INDEX.

Abraham, [186].
Accumulator, the electric, [63], [64].
Acetic ether, [73], [74].
Acids, [69], [70].
Aerobes, [87], [88].
Affinities, chemical, [51], [52], [55], [68];
of Zoroastrianism and art, [212].
Agriculture, [245].
Ahriman, [4], [180], [202], [203], [265].
Air, a cubic centimetre of, [20];
pressure of, [24], [25].
Aleutian Islands, [97].
Alga, [95], [105];
forests of the, [97].
Algonquins, funeral custom, [149].
Alizarine manufactured, [86].
Alkalies, [69], [70].
America, woman in, [111], [112];
respect for law in, [235].
Amœba, [76], [77], [82];
propagation of the, [103], [104], [117].
Amos, [187].
Anemone, sea, [104].
Angiosperms, [98].
Animal life, [92], [93];
Zoroaster enjoins kindness to, [207].
Aquarium, [93];
nature one huge, [101].
Arnold, Matthew, [207];
definition of the Deity by, [171].
Aryan race, divisions of the, [199];
religion of the, [200];
language, [200].
Assur, [153].
Astronomy, [5];
in early religions, [153].
Athanasian Creed, [181-183].
Atlantic cable, [60], [61].
Atoms, [5], [10], [14];
weight of, [15-17];
theory of, [16];
elementary, [18];
and their laws, [19], [22], [25];
vibrations of, [26];
and ether, [32];
and the vortex theory, [33], [34], [36];
action of heat on, [43];
and chemical energy, [50];
affinities and repulsions of, [51];
the primary element of matter, [66], [67];
polarity of, [68];
in hydrates, [69];
of hydrogen in acids, [69], [70];
of oxygen, [70];
multipolar, [71];
magnetic, [72];
dimensions of, [119].
Augustin, [201].
Australia, free trade in, [242], [245].
Authorities to whom the author is indebted, [x.]
Atavism, [103], [118].
Avogadro, law of, [13].
Axolotl, [123].
Bacteria, [85], [105].
Balkh, Zoroaster at, [201].
Bees, reproduction of, [106].
Bel, [152], [153].
Berkeley, Bishop, [142].
Berlin, spirit-seeing in, [166].
Blindness cured by hypnotism, [165].
Bombay, death rate in, 1881, 1882, [218].
Books, the best mirrors of an age, [111], [112];
modern French novels, [113].
Bozu, Buddhist priest upon the Divine Creator, [160], [161].
Brahm, [114].
Brahminism, [207].
Braid, Dr., cures by hypnotism, [165], [168], [193].
Brain, the, [125], [126];
tissue of the, [127];
average weight of the human, [129];
organs of the, [130], [131];
areas of speech, hearing, and sight in the, [132];
intellectual faculties in the, [133];
abnormal state of the, [134], [135];
action of the grey tissue of the, [137];
of the higher animals, [137], [138];
cells of the, [140];
action in a murder, [189];
organ of will in the, [191], [192];
effect of injuries to the, [192];
effect of will on the, [194].
Bret Harte, [110], [112].
Bruce, legend of the heart of, [228].
Buddha, [187].
Buddhism, [156];
in Shakespeare, [160];
the Divine Creator in, [160], [161];
morality of, [160], [184];
based upon pessimism, [177], [197], [198], [206], [207].
Burial of the dead, [149];
prehistoric, [151];
Parsee avoidance of, [208].
Butyric acid, [73], [74].
Byron on the Parsees, [219].
Calculus, the differential, [6], [28-32], [138].
California, [256].
Canterbury, Augustin at, [201].
Capital and labour, [176], [246-248].
Carbon, [16], [18], [71];
in dynamite, [50];
radicals of, [73], [74], [77];
in the protoplasm, [80];
early abundance of, [86];
in a dead body, [88];
plant life and, [93].
Carbonic dioxide, [16], [51], [82], [83], [92], [95], [96];
in plant life, [101].
Carlyle, [171], [188], [251].
Carnegie, Andrew, on modern worship, [219].
Catholic theology, [147].
