Ablutions, Ritualistic, 208.
Absolutism, 38, 141, 161.
Abstinence, 40.
Abydos, 89, 98, 99, 237 n. 78;
Isis in, 99;
Liturgy of, 97;
Mysteries of, 237 n. 77;
Phallophories of, 78.
Achemenides, 127, 135, 143.
Adonis, 110;
and Attis, 69.
Æsculapius and Eshmoun, 21;
Serpent sacred to, 173.
_Aeterna domus_, 240 n. 91.
_Aeternus, Deus_, 130.
Africa, Isis in, 83.
Agatha, St., 237 n. 73.
Agathocles, 79, 80.
Agrippa forbids worship of Isis, 82.
Ahriman, 152, 190, 199;
and Satan, 153, 266 n. 36.
Ahura-Mazda, 127, 145;
and Bel, 146.
Alexander, 135;
of Aphrodisias, 276 n. 54;
Polyhistor, 255 n. 66.
Alexandria, 84;
Greek influence in, 75f.;
Isis in, 90, 232 n. 33.
Alexandrian calendar, 84;
mysteries, 99, 240 n. 91.
Amasis, 86.
Amber road, 216 n. 12.
Ambrosiaster, 204.
Ameretat, 145.
_Amici Augusti_, 137.
Ammianus Marcellinus, 211.
Ammon, 230 n. 9.
Amshaspends, 145, 263 n. 20.
Anahita, 54, 65, 145;
and Ishtar, 146;
Cybele and, 227 n. 32.
Ananke, 182.
Anatolia, 47, 139, 143.
Andros, 76.
Angels, 138, 152, 207, 267 n. 38.
Animals, 116;
sacred in Egypt, 78, 230f. n. 11;
sacred in Phrygia, 48;
sacred in Syria, 115f.
Animism, 183.
Anti-gods, 152.
Antinous, 86.
Antiochus, the Great, 105;
of Commagene, 124, 264 n. 26.
Antonines, 140.
Antoninus Pius, 111.
Antony, 82.
Anubis, 77.
_Apertio_, 95.
Aphaca, 246 n. 40.
Aphrodite and Isis, 89.
Apion, 218 n. 20.
Apollo and Mithra, 155.
Apollodorus of Damascus, 8.
Apuleius, 20, 79, 97, 104, 129.
Aquileia, Isis in, 83.
Aquitania, 108.
Arabia, Astrology in, 275 n. 48.
Aramaic, 146.
Archeology as source, 16.
Architecture, 8, 216 n. 11.
Archon, 126.
Aristotle, 138.
Arius, 288 n. 30.
Arles, 216 n. 12.
Armenia, 144.
Army. See "Soldiers" and "Militia."
Arnobius, 204, 223 n. 38, 226 n. 30, 236 n. 65, 277 n. 57, 287 n. 25.
Arsacides, 135.
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Arsinoë, Serapeum in, 79.
Art, Astrology in, 164, 168;
Egyptian, 86;
in Persia, 141;
Influence of Oriental, 7;
of Oriental religions, 33;
of paganism, 17, 218 n. 23.
Artaxerxes, 137.
Artemis and Cybele, 227 n. 32.
Aryans, Nature worship of, 145.
Ascalon, 117.
Asceticism, 40f., 51, 157.
Asia Minor, 46ff., 197;
Isis in, 80;
Mazdaism in, 145;
Mithraism in, 143.
Astarte, 120, 243 n. 21;
Immorality of, 118.
Astrology, 207;
and magic, 32, 162ff.;
Babylonian, 151;
Chaldean, 199;
Christian theology and, 260 n. 89;
in Syria, 123, 133;
Origin of, 170, 272 n. 19;
religious, 169.
Atar, 145.
Atargatis, 103ff.;
and Venus, 123;
Fish sacred to, 117.
Athens, Serapis in, 79.
Atonement, 40.
Attalus, 47, 51.
Attica, Attis and Cybele in, 62.
Attis, x, 22, 48, 53, 69, 197, 225 n. 21;
and Cybele, 62f.;
Death of, 59;
Hymns to, 217 n. 14;
in Greece, 57;
_Menotyrannus_, 61.
Augustine, St., 71, 202, 220 n. 15, 275 n. 47.
Augustus, 39, 111, 135, 187, 261 n. 5, 280 n. 80;
and Diocletian, 3;
and the Egyptian religion, 82;
Reforms of, 38.
Aurelian, 114f., 124, 205, 252 n. 59.
Aust, Emil, xii.
