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A. A. A., Kabalistic, 199
Abdallah, the Magian, 412
Abgarus, Christ's letter to, 317
ABRACADABRA, origin of, 316
Abraxas as Phœbus, 103
------, explained, 117
------, the Sun-god, 117
------, etymology of, 251
------ Religion, 257
------ Religion defined, 257
------, meaning of, 259
------, curious type of, 328
------ figure, first mention of, 111
------ -gems, the true, 245
------ gem-legends, 247
------ -gems, how used, 274
------ -gems, materials and art of, 274
------ -god, described, 250
Abraxaster-gems, 226
Abraxoids, 237
Abraham, statue of, 161
Abrak, the Mystery of, 317
Achamoth, Wisdom, 330
Achoreus, 322
Adad, the Sun, 161
------ -Kadmon, 34
------ -Kadmon typified, 233
Added talismanic legends, 277
Adonai, Adonis, 296
Adoneus, 'the Invisible,' 297
AE.I.O.U., Austrian version of, 234
Æneas, his funeral sacrifice, 367
Æons, Simon's, 67
------, whence derived, 260
------, list of the, 263
------, male and female, 263
------, seals and numbers of the, 331
------, addresses of the Soul to the, 332
------, pictures of the, 363
Æsculapius, 177
------, the Sun, 177
Agathodæmon Serpent, 215
AGATHODÆMON, legend, 216
Agathodæmon gems, examples, 296
Ahriman, Evil, 132
Akbar, his religion, 416
Alabarches, 27
Albigenses, their creed, 340
------, last traces of the, 399
Alexamenos, graffito of, 230
Alexandria, the Serapis of, 159
Allah, sigla for, 10
Alleius Caronius, spell of, 223
Alphabetical names, 311
'Amen,' why used in prayer, 267
Amenti, the-Four, 106
ΑΜΗΝ, the Three, 147
Ammian, upon the Magi, 272
Amor, how adopted, 234
Amshaspands, the Seven, 140
Amyclae, Apollo of, 298
Andrew, and the Rosy Cross, 394
Andrew, Revelation to St., 341
Angel-worship, 344
Angels' Names, talisman, 193
------, planetary, 344
Antigonus Gonatas, his treaty with Asoka, 51
Anubis, with two faces, 110
------, with triple head, 293
------ -Christus, 230
------ -Christus, figure of, 279
------ -Typhon, 302
Apis-bulls, catacombs of the, 164
Apollo, with talismanic legend, 302
Apollonius of Tyana, 53
Apsethus and the parrots, 58
Apuleius, 110
------, 'De Magia,' 283
Arabic terms in mediæval art, 418
Archon, the Second, 77
------, Demiurgus, 81
'Archons of the Great Fate,' 352
Aristotle, copied by Basilides, 70
Ark of the Covenant, 7
Artemis of Pallene, 167
Arthur's Oon, 136
A.S. the Rosicrucian, 315
Asceticism, why enjoined, 419
Asoka's Edicts, 51
Assassins, the sect of, 410
------, their Degrees, ib.
