
, ' Kells, Book of,' 430
• JName, origin of, 32\j jjvcrner,
v c r n e r , on tUalll li bslm
l l aaT
nlso,, 205
zu5
One, Mystery of the, 148 Iverner s division of the Soul, o l o
Infant sacrifice, 334 Jvmgdoms of rs ature, J o
Infernal powers depicted, 364 Ivircher s Leaden Book, 362
mated, Diaiid-marKmg of the,139 jvnppoth, demons, o o
i n 11
.LI i t iLal ttLiLol Unl J,, tests a t , 421
421 ivnocker, Masonic, 403
h e , 38,
*
Inner M a n , tLI1U, Knot of Hercules,' 176
Innsbruck Tablet, the, 127 Ao.sti, /iOroastnan 401
p i l U so, 1\.U tlAclb, £rLO—O Kronos, abode of, 241
, Gnostic, 248-9 ——, h o w figured, 240
Inserted ll ee 0gceini ds,
Inserted s, oz7 Krjp, h o wfigured,1 9 0
67 IJADY, the L*reat, ,5U/
' Invisible Gods, the, L u m p , spell m a d e to the, 223
Invocation of JSames,o l O .Language of Gnostic legends, ZoZ
J.O/1) the Moon, 324 .LiiipO, 11 J-LUcSCO, 00±

ljarva, i o i
Isiac Procession, 111 , ghost, 181
o j m u o i s , to. Lat, the Ilindoo, 298
Isis, symbol held by, 301 j - j a n ICL, Temple of, 422

iialian m m e t u a > v a j 384

a s o n s , mecuseval,
masons, Leaden Books, 362 ,
•*•*«•, i-sOii
tl '-'i Liiui.iu.cr. 175
!>«•, go Liiunder,
I T A N T A , 198 Lebanon, sects of the, 340
Izeds, iiOrodSLrian, I O Z L t ' g i0'euus,
j_/C i i d s , translations oU lt, , ol
3111
J A M B U E S , magician, 40 j_jeonticus, vjoracicus, l i b
James i. of Scotland, Act concerning AjCsoing, on r recmasonry, -t-L
iMasons, 371 1
iXij L i1i Li
c r i1U I C w L H U O ! 2ib
i i jl )--,, U l lUj-jLIlUb,