Autun, 57.
Avesta, 142.
Aziz, 113.
Baal, x, 22, 84, 114, 118, 123, 130, 248 n. 43;
and Saturn, 21;
different from Jehovah, 131;
Mystics of, 41.
_Ba'al samîn_, 127, 131, 151, 256 nn. 69, 70; 264 nn. 25, 29.
Baalat, 118, 123, 248 n. 43.
Babylon, Astrology of, 151;
Confession of sin in, 222 n. 31;
Cosmology of, 220 n. 15;
Influence of in Persia, 146;
Influence of in Syria, 122;
Judaism and, 123.
See also "Chaldeans."
Bacchus, 282 n. 12;
and Attis, 69.
Balmarcodes, 110.
Baltis, 113.
Bambyce, Lady of, 122.
Baptism, Mithraic, 157;
Taurobolium compared to, 70.
Bardesanes of Edessa, 144.
Beirut, 110f., 192.
Bel, 32, 115, 123f.;
Ahura Mazda and, 146.
Bellona, 54.
Beneventum, Iseum of, 233 n. 35.
Berosus, 31, 163, 176.
Bethels, 116. See also "Litholatry."
Bidez, Joseph, 213 n. 1.
Boethius, 211.
Book of the Dead, 90.
Borsippa, 122.
_Bronton, Zeus_, 226 n. 24.
Brotherhoods, 58. See also "Fraternity."
Bryaxis, 76.
Bubastis, 230 n. 9.
Byzantium, 141;
Astrology in, 170.
Cadiz, Isis of, 96.
_Caelestis, Jupiter_, 128.
_Caelus_, 128, 130, 175;
Jupiter, 147.
See also "Sky" and "Zeus Ouranios."
Calendars, 173;
Alexandrian, 84.
Caligula, 55, 84, 198.
Campus Martius, Iseum of, 233 n. 35.
_Cannophori_, 56.
Cappadocia, 112f.
Caracalla, 84.
Carneades, 166.
Carnuntum, 150.
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_Carpentum_ of Cybele, 225 n. 20.
Catacombs, 65, 226 n. 23.
Catasterism, 173.
Cato, 105.
Catullus, 49.
Chaeremon, 273 n. 24.
Chaldean astrology, 199;
cosmology, 133;
oracles, 124, 202, 226 n. 29, 251 n. 55.
Chaldeans, 105, 122, 124, 170, 187, 267 n. 39.
Chalybes, 147.
Chastity, 40.
Cheremon, 87.
China, 141.
Chiron, 173.
_Christi, Militia_, xxff.
Christian liturgy, Pagan prayer in, 218 n. 17;
monotheism, 134;
theology and astrology, 260 n. 89.
Christianity, and heliolatry, 288 n. 30;
and paganism, xviff., 202ff., 288 n. 29;
Hellenistic influence on, 214 n. 8;
opposed to astrology, 167;
opposed to science, 283 n. 17;
Resemblance to, xxiii;
Triumph of, xi, 19, 85.
See also "Church."
Christmas, xvii.
Church, Fathers of the, xviii, 14;
militant, xix.
Cicero, 164.
Claudius, 55.
Cleanthes, Hymns of, 217 n. 17.
Clothing of souls, 269 n. 54.
Commagene, 112f., 139, 146f.
Commodus, 39, 149.
Common origin of ideas, xviii.
Communions in Phrygia, 69.
Communities of initiates, Rise of, 27.
Community and family, 69.
Comte, 206.
Confession of sin, 40;
in Babylonia, 222 n. 31.
Conscience, Influence of Oriental religions on, 28, 35ff., 43.
Constantine, 246 n. 40, 288 n. 30.
Continence, 157.
Cosmology, Babylonian, 220 n. 15;
Chaldean, 133.
Coulanges, Fustel de, 99.
Crete, 147.
Critodemus, 170.
Crucifix, Devotion to, 109.
Cybele, 22, 47ff., 197;
and Anahita, 227 n. 32;
and Mithra cults combined, 65;
Mystics of, 41.
Cyprian, St., 282 n. 9.
Dacia, 112, 113.
_Dadophori_, 97.
Dagon, 117.
_Damascenus, Jupiter_, 111.
Dante, 180, 276 n. 49.
_Dea Syria_, 14, 104.
Death, Life after, 99, 223 n. 38;
Spirit released by, 43.
See also "Immortality."
Decalogue, Mithraic, 155.
_Deinvictiaci_, 233 n. 41.
