y be observed the
words Deo Soli, which inscription signifies either "to the only God," or
"to the God Sol."

Of the various so-called Christian antiquities which cover the walls of
the Vatican, we are assured by those who have acquainted themselves with
the signification of pagan symbolism that "they have no more reference
to Christianity than they have to the Emperor of China." The same may
be said with reference to the representations on the walls of the
Catacombs.

Crishna, who was the equinoctial sun in Aries, appeared 2160 years after
the first Buddha, who was the equinoctial sun in Taurus. According to
Plutarch they were both modern gods when compared with the deities which
gave names to the planets. Buddha, or the sun in Taurus, was worshipped
in the form of a bull. Crishna, or the sun in Aries, was adored under
the figure of a ram with a man's head. The true significance of these
figures was the fructifying sun or reproductive energy as manifested in
animal life, and this meaning to those who worshipped them was identical
with the carved figures on the caves of India, the Lares and Penates of
the Romans, and the stone pillars or crosses in the market-places and at
the intersection of roads in Brittany.

Eusebius says that at Elephanta they adored a Deity in the figure of a
man in a sitting posture painted blue, having the head of a ram with the
horns of a goat encircling a disk. The Deity thus described is said to
be of astronomical origin, denoting the power of the sun in Aries.

This figure, which was one of the representations of the sun-god
Crishna, was worshipped both in India and in Egypt. In various of the
manifestations of this Deity he appears in the act of killing a
serpent. He was the dead man on a cross and also the sun, which
although continually dying is constantly being revived again. Various
incarnations of this God have appeared as crucified saviors.

Of the avatar of Crishna known as Ballaji or Baal-Jah little is
positively known. Indeed there seems to be some impenetrable mystery
surrounding this figure, which makes it impossible for scholars to
absolutely prove that which by means of the evidence at hand amounts
almost to a certainty.

A print by Moore of this god represents him in the shape of a Romish
crucifix, but although there is a nail hole in his foot he is not
transfixed to a wooden cross. Instead of a crown of thorns a Parthian
coronet encircles his head. As all the avatars o