Cause, the Great First, [122], [162];
Dr. Temple’s definition of, [170];
evolution of the idea of, [172], [201], [203];
Zoroaster and, [204];
the only reasonable theory, [208].
Cell, the first step in organisms, [78], [79];
the nucleated multiplication of the, [104].
Centrifugal force, [89], [90], [117].
Centripetal force, [89], [90], [117];
in societies, [233].
Chaldean legends, [152], [153];
of the Creation, [193].
Chalk, formation of, [95].
Chemical energy in electricity, [60].
Chemistry, [5], [14], [25];
elementary substances in, [17], [18], [74];
energy in, [47];
a modern law of change, [75];
and the protoplasm, [84].
Chinese funeral custom, [149];
religion, origin of the, [152];
religion, [156], [159];
myths, [164];
faith in a virgin mother, [155].
Chlorine, [16], [70], [71].
Christianity, [157], [198];
the position of women influenced by, [108], [109];
Pauline, [177];
the creed of, [180], [181];
impractical, [182];
morality of, [184], [185], [188];
influenced by Oriental asceticism, [212].
Clausius, [19].
Cleanliness and religion, [223], [224].
Clerk Maxwell, [19].
Coal, [45], [49], [97];
heat in burning, [61], [62];
land animals found in, [99].
Cobden, Richard, [242].
Colloids, [77], [78], [80].
Comets, [25];
supernatural dread of, [164].
Communism, [252], [253].
Conceptions, our, [143].
Confucianism, [184], [198].
Conservative legislation, [230];
in England, [235].
Contract, law of, [254], [255].
Creation, unknown, [19];
early myths of the, [152], [153].
Cromwell, [213].
Crystals, [10], [26-28].
Cumming, Dr., [47].
Darwin, [6], [122], [172];
his theory of Pangenesis, [119];
his theory of evolution, [121].
David, [186].
Descartes, [141].
Deus, derivation of the word, [200].
Deutsch, Emmanuel, on the Talmud, [172], [188].
Diamond, the, [74], [77].
Dionæa, [96].
Dog, will in a, [39], [40];
sense of right and wrong in a, [193].
Drummond, Professor, [3].
Dryopithecus, [100].
Dynamite, [48], [50], [74], [176].
Dynamo, the, [61-63].
Earth, structure of the, [51], [52];
first temperature of the, [86];
orbit of the, [22], [89], [117].
Echidna, the, [124].
Education, [237-240].
Egypt, ancient tombs in, [149], [150];
animal worship in, [150];
priests in, [152];
astronomy in, [153], [154];
a virgin mother worshipped in, [155];
religious morality in, [184].
Electric energy, [47];
light currents, effects of, [57-59];
telegraph, [59], [60];
accumulator, [61];
light, [56], [57], [61];
engines, [62], [63].
Electricity, [2], [14];
ether in, [25];
nature of, [52-55];
in pith balls, [52], [53], [71], [72];
velocity of the current in, [56];
and magnets, [58], [59];
storage of, [64].
Embryology, [106].
Emerson, [vii.]
Energy, [2];
nature of, [35], [36], [38], [66], [67];
of motion and position, [37], [48];
transformation of, [41], [42];
in heat and light, [43], [44], [47];
variations of, [47], [48];
molecular, [49];
chemical, [50];
in electricity, [54-57];
cost of, obtained from zinc, [61], [62];
conservation of, [62], [63], [139].
England, conservatism in, [236], [237];
education in, [237-239];
free trade in, [243].
English literature, [111];
woman in, [112], [113];
colonisation, [232].
Eozoon Canadiense, [99].
Ethelbert, [201].
Ether, [22], [36];
density of, [24], [25];
waves, [26], [43];
vibrations of, [27];
attempt to identify, with atoms, [32], [35];
nature of, [66].
Evil, origin of, [170], [173];
attempts to reconcile it with good, [178];
consistent with theory of God, [173], [202];
modern treatment of, [224].
Evolution, [6], [8], [121];
of religion, [4], [155], [156], [185], [186];
of matter, [80];
of life, [100];
important facts in the history of, [123];
does not tend to virtue, [173], [176];
of moral ideas, [186], [191];
of the horror of murder, [189], [190].
Fable of the shield, [227-230];
applied to politics, [230];
to commerce, [243], [244].
