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infernal gods " (Ec1o.q. i, p. 156). Pluto, also, is calledthe " g9d of hell "; and this name has the same sig- .niflcarice as Saturn, meaning " the Hidden one "; forPluto is derived from Lut "to hide," which with theEgyptian definite article prenxed becomes " P'Lut."Both Wilkinson (Vol. iv, p. 63), and Bunsen (Vol. i.PO. 431, 432) show that Osiris in Egypt was the "kingof hades," or Pluto. Hades, as we all know, is the"hidden state." Actually, however, Pluto or Saturnwas none other than the incarnation of the Devil, whohid himself under the disguise of the serpent when hecaused the fall of man in the garden of Eden, and whohas hidden himself from the world ever since underhis refuge of lies. It is curious that the popularrepresentation of the Devil, with the horns, hoofs andtail, is exactly the appearance of the black Nimrodwhen he is depicted in the scnlpture encounteringthe lion ; for in that hieroglyph he wears not only thetwo horns of the bull over which he had previouslygained victory, but its hind legs and tail as well 1#'Auld Hornie " is the popular name by which the Devilwas known in Scotland in the older days. The Satyrs.also, were half animals, having the hind legs and tailof the goat in addition to the horns. The connectionof the goat-like Satyrs with the Devil is borne out bythe Hebrew word sa'yr. This Hebrew word is translatedas he-goat in 2 Chron. 2923,-"They broughtforth the he-goat [sa'yr] for the sin-offering "; as devilsin Lev. 17:7,-" And they shall no more offer theirsacriAces unto devils [sa'yr] ; and as satyrs in Isa.13:2l-"Babylon . . . shall be as when God overthrewSodom an$ Gomorrah . . . and satyrs [sa'yr]shall dance there.The system of the " Mysterjes" demanded that allits ritual, etc., should be kcpt carefully secret. Every-