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The Religion in early Times more simple. Sabaean Wor- 

 ship. Belief in Future State, when introduced - 211 



The Religion the same in the Time of the Erection of 

 the oldest Monuments. Changes in the Number of the 

 Gods, and in the Accessories of the Religion, but not in 

 the Religion itself. The Alteration of the Name of 

 Amun, and the Worship of the Sun at Tel-el- Amarna, 

 not Changes in the Religion - - - - 212 



Opinions of the Greeks on the Theogony of Egypt - 213 



Erroneous Notion of the Planets and Stars being the real 

 Gods of the Egyptians. Porphyry's Description of 

 « Kneph" - - - - - - 214 



Some correct Notions to be gleaned from Plato and others. 

 Hermetic Books. Cosmogony of Egypt from lamblichus 215 



Another Division, Emeph (Kneph), and the One before all 216 



Sun and Moon. Heavens divided into certain Parts. The 

 One - - - - - - 217 



Principle of all Things, God and Intellect, Nature, Matter, 

 Energy, Fate, Conclusion and Renovatio?i. Cheraemon 

 relates only the lowest Principles. Almanacs - - 218 



Doctrines of Plato - - - - - 219 



Opinions of the Egyptians according to Plato. The Great 

 Year. Deluge ; several Deluges. Atlantic Island - 221 



Daemons employed in the Creation. Middle Order of Beings 

 subject to Punishment _ . _ . 222 



Pythagorean Doctrines, Idea or Form, Matter, and the 

 World. Matter the Receptacle of Form; Mother - 223 



Idea, Matter, and God, existed before the World - 224 



The Monad preceded the Triad or Trinity of the Creative 

 Power, according to lamblichus. The different- Characters 

 of the Deity. The Sun and Moon. Other Rulers of 

 Heaven - - - - - - 225 



The Chaotic Egg, Masculo-feminine Being. Distortions 

 of the new Platonists . - _ . 226 



Authority of Plato and Pythagoras. Herodotus. The 

 Eight Great Gods - . . . . 227 



Re, Physical and Intellectual Sun. Offspring of Re. Grades 

 of Deities - - - - - - 228 