------, grades of, 411
'Assembly,' Masonic, 378
Ass-headed deity, 230
Astrology, in Rome, 227
Assumption of deities’ forms, 365
Athelstan, first Saxon builder, 383
Athelstans’ Constitutions, 381
ΑΓΙΟΝ ΟΝΟΜΑ, gem-legend, 172
Augustine, a Manichæan, 48
AUM, symbolism of, 266
------ or OM, 266
------, virtues of its use, 267
------, type of the Trinity, 320
Avila, bishopric of, 339
Ἀχθαναβάς, place of torment, 355
BABYLONIAN characters used in talismans, 368
Bacchic serpent, 323
Bacchus, the sun-god, 322
------, god of the Jews, 323
Bacon's 'House of Wisdom,' 398
Balsamus, Barbelus, 259
Balaam's sacrifices, 442
Bambino, il santissimo, 336
'Baphomet' of the Templars, 235
Baphometic figures, 403
------ Tablets, 383
'Baphometicum Mysterium,' 128
Barbelo, 259
------, 'Mother of the Saviour,' 333
Barruel, upon the Illuminati, 425, 426
Basilides, his system, 70, 257
Basilidan doctrine defined, 258
Bath, scroll found at, 360
B. C. D. L. M. N. S., 402
Belenus, 136
------, Gallic Sun-god, 136
Betulus, thunderbolt, 210
'Birth of the New Sun,' 366
'Birthday of Mithras,' 119
Blood-offerings to ghosts, 165
Boethius’ Arithmetic, 370
'Bologna, Scavi presso,' 428
Bouillon, Cardinal, 362
Boundary Spirit, the, 76
'------ Spirit,' Deus Terminus, 299
Boundless Power, 59
Bouteilles cemetery, 371
Brachmans, origin of, 272
Brandmarks, Mithraic, 139
Brazen Serpent, the, 218
'------ Serpent' whence derived, 3
'Bringer of luck, the,' 85
Bromius, how figured, 132
'Brother,' Masonic, 378
Buddha Gaya, inscription at, 269
Buddhism described, 49
Buddhist missions, 51
------ symbols, 389
------ influence on Gnosticism, 390
Bulgarians, the sect, 409
Bull, Mithraic, 132
'Bulletin Monumental,' on Masons’ Marks, 383
Bulls, mummies of, 164
Burying-alive, penance, 154
Byzantine Gorgon-amulets, 169
CABIRI, copper of the, 89
Caduceus, its symbolism, 176
Camillus Leonardi, 338
Capricorn, 183
------, bearer of souls, 183
Carbonari, their origin, 391
Carnarvon, gold plaque found at, 339
Caste-marks, and various siglæ explained, 13, 14
------ diffusion of, 386
Catalogues of Gnostic gems, 278
Cave of Mithras, 136
Chain, Magic, 362
Chalice, Mithraic, 126
Charun, the Etruscan, 182, 187
Ceraunia, talismanic, 197
Chest-protector, 223
Chiflet's talisman, 290
Childeric, Tomb of, 194
Chinese symbols, 391
Christ, identified with Serapis, 161
Christ's person described, 162
Christmas day, how fixed, 120
Chrysocheir of Tephrice, 412
'Chnumis,' various spellings of, 216
Chnuphis, with mystic numeral, 340
------ gem-legends, 243
'Circle of the Sun,' 300
Clemens Alexandrinus, 257
Clemens and Basilides, 257
'Cleopatra, Death of,' 181
Cnidus, Temple at, 360
Cochet, abbé, 371
Colic, amulet for the, 367
Collar of SS, its origin, 219
'College of Arabian Sages,' 394
Colossus of different metals, 163
Constancy, emblem of, 220
'Constitutiones Artis Geometricae,' 377
Continence, meritorious, 334, 335
'Corax' of Mithras, 126
Cow, type of Isis, 110
'Counterfeit of the Spirit,' 38
Crescent and seven stars, 318
Cross, Sign of the, 276
Crown of Mithras, 128
Crusades, their effect, 418
Cursing by the Name, 444
'------ Psalm,' the, 360
Cynocephalus, 108
Cypher of the Illuminati, 425
Cypselus, Coffer of, 183
Δ.Δ.Δ., 199
Δαίμων, Νοῦς, Ψυχή, 347
ΔΑΜΝΑΜΕΝΕΥC, 198
Dante's allotment of Heaven, 345
Dante's Charon, 188
Death, antique type of, 179
------, extinction of, 335
------, Grecian types of, 188
------, in ancient art, 179
'------, Spiritual,' what, 180
Decline, gems of the, 274
Deities represented by numerals, 307
Delphic Ε, the, 297
Demiurgus, how baffled, 330
'------, doing the work of the,' 334
Demons, Kabbalistic, 36
De Quincy, on the Rosicrucians, 393
Destructive Principle, 167
Deva, her symbol, 301
Devils, casting out of, 259
------, their various shapes, 357
Dextræ: Fede, 336
Diagramma of the Ophites, 332
ΔΙΚΑΙΩΣ, on a gem, 129
Dionysiac symbols in vase-painting, 427
Dis, the Roman, 187
Dis-pater, of Gaul, 164
Divining-rods of the Magi, 307
Docetae, illusionists, 261
------, typical, 109
------, of the Parsecs, 137
'Domine quo vadis,' Church of, 271
Donati, Oblati, 412
Donatist Confession of Faith, 316
Donner-keil, strahl-pfeil, 205
Draco, type of 'The good and Perfect Serpent,' 289.
