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ANACALYPSIS, an ATTEMPTTO DRAW {XSIDE the VEIL of (Bibs %>Aiti£ Ems; __j:__, Tj.,W a TO BE COMPLETED IN 16 PARTS. / ANACALYPSIS, AN ATTEMPTTO DRAW {XSIDE THE VEIL OF (Bibs %>aiti£ Ems; ' A 7-2 fzzquiry z'm‘0 Ike Orégzkz 0/ LANGUAGES, ‘NAT ONS, AND RELIGIONS. BY GODFREY HIGGINS, ESQ., _F.S.A., r.R..-\sm'r.s0c.. I-'.R.AST.S., LATE OF SKELLO\V GRANGE, NEXR DONCASTER. LONDON: J. BURNS, :5 SOUTHAMPTON ROW, HOLBORN, w.c. I874. \ PART I. PRICE 2s. ea. H- NISBET, PRINTER. 2:9 GEORGE STREET, GLASGOVV. V i-q‘+‘ HUMAN NATURE : A MONTHLY JOURNAL of Zoistic Science, Intelligence, and Popular Anthropology. Price 6d. Monthly; Subscription, 75. per Annum, post free. Eight Annual Volumes have been already published, price 7s. 6d. each. Valuable Works are given as Premium Volumes, at Special Prices, with each Number. Part I. Anacalypsis goes with Human Mzlure for October, 1874, for Is. 9d. Publi:/tea’at 5x. [V21/L “l{umzm. ./Valure”fir October, 1873, 3.r.%t'., _/wt frat, 4.s‘., in /mmz':omt c/at/1, bevelledéoards, 376 pager, dtmy 8110., SEERS OF THE AGES. EMBRACING SPIRITUALISM,PAST AND PRESENT, DOCTRINES STATED, AND MORAL TENDENCIES DEFINED. BY J. M. PEEBLES. CONTENTS: LECTURE 1. Chap. .1. Spirit of the Age. Chap. 2. Spiritual Ratios. LECTURE IT.—-ANCIENT HISTORIC SPIRITUALISM. Chap. 3. Indian. Chap. 6. Persian. -——- 4. Egyptian. - — 7. Hebraic. + 5. Chinese. —— 8. Grecian. ‘V Chap. 9. Roman. LECTURE III.—Ci-_nusriAN SPIRITUALISM. Chap. 10. The Fo1'esha(lo\\'ing. Chap. 12. Theologic. — u. Mythic. — 13. The Nazarene. LECTURE IV.—MEDIzEVAL SPIRITUALISM. Chap. 14. Transitional. Chap. 16. Post-Apostolic. — — I5. Apostolic. I7. Neo-Platonic. LECTURE V.———Cl-{URCHAL SPIRITUALISM. Chap. 18. Churchianic. LECTURE Vl.—SEGMENTARY SPIRITUALISM. Chap. I9.—-The Prelude. LECTURE VII.———l\vIODERN SPIRITUALISM. Chap. 20. Spirit Phenomena. Chap. 22. Witnesses. — —- 21. Mediumship. 23. Clerical and Literary. LECTURE VlII.—ExEGETICAL SPIRITUALISM. Chap. 24. Poetic Testimony. Chap. 33. Law of Judgment. ‘ 25. Existence of God. —— 3-}. Evil Spirits. 26. The Divine Image. 35. Hell. 27. Moral Status of Jesus. 36. Heaven. 28. The Holy Spirit. 37. Historic Immortality. 29. Baptism. 38. Resurrection. 30. Inspiration. llllll 39. Prayer. 31. Beauty of Faith. 40. The Freedom & Functions Illlllll of 32. Repentance. Love. Chap. 41.. Genius of Spiritualism. LONDON: J. BURNS, I5 SOUTHAMPTON ROW, VV.C. By the same Author, price in wrappers, .15. 6d.. cloth, 2s. 6d., “Jesus: Myth, Man, or God; or the Popular Refigion and the Popular Theology Contrasted." r’ W _ANACALYPSI& on, AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGES, NATIONS. AND RELIGIONS. ANACALYPSIS, AN ATTEMPTTO DRAW ASIDE THE VEIL OF tithe fiattic 31518; 03, AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGES, NATIONS, AND RELIGIONS. BY GODFREY HIGGINS, EsQ., F.S.A., F.lLASIAT.80C., F.RAS'1‘.S., LATE OF SKELLOW GRANGE, NEAR DONCASTER. 0 RES VERBIS ET VERBA ACCENDUNT LUMINA REBUB VOL. I. LONDON: J. BURNS, I5 SOUTHAMPTON ROW, HOLBORN, W.C. NEW YORK: J. W. BOUTON, 706 BROADWAY. 1878. GLASGOW PRINTED BY H. NISBET, 219 GEORGE STREET. PUBLISHER’S ADVERTISEMENT. I THIS reprint of Higgins’ ANACALYPSIS is a faithful reproduction of the first edition. The Publisher intends to give the work faithfully, comprising all the Text, Notes, Preliminary Remarks, Plates, and Appendices, as theyoriginallyappeared, withoutualteration or curtail- ment. It is proposed, however, to give in the last volume such additional Notes and Remarks as may be found necessary to correct any statement in theText, or explain points that may be left obscure. The work, to be concluded in four volumes, will thereforeconsist of the Anacalypsis as its Author left it, with such additional matter appended as may be required. CONTENTS. Book I. CHAPTER I. PAGI of the World.