Jasper, virtue of, 219, 222 ijotters, composing a female form, Zoo
Jerome, on jjasi.iiu.es, _ O J Life, possible duration of, 221
, on Spamsh Gnosticism, O d J -Light, l^mpire of, 8
• lAJ
to Lrt, 126
J_Jc^L(\
1-iiXj * of lights, 293
Jersey, Gallic coins of, 429 ——, T h e Divine, 81
Jerusalem, visitcu o j Scymicus, i i ' , Place Oi, 350
U UlV OLilLlOLl *Jo5
LSUS, 11 lo iiivocation,
J CSUS,
Lines and dots on gems, 305
-, meltable origin of, z o o ijion, typical, J U J
462
Lion, form of Bacchus, 131
-headed man, 131
dead d d l
.Litanies of the deaci,
type of Logos, 107
Lodge, ceremonies at the, o b z
, iiciaoiiiL, oou
of St. Thcodosius, 424
* , the Scottish,' 425
, xtmplarSj 413
i
Logos, emanation of the, 2G1
, JNous, Sophia, z o i
, version of fotieyn^ z&o
Lord of Light, 4 7
Lots of the K i n g d o m , 153
_L.OlUb, L X p i d l L l L U ,
J-iOVe, 1A UCl l1CLL,
lbCt, Ut7
O.'
L o w e r world, Euler of, 97
Lucan's G o d s of Hell, 170
Lucian's Philopatris, 184
± O X i l H s , OO
O' 1 1 l-
y ° l l , UlC,
L u n u s dens, 324
Lydney, leaden scrolls found at, o u l
JMACIIOIUL'S, on vLsculapius, 177
• , on Serapis, L J 9
, on the descent of trio Soul, 346
Magdalene, discourse of the, 150
Magi, Lrcneral Council of, 49
• , their origin, 273
Magic, cultivated in Britain, 421
the founders of, 40 40
-, founders of, 22 221 "•*.>
-chain, to m a k e obJ,
Papyrus,*
"•I J r & ) spell from
2b>2
/(jitt, Masson, iUassoney,
Massoney, a T e m -
iiKiuiivn&i) of nanri, 4 i o
Manuaitcs, -t
, t111C,
h e , 415
415
iManeiiLi, inscription at v m a , o o i
M a n e s , history of, it>
, m a use of Palmyrene alphauct,
370
Mamciicism,
Mamciicism, loo, 1ob,157
157
-, elements of, 47
, h o w diffused over Europe, 409
, wliy SUCCCMsIUl, i i u
Manicneists, persecuted by Justinian,
408
M A P O O H N I , talisman, 313
Marcus, * Revelation ' of, 286
Maria Honorii, 191
INDEX.
Maiim, scroJia found at Villa, 366
Marks of owners , Gallic, 428
lTiaroni, aooe, izo
Mary Magdalene, on the use of talis-
mans, 332
, ICevciation to, 349
, the Heavenly, 141
''Masonic Grip,' 337
IUB, (jeriuine, oto
J' 0
& , '-'• ll t'- 11 - 1 '-'•') ^^*
Masonry, genuine rules of, 3 7 7
Masons 1 Marks, origin of, 385
Matter, to DO renounced, o o o
1/± s theory, 326
y >iiiusiuu, L U I
Medicinal talismans, 328
iHercia, m e i_ja(iy of, ooo
Merchants of the Staple, their Marks,
385
H 2 Meru, Mount, 42
Mete, Von Hammer's, 404
J. LILI11[ b j hllU&lH, O J J
Middle space, the, 102
, arclion of the, 353
' , the Platonic, 347
, lao, Ruler of the, 325
liitssa, ucrived, i z o
Mithraic bronze ticket, 9
Cave, discovery of a, 131
ue & ree&j Lm., IL7
monuments, 1 l o
Sacraments, i—•
, Zi±Z>) • remains in the West, 422
IVLlLilltlS, D O U g l l l w i l l i UIOOU, i Z i
, h o w figured, 133.
identified with Christ, 119
i Zioroaster s, 110
liioocu, msignia of a, i u
Modern fore , 275
iiLOJociniLS, grtsuii jasper, 2ay
Moniiaucon, obo
M o o n , absorber of souls, 347
, Egyptian idea of the, 324
, h o w lighted, 48
• , type of, 107
Moor's ' Hindoo Pantheon,' 267
Moses, magician, i l l
131 y I l l L i I , lOO
U±s b l t M l t h , LI1L, ±-±0
, benctit of the, 352
, explanation of m e , O J
Mystery of the First Court, 352

