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[29:4] Ibid. pp. 195, 196. [30:1] Huxley: Man's Place in Nature, p. 184. [30:2] Paschel: Races of Man, p. 36. [30:3] Tylor: Early History of Mankind, p. 328. [30:4] Ibid. pp. 329, 330 [30:5] We know that many legends have originated in this way. For example, Dr. Robinson, in his "Travels in Palestine" (ii. 586), mentions a tradition that a city had once stood in a desert between Petra and Hebron, the people of which had perished for their vices, and been converted into stone. Mr. Seetzen, who went to the spot, found no traces of ruins, but a number of stony concretions, resembling in form and size the human head. _They had been ignorantly supposed to be petrified heads, and a legend framed to account for their owners suffering so terrible a fate._ Another illustration is as follows:--The Kamchadals believe that volcanic mountains are the abode of devils, who, after they have cooked their meals, fling the fire-brands out of the chimney. Being asked what these devils eat, they said "_whales_." Here we see, _first_, a story invented to account for the volcanic eruptions from the mountains; and, _second_, a story invented to account for the _remains of whales found on the mountains_. The savages _knew_ that this was true, "because their old people had said so, and believed it themselves." (Related by Mr. Tylor, in his "_Early History of Mankind_," p. 326.) [31:1] "Everything of importance was calculated by, and fitted into, this number (SEVEN) by the Aryan philosophers,--ideas as well as localities." (Isis Unveiled, vol. ii. p. 407). [31:2] Each one being consecrated to a _planet_. First, to Saturn; second, to Jupiter; third, to Mars; fourth, to the Sun; fifth, to Venus; sixth, to Mercury; seventh, to the Moon. (The Pentateuch Examined, vol. iv. p. 269. See also The Angel Messiah, p. 106.) [31:3] Each of which had the name of a _planet_. [31:4] On each of which the name of a _planet_ was engraved. [31:5] "There was to be seen in Laconia, _seven_ columns erected in honor of the _seven planets_." (Dupuis: Origin of Religious Belief, p. 34.) [31:6] "The Jews believed that the Throne of Jehovah was surrounded by his _seven_ high chiefs: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel, &c." (Bible for Learners, vol. iii. p. 46.) [32:1] Each one being consecrated to a planet, and the Sun and Moon. Sunday, "_Dies Solis_," sacred to the SUN. Monday, "Dies Lunae," sacred to the MOON. Tuesday, sacred to Tuiso or MARS. W
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