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On The Causes Of The Original Dispersion Of Primitive Nations,
creed caused them to name their new country itself Ionia , from that consecrated Y 6 ni which they revered , and to distinguish themselves as the Ionic , or Y 6-nic sect , in indubitable reference to their peculiar opinions . These , and such like researches , furnish us with an explanation of the real meaning of proper names , and amongst others , that of the great goddess , Ju-no , which Wilford asserts to be derived from the Yoni of the Hindus ; ( also if we analyse the name of Dianaor Di- Yana
, , the great goddess of the Ephesians , we shall at once perceive an identical etymology ;) ancl when we remember that Ju-no was fabled to have been born at Argos , and that she was peculiarly worshipped there , we shall fully coincide in that opinion , for it is to be observed that this name of Argha is derived from the Bhaga of the Hindus , and both signified the Yoni , and likewise an ark or boat , which was used throughout antiquity as a type of the Yoni itself . The Hindu goddessBagiswas
, , indifferently called Yagis , from which , no doubt , is derived the latin vagina ; and when we remember that Plutarch makes the otherwise inexplicable assertion , that " Osiris * ( or the incarnation of the male principle ) was commander of the Argo ; " and when we learn that the true meaning of the name Argha-ndtha , or , as we mostly render it , ( speaking of the great idol ) , Jagcmauth , is no other than " lord of the boat , " we shall perceive , at once , the drift of these " dark sentences , "
when truly ancl intelligibly expounded . The discussion of this word Argha , naturally brings me to speak of an intermediate or middle sect , which , says Wilford , is now prevalent in India , and which was generally diffused over ancient Europe . It
was introduced by the Pelargi , who , Herodotus says , were the same as the Pelasgi . Many ancient writers affirm that they were one of the most ancient people in the world . It is asserted that they first inhabited Argolis , and about 1883 , B . C , they passed into ( Emonia , or To-raonia , and were afterwards dispersed , or emigrated into several parts of Greece . Some of the Pelasgians , that had been driven from Attica , ( Yd-tica ) settled at Lemnos , where , some time after , they carried some Athenian womenwhom they had seized on the coast of Attica . " They raised
, some children by these captive females , but they afterwards destroyed them , with their mothers , through jealousy , because they differed in manners from themselves . " This horrid murder was . attended by a dreadful pestilence , & c . Such is the account given by the classic writers , ( Paus ., Strab ., Herod ., Plat ., "Virg ., Ovid , Flacc , Seneca , & c . ) But , when we weigh the foregoing arguments , can we doubt that these women were destroyed through ' -jealousy" of their religion , ancl not
because they differed merely in " manners , " in accordance with the peculiar characteristic of fanaticism , which brooks no opposition to its devouring nature . The word Pelargos was derived , says Wilford , from P'hala and Argha , ( Phallus , and Argha from Bhaga , or Yoni , ) those mysterious types which the later mythologist disguised under the names of Pallas and Argo .
This sect venerated both male and female principles in union , as their compound appellation indicates , " and represented them conjointly , when their powers were supposed to be combined , by the intersection of two equilateral triangles , " thus , x , that peculiar symbol " Form'd all mysteries to bear , "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Causes Of The Original Dispersion Of Primitive Nations,
creed caused them to name their new country itself Ionia , from that consecrated Y 6 ni which they revered , and to distinguish themselves as the Ionic , or Y 6-nic sect , in indubitable reference to their peculiar opinions . These , and such like researches , furnish us with an explanation of the real meaning of proper names , and amongst others , that of the great goddess , Ju-no , which Wilford asserts to be derived from the Yoni of the Hindus ; ( also if we analyse the name of Dianaor Di- Yana
, , the great goddess of the Ephesians , we shall at once perceive an identical etymology ;) ancl when we remember that Ju-no was fabled to have been born at Argos , and that she was peculiarly worshipped there , we shall fully coincide in that opinion , for it is to be observed that this name of Argha is derived from the Bhaga of the Hindus , and both signified the Yoni , and likewise an ark or boat , which was used throughout antiquity as a type of the Yoni itself . The Hindu goddessBagiswas
, , indifferently called Yagis , from which , no doubt , is derived the latin vagina ; and when we remember that Plutarch makes the otherwise inexplicable assertion , that " Osiris * ( or the incarnation of the male principle ) was commander of the Argo ; " and when we learn that the true meaning of the name Argha-ndtha , or , as we mostly render it , ( speaking of the great idol ) , Jagcmauth , is no other than " lord of the boat , " we shall perceive , at once , the drift of these " dark sentences , "
when truly ancl intelligibly expounded . The discussion of this word Argha , naturally brings me to speak of an intermediate or middle sect , which , says Wilford , is now prevalent in India , and which was generally diffused over ancient Europe . It
was introduced by the Pelargi , who , Herodotus says , were the same as the Pelasgi . Many ancient writers affirm that they were one of the most ancient people in the world . It is asserted that they first inhabited Argolis , and about 1883 , B . C , they passed into ( Emonia , or To-raonia , and were afterwards dispersed , or emigrated into several parts of Greece . Some of the Pelasgians , that had been driven from Attica , ( Yd-tica ) settled at Lemnos , where , some time after , they carried some Athenian womenwhom they had seized on the coast of Attica . " They raised
, some children by these captive females , but they afterwards destroyed them , with their mothers , through jealousy , because they differed in manners from themselves . " This horrid murder was . attended by a dreadful pestilence , & c . Such is the account given by the classic writers , ( Paus ., Strab ., Herod ., Plat ., "Virg ., Ovid , Flacc , Seneca , & c . ) But , when we weigh the foregoing arguments , can we doubt that these women were destroyed through ' -jealousy" of their religion , ancl not
because they differed merely in " manners , " in accordance with the peculiar characteristic of fanaticism , which brooks no opposition to its devouring nature . The word Pelargos was derived , says Wilford , from P'hala and Argha , ( Phallus , and Argha from Bhaga , or Yoni , ) those mysterious types which the later mythologist disguised under the names of Pallas and Argo .
This sect venerated both male and female principles in union , as their compound appellation indicates , " and represented them conjointly , when their powers were supposed to be combined , by the intersection of two equilateral triangles , " thus , x , that peculiar symbol " Form'd all mysteries to bear , "