Ophiolatreia:
AN ACCOUNT OF
THE RITES AND MYSTERIES CONNECTED WITH
THE ORIGIN, RISE, AND DEVELOPMENT
OF
Serpent Worship
IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD,
ENRICHED WITH INTERESTING TRADITIONS,
AND A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE CELEBRATED
Serpent Mounds & Temples,
THE WHOLE FORMING AN EXPOSITION OF ONE
OF THE PHASES OF
Phallic, or Sex Worship.
PRIVATELY PRINTED.
1889.
Our words by way of preface and introduction need be but few. Thefollowing volume forms a companion to one already issued bearing the title“Phallism.” That work, though complete in itself, meets in this a furtherelucidation of its subject, since, in the opinion of many, Ophiolatreia,the worship of the Serpent, is of Phallic origin. Such a view, and othersof a contrary nature, have been honestly set forth, and the best and mosttrustworthy authorities have been consulted for history, arguments, andillustrations by which they may be understood. No attempt has been made toinsist upon any one method of interpretation as undoubtedly correct, butsimple facts have been stated, and the reader has been left to form hisown independent judgment.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | |
| Chapter I. | 1 |
| Ophiolatreia an extraordinary subject—Of mysterious origin—Of universal prevalence—The Serpent,a common symbol in mythology—Serpent Worship, natural but irrational—Bacchic orgies—Olympias, mother of Alexander, and theSerpent Emblem—Thermuthis, the sacred Serpent—Asps—Saturn and his children—Sacrificesat altar of Saturn—Abaddon—Ritual of Zoroaster—Vulcan—Theology of Ophion—The Cuthites—The Ophiogeneis—TheOphionians—Greek Traditions—Cecrops—Various Serpent worshippers. | |
| Chapter II. | 10 |
| Supposed Phallic Origin of Serpent Worship—The idea of life—Adoration of the principle of generation—The Serpent as a symbolof the Phallus—Phallic Worship at Benares—The Serpent and Mahadeo—Festival of the “Nag panchami”—Snakes and Women—Tracesof Phallic Worship in the Kumaon Rock Markings—The Northern Bulb-stones—Professor Stephens on the Snake as aSymbol of the Phallus—The “Dionysiak Myth”—Brown on the Serpent as a Phallic Emblem—Mythology of the Aryan Nations—SirG. W. Cox and the Phallic theory—Athenian Mythology. | |
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