[311] As Noah was himself named from the symbolical boat, so was his eldest son Japheth, from its sanctified prototype. Ja-Phith signifies consecrated to Pith, or the Yoni. And again, his son’s name, Ja-van, means consecrated to woman.
[312] “In the city of Babylon there is a temple with brazen gates, consecrated to Jupiter Belus, being four square; and each side being two furlongs in length. In the midst of this holy place there is a solid tower, of the thickness and height of a furlong; upon which there is another tower placed, and upon that another; and so on, one upon another, insomuch that there are eight in all. On the outside of these there are steps or stairs placed, by which men go up from one tower to another. In the middle of these steps there are resting-places; and rooms were made for the purpose, that they who go to the top may have conveniences to sit down and rest themselves” (Herodotus).
“’Tis a tower exactly round, in form of a cone, or round pyramid; the diameter, or thickness at the base, being 81 feet; the circumference, or way round, 254½ feet; the height perpendicular likewise 81 feet, equal to the diameter; the height likewise, oblique, 90½ feet; and the angles of the sides equal to those of the former design: the whole likewise a mass of brick and bitumen work, amounting to 140,589 cubic feet, upon 5207 square” (Mark Gregory).
[313] Gen. xi. 4.
[314] Spenser’s Faërie Queene.
[315] Shiloh is an Irish word, literally meaning seed, and additionally showing that it was in our sacred language all those occurrences were originally named.
[316] Both words equally signify the happy country or the sacred land.
[317] Gen. iii. 15.
[318] See chap. xvii. p. 229.
[319] Gen. iii. 15.