The Gnostics and Their Remains: Page IndexThe Gnostics and Their Remains: Page Index Preface page v page vi page vii page viii page ix Contents page xi page xii Introduction page xiii page xiv page xv page xvi page xvii page xviii page xix page xx page xxi page xxii page xxiii Gnosticism and its Origin page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10 page 11 page 12 page 13 Pistis-Sophia page 14 page 15 page 16 page 17 page 18 The Book of Enoch page 19 page 20 Gnosticism in its Beginning page 21 page 22 page 23 page 24 Influence of Judaism on the Ancient World page 25 page 26 page 27 page 28 page 29 The Zendavesta page 30 page 31 page 32 page 33 The Kabbala and the Talmud page 34 page 35 page 36 page 37 page 38 page 39 page 40 page 41 Indian Sources of Gnosticism.--Manes page 42 page 43 page 44 page 45 page 46 page 47 page 48 page 49 Buddhism page 50 page 51 page 52 page 53 page 54 page 55 page 56 page 57 Simonianism page 58 page 59 page 60 page 61 page 62 page 63 page 64 page 65 page 66 page 67 page 68 page 69 page 70 Basilides page 71 page 72 page 73 page 74 page 75 page 76 page 77 page 78 page 79 page 80 page 81 The Ophites page 82 page 83 page 84 page 85 page 86 page 87 page 88 page 89 page 90 page 91 page 92 page 93 page 94 page 95 page 96 page 97 page 98 page 99 page 100 page 101 page 102 page 103 Machinery of the Gnosis page 104 page 105 page 106 page 107 page 108 page 109 page 110 page 111 page 112 I. Origin of Mithraicism page 113 page 114 page 115 page 116 page 117 page 118 page 119 page 120 page 121 II. The Mithraic Sacraments page 122 page 123 page 124 page 125 page 126 page 127 page 128 page 129 III. A Roman Mithras in His Cave page 130 page 131 IV. Mithraic Talismans page 132 page 133 page 134 page 135 page 136 page 137 page 138 page 139 page 140 page 141 V. Gnostic Sacraments and Initiations as Connected with the Mithraic page 142 page 143 page 144 page 145 page 146 page 147 page 148 page 149 page 150 page 151 page 152 page 153 page 154 page 155 St. Augustine on Gnosticism page 156 page 157 I. The Figured Representations of Serapis page 158 page 159 page 160 page 161 page 162 page 163 page 164 II. The Probable Origin of Serapis page 165 page 166 page 167 page 168 page 169 page 170 page 171 page 172 III. Monuments of the Serapis Worship page 173 page 174 page 175 The Caduceus, and its Symbolism page 176 page 177 page 178 Death, as Depicted in Ancient Art page 179 page 180 page 181 page 182 page 183 page 184 page 185 page 186 page 187 page 188 page 189 page 190 Tomb-Treasures page 191 page 192 page 193 page 194 I. The Evil Eye page 195 page 196 II. On a Ceraunia of Jade Converted into a Gnostic Talisman page 197 page 198 page 199 page 200 page 201 page 202 page 203 page 204 page 205 page 206 page 207 page 208 page 209 page 210 page 211 page 212 The Agathodæmon Worship page 213 page 214 page 215 page 216 page 217 page 218 The Chnuphis Serpent page 219 page 220 page 221 page 222 page 223 page 224 page 225 I. Abraxaster, or Borrowed Types page 226 page 227 page 228 page 229 page 230 page 231 page 232 page 233 page 234 page 235 page 236 page 237 II. Abraxoids, or Gems Confounded with the True Gnostic page 238 page 239 page 240 page 241 page 242 page 243 page 244 III. The True Abraxas Gems page 245 page 246 page 247 Gnostic Plaque page 248 page 249 page 250 IV. The God Abraxas as Described by the Christian Fathers page 251 V. ''Abraxas''--Etymology of page 252 page 253 VI. Abraxas--Its Numerical Force page 254 page 255 page 256 The Abraxas Religion page 257 page 258 page 259 page 260 page 261 page 262 page 263 page 264 page 265 The Ineffable Name in the Hindoo Form page 266 page 267 page 268 page 269 page 270 page 271 page 272 page 273 Abraxas-Gems, Their Materials, Workmanship, and Nature page 274 page 275 page 276 page 277 page 278 page 279 Legends and Formulæ page 280 page 281 page 282 page 283 page 284 page 285 page 286 page 287 page 288 page 289 page 290 page 291 page 292 page 293 page 294 page 295 page 296 page 297 page 298 page 299 page 300 page 301 page 302 Gnostic Siglæ, Symbols, Legends Explained page 303 page 304 page 305 page 306 page 307 page 308 page 309 page 310 page 311 page 312 page 313 page 314 page 315 page 316 page 317 page 318 The Name ΙΑΩ page 319 page 320 page 321 page 322 page 323 page 324 page 325 page 326 page 327 Abraxas, New Type of page 328 Original Purpose of These Formulæ page 329 page 330 page 331 page 332 page 333 page 334 page 335 page 336 page 337 page 338 page 339 page 340 Gnostic Theogony page 341 page 342 The Scheme of the Ophites page 343 page 344 page 345 page 346 page 347 page 348 page 349 The Cause of Sin page 350 page 351 page 352 page 353 page 354 State After Death of the Uninitiated page 355 page 356 Future Punishments page 357 page 358 Talismanic Leaden Scrolls page 359 page 360 page 361 page 362 page 363 page 364 page 365 page 366 page 367 page 368 page 369 page 370 page 371 page 372 Masonic Origins page 373 page 374 page 375 page 376 page 377 The Earliest Masonic Document page 378 page 379 page 380 page 381 page 382 page 383 No Relation of Modern Masons to Mediæval Guilds page 384 page 385 page 386 Masons’ Marks page 387 page 388 page 389 page 390 page 391 Origin of Modern Freemasonry page 392 The Rosicrucians page 393 page 394 page 395 The Templars page 396 page 397 page 398 page 399 page 400 page 401 page 402 Idols of Baphomet page 403 page 404 page 405 page 406 page 407 page 408 Manicheism page 409 page 410 The Assassins page 411 page 412 page 413 The Sufis page 414 page 415 page 416 page 417 Diffusion of Oriental Culture page 418 Profession of Continence page 419 page 420 Mithraicism page 421 page 422 page 423 The Transmission of Gnostic Symbols page 424 The Illuminati page 425 page 426 page 427 Conclusion page 428 page 429 page 430 page 431 Woodcuts in the Text page 432 page 433 page 434 Introduction page 435 Plate B page 436 Plate C page 437 Plate D. Sigils of the Cnuphis Serpent page 438 Plate E. Monuments of the Serapis Worship page 439 Plate F. Ancient Egyptian Types Adapted to Gnostic Ideas page 440 Plate G. Egyptian Types (continued) page 441 Plate H. Egyptian Types (continued) page 442 Plate J. Subjects Connected with the Mithraic Mysteries page 443 Plate K. Mithraic (continued) page 444 Plate M. General Talismans page 445 Plate N. General Talismans (continued) page 446 page 447 Plate O. Hindoo Symbols and Caste-Marks page 448 Bibliographical Appendix page 449 page 450 page 451 page 452 page 453 page 454 page 455 page 456 Index page 457 page 458 page 459 page 460 page 461 page 462 page 463 page 464 page 465 page 466