Personal Religion in Egypt Before Christianity (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... index "About the Universal Mind," 92 Abstraction, 36, 90, 98 Abyss opened, 98 Aeons, 44, 57, 92, 96 Agatho-daimon, 92, 96, 167 Allegorical theory of gods, 119 Allegorizing, 76 All-is-Vanity, 23 Amen, derivations of, 130 Amenti, derivation of, 132 Ammonios, 107 Anchorites of Serapeum, 63 Animal theory of gods, 123 Animals, worship of, 50--driven away by priests, 134 Anticipation, unconscious, 9--formation of new, 23 Apapi wars on Ra, 128 Apis sacred to Osiris, 128 Apollonios, biography of, 138-139--history of life, 139-145--miracles of, 145-6--appearance of, 146-7--habits of, 147-8--worship of, 149--followers of, 149-150--lived in temples, 151--teaching of, 152-7--and Indians, 141, 157-160--and Egyptians, 161-5 Appuleius, translation by, 50 Archelaos of Cappadocia, 139 M 2 I Archetypes created, 42, 104, 112 Artabanos, king, 142 Asceticism, range of, 31, 81--earliest, 61, 89, 97, 167--at Serapeum, 62--not western, 59-60--not early Hermetic, 60--derived from India, 62, 82-83--in communities, 61, 63-78--individual, not general, 78, 149--distinct from Christianity, 84--repudiated, 87--due to evil of world, 89, 97 Ascetics, places of, 64--recruits for, 65--renunciation by, 66--repudiate marriage, 66--dwellings of, 67--clothing of, 68--organization of, 6S--life of, 69--books of, 72--worship of, 72--doctrine of, 74--mysticism of, 75--doctrine of, Hermetic, 77, 79 Athenais, queen, 129 Attis-Adonis festival, 144 Balance of mind, 15, 18, 23, 29--obscured by intoxication, 27 Baptism in the Divine Mind, 93. 97 Bardanes, king, 142, 143,147, 154, 155 Bathing of ascetics, 71 Becket, Thomas a, temper of, 3 Birth, new, 94, 98 Books of ascetics, 72 Buto, Horus tribe at, 129 Byblos, 127 Changes of mind, 15 Christianity, ideas current be-fore, ...