Delos, Atargatis in, 105, 107;
Attis in, 61;
Isis in, 80.
Demeter and Isis, 76, 89.
Demetrius of Phalerum, 75.
Democritus, 189.
Demonology, 210, 267 n. 39;
Persian, 152ff., 284 n. 19.
Demons, 138, 266 n. 37, 280 n. 76.
_Dendrophori_, 56f.
Deterioration of races, 25, 219 n. 6.
_Devotio_, 27.
_Dies sanguinis_, 56, 70.
Diffusion, Agents of, 24.
_Diis angelis_, 266 n. 38.
Diocletian, 142, 150;
and Augustus, 3;
Court of, 141.
Diodochi, 137.
Diodorus of Sicily, 52, 240 n. 91;
of Tarsus, 275 n. 47.
Diogenes Laertius, 255 n. 66.
Dionysus and Osiris, 76;
and Sabazius, 48.
See also "Sabazius."
Dioscuri, 128, 173.
Discipline, Persian, 155.
Dispersion of the Jews, 138, 189.
Distinctions abolished, 28.
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Doliché, 113, 147.
Dolichenus, Jupiter, 25, 113, 116, 148, 249 n. 47.
Domitian, 38, 84, 85.
_Domus aeterna_, 240 n. 91.
See also "Heaven" and "Souls."
Druidism, 20.
Dualism, Persian, xxi, 142, 151, 159, 199, 210.
Dusares, 111.
Easter, xviii, 70.
Egypt, 73ff., 112f.;
Astrology in, 251 n. 56;
Magi in, 139;
Magic in, 279 n. 69.
Egyptian mysteries, Ethics of, 90.
Elagabal, 114, 116.
_Elementa_, 206.
Elephantine, 256 n. 69.
Elysian Fields, 126.
See also "Souls."
Emesa, 112;
Baal of, 114.
Emotion in Oriental religions, 30, 34.
Emperors, Worship of, 22.
End of the world, 138, 209.
See also "Eschatology."
England, Inscription in, 112, 132.
Epicureans, 203.
Epicurus, 90.
Epona, 25.
Erasmus, 204.
Eros, Harpocrates and, 90.
Eryx, Mount, 118.
Eschatology, 199.
See also "Immortality."
Eshmoun, Æsculapius and, 21.
Ethics of Egyptian mysteries, 90;
of Mithraism, 199;
Persian, 154.
See also "Morality."
Eugene, 282 n. 9.
Evil principle deified, 152.
_Expiatio_, 40.
Faith, Reason and, 169, 194;
Union of science and, 32, 34.
Farnell, xiii.
Fatalism, 179ff., 276 n. 54;
of Tiberius, 164.
_Fautori imperii sui_, 150.
Feasts, 44, 48;
Liturgic, 64;
Sacred, 59, 68, 151, 208;
Fish at sacred, 246 n. 37.
Fetichism, 51, 127, 131, 210.
Firdusi, 160.
Fire, Sacred, 137;
Universe to be destroyed by, 177, 210.
Firmicus Maternus, 15, 181, 204, 205, 282 n. 7, 286 n. 23.
Fish, 117, 245 n. 36, 246 n. 37;
Sacred, 40.
Flagellations, 40, 56, 104, 222 n. 31.
Flavians, 140.
Formulas as sources, 11, 216 n. 14.
Foucart, 48, 76.
Fraternity, 156.
See "Brotherhoods."
Frazer, xiii.
Future life, Notions of, 37, 39, 43;
retribution in Egypt, 92.
See also "Death" and "Immortality."
Galatia, Magi in, 139.
Galerius, 136, 141, 150.
Galli, 50, 52, 70, 106, 208, 222 n. 31.
Gallipoli, 237 n. 77.
Gaul, Cybele in, 57;
Influence of Orient in, 9, 216 n. 12;
Syrians in, 108f.
Gayomart, 227 n. 32.
Germany, 112.
Gnosis, 33.
Gnostic hymns, 217 n. 14;
sects, 233 n. 41.
Gnosticism, 196.
God, Pagan conceptions of, 207, 284 n. 19.
Goethe on the Brocken, 274 n. 41.
Gontrand, 108.
Good Friday, 71, 228 n. 42.
Great Mother, ix, x, xviii, 30, 46ff., 148, 197, 201, 205f.
Greece, Cybele in, 57;
Isis in, 77, 80, 230 n. 8.
Greek influence in Alexandria, 75f.;
philosophy, Dualism in, 152;
religion, 30, 31, 33.
