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The Magus, Book II: Biographia Antiqua: Title Page
BIOGRAPHIA ANTIQUA;
OR,
AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES AND WRITINGS
OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN
MAGI, CABALISTS, AND PHILOSOPHERS,
DISCOVERING THE
PRINCIPLES AND TENETS OF THE FIRST FOUNDERS
OF THE
MAGICAL AND OCCULT SCIENCES:
WHEREIN THE MYSTERIES OF THE PYTHAGORIANS, GYMNOSOPHISTS, EGYPTIANS, BRAGMANNI, BABYLONIANS, PERSIANS, ETHIOPIANS, CHALDEANS, &c. ARE DISCOVERED:
Including a particular and interesting Account of
ZOROASTER, THE SON OF OROMASIUS
THE FIRST INSTITUTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY FIRE, AND MAGIC;
LIKEWISE, OF
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS, THE EGYPTIAN,
And other Philosophers, famous for their Learning, Piety, and Wisdom.
TO WHICH IS ADDED
A SHORT ESSAY,
Proving that the First Christians were Magicians, who foretold, acknowledged, and worshipped
THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD,
AND
FIRST FOUNDER OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.