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Astral Worship eBook, page 2J. H. Hill, M. D."Now, what I want is--facts."-- Boz.CONTENTS.INTRODUCTION5THE GEOCENTRIC SYSTEM OF NATUREThe Earth13The FirmamentThe Planets1314The ConstellationsThe Zodiac1515THE SACRED NUMBERS 7 AND 12THE TWELVE THOUSAND YEAR CYCLECourtesy of AstroLibrary.org131718
Astral Worship eBook, page 3THE ANCIENT TRIADGOD SOL1922THE ANCIENT COSMOGONY30FALL AND REDEMPTION OF MAN31INCARNATIONS OF GOD SOL33FABLE OF THE TWELVE LABORS36ANNIVERSARIES OF SOLAR WORSHIPThe Nativity40Epiphany or Twelfth Day41Lent or Lenten Season42Passion WeekPassion Plays404445Resurrection and Easter FestivalAnnunciationAscensionAssumption46484949The Lord's Supper50Transubstantiation50Autumnal CrucifixionMichaelmas5156PERSONIFICATIONS OF THE DIVISIONS OF TIMEThe Hours57The Days57The Months58The Seasons60Courtesy of AstroLibrary.org57
Astral Worship eBook, page 4Half Year of Increasing Days63Half Year of Decreasing Days63Last Quarter of the Year64ZODIACAL SYMBOLS OF SOLAR WORSHIPThe Sphinx65The Dragon66The Bull67The Ram68The Lamb68The Fish6471SIGNS OF THE CROSS72FUTURE REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTSThe Oriental System75The Occidental System75The Second or General JudgmentJEWISH, OR ANCIENT CHRISTIANITYTHE PROPHECIES777983ROMAN OR MODERN CHRISTIANITYFREEMASONRY AND DRUIDISM88109THE SABBATH117PIOUS FRAUDS121CONCLUSION125Courtesy of AstroLibrary.org74
Astral Worship eBook, page 5INTRODUCTION.In an article, entitled "Then and Now," published in the Decembernumber, 1890, of "The Arena," its author, a distinguished UnitarianD.D. of Boston, Mass., says. "Astronomy has shattered the fallacies ofAstrology; and people have found out that the stars are minding theirown business instead of meddling with theirs." Now, while it is truethat modern Astronomy has superseded the ancient system, and peoplehave ceased to believe that the stars are intervening in mundaneaffairs, nothing could be further from the truth than the assertionthat "Astronomy has shattered the fallacies of Astrology;" and those ofour readers who will accord to this work an unprejudiced perusal canhardly fail to be convinced that a large majority of the people ofChristendom are dominated as much by these fallacies as were our Paganancestry--the only difference being a change of name. The dogmaticelement of religion, which was anciently designated as Astrology, isnow known as Theology.All the evidences bearing upon the subject indicate that the foundersof the primary form of religion were a sect of philosophers, known asMagi, or wise men, of the Aryan race of Central Asia, who, having livedages before any conceptions of the supernatural had obtained in theworld, and speculating relative to the "beginnings of things," werenecessarily confined to the contemplation and study of nature, theCourtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 6elements of which they believed to be self-existent and endless induration; but, being wholly without knowledge of her inherent forces,they explained her manifold processes by conceiving the idea that shewas animated by a great and inherent soul or spirit, emanations fromwhich impressed all her parts with life and motion. Thus, endowing man,and other animals, with souls emanating alike from the imaginary greatsoul of nature, they believed, and taught, that immediately after deathall souls were absorbed into their source, where, as "the dewdrop slipsinto the shining sea," all personal identity was forever lost. Hence wesee that although recognizing the soul as immortal, considering it, notas an entity existing independent of matter, but as the spirit ofmatter itself, the primary religion was the exponent of the purest formof Materialism.Being the Astronomers of their day, and mistaking the apparent for thereal, the ancient Magi constructed that erroneous system of natureknown as the Geocentric, and, in conformity thereto, composed acollection of Astronomical Allegories, in which the emanations from theimaginary great soul of nature, by which they believed allmaterialities we're impressed with life and motion, were personifiedand made to play their respective parts. Basing the religion theyinstituted upon their system of Allegorical Astronomy, and making itspersonifications the objects of worship, they thus originated theanthropomorphic or man-like Gods, and, claiming to have composed themunder the inspiration of these self same divinities, they designatedCourtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 7them as sacred records, or Scriptures, and taught the ignorant massesthat they were literal histories, and their personifications realpersonages, who, having once lived upon earth, and; for the good ofmankind, performed the wondrous works imputed to them, were then inheaven whence they came.Thus we see that the primary religion, which is popularly known asPaganism, was founded in the