p of the "Lord," at the same time declaring
their allegiance to the female Deity, the Celestial Mother, Queen of
Heaven, is only too evident, the curse pronounced upon them by Jeremiah,
in the name of the lord, having little effect upon them to change their
purpose.

"Therefore, hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah that dwell in the
land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord,
that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in
all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liveth.

"Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all
the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the
sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them."

CHAPTER IX. THE PHOENICIAN AND HEBREW GOD SET OR SETH.

The name of one of the oldest deities of which we have any record is
Set (Phoenician) or Seth (Hebrew). Traces of this God are found in
all oriental countries; and in the most primitive religions, whose
traditions are still extant, he (or she) appears as the supreme God.
After the subjection of Egypt by the stranger kings and the consequent
introduction into the country of Sabianism, the dual creative force
residing in the sun is represented by Seth. We are told that Seth
signifies "appointed or put in the place of the murdered Abel."

That there is some deep mystery connected with this subject none who has
studied it carefully can help observing.

According to the story of creation as set forth in the Jehovistic
account, on Saturday night, after God had finished his work, and
immediately after he had commanded Adam to "be fruitful," he presents
him with a staff, which we observe is handed down to Enoch and all the
patriarchs. Here the mystery deepens, for it is declared that this staff
was presented so Seth, and that it was a branch of the Tree of Life.

That beneath this allegory is veiled a contest, or perhaps a compromise,
between the worshippers of two distinct sects, seems altogether
probable. That the handing down of this branch of the Tree of Life,
first to Adam, or man, by Aleim, and its subsequent transference to
Seth, the God of Nature, the Destroyer or Regenerator, seems to indicate
a victory for the adherents of a purer religion. The translator of
Kallimachus says: "It is well known to the learned reader that the
descendants of Cain are distinguished in Scripture by the name of the
sons of man or Adam; those of Seth by the n