Chapter XIX.

The Man of Sin.

Hindu myth--Gnostic theories--Ophite scheme of redemption--
Rabbinical traditions of Primitive Man--Pauline Pessimism--Law
of death--Satan's ownership of Man--Redemption of the Elect--
Contemporary statements--Baptism--Exorcism--The 'new man's'
food--Eucharist--Herbert Spencer's explanation--Primitive
ideas--Legends of Adam and Seth--Adamites--A Mormon 'Mystery'
of initiation