worship of personified nature; that,according special homage to the imaginary genii of the stars, andinculcating supreme adoration to the divinity supposed to reside in thesun, it was anciently known by the general name of Astrolatry, and bythe more specific one of solar worship; and that its founders,arrogating to themselves the title of Astrologers, gave to its dogmaticelement the name of Astrology.In studying the primitive forms of religion it will be found that noneof them taught anything relative to a future life, for the simplereason that their founders had no conceptions of such a state. Hence itfollows that the laws they enacted were intended solely for theregulation of their social relations, and, to secure their observance,they were embodied into their sacred records and made part of theirreligion. One form of that most ancient worship was known as Sabaism,or Sabism. Another form of the same religion was the Ancient Judaism,as portrayed in the Old Testament, and more especially in thePentateuch, or first five books; in the Decalogue of which the onlyCourtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 8promise made for the observance of one of the Commandments is length ofdays on earth; and, in a general summing up of the blessings and cursesto be enjoyed or suffered, for the observance or violation of the laws,as recorded in the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy, it will be seen theyare all of a temporal character only. At the beginning of the Christianera there were still in existence a sect of Jews known as Sadducees,who were strict adherents to the primitive form of worship, and theirbelief relative to the state of the dead we find recorded inEcclesiastes xii., 7, which reads: "Then shall the dust return to earthas it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it."For ages the doctrine of soul absorption, immediately after death,constituted the belief of mankind; but ultimately recognizing the factthat the temporal punishments of the existing laws were whollyinadequate to the prevention of crime, and conceiving the idea that theignorant and vicious masses could be governed with a surer hand byappealing to the sentiments of hope and fear in relation to the rewardsand punishments of an imaginary future life, the ancient Astrologersresolved to remodel the dogmatic elements of religion so as to includethat doctrine. But realizing the necessity, of suppressing the beliefin the absorption of all souls, immediately after death, they ceased toteach it, and ultimately it was embodied in that secret and unwrittensystem known as the Esoteric philosophy, in which the Astrologersformulated their own private belief, and which for many centuries waskept from the knowledge of the uninitiated by their successors in theCourtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 9priestly office. As they were the sole custodians of the Scriptures,they made do change in their verbiage, but, adding the doctrine offuture rewards and punishments to that written and openly taught systemof faith known as the Exoteric creed, they made it the more impressiveby instituting a system of imposing rites and ceremonies, which theydesignated as Mysteries, into which they initiated the neophytes, andin which were portrayed, in the most vivid manner, the rewards andpunishments of the imaginary future life, which they taught were theawards of the Gods for the observance or violation of the laws. Theseteachings were inculcated in the lesser degrees only, but those whowere found worthy of so great a distinction were also inducted into thehigher degrees, in which was imparted the knowledge of the Esotericphilosophy. In both the lesser and higher degrees the initiatesreceived instruction in an oral manner only; and all were bound by themost fearful oaths not to reveal the secrets imparted to them.Thus were the votaries of the ancient Astral worship divided into twodistinct classes, the Esoterics, or Gnostics; and the Exoterics, orAgnostics; the former comprising those who knew that the Gods weremythical and the scriptures allegorical; and the latter, those who weretaught that the Gods were real, and the scriptures historical; or, inother words, it was philosophy for the cultured few, and religion forthe ignorant multitude. The initiates into the secrets of these twosystems recognized them as the two Gospels; and Paul must have hadreference to them in his Epistle to the Galatians ii., 2, where heCourtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 10distinguishes the Gospel which he preached on ordinary occasions fromthat Gospel which he preached "privately to them which were ofreputation."Such was the system of Astrolatry, which, originating in the Orient,and becoming, after being remodelled in Egypt, the prototype of allOccidental forms of worship, was recognized, successively, as the statereligion of the Grecian and Roman Empires; and we propose