“Faust” a Zoroastrian drama, [209].
Ferdousi, [201].
Fermentation, [87], [88].
Ferns in the primary epoch, [97].
Fetish worship, [150].
Fiji, [149], [189].
Fire, primitive means of obtaining, [41];
worship, [207], [220].
Fish shells in the Tertiary epoch, [98];
in the Silurian epoch, [99].
Fungi, [95].
France, protection in, [246];
state railways in, [261].
Franklin, Benjamin, [163].
French Revolution, [231], [233];
colonisation, [232];
trade in a colony, [233].
Frog with the brain removed, [137].
Galileo, [147], [164], [205].
Gallio, [239].
Gas in dynamite, [51].
Gases, law of, [11-13];
in water, [14];
kinetic theory of, [14], [33];
substances reduced to, [44];
expansion of, [45].
Galton, Mr. F., [240].
Genesis, the Creation in, [152], [153].
Geology, [5];
records of, [96];
earliest strata of, [97];
vegetable records in, [96-98];
animal records in, [99], [100].
Geometry, [139].
George, Henry, [256].
Ghosts, universal belief in, [149-151].
Glass, [49], [53].
Globigerena, [95].
God, Buddhist idea of, [161];
a magnified man, [170], [171];
Carlyle on, [171];
Arnold’s definition of, [171];
Jewish doctors on, [172];
prevalent idea of miraculous intervention by, [173];
the author of good and evil, [179];
primitive Aryan word for, [200].
Grammar, [239], [240].
Gravity, the law of, [5], [16], [48], [49], [121], [144];
atoms subject to the, [34];
universal confidence in the, [148];
a dangerous heresy, [164].
Greeks, religion amongst the, [155], [156].
Gushtasp, [201].
Gymnosperms, [97], [98].
Haeckel, [119], [122].
Hale, Justice, [164].
Halley, [164].
Haug, Dr., [202], [205].
Heat, produced by work, [41], [42];
nature of, [43];
performs work, [44], [47];
and electricity, [54], [61];
and the stability of substances, [74];
in chemistry, [75].
Helmholz, [32].
Hercules, [193], [197].
Heredity, the principle of, [117-121];
in education, [240].
Hesperornis, [123].
Hillel, morality of, [188].
Hindoo religion, [152], [156];
migration, [199].
Horace, [163].
Horse, [119].
Human remains in Tertiary period, [100];
implements, prehistoric, [144], [145].
Hume, [162].
Huxley, Professor, [v.], [vi.], [78], [86], [122], [172], [203];
on spontaneous generation, [85];
on the protista, [94];
on the uniformity of law in Nature, [146].
Hydrates, [69].
Hydrochloric acid, [16], [70], [71].
Hydrogen, [11], [13], [16-18], [70], [71], [74], [75];
composition of, [15];
in the sun, [26];
in dynamite, [50];
in water, [52], [68], [238];
in the accumulator, [63];
in acids, [69];
in the protoplasm, [80];
in a dead body, [88].
Hypnotism, [134], [192];
blindness cured by, [165], [166];
an old lady dancing through, [193].
Ibn Ezra, [172].
India, British railways in, [250].
Indians, North American, totem of the, [150];
murder amongst the, [189].
Indigotine, [86].
Induction, phenomena of, [58].
Intellectual faculties, the seat of the, [133], [134].
Iodine vapour, [75].
Iranian migration, [199];
language, [200].
Ireland, popular ignorance of the land question in, [9];
rents in, [233], [234];
contracts in, [254];
railways in, [262].
Iron, filings and a magnet, [1], [10], [11], [27];
contraction of, [49], [50];
bar and a magnet, [68];
rust, [68], [81];
motion of, [83].
Irving, Edward, [166].
Isaiah, [187].
Isomerism, [74].
Istar, [vi.]
Jehovah, gradual conception of, [157], [158], [186].
Jehuda Hilmi, [172].
Jesus, on miracles, [168], [169];
the personification of Ormuzd, [180-183], [204];
an historical personage, [198];
adopted a Jewish view of religion, [212].
Jewish doctors on God, [172];
gradual development of the, religion, [157];
morality in the, religion, [186], [187].
