The Celtic DruidsCosimo, Inc., 2007 M06 1 - 532 páginas Or, An Attempt to show, that The Druids were the Priests of Oriental Colonies Who Emigrated from India; and were the Introducers of the First or Cadmean System of Letters, and the Builders of Stonehenge, of Carnac, and of Other Cyclopean Works, in Asia and Europe. Complete with many informative prints and maps. Partial Contents: Necessity of Etymology; Alphabets; Changes in Language; Druids acquainted with Letters; Irish, Greek, and Hebrew Letters the same; Hieroglyphics; Ciphering invented before Letters; Virgil a Druid; Genesis; Persia, India, and China, the Depositaries, not the Inventors of Science; Who the Celtf were; Affinity between the Latin, Sanscrit, and Celtic; Term Barbarian; Arrival of Phoenician Colonies in Ireland; Origin of Irish Fables; Derivation of the word Britain; Hero Gods; Derivation of the words: Albion, Druid, Vates and Bards; Britain known to Aristotle; Road to Britain lost, like that to America and Australia; magnetic Needle; Ancient Oracles founded by Celtf; Druids probably Pythagoreans; Cross common to Greeks, Egyptians, and Indians; Monograms of Christ; Druids admitted the Creation of Matter; Festivals removed by the precession of the Equinoxes; Druid Festival of Christmas; Mother of the Gods; Baal; Gods of India and Ireland the same; Chaldees of the Jews; St. Patrick; A single Plain Stone the Origin of Idolatry; Rocking-Stones or Logan Stones; Circular Temples, Stonehenge and Abury; Stonehenge not a Roman, Saxon, or Danish Work; Ancient Superstitions respecting Numbers; Observations on Hebrew Chronology; Hierarchy of the Druids; Druids Assertors of their Country's Liberty; Immortality of the Soul and Metempsychosis; Druids had an excellent System ofMorals; Mistletoe and other Sacred Plants; Institution of Priesthoods an Evil. |
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Abury | xviii |
14 | xxix |
Rowldrich | xxxv |
Telescopes known to the Druids | 114 |
Gunpowder | 115 |
CHAPTER IV | 117 |
Two Nations of Hyperboreans | 119 |
The Ancient Oracles founded by Celtæ | 120 |
Abaris | 123 |
Abaris probably a Native of Ireland | 124 |
Druids probably Pythagoreans | 125 |
S aen at Rowldrich ib 162 Kistvaer 18 Kistvaen in Clatford Bottom near Rowldrich ib 19 | xxxvi |
Cave at New Grange | xxxviii |
21 | xxxviii |
23 Temples in Germany | xliv |
Fire Tower at Brechin Scotland | xlvi |
Fire Tower at Donoughmore | xlviii |
Lanyon Cromleh | l |
Celts 1 | l |
Hurlers in Cornwall and Classerniss in Scotland | liv |
Botalleh Circles in Cornwall ib 30 Tolmen in the Parish of Constantine Cornwall | lix |
Logan Stones Lands End in Cornwall | lxii |
British Coins | lxvi |
Iodhan Moran found in Ireland | lxix |
Brimham Yorkshire | lxxii |
Rudstone East Riding of Yorkshire | lxxiv |
Vitrified Fort Scotland | lxxx |
Stones of Stennis Scotland | lxxxvi |
CHAPTER II | xc |
SECT PAGE 1 Preliminary Observations | 1 |
Necessity of Etymology | 2 |
Alphabets | 3 |
Changes in Language | 6 |
Theory respecting Figures | 7 |
Division of the Year and Circle | 9 |
Druids acquainted with Letters | 10 |
Objection to the Passage of Cæsars | 12 |
Ingenuity of Mr Ledwich | 14 |
Two Ancient Alphabets | 15 |
Irish Greek and Hebrew Letters the same | 16 |
Slight Difference in the Alphabets | 17 |
English and Arabic Alphabets the same as the others | 18 |
Ogams of Ireland | 19 |
Hercules Ogmius | 20 |
