The Celtic Druids

Przednia okładka
Cosimo, Inc., 1 cze 2007 - 532
Or, An Attempt to show, that The Druids were the Priests of Oriental Colonies Who Emigrated from India; and were the Introducers of the First or Cadmean System of Letters, and the Builders of Stonehenge, of Carnac, and of Other Cyclopean Works, in Asia and Europe. Complete with many informative prints and maps. Partial Contents: Necessity of Etymology; Alphabets; Changes in Language; Druids acquainted with Letters; Irish, Greek, and Hebrew Letters the same; Hieroglyphics; Ciphering invented before Letters; Virgil a Druid; Genesis; Persia, India, and China, the Depositaries, not the Inventors of Science; Who the Celtf were; Affinity between the Latin, Sanscrit, and Celtic; Term Barbarian; Arrival of Phoenician Colonies in Ireland; Origin of Irish Fables; Derivation of the word Britain; Hero Gods; Derivation of the words: Albion, Druid, Vates and Bards; Britain known to Aristotle; Road to Britain lost, like that to America and Australia; magnetic Needle; Ancient Oracles founded by Celtf; Druids probably Pythagoreans; Cross common to Greeks, Egyptians, and Indians; Monograms of Christ; Druids admitted the Creation of Matter; Festivals removed by the precession of the Equinoxes; Druid Festival of Christmas; Mother of the Gods; Baal; Gods of India and Ireland the same; Chaldees of the Jews; St. Patrick; A single Plain Stone the Origin of Idolatry; Rocking-Stones or Logan Stones; Circular Temples, Stonehenge and Abury; Stonehenge not a Roman, Saxon, or Danish Work; Ancient Superstitions respecting Numbers; Observations on Hebrew Chronology; Hierarchy of the Druids; Druids Assertors of their Country's Liberty; Immortality of the Soul and Metempsychosis; Druids had an excellent System ofMorals; Mistletoe and other Sacred Plants; Institution of Priesthoods an Evil.
 

Spis treści

2
xiv
4
xxi
Stonehenge
xxx
6
xxxiv
Vitrified Fort Scotland
lxxx
Stones of Stennis Scotland
lxxxvi
CHAPTER II
xc
77
xci
Two Nations of Hyperboreans
119
The Ancient Oracles founded by Celtæ
120
Abaris
123
Abaris probably a Native of Ireland
124
Druids probably Pythagoreans
125
The Cross common to Greeks Egyptians and Indians
126
Monograms of Christ
127
Extract from Vallencey
128