Jijibhoy, Jamsedjee, Sir, [217].
“Jingoism,” [241].
Joule, Dr., [42], [46].
Jupiter, the planet, [22], [25].
Kant, [141], [142].
Kesar, [152], [153].
Knowledge, limits of our, [125-127], [136], [139-141].
Knox, John, [221].
Lakman and Lakmana, [152].
Latimer, [221].
Law in Nature, [6], [144], [145], [164], [171];
common, [236].
Lead, [63].
Leibnitz, [194].
Lichens, [95], [96].
Light, waves, [19], [23], [24], [26-28], [43];
velocity of, [21], [22];
energy in, [47];
electric, [56], [57], [61].
Lightning conductors, [163].
Lourdes, miracles at, [168].
Luther, 198
Magnet, the, [1], [2], [27], [68], [70], [71];
nature of, [58].
Magnetism, [vii.]
Mahometanism, [157], [158], [198], [213].
Maimonides on God, [172].
Manuals in geology, [100].
Manufacturers, generous, [217].
Marriage, [115].
Mass, the, [223].
Matter, [10];
nature of, [66], [67].
Meat, frozen, [45], [87].
Mechanical action in life, [39], [40], [91];
power, [41];
process in nerve action, [129], [130].
Menai Bridge, [50].
Mercury, [17], [44].
Metrical system, the, [42].
Mexican myths, [154], [155].
Microcrith, [15].
Microscope, [11], [239].
Mill, John Stuart, [161].
Milton, [209], [213].
Miracles, [6];
a question of evidence, [162], [163];
early belief in, [164];
uselessness of ordinary, [167], [170];
not found in Zoroastrianism, [204].
Molecules, [5], [10], [12], [22], [25];
weight of, [13];
in chemistry, [14];
of oxygen and hydrogen, [15];
composition of, [18];
in a cubic centimetre of air, [20];
vibrations of, [26];
the vortex theory of, [33], [34];
action of heat on, [43-46];
of nitrogen, [50];
nature of, [67];
complex, [73];
of monera, [79];
of the protoplasm, [80], [81].
Molecular energies, [47], [49].
Monera, [79], [94];
reproduction of the, [103], [117].
Monogamy, [109].
Monotheism, [156].
Moon, worship of the, [102], [153];
Parsee worship of the, [219].
Morality, in religions, [108], [184-188];
in nations, [110];
origin of, [190], [191].
Mormonism, [213].
Motion, of living beings, [83];
independent of will in the brain, [137], [192].
Music in religion, [222].
Murder, [189], [190].
Nerves, [129], [130];
divisions of the, [131];
channels of the, [133].
Newcome, Colonel, [211].
Newman, Cardinal, [147], [148], [159].
Newton, [16], [17], [28], [121], [138], [144], [205].
Nickel, a magnet, [68].
Nicolai, visions seen by, [166].
Nitric acid, [69].
Nitrogen, [18], [69], [88];
in dynamite, [50], [51];
in the protoplasm, [80].
Nitro-glycerine (dynamite), [50], [51].
Nitrous oxide, [51].
Northumberland House, lion on, [167].
Novelists, English, [111].
Nummulitic limestone, [94], [95].
Nursery rhymes, [142].
Nutrition, [81].
Octoroon, [118].
Oersted, [59].
Optimism, [176].
Ormuzd, [3], [4];
Jesus the modern, [180-182];
a definition of, [201], [202];
homage due to, [203];
sonnet to, [265].
Oxide of iron, [43], [81].
Oxygen, [11], [13], [14], [18], [57], [238];
composition of, [15];
is universal, [16];
weight of an atom of, [16];
and iron, [43];
in dynamite, [50];
affinities of, [52];
in the accumulator, [63];
in water, [68], [75];
bipolar, [70];
in the protoplasm, [80];
in contact with dead bodies, [88];
and animal life, [93], [96];
in plant life, [101].
Palgrave, [158].
Pangenesis, [119].
Pantheism, in China, [156];
prevalence of, [159], [160].
Paris, [241].
