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Avidius Cassius, his victories over Parthians, ii. 225.
Axe, Double. See Bacchus, Caria, Crete, Cybele, Cyranides, Labrys,
Mycenae, Ramsay, Simon Magus
Axionicus the Valentinian, member of Anatolic School, ii. 119
Azrua, name of God of Light in neo-Manichaeism, ii. 323, 341, 342.
See Zervan

Baalzephon, name in magic spell, i. 106 n. 4

Babylon, break up of priesthoods of, i. 122;
rich Jews remain in, after captivity, i. 172;
Jewish families from, transported to Phrygia, ii. 28;
its site marked by Hilleh, ii. 33;
Jewish taste for cryptograms derived from, ii. 35
Babylonia, Zoroastrian borrowings from, i. lxi;
original home of Dying God, i. 38 n. 1;
relics of Sumerian beliefs in, i. 100;
astral theory originates in, i. 115 n. 1, 116;
and primaeval deep theory, ii. 36;
and Western astrology, ii. 235
Babylonians, astronomy of, i. 114;
isopsephism first used by, i. 69 n. 3;
figure earth like boat, ii. 48;
think sky a rocky vault, ii. 249
Bacchanals, orgies of, from Thrace, i. 136
Bacchus, concealed object in Corybantic rites of, i. 73 n. 1;
Mithraic dignitary Chief Herdsman of, i. 83;
Orphic initiate called, i. 128;
identified with Attis, Adonis, Osiris, etc., i. 139 n. 1;
Orphic hymns to, i. 142 nn. 2, 5, 143;
wine called, i. 168;
and worship of double axe, ii. 67 n. 3.
See Dionysos
Bacchylides, quoted, i. 40 n. 1
Bactria, home of Roxana, i. 5;
tale of Possessed Princess of, i. 10;
Alexander’s massacres in, i. 13;
its struggles against Alexander, i. 28;
Buddhism and Zoroastrianism in, ii. 283
Bahram. See Varanes.
Baillet, M. Auguste, quoted, i. 65
Baluchistan, included in Persian Empire, i. 1
Ban or Laban, the Great, a power mentioned by Bar Khôni, ii. 324
Banquet, the, Valentinian wedding of souls, ii. 111;
scene in Mithraic monuments, ii. 247
Baptism, used by Ophites, ii. 61;
teaching of Primitive Church as to, ii. 168;
subverts influence of stars (Theodotus), ii. 115 n. 3;
Marcus adds Hebrew exorcisms to, ii. 129, 189 n. 1;
one of the Mysteries in Pistis Sophia, ii. 169;
postponed until death by married Marcionites, ii. 215, 221;
Mithraists use total immersion in, ii. 260.
See Oblation, Dead
Barbeliotae, Barbelitae or Borboriani, apparently an Ophite sect, ii.
27 n. 1;
described by Irenaeus, ii. 77, 138 n. 1;
identified with Naassenes and called Simonians (Irenaeus), ii. 138
n. 1
Barbelo, mother of Pistis Sophia, ii. 74 n. 1;
names and place of, ii. 138 n. 1, 151 n. 4;
Jesus in Pistis Sophia takes material body from, ii. 151, 179;
in P.S. consort of Great Propator, ii. 150, 155;
mentioned in Texts of Saviour as mother of Pistis Sophia, ii. 186
Barcochebas, Bar Cochba or Bar Coziba, the Jewish Messiah called
Monogenes, i. 124 n. 3
Bardesanes or Bar Daisan the Valentinian, ii. 119;
his life, ii. 120;
protected by King of Edessa, ii. 132;
borrows from Zoroaster (Al-Bîrûnî), ii. 214 n. 2;
Manes knows doctrines of, ii. 280, 290 n. 4;
his doctrines enter Persia, ii. 283
Barnabas, hailed as Zeus, i. 191 n. 3; ii. 42;
with Paul summarizes Hebrew history for Phrygians, ii. 53 n. 2;
Epistle of, quoted, ii. 166 n. 2
Barpharanges, magic word used in Bruce Papyrus, ii. 192
Baruch, Apocalyptic literature attributed to, i. 163, 164;
Book of, used by Ophites, ii. 79;
Apocalypse of, quoted, ii. 257
Basilides, the heresiarch, a Jew (Neander), ii. 9 n. 1;
says body of Jesus a phantasm, ii. 16, 17;
contemporary with Carpocrates, ii. 27 n. 3;
disciple of Menander, ii. 89;
his teaching, ii. 89 sqq.;
his doctrine, comes through Matthias, ii. 90;
his borrowings from Egyptian religion, ii. 92;
his followers go over to Valentinus, ii. 93;
his relations with Buddhism, ii. 96;
words of, repeated in Texts of Saviour, 189;
quoted, ii. 172.