'Dragon of the Outer Darkness,' 358
Dragon shaped, lion-shaped, demons, 357
Dream-bringing demons, 70
Dreams, caused by magic, 40
------, sold by Jews, 221
Druidical religion, 422
------ stone, with Caste-marks, 387
Druidism, invented in Britain, 421
Druids, put down by Tiberius, 421
Druses of Lebanon, 413
Dualism, Hindoo, 264
------ of deities, 264
Dolcino Fra, and Margarita, 68
Durga, of the Indians, 260
Δ.V.Χ, 256
'E DELPHICUM,' 297
Egg of the World, 367
Egyptian deities, list of, 105
------ sacred animals, 107
'------ Gospel of the,' 335
ΕΙC ΖΕϒC CΑΡΑΠΙC, 327
Eleazar, drives out devils, 280
Elements, Angels of the, 39
------, æons of the, 262
Elephanta, rock-temple of, 427
Elias, legend of, 334
Emanation, doctrine of, 92
'Emanations,' the Basilidan, 259
------, doctrine of, 259
------, the Five, their Coptic names, 313
Emesa, Temple of, 154
Empedocles quoted, 61
Enoch, Book of, 18
------, or the "Name," 253
Epiphanius, 13
Ephesus, School of, 7
'Ephesian Spell, The,' ib.
Epoptas, the Masonic, 426
Esoteric Mohammedanism, 415
Essenes, origin of the, 51
Evil Eye, talisman for, 256
------ ------, theory of the, 195
------ Spirits, origin of, 439
Eye-covered figure, 403
FABLES, Gnostic love of, 257
Faculties, whence derived, 346
Fakir, badge of a, 390
Fate, office of, 350
Ferdinand of Naples, 392
Fermesse, emblem of, 219
'Fifteen Points,' Masonic, 379
Fire, amulet against, 422
------the First Principle, 69
Five, the sacred number, 299
'------words' on the vesture of Jesus, 308
Foot, carved on stone, 185
'------, the divine,' 270
------, winged, 271
Formulæ, Gnostic, 280
------, purpose of, 329
Forty-two a sacred number, 442
'Free and accepted,' 385
Freemasonry, antiquity of, 375
------, first established, 391
------, pretender founder of, 376
'Free-masons,' the real, 386
Freemasons, true origin of title, 391
Frog and serpent, symbolical, 36
Future punishments, 356
Fylfot, Swastika, 389
'GABES, the book of,' 343
Galen, 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
Gayatris, quoted, 268
Geomancy, Arab, 305
Geometrical symbols for deities, 307
'Genealogy of Mary,' 231
Germanicus, bewitched, 358
Gitteh, 21
Gnosis, machinery of the, 104
------, the Jewish, 4
------, true aim of the, 333
Gnostic gems, lists of, 278
------ symbolism, preservation of, 375
Gnosticised types, 277
Gnosticism, beginnings of, 21
------, wide diffusion of, 337
Godhead, how constituted, 39
God's name, how expressed by the Egyptians, 319
Gold plaque, Carnarvon, 339
'Good one, the,' 354
Gorgon, an amulet, 169
Gorgon, original type of, 167
------, type of Death, 18
Gracchus destroys Cave of Mithras, 126
'Great Names,' the, 308
Gustavus Adolphus, chymic gold coins of, 396
Ha-Brachah, 'Abraxas,' 251
Hadrian, upon Serapis, 161
Harpies and Syrens, 189
Harpy, on tombs, 188
Hebdomad of Basilides, 81
Hebrew terms used by Christians, 125
------ words, false use of, 88
------ words, use of, 285
Hecate, how invoked, 281