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Gregory of Tours, 108.
Gruppe, xiii.
Hadad, 107, 111, 121, 242 n. 10;
and Jupiter, 123;
Etymology of, 133.
Hadrian, 86, 119.
Hammurabi and Marduk, 220 n. 14.
Hannibal, 46.
_Hagioi_, 121, 249 n. 47.
Harpist, Song of the, 241 n. 91.
Harpocrates, 77;
and Eros, 90.
Hauran, 8.
Heaven a city, 284 n. 19;
a court, 207.
See also "Elysian Fields."
Hecate, 282 n. 12.
Heliogabalus, 114, 120.
Heliognostae, 233 n. 41.
Heliolatry and Christianity, 288 n. 30.
Heliopolis, 123.
_Heliopolitanus, Jupiter_, 111, 249 n. 47.
Hellenistic influence on Christianity, 214 n. 8.
Henotheism in Syria, 133.
Hera, 282 n. 11;
and Isis, 89;
_sancta_, 249 n. 47.
Hermes, 226 n. 23;
Psychopompos, 59.
Hermes Trismegistus, 32, 85, 202, 234 n. 46.
Hermetism, 88, 234 n. 53, 250 n. 49;
Influence of, 233 n. 41.
Herodotus, 96, 147.
Hierapolis, 123.
High places, Worship of, 116.
_Hilaria_, 57.
Hinduism, 210.
Hipparchus, 275 n. 42.
Homer, 202.
Honor, 156.
Horus, 98.
Hostanes, 184, 189, 193, 267 n. 39, 284 n. 19.
Hymn to Isis, 76, 230 n. 6;
as sources, 11, 217 n. 14;
of Synesius, 260 n. 89.
_Hymnodes_, 97.
Hypsistos, xxi, 62, 128, 227 n. 30, 252 n. 59, 255 n. 66.
See also "Most High."
Hystaspes, 189.
Iamblichus, 87.
Iao, 63.
_Iasura_, 104.
_Ichthus_ symbolism, 117.
Idolatry, Death of, 85;
in Syria, 133;
of Hinduism, 210.
Idols, Consecration of, 278 n. 61,
Toilet of, 96.
Ignatius, St., 217 n. 17.
Immorality of Astarte, 118;
of legends, 203.
Immortality, 39, 42f., 59, 68, 145, 209, 238 n. 82;
in Egypt, 99;
in Persia, 159;
Semitic ideas on, 125.
Industry, Influence of Oriental, 9.
Initiates, Rise of communities of, 27;
Syrian, 120.
Initiation, 100.
Intelligence, Influence of Oriental religions on, 28, 31ff., 43.
Intelligent light (sun), 133.
_Inventio_ of Osiris, 98.
_Invicti_, 130.
Io and Isis, 89.
Ishtar and Anahita, 146.
Isis, x, xvii, 22, 55, 73ff., 206;
and Io, 89;
and Venus, 90;
Hymns to, 217 n. 14;
Influence of, 86;
Mysteries of, 87, 198;
Mystics of, xx;
Worshipers of, 41.
Italy, Syrians in, 106f.
Ituraea, 112.
Jehovah, x, 257 n. 72;
Baal different from, 131.
Jerome, 108.
Jewish colonies in Phrygia, 62.
Jews, 189, 196;
in Asia Minor, 64;
Monotheism of, 122.
Judaism, 252 n. 59;
and Babylon, 123;
Influence of, 63;
Influence of Parseeism on, 138.
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Julia Domna, 113, 251 n. 57;
Maesa, 113;
Mammea, 113.
Julian, 70, 154, 156, 201, 213 n. 4, 285 n. 23;
the Chaldean, 279 n. 66;
the Theurge, 279 n. 66, n. 68.
Juno, 205.
Jupiter _Caelestis_, 128;
_Caelus_, 147;
_Damascenus_, 111;
_Dolichenus_, 25, 113, 116, 148;
Hadad and, 123;
_Heliopolitanus_, 111;
Protector, 147.
See also "Zeus."
Juvenal, 13, 23, 37, 41, 78, 90, 92.
Kiss of welcome, 137.
Kizil-Bash peasants, 47.
Labeo, Cornelius, 6, 255 n. 64.
Labranda, 147.
Lactantius Placidus, 143, 204.
Lagides, 75, 79;
Financial system of the, 4.
Lammens, 262 n. 12.
Lang, xiii.
Law in Rome and the Orient, 5.
Lebanon, 122.
Licinius, 150.