See Buddhism
Basilidians, their relative date, ii. 25 n. 5
Baubo, the goddess, a form of Persephone, i. 100
Baur, F. C., of Tübingen, says Simon Magus is St Paul, i. 179 n. 3
Beast, Number of. See Number
Bedouins, introduce horse into Egypt, i. 36
Beelzebub, Beelzebud, or Beelzebuth, chief of demons in
Valentinian system, ii. 108;
his name a parody of Jabezebuth, ii. 108 n. 1;
 Lord of Chaos, ii. 109;
his possible place in Pistis Sophia, ii. 163
Behemoth (animals), in Diagram, ii. 71
Bel, the god, his fight with Tiamat, ii. 44 n. 3;
reappears in neo-Manichaeism, ii. 295 n. 2
Belisarius, his victories over Persians, ii. 226
Bellerophon, appears in procession of Isis at Cenchreae, i. 71
Bellona, the goddess, identified with Isis, i. 56.
See Ma
Bendis, the moon-goddess of Thrace, i. 16;
identified with Persephone, i. 137
Bêqâ, cryptogram for Tetragrammaton, i. 169, 170
Berossos or Berossus, legend about Zervan attributed to, i. lx;
our indebtedness to, i. 9;
quotes instance of isopsephism from Babylonians, i. 169 n. 3
Bes, the god, dance of, on Herculaneum fresco, i. 69 n. 1
Bethel, the god, assessor of Yahweh at Elephantine, ii. 32 n. 4
Bhils, sorcerers to higher races, i. 92
Bissing, Freiherr von, quoted, i. 68 n. 1, 69 n. 1.
See Herculaneum
Bithynia, seat of Glycon worship, i. 24;
inscriptions from, i. 55 n. 3;
Ophite colleges in, in 5th cent. A.D., ii. 77
Boeotia, native country of Dionysos, i. 52;
Orphic teaching in, i. 135;
worship of Bacchus comes from Thrace to, i. 136
Boghaz-keui, Vedic gods worshipped at, i. lxii n. 2, 122 n. 3; ii. 231
Bogomiles, successors of Manichaeans, ii. 357
Bologna, Mithraic group at, ii. 238 n. 2
Book of the Dead. See Dead
Borboriani. See Barbeliotae
Bosphorus, Isis-worship at Thracian, i. 53
Bouché-Leclercq, M. A., thinks Timotheos and Manetho only typical
names, i. 44 n. 1;
and Bryaxis’ statue that of Asklepios, i. 48 n. 3;
says Apostolic and sub-Apostolic intolerance for heresy due to
Jewish nationality, ii. 10;
quoted, i. 14 n. 3, 27 n. 1, 28 nn. 1, 2, 29 nn. 1, 3, 30 nn. 2, 3, 44
nn. 1, 2, 48 n. 3, 52 n. 1, 55 n. 1, 78 n. 2, 80 n. 1, 87 n. 2; ii. 10
n. 2, 257 n. 5
Brimo, name given to Demeter in Mysteries, i. 124 n. 3
Bruce Papyrus, thaumaturgic sacraments in, i. 87 n. 1; ii. 63 n. 1,
172 n. 3; 183 n. 1, 193;
Astrampsuchos, name of “guard” in, i. 107 n. 1;
creation from indivisible point, i. 194 n. 3; ii. 90 n. 5;
discovery of, by Bruce, ii. 13, 189;
its god Sitheus, ii. 76 n. 4;
its addiction to astrology, ii. 158 n. 1;
describes higher worlds than Pistis Sophia, ii. 161 n. 2;
makes matter non-existent, ii. 161 n. 3;
pictures like those in, perhaps referred to in P.S., ii. 180 n. 2;
author of, acquainted with story of Iabraoth, ii. 182 n. 2;
variety of documents in, ii. 189, 190;
links of, with Texts of Saviour, ii. 193;
with Pistis Sophia, ii. 194;
probable date of, ibid.;
quoted, ii. 191, 195
Bryaxis, his statue of Serapis, i. 48, 49, 78 n. 2, 84
Buda-Pesth, altars to Ahriman found at, ii. 239
Buddha, Mani teaches divine mission of, i. lviii; ii. 316;
Greek statues of, in India, i. 8;
called Terebinthus, ii. 285;
first mentioned in Greek by Clem. Alex., ii. 286
Buddhas, Cave of the Thousand, MS. found in, ii. 352.
