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... fact is that the Brahmins , also , believe in and teach metempsychosis . Hippolytus , writing in his Philosophoumena , about the 3rd Century AD , asserts that philosophy , " a science of the highest utility " , flourished among the ...
... fact is that the Brahmins , also , believe in and teach metempsychosis . Hippolytus , writing in his Philosophoumena , about the 3rd Century AD , asserts that philosophy , " a science of the highest utility " , flourished among the ...
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... fact that the flamens were a specifically Roman body . Even Caesar , who himself bore the sacerdotal title of pontifex maximus and who glosses Celtic gods with Roman ones , does not describe the Druids by any word approximating in ...
... fact that the flamens were a specifically Roman body . Even Caesar , who himself bore the sacerdotal title of pontifex maximus and who glosses Celtic gods with Roman ones , does not describe the Druids by any word approximating in ...
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... fact all have strong magical associations . Whether or not one is right in equating Esus with Mercury , we certainly know that the Roman god has a connexion with magic as the descendant of the Greek Hermes , who as Hermes Trimegi- stus ...
... fact all have strong magical associations . Whether or not one is right in equating Esus with Mercury , we certainly know that the Roman god has a connexion with magic as the descendant of the Greek Hermes , who as Hermes Trimegi- stus ...
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6th Century actually Ancient Wisdom animal Apollo Arthur Arthurian legends associated bards battle become Belenos believed body Brahmins Britain British Caesar called Cartimandua Cattle Raid cauldron Celtic gods Celtic society Celtic world Celts centre Century BC Cernunnos certainly Christian Chulainn classical Conchobhar connexion course Cu Chulainn cult custom death deities described Diodorus Diogenes Diviciacus divine doubt Druidesses Druidic Druidism Druids Esus example fact festivals Gaul Gaulish Geoffrey Geoffrey Ashe giant goddess Greek Gundestrup Cauldron human sacrifice Indo-European Ireland Irish Isle Kendrick king later London Lugh Magi magical magicians Maponos Markale means mentioned Merlin myth Odinn original pagan perhaps Posidonius possessed practice priests probably Pythagoras references religion religious Revue Celtique ritual role Roman Scotland shaman shamanistic similar spirit Stokes Stonehenge stories Strabo supernatural suppose survival Taranis Teutatis tion tribal tribes Tuatha De Danann victim Vortigern Wales Welsh witchcraft witches word writers