Life after death, 99, 223 n. 38.
See also "Immortality."
Lightning, God of, 127.
Lion, 224 n. 2.
Literature as source, 13;
Astrology in, 164;
in Persia, 138;
Influence of Roman, 20;
Influence of Oriental, 7.
Litholatry, 116, 119, 244 n. 29.
Liturgic repasts, 64.
Liturgy, 130, 198;
Magic in, 278 n. 61;
Mithraic, 217 n. 15;
of Abydos, 97;
Pagan prayer in Christian, 218 n. 17;
Persian, 151;
Roman, 29.
Lucian, 13, 14, 34, 104, 115, 119, 122, 201.
Lucian's _De dea Syria_, Authenticity of, 218 n. 19.
Lucius of Patras, 105.
Lucretius, 223 n. 39.
Lustrations, 39.
Lydia, Magi in, 139.
Lydus, Johannes, 55.
Lyons, 216 n. 12.
Mâ, 48, 53, 228 n. 34.
McCormack, Thomas J., v.
Macrobius, 204, 208, 287 n. 25.
Magi, 138;
Theology of the, 268 n. 39.
Magic, Astrology and, 32, 182ff.;
Bibliography of, 277 n. 58;
in Persia, 139;
Religion and, 93;
religious, 185.
_Magna Mater_, 46ff.
See also "Great Mother."
_Magousaioi_, 144, 146.
Maiuma, 110.
Malaga, Syrians in, 108.
Malakbel, 113, 249 n. 47.
Maleciabrudus, 242 n. 10.
Manetho, 32, 75, 193.
Manicheism, 123, 142, 220 n. 15, 232 n. 26, 244 n. 29.
Manilius, 168, 178.
Marduk, Hammurabi and, 220 n. 14.
Marius, 106.
Marna, 110.
_Mar'olam_, 130.
Mars, 173.
Matter, Spirit imprisoned in, 43.
Mauretania, 112.
Maximus of Madaura, 207.
Maximus of Turin, 204, 282 n. 8, 283 n. 14, 284 n. 19.
Mazdaism, 136;
in Asia Minor, 145.
_Megalenses, Ludi_, 47, 52.
Melkarth, 243 n. 21.
Memory, Lake of, 239 n. 89.
Mèn, 62.
_Menotyrannus_, Attis, 61.
Merchants, Influence of, on diffusion, 24, 79, 105.
Mercury, 173;
Simios and, 123.
Merovingians, 108.
_Métragyrtes_, 51.
Michel, Charles, xxv, 213 n. 1.
_Militia Christi_, xxff.
Militia, Sacred, xx, 27.
Militias, Religious, 213 n. 6.
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Minucius Felix, 84.
Mithra, x, 22, 84, 142ff.;
and Apollo, 155;
and Attis, 69;
and Cybele cults combined, 65;
and Shamash, 146;
Mysteries of, 33, 126, 140, 269 n. 54;
Mystics of, 41;
Purity of, 157.
Mithradates Eupator, 135, 144;
Toxicology of, 280 n. 73.
Mithraism, Advantages of, 159;
Ethics of, 199;
not Zoroastrianism, 150.
Mithreum near Trapezus, 262 n. 16.
Mohammedans, Magic of the, 278 n. 65.
Monotheism, 288 n. 30;
Christian, 134;
in Syria, 133;
Parseeism closest to, 150.
Morality, in the Oriental mysteries, xxii, 44;
in Egyptian religion, 81;
in Roman religion, 35;
Laxity of, 42;
of paganism, 209;
unrewarded, 37.
See also "Ethics."
Mosaic Law, xxi.
Most-High, 134, 145.
See also "Hypsistos."
Mutilations, 40.
Mysteries, Alexandrian, 88, 99, 240 n. 91;
Charm of, 29;
Egyptian, 237 n. 77;
Egyptian, Theology of, 90;
Hellenic, 214 n. 8, 221 n. 23;
in Syria, 120;
of all the Oriental religions, 205;
of Isis, 87, 142, 258 n. 79,
of Mithra, 33, 126, 140, 142, 199, 269 n. 54, 286 n. 23;
Oriental, xxii, 44;
Phrygian, 51.
Mystic rites, 39f., 51.
Mythology, Roman, 35.
_Nama Sebesio_, 16.
Names, Barbarian, 279 n. 69;
Theophorous, 148.
Naples, Syrians in, 108.
Narses, 136.
_Natalis Invicti_, xvii, 228 n. 42.
Nature worship, 206.
_Navigium Isidis_, 97.