to describethe erroneous system of nature upon which it was based, and to developthe origins of its cycles, dogmas, ordinances, anniversaries,personifications and symbols, with the view to proving that it was thevery same system which was ultimately perpetuated under the name ofChristianity. We also propose to present the origins and abridgedhistories of its two forms, the Jewish, or ancient, and the Roman, ormodern; and to give an account of the conflict between the votaries ofthe latter, and the adherents to the established form of worship, whichculminated in the fourth century in the substitution of Christianity asthe state religion of the Roman Empire. We furthermore propose to showthe changes to which the creed and scriptures were subjected during theMiddle Ages, and at the Reformation in the sixteenth century, throughwhich they assumed the phases as now taught in the theologies,respectively of Catholicism and Orthodox Protestantism. We also presentan article relative to Freemasonry and Druidism, for the purpose ofshowing that, primarily, they were but different forms of the ancientAstrolatry. We also devote a few pages to the subjects of the Sabbath,Courtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 11and to that of "Pious Frauds."Note.--For the matter published in this work, we are principallyindebted to the writings of Robert Taylor, an erudite but recusantminister of the church of England, who flourished about seventy yearsago, and who, being too honest to continue to preach what, afterthorough investigation, he did not believe, began to give expression tohis doubts by writing and lecturing. Not being able to cope with hisarguments, the clergy, under the charge of the impossible crime ofblasphemy, had him imprisoned for more than two years, during whichtime he wrote his great work entitled "The Diegesis," which should beread by all persons who are investigating the claim of the Christianreligion to Divine authenticity.THE GEOCENTRIC SYSTEM OF NATURE.In constructing their system of nature, the ancient Astronomersconstituted it of the Earth, the Firmament, the Planets, theConstellations and the Zodiac, and we will refer to them in the ordernamed.Courtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 12The Earth.Believing that the earth was the only world, that it was a vastcircular plane, and that it was the fixed and immovable center aroundwhich revolved the celestial luminaries, the ancient Astronomers, inconformity to the requirement of the doctrine of future rewards andpunishments, as inculcated in the Egyptian Version of the ExotericCreed, divided it into an upper and an under, or nether world, whichthey connected by a sinuous and tenebrious passage.The Firmament.The azure dome, called the firmament in the book of Genesis, wasbelieved to be a solid transparency, which we find described, in thefourth chapter and sixth verse, of that collection of AstronomicalAllegories, called the Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation, "as a sea ofglass like unto crystal." It was represented as being supported by fourpillars, resting upon the earth, one at each of the cardinal points,which were designated as "the pillars of heaven." Conceiving the ideathat there were windows in the firmament, the ancient Astronomerscalled them "the windows of heaven" and taught that they were openedwhen it rained, and closed when it ceased to rain. Hence it is evidentthat the ancient Astronomers did not refer to these pillars and windowsin a figurative sense, but as real appurtenances to a solid firmament,Courtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 13as will be seen by reference to Gen. vii. 11, and viii. 2, Job xxvi.11, and Malachi iii. 10.The Planets.Believing that the stars were but mere flambeaux, suspended beneath thefirmament, and revolving round the earth, for the sole purpose ofgiving it light and heat; and observing that seven of these, answeringto the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, hadperceptible movements, in relation to the other luminaries, the ancientastronomers designated them as planets or wandering stars.The Constellations.Perceiving that the other celestial luminaries maintained the samerelation to each other, and designating them as fixed stars, theancient astronomers grouped those visible to them into forty-eightConstellations; and giving names to these, they also attached names tothe stars of larger magnitude, which was done for the purpose oflocating and distinguishing them with greater ease.The Zodiac.Courtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 14Through twelve of these Constellations, mostly contained within a beltof 16 degrees in width, and within which the planets appeared torevolve, the ancient astronomers inscribed a central line representingthe Ecliptic, or apparent orbit of the sun, which they divided into 360degrees; and quartering these to denote the seasons, they