See Tun-huang
Buddhism, study of, i. li;
its slow growth in India, i. 20;
unknown to Onomacritos, i. 135 n. 1;
its dates, i. 156 n. 1; ii. 283;
Basilides’ supposed borrowings from, ii. 96;
in Bactria, ii. 283;
Manichaean borrowings from, ii. 313, 340, 346;
its toleration of Manichaeans, ii. 357.
Budge, Dr E. A. T. Wallis, quoted, i. 31 n. 1, 32 nn. 3, 4, 33 nn. 1, 2,
35 n. 1, 38 n. 2, 61 n. 1, 88 n. 2, 126 n. 3, 182 n. 6; ii. 49 n. 3, 72
n. 3, 121 n. 3, 154 n. 3, 184 n. 3, 293 n. 1
Bulgaria, Manichaeans settled in, ii. 357
Bundahish, the, quoted, i. 126 n. 3, 134 n. 1; ii. 246, 254
Burkhans, divine messengers in Manichaeism, ii. 336, 339, 341.
See Shapurakhan
Bury, Prof. J. B., quoted, i. 86
Buto, the city of Isis, i. 34
Byblus in Phoenicia, body of Osiris washed ashore at, i. 34
Bythios or Deep, member of Valentinian Decad, ii. 101
Bythos, Supreme God of Ophites, ii. 37, 39;
Supreme God of Valentinus, ii. 96, 97;
his consort, ibid.;
identified with Ineffable of Pistis Sophia, ii. 144;
resembles Ahura Mazda, ii. 232
Byzantium, birthplace of Theodotus, ii. 9

Cabala, the Jewish, system of correspondences in, i. 115;

its Mystery of Chariot and Mystery of Creation, i. 157;
processes of “Practical,” i. 158 n. 1, 170 nn. 2, 5;
its system of Sephiroth, i. 202;
 Marcus uses system like that of, ii. 9 n. 1;
indicated in Talmud, ii. 35;
likeness of, to Gnosticism, ii. 36 n. 1;
its Adam Cadmon or First Man, ii. 52 n. 1;
Ophite stories of protoplasts revived in, ii. 53
Cabiri of Samothrace, Hermes in worship of, i. 99;
mentioned in Hymn to Attis, ii. 54
Cabul, importance of, foreseen by Alexander, i. 5
Caecilia Secundina, name on Orphic gold plate, i. 133, 169 n. 1
Cain, Ophite story of, ii. 52;
Manichaean story of, ii. 303;
in neo-Manichaeism father of Wisdom and Pleasure, ibid.
Cainites, an Ophite sect, ii. 27, 77
Calabria, Orphic gold plates found at, i. 131
Callias, Torchbearer at Mysteries of Eleusis, i. 76, ii. 87 n. 3
Callinicum, Valentinian conventicle at, burned by orthodox, ii. 96
Callisthenes, life of Alexander attributed to, i. 18 n. 1
Calvin, John, founder of sect, i. 54; ii. 19
Cambyses, Shah of Persia, conquers Egypt, i. 28;
in Behistun inscription, ii. 233
Campus Martius, Isiac temple in, i. 53;
death of Simon Magus in, i. 178
Candahar, named after Alexander, i. 5
Canidia or Gratidia, witch of Horace’s Epodes, i. 108
Canopus, decrees of, i. 52 n. 1;
sanctuary of Isis at, i. 86 n. 1
Cappadocia, Kings of, claim descent from Persian heroes, ii. 225 n.
1
Capua, inscription to Isis found at, i. 75 n. 2
Caria, worship of double axe in, ii. 67 n. 3
Carpocrates the heresiarch, magic rites attributed to, i. 111;
called first of Gnostics, ii. 27
Carthage, outside Persian Empire, i. 1;
Alexander’s plans concerning, i. 6;
Roman conquest of, i. 15; ii. 227
Carus, the Emperor, his victories over Persians, ii. 226
Cassander, patron of Euhemerus, i. 19
Caulacau, mystic name common to Ophites and Basilidians, ii. 94
Cautes and Cautopates, torch-bearers of Mithras, ii. 245, 246, 247
Celeus, legendary King of Eleusis, i. 40, 41
Celsus the Epicurean, quoted, i. lvii, 73, 200; ii. 66, 67, 69
Cenchreae, Isiac festival at, described, i. 71
Cephisus, the, bridge over, its part in Eleusinian procession, i. 39
Cerberus, resemblance of triple monster of Serapis to, i. 49
Cerdo the heresiarch, teaches at Rome, ii. 9;
his doctrines, ii. 205
Ceres, god of Nature as Earth ap. Cicero, i. lvi;
identified with Isis by Apuleius, i. 56.
