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BIOGRAPHIA ANTIQUA;

OR,

AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES AND WRITINGS

OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN

MAGI, CABALISTS, AND PHILOSOPHERS,

DISCOVERING THE

PRINCIPLES AND TENETS OF THE FIRST FOUNDERS

OF THE

MAGICAL AND OCCULT SCIENCES:

WHEREIN THE MYSTERIES OF THE PYTHAGORIANS, GYMNOSOPHISTS, EGYPTIANS, BRAGMANNI, BABYLONIANS, PERSIANS, ETHIOPIANS, CHALDEANS, &c. ARE DISCOVERED:

Including a particular and interesting Account of

ZOROASTER, THE SON OF OROMASIUS

THE FIRST INSTITUTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY FIRE, AND MAGIC;

LIKEWISE, OF

HERMES TRISMEGISTUS, THE EGYPTIAN

,

And other Philosophers, famous for their Learning, Piety, and Wisdom

.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

A SHORT ESSAY,

Proving that the First Christians were Magicians, who foretold, acknowledged, and worshipped

THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD,

AND

FIRST FOUNDER OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.