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-they [the initiates] believe he, [Pan] really hadthat form: they think him like the other gods ;but the reason [of his goat-like form] beingconnected with religion, I am not at liberty toexplain it". (Birch's Wilkinson, Vol. III, p. 186)The "hidden thingg of darkness", however, arenow being made manifest in this enlighteningday (the begi~iriixig of the Xillennimn) ; and weknow that the mystic reason for the goat partof the sat5-r~ is connected with their panic andtheir szcdden fight to hick thc~nselves on hear-. ing of the violent death of their chief; for"Berkhq" the word for c'fu,oitive," signifies also'%e goat". One'of the epithets of the god Pan,the head of the satyrs, u-as Capricornus, whichmeans "goat-horned". The "seas~nrrl" interpretationso frequently advnilced by many studentsof mytholoq, in their erltlcavor to explain themeaning of the mythical tales and exploits ofthe various gods and gotltlesses, is merely a"blind" of Satan, by \\-liich lie hopes to obscurethe mental vision of all \vllo \\-ould desire tolook into the true chn~.;~cter pf his false, sensualreligions.- Strr~ ctJlr/ fi'i1.t. TF'orsl~ip"Tl!c ! ::al,lca11 :inllle for Sinlioil, the son ofSenlirluuis, \!-as Zero-a>llta from zero "theseecl," and ashta "t!le ~rcitiiim". But the ~vorduskta also iilealls "tl:c fire", so that Zero-nslita,"the seed of the n-onlan," 1)ecanie Zeroantes or(or 3foloch) to be the terrible god of fire, the .earthly repremntative of Baal the sun-god. InJeremiah 32 : 35, we read :"And they built thohigh places of Baal, which are in the valley ofthe sou of Hinnom, to cause their sons andtheir daughters to. pms through the fire toMolech; which I commanded them not, neithercame it into,my mind, that they should do thisabomination, to caw Juclah to sinJ'. It warclaimed that the act of passing through the firemas for the purpose of prifYing, and this prob-ably reco~iciled the parents who sacrificed theirchildren to.Molech. They were under the delu- .sion that the fire which consumed the little onesalso pe,rfected them, a d made them meet fortlie future life.The god Taruniuz, I\-ho is identified with Simrod,and for whom the women of Israel lailientedannually (Ezekiel 8: 14), is redly connectedwith fire-worship and with the tholl~glit ofpurification therefrom; for the name Tammuzis derived from tam, ,"to perfect," and m7i3, "toburn" - to make perfect by burning. Tlii~,no doubt, is the origin of the imaginary plncecalled Purgatory, t11e.fire of which is supposedby Papacy to be necessary to perfect men's souls~111~1 to pnrge away the sins they carry with tIic!ninto the unseen n-orl.epllilus of ;\ntioc.li inforins us that I liiorc. he ca1lt.d Tnphet. Iior the \-alIcy of the- deified Sin~rocl. \\.a3 in tht. Ea~t 11-orshipe~l ' $on sf ITinl~on~. 1)uE tlie valley of el~~~plii~~r.'~~~litler the l!illllcs of Eel a!icl Ca1.-Clc:ricus, Ue r-he lialt~~ ';Toidlet" given to the- v,rlle;v off-'l~ilosoylti~ Ot.ic.itt!rli, lib. I. scct. 11, cap. 37. IIii~;ioru, or Gcllelula, as it is callctl in tile >;*-\vSillirod was the first t3nl)\-lc>nit~ri king, nrltl Ti.==tc\lnel~t, is clcri.;etl Prom tnph.1-b-hich in I.qai::litherefore the title 3Iolt.c.h is prinlnrily ilpplied 30 : 22 is trnuslntet 1 "tnbrcts," !I:zt is, clr~~in.:. l?!-to him; for "~I~~lecli" means "king". 15-e thns tl:c r:oi:e of tal~rets or drums the prie-rs of Eadperceive why the Scriptures indicate 3folech sot ght to dro\vli the cries of the cll2drt.n ~ h o