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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.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Anacalypsis: An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil of the Saitic or an
Inquiry into the Origin of Languages, Nations and Religions' is the
result of more than twenty years of research by Godfrey Higgins and
is an effort by the author to uncover 'a most ancient and universal
religion from which all later creeds and doctrines sprang.' A
lengthy and extensively researched history, 'Anacalypsis' provides
valuable insight into the origins of religion. Presented here is
the first of two parts of the first of two volumes.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1836 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1829 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1836 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1827 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1836 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1836 Edition.
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