serpents surround the buildings. It is remarkable that the sign
Acatl not only figures conspicuously on the Great American Tablet,
but also on the allegorical figure of the "Divine Serpent," which
may well represent the totemic divinity and ancestor of a snake
tribe, associated with the word Acatl, possibly conveying their
name. The undeniable association, in Mexico, of the serpent with
Acatl, curiously agrees with the name of the "sons of Achis, the
serpent"=the Achaians: and deserves consideration.

In the Genesis genealogy of the kings of Edom, the land of the red man,
the priest king of the Hus or Shus is mentioned "... his people had
replaced the Tur, the stone pillar, the Egyptian obelisk by the temple,
the home and symbol of the creating god, who had been the pillar of the
house.... But in their eyes the father-god was not the central pillar but
the two door-posts and thence they called the temple gates Babel or the
gates of god.... This gate was guarded by the holy twins.... The
doorposts, and night and morning are invoked in the Rig-Veda.... The Magas
were the discoverers of magic, mining, metallurgy, handicrafts--the
pioneers of scientific research and the first organizers of a ritual of
religious festivals."

Twin pillars, sculptured in the form of great serpents, whose
names signify twinship, support the entrances to the ancient
temples of Yucatan, Central America, and have been found on the
site of the Great Temple of Mexico. The Mexican and Maya accounts
of the culture hero Quetzalcoatl-Kukulcan state that he and his
followers were "great necromancers" and magicians and that they
taught handicrafts, metallurgy, and instituted calendar, social
organization and ritual. A personal, close examination of a large
number of old Peruvian and Mexican as well as Coptic textile
fabrics, has convinced me moreover of their identity of technique.

"The Magas sacrificed dogs,.... They wore long hair,.... They made human
sacrifices in order to obtain rain" (Hewitt).

"The Phoenician priests scourged themselves or gashed their arms and
breasts to win divine favor.... Human sacrifices were made, to Moloch or
Milkom ... the parent was required to offer his eldest or only son as a
sacrifice and the victim's cries were drowned by the noise of drums and
flutes" (Sayce).

The human sacrifices of Mexico are familiar to all. The native dog