Parsees, the, [199];
creed of the, [205];
rites of the, [207], [208];
the distinguishing characteristics of the, [214-216];
women amongst, [215], [216];
a commercial people, [217];
death rate amongst the, [218];
Byron on the, [219];
modern worship of the, [219], [264].
Parthenogenesis, [106].
Pasteur, [87].
Patriotism, [240], [241].
Peel, Sir Robert, [242].
Pendulum, [37].
Perceptions, the basis of knowledge, [125], [140].
Permian formation, [97];
reptiles in the, [99].
Perron, Anquetil du, [203].
Peruvian myths, [154], [155].
Pessimism, [177], [178].
Pharisees, [168], [169].
Philo, [187].
Philosophy, and the unknown, [141];
in Eastern religion, [160].
Physical conditions and religious progress, [224].
Pigeon with the brain removed, [137], [192].
Pith-balls, electricity in, [52], [53], [71], [72].
Planet worship, [155].
Plant life, [82], [92], [93];
reproduction of, [84], [105];
food, [95];
fly-eating, [96];
gradual appearance in geology of, [97];
in the chalk, [98].
Plato, [142].
Polarity, law of, [v.], [vii.], [1-4], [10], [65];
in crystals, [27], [28];
in wave motion, [38];
in will, [40], [195];
of chemical elements, [68], [70];
electrical differs from magnetic, [72];
is the clue to the construction of the world, [74];
in life, [76], [89], [93];
in the organic world, [91];
in evolution, [100];
in sex, [107], [109], [114], [115];
a law of existence, [171];
asserts itself in society, [174];
in moral life, [178];
in art and fiction, [209-211];
in politics, [230], [231];
in political economy, [247-250].
Polytheism, [157].
Poor laws, the, [253].
Population, effects of the accumulation of, [175], [176].
Postal service, [260].
Potassic hydrates, [69].
Pramantha, [41], [42].
Prayer, Zoroastrian, [223], [225].
Prehistoric faith in spirits, [151].
Priesthood, first records of a, [52].
Primary period, the, [97];
fish in the, [99].
Principles, Zoroaster’s two great, [202].
Progress, modern, [7].
Prometheus, [42], [209].
Propagation of life by germs, [104], [118];
of the lower plants, [105].
Property in land, [255], [256].
Protection, [244-246].
Protista, [94].
Protoplasm, the, [78], [79], [81], [84];
nature of the, [80];
the first, [87];
the origin of all life, [93];
in nerve-endings, [129].
Proudhon, [256].
Putrefaction, [87], [88].
Pyramids, the, [10];
astronomical value of the, [153], [154].
Quakers, the, [213].
Quantivalence of substances, [71], [72].
Radiolaria, [95].
Railway, companies, [248];
profits of companies, [249], [250];
working of a State, [261], [262].
Religion, [4];
nature of, [146];
origin of, [148], [149], [151];
early, [152];
universal faith in a virgin mother, [154], [155];
planet worship, [155];
gradual evolution of, [155], [156];
philosophical in the East, [160];
nature in, [163];
wars of, [179];
amongst savages, [185];
Jewish, [186];
and morality, [188];
Aryan, [200];
of Zoroaster, [201], [208], [223];
probable form of modern, [203], [209];
music the language of, [222], [223].
Roman Church, the, [223].
Reproduction of species, [83];
of worms, [104];
sexual, [105], [106], [118].
Reptiles, [99].
Ricardo, [247].
Russia, [243];
communism in, [253].
Sabbath, the, [212];
origin of the, [155];
in England, [212], [220].
Saint Paul, his doctrine of predestination, [158];
on God, [172];
Christianity of, [177], [188];
on charity, [182].
—— Vitus’s dance, [166].
Salt, [52], [70].
Salvation Army, the, [180].
Sanskrit, [199], [200].
Sargasso Sea, [97].
Saul, [180], [186].
Savages, and numbers, [138], [191];
religion amongst, [149-151], [185];
murder amongst, [189], [190].
Schliemann, Professor, [151].
Scotland, virtue in, [176];
the poor rate in, [253].
Scott, Sir Walter, [210], [211], [241].
Secondary epoch, the, [97];
reptiles and birds in the, [99];
transformation of a water into an air population, [123].
