Phallicism, Celestrial and Terrestrial, Heathen and Christian

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Health Research Books, 1996 - Religion - 322 pages
1884 its connection with the Rosicrucians and the Gnostics and its foundation in Buddhism - with an essay on Mystic Anatomy. "Surely it is more philosophical to take in the whole of life, in every possible form, than to shut yourself up in one doctrine,.

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Contents

Definitions and Distinctions leading up to the verities
1
The Story of the Classes of the Phalli
23
Celestial or Theosophical Doctrine of the Unsexual Trans
41
The Mysteries of the Phallus its idealised Gnostic Rosi
50
Rites and Ceremonies of the Indian Phallic Worship
56
Hebrew Phallicism
64
The Rosicrucian and Gnostic Meanings of the Obelisks
70
The Phalli and Ophiological Priapic Monuments typical
87
Rosicrucian Profundities
133
The Gnostics and their Beliefs
142
The Indian Religions Annotations on the Sacred
177
An Original Essay on Mystic Anatomy and the Master
189
APPENDIX
239
Lingam Gods in Great Britain
250
Phallic Worship among the Gauls
255
Gnostic Rites
264

CHAPTER XPriapic Illustrations
101
Transcendental Ideas of the Rosicrucians their Cabalistic
115
Considerations on the Mystic Anatomy of the Rosi
125
The Symbol of the Serpent
274
The Religious Rites of Ancient Rome
282
INDEX
293

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