The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

" mighty Hunter before the Lord " (Diodorus, lib. ii,p. 69).Semiramis was a beaut.ifu1 but very depraved woman,and it is to her that much of the extravagant andlicentious character of the heathen religions has beenascribed. In his work Inferno, in the 5th Canto, Dantepictures Semiramis ;is one of the damned in hell (notpurgatory); and he also mentions Ninu$,in the sameconnection. Although Dante's "visions were a Agmentof his imagination, yet his consigning Semiramisto eternal pllnishing shonrs the bad esteem in whichshe was held.The Mysterlesu of tho Hoathan Rellglons.The Chaldean "Mysteries" can be traced back tothe days of Semiramis. It appears that her husband'sapostacy was quite open, and consisted mainly inleading men into sensuality. teachi!! then1 that theymight enjoy the "pleasures of sin without fear ofretribution from a holy God. In his hunting expeditionshe was accompanied by troops of women; andby mu,sic, games and revelries, and everything thatpleases tile natural heart, he insinuated himself int CIthe favour of the world. It wm after the death ofSinus OT Nimrod that the secret "Mysteries" were setup by Semiramis and her followers.Nimrod's death is not noticed in the Scriptures,but there was an ancient tradition that his end wasviolent. Strange though it may seem, numerous linesof evidence (which we shall ilivestigate as we proceed)prove that it was this very death of Nimrod thaf.constituted the foundational theme of the Mysteries..* Sea tho Ilev. Aluxandor Hiulop'~ rusrbr.rly wjrk eutlt.1r.d Trc TKQBdyl on8 (lafa; ).0 2