—Flood.—Planetsand Age Days of the Week.—The Moon . I CHAPTER II. First God of the Ancients.—The Sun.—Double Nature of the Deity.- Metempsychosis and the Renewal of Worlds. ——Moral Evil.—Etemityof Matter.‘—Buddha.—Genesis . I0 CHAPTER III. The Sun the first object of Adoration of all Nations.—’I‘he Gods not deceased Heroes.—The Chinese have only one God.—Hindoo Goddesses. —To1era.tion and Change in Religions 26 CHAPTER IV. Two Ancient Ethiopias.—Great Black Nation in Asia.—The Buddha of India a Neg'ro.—'l‘he Arabians were Cushites.— Memnon.—Shepherd Kings.—Hindoosand Egyptians similar.—Syria peopled from India 39 BOOK II. CHAPTER I. The Ancient Persians of the Religion of Abraham.—First Books of Genesis. —Disingenuous conduct in the Translators of the Bible.—Abraha.m more one . acknowledged than God . CHAPTER II. On the Word ALEIM or Jewish Trinity.—Saddai,Adonis.—Trinityof the AL EL Rabbins.—Meaningof the words and . CHAPTER III. Esdras and the Ancient Jewish Cs.bali.—-Emanations, what.—Meaning of the word Berasit.—Sephiroths and Emanations continued.—On'gin of Time.—-Planets or Samim.—Observations on the preceding Sections . CHAPTER IV. Why Cyrus restored theTemple.—Melchizedek.—Abra.ham,what he was.- Abrahamthe Fatherof the Persians.-Daniel.—Bookof Esther, Persian. —Zoroaster.—Variation between Persians and Israelites.—-Sacrifices.- Religion of Zoroaster.—Religion of Zoroaster continued.——-Zendavesta.-— Observationson theReligions ofJews and Persians.—AllAncient Religions Astrological . , , . , viii CON'1‘EN'1‘S. CHAPTER V. PA 6! Character of the Old Testament.—Natureof the Allegory in Genesis . I [0 Boox III. CHAPTER I. Orphic and MithraiticTrinitysimilar to that of the Christians.—Sir William Jones on the Religion of Persia.—Persian Oromasdes, Mithra, Arimanius. —Opinions of Herodotus, Porphyry, Strabo, Julian, on the above.—Hyde and Beausobre respecting Times of Pythagorasand Zoroaster.——Followe1s of Zoroaster, not yet extinct.—Wurship Fire.—The Vedas describe the Persian Religion _to have come from Upper India.— Maurice on the I-Iindoo Trinity . us CHAPTER II. The word OM.—Omphe, Omphalos.--Olympus, Ammon, Delphi.-— Digression concerning the word ON. —Snbject of Ammon rencwed.—I-lam‘ the Son of Noah, and Ammon the Sun in Aries.—Niebuhron theOmbrici of Italy: several remarkableSynonyms.—0n the Spirit or Ruh, the Dove. —Priestley’sopinion.—Subject of the Persian and HindooTrinityresumed 125 CHAPTER III. Israel Worsley’s Account of Ancient Trinities.—Opinion of Dr. Pritchard and others on the Trinities.—Opinionof Maurice and others on the Trini- ties.——The Christian Trinity.—Its Origin.—Macrobiuson the Trinity.- Philo’s Trinityof the Jews. —Faber’s Account of the Universal Beliefof of the Trinity.—Observations on the Doctrine that Destruction is only Regeneration . -- I39 BOOK IV. CHAPTER I. Proper niodc ol viewing theReligion.—Life of Cristna.—Subject continued. Maturea.—Sir W. Jones’s Explanation of the Circumstances, and Mr. Maurice'sAdmissions.—Reflectionson the above. —Solemn Considerations of Mr. Maurice's in Explanation.