P.
Pales, a rural god, 330.
Palestine, or the land of the Philistines, 397.
" resembles Greece and Switzerland, 397.
" its mountainous character, 397.
" a small country, 398.
" its mountains and valleys, 399.
Palgrave, note giving an extract from his book, 486.
Papacy, mediæval, good done by it, 350.
" a reproduction of the Roman state religion, 350.
Parsî religion, its influence on Judaism, 205.
" " its influence on Christianity, 204.
" " teaches a kingdom of heaven, 207.
" " still continues in Persia and India, 208.
Parthenon, the, temple of Minerva, described, 290.
Penates, gods of home, 328.
Persepolis, ruins of the palace of Xerxes at, 170.
" inscriptions of Darius and Xerxes at, 170.
" tombs of the kings of Persia at, 174.
Pharisees, Sadducets, and Essenei, 444.
Phidias, his statue of Jupiter described, 288.
Philistines, probably Pelasgi from Crete, 421.
Philosophy, early Greek, 291.
" Greek, in Asia Minor, 291.
" in Italy, 292.
Phœnicians, their language a form of Hebrew, 400.
Plato harmonizes realism and idealism, 293.
" his philosophy completes that of Socrates, 294.
" his method that of transcendentalism, 294.
" his idea of God pure and high, 295.
" Christian element in, 295.
Pliny, the elder, his view of religion, 345.
Present work, an essay, or attempt, 1.
" " companson of religions its object, 1.
Prophecy, a modification of inspiration, 438.
Prophets of the Old Testament, men of action, 440.
" politicians and constitutional lawyers, 440.
" preferred the moral law to ceremonial, 441.
" described by Dean Stanley, 441.
" their inspiration came through a common human faculty, 442.
" their predictions not always realized, 443.
" their foresight of Christianity, 443.
" developed Judaism to its highest point, 443.
Proverbs, Book of, in the Edda, 365.
Pontiffs, their authority, 336.
Positivism, its law of progress examined, 489.
Puranas, the, much read by the common people, 130.
" devoted to the worship of Vischnu, 131.
" extol the power of penances, 132.
" ideas those of the epics, 132.
" their philosophy that of the Sunkhya, 132.
R.
Ramses II. a powerful king B.C. 1400, 233.
" supposed to be the same as Sesostris, 234.
" birth of Moses during his reign, 335.
Recognition of God in nature, best element of Egyptian religion, 257.
Relation of the religion of the Avesta to the Vedas, 201.
Results of the survey of ten religions, 489.
" in regard to their resemblance and difference, 490.
Resemblance of the Roman Catholic ceremonies to those of Pagan Rome, 350.
Roman calendar, described, 332.
Roman Catholic Church, teaches an exclusive spiritualism, 143.
" " " is eminently a sacrificial system, 143.
" " " its monastic system an included Protestantism, 145.
Roman deities adopted from Greece, 326.
" " manufactured by the pontiffs, 326.
" " representing the powers of nature, 327.
" " representing human relations, 328.
" " presiding over rural occupations, 330.
" " derived from the Etruscans, 327.
" empire gave to Christianity its outward form (note), 350.
" " united the several states of Europe, 350.
" law, its influence on Western theology, 351.
" legal notions transferred to theology, 352.
" mind, wanting in spontaneity, 316.
" " serious, practical, hard, 316.
" religion, an established church, 317.
" " regarded chiefly external conduct, 317.
" " tolerant of questions of opinion, 317.
" " not a mere copy from Greece, 318.
" " described by Hegel, 318.
" " described by Cicero, 317-319.
" " described by Mommsen, 319.
" " a polytheism, with monotheism behind it, 320.
" " deified all events, 321.
Romans, as a race, whence derived, 319.
" " belong to the Aryan family, 319.
" " composed of Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans, 320.
" " related to the Pelasgi and Celts, 320.
" their oldest deities, Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan, 320.
Roman sepulchral monuments, their tone, 346.
Roman thought and Roman religion opposed, 342.
Roman worship, very elaborate and minute, 331.
" " full of festivals, 331.
" " distinguished between things sacred and profane, 331.
" " a yoke on the public life of the Romans, 334.
" " directed by the College of Pontiffs, 334.
" " chief seat in the Via Sacra, 335.
" " governed by etiquette, 335.
" " originally free from idolatry, 336.
