The created universe is an apt symbol of the Deity, 1-Symbolical
representations of that symbol, 2-The hill in the Garden of Eden was the
earliest symbol, 4-The earth supposed to be a cube, 6-a triple cube, 7—
Other opinions, 8-Indian notions of the form, 10-Theory of the Buddhists,
17 of the Greeks, 19-Mount Ida, 23-Mount Midgard, 25-The idea of
the universe entertained by the Greeks, 26-by the Romans, 29-Pillars
supporting the earth symbols of strength and stability, 30-Other symbolical
supporters, 32-The Nymphæa Lotus, 34-The world is God, 35-This
doctrine zealously controverted by the Christian Fathers of the Church, 42-
Why sacred structures should resemble the form of the world, 43-Of the
Books composing the Sastra, 45, n.
Of the religious rites performed by Adam while in the Garden, 47—after
the Fall, 52-The law complete, both moral and religious, taught by the
Deity to Adam, 54-Adam not a savage or rude man, 56-Cain the first
savage, 57-All sacred structures owe their primal origin to the altar of
Adam, 60-Of the altar of Noah, 61-of Abraham, 62-Of heathen altars
and groves, 63-and gardens, 67-Heathen altars on high places, 68-Of the
materials and form of altars, 70-An altar raised by Jacob described, 72—
Barrows, 73-Celtic dun or sacred hill, 77-Edicts enjoining the overthrow
of duns, 78-Certain duns spared, 80-Tomen y Bala, 81-Sacred duns of
ancient Greece and Italy, 82-supposed to be inhabited by spirits, 85-
Pyramids of Egypt, 87-Of the age of their structure, 92-Pyramidal temple
of Belus at Babylon, 95-The Sastra, or sacred books of the Hindus, 97—
The pagodas, or sacred structures of the Hindùs, 100-Examples, 103-Relics
inclosed in the sacred mounds of the Buddhists, 106-The reverence paid at
tombs, 108-Mexican Teocalli, 112-Of the progress of sacred architecture,
from the altar to the cathedral, 116.
The pillar the symbol of the Divine Power, 119-The pillars Jachin and
Boaz, 120-The pillar before Indra Subba, 122-The cause of the first
worship of pillars, 123-The establishment of Brahmens in Hindosthan, 124-
The Hyperboreans and Celts, 126-Of the worship of the Male and Female
Powers of Nature, 130-The pre-eminence of the Celtic goddess Ket, 185-
The Copt Oak of Charnwood Forest a Celtic Tau, 136-The introduction of
pillar worship among the Phoenicians, 139-Their use of pillars, 140-Use of
pillars by other nations, 141-The Maypole was a sacred pillar, 145-The
sanctity of the sceptre of kings, 146-Sacred stones still extant in England,
146 Tolmen stones and the new-birth, 148-The Egyptian Obelisk, 151–
The tops of hills the abodes of gods, 156-Pillars atop the barrow, 158-
Pompey's Pillar, 160-The origin of the capitals of pillars, 162—The Logan
or vibrating stone, 164-Symbolical pillars on sepulchral mounds, 169-Of the
power of departed spirits and the Hindù dherna, 173-the worship paid
them, 175-Opheltes the Nemean Jupiter, and temple of Abury, 177—The
temple of Shu-maha-deo-prà, 183—The ancient patriarchal altars were placed
in low situations, 185-The ancient altars of the heathen nations and sub-
sequently their temples, were situate at the foot of eminences, 187-The altars
or temples of the Celts or Druids were generally situate on eminences at the
foot of higher eminences, 188-The Persians and idolaters of later ages
worshipped and builded altars on the summits of hills, 189-Mussulman
imitations of the structures of Hindù idolaters, 191-Other imitations of the
same, 192.
Towers places of sanctuary, 198-built on mounds, 200—the abode of gods,
202-The temple of Vesta was a tower, 206-Other tower temples, 207-
Towers symbols of the universe, 209-Towers with doors high up the fabric,
211-Chinese towers or pagodas, 212-Irish round towers, 214-why called
bell-houses or fire-towers, 218—General symbolical import of towers, 219.