Nechepso, 163.
Nectanebos, 86.
Neo-Platonism, ix, xxiv, 34, 45, 70, 124, 152, 188, 201, 244 n. 29, 279
n. 66.
Neo-Pythagoreanism, 152.
Nephtis, 230 n. 9.
Nero, 87, 106;
initiated by Tiridates, 263 n. 16.
Nicocreon, 79.
Nietzsche, 177.
Nigidius Figulus, 164.
Nile, 205.
Nimes, 216 n. 12;
Isis in, 83.
Nöldeke, 258 n. 80;
on authenticity of _De dea Syria_, 218 n. 19.
Numidia, 113.
Olympus a republic, 284 n. 19;
Sacrifices on, 143.
_Omnipotens et omniparens_, 129.
_Omnipotentes_, 63, 226 n. 30.
Orchoë, 122.
Organism, Universe an, 207.
Orient, Law in the, 5f.
Menace of, 2ff.;
Triumph of, 26.
Ormuzd, 152, 190, 199.
_Ornatrices_, 94, 96.
Orpheus, 101, 202.
Orphic hymns, 217 n. 14.
Osiris, 237 n. 77;
and Attis, 69;
Deceased identified with, 99;
the judge, 90f.;
_Inventio_ of, 98;
Serapis and, 74ff.
Ostia, Syrians in, 108.
Otho and Vitellius, 164.
Pagan theology and Christianity, 288 n. 29.
Paganism, Chaotic condition of, vii;
Education in, 283 n. 17;
Essence of, 131;
Latin, 197;
Morality of, 209;
Semitic, 116;
Syrian, 121.
Palmyra, 112f., 115, 123f., 252 n. 59.
Pan and Attis, 69.
Pannonia, 112;
Syrians in, 108.
Pantheism, 33;
Solar, 134.
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_Pantheos_, 70.
Papas. See "Attis."
Paphos, Conical stone at, 116.
Parseeism closest to monotheism, 150;
Influence of, on Judaism, 138.
_Pastophori_, 94.
Penance, 40f.;
in Syria, 249 n. 46.
Pergamum, 47ff.
Perseus and Andromeda, 173.
Persia, 135ff.;
Magic of, 189.
Pessinus, 47ff.; 148, 197.
Petilia, 239 n. 89.
Petosiris the priest, 163.
Phallophories of Abydos, 78.
Philo of Alexandria, 230 n. 11.
Philo of Biblos, 115, 122.
Philosophers, 201.
Philosophy, 33.
Phoenicia, 122.
Phrygia, 46ff.;
Magi in, 139;
Penance in, 40.
Pigeon, 117.
Pilgrimages, 46.
Pine, Sacred, 56f.
Piraeus, Attis in, 61.
Plagiarism, 11.
Plants, Sacred, in Egypt, 78.
Plato, 265 n. 34.
Platonists, 14.
Pliny, 279 n. 69.
Plutarch, 14, 75, 87, 90, 142, 152, 190.
Pluto, chief of demons, 266 n. 37.
Polemicists as source, 15.
Pompeii, Frescoes of, 235 n. 58;
Iseum at, 81.
Pompey, 143.
Porphyry, 93, 95, 152.
Posidonius of Apamea, 164.
Pozzuoli, 111;
Serapeum of, 81;
Syrians in, 108.
Praetextatus, 208, 211;
Catacombs of, 65, 226 n. 23;
Epitaph of, 286 n. 23;
Wife of, 282 n. 13.
Priesthood, 41;
in Egypt, 94;
Oriental 32.
Proclus, 228 n. 41.
_Prophetes_, 94.
Prudentius, 66, 204, 282 n. 5.
Psychological crisis, 27.
Ptolemy, 164, 170, 182.
Ptolemy Euergetes, 79.
Ptolemy Soter, 74, 79.
Purification, 64; in Mazdaism, 156.
Purity, 209;
Conception of, 234 n. 49, 249 n. 46;
in Egyptian ritual, 91;
in Syria, 121;
of Mithra, 157.
_Pyrethes_, 144.
Pythoness, 106.
Querolus, 287 n. 25.
Rameses II, 86.
Ramsay, 225 n. 7.
Rationalism of Greece, 31.
Reason and faith, 169, 194.
_Refrigerium_, 102.
Reinach, xiii.
Religion, and magic, 93;
Roman, 28.
Religions, Invasion of the barbarian, 10, 19, 22;
Parliament of, xiii.
Renan, x, 1, 160.
