In Twelve Lectures Comprising a Detailed Account of the Rites and Ceremonies, Doctrines and Discipline of all the Secret and Mysterious Institutions of the Ancient World. Contents: General Introduction; History of Initiation in Hindostan; Philosophy of the Eastern Mysteries; Initiation in Persia; History of Initiation in Greece; Ceremonies of Initiation into the Mysteries of Bacchus; Places of Initiation into the Celtic Mysteries; Ceremonies of Initiation in Britain; Symbols and Doctrines of the Druids; History of Initiation into the Gothic Mysteries; Doctrines and Morality; History of Initiation in America; Corollary.
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This is a facsimile of the book "The History of Initiation, in twelve lectures; comprising a detailed account of the rites and ceremonies, doctrines and discipline of all the secret and mysterious institutions of the ancient world" by Rev. George Oliver, D.D., published by Richard Spencer, London, in 1841. This work is not in copyright.
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diluvian waters, grand period, idolatrous nations, celestial gods, mystical death, solar fire, meridian sun, mysterious rites Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bhagvat Geeta, British Druids, Diodorus Siculus, Welsh Archmol, Arthur's Round Table, British Coins, Caer Sidi, Lady of the Lake, Museum of the Asiatic Society, Owen's Diet, Richardson's Dissertation, Tetragrammaton of the Jews, Welsh Archaeol New!
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