[149] Ibid. ch. I. Sec. III. pp. 55, 56.
[150] Ibid. pp. 54, 55.
[151] "Seems to have been" is a somewhat weak expression, after what is said by Clement and Origen, of which some specimens are given in the text.
[152] Ibid., p. 62.
[153] Article on "Mysticism."—Encyc. Britan.
[154] Article "Mysticism." Encyclopædia Britannica.
[155] Orpheus, pp. 53, 54.
[156] Obligation must be here acknowledged to the Article "Mysticism," in the Encyc. Brit., though that publication is by no means responsible for the opinions expressed.
[157] The Mysteries of Magic. Trans. by A. E. Waite, pp. 58 and 60.
[158] II. S. Peter i. 5.