See Demeter
Cerinthus the heresiarch, opponent of St John, ii. 9 n. 1;
sent to have been pupil of Philo, ibid.
Chaeremon, says Egyptian magician threatens gods, i. 104 n. 3
Chaldaea, birthplace of astrology, i. 113;
captivity of Jews in, i. 150;
Jews tributaries to, i. 160 n. 4
Chaldaeans, oppressive rule of, i. 3;
suzerains of Jews, i. 150;
their influence on Mithraism, ii. 241
Chalmers, Thomas, founder of sect, ii. 19
Chandragupta or Sandracottus, father of Amitrochates, i. 8 n. 3;
grandfather of Asoka, i. 20
Chaos, child of Orphic Chronos, i. 123;
known to Aristophanes, i. 124;
egg formed from, i. 123, 144;
Ialdabaoth and, ii. 46 n. 3, 155;
Valentinians make Beelzebub ruler of, ii. 109;
Pistis Sophia raised from, ii. 156;
Pistis Sophia’s descent into, ii. 156, 162;
Pistis Sophia does not describe, ii. 163;
described in Texts of Saviour, ii. 182, 186
Charcot, Dr, his hypnotic experiments at Salpêtrière, i. 110
Charles, Dr R. H., quoted, i. 159 n. 1, 160, 161, 165, 166, 167, 168,
169, 170; ii. 60 n. 1
Charmôn, receiver of Ariel in Texts of Saviour, ii. 186
Chavannes, Ed. M., translates Traité Manichéen, ii. 352.
See Pelliot, Tun-huang MS.
China, Manichaean documents discovered in, i. lix;
Manichaeans in, ii. 357
Chinese, their god Thian, i. 73 n. 4
Chinvat, the Bridge, in Zoroastrianism, ii. 110 n. 2, 311
Chosroes, the Shah, his defeat by Heraclius, ii. 227
Christ, Manes tries to include religion of, in his own, i. lviii;
statue of, in Alexander Severus’ lararium, i. 82;
bishops of, worship Serapis ap. Hadrian, i. 86;
name of, has hidden meaning (Justin Martyr), i. 170 n. 5;
“heresies before the Coming of,” ii. 25;
angel of Great Council, ii. 43;
Ophite Sophia makes Prophets prophesy of, ii. 53, 59;
descent of Ophite, through seven heavens, ii. 59;
Ophite Christ raises Jesus after Crucifixion, ii. 60;
 Ophites turn figure of, from teacher to messenger, ii. 82;
Saturninus says He was sent to destroy Judaism, ii. 89;
of Basilides makes Him son of Great Archon, ii. 91;
ascension of, imitated on Mithraic monuments, ii. 248.
See Archon Jesus
Christianity, importance of study of its origins, i. xlix;
dislike of its comparative study, i. li, liv;
inspirational view of its history, i. liii;
Judaism not its rival, i. liv;
early competitors with, i. lv-lviii;
spread of Greek language favours, i. 9;
Alexander the Great’s services to, i. 27;
its rise brings about decline of Alexandrian religion, i. 81;
Isis-worshippers converted to, en bloc, i. 84;
its cardinal tenets preserved at Reformation, i. 88;
said to be mere episode in history of Gnosticism, i. 111;
most bitter enemy of Gnosticism, i. 112, 120; ii. 23, 359 sqq.;
system of correspondences and, i. 115;
its concessions to Sun-worshippers, i. 118;
Gnosticism does not compete with, until IInd cent., ii. 2;
state does not at first persecute, ii. 7;
lower classes in Egypt first converts to, ii. 8 n. 5, 89 n. 1;
never Judaeo-Christian in Egypt, ii. 9 n. 1, 131;
wars against Hellenistic culture, ii. 10;
accuses sects of obscene rites, ii. 18;
converts wealthy and learned Gnostics, ii. 21;
persecutes Gnostics, ii. 23;
Ophites earlier than, ii. 26;
its relations with Ophites in post-Christian times, ii. 56, 82;
history of Egyptian, obscure, ii. 200;
attraction of Rome for innovators on, ii. 203;
Marcion’s attempt to reform, fruitless, ii. 222;
Manes’ imperfect acquaintance with, ii. 280;
shares with Mithraism devotion of legions, ii. 283;
compromises of Manichaeism with, ii. 317, 319, 320, 339, 350,
351;
Manichaeism really opposed to, ii. 318, 357;
 relations of neo-Manichaeism with, ii. 339;
obligations of, to rivals, ii. 360;
triumph of, ii. 361
Christians, political, not religious, offenders against Roman state, i.
