-idea,
which investigation serves to accentuate the conclusions arrived at in
the Evolution of Woman relative to the inheritance of each of the two
lines of sexual demarcation.

E.B.G.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

I.--SEX THE FOUNDATION OF THE GOD-IDEA
II.--TREE, PLANT, AND FRUIT WORSHIP
III.--SUN WORSHIP--FEMALE AND MALE ENERGIES IN THE SUN
IV.--THE DUAL GOD OF THE ANCIENTS A TRINITY ALSO
V.--SEPARATION OF THE FEMALE AND MAKE ELEMENTS IN THE DEITY
VI.--CIVILIZATION OF AN ANCIENT RACE
VII.--CONCEALMENT OF THE EARLY DOCTRINES
VIII.--THE ORIGINAL GOD-IDEA OF THE ISRAELITES
IX.--THE PHOENICIAN AND HEBREW GOD SET OR SETH
X.--ANCIENT SPECULATIONS CONCERNING CREATION
XI.--FIRE AND PHALLIC WORSHIP
XII.--AN ATTEMPT TO PURIFY THE SENSUALIZED FAITHS
XIII.--CHRISTIANITY A CONTINUATION OF PAGANISM
XIV.--CHRISTIANITY A CONTINUATION OF PAGANISM--(Continued)
XV.--CHRISTIANITY IN IRELAND
XVI.--STONES OR COLUMNS AS THE DEITY
XVII.--SACRIFICES
XVIII.--THE CROSS AND A DYING SAVIOR

THE GOD-IDEA OF THE ANCIENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

Through a study of the primitive god-idea as manifested in monumental
records in various parts of the world; through scientific investigation
into the early religious conceptions of mankind as expressed by symbols
which appear in the architecture and decorations of sacred edifices and
shrines; by means of a careful examination of ancient holy objects and
places still extant in every quarter of the globe, and through the study
of antique art, it is not unlikely that a line of investigation has
been marked out whereby a tolerably correct knowledge of the processes
involved in our present religious systems may be obtained. The
numberless figures and sacred emblems which appear carved in
imperishable stone in the earliest cave temples; the huge towers,
monoliths, and rocking stones found in nearly every country of the
globe, and which are known to be closely connected with primitive belief
and worship, and the records found on tablets which are being unearthed
in various parts of the world, are, with the unravelling of extinct
tongues, proving an almost inexhaustible source for obtaining
information bearing upon the early history of the human race, and,
together, furnish indisputable evidence of the origin, development, and
unity of religious faiths.

By comparing the languages used by the earlier