CHAPTER III. ASIATIC PAGAN WATER-WORSHIP 71

Fundamental Corruption of Christian Baptism through Pagan Water-Worship--“Baptismal Regeneration,” the Product of Paganism--Spiritual Purity Sought through Pagan Baptism--Testimonies from Jamblicus, Virgil, Ovid, Herodotus, Juvenal, and Others--Baptism and Serpent-Worship--Baptism and Egyptian Sun-Worship--The Sacred Nile--The Prevalence of Water-Worship in India--Sacred Wells--Sacred Rivers--Modern Buddhistic and Modern Hindu Baptism.