SECT PAGE 1 Preliminary Observations
1
Necessity of Etymology
2
Alphabets
3
Whitakers Derivation of the word Britain
4
Derivation of Bretagne in Gaul
5
Changes in Language
6
Theory respecting Figures
7
Division of the Year and Circle
9
Druids acquainted with Letters
10
A Passage from a Poem of Taliessins
11
Objection to the Passage of Cæsars
12
Britain known to Aristotle PAGE
13
Ingenuity of Mr Ledwich
14
Two Ancient Alphabets
15
Irish Greek and Hebrew Letters the same
16
Slight Difference in the Alphabets
17
English and Arabic Alphabets the same as the others
18
Ogams of Ireland
19
Hercules Ogmius
20
Ogam Writings yet exist
21
Affinity between the Languages
22
Argument concluded
23
Peculiarity of the Irish Alphabet
24
Irish Letters compared with Hebrew
25
Possible Use of the above System
26
Hieroglyphics
27
Ciphering invented before Letters
28
A Mazy Concern
29
Tolmen in the Parish of Constantine Cornwall
30
Holy Fury
31
Virgil a Druid
32
Runes of the North
33
Allusions to Trees
34
Brimham Yorkshire
35
When the Ogham Writing was invented
36
Picts Towers
37
SECT PAGE 1 Tenth Chapter of Genesis
38
The Eleventh Chapter of Genesis misplaced
39
The Authors Hypothesis supported by Mr Bryant
40
Transposition of Part of the Eleventh Chapter of Genesis
41
Great Knowledge displayed in the Tenth Chapter of Genesis
42
DHerbelots Opinion
43
St Jerom respecting Babylon and Shinar
44
Baillies Hypothesis on a Primeval Nation
45
Opinions of Baillie Buffon and Linné on the Earth and on Man
47
Baillies Reasons for his Hypothesis
48
Baillie on the Sevenday Cycle
49
Sir W Drummond supports Baillie
50
Mr Ledwich also supports Baillie
51
Persia India and China the Depositaries not the Inventors of Science
52
The Celta were Gomerians
54
Pezrons Summary of the different Opinions
56
Observation respecting the Opposition of Priests
57
The Umbri and Etruscans
58
Affinity between the Latin Sanscrit and Celtic
59
Affinity between the Hebrew and the Celtic
62
Affinity between the Greek Sanscrit and Celtic
64
The Term Barbarian
66
The Celtic the First Swarm from the Parent Hive
67
Swarms cast off into the South
68
Nothing to impede the Advance of the Tribes
69
Example of the Cimbri
71
Reflections on the Example of the Cimbri
76
Reasons against the Existence of an Ancient Nation not valid
77
The Scythians
78
Colonel Vallencey impolitic
79
Origin of the Irish Fables
81
Irish Bards
83
Mr OConnors Doctrines not approved by the Author
85
Kitts CottyHouse near Aylesford Kent
88
92
92
ib
95
Phoenician Trade to Britain ih 16
103
The Old Greeks knew more of Britain than their Successors
104
Geographical Ignorance of Strabo and the Greeks of his Time
105
Ireland known to the Early Greeks
106
Road to Britain lost like that to America and Australia 107 20 Surprising Ignorance of the Greeks
107
The Magnetic Needle
110
Telescopes known to the Druids 110
114
Gunpowder
115
CHAPTER IV
117
The Druids adored the Cross
130
this not intended to teach Chronology or Geology
133
Mosaic Chronology
134
Observations on the last Section
135
The Druids admitted the Creation of Matter 197
137
Cuvier on the Structure of the Earth
138
Observations on the last Section
139
Meaning of the First Verse of Genesis
140
Eternity of Matter
141
Further Observations respecting Genesis
143
Mr OConnors Doctrines further considered
145
Difference of Opinion respecting Chronology
146
Sir Wm Drummond respecting Chronology
147
CHAPTER V
149
The Naurutz in India and Persia
151
Opinions of Faber Maurice and Collyer
154
The Question of the Bramin Backreckoning
155
A Practice of the Guebres of India
158
The Cushites of Mr Maurice
160
The Druid Festival of Christmas
162
Origin of the word Lord
164
Gods of the British Islands
166
System of M Pictet of Geneva
167
Aesar Intellectual Fire or Logh
168
The Mother of the Gods
169
Molloch
171
Cearas and Ceara or Ceres
172
Nath
173
Samhan or BalSab
174
Esmun
175
Explanation of some Ancient Doctrines
176
The first Cabiri Three in Number
177
The Cabiri of the Phoenicians
179
Baal
180
ChodiaGod 25 Teutates Tuisco Thoth
182
Gods of India and Ireland the same 27 Magusan Hercules
183
The Culdees 29 The Sacred Fire
185
Chaldees of the Jews
189
Chaldean Priests the same as the Magi
190
ib 183 ib 185 ib 189 190 32 Bryants and Aikins Account of the Chaldees
192
Derivation of the word Culdee 35 Last Remains of the Culdees in Yorkshire 191 33 The Culdees succeeded by Hereditary Descent 193 194
194
Bramham in Yorkshire 37 Ionaderivation
196
Jupiter and Janus
198
St Columba
199
Human Sacrifices by St Patrick
202
Coarbs at Iona
203
Coarbs in Wales and Ireland 196 ib 198 199 202 203 205 43 Doctrines of the Culdees
205
St Patrick ib
206
CHAPTER VI
207
CHAP
208
A single Plain Stone the Origin of Idolatry
209
The Grecian Lithoi
210
The Lithoi of the Israelites
211
The Lithoi or Cromlehs of the Britons 6 Crosses upon the Lithoi
212
The different Uses of these Stones
213
Rock Idols
216
Kistvaens or Monuments of Four Stones
217
Carns
218
RockingStones or Logan Stones
222
How to account for the RockingStones
223
RockingStones common in Britain
224
Tolmen
225
Tumuli and Dwarfy Stone
226
117
228
Groves
229
Ancient Superstitions respecting Numbers
244
The Pelasgi
258
Curious Proofs of the Truth of the last and of the Section preceding
264
CHAPTER VII
271
Same Priests in Persia Judea and Britain
279
Judges and Administrators of the
285
13
291
The Institution of Priesthoods an Evil
297
124
317
126
319
xlviii
320
ab 130
321
The Old not more than the New Testament miraculously protected from Error 132
322
A 2
323
Prawa autorskie

Inne wydania - Wyświetl wszystko

Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia

Informacje o autorze (2007)

British archaeologist and author SIR GODFREY HIGGINS (1772-1833) was rumored to be a Freemason and was even allegedly a Chosen Chief of the Order of Druids. If so, he undoubtedly drew on his arcane knowledge of the secret history of Western civilization to compose this impressive treatise.

Informacje bibliograficzne