Helena, 'the Lost Sheep,' 68
------, made an idol, 70
Heliodorus, upon the Evil Eye, 195
Heliogabalus, 119
------, magic practices of, 226
Hell, description of, 356
------, gods of, 170
'Helmet of Adoneus,' 296
'------ of Hades,' 186
Henry III. employs Italian artists, 384
Henry VI. on Freemasonry, 376
Heracleonite passport to the moribund, 329
Hiero prohibits human sacrifices, 417
Hindoo deities, 264
------ dualistic deities, 264
------ symbols explained, 388
Hippolytus, on Basilides, 257
------, his Treatise, 11
Historians of Gnosticism, 11
'Holy Name,' Basilidan, 259
Homer, Ophite explanation of, 86
Hoop, type of Time, 179
Horapollo's 'Interpretation,' 108
Horse, symbolic, 185
Horus or Moses, 322
------, how adopted, 232
Hosea Lux, mystic book of, 397
Hours, Genii of the, 366
Human sacrifices, 226
------, Druidical, 421
IAO, his various titles, 326
Iao, the Lunar Genius, 332
Iaos, Autumnal Sun, 321
ΙΑΩ, the name explained, 319
Ibis, type of Moon, 107
Idea, the Platonic, 34
Idol-worship, Gnostic, 70
Idols, wooden, of primitive Greece, 167
CΙΨ the Primal Man, 351
Ignorance, the god of, 261
ΙΗCΟVC, numerical value of, 255
Ildabaoth, demon, 357
------, son of Darkness, 37
Illuminati, grades of the, 425
Imprecations fixed on Temple-walls, 360
Incubi and Succubæ, 334
India, her connexion with Greece, 271
------, her influence upon Egypt, 320
------, primitive religion of, 272
------, source of the Magi, 272
------ visited by Greeks, 53
Indian sources of Gnosticism, 42
Ineffable Name, the, 266
------ Name, Hindoo, 266
------ Name, origin of, 320
------ One, Mystery of the, 148
Infant sacrifice, 334
Infernal powers depicted, 364
Initiated, brand-marking of the, 139
Initiation, tests at, 421
Inner Man, the, 38
Innsbruck Tablet, the, 127
Inserted legends, 327
Intelligences, Simon's, 67
'Invisible Gods, the,' 289
Invocation of Names, 310
Ioh, the Moon, 324
Irenæus, 11
Isiac Procession, 111
------ Symbols, ib.
Isis, symbol held by, 301
Italian masons, mediæval, 384
Iva, god of thunder, 175
ΙΨΑΝΤΑ, 198
Izeds, Zoroastrian, 132
JAMBRES, magician, 40
James I. of Scotland, Act concerning Masons, 371
Jerome, on Basilides, 259
------, on Spanish Gnosticism, 339
------ to Læta, 126
Jersey, Gallic coins of, 429
Jerusalem, visited by Scythicus, 44
Jesus, his invocation, 285
------, ineffable origin of, 255
Jewish badge, 388
------ influence at Rome, 27
------ Magicians, 40
Joan of Navarre, 220
Jovis Axur, 278
Judaism, origin of, 28
Justice, symbol of, 110
Justinian's persecution, 340
Justin Martyr on Mithras, 122
KABBALA, real source of the, 3
------, and Talmud, 33
Kabbalistic cyphers, 199
------ titles, 287
Kali Bhavani, 167
Karamala, Psychopompos, 166
Kaulakauch, 262
Kavlacav, 88
Kef Mariam, Agnuscastus, 369
'Kells, Book of,' 430
Kerner, on talismans, 205
Kerner's division of the Soul, 348
Kingdoms of Nature, 98
Kircher's Leaden Book, 362
Klippoth, demons, 36
Knocker, Masonic, 403