—Digression on the Black Colour of Ancient Gods; of the Etymology of the words Nile and Osiris. —.Subject continued.—Christ Black: an Answer to a solemn Consideration.—0ther solemn Considerations.—Observationson Mr. Maurice‘ssolemn Considera- tions.—Mr. Maurice's Pamphlets.—BackReckonings. Maturea.—Bryant and Dr. A. Clarke on this Mythos . CHAPTER II. Crucifixion of Cristna, and Wittoba or Ba1jii.—Moore’sObservations refuted. —Morc particulars respecting the Temple of Wittoba. --Cristna, Bacchus, Hercules, &c., Types of the Real Saviour.-—-Taurusand Aries, and [Era of Cristna.-ImmaculateConception, from the History of Pythagoras . 183 Bomc V. CHAPTER I. Buddha the Sun in Taurus, as Cristna was the Sun in Aries.—Names of Buddha.—Meaning of the word Buddha, the same as thatof the first word in Gencsis.——'l‘he Ten lncamations.—Descent of Buddha the same as Cristnn’s.—Buddh:\and Cristna. thesame.——Simplicityof Buddhism.—Ex- CONTENTS. ix PAC! planation of I‘late.—Buddhaa Negro.—-Hierarchy.—Maia.—Samaneans of Clemeus.—Incamation.—CabuL—Buddhismextends over many Coun- tries.-—Buddhabefore Cristna 195 CHAPTER II. Cassini. Loubére. Cycles.—Isaiah’s Prophecy known to the Egyptians and the Celts of Gaul.—Mysticalmeaning of the Letter M.—Explanation of the Oriental Astronomical Systems.—Subject continued. Mr. Bentley. Berosus.—Mosaicand Hindoo Systems. Various Prophecics.—Martianus Capella. Subject continued . 217 _ CHAPTER 111. Subject continued.-—'l‘woCycles. Joshua stops the Sun and Moon. —Jewish Incarnations.—Millennium. Pritchard. Plato.—Jewish and Christian authoritiesfrom Dr. Mede.—Plutarch and other Western Authors on the 600-year Cyc1e.—The Hindooa and difi'erent Systems.—Observations on Pythagoras,&c.—La Loubére on the word Siam . 261 CHAPTER IV. Cross the meaning of it.—Justin and Tertullian on the Cross.—Monograms of Christ and Osiris.—Cross of Ezekiel and others.—OtherMonograms of Christ.—Chrismon Sancti Ambrogii.—Sacred Numbers in theTemplesof Britain.—Mithra.—Josephusand Vallancey on Mystic Numbers.—Indian Circles.—Lama of Tibet.—Indracrucified.—Jesuits' Account of Tibet . 293 CHAPTER V. on . Menu.—Sir William Jones Menu . 3'9 CHAPTER VI. Hercules and Samson thesame.—Etymologyof the word Samson.-—l\-Iuttra, Hercules at.—Drumniondon Hercules. The Foxes.—Wilfordon Hercules at Muttra. Meaning of the word Hercules. —-Hercules Black. Cristna in 323 CHAPTER V11. Mr. Bentley.—-Playfair’s Recantation.—Vedas.—Forgeries.—-Colebrookeon the Forgeries.—Observations on a passage in the Celtic Druids.—Mr. - -Bentley's Recantation to Dr. Marsham . 334 CHAPTER VIII. Maturea.—Objections.—Mr. Seeley’s Observations on the Serpent.——Atone- of Buddhists in Asia . ment, Original Sin.—-Black Nation . 346 CHAPTER IX. Baal.—$ir W. Jones and the Desatir.—-Etymologyoi the word IlaL--Dr. of Hager on Apollo.-—Cu{a Grass, Sacrifice . 353 CHAPTER X. Vasns . Yajna or Passover.—Eight . 359 3 CONTENTS. \ CHAPTER XI. PM}: Rasit, or Wisdom, Resumed.—-Secret Doctrines.—Bu1l-headed ‘and Ram- headed Gods.—Date of the System. Names of Buddha, &c.—Ignorance of the Brahmins and Ancients.—Creuzer, Hammer, Guignant, &c.——Tree of Genesis at Ipsambul, and the same in Montfaucon . 365 CHAPTER XII. The Eagle Garuda.-Spencer, Faber, Burnet, Calmet, &c., on Genesis and its Allegory.—Fabei’sTrinityof the Indians and the Hebrews . 379 CHAPTER XIII. Disputed Chapters of Matthew and Luke.—Cause of the Black Curly-head of Buddha.—Genera.l Observations on the Moral Doctrines of different Religions .
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