INDEX.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
usurped the worship of Osiris, ii. 491;
the seven vowels chanted as a hymn in his honor, i. 514
Serpent of Genesis, des Mousseaux’s name for the devil, i. 15;
matter, i. 297;
dwelling in the branches of the tree of life, i. 298;
symbol of wisdom and immortality, i. 553;
of the book of Genesis, Ash-mogh or Asmodeus, ii. 188;
persuades man to eat of the tree of knowledge, ii. 185;
Christna crushing his head, ii. 446;
the divine symbol east and west, ii. 484;
most spirit-like of all reptiles, and hence a favorite symbol, ii. 489;
how it became the emblem of eternity and of the world, ii. 489;
universally venerated, ii. 489;
a symbol of Serapis and Jesus, ii. 490;
and Eve, ii. 512
Serpent-charmers, cannot fascinate human beings, ii. 612;
their powers, ii. 628
Serpent-charming, i. 381, 382, 470
Serpent-monsters, i. 393
Serpent-god, sons of, the hierophants, i. 553
Serpent-gods, Mexican, 13 in number, i. 572
Serpent-trail round the unformed earth, ii. 489
Serpent-worship, its origin not known, ii. 489
Serpent-worshippers of Kashmere become Buddhists, ii. 608
Serpent’s catacombs in Egypt, i. 553;
mysteries of the unavoidable cycle or centre of necessity, ib.
Serpents, the earth their queen, i. 10;
Kneph, Agathodaimon, Kakodaimon, i. 133, 157;
Eliphas Levi’s, symbol of astral fire, i. 137;
queen of, ii. 489;
used as plaything at Hindu festivals, ii. 622
Servius, on the ancient practice of employing celestial fire at the altars, i. 526
Sesostris, instructed by the oracle in the Trinity, ii. 51
Seth, the reputed son of Adam, the same as Hermes, Thoth, and Sat-an, i. 554;
the same as Typhon, ii. 482
Seth, his interview with Michael at the gate of Paradise, ii. 520;
worshipped by the Hittites, ii. 523;
same as El, ii. 524
Sethicnites, disbelieved that Jesus was God, ii. 176
Seven, a sacred Hindu number, ii. 407;