EBOOK, ASTRAL WORSHIP ***
E-text prepared by David Deley
Astral Worship
by
J. H. Hill, M. D.
"Now, what I want is--facts."--_Boz._
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION 5
THE GEOCENTRIC SYSTEM OF NATURE 13
The Earth 13
The Firmament 13
The Planets 14
The Constellations 15
The Zodiac 15
THE SACRED NUMBERS 7 AND 12 17
THE TWELVE THOUSAND YEAR CYCLE 18
THE ANCIENT TRIAD 19
GOD SOL 22
THE ANCIENT COSMOGONY 30
FALL AND REDEMPTION OF MAN 31
INCARNATIONS OF GOD SOL 33
FABLE OF THE TWELVE LABORS 36
ANNIVERSARIES OF SOLAR WORSHIP 40
The Nativity 40
Epiphany or Twelfth Day 41
Lent or Lenten Season 42
Passion Week 44
Passion Plays 45
Resurrection and Easter Festival 46
Annunciation 48
Ascension 49
Assumption 49
The Lord's Supper 50
Transubstantiation 50
Autumnal Crucifixion 51
Michaelmas 56
PERSONIFICATIONS OF THE DIVISIONS OF TIME 57
The Hours 57
The Days 57
The Months 58
The Seasons 60
Half Year of Increasing Days 63
Half Year of Decreasing Days 63
Last Quarter of the Year 64
ZODIACAL SYMBOLS OF SOLAR WORSHIP 64
The Sphinx 65
The Dragon 66
The Bull 67
The Ram 68
The Lamb 68
The Fish 71
SIGNS OF THE CROSS 72
FUTURE REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS 74
The Oriental System 75
The Occidental System 75
The Second or General Judgment 77
JEWISH, OR ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY 79
THE PROPHECIES 83
ROMAN OR MODERN CHRISTIANITY 88
FREEMASONRY AND DRUIDISM 109
THE SABBATH 117
PIOUS FRAUDS 121
CONCLUSION 125
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