Sorceries of Catherine of Medicis 55 Occult arts practised by the clergy 59 Witch-burnings and auto-da-fé of little children 62 Lying Catholic saints 74 Pretensions of missionaries in India and China 79 Sacrilegious tricks of Catholic clergy 82 Paul a kabalist 91 Peter not the founder of Roman church 91 Strict lives of Pagan hierophants 98 High character of ancient “mysteries” 101 Jacolliot’s account of Hindu fakirs 103 Christian symbolism derived from Phallic worship 109 Hindu doctrine of the Pitris 114 Brahminic spirit-communion 115 Dangers of _untrained_ mediumship 117 CHAPTER III. DIVISIONS AMONGST THE EARLY CHRISTIANS. Resemblance between early Christianity and Buddhism 123 Peter never in Rome 124 Meanings of “Nazar” and “Nazarene” 129 Baptism a derived right 134 Is Zoroaster a generic name? 141 Pythagorean teachings of Jesus 147 The Apocalypse kabalistic 147 Jesus considered an adept by some Pagan philosophers and early Christians 150 Doctrine of permutation 152 The meaning of God-Incarnate 153 Dogmas of the Gnostics 155 Ideas of Marcion, the “heresiarch” 159 Precepts of Manu 163 Jehovah identical with Bacchus 165 CHAPTER IV. ORIENTAL COSMOGONIES AND BIBLE RECORDS. Discrepancies in the Pentateuch 167 Indian, Chaldean and Ophite systems compared 170 Who were the first Christians? 178 Christos and Sophia-Achamoth 183 Secret doctrine taught by Jesus 191 Jesus never claimed to be God 193 New Testament narratives and Hindu legends 199 Antiquity of the “Logos” and “Christ” 205 Comparative Virgin-worship 209 CHAPTER V. MYSTERIES OF THE KABALA.