Realizing this I perceived how, with the origin of the swastika, I had
found the origin of the set of primeval ideas which had governed the human
race from its infancy and which, in Mexican and Central American
civilizations, ultimately developed into their ingenious system of
government and social organization.
[Illustration.]
Plate I. Chart of the Polar Constellations. I: Just After Sunset. II:
Midnight. III: Just Before Sunrise.
[Illustration.]
Plate II. Various Forms of the Swastika.
[Illustration.]