[330:5] Inman's Ancient Faiths, vol. i. p. 59.
[330:6] See Monumental Christianity, p. 211, and Ancient Faiths, vol. ii. p. 350.
[330:7] Ancient Faiths, vol. i. p. 213.
[332:1] Jeremiah, xliv. 16-22.
[332:2] See Colenso's Lectures, p. 297, and Bonwick's Egyptian Belief, p. 148.
[332:3] See the Pentateuch Examined, vol. vi. p. 115, App., and Bonwick's Egyptian Belief, p. 148.
[332:4] See King's Gnostics, p. 91, and Monumental Christianity, p. 224.
[332:5] See Dupuis: Origin of Relig. Belief, p. 237.
[332:6] It would seem more than chance that so many of the virgin mothers and goddesses of antiquity should have the same name. The mother of Bacchus was Myrrha: the mother of Mercury or Hermes was Myrrha or Maia (See Fergusson's Tree and Serpent Worship, p. 186, and Inman's Ancient Faiths, vol. ii. p. 233); the mother of the Siamese Saviour—Sommona Cadom—was called Maya Maria, i. e., "the Great Mary;" the mother of Adonis was Myrrha (See Anacalypsis, vol. i. p. 314, and Inman's Ancient Faiths, vol. ii. p. 253); the mother of Buddha was Maya; now, all these names, whether Myrrha, Maia or Maria, are the same as Mary, the name of the mother of the Christian Saviour. (See Inman's Ancient Faiths, vol. ii. pp. 353 and 780. Also, Dunlap's Mysteries of Adoni, p. 124.) The month of May was sacred to these goddesses, so likewise is it sacred to the Virgin Mary at the present day. She was also called Myrrha and Maria, as well as Mary. (See Anacalypsis, vol. i. p. 304, and Son of the Man, p. 26.)
[332:7] Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. i. pp. 303, 304.