Mystic Names, Invocation by, 285
Nans, the element AVater, 224
, worship of the, 101
JNaasem, tiieir celestial hierarchy, oVJ
Nabis on gem, 244
JName, power of the, 201
^~~, virtue of tlie, Zoo
±>auiee, expressed by numrrals, z o i
, spells made up of Holy, 281
of God, how made up, 286
Nushirwan protects Philosophers, 56
iNature,ii.cuvean(i Jrassive, symbolized,
112
i\avel, Circio of the Sun, oho
-TseDucnatinezzar, oo-i
Nebuchadnezzar's * Image, whence
UL11VCU, l U O
j>cciicp._os, ±Ying, 2iu
JNeutra, ltaubi of, plate> iv,
* N e w Name, a, 129
Newton ioLUUc, lilt.) 3SG
xMcocreon, i o u
JNiic, derivation of, oZ\)
i n y - i i i i i t Names of txOU, God, 231
_l> 0™UC1I1,_ (jiou,
j\G-bemg Vj O i l . J-
l llil eC ,. 75
JNodens, Temple of ucus, ool
i^toijiim^, of ijd.oiiiu.es, 72
Numbers of the Names, 287
IN
JNumorals, aio, sacrGQ.
sacred,Ii\) U y, o u J
,*oLauuiurs0 L\JL deities, O U ij •, 368
UClLlOsJ, 0\J
Numrrical forces, 254
O. O. O. 1JJ
Oath of Artaxerxes, 116
Obsidian arrow-heads, 203
Ocean of the Ophites, 87
Ogdoad of J_>asuides, o i
Old M a n of the Mountain, 418
Old M a n s Head, xJaphometic idol,
404
' Omestes Dionysos, human sacrifice
to, 168
Omphalos of u e i p i u , zoo
O N O K O I H T H Z , 230
(jphiuchus, J o , Lot
Ophite doctrine of the First Principle*
224
tncogony, O\JO
, hymn of the, 92
, Uicrr perfect saennce, ozo
, their system, b - , 92
INDEX. *±DO
Ophites, Schema of the, 332, 342
Or, The Divine Light, 35
Oracio of the Clarian Apollo, 321
urcus, loj
Orcus, 189
, the demon, 356
Orai, Venus, ooZ
, on Gnostic deities, 325
Orites, 209
Orleans, Paulicians of, 410
unnuzd, i^oou, LOZ
Orpheus, on m^hiic -iMames, Zo-±
, M Lybienes of, * u i
Liord of tlie \\ est, 188
Osthanes, magician, 421
Outer Darkness, the, 357
Ovid's * Ibis, 181
P A L M Y R E N E alphabet, 370
4 Pantheism of Manes, 48
Pantheism of the Manicheans, 156
•tapyrus, LUG i>ia 0 ic, zzo
J T i t l L t l , how personified, 190
LI, origm of ±ois, 171
2ol < ovt , Liit, penceij oo±
Passport, for the next world, 329
Paulicians, sect of, 409
Pegasus, Daage of the ±cmpiars, iZ\j
Penances, xiinuoo, loo
PerdTtii, »cci, L+JO
x. ui._ea-pluiii, OWL
Perugifi, Mithraic Cave at, 132
ireter ij-owci, Pythagoras, 3ib
PetraoeSy talismanic gem, 299
j . ctriis, civis Romanus, 384
Jrhanaces, Sun-god, 1ib, 140
L miip, iTospel of, ooo
Phoenician deities, 240
Phocius, on tlie Jjx-tylus, 207
Pictisli tattoo-marks, 420
Pilate s letter to Lcntulus, 162
x ne vjiiKj-jHars, iiie, 4 z j
lOl>lb-k.UpjJItl, U U c L l j S l b U l , 14
, analysis of the soul, 349
, celestial hierarchy, 239
doctrine of the Sacraments,
141
-, lvabbalistic names of deities
tiecSj
oi1
, -ineogony of the, o-ti
, ivpes explained, - O J
Plague, amulet against, 317
464
Planetary genii, Gnostic gods, 325
Planets, mystic names of the, 309
a, U U l l J t l U ,