lvi;
expect catastrophes at destruction of Serapeum, i. 84;
said to worship Serapis (Hadrian), i. 86;
formulate doctrine of Trinity, i. 89 n. 2;
accusations of immorality by and against, i. 179;
considered Jews until reign of Vespasian, ii. 4;
say old world passing away, ii. 5;
proscribe heretical writings, ii. 12;
apostolic, uneducated men, ii. 83 n. 1;
obliged to recognize Greek philosophy, ii. 88;
good position of, in Alexandria, ii. 94;
belief of, early, as to Eucharist, ii. 171;
oriental, flock into Rome under Hadrian, ii. 203;
use of “Brother” and “Father” by, ii. 261;
extinguish Mithraism before other heathen religions, ii. 272;
condemned by Manichaeans for adherence to Old Testament, ii.
315;
Manichaeans not, ii. 318, 350;
Manichaeans confused with, by Chinese, ii. 357;
Julian repairs heathen temples at cost of, ii. 358
Christos the Ophite, Third Man in Ophite system, ii. 42, 59;
drawn up with his mother into incorruptible aeon, ii. 43;
springs from right side of First Woman, ii. 46;
angel or messenger of triune Deity, ii. 54, 63, 64, 65;
his two visits to earth, ii. 59;
descends with Sophia into Jesus, ii. 60, 61, 79;
brings Mysteries to earth, ii. 65;
represented by yellow circle in Diagram, ii. 68;
likeness of Third Sonhood of Basilides to, ii. 94
Christos, the Valentinian, projected by Nous and Aletheia, ii. 105;
draws Sophia within the Pleroma, ii. 105, 114;
prayer of Sophia Without to, and its result, ii. 106;
 Marcus’ juggling with name of, ii. 129;
consents to projection of Jesus the Great Fruit of Pleroma, ii. 159
n. 3
Chronos, First Being of Orphics, i. 123; ii. 236
Church, the Catholic, early dislike of, for science of religion, i. liv;
destroys traces of religions which she supersedes, i. lix;
likeness of Alexandrian festivals to those of, i. 75;
Alexandrian clergy divided into seculars and regulars like that of, i.
79;
preserves or revives features of Isis-worship, i. 84;
worship of Virgin introduced into, at destruction of Serapeum, i. 85;
celebration of Eucharist in, temp. Justin, i. 87 n. 1;
Simon Magus’ aerial flight the tradition of, i. 178;
resemblance of Gnostic sects to Protestant bodies outside, ii. 19;
Protestant opponents of, lean to Unitarianism, ii. 20;
most Gnostics eventually join, ii. 21;
makes no great conquests after suppressing Gnosticism, ii. 23, 24;
begins to define and enforce orthodoxy, ii. 77;
Valentinus first serious competitor of, ii. 93;
Valentinian houses of prayer confiscated for use of, ii. 96;
accuses Valentinus of polytheism, ii. 100;
Valentinus expects to become bishop of (Tertullian), ii. 117;
Valentinus member of, in papacy of Eleutherus, ii. 121;
Valentinus never hostile to, ii. 125;
seduction scandals not unknown in, ii. 129;
growing power of, before Constantine, ii. 132;
Valentinianism good recruiting-ground for, ii. 133;
Christology of Pistis Sophia not different from that of, ii. 144;
Mysteries of the Light of P.S. probably sacraments of, ii. 173;
modifies her eschatology and ritual, ii. 201;
Marcion claimed as first reformer of, ii. 207;
Marcion rejects most traditions of, ii. 214;
Marcionite dated inscription earlier than any of, ii. 216;
Apelles nearer to doctrine of, than Marcion, ii. 219;
Arian controversy brings speculations about Divine Nature within,
ii. 221;
 priests of Mithras not like those of, ii. 273;
Manichaeans worst European enemies of, ii. 357;
Constantine’s accession leads to forcible suppression of
heathenism by, ii. 358
Church, the Manichaean, its predestinarian teaching, ii. 309;
consists of Perfects and Superiors only, ii. 313;
its magistri, ii. 328 n. 1;
its constitution, ii. 330;
its schisms, ii. 342;
its suppression and revival, ii. 356, 357
Church, the Primitive, its miracles, i. li; ii. 361;
its rivals, i. lvii, lxii;
its germ in Greek religious confraternities, i. 21;
its borrowings from Alexandrian religion, i. 84, 85;
its fundamental doctrines not borrowed, i. 88;
its heresies, i. 119;
its belief as to martyrdom, i. 145 n. 1; ii. 127;
its community of goods, i. 162;
its angelology, i. 201;
its proselytizing zeal, ii. 2, 8;
its tradition as to early Gnostics, ii. 8, 9;
its destruction of Gnostic books, ii. 12;
Asiatic Celts great source of heresy in, ii. 29;
acrostics and word-puzzles used by, ii. 35;
Ophites attend services of, ii. 63;
Ophites connect sacraments of, with heathen mysteries, ii. 82;
Trinitarian views of, ii. 121;
Valentinians attend services of, ii. 125;
baptismal theories of, ii. 168;
Eucharistic theories of, ii. 172;
Gnosticism both danger and help to, ii. 202;
Marcion’s relation to, ii. 204 sqq.;
addiction of, to visions of prophets, ii. 219;
Fathers say Mithraists copy its sacraments, ii. 247, 260;
its alliance with Constantine, ii. 261, 271
Cicero, quoted, i. lvi, lvii n. 1, 129; ii. 32
Cilicia, settlement of Persians in, ii. 229
Circus Maximus, resort of vagabond magicians, temp. Tiberius, i.