Semitic races, religion amongst the, [156].
Sermons, [220-222];
on the mount, [184], [187], [254].
Sex in ancient creeds, [102], [103].
Shakers, the, [166], [252].
Shakespeare, on women, [112];
Buddhism in, [160];
despondency of, [178];
polarity of character in, [210], [211].
Shelley, [19], [226].
Snakes, changes from oviparous to viviparous, [124].
Soap bubbles, [19];
a clue to the dimensions of light, [33].
Socialism, [251], [252].
Society, [231].
Sociology, H. Spencer on, [259].
Socrates on religion, [172].
Sodium, [52], [70].
Solar myths, [152-154];
system worshipped by the Aryans, [200].
Somnambulism, [126], [134], [135], [192].
Sonnet to Ormuzd, [265].
Soul, the, [194].
Sound waves, velocity of, [24].
Species, [118], [119].
Spectroscope, [25], [26].
Spectrum of sun-rays, [43].
Spencer, Herbert, [x.], [113], [161], [203];
on antagonistic forces, [90];
on polarity in religion, [109], [172];
on politics, [231];
on altruism, [254];
on sociology, [259];
works of, [264].
Spiritualism, [136].
Spontaneous generation, [84], [89].
State interference, [253], [255], [257];
railways, [261], [262];
trade for national defence, [263].
Steam, action of, [45], [49];
engine, [45], [61].
Stone-throwing, brain action in, [38], [39].
Substances, quality and grouping of, [73];
stability of, [74], [75].
Succession duty, [258].
Sun, [26];
heat of the, [45].
Sutherland family, crest of the, [150].
Tait, Professor, [32].
Talmud, the, [172], [212];
morality in the, [187], [188].
Telephone, the, [60].
Temple, Dr., [162];
on evolution, [121];
on a Creator, [170], [203];
on man, [193].
Tennyson, [203], [210], [226], [241].
Tertiary epoch, [98];
mammals in the, [100].
Thomson, Sir W., [19], [21], [32].
Tobit, the Book of, [187].
Trade, free, [242-245].
Trance, phenomena of, [135].
Traveller, a, on misery in Christian lands, [175].
Triton, the, [122].
Tulliver, Maggie, [112], [211].
Turkey, [110], [111];
woman in, [112].
Turks, English, [113], [114].
Tyndall, [94].
United States, the, [241], [242];
protection in the, [242], [243], [246];
homestead laws in the, [256], [257].
Unknown, the Great, [126], [127].
Urea, [86].
Variations of species, principle of, [120].
Vedas, the Hindoo, [152];
antiquity of the, [199].
Vendidad, the, [202].
Virgin mother, prevalence of faith in a, [154], [155].
Voltaic battery, the, [14], [55], [61].
Volume, variations of, [12].
Vortex theory, [33], [34].
Wales, coal in, [258].
Wahabite reformer, [158].
Water, formation of, [11], [12], [14], [15], [52];
and electricity, [14], [53];
a cubic inch of, magnified, [21];
becomes vapour, [45], [46], [75];
freezing, [81].
Waves, motion, [23], [24], [48];
light, [19-24], [26-28], [43];
sound, [24].
Wheat, mummy, [80].
Will, free, [191];
nature of the, [194].
Witchcraft, [164], [179].
Woman, natural office of the, [107], [108];
position of, a test of civilisation, [110], [111];
in modern books, [111], [112];
rights of, [116];
amongst the Parsees, [214-216].
Wood, burning, [75].
Wordsworth, pantheism in, [159], [160].
Worms, reproduction of, [104].
Zend, dialect, [199], [200];
scriptures, [201], [202];
Avesta, [203].
Zinc, in electricity, [61].
Zodiac, the, [153].
Zoophytes, [94], [95].
Zoroaster, [4], [187];
theory of, [7], [179], [197], [202], [203], [223];
history of, [197], [198];
known by his book, [199];
a reformer, [200];
at Balkh, [201];
his creed not weighted by tradition, [204];
miraculous conception of, [205].
Zoroastrian, a modern, [3];
creed of a, [180];
morality, [205], [206].
Zoroastrianism and art, [212];
and modern thought, [213].

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