64 Matter Histoire du Gnosticisme III 323 65 Ibid III p 120 66 Jewish Encyclopodia article on Mand ans 67 Gr goire op cit IV 241 68 Jewish Encyclopodia and Hastings Encyclopodia of Religion and Ethics articles on Mand ans 69 Codex Nasarous Liber Adam appellatus trans from the Syriac into Latin by Matth Norberg 1815 Vol I 109 Sed Johanne hac tate Hierosolym nato Jordanumque deinceps legente et baptismum peragente veniet Jeschu Messias summisse se gerens ut baptismo Johannis baptizetur et Johannis per sapientiam sapiat Pervertet vero doctrinam Johannis et mutato Jordani baptismo perversisque justiti dictis iniquitatem et perfidiam per mundum disseminabit 70 Article on the Codex Nasarous by Silvestre de Sacy in the Journal des Savants for November 1819 p 651 cf passage in the Zohar section Bereschith folio 55 71 Matter op cit III 119 120 De Sacy op cit p 654 also attributes the Codex Nasarous to the eighth century 72 Matter op cit III 118 73 Jewish Encyclopodia article on Mand ans 74 Loiseleur op cit p 52 75 Ibid p 51 Matter op cit III 305 76 The Sabbatic goat is clearly of Jewish origin Thus the Zohar relates that Tradition teaches us that when the Israelites evoked evil spirits these appeared to them under the form of he goats and made known to them all that they wished to learn Section Ahre Moth folio 70a de Pauly V 191 77 Eliphas L vi Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie II 209 78 Some Notes on various Gnostic Sects and their Possible Influence on Free masonry by D F Ranking reprinted from A Q C Vol XXIV pp 27 28 1911 The Templars Chapter III Secret Societies and Subversive Movements Nesta Webster