Pluto, howfigured,186
J. 1ULU, P l l l t U S , l o t )
v XIXLIYIUJ, MO
Powers, ngures of the, o±o
, invocations to tlie, o l o
, names of the, 198
Prami Cabinet, gems m the, 292
Prayer of the Saviour, 289
PriBLdiiiiiu, ooo, t u o
t ,
p gation of species w h y promoited,
'119
Proserpmc, xJape of, ±o/
T€po(popos, x^vptian priest, o i o
toiomy iv., t o o
Punch, council offive,299
Punic language, late use of, 283
x jLiiu 0 uiafa, my Four uooivb, -±o
, studies in Ijgypt, 2oi
, source of ins system, 11
Pythagorcsm jMimeruit«, 37i)
symoois for lA'ities, ou/
I^UAKRIELSOMIENS^S, LJiristian, OJk
t,,juatLTmoii, the J>aaiiiuau, Zhl
i-guatuor Coroncuif .sot
Queen of the dead, 184
Quietism, iiicioiemi(i, o±-±
i^mnternion, the ixisilidan, zoz
R A D I C A L S , Simon s Sis, 61
Raspe's remarks on Gnostic symbolism,
291
lieceivers of .Light, 354
XiLL()0lllL10 n y sL0
itegeneiauon typiiitu, +*oo
Ring, Magic, to make a, 243
Rosicrucian ceremonies, 3 J b
syimjuiiLtU p es, 3
ibOslciuciauy, UILIr uujtjci., ooo
Round Churches, 402
XLUQOJI ii. patronises alchemists, ivo
Runic legend on a talisman, 11
S.S.S. on bar, _iis
Sacrcu animals of xjgypt, 1U6
baenhee, the True, 11a
Sadi, female Power, 264
Salagrama, L\>O
Samaritan legends, 316
Samothracian Mysteries, ho
Saugraal, quest of the, 405
Sanscrit names in Egypt, 265, oz0
INDEX.
" real character, 441
,his
Saturn, sons of, 422
£±0 oiiiurmnus, zou
y , eaoui, ooo
Scottish Jvnight, costume and cere-
monies of the, 426
Scytmcus, precursor of Manes, £ o
Seal used by Christ, 317
Seals of the mens, o o l
Seed of the VY orld, 73
&eeie, ixerven-geist, Lretst, oio
u., mif, u , o<- 8
Seherm von rX i It Lv luUil B
D iL,. 284
i-OT
C e M G C € I A A M , explained, 222, 326
C 3 L p i l U r u ( . U , LUC, OO
t. epoy mutiny, i-o
ncrapeum, when destroyed, n>-±
S 1 ,
1 x^ oot,
eOL, attribute «oi, H1
J I , 271
, gems rcieinng to, 1 i z
, h o wfigured,159
• , introduction of, loo
, type of the Universe, 321
and ii^athousemon combined, ooo
Serenus Sammonicus, 220, 316
J. U IL, I4L-pt i l l t i l l t i f l i , old
, guardian of tomb, d o /
• , guide of souls, 368
Servatius, seal of samt, 0 /
Seven-branched canillcstick, 388
Seven vowels, mystery of the, 201
Severus Alexander, his worship, 16, 227
o/y((C, bianding for uoiucb, i\)
, 366
•. igns and Pa Masonic, DOT
Passwords, Masonic,
rnmon Magus, history of, o o
Simon s Four Books, 64
SiDij Assjiian Moon-god, oZ±
Sin, the cause of, 349
Sins to be renounced, 356
oheieiuii, idTvu.,
oKcieton, llooii
IQ.TXXX,
S icep and ucath, typined, loo
*•' a s y i H U L I S UA.[JliilI-llAl, lOO
feoii luvicto Comiti, Z2.L
Salome's question to the Lord, 335
Solomon s Seal, 388, 423
* Sons of the prophets, 273
Sorlcs AntiateSy oOo
ooui, chau^e of shapesh m the, 346
-, how conBUiiuted,
l JIIEV 11 H i t 11* 37
OI
, planetary origin of the, 3xt
 INDEX. 4 bo

