The San Francisco call., 1903-12-20


Thsy ORersd sacrtnss Also. TIE No.
tim was brought near - = rfvNr, LAks
or fountain, where II waA slain by onO
Of the priests with the utmost care.
lest any OF the blood should denls tha
water. A small portion OF the Tat was
consumed in the flame OF the altar.
The flesh became the portion of the
priests. upon which they banqustsd
when the rites were finished.
The magi claimed supernatural
powers a. well as the gift Of prophecy.
They interpreted dreams. explained
omens and expounded mysteries. To
their high pretensions they added a
lofty dignity and majestic msin- Their
vestiture was chaste. their ceremonial
magnificent Clad in long white dow
Ing robes, wearing tall felt hats, with
lappets at the side, and carrying tha
barsom. made Of their tamarisk twiEs.
IN their hands, they chanted mystic
strains at the sacrifices and a. they
poured the propitiatory libation OF oil,
milk and honey on the ground. they
presented an imposing spectacle In
their impressive ritual.
Added to this was their great learn
Ing, deep piety and unaffected sane
tity. No wonder then that they were
an all powerful priestly caste IN some
OF the western nations and became
equally 50 among the Iranians and
other eastern people The Persians,
becoming the leading nation OF the
world, the magi came to be regarded
as indigenous to the empire. Hence
the general mistake that the nagi
were confined TO the Persian priest
hood. It was, however, the kin and
co-religionists OF the Persian priest.
hood that. standing By their fire al
tars and looking toward the eastern
sky. beheld afar the wOndrous star
the star Of Bethlehem
These men were neither Arabian
Kings, Persian priests, nor Oriental
sages. On the contrary, they were
Kelts-Irish Druids- Their homes were
In the west and their chief sanctuariss
In the western isles.
IL there a people on the facs % the
earth whose history hts In with the
conditions necessary to determins who
the Masi were, and whence they
came?
There Is ono race, ana only snA,
whose history meets all the require
ments. That race IA the Iriah 81
Gaelic.
The Irish claim to be dsESndad
from Magog. the grandson OF Noah
They originally came from goyShIa-
Their language belongs to tho scythIo
tongue or stock OF languages, which
connects them with the ancient Ac-
cadians. This Is the same stock and
race to which we traced the Magi-
The original country OF the 01ag1 and
Gael IS the same.
It is we'll known that the Irish were
some centuries ago known as Scots.
Scot comes from ScuIt, and this is the
Irish for Scythia.
In the seventh century before Christ
the Greeks came IN contact with q
race whom they called Scythians. An
exacter form OF the name was 5coioti-
Herodotus and Hippocrates clearly
distinguish the Scolots. or true scythi-
ans. from all their neighbors-" (En-
cyclopedia Britannica.) II win bo seen
at a glance that ScoQo)ts Is but diff
ferent linguistic way OF spelling Scot
or Scult.
A tribe OF the Irish that kept up
communication with the true scythi-
ans and other Gaelic tribes In Greece
and Asia Minor was the Tuatha de
Danan. Tuatha de Danan means
tribes of Dia and Anah." according to
Professor Sullivan. These are the
sky and sea gods Of Accad. Air and
water were two Of the four principles
held in especial veneration by the
Magians whom we traced to Aeead
and Scythia-
Again the Tuatha de Danan were Of
"the race Ibath, grandson OF Iarbonei
the prophet, son OF Nemed." To these
Danans especially the term Magian IS
applied In the ancient Irish annals.
The power OF enchantment, interpreta-
ton of dreams, working Of miracles,
the gift Of prophecy and great learning
are attributed to their priests or
Drulds. It was this tribe that brought
the stone Of Scone, now In Westmln-
ster Abbey, to ireland. On this stone
Edward VII was recently crowned
The Scottish Kings. and before them
the irish Kings. were crowned on the
same stone.
The Irish word Druid means wisdom
or Magian. It IS worthy Of record tnat
the Irish Scriptures render there came
wise men from the east by "there
came Drufds from the east" The Irish
words are: "Draioch o naird shoir go
Hierusalern," which shows the Irish be-
lief that the Druids we're Magians-
1t IS a matter Of history that part OF
the Gaels or Irish IN the westward
movement OF the race returned by the
valley Of the Danube and settled in
Asia Minor. They prefxed their own
name to Asia, and called their abode
Gael-Asia, or Galatia, as 1t came to be
spelled
whether the Druids or Mari 20
whom the star Sf Bethlehem appeared
were residents OF Ireland. Scythia or
Calatia Is iGnmaterial. for they were
ALL the sane Gaelic race.