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On The Religion Of The Celts, And The Customs Thence Derived.
ON THE RELIGION OP THE CELTS , AND THE CUSTOMS THENCE DEBITED .
In the Masonic Magazine of August , 1856 ( p . 550 ) , reference lias been made to the religion of the Druids , which , on the Celts having
emigrated from Scandinavia , was extended throughout a great part of Germany , as far as the Alps and Pyrenees . Eurther information on this subject is to be found in a scarce work , denominated
" Helvetia Antiqua et Nova , published by Christopher Plantm , a printer at Antwerp , who died in 1598 ; extracts from wdrich are here given , tending to prove that the system of the Druids seems to have contained many points in common with the tenets ot Masonry .
There is , perhaps , no part of Europe which bears evidence of this extension of the Celts more than the southern Cantons of Switzerland , comprising the tracts of country between the mountains of the Jura and the Alps of Savoy . According to Caesar , ancient Gaul was bounded by the Seine to the north , and by the Garonne to the
southward ; but looking to the derivation of words m general use , and the names of places and rivers , the Celtic nation must have been settled in that part of Europe for a considerable period . Thus , without multiplying other examples , Lemanus , the lloman name for the Lake of Geneva , has originated in Lem or Lim , Celtic for a lake or
. Previous to the invasion of the Eomans the inhabitants of these cantons , like the rest of their race , professed Druidism . They acknowledged the existence of a Supreme and Eternal Being , they believed in the immortality of the soul , and in a future state . They
worshipped the elements for the following reasons : — The JjJarlhy as the mother of mankind . Fire , as one of the vital principles of creation . Air , as the residence of beings of a superior nature . TOIi . II . 5 N
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On The Religion Of The Celts, And The Customs Thence Derived.
ON THE RELIGION OP THE CELTS , AND THE CUSTOMS THENCE DEBITED .
In the Masonic Magazine of August , 1856 ( p . 550 ) , reference lias been made to the religion of the Druids , which , on the Celts having
emigrated from Scandinavia , was extended throughout a great part of Germany , as far as the Alps and Pyrenees . Eurther information on this subject is to be found in a scarce work , denominated
" Helvetia Antiqua et Nova , published by Christopher Plantm , a printer at Antwerp , who died in 1598 ; extracts from wdrich are here given , tending to prove that the system of the Druids seems to have contained many points in common with the tenets ot Masonry .
There is , perhaps , no part of Europe which bears evidence of this extension of the Celts more than the southern Cantons of Switzerland , comprising the tracts of country between the mountains of the Jura and the Alps of Savoy . According to Caesar , ancient Gaul was bounded by the Seine to the north , and by the Garonne to the
southward ; but looking to the derivation of words m general use , and the names of places and rivers , the Celtic nation must have been settled in that part of Europe for a considerable period . Thus , without multiplying other examples , Lemanus , the lloman name for the Lake of Geneva , has originated in Lem or Lim , Celtic for a lake or
. Previous to the invasion of the Eomans the inhabitants of these cantons , like the rest of their race , professed Druidism . They acknowledged the existence of a Supreme and Eternal Being , they believed in the immortality of the soul , and in a future state . They
worshipped the elements for the following reasons : — The JjJarlhy as the mother of mankind . Fire , as one of the vital principles of creation . Air , as the residence of beings of a superior nature . TOIi . II . 5 N