108
Claudius I, the Emperor, no Christian converts of rank in reign of
(Julian), ii. 8 n. 5
Claudius II, the Emperor, cannot expel Goths from Dacia, ii. 271
Cleanthes of Assos, Ophite silence as to, ii. 83
Clement of Alexandria, accused of heresy, ii. 14 n. 1;
initiated into heathen mysteries, ii. 21 n. 3;
his fairness to Gnostics, ii. 76 n. 2, 95 n. 2, 199;
says angels dwelling in soul, Platonic, ii. 110 n. 1;
first Greek author to mention Buddha, ii. 286 n. 4;
quoted, i. 40 n. 1, 47 n. 3, 61 n. 1, 73 n. 1, 89 n. 2, 122 n. 2, 124 n.
3, 125 n. 1, 127 n. 1, 142 n. 4, 184 n. 3, 186 nn. 2, 3, 190 n. 1,
194 n. 1; ii. 14, 20 n. 1, 37 n. 1, 39 n. 4, 45 n. 1, 50 n. 2, 65 n. 3,
88 n. 3, 93 n. 4, 95 n. 2, 100 nn. 2-6, 101 n. 2, 106 n. 3, 110 n.
1, 112 n. 3, 113 n. 1, 118, 119, 122 n. 1, 125 n. 3, 129 n. 3, 135
n. 3, 140 n. 2, 144 n. 1, 177 n. 4, 188, 205 n. 5, 219 n. 2, 239 n.
6, 286 n. 4.
See Theodoti, Excerpta
Clement of Rome, quoted, i. 8 n. 2; ii. 65 n. 3
Clementines, the, a religious romance, i. 178;
Tübingen theory as to, i. 179;
quoted, i. 158 n. 4, 178, 181 n. 3, 182 nn. 3, 6, 198; ii. 4 n. 1, 82 n.
2, 219 n. 2
Cleomenes, Satrap of Egypt under Alexander, i. 29
Cleopatra, last of Ptolemies, i. 30
Clitus, death of, i. 13
Coddiani, an Ophite sect, ii. 27 n. 1
Colarbasus, confusion as to name of, ii. 20 n. 1.
See Marcus
Commagene, favourite recruiting-ground of legions, ii. 229
Commodus, the Emperor, appears in procession of Isis, i. 54;
defiles temple of Mithras with real murder, ii. 262;
initiated into Mysteries of Mithras, ii. 270
Confessors. See Martyrs
Confraternities, religious, among pre-Christian Greeks, i. 21;
hymns composed by, i. 21 n. 1;
frequented by courtezans, i. 22;
superstitious practices of, i. 23;
contrast between Persian and Egyptian priests and those of
Greek, i. 25;
propaganda of, i. 26;
Alexandrian religion first spread by, i. 52, 77;
Greek Orphics not formed into, i. 139 n. 3, 141;
secret, among Jews, temp. Christ, i. 175
Conington, Prof. John, his version of Hymn of Great Mysteries,
quoted, ii. 54
Constantine, the Emperor, his pact with the Church, i. lvii, lxii; ii. 9,
12, 261, 271;
his edict as to heresy, i. lix n. 1; ii. 359;
his conversion leaves Alexandrian religion still powerful, i. 83;
many Simonians in reign of, i. 200;
only baptized on his deathbed, ii. 168 n. 6;
his conversion enables Christians to suppress Gnosticism, ii. 199;
and puts stop to spread of Marcionism, ii. 220;
his failure against Persians, ii. 226;
his family religion Sun-worship, ii. 261;
his enquiry into Manichaeism, ii. 355;
persecution of Manichaeans slackens in reign of, ii. 356
Copernicus, i. 117
Corbicius or Kubrik, name of Manes in Christian tradition, ii. 279, 286
Corbulo, his wars with Persians, ii. 225
Cora or Kore, inseparable from Demeter, i. 127 n. 3; ii. 45 n. 1;
 called Mise at Pergamum, i. 143 n. 1.