'Knot of Hercules,' 176
Kosti, Zoroastrian 401
Kronos, abode of, 241
------, how figured, 240
Κῆρ, how figured, 190
'LADY, the Great,' 307
Lamp, spell made to the, 223
Language of Gnostic legends, 282
Lapo, il Tedesco, 384
Larva, 181
------, ghost, 181
Lat, the Hindoo, 298
Lantef, Temple of, 422
Leaden Books, 362
------ scrolls, magical, 358
Lebanon, sects of the, 340
Legends, translations of, 311
'Leonticus,' 'Coracicus,' 126
Lessing, on Freemasonry, 422
Lettering of legends, 276
Letters, composing a female form, 288
Life, possible duration of, 221
Light, Empire of, 8
'------ of lights,' 293
------, The Divine, 81
'------, Place of,' 350
Lines and dots on gems, 305
Lion, typical, 109
Lion, form of Bacchus, 131
------ headed man, 131
Litanies of the dead, 331
Lizard, type of Logos, 107
Lodge, ceremonies at the, 382
'------,' Masonic, 380
'------ of St. Theodosius,' 424
'------, the Scottish,' 425
'------, Templars,' 413
'Logos,' emanation of the, 261
------, Nous, Sophia, 261
------, version of Shem, 288
'Lord of Light,' 47
Lots of the Kingdom, 153
Lotus, explained, 174
'Love, Perfect,' 69
Lower world, Ruler of, 97
Lucan's Gods of Hell, 170
Lucian's Philopatris, 184
------ 'Toxaris,' 53
Lingam-yoni, the, 112
Lunus deus, 324
Lydney, leaden scrolls found at, 361
MACROBIUS, on Æsculapius, 177
------, on Serapis, 159
------, on the descent of the Soul, 346
Magdalene, discourse of the, 150
Magi, General Council of, 49
------, their origin, 273
Magic, cultivated in Britain, 421
------, the founders of, 40
------, founders of, 221
------ chain, to make a, 362
'------ Papyrus,' spell from the, 242, 282
Magione, Masson, Massoney, a Templars' Lodge, 413
Makamat, of Hariri, 416
Mandaites, 4
------, the, 415
Manenti, inscription at Villa, 361
Manes, history of, 46
------, his use of Palmyrene alphabet, 370
------, elements of, 47
------, how diffused over Europe, 409
------, why successful, 420
Manicheists, persecuted by Justinian, 408
ΜΑΡΩΗΝΙ, talisman, 313
Maria Honorii, 191
Marini, scrolls found at Villa, 366
Marks of owners’, Gallic, 428
Maroni, abbè, 425
Mary Magdalene, on the use of talismans, 332
------ ------, Revelation to, 349
------, the Heavenly, 141
'Masonic Grip,' 337
------ rules, genuine, 379
------ secrecy, 380
------ signs, origin of, 427
Masonry, genuine rules of, 377
Masons’ Marks, origin of, 385
Matter, to be renounced, 356
------’s theory, 326
Maya, illusion, 261
Medicinal talismans, 328
'Mercia, the Lady of,' 383
'Merchants of the Staple,' their Marks, 385
Meru, Mount, 42
Mete, Von Hammer's, 404
Metempsychosis, 355
Middle space, the, 102
------ ------, archon of the, 353
'------ ------,' the Platonic, 347
------ ------, Iao, Ruler of the, 325
Missa, derived, 125
Mithraic bronze ticket, 9
------ Cave, discovery of a, 131
------ Degrees, the, 127
------ monuments, 115
------ Sacraments, 122
------ remains in the West, 422
Mithras, bought with blood, 122
------, how figured, 133.