named thecardinal points the Summer and Winter Solstices, and the Vernal andAutumnal Equinoxes; the former referring to the longest and shortestdays of the year; and the latter to the two periods when the days andnights are equal. An abbreviatory sign having been attached to each ofthese constellations, the great celestial belt containing them wascalled "the wheel of the signs," or "a wheel in the middle of a wheel,"as designated by that old Astrologer, Ezekiel the Prophet, in chap. i.and 16th verse. But for the reason that, with only one exception, theforms of living things, either real or mythical, were given to them,this belt, ultimately, wad designated as the Zodiac; or Circle ofliving Creatures, see Ezekiel, chap. i. Constituting the essentialfeature of the ancient Astronomy, we present, in our frontispiece, adiagram of the Zodiac, as anciently represented, to which, as well asto Burritts' Celestial Atlas, our readers will be necessitated to makefrequent reference.[See plate1.gif]Recent researches among the ruins of ancient cities have developed theCourtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 15fact that several centuries before the beginning of our era theastronomers had invented the telescope, and discovered the true orheliocentric system of nature; but for the reason that religion hadbeen based upon the false, or geocentric system, it was deemed prudentnot to teach it to the masses. Hence, hiding it away among the othersecrets of the Esoteric philosophy, the knowledge of it was lost duringthe Middle Ages; and when rediscovered, the hierarchy of the Church ofRome, upon the plea that it was contrary to the teachings of Scripture,resorted to inquisitorial tortures to suppress its promulgation; but,in spite of all their efforts, it has been universally accepted; and,in this otherwise enlightened age, we have presented to us the anomalyof a religion based upon a false system of Astronomy, while itsvotaries believe in the true system.THE SACRED NUMBERS 7 AND 12.In reference to the planets, and the signs of the Zodiac, the numbersseven and twelve were recognized as sacred by the ancient Astrologers,and dedications were made to them in all kinds and sorts of forms. Inthe allegories, the genii of the planets were designated as spirits ormessengers to the Supreme Deity, imaginarily enthroned above thefirmament, which we find described in Revelations iv. 5, as "Sevenlamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits ofCourtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 16God;" and which were represented by lights burning in seven branchedcandlesticks set before the altars in the temples; the central lightfor the Sun; the Moon, Mercury and Venus on one side; and Mars, Jupiterand Saturn on the other. The seven branched candlesticks seen in allCatholic churches, and in some Protestant ones, are intended torepresent the same planetary system.Among the numerous dedications to the genii of the planets we mentionthe seven days of the week, the seven stories of the tower of Babylon,the seven gates of Thebes, the seven piped flute of Pan, the sevenstringed lyre of Apollo, the seven books of fate, the book of sevenseals, the seven castes into which the Egyptians and East Indians weredivided, and the jubilee of seven times seven years. Among thededications to the twelve signs we mention the twelve months of theyear, the grand cycle of 12,000 years, the twelve altars of James, thetwelve labors of Hercules, the twelve divisions of the EgyptianLabyrinth, the twelve shields of Mars, the twelve precious stones,ranged in threes to denote the seasons, in the breastplate of HighPriest, the twelve foundations of the Sacred City, referred to in theBook of Revelation, the twelve sons of Jacob, the twelve tribes ofIsrael, and the twelve Disciples. In the Book of Revelation alone thenumber 7 is repeated twenty-four times, and the number 12 fourteentimes.Courtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 17THE TWELVE THOUSAND YEAR CYCLE.In determining the duration of the period within which were to occurthe events taught in the doctrines of the Exoteric Creed, the ancientAstrologers dedicated a thousand years to each of the signs of theZodiac, and thus inaugurating the cycle of twelve thousand years,taught that, at its conclusion, the heaven and the earth, which theybelieved to be composed of the indestructible elements of fire, air,earth and water, would, through the agency of the first of these, bereduced to chaos, as a preliminary to the reorganization of a newheaven and a new earth at the beginning of the succeeding cycle. Suchwas the origin of the grand cycle of the ancient Astrolatry, and itmust be borne in mind that its authors made its conclusion tocorrespond in time and circumstance to the doctrines relating to thefinale of the plan of redemption.THE ANCIENT TRIAD.After conceiving the idea of a primeval chaos, constituted of fourindestructible