Ogam Writings yet exist | 21 |
Affinity between the Languages | 22 |
Argument concluded | 23 |
Peculiarity of the Irish Alphabet | 24 |
Irish Letters compared with Hebrew | 25 |
Possible Use of the above System | 26 |
Hieroglyphics | 27 |
Ciphering invented before Letters | 28 |
A Mazy Concern | 29 |
Holy Fury | 31 |
Virgil a Druid | 32 |
Runes of the North | 33 |
Allusions to Trees | 34 |
When the Ogham Writing was invented | 36 |
Picts Towers | 37 |
SECT PAGE 1 Tenth Chapter of Genesis | 38 |
The Eleventh Chapter of Genesis misplaced | 39 |
The Authors Hypothesis supported by Mr Bryant | 40 |
Transposition of Part of the Eleventh Chapter of Genesis | 41 |
Great Knowledge displayed in the Tenth Chapter of Genesis | 42 |
DHerbelots Opinion | 43 |
St Jerom respecting Babylon and Shinar | 44 |
Baillies Hypothesis on a Primeval Nation | 45 |
Opinions of Baillie Buffon and Linné on the Earth and on Man | 47 |
Baillies Reasons for his Hypothesis | 48 |
Baillie on the Sevenday Cycle | 49 |
Sir W Drummond supports Baillie | 50 |
Mr Ledwich also supports Baillie | 51 |
Persia India and China the Depositaries not the Inventors of Science | 52 |
Who the Celta were | 53 |
The Celta were Gomerians | 54 |
Pezrons Summary of the different Opinions | 56 |
Observation respecting the Opposition of Priests | 57 |
The Umbri and Etruscans | 58 |
Affinity between the Latin Sanscrit and Celtic | 59 |
Affinity between the Hebrew and the Celtic | 62 |
Affinity between the Greek Sanscrit and Celtic | 64 |
The Term Barbarian | 66 |
The Celtic the First Swarm from the Parent Hive | 67 |
Swarms cast off into the South | 68 |
Nothing to impede the Advance of the Tribes | 69 |
Example of the Cimbri | 71 |
Reflections on the Example of the Cimbri | 76 |
Reasons against the Existence of an Ancient Nation not valid | 77 |
The Scythians | 78 |
Colonel Vallencey impolitic | 79 |
Origin of the Irish Fables | 81 |
Irish Bards | 83 |
Mr OConnors Doctrines not approved by the Author | 85 |
SECT PAGE 1 Derivation of the word Britain | 88 |
Digression respecting the Hero Gods | 89 |
Derivation of the word Britain continued | 90 |
Whitakers Derivation of the word Britain | 91 |
Derivation of Bretagne in Gaul | 92 |
Derivation of the word Albion | 94 |
Derivation of the words Vates and Bards | 95 |
Britain how peopled | 97 |
Mr Daviess Opinion of the First Settlers | 99 |
A Passage from a Poem of Taliessins | 100 |
Population of Britain at the Roman Invasion | 101 |
Britain known to Aristotle | 102 |
Britain first discovered by Pytheas of Marseilles | 103 |
The Old Greeks knew more of Britain than their Successors | 104 |
Geographical Ignorance of Strabo and the Greeks of his Time | 105 |
Ireland known to the Early Greeks | 106 |
Road to Britain lost like that to America and Australia | 107 |
The Magnetic Needle | 110 |
The Cross common to Greeks Egyptians and Indians | 126 |
Monograms of Christ | 128 |
The Druids adored the Cross | 130 |
The Old not more than the New Testament miraculously protected from Error | 132 |
this not intended to teach Chronology or Geology | 133 |
Mosaic Chronology | 134 |
Observations on the last Section | 135 |
The Druids admitted the Creation of Matter | 137 |
Cuvier on the Structure of the Earth | 138 |
Observations on the last Section | 139 |
Meaning of the First Verse of Genesis | 140 |
Eternity of Matter | 141 |
Further Observations respecting Genesis | 143 |
