The Celtic DruidsCosimo, 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. |
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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 |
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