------ identified with Christ, 119
------, Zoroaster's, 116
Mobed, insignia of a, 10
Modern forgeries, 275
Molochites, green jasper, 275
Montfaucon, 365
Moon, absorber of souls, 347
------, Egyptian idea of the, 324
------, how lighted, 48
------, type of, 107
Moor's 'Hindoo Pantheon,' 267
Moses, magician, 221
Mylitta, 155
'Mysteries, the,' 145
------, benefit of the, 352
------, explanation of the, 89
Mystery of the First Court, 352
'Mystery, the First,' 342
Mystic Names, Invocation by, 285
Naas, the element Water, 224
------, worship of the, 101
Naaseni, their celestial hierarchy, 309
------, Ophites, 101
'Nabis' on gem, 244
'Name,' power of the, 201
------, virtue of the, 253
Names, expressed by numerals, 254
------, spells made up of Holy, 281
------ of God, how made up, 286
Nushirwan protects Philosophers, 56
Nature, Active and Passive, symbolized, 112
Navel, 'Circle of the Sun,' 363
Nebuchadnezzar, 382
Nebuchadnezzar's 'Image,' whence derived, 163
Nechepsos, King, 216
Neutra, Rabbi of, plate K, 4
'New Name,' a, 129
Newton Stone, the, 386
Nicocreon, 160
'Nile,' derivation of, 320
'Ninety-nine Names of God,' 231
'No-being God, The,' 75
Nodens, Temple of Deus, 361
'Nothing,' of Basilides, 72
Numbers of the Names, 287
------, standing for deities, 307, 368
Numerical forces, 254
O. O. O. 199
Oath of Artaxerxes, 116
Obsidian arrow-heads, 203
'Ocean' of the Ophites, 87
Ogdoad of Basilides, 84
'Old Man of the Mountain,' 418
'Old Man's Head,' Baphometic idol, 404
'Omestes’ Dionysos, human sacrifice to, 168
Omphalos of Delphi, 298
ΟΝΟΚΟΙΗΤΗΣ, 230
Ophite doctrine of the First Principle, 224
------ theogony, 309
Ophites, 12
------, hymn of the, 92
------, their 'perfect sacrifice,' 323
Ophites, Schema of the, 332, 342
Or, The Divine Light, 35
Oracle of the Clarian Apollo, 321 Orcus, 189
------, the demon, 356
------, typified, 182
Orai, Venus, 332
Origen, 12
------, on Gnostic deities, 325
Orites, 209
Orléans, Paulicians of, 410
Ormuzd, Good, 132
Orpheus, on mystic Names, 284
------, Mysteries of, 401
Osiris, Lord of the West, 188
'Osor-Apis,' 164
Osthanes, magician, 421
Outer Darkness, the, 357
Ovid's 'Ibis,' 181
PALMYRENE alphabet, 370
Pantheism of Manes, 48
Pantheism of the Manicheans, 156
'Papyrus, the Magic,' 223
Parca, how personified, 190
Parvati, origin of Isis, 171
'Passover, the perfect,' 334
Passport, for the next world, 329
Paulicians, sect of, 409
Pegasus, badge of the Templars, 420
Penances, Hindoo, 153
'Peratai,' sect, 225
Persea-plum, 301
Perugia, Mithraic Cave at, 132
'Peter Gower,' Pythagoras, 376
Petraces, talismanic gem, 299
Petrus, civis Romanus, 384
Philip, Gospel of, 333
Phœnician deities, 240
Photius, on the Bætylus, 207
Pictish tattoo-marks, 420
Pilate's letter to Lentulus, 162
Pile Cinq-Mars, the, 429
'Pistis-Sophia,' analysis of, 14
------ ------, analysis of the soul, 349
------ ------, celestial hierarchy, 239
------ ------, doctrine of the Sacraments, 141
------ ------, Kabbalistic names of deities, 311
------ ------, Theogony of the, 341
------ ------, Types explained, 233
Plague, amulet against, 317
Planetary genii, Gnostic gods, 325
Planets, mystic names of the, 309
Pleroma, defined, 245
Pluto, how figured, 186
Pluto, Plutus, 186
Potentiality and Activity, 65
Powers, figures of the, 343
------, invocations to the, 343
------, names of the, 198
Praun Cabinet, gems in the, 292
Prayer of the Saviour, 289
Procopius, 340
Propagation of species why prohibited, 419
Proserpine, Rape of, 187
Πτερόφορος, Egyptian priest, 315
