Phallism: A Description of the Worship of Lingam-yoni in Various Parts of the World, and in Different Ages, with an Account of Ancient & Modern Crosses, Particularly of the Crux Ansata (or Handled Cross) and Other Symbols Connected with the Mysteries of Sex Worship

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Privately printed, 1889 - Crosses - 107 pages

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Page 47 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Page 95 - And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
Page 41 - And it came to pass, that as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
Page 100 - But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, "Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods;" Solomon clave unto these in love.
Page 101 - I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
Page 13 - ... ground as if contemplating its own attributes. The head is sometimes a wooden block, rudely carved, more often dried mud, and the eyes and teeth are supplied by cowries. A huge penis, like the section of a broomstick, rudely carved, projects horizontally from the middle.
Page 70 - STUART, and in every thing reancient object of homage adopted in India subsequently to the ritual of the VEDAS, which was chiefly, if not wholly, addressed to the elements, and particularly to Fire. How far the worship of the Linga is authorised by the VEDAS, is doubtful, but it is the main purport of several of the Purdnas1.
Page 32 - BhavanI, which is annually celebrated by the Gopas, and all other Hindus who keep horned cattle for use or profit : on this feast they visit gardens, erect a pole in the fields, and adorn it with pendants and garlands. The Sunday before last was our...
Page 17 - ... head foremost. As soon as the operation was performed, the wounded tree was bound up with a packthread ; and, as the bark healed, the child was to recover. The first of the young patients was to be cured of the rickets, the second of a rupture.

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