of Jesus, 215;
of Crishna, 215;
of Rama, 216;
of Buddha, 216;
of Lao-Kiun, 216;
of Zoroaster, 216;
of AEsculapius, 217;
of Osiris, 222;
Atys, 222;
Mithras, 222.

_Asceticism_, as practiced among the Christians, of great
antiquity, 400.

_Ashera_, the, or upright emblem, stood in the Temple at Jerusalem,
47.

_Asia_, the continent of, at one time joined to America, 541;
America inhabited from, 454, 533.

_Asia Minor_, the people persecuted in by orders of Constantius, 448.

_Asita_, the holy Rishi, visits Buddha at his birth, 151.

_Asoka_, the council of, 303.

_Assyrian Dove_, the, a symbol of the Holy Ghost, 400.

_Assyrians_, the, worshiped a sun-god called Sandon, 74;
had an account of a war in Heaven, 388;
kept the seventh day holy, 393.

_Astaroth_, the goddess, saved the life of a Grecian maiden, 39.

_Astarte_, or Mylitta, worshiped by the Hebrews, 108.

_Astrology_, practiced by the ancients, 141, 142.

_Astronomers_, the ancient Egyptians great, 547.

_Astronomy_, understood by the ancient Chinese, 544.

_Athanasian Creed_, the, 381.

_Athens_, the Parthenon of, 333.

_Atlas_, a personification of the sun, 83.

_Atonement_, the doctrine of, taught before the time of Christ
Jesus, 181.

_Atys_, the Crucified, 190;
is called the "Only-begotten Son," and "Saviour," 190;
rose from the dead, 223.

_Augustine, St._, saw men and women without heads, 437.

_Aurora placida_, made into St. Aura and St. Placida, 399.

_Avatar_, Jesus considered an, 111;
a star at birth of every, 143, 479;
an "Angel-Messiah," a "Christ," 196;
an, expected about every 600 years, 426.

B.

_Baal_, and Moloch, worshiped by the children of Israel, 108.

_Baal-peor_, the Priapos of the Jews, 47.

_Babel_, the tower of, 33;
literally "the Gate of God," 34;
built at Babylon, 34;
a parallel to in other countries, 35;
built for astronomical purposes, 35.

_Babylonian Captivity_, the, put an end to Israel's idolatry, 108.

_Bacab_, the Son, in the Mexican Trinity, 378.

_Bacchus_, performed miracles, 50;
passed through the Red Sea dry-shod, 51;
divided the waters of the rivers Or