...which few persons understood. Trismegistus express'd the virtues & passions of the soul , the actions & attributes of the Gods , by the figures of animals, insects, plants, stars ,& divers other symbolical characters. Hence it is that we see cows , cats, reptiles , 8c crocodiles...

...was another, which was consecrated to divine things, and which few persons understood. Trismcgistus expressed the virtues and the passions of the soul,...objects of our worship, as the Greeks foolishly imagine. Trismegistns concealed the mysteries of religion under hieroglyphics and allegories, and exposed nothing...

...virtues and the passions of the soul, the actions and the attributes of the gods, by the figures ot animals, insects, plants, stars, and divers other symbolical characters : hence it is that sphynxes, serpents, birds, and crocodiles were placed in their ancient temples, and upon their obelisks...

...persons understood. Trismegistus expressed the virtues and the passions of the soul, the actions and the attributes of the gods, by the figures of animals,...divers other symbolical characters : hence it is, that sphynxes, serpents, birds, and crocodiles were placed in their ancient temples, and upon their obelisks...

...persons understood. Trismegistus expresses the virtues and passions of the soul, the actions and the attributes of the gods, by the figures of animals,...divers other symbolical characters : hence it is, that sphynxes, serpents, birds, and crocodiles were placed in their ancient temples, and upon their obelisks...