See Persephone, Proserpine
Correspondences, doctrine of, i. 115 sqq.;
in system of Simon Magus, i. 183;
in that of Ophites, ii. 75;
in Bruce Papyrus, ii. 191 n. 2.
See Maspero
Corybantes, the, hide pudendum of Bacchus in box, i. 73 n. 1
Corybas, identified with Attis, i. 139 n. 1
Cosmocrator, epithet of Valentinian Devil, ii. 108, 256
Courdaveaux, M. Victor, quoted, ii. 14 n. 1, 122.
See Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian
Crassus, his defeat by Persians, i. 8; ii. 225
Cretans, call Isis, Diana Dictynna, i. 56
Crete, birthplace of Zeus, i. 16;
and of Zagreus, i. 37;
scene of Rape of Persephone, i. 40 n. 1;
Orphic myths early known in, i. 121, 122;
Orphic gold plates found in, i. 131;
Great Goddess of Asia worshipped in, ii. 45 n. 1;
double axe in, ii. 67 n. 3;
Ophites in, ii. 77
Creuzer, Georg Fritz, quoted, i. 130 n. 1
Cross, the. See Stauros; Eli, Eli
Crucifixion, the, in appearance only ap. Basilides, ii. 17;
and ap. Manichaeans, ii. 320;
Gospel of Nicodemus confirms Gospel account of, ii. 79;
Valentinian teaching on, ii. 116;
Jesus teaches for 20 years after (Irenaeus), ii. 61 n. 1;
for 12 (Pistis Sophia and Bruce Papyrus), ii. 194.
See Simon of Cyrene
Cruice, the Abbé, quoted, i. 180 n. 4
Cryptogram. See Akae, Armageddon, Bega, Pistis Sophia, Taxo
Cumont, Prof. Franz, his work on Mithras described, ii. 236;
quoted, i. 22, 119; ii. 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244,
245, 246, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257,
258, 259, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 267, 268, 269, 270, 272,
274, 277, 289 n. 3, 293 nn. 1, 2, 294 n. 2, 295 n. 2, 298 n. 1,
299 n. 1, 302 n. 1, 304 n. 1, 319 n. 1, 321, 322 n. 2, 323 n. 2,
324 n. 4, 327 nn. 1, 4, 328 nn. 2, 3, 329 n. 2, 332 n. 2, 348 n. 2
Curetes, the, their connection with Orphism, i. 128, 142 n. 2;
and with Attis, i. 139 n. 1
Cybele, her worship in Athenian associations, i. 17, 25;
her legend in Asia Minor, i. 37;
identified with Isis, i. 55, 56;
and with Demeter and Rhea, i. 124, 126;
the Mother of the Gods, i. 136;
Sabazius her son, i. 137;
feminine form of Dionysos, i. 137 n. 1;
in Orphic hymns, 139 n. 1, 143;
Phrygia chief seat of worship of, ii. 28;
her eunuch-priests, ii. 30 n. 3;
alluded to in Jeremiah, ii. 32;
called Agdistis, ii. 39;
identified with Ma, Artemis, Aphrodite, etc., ii. 39, 40;
always an earth-goddess, ii. 45 n. 1;
associated with double axe, ii. 67 n. 3;
her connection with Mithras, ii. 258;
adored by Julian, ii. 269;
worshipped in Manichaeism as Mother of Life, ii. 300 n. 1
Cylon, Athens purified for murder of, i. 121
Cypriotes, the, call Isis, Venus, i. 56
Cyprus, Adonis worship in, i. 37; ii. 40;
Alexandrian divinities in, i. 52;
and Orphic, i. 143
Cyranides, Le Livre des, quoted by M. de Mély as to “Mystery of
Axe,” ii. 67 n. 3
Cyrenaica, the, Jewish atrocities in, ii. 5 n. 3
Cyrene, Buddhist mission to King of, i. 20;
Ptolemy Soter annexes, i. 29;
Ophites in, ii. 77.
Cyril of Alexandria, replaces Isis by two medical saints, i. 86 n. 1
Cyril of Jerusalem, describes elaborate rite of baptism in IVth cent., ii.
22 n. 1
Cytheraea. See Aphrodite
Cyzicus, worship of Alexandrian gods at, i. 53;
and of Eleusinian Triad, i. 136

Dacia, its settlement by Trajan, ii. 271.

