CHAPTER III.

The Origin of the Cabbalistae; the Chaldeans, and their Antagonism to Patriarchal Tradition.--The Hand-Writing on Belshazzar's Wall.--The Secret Writings of the Cabbalistae.--How Daniel read the Same.--Ezra.--The Origin of the Masoretic Text.--Zoroaster.--His Reformation and Reconstruction of the Religion of the Magi.--Pythagoras, and his "League."--The Thugs.--The Druids. ... 41 {8} CHAPTER IV. The Discipline of the Secret in the Origin of the Christian Church.--The Inquisition.--The Mystics.--The Rise of Monachism.--The Mendicant Orders.--The Orders of Knighthood.--The Jesuits, their Organization and History.--The Rosicrucians, &c. ... 71