Ptolemy iv., 158
Punch, council of five, 299
Punic language, late use of, 283
Pythagoras, his Four Books, 43
------, studies in Egypt, 287
------, source of his system, 12
Pythagorean Numerals, 370
------ symbols for Deities, 307
QUARRELSOMENESS, Christian, 394
Quaternion, the Basilidan, 261
Quatuor Coronati, 381
Queen of the dead, 184
Quietism, Indolentia, 344
Quinternion, the Basilidan, 262
RADICALS, Simon's Six, 61
Raspe's remarks on Gnostic symbolism, 291
'Receivers of Light,' 354
Recognition by signs, 337
Regeneration typified, 233
Ring, Magic, to make a, 243
Rosicrucian ceremonies, 396
------ symbolical pictures, 397
Rosicrucians, their object, 393
Round Churches, 402
Rudolf II. patronises alchemists, 408
Runic legend on a talisman, 11
S.S.S. on bar, 218
Sacred animals of Egypt, 108
Sacrifice, the True, 225
Sacti, female Power, 264
Salagrama, 209
Samaritan legends, 316
Samothracian Mysteries, 89
Sangraal, quest of the, 405
Sanscrit names in Egypt, 265, 320
Satan, his real character, 441
'Saturn,' sons of, 422
Saturninus, 260
Sayce, Professor, 368
'Scottish Knight,' costume and ceremonies of the, 426
Scythicus, precursor of Manes, 43
Seal used by Christ, 317
Seals of the Æons, 331
'Seed of the World,' 73
Seele, Nerven-geist, Geist, 348
Seffrid, ring of, 338
'Seherin von Prevorst,' 284
'Self-collection,' continence, 334
CΕΜΕCΕΙΛΑΜ, explained, 222, 326
Sepheroth, the, 35
Sepoy Mutiny, 125
Serapeum, when destroyed, 164
Serapion, Aganaric, 164
Serapis, 158
------, Foot, attribute of, 271
------, gems referring to, 172
------, how figured, 159
------, introduction of, 158
------, type of the Universe, 321
------ and Agathodæmon combined, 358
Serpent, kept in an ark, 323
------, guardian of tomb, 367
------, guide of souls, 368
Servatius, seal of saint, 57
Seven-branched candlestick, 388
Seven vowels, mystery of the, 201
Severus Alexander, his worship, 16, 227
Siglæ, standing for deities, 10
'Sign of Life,' 366
Signs and Passwords, Masonic, 384
Simon Magus, history of, 58
Simon's Four Books, 64
Sin, Assyrian Moon-god, 324
Sin, the cause of, 349
Sins to be renounced, 356
Skeleton, larva, 181
Sleep and Death, typified, 183
Solar symbols explained, 155
'Soli Invicto Comiti,' 222
Salome's question to the Lord, 335
'Sons of the prophets,' 273
Sortes Antiates, 305
Soul, change of shape in the, 346
------, how constituted, 37
------, planetary origin of the, 344
Soul, Platonic division of the, 347
Souls, sent back into other bodies, 355
Spells, specimens of, 243
Sphinx, the Destroyer, 327
Spiritual Man, the, 99
'------ ------,' who, 414
'------ Men,' who, 225
'Spirits, Essay on,' 395
Spuken, its cause, 348
Square-cut letters, 276
Sri-pa, Serapis, 165
'Sticks, asking counsel of,' 306
Stone, tools of, 202
Stonehenge, Mason's mark at, 387
Stukeley's theory, 323
Sufi, the Persian, 414
Sun, invoked, 268
------ and Moon, their names used as talismans, 283
------ god, various types of, 322
Suttee, monument of a, 185
Swastika, mendicants’ badge, 390
Symbol, Emblem, 336
Symbola of bronze, 338
Symbolic figures, expressing doctrines, 263
Symbolism, degradation of, 427
Symbols, transmission of, 423
Syrian influence on mediæval Europe, 417
'TABOR, Light of,' 300
Talismanic conversions, 277
Talismans, material of, 275
Taraka's penances, 153
Tat and Sat, 267
Tau, the Egyptian, 102, 112, 403
Taurobolia, 154
Templars, accusations against, 401
------, cause of their ruin, 420
------, grades of, 411
------, the Parisian, 399
------, suppression of, ib.
