[86] Ezekiel: chap, xiv, v. 17.
[87] Becan: Origines Antwerpianae, lib. i, pp. 26, 101.
[88] Golnitz: Itinerarium Belgico-Gallicum, p. 52.
[AD] The phallic hand in some form or other is frequently found in the ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii. The so-called maison d’ joie found in one of the streets of Pompeii is considered by some authorities to have been a minor temple to Venus where priapic rites were celebrated. The stone phallus at the entrance as well as the erotic frescoes on the wall, point to this as being true.
[89] Knight: op. cit. ante., p. 117.
[90] The Worship of the Generative Powers, footnote p. 117.
[91] Knight: The Worship of Priapus, p. 27, et seq.
[92] B. Fay Mills, Sermon to Young Men and Young Women, at Owensboro, Ky., May 20, 1894.
[AE] This knowledge is not confined to the Catholic church alone; in all denominations the pubescent human being is considered most susceptible to religious influences. The cause or raison d ’etre of this susceptibility is, by no means, generally recognized.
[93] Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis, p. 8.