En-Soph and the Sephiroth 212 The primitive wisdom-religion 216 The book of Genesis a compilation of Old World legends 217 The Trinity of the Kabala 222 Gnostic and Nazarene systems contrasted with Hindu myths 225 Kabalism in the book of Ezekiel 232 Story of the resurrection of Jairus’s daughter found in the history of Christna 241 Untrustworthy teachings of the early Fathers 248 Their persecuting spirit 249 CHAPTER VI. ESOTERIC DOCTRINES OF BUDDHISM PARODIED IN CHRISTIANITY. Decisions of Nicean Council, how arrived at 251 Murder of Hypatia 252 Origin of the fish-symbol of Vishnu 256 Kabalistic doctrine of the Cosmogony 264 Diagrams of Hindu and Chaldeo-Jewish systems 265 Ten mythical Avatars of Vishnu 274 Trinity of man taught by Paul 281 Socrates and Plato on soul and spirit 283 True Buddhism, what it is 288 CHAPTER VII. EARLY CHRISTIAN HERESIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES. Nazareans, Ophites, and modern Druzes 291 Etymology of IAO 298 “Hermetic Brothers” of Egypt 307 True meaning of Nirvana 319 The Jaïna sect 321 Christians and Chrestians 323 The Gnostics and their detractors 325 Buddha, Jesus, and Apollonius of Tyana 341 CHAPTER VIII. JESUITRY AND MASONRY. The _Sohar_ and Rabbi Simeon 348 The Order of Jesuits and its relation to some of the Masonic orders 352 Crimes permitted to its members 355 Principles of Jesuitry compared with those of Pagan moralists 364 Trinity of man in Egyptian _Book of the Dead_ 367 Freemasonry no longer esoteric 372 Persecution of Templars by the Church 381 Secret Masonic ciphers 395 Jehovah not the “Ineffable Name” 398 CHAPTER IX. THE VEDAS AND THE BIBLE.