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DEMONOLATRY. 



a pair of animals, the first being considered a male and the second a 

 female. I append as a footnote^ a detailed list of the years of the 

 current cycle as an illustration and for reference in regard to the 

 horoscopes which I will translate presently. 



It is by giving a realistic meaning to these several animals and 

 elements, after which the years are named, that the lama astrologers 

 arrive at their endless variety of combinations of attraction and 

 repulsion in regard to their casting of horos- 

 copes and their jDrescriptions of the requisite 

 worship and offerings necessary to counteract 



The conflict of 

 animals. 



tlie 



• The Tibetan Cheonological Table here given differs from that of Schlagintweit 

 {op. cit., p. 282) in making the initial year of the current sixty-year cycle, viz., the fifteenth 

 Rahjunri, coincide with the year 1SG7 A.D., as this is alleged by the learned Tsipa Lama of 

 Darjeeling to be the true epoch, and not the year 1860 as given by Schlagintweit. 



Yeae 

 A.D. 



Tibetan Eba. 



Cycle 

 No. 



Cyclical 

 year. 



Year-name. 



Yeae 

 A.D. 



Tibetan Eba. 



Cycle 

 No. 



Cyclical 

 year. 



Year-name. 



Earth-Horse. 

 ,, -Sheep. 

 Iron-Ape. 



„ -Bird. 

 Water-Dog. 



„ -Hog. 

 Wood-Mouse. 



„ -Ox. 

 Fire- Tiger. 



,, -Hare. 

 Earth-Dragon. 



„ -Serpent. 

 Iron-Horse. 



,, -Sheep. 



Water-Ape. 



„ -Bird. 



Wood- Dog. 



„ -Hog. 



Fire- Mouse. 



„ -Ox. 

 Earth-Tiger. 



,, -Hare. 

 Iron- Dragon. 



,, -Serpent. 

 Water- Horse. 

 ,, -Sheep. 

 Wood-Ape. 

 „ -Bird. 

 Fire- Dog. 



„ -Hog. 

 Earth-Mouse. 

 „ -Ox. 



Iron- Tiger. 

 „ -Hare. 

 Water-Dragon. 

 „ -Serpent. 

 Wood- Horse. 

 „ -Sheep. 

 Fire-Ape. 

 „ -Bird, 

 Earth-Dog. 

 „ -Hog. 

 Iron- Mouse. 



„ -Ox. 

 Water-Tiger. 

 „ -Hare. 

 Wood-Dragon. 

 „ -Serpent. 

 Fire-Horse. 

 ,, -Sheep. 

 Earth-Ape. 

 „ -Bird. 

 Iron-Dog. 

 .. -Hog. 

 Water-Mouse. 



-Ox. 

 Wood-Tiger. 

 „ -Hare. 

 Fire-Dragon. 

 „ ■ Serpent. 

 Earth-Horse. 

 -Sheep. 

 Iron-Ape. 

 •Bird. 