" " acted like a charm, 340.
Rome, ancient, its legacy to Christianity, 353.
Runes, Odin's song of, in the Edda, 368.
S.
Salii, ancient priests of Mars, 336.
Sánkhya philosophy, 114.
" founded on two principles, 120.
" considered atheistic, 120.
" the basis of Buddhism, 121.
" a very ancient system, 122.
Saturnus, Saturn, god of planting, 330.
Scandinavia, consisting of what regions, 358.
" surrounded by the sea, 358.
" its adaptation to the Teutonic race, 359.
" formerly inhabited by the Cimbri, 360.
" the home of the Northmen, 361.
Scandinavian religion, a system of dualism, 362.
" " war its essential idea, 362.
" " its virtues, truth, justice, courage, 362.
Scandinavians, their early history, 355.
" described by Cæsar, 355.
" described by Tacitus, 356.
" a branch of the great German family, 357.
" their language, the Norse and its derivatives, 357.
" our inheritance from, 358.
" their manners and institutious, 387.
" their respect for women, 388.
" their Scalds, or bards, 388.
" their maritime expeditions, 389.
Sea-Kings of Norway, their discoveries, 361.
Seat of the Scandinavian race, 355.
Secrecy, the evil in Egyptian religion, 257.
Semitic races, their character and exploits, 399.
" " great navigators and discoverers, 399.
" " identity of their languages, 400.
" " nations of which they consist, 399.
" " their religion and gods, 401.
" " their tendency to monotheism, 402.
Seneca, his view of religion, 343, 344.
Serapis, the same as Osiris-Apis, 257.
Sibylline books, derived from Greece, 336.
Siculi, supposed to be Kelte (note), 320.
Silvanus, god of the woods, 330.
Siva, does not appear in the Vedas, 125.
" worshipped with Brahma and Vischnu at the present time, 127.
" worshipped in the Puranas, 132.
" girls worship him with flowers, 132.
" his wife Doorga, festival of, 134.
" men swing on hooks in honor of, 135.
Solomon, and the relapse of Judaism, 428.
" a less interesting character than David, 429.
" his unscrupulous policy, 429.
" the splendor and power of his reign, 430.
" his alliances with Egypt, Phoenicia, and Arabia, 341.
" his temple described, 432.
" his Book of Proverbs and its character, 433.
" account of his last days, 434.
" his scepticism described in Ecclesiastes, 435.
Socrates, his character and work, 293.
Sol, the sun, a Sabine deity, 327.
Soma plant of the Veda, the Haŏma, 202.
Sophocles, the most devout of the Greek tragedians, 284.
Spiritualism, in Brahmanism and Christianity, 136.
Stoics, as described by Zeller, 296.
T.
Tacitus, the spirit of his writings, 346.
Tae-Ping (or Ti-Ping) insurrection, its origin, 62.
" " its leader the heavenly prince, 62.
" " essentially a religious movement, 64.
" " based on the Bible, 65.
Tae-Pings (or Ti-Pings), their prayers, 65.
" their public religious exercises, 66.
" their moral reforms, 68.
" put down by British intervention, 68.
" worshipped one God, and believed in Jesus, 69.
Talmud, the, extracts from, 445.
Tao-te-king, its doctrines described, 54.
" resembles the system of Hegel, 54.
" its doctrine of opposites, 55.
" its resemblance to Buddhism, 55.
" its tendency to magic, 56.
Tellus, the earth, a Roman god, 330.
Tempestates, the tempests, worshipped at Rome, 327.
Terminus, an old Italian god, 330.
Three classes of Roman gods, 325.
Tiberinus, or father Tiber, a Roman god, 328.
Things, or popular assemblies of the Scandinavians, 358.
Thor, his character and prowess, 377.
" his famous mallet, 378.
" his journey to Jotunheim, 374.
" his fight with the Midgard serpent, 376.
Triad, the Hindoo, its origin, 124.
" compared with other Triads, 124.
Trinity, Christian, derived from Egypt, 255.
Trinity the, its meaning in Christianity, 500.
Truths and errors of the different systems, 21.
Tyr, the Scandinavian war god, 379.
" how he lost his hand, 380, 383.
U.
Ulphilas, the Arian, first Christian teacher of the Germans, 390.
" his translation of the Bible into Gothic tongue, 390.