elements of which fire was the leading one, the Orientalastrologers began to indulge in speculations relative to the agencieswhich were engaged in its organization. Having no knowledge of theCourtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 18forces inherent in nature, they imputed this work to threeintelligences, which, embodying the All in All, they personified by thefigure of a man with three heads, and to this trinity gave the names ofBrahma, Vishnu and Siva. Such a figure, carved in stone, may be seen inthe island Cave of Elephanta, near Bombay, India, and is popularlybelieved to represent the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer; but, indetermining their true signification, we must be governed by theancient teachings that "All things were made by one god-head with threenames, and this God is all things." Hence the conclusion isirresistible that the first person represents neither the creator nororganizer of chaos, but chaos itself; the second person, its organizerand governor; and the third person, the agent in nature which impressesall her parts with life and motion; the latter being the imaginarygreat soul or spirit inculcated in the Esoteric philosophy. In supportof this opinion it will be found that the Egyptian Triad of Father, Sonand Spirit is virtually the same we have assigned to its Orientalprototype. Thus we see that to the ancient Astrolatry Christendom isindebted for the Trinity of"God the Father, God the Son,God the Spirit--three in one."But, having ascribed supreme intelligence or reason to its secondperson, under the name of the Logos, or Word, and designating its thirdperson as the Holy Ghost, the ancient Triad was usually formulated asCourtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 19the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost, as may be seen by reference tothe text in the allegories which we find recorded in I John v. 7, whichreads that "There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, theWord and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one."Considered in some forms of Astrolatry as too sacred to attach a nameto the triune Deity, he was called "the One," and we find him thusdesignated in the 4th chapter of Revelation, where, like Zeus andJupiter, of the Grecian and Roman mythologies, he is represented asseated above the firmament, upon a throne from which "proceededlightnings and thunderings," and to whom all, the subordinatedivinities were made to pay homage. As the hurler of thunderbolts hewas called "the Thunderer," and as the opener of the windows of heaven,when it rained, he was designated "Jupiter Pluvius." Such was theancient Triad made to say of himself, in an inscription found in theruins of the temple at Sais in Egypt, "I am all that has been, all thatis, and all that shall be, and no mortal has lifted yet the veil thatcovers me;" and such was the Triunity referred to as the God Universeby Pliny, the Roman philosopher and naturalist, who, flourishing in thefirst century of the Christian era, wrote that he is "An infinite Godwhich has never been created, and which shall never come to an end. Tolook for something else beyond it is useless labor for man and out ofhis reach. Behold that truly sacred Being, eternal and immense, whichincludes within itself everything; it is All in All, or rather itselfis All. It is the work of nature, and itself is nature."Courtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 20Thus we see that, although inculcating homage to a multitude ofsubordinate divinities, the ancient Astrolatry was only an apparentPolytheism; its enlightened votaries, recognizing the dogma of theunity of God, were in reality Monotheists, paying supreme adoration tothe mythical genius of the Sun, to whom we will now direct attention.GOD SOL.In determining the characteristics of the supreme divinity of astralworship, it must be borne in mind that its founders taught that he wasevolved or engendered by the Father, or first person in the sacredTriad, from his pure substance, which as we have shown was constitutedof chaos or the primeval fire into which they supposed all things werereduced through the agency of that element at the conclusion of 12,000year cycles. Hence, designating that mythical being as the onlybegotten of the Father, they personified him as God the Son, or secondperson in the sacred Triad; and recognizing the Sun as the ruling star,very appropriately made him the presiding genius of that luminary,under the title of God Sol. According homage to light as his chiefattribute, he is referred to in the allegories as "The true Light,which lighteth every man that cometh into the world," John i., 9; and,although designated as the only begotten of the Father, hisCourtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 21co-existence with him, under the title of the Logos or Word, is shownin the text which