The sun., 1895-05-05


of symbolism grew up in connection with hi,
worship. The mysteries became more and more
severe in their demands candidates for mi.
tiation, more significant in the teachings as to
Immortality and metempsvnhosis. strict dis
ciplino was enforced among all men and women
who Joined the society. Rnt, whilo tho weaker
were kept to their allegiance by the iron yoke OF
authority, and the supersdtious gratfied their
cravings by tho excitemsnt Of sensational
worship. some. at least. Of the philosophers OF
the day dwelt chiefly on the doctrinal side OF
the religion, and ADAPTED Il TO the expression OF
their highest thoughts ON the substance and
origin Of all things, and on th~ relation OF human
nature to the divine.
VII
or this philosophy Of sun worship Julian Is
the most notable representatives In the habits
Of thought and feeling which had favored the
growth of solar monotheisrn. he was tho child OF
his age. In his philosophin principles, he was a
disciple OF Jamblichus, tha Neo-Platonist. who
had developed and supplemented the doctrines
OF Plotinus and Porphyry. In personal charac-
ter and Intellectual bent, be was as We have
seen, swayed by passionate devotion to the
wisdom OF the past and By the conviction that
the great task OF his life uas to restore Greek
culture and to save the trsaSures OF old times
from the ihroads OF barbsrism and OF Oriental
superstition. For this mission he nerved
himself by continually thinking that he was
bound to the service and strengthened by the
protection of King Hclios. Neither the spiritual
nature of his theology nor his Hellenism was
irreconcilable with sun-worship. That wor-
ship Afforded sublime objees OF contemplation;
1t left the mind free to rocast the old myths SO
vehicles Of sound instruction, it gave a meaning
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We ehouii nuu 'h"' LIS ~u'hor' Mr. JOHN
FREDERICK ho"boTHAA' ~ aareiul TO preserve
tne oist'hct'oh between the trouoadours' or
ence' eho INC trou'creS A' hortherh france.
VINO coinposeu epic poem. anu wrote IN the
hhhsue vi. Inc oook 10 'ail OF interesting
matter LOT the most pat new TO English
reaoers' but "e ihus' res.Fst ourselves, nrst,
10 'ho proof tnat thelo mlhs.relsy OF provence
was NANNY OF saracehic "riain. derived partly
from tne East through returning CRUSADERS, but
mainly from the Arabs and Moors In Spain. and.
secondly 10 an indicatioh nj the real character
OF the society which organizes Ahe courts OF love.
In a preliminary chapter On Oriental infiu-
cnces Mr.. Rowbotham points out that while,
from the end Of the sixth 20 the beginning of
the twelfth century. western Europe was
plunged in darkness, one nation maintained a
glittering. II isolated, existence on the shores
of the Bosporus. The fap1s of It and of its
wondrous capital penetrated tho gloom of bar.
barism or semi ba- a-barism which wrapped the
wilderness of tho West, and served as a sup
gestor of ideas and ideale TO rude minds in
capable Of high efforts OF imagination. Con-