THE WORLD'S SIXTEEN CRUCIFIED SAVIORS
OR, CHRISTIANITY BEFORE CHRIST
CONTAINING NEW, STARTLING, AND EXTRAORDINARY REVELATIONS IN RELIGIOUS HISTORY, WHICH DISCLOSE THE ORIENTAL ORIGIN OF ALL THE DOCTRINES, PRINCIPLES, PRECEPTS, AND MIRACLES OF THE CHRISTIAN NEW TESTAMENT, AND FURNISHING A KEY FOR UNLOCKING MANY OF ITS SACRED MYSTERIES, BESIDES COMPRISING THE HISTORY OF 16 HEATHEN CRUCIFIED GODS.
By Kersey Graves
CONTENTS
[ PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. ]
[ THE WORLD'S SIXTEEN CRUCIFIED SAVIORS. ]
[ CHAPTER I. ] RIVAL CLAIMS OF THE SAVIORS
[ CHAPTER II. ] MESSIANIC PROPHECIES
[ CHAPTER III. ] PROPHECIES BY THE FIGURE OF A SERPENT
[ CHAPTER IV. ] MIRACULOUS AND IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE GODS
[ CHAPTER V. ] VIRGIN MOTHERS AND VIRGIN-BORN GODS
[ CHAPTER VI. ] STARS POINT OUT THE TIME AND THE SAVIORS' BIRTH-PLACE
[ CHAPTER VII. ] ANGELS, SHEPHERDS AND MAGI VISIT THE INFANT SAVIORS
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF DECEMBER THE BIRTHDAY OF THE GODS
[ CHAPTER IX. ] TITLES OF THE SAVIORS
[ CHAPTER X. ] THE SAVIORS OF ROYAL DESCENT, BUT HUMBLE BIRTH
[ CHAPTER XI. ] CHRIST'S GENEALOGY
[ CHAPTER XII. ] THE WORLD'S SAVIORS SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION IN INFANCY
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] THE SAVIORS EXHIBIT EARLY PROOFS OF DIVINITY
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] THE SAVIORS; KINGDOMS NOT OF THIS WORLD
[ CHAPTER XV. ] THE SAVIORS WERE REAL PERSONAGES
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] SIXTEEN SAVIORS CRUCIFIED
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] THE APHANASIA, OR DARKNESS AT THE CRUCIFIXION
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] DESCENT OF THE SAVIORS INTO HELL
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] RESURRECTION OF THE SAVIORS
[ CHAPTER XX. ] REAPPEARANCE AND ASCENSION OF THE SAVIORS
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] THE ATONEMENT—ITS ORIENTAL OR HEATHEN ORIGIN
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] THE HOLY GHOST OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] THE DIVINE "WORD" OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] THE TRINITY VERY ANCIENTLY A CURRENT HEATHEN DOCTRINE
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] ABSOLUTION, AND THE CONFESSION OF SINS, OF HEATHEN ORIGIN
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] ORIGIN OF BAPTISM BY WATER, FIRE, BLOOD AND THE HOLY GHOST
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] THE SACRAMENT OR EUCHARIST OF HEATHEN ORIGIN
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] ANOINTING WITH OIL OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ] HOW MEN, INCLUDING JESUS CHRIST, CAME TO BE WORSHIPED AS GODS
[ CHAPTER XXX. ] SACRED CYCLES EXPLAINING THE ADVENT OF THE GODS
[ CHAPTER XXXI. ] CHRISTIANITY DERIVED FROM HEATHEN AND ORIENTAL SYSTEMS
[ CHAPTER XXXII. ] THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX STRIKING ANALOGIES BETWEEN CHRIST AND CHRISHNA
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. ] APOLLONIUS, OSIRIS, MAGUS, ETC.—GODS
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. ] THE THREE PILLARS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH—MIRACLES, PROPHECIES, AND PRECEPTS
[ CHAPTER XXXV. ] LOGICAL OR COMMON SENSE VIEW OF THE DOCTRINE OF DIVINE INCARNATION
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. ] PHILOSOPHICAL ABSURDITIES OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE DIVINE INCARNATION
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. ] PHYSIOLOGICAL ABSURDITIES OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE DIVINE INCARNATION
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. ] A HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST
[ CHAPTER XXXIX. ] THE SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY
[ CHAPTER XL. ] A METONYMIC VIEW OF THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST
[ CHAPTER XLI. ] THE PRECEPTS AND PRACTICAL LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST; HIS TWO HUNDRED ERRORS
[ CHAPTER XLII. ] CHRIST AS A SPIRITUAL MEDIUM
[ CHAPTER XLIII. ] CONVERSION, REPENTANCE, AND "GETTING RELIGION" OF HEATHEN ORIGIN
[ CHAPTER XLIV. ] THE MORAL LESSONS OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY
[ CHAPTER XLV. ] CONCLUSION AND REVIEW