Mr OConnors Doctrines further considered | 145 |
Difference of Opinion respecting Chronology | 146 |
Sir Wm Drummond respecting Chronology | 147 |
CHAPTER V | 149 |
The Naurutz in India and Persia | 151 |
Opinions of Faber Maurice and Collyer | 154 |
The Question of the Bramin Backreckoning | 155 |
A Practice of the Guebres of India | 158 |
The Cushites of Mr Maurice | 160 |
The Druid Festival of Christmas | 162 |
Origin of the word Lord | 164 |
Gods of the British Islands | 166 |
System of M Pictet of Geneva | 167 |
Aesar Intellectual Fire or Logh | 168 |
The Mother of the Gods | 169 |
Molloch | 171 |
Cearas and Ceara or Ceres | 172 |
Nath | 173 |
Samhan or BalSab | 174 |
Esmun | 175 |
Explanation of some Ancient Doctrines | 176 |
The first Cabiri Three in Number | 177 |
The Cabiri of the Phoenicians | 179 |
Baal | 180 |
SECT PAGE 24 ChodiaGod | 182 |
Gods of India and Ireland the same | 183 |
Magusan Hercules ib 28 The Culdees | 185 |
Chaldees of the Jews | 189 |
Chaldean Priests the same as the Magi | 190 |
Bryants and Aikins Account of the Chaldees | 191 |
The Culdees succeeded by Hereditary Descent | 193 |
Derivation of the word Culdee | 194 |
Bramham in Yorkshire | 196 |
Jupiter and Janus | 198 |
St Columba | 199 |
Human Sacrifices by St Patrick | 202 |
Coarbs at Iona | 203 |
Coarbs in Wales and Ireland | 205 |
St Patrick | 206 |
CHAPTER VI | 207 |
CHAP | 208 |
A single Plain Stone the Origin of Idolatry | 209 |
The Grecian Lithoi | 210 |
The Lithoi of the Israelites | 211 |
The Lithoi or Cromlehs of the Britons | 212 |
The different Uses of these Stones | 213 |
Rock Idols | 216 |
Kistvaens or Monuments of Four Stones | 217 |
Carns | 218 |
RockingStones or Logan Stones | 222 |
How to account for the RockingStones | 223 |
RockingStones common in Britain | 224 |
Tolmen | 225 |
Tumuli and Dwarfy Stone | 226 |
Deisul or Deiseal | 228 |
Groves | 229 |
SECT PAGE 18 Circular Temples Stonehenge and Abury | 230 |
Stonehenge not a Roman Saxon or Danish Work | 232 |
Circular Temples of the Israelites | 233 |
Vallencey and others on Ancient Circular Temples | 235 |
Number of the Circles is not a Proof that they are not Temples | 238 |
Agreement of the Number of Stones in the Circles with the Ancient Cycles | 239 |
The Crosses and Globes at Iona and the Ancient Cycles | 242 |
Ancient Superstitions respecting Numbers | 244 |
Theory of the Origin of Letters of the First Chapter resumed | 247 |
Theory of the Origin of Numbers of the First Chapter resumed | 250 |
Doctrines of Sir William Jones controverted | 252 |
The Pelasgi | 258 |
Subject of the last Section continued | 261 |
Curious Proofs of the Truth of the last and of the Section preceding it | 264 |
Observations on Hebrew Chronology | 268 |
CHAPTER VII | 271 |
The Druids obtained the chief Power | 274 |
The Druids the Assertors of their Countrys Liberty | 276 |
Celta and Druids in Germany ib 5 Same Priests in Persia Judea and Britain | 279 |
Druids superintend the Education of Youth | 281 |
Immortality of the Soul and Metempsychosis | 283 |
S Druids had an excellent System of Morals | 284 |
Judges and Administrators of the Law | 285 |
Misletoe and other Sacred Plants | 286 |
Worship of the Serpent and the Anguinum | 288 |
Worship of the Sun in Taurus | 290 |
Human Sacrifices | 291 |
The Institution of Priesthoods an Evil | 297 |
APPENDIX | 301 |
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