Repasts. See "Feasts."
Responsibility, Collective, 36.
Resurrection, 138.
Reward and punishment, 37, 92, 154.
Rhodes, Attis in, 61.
Rites, Mystic, 39f., 51.
Ritual, Egyptian, 93;
Pharaonic, 236 n. 70.
Ritualistic ablutions, 208.
Roman liturgy, 29;
mythology, 35;
religion, 28.
Rome, Isis in, 83;
Private law of, 5.
Rufinus, 85.
Sabaoth, 63.
Sabaziasts, xxi, 226 n. 23.
Sabazius, 22, 59, 64f.
Dionysus and, 48.
See also "Dionysus."
Sabbatists, xxi.
Sabians, 250 n. 49.
Sacerdotal character of Oriental civilizations, 31.
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Sacrifice, Human, 119.
Sagittarius, 173.
Salvation, xxiii, 33, 40, 43.
Sanctuary, Right of, 250 n. 49.
_Sanctus_, (Mithra), 157.
Sassanides, 135, 140;
Court of the, 141.
Satan, Ahriman and, 153, 266 n. 36.
Saturn, 172;
Baal and, 21.
Saviour, 223 n. 36.
Scaevola, 6, 35.
Science, 43;
and faith, 32, 34;
and the priesthood, 32;
Christians opposed to, 283 n. 17;
Magic a, 183f.
Sciences, Astrology queen of, 162.
Scipio Nasica, 47.
Scopas, 76.
Seleucides, 62, 121, 128, 138.
Seleucus, 256 n. 67;
Callinicus, 79.
Semele and Isis, 89.
Semitic paganism, 116;
religions, Diffusion of the, 111ff.
Seneca, 217 n. 17.
Senses, Influence of Oriental religions on, 28ff., 43.
_Septizonia_, 164.
Serapis, x, 22, 73ff., 126;
chief of demons, 266 n. 37.
Serpent sacred to Æsculapius, 173.
Set, 98.
Severi, 140, 167, 196.
Severus of Antioch, 233 n. 33.
Sextus Empiricus, 167.
Shamash and Mithra, 146.
Showerman, xiv, 225 n. 15.
Sibylline oracles, 233 n. 34.
Sibyls, 46.
Sicily, Slave revolution in, 105.
Sidereal immortality, 254 n. 64,
worship, 133, 251 n. 57, 254 n. 64.
See also "Stars."
_Signa Memphitica_, 233 n. 35.
Simios and Mercury, 123.
Sky, 208. See "Caelus."
Slave revolution in Sicily, 105.
_Sol invictus_, 114, 146, 205;
_sanctissimus_, 249 n. 47.
Soldiers of fate, xx;
Faith of Syrian, 112;
Persian cult spread by, 149.
Souls, Abode of, in the stars, 125, 159, 269 n. 54, 287 n. 25;
Abode of, in the earth, 159;
Clothing of, 269 n. 54.
Sources, 11ff.
Spear, Sacred, 67.
Species, Variation of, 25.
Spencer, Herbert, 222 n. 34.
Spirit imprisoned in matter, 43.
Spring of water, 239 n. 90.
Stars, 129;
Deified, 199;
Soul in the, 125, 159, 269 n. 54, 287 n. 25.
Steer, the author of creation, 68.
Stoics, 14, 148, 167, 171, 177, 180, 214 n. 6;
Philosophy of, xx.
_Stolistes_, 94, 96, 97.
Stones, Worship of, 116.
See also "Litholatry."
Strabo, 32, 122, 145, 247 n. 41.
Strategus, God a, 214 n. 6.
Sulla, 54, 81.
Sun, Supreme, 133. See also "_Sol invictus_."
Superstition, 36, 277 n. 58.
_Supplicium_, The term, 219 n. 9.
Symmachus, xxiv, 204, 211.
Sympathy, 171, 194.
Synesius, Hymns of, 260 n. 89.
Syria, Isis in, 79.
Syrian goddess, 14, 104.
Syrians in Italy, 106f.
Tabu, 120, 157.
Taurobolium, xviii, 66, 198, 206, 208;
compared to baptism, 70.
Tetrabiblos, 170, 182, 271 n. 5.
Thasos, Attis in, 61.
Thaumaturgus, 188.
Thebes, Sepulchers of, 99.
Themistius, 200.
Theodore of Mopsuestia, 153.
Theology, 33;
and astrology, 175, 260 n. 89;
of the Egyptian mysteries, 90;
of the magi, 268 n. 39.
