CHAPTER VII.

EARLY CHRISTIAN HERESIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES.

Nazareans, Ophites, and modern Druzes 291 Etymology of IAO 298 “Hermetic Brothers” of Egypt 307 True meaning of Nirvana 319 The Jaïna sect 321 Christians and Chrestians 323 The Gnostics and their detractors 325 Buddha, Jesus, and Apollonius of Tyana 341