reads, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Wordwas with God, and the Word was God," John i., 1.Personifying the principles of Good and Evil in God Sol, the ancientAstrologers consecrated the six divisions of the 12,000 year cycle,corresponding to the reproductive months of Spring and Summer, to himas Lord of Good, and symbolizing him by the constellation of the Zodiacin which the Vernal Equinox successively occurred, as explainedhereafter, they dedicated the six divisions of that cycle,corresponding to the destructive months of Autumn and Winter, to him asLord of Evil, and as such, symbolizing him by the serpent, marked thebeginning of his reign by the constellation "Serpens," placed inconjunction with the Autumnal Equinox. Personifying in him the opposingprinciples of Good and Evil, he was to the ancients both God and Devil,or the varied God, who, in relation to the seasons, was described asbeautiful in Spring, powerful in Summer, beneficent in Autumn andterrible in Winter. Thus under various names, intended to represent GodSol in relation to the diversified seasons, we find recorded in theScriptures, or solar fables, numerous portrayals of imaginaryconflicts, in which the Evil principle, triumphing during Autumn andWinter, is conquered at the Vernal Equinox by the Good principle, who,bringing back equal days and nights, restores the harmony of nature.The eternal enmity between the principles of Good and Evil, asCourtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 22manifested in the diversity of the seasons, we find portrayed in theConstellations Hercules and Draco, placed in the northern heavens, inwhich the heel of the former, representing one of the most ancient ofthe imaginary incarnations of God Sol, to which we will referhereafter, is resting upon the head of the latter, as referred to inGenesis iii., 15, which makes God Sol, or the Lord God, say to theserpent, "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thyseed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise hisheel." The woman alluded to in this text is the Virgo of the Zodiac, aswill be made apparent hereafter.[See plate2.gif]Of all the divinities of the ancient mythology God Sol was the only onedistinguished by the exalted title of Lord or Lord God, for the reasonthat he was made the organizer of chaos and governor of heaven andearth. Hence, having constituted him the lord of light and darkness, aswell as good and evil, the ancient astrologers in composing the solarfables made him say of himself, "I form the light and create darkness;I make peace and create evil, I the Lord do all these things," Isaiahxlv., 7. "Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not doneit?" Amos iii., 6. Besides the title of Lord or Lord God, the solardivinity is also designated in the allegories as the Lord of Lords andthe King of Kings, the Invincible, the Mighty God, etc.Courtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 23Subjecting the mythical genius of the sun, in his apparent annualrevolution round the earth, to the four stages of human life frominfancy to old age, the ancient Magi fixed the natal day of the youngGod Sol at the winter solstice, the Virgo of the Zodiac was made hismother, and the constellation in conjunction with her, which is nowknown as Bootes, but anciently called Arcturus, his foster father. Heis represented as holding in leash two hunting dogs and driving UrsaMajor, or the Great Bear, around the north pole, thus showing that theoriginal occupation of the celestial foster father of the young God Solwas that of a bear driver, and that his sons, referred to in jobxxxviii., 32, are the dogs Asterion and Chara. It will be observed thatVirgo is represented in our illustration with a child in her arms, forthe reason that she is so represented in the ancient Zodiacs, and thefact will be readily conceded that she is the only Virgin who couldgive birth to a child and be a virgin still.[See plate3.gif]THE ANCIENT COSMOGONY.Speculating relative to the order in which chaos had been organized,the ancient Astrologers constructed a Cosmogony, which divided thelabors of God the Son, or second person in the Trinity, into sixCourtesy of AstroLibrary.org
Astral Worship eBook, page 24periods of a thousand years each; and which, answering to the sixdivisions of the 12,000 year cycle corresponding to the reproductivemonths of Spring and Summer, taught that in the first period he madethe earth; in the second, the firmament; in the third, vegetation; inthe fourth, the Sun and Moon and "the stars also;" in the fifth, theanimals, fishes, birds, etc., and in the sixth, Man.That vegetation was made before the Sun was not an inconsistent idea tothe originators of the ancient Cosmogony. They imagined that the heatand light, emanating from the elementary fire, were sufficient tostimulate its growth, after which God the Son gathered it toge
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