Temple-church, symbolism of the, 401
Ten, a sacred number, 369
Terbinthus, 46
Tertullian, 187
Tetragrammaton, talismanic, 441
------, 319
Theogony, the grades in the Gnostic, 341
Theosebius, 259
Thales, doctrine of, 224
Thunderbolt, cell, 206
Tikkun, universal type, 34
Timothy, Epistle to, 7
Toleration, ancient, 417
Tomb of a Roman Empress, 192
------ treasures, 191
Tombs, talismans found in, 371
Tortures, the Twelve, 127
Tower of Babel, 382
------ of Silence, 137
Townley talisman, the, 290
Trades-union Rules, mediæval, 383
Transposition of letters, 312
Trees, the Five, 147
Triad, Pentad, Heptad, how typified, 314
'Trial-piece,' 383
Triangle, Rosicrucian, 315
Trikasa, Cerberus, 166
Trinity, Egyptian, 321
------, the Hindoo, 269
Truth, how figured, 288
------, Revelation of, 286
UDDER-SHAPED BOWL, 111
Ulysses and the Syrens, 189
Ulysses’ visit to Hades, 165
Uninitiated, their future state, 354
Universal Nature typified, 446
------ religion, idea of, 417
Universe, re-absorption of, 321.
------ typified by Serapis, 160
Uterine amulet, 300
VALENTINUS, 241
------, his system, 260
Valentinian Sacraments, 141
'Vultus Triformis,' 395
'Varanes,' derived, 273
Vase, the Baphometic, 405
'Vase of Sins,' 111
Velaunii, 335
Venus Anadyomene, 287
Verulamium, spells found at, 339
------, scrolls found at, 360
Vesture, the shining, of Jesus, 308
'Vibies abreptio,' 182
Victory-stones, Runic, 212
Vienna Cabinet, gems of the, 278
Virgil, on spells, 281
Virgil's 'Copa Syrisca,' 181
'Virgin of Light,' 351
Visconti's magic scroll, 358
Vishnu's Foot, 270
Von Hammer on Tortures, 128
------ ------’s theory, 403
Vowel, the seven, 199
Vowels, shrouding the 'Great Name,' 315
WATER, the First Principle, 224
Weishaupt, Spartacus, 424
Westminster Hall, Masons’ Marks at, 325
'White stone,' St. John's, 129
Winds, Hindoo, 265
'Winged Foot,' the, 185
'Wisdom of Egypt,' 278
'Wisdom of the Egyptians,' 437
'Wisdom,' the Power, 330
Wisdom, secret, 6
Woes, denounced, 358
Wolf of Serapis, 160
Wood's Serapis, 312
'Word, the true,' 252
Words of power, 280
World, creation of, 132
Worlds, the four, 36
Wormenhert, specus at St. Albans, 423
Wren establishes Freemasonry, 391, 422
XERXES, Ethiopian troop of, 203
------, sacrifice of his nephews, 168
X.P.S. on coffer, 396
YAMA, Lord of Hell, 165
------, and Serapis, 270
------ -putra, Hades, 71
Yang, Chinese symbol, 391
Year, how typified, 179
Yellow jasper, talismanic, 132
Yoni, Hindoo, 111
York, Mithraic Tablet at, 136
Z.Z.Z. on bar, 218
Zarmanes Chagan, 54
Zendavesta, analysis of the, 29
Zenodorus, his colossus of Mercury, 430
Zodiac, mystic sense of the, 346
Zodiacal gems, frequency of, 132
------ Lords, 349
Zoroaster, a Bactrian, 272
Zoroastrian Angelology, 9
------ burial, 137
Zwacke, Cato, 424
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