See Aurelian; Claudius II
Dactyli, the Idaean, first of men, i. 106 n. 3
Damascius, the neo-Platonist, quoted, i. 55 n. 4, 135; ii. 236 n. 4,
250 n. 1, 252 n. 2
Damascus, Perdiccas attacks Egypt from, i. 30
Daniel, Book of, first gives personal names of angels, i. 158;
assumes nations divided among angels, i. 199;
addiction of Babylonian Jews to curious arts in, ii. 33.
See Antiochus Epiphanes
Danube Provinces, the, worship of Alexandrian divinities in, i. 53
Darius, son of Hystaspes, ii. 225, 227;
his inscription at Behistun quoted, ii. 233
Darkness, the Dragon of Outer, the most terrible hell in Texts of
Saviour, ii. 166 n. 2;
its 12 torture-chambers, ii. 183;
surrounds the earth, ii. 256
Darmesteter, James, quoted, ii. 232 nn. 1, 5, 237 n. 3, 241 n. 1, 248
n. 3, 278 n. 1, 284, 300 n. 2, 327 n. 3
Darwin, Charles, his doctrine of survival of the fittest, i. li sqq., 117
David, King of Israel, vassal of Philistines, i. 160 n. 4;
Psalms of, in Pistis Sophia, ii. 157
Dead, Baptism for, ii. 168;
Book of the, quoted, i. 31, 32, 55, 132, 134; ii. 66, 72 n. 3
Death, Valentinian theories about, ii. 107, 110, 113, 129 n. 3;
in Pistis Sophia a serpent with 7 heads, ii. 156 n. 3;
of initiates in Texts of Saviour, ii. 167 sqq.;
in Bruce Papyrus, ii. 195;
of sinner in Texts of Saviour, ii. 186 sq.;
of worshipper of Mithras, ii. 266;
of Manichaean Perfect, ii. 309;
of Manichaean Hearer, ii. 311
Decad, of Valentinus, described, ii. 101;
meaning of names of, ii. 102, 103
Deisidaimon, the, of Theophrastus, quoted, i. 140
Delos, worship of Alexandrian gods, i. 53
Delphi, its oracle used to legitimize foreign deities, i. 16;
oracle of Serapis at Alexandria competes with, i. 77;
no public worship at temple of, i. 85;
remains of Dionysos buried at, i. 125
Demeter, scene of her trials, i. 16, 40 n. 1;
her wanderings shown to initiates, i. 40;
her part in Anthesteria, i. 42;
likeness of legend of, to that of Isis, i. 43;
identified with Persephone, i. 46;
Homeric hymn to, quoted, i. 59;
mystic marriage with Zeus, i. 61 n. 1, 133, 142 n. 4, 144;
consecrations to, in reign of Valentinian and Valens, i. 83;
swine sacrificed to, i. 95;
mother of Persephone ap. Orphics, i. 124;
 and of Iacchos, i. 125;
an earth goddess with many names, i. 126; ii. 45 n. 1;
Orphics in mysteries of, i. 127 n. 3;
assessor of Dionysos in Pindar, i. 129 n. 3;
alterations in legend of, introduced by Orphics, i. 130;
her widespread worship, i. 135;
in mysteries of Samothrace, i. 136 n. 2;
associated with god of double axe, ii. 67 n. 3;
appears as Mother of Life in Manichaeism, ii. 300 n. 2.
See Ceres, Rayet
Demetrius of Phalerum, takes charge of Ptolemy’s Museum, i. 44 n.
2
Demetrius Poliorcetes, his deification, i. 18 n. 4, 19;
his attack on Egypt fails, i. 29 n. 2
Demiurge, the, or Architect of the Universe, in Justinus’ system, ii.
82;
called the Great Archon by Basilides, ii. 91;
identified with God of the Jews by Valentinus, ii. 107 n. 2, 109,
114;
author of psychic or animal souls, ii. 112;
in Marcion’s system, ii. 210, 211, 212, 214 n. 3;
Messiah of, ii. 211, 213;
identified with Mithras, ii. 248
Demophoon, Celeus’ son and nursling of Demeter, i. 40
Demosthenes, his oration against Aeschines, quoted, i. 138
Dendera, union of Osiris and Isis depicted at, i. 61 n. 1
Deo, name of Demeter in Orphic hymn, i. 142
Derenbourg, Hartwig, quoted, i. 163 n. 3
Derketo, homonym of Atargatis or Dea Syria (Garstang), ii. 40 n. 1,
300 n. 2
Despoena, epithet of Persephone, i. 133