Why caves should have been used for religious worship, 221-The Corycian
cave was probably one first so used, 223-Other caves of ancient record, 225—
The cave of Makkedah, 227-Titans, the sons of Ouranus and Gaia, were
worshipped in caves, 228-Tydain and Prydain, alias Titan and Saturn, were
Celtic deities worshipped in caves, 230-The Grecian Jupiter was at first
worshipped in a cave, 235—The Nymphean cave of the Odyssey, 237—
Sacred caves of record, 241-Rites performed at the oracular cave of Tro-
phonius, 242-Similar rites in India, 245-Cave of the Black Ceres of Phigalia,
246-of Black Calì in Bengala, 248-of Black Annis near Leicester, 249—
The cave of the Cyclop Polyphemus, 250-of Cacus, 252-Caves in Derby-
shire, 253-Traditional cave near Humberston, 255-Similar caves seen by
Bishop Heber in Hindosthàn, 256-Celtic Cromlechs, 258—were sacred caves
of simple form, 259-Cromlech of Cacus, 262-The Maen Amber, 265—The
interior of the cave of Cacus, and rites there performed, 266-and in other
Celtic caves, 269-Appendages to these caves, 271-Cromlechs with more
than one cell, 272—The kist-vaen, maen-arch or ark of the Cromlech, 274—
The rites performed at and in the kist-vaen, 276-Of the ark of Ket, 279-
Of the tabernacle of Moloch and Chiun, 281-Arks of Osiris of different
forms, 281-The ark Cypselis, 284-Ark of Ericthonius, 284-The symbols
included within these arks, 285-Observations of Clement of Alexandria,
286-The celebrity of these arks, 288-Argus was once the Supreme God,
Argo the Female Power, 290-The ark of the Mosaic Law, 291-Saturn was
under various names the special object of worship in Egypt and northern
Africa, 295-Troglodytes, 296-Temple of Ybsambul, 297-was probably
wrought by Sesostris, 299-is an improvement of the Cromlech, 301-The
Abusha Subba of Abyssinia, 303-Saint George and the Dragon, 305-Of the
form of Egyptian temples, 305—They were intended to represent cave-temples,
312 The Egyptian Labyrinth, 313-Egyptian tombs, 317-The Labyrinth of
Crete, 321-Of Porsena king of Etruria, 322-Etruscan tumuli, 324-What were
the uses of the several cells of the Celtic Cromlech, 326—No Cromlechs extant
in Hindosthàn so perfect as those in Britain, 327—The Indra Subba, 328_The
symbolical import of the several parts, 330-The cave of Elephanta or Garipuri,
333 The Cailasa of Ellora, 334-The Viswa-kurma with pointed arches, 335—
The magnificent temple at Benares, 337-The tumular caves of Greece, 339—of
the Crimea, 347-of Ireland, 349-Some are temples, some sepulchral, 352—
The cave of Danaë not sepulchral, 353-The cave of New Grange both a
temple and sepulchre, 354-The conical ceilings of caves the origin of the
dome, 356-Of the means used in their construction, 357-Origin of the
Gothic arch, 360-The ancients knew how to construct arches of every form,
363-Sacred caves of Zoroaster, 367-Their pyratheia, 369.
The etymology of the word nave, 371-The varied forms of the temple at
Delphi, 373-The sites of temples, 377-Grecian temples, 383-Temples of
Rome and Italy, 385-The reasons for their difference, 387-Of the oblong
form of temples, 392-The capitals of the columns of different nations, 395—
The temples of imperial Rome, 395-Persian temples, 400-Of the aspect
or direction of temples, 401-Why they ought to be built with a direction
toward the east, 406.
The image of Jupiter at Olympia, 409-What is an idol; what an image,
412-Vegetable idols, 414-Animal idols, 419-Assemblages of sacred
animals, 423-Holy societies of men and of women, 427-The reverence in
which all these assemblages and societies were held, 430-led to animal
worship, 434-The worship of the Ox, 436-gave the name to Italy, 437—
The worship of the Ram, 441-of other symbolical animals, 442-Compound
idols, 449-The Chimæra, 452-The Sphinx, 455—Compound human forms,
456-Hermean stones, 458- Metamorphoses of animals, 461— Origin of
images, 465-Gigantic images, 470-The materials of images, 474-Conse-
cration of images, 476-The importance of images, 482-Helen, the cause of
the Trojan war, was a stolen image, 485-The worship of images, 487—
Desecration of images, 488-Symbolical import of the image of Jupiter at
Olympia, 491-The evil consequences of idolatry, 493.
Churches indispensably necessary, 499-The Christian church at Tyre,
502-Churches at Rome, 504--Churches of the Goths, 506-The sanctity of
churches, 510-The dedication of churches, 513-The names of churches,
514-Of the title of Saint, 516–Of the desecration of churches, 521-The
position of churches, 523-Parochial churches, 527-Chancels, 529-Altars
are unchristian, 530-Other parts of the church, 535-Fonts, 539-Towers
of churches, 542-Spires, 543-Vanes, 547-Bells, 550-Churchyard, 553—
Sepulchral monuments, 554-Symbolical figures imbedded in the structure,
556-The exposition of such figures, 559-Absurd applications of sym-
bolism, 559-Sacred structures were ever symbolical, 561-Rules for the
limitation of the use of symbols, 563-Strange grotesque symbols, 567.
Christians gave a Christian import to heathen symbols, 568-The cross,
571-Symbolical representations of the Saviour, 574-The symbolical Lamb,
577-The symbolical Dove, 578-There cannot be an adequate symbol of the
Trinity, 579-Symbolical representations of the Evil Spirit, 584-Paintings
and sculptured ornaments, 587-How Romanists vindicate their idolatry, 589
-Figures of the Virgin Mary, 593-The origin of her worship, 594-Of St.
Laurence and Bishop Blaise, 597-Symbolical representations of the four
Evangelists, 599-Of St. Paul, 601-Of St. Andrew, 602-Of St. Peter hold-
ing two keys, 603-The symbolical import of the Keys, 604-No preeminence
given to the Apostle Peter, 606-or claimed by him, 608-The true im-
port of the Power of the Keys, 609-Its effects are most important, 611-
The Apostles never gave judicial absolution, 613-Sins venial and sins deadly,
614-Religious liberty not allowed by the Gospel, 617-By the Power of the
Keys rites and ceremonies were instituted and are established, 618-Ministers
ordained, 619-The same power still held by the Holy Catholic Church, 621—
Absolution is conditional only, 621-Of the power of Ecclesiastical Councils,
623-Of the Upper and Lower Houses of Convocation of the Anglican
Church, 625-The benefits arising from symbolical figures of the Apostles,
627-The idolatrous worship of the Romanists, 628-The true translation of
the second commandment, 631-The import of the symbolical keys assures
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