Alexander and Darius' table, 328; in Angels, guardian, in East and West, its library, 2. its philosophy in India, 306. to be pestered, 138. 219. Alonzo the Brave, 371. America, &c., 21, 24, 26, 27, 30, 40, Amnon and Tamar, 235. Amours of Apollo and Zeus, 264. Anacalypsis, 15. Anahuac, 47. Ananias and Sapphira, 44. Ancient and modern virgin mothers, 266. civilizations, 26, 27. in Palestine, 27. in peoples, 29, 32, 37. Anchises and Venus, 271. Anchorites, 190, 265. absurd conception of, by artists, 315, 318. and archangels, 322, 334. and book-keeping, 329, 330. - and demigods, gods, and saints, and devils, 319, 328. and Jesus, 349. and phantoms, 322, 323. and prophets, 319-322. and their deeds, 334-336. arms and wings of, 316, 317. belief in, implies, 315. Christian ideas of, 314, 324. Darius and, 328. demigods and, 323, 326. devils and, 319. Enoch, book of, and, 366. for children, 343-what? 362. gods and, 324, 328, 349. guardian, 330, 334, 343, 349. Andaman islands, 66. Androgyne deity, 7. Anecdotes, 64, 71, 340-see also 360. Angels and devils, 129. history, biblical, of, 357, 360. Angels in ancient Italy, 313, 316. 326. 349. 334. in Babylonia, 316, 328, 331. in Heaven, 332. in Hindostan, 313. in Palestine, 314-316, 333. in Persia, 325, 326. in Rome, 329. of death, 326. of heirs of salvation, 344. of hell, 334, 343. of marriage, 343, 344. of New Testament, 340. of the heavens, 329, 330, 336. of the presente, 332. of the sun, sea, &c., 350. INDEX. of the victualling department, pictorial representations of, 316, recorders, 349. talk with men, 354. their duties, 314-324, 326, 329, their gender, 313. Apocalypse, 15, 130-seq., 183.. Apollo, 94, 302. and his amours, 264. angel of the sun, 350. as a woman, impregnates Leu- father of Augustus, 270. not celibate, 195. Apotheosis of a ghost, 376. Apparitions authenticated, 381. why winged, 312, 313, 315, 322. Apples and love, 289. wings of, 316, 324. wishing caps and, 314. Anger and fools, 218. Anglicans, 62. why they become Romans, 402. Animal versus intellectual, 419. Animals and man, 155. without moral law, 159. Apsaras, Hindoo, angels, female, 96, Annas and Caiaphas, 35. Annihilation, 128-see "Nirvana.” Annunciation, Buddhist, the, 185. Anquetil du Perron, 252. Answer, a soft, 212. Anthony, Saint-his temptation, 96, 191, 287, 372. Anthropophagi, 354. Arcana, 11. Arch, a stable one, 2. Archangel like a beryl, 322. Archons, 380. Ares had no father, 264. Argument shunned, when and why, 431. Arguments between Buddhists and Christians, 166. 2 H Aristotle, 64, 269; his baneful influ- Assyrians, &c., 8, 21, 34, 51, 72, 200, ence, 426. Armageddon, 230. Armenian soothsayers in Rome, 338. buried with the dead-why? 28. to be tested by warriors, 4. Art in putting things, 83. Aryans, 72. and Greeks, 258. and Hebrews, 76, 249. have Marâ Satan, 249. invade Hindostan, 53, 85. religion and hymns of, 73, 74. Ascetic Sramana and Buddha, 110. Ashantees, 7. Asher, 34. Ashtaroth, 7. Asia, 48, 142, 179, 181, 206 260. Asoka, 93, 123, 141, 177, 178, 189, 323, 325. Athanasian Creed, 8, 324. always abused, 405. Unitarians, and Christians, 395. Augustus, 177, 270. Auramazda, 255. Aurora, 350. Austerities, 39. power of, 287. and the Papacy, 397, on Buddhism, 84. Author's change of plan, 16. difficulties, 12. Avebury, 27. Avesta, the Zend, 246-254, 258, 260, Avesta, where silent, 260, "Awakened, the," 214. Baptism in Mexico, 33, 35. Ayonija-his strange conception, 281- Baptists, 398. 283. Barachiel, 336. BAAL, 61, 124. Barbarians, 20. Barbarism and civilization, 63, 66. Barbarity of Christians, 13. Barber's doll, a fetish, 68. Barcochab, or Barcochba, 115, 116. Babies come from God, and other- Barthelemy, St. Hilaire, 84-seq. remarks on the retardation of science, 424, 425. Bactrian prophet, the, "Zoroaster.' 252-see Bad and good, after death, 54, 213, language, Buddha on, 112. Bartholomew's day, 44, 173, 227. Bastards not punished! 229. Bats and their wings, 319. and men, 155, 412. Behistun, inscription at, 255. Belief, articles of, 406, 407. in a Creator general, 6. in God, 124. in silly legends general, 308. in silly stories degrades men, 263. Beliefs current, origin of, 311. held in common, 369. Belus in Babylon, and pretty wo- Ben Panther Jesus, 98. Bible, a bloody record, 45. and Dr Gutzlaff, 166, 167. |