Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World

_The Sun and Fire as emblems--The Serpent and the Sun--Taut and the Serpent--Horapollo and the Serpent symbol--Sanchoniathon and the Serpent--Ancient Mysteries of Osiris, &c.--R...

_Mexican Temple of Montezuma--The Serpent Emblem in Mexico--Pyramid of Cholula--Tradition of the Giants of Anahuac--The Temple of Quetzalcoatl--North American Indians and the Ra...

_Ancient Monuments of the West--The Valley of the Mississippi--Numerous Earthworks of the Western States--Theory as to origin of the mounds--The "Defence" Theory--The Religious...

_Ophiolatreia an extraordinary subject--Of mysterious origin--Of universal prevalence--The Serpent a common symbol in mythology--Serpent-worship natural but irrational--Bacchic...

_Supposed Phallic origin of Serpent-worship--The Idea of Life--Adoration of the Principle of Generation--The Serpent as a Symbol of the Phallus--Phallic Worship at Benares--The...

_Egypt as the Home of Serpent Worship--Thoth said to be the founder of Ophiolatreia--Cneph, the Architect of the Universe--Mysteries of Isis--The Isaic Table--Frequency of the S...

Upwards of sixty years ago, there was opened at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, what was described as the "Unique Exhibition called Ancient Mexico; collected on the spot in 1823,...

_India conspicuous in the history of Serpent Worship--Nagpur-- Confessions of a Snake Worshipper--The gardeners of Guzerat--Cottages for Snakes at Calicut--The Feast of Serpents...

_Derivation of the name "Europe"--Greece colonized by Ophites--Numerous Traces of the Serpent in Greece--Worship of Bacchus--Story of Ericthonias--Banquets of the Bacchants--Min...

It will probably be a matter of surprise to many, but it is a fact that even in Britain in ancient times Ophiolatreia largely prevailed. Deane says: "Our British ancestors, unde...

_Mythology of the Ancients--Characteristics of the Pagan Deities--Doctrine of the Reciprocal Principles of Nature--Creation of the Egg--Creation and the Phallus--The Lotus--Osir...

Ancient Monuments of the West--The valley of the Mississippi-- Numerous earth-works of the Western States--Theories as to the origin of the mounds--"The Defence" Theory--The Rel...

Supposed Phallic Origin of Serpent Worship--The idea of life-- Adoration of the principle of generation--The Serpent as a symbol of the Phallus--Phallic Worship at Benares--The...

Egypt as the home of Serpent Worship--Thoth said to be the founder of Ophiolatreia--Cneph the architect of the universe-- Mysteries of Isis--The Isiac table--Frequency of the Se...

The Sun and Fire as emblems--The Serpent and the Sun--Taut and the Serpent--Horapollo and the Serpent Symbol--Sanchoniathon and the Serpent--Ancient Mysteries of Osiris, &c.--Ra...

Ophiolatreia an extraordinary subject--Of mysterious origin-- Of universal prevalence--The Serpent, a common symbol in mythology--Serpent Worship, natural but irrational--Bacchi...

Mexican Temple of Montezuma--The Serpent emblem in Mexico--Pyramid of Cholula--Tradition of the giants of Auahuac--The temple of Quetzalcoatl--North American Indians and the Rat...

Mythology of the Ancients--Characteristics of the Pagan Deities-- Doctrine of the Reciprocal Principles of Nature--Creation and the Egg--Creation and the Phallus--The Lotus--Osi...

Derivation of the name "Europe"--Greece colonized by Ophites-- Numerous traces of the Serpent in Greece--Worship of Bacchus-- Story of Ericthonias--Banquet of the Bacchantes--Mi...

India conspicuous in the history of Serpent Worship--Nágpúr-- Confessions of a snake worshipper--The gardeners of Guzerat-- Cottages for snakes at Calicut--The Feast of the Serp...

Ophiolatreia in Britain--The Druids--Adders--Poem of Taliessin-- The goddess Ceridwen--A Bardic poem--Snake stones--The anguinum-- Execution of a Roman Knight--Remains of the se...