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1912. Contents: The Chaldeans; Sketch of the History of Chaldean Astronomy and Its Influence Upon the Religion; Babylonia and Greece; Dissemination in the West; Power of Astrology; Hermetic Books; Israel and Astrology; The Oriental Mysteries; Theology; Sacred Numbers; The Sun as the Highest God; Development of Solar Theology; Astral Mysticism Ethics and Cult; Mystic Element in Astral Religion; Cosmic Emotion; Eschatology; Astral Mysticism as a Preparation for the Future Life; Principal Doctrines; Magic Processes.

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DURING the period of the French Revolution citizen Dupuis, in three bulky volumes "On the Origin of all Forms of Worship" (1794), developed the idea that the primary source of religion was the spectacle of celestial phenomena and the ascertainment of their correspondence with earthly events, and he undertook to show that the myths of all peoples and all times were nothing but a set of astronomical combinations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sidereal theology, sidereal gods, sidereal religion, divine stars, astral religion, learned theology Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Asia Minor, Most High, Philip of Opus, Philo the Jew, Vettius Valens New!
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