Soul, Platonic division 01 the, *>T:I Thor s h a m m e r , JOG, 403

foouis, scut bu*'K into other DOUICH, »>«oo j. nunuei ooii, ceu, zvi>
Tikkun, universal type, .i4
^P1 x, ° j ,*•
Timomy, i j j ,
Spiritual iuau, the, 9.t loieration, anciem, ^
' * who, 414 T o m b of a Koman Empress, 192
1MC11, WI10, 2 i O LI tc'lHUI
Ll L • , 1
Clr*Ui US, J i.l
J. ty

Spirits, i-iSSfiy oil, .iJt> JLombs, talismans found in, oi1

Spucen, its cause, 348 j.ortmcs, the J.wcive, 127 ii
*" 1 tiry-cut leiLLis, 2to Tower of 13aucJ, 382
to J , c tip s, t of Silence, 137
DllCliS, a^King scl Or, ooUu
counsel Uu j.o\\ nicy taiini iu , t t»,
otone, tools
tools or, 202
ZUZ
, Trades-union Hides, medaeval, o b . j
Stone,
,
Stonehenge, Mason's m a r k at, 387 Transposaition n e LILTS,
DLUK.(_.ljj s LllcUiy, i ) t i
Sufi, the Persian, 414 J.II1UI, L CUIciU, iiepLili. , \ yl
Sun, invoked, ^ u o ol4
and M o o n , tncir names used as p ,
tailblliullb, ZoCj nianofie, xtosicruciciii, 315
o * L » xiosicrucidii
~o l -' u ; various types of, 6LL lnkasa, Cerberus, J o b
Suttee, monument of a, 185 .trinity, n^yptia-i, 3
Sicastika, mendicants' badge, 390 , the Hindoo, 2G9
Symbol, l^mblem, ooO j.ruth, how neuron, zoo
iji/TUuoi/d of bronze, ooo , Jvcvclation of, 2 c b
S y m u u n c i i 0 u r c b , expressiiij., dociinica, U D D E R - S H A P E D B O W L , 111
2uo Ulysses and the Syrens, ISO
Syiiiooiisin, u o 0 n i . ttuun u , t&i Ulysses visit to Hades, 10.)
tsyrobols, transmission of, *tZo Uninitiated, their future state, «5o±
Syrian influence on niedisoval Imirope, Universal ^Nature typified, 446
417 religion,
D , idea of,
W yji, 417

TABOR, I j l g l l t 01, oUU uuncrse, ic-absorption of, O _ J

Talismanic conversions, 277 , L^ p i i i c u y k.u ap , ->
Talismans, material of, 275 Uterine amulet, oOU
Taraka's penances, 153 VAL.ENTINUS, Z i l
Tat and o«£, .267 , his system, 2 0 0
J.au, the J^gyptian, I U Z , n z , 401J Valentinian Sacraments, 141
Tauiooona, io-± ' Vultus Triformis,' 395
Temllars, accusations against, 401 ' Varancs,' derived, 273
, cause of their ruin, 420 v use, the Bapnonietic, iu.>
, grades of, ti1 'Vase of Sins, 111
i lie ix aaiiM
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, bUppiLOOl ,to •b. Venus Ainulyoinene, 287
Temple-church, symbolism of the, -±tu Verulamium, spells found at, 339
Ion, a sacred number, 30.1 , scrolls found at, 3GO
Terbintnus, i o Vesture, the shining, of J e s i u . , tsuo
.leriiiiiiaii, io7 ' Vibies abreptio,' 182
Tetragramniaton, talismanic, 4-U Victory-stones, Runic, 212
Vienna Cabinet, g e m s of l ILL, 2 ib
j_neogony, the 0iades in the ixiiosiiC) Virgil, on spells, 281
341 Virgus Copa Synsca, l o t
j.neosebius, zoo Virgm of J_JI 0 IIL, O J I
Thales, doctrine of, 224 VISLOIUI s magic scroll, 3;io
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Vishnu's Foot, 270 ifuntieiiherZ) specus at St. Aiuans, T-ZO

Von Hummer on Tortures, 128 Wren establishes Freemasonry, 391, 422
s theory, 403 X E R X E S , lUlnopian troop of, 203
Vow LIS, cne seven, yj.t , sacrifice of his nephews, loo
vowels, shrouding
Vowels, sniouuinor tnc ' iTriat ^Name.
Great Name,* X.P.fe. on coffer, 396
315 YAMA, .Lord of Hell, IGo
W A T E R , the First Principle, 224 , and Serapis, 270
t tlBUdLipi, o | iirttlCUS, tA-k putra, Hades, 71
, Yang, Cliinese symbol, 391
W cbtminster Hall, Masons Marks Year, how typified, 179^
Yellow jasper, talismanic, 132
White stone, St. John's, 129 Yoni, Hindoo, 111
T\ 1IK1S, l l l l K l O O , Zl)D
York, Mitliraic Tablet at, 136
w lugcu Foot, the, is.)
/I./I,ZI. on bar, 218
Wisdom of Egypt, 278
Zarmanes Chagan, 54
Wisdom of the J^gyptians, 437
/jeiiuavesta, analysis of the, 2.9
i> isiiom, the Jrower, O.JO
v\ JoUOIlK B C d C l , G
>V lsdom, Zenodorus, his colossus of Mercury, 430
Woes, denounced, O J S
, Zodiac, mystic sense of the, 346
Wolf of Serapis, 160 Zodiacal gems, frequency of, 132
Wrood's Serapis, 312 ijora.s, oiJ
Ajords, 349
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creation of, 132 U III L lot I
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