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Theophilus, 85;
Miniature of, 232 n. 32.
Theophorous names, 148.
Thessaly, Witches of, 186.
Thoth, 32, 94, 237 n. 77.
Thunder-god, 256 n. 67.
Tiberius, 39, 180;
Fatalism of, 164;
persecutes priests of Isis, 83.
Time, 35;
Deified, 150, 273 n. 36.
Timotheus the Eumolpid, 51, 75, 99, 229 n. 4.
Tin road, 216 n. 12.
Tiridates, Nero initiated by, 263 n. 16.
Toilet of the idol, 96.
Tonsure, 235 n. 58.
Totem, 48.
Trapezus, Mithreum near, 262 n. 16.
Trees, Sacred, 48, 56, 78, 116.
Triads, 250 n. 55.
Trinity, Egyptian, 77;
Syrian, 123.
Tyche, 179;
and Isis, 89.
Tylor, xiii.
_Tyrannos_, 61.
Universal church, 211.
Universe, 207.
Valens, 200;
Vettius, 168, 171.
Varro, 38, 202.
Vedanta, 210.
Venus, 173;
Atargatis and, 123;
Isis and, 90.
Viminacium, 267 n. 38.
Vincentius, Grave of, 65.
Vitellius, Otho and, 164.
Vogüé, de, 8.
Vohumano, 145.
Water, Spring of, 239 n. 90;
Worship of, 116.
Wissowa, xiii.
Xenophanes, 203.
Yahveh Zebaoth, 64.
See also "Jehovah."
Yazatas, 145, 148, 152.
Zachariah the Scholastic, 283 n. 17, 233 n. 33, 281 n. 81.
Zeno, 176.
Zenobia, 252 n. 59.
Zervan Akarana, 150.
Zeus Ammon, 230 n. 9;
Bronton, 226 n. 24;
Keraunios, 256 n. 67;
Oromasdes, 147;
Ouranios, 128;
Stratios, 265 n. 29.
See also "Jupiter."
Zoolatry, 119.
See also "Animals."
Zoroaster, 138, 145, 184, 189, 193, 269 n. 54, 277 n. 57, 279 n. 70;
Votaries of, 160.
Zoroastrianism, Mithraism not, 150.
Zosimus, 277 n. 57.
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Corrections made to printed original.
p. 40. "regenerate the initiated person": 'initated' in original.
p. 138. "and the Hamites of Egypt": 'Hanites' in original.
p. 148. "But in spite of all these accommodations": 'accomodations' in
original.
p. 175. "particularly the twelve signs of the zodiac": 'particutarly' in
original.
p. 176. "twelve months connected with the zodiac": 'tweleve' in original.
p. 178. "a system of indisputable grandeur": 'indiputable' in original.
p. 182. "a more pernicious aberration, gaining ground": 'gronud' in
original.
p. 227. n. 30. "the [Greek: pantokratôr] of the Septuagint": 'Septugint' in
original.
p. 236. n. 65. "the principal text we have": 'mave' in original.
p. 251. n. 34. "differentiation of the ecclesiastic and lay functions":
'ecclestiastic' in original.
p. 253. n. 62. "among the Nosaïris": 'Hosaïris' in original.
p. 264. n. 24. "Cf. supra, p. 127, n. 68.": 'p. 373' in original (which
does not exist).
p. 268. n. 41. "man had to struggle perpetually": 'strugle' in original.
p. 273. n. 26. "[Greek: astronomian]": '[Greek: astrouomian]' in original.
p. 275. n. 48. "see supra, ch. V, n. 57.": 'ch. VIII' in original; there is
no such note, ch. V appears to be meant.
p. 285. n. 21. "Jupiter exsuperantissimus (p. 128).": 'p. 190' in original;
p. 128 appears to be the only relevant passage.
p. 287. n. 25. "We have mentioned (supra, ch. VI, n. 54)": 'ch. V' in
original, but ch. VI appears to be the relevant note.
p. 287. n. 27. "by astrology (supra, p. 177)": 'p. 262' in original; p. 262
is in the notes, p. 177 appears to be the relevant passage.
Index:
Arnobius "277 n. 57": 'n. 58' wrongly in original.
Carneades. 'Carbeades' wrongly in original.
Julian the Theurge, "n. 68": 'n. 67' wrongly in original.
Sidereal. 'Siderial' wrongly in original.
Supplicium, "219 n. 9.": 'n. 6' wrongly in original.
Triads, "250 n. 55.": 'n. 50' wrongly in original.