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The Ineffable Name.
is correct , as the word was originally in the Samaritan or ancient Hebrew character , thus jy ^ JfYTJf , which has now become a dead language , and it has only arrived at us through the Chaldee tongue ; from the variety of readings and masoretic points of which language , it is difficult either to obtain tbe exact meaning , or even if that were known , to render the pronunciation into modern letters . But even this sacred name was applied bidolaters to their godseither borrowed from the Jewsor
y , , what is equally probable , handed down by traditionary remembrances of it from the early ages , l > y means of the mysteries , in some of which its recollection may bave been preserved . Under the Greek rendering , Ino ) , or Jao . It was the famous word which was placed over the temple of Apollo at Delphi ; and was also adopted by several countries under the name of Zeus , or Jupiter , which implied the generative principle , and under that of litexistence . This deity the Thebans consecrated
, under the name of Kneph , and Sais worshipped as Eisis , under the emblem of Isis veiled , with this inscription— " I am all that has been , all that is , and all that will be , and no mortal has drawn aside my veil . " This is plainly not only the name of Jehovah— " I am and ever shall be , " but also his attribute . The word Jupiter is simply Iao , or Jeu , with the affix of pater , father . The double-faced god Janus may have heen a compound of Jeor Jahand Onof Egyptwith a Latin
termi-, , , , nation . The Scythians had a deity named I-o-un , which was probably identical with tbe last . Ion was also a Welch deity , adored as the first cause . ( See " Hig . Celtic Druids . " ) The Scandinavians called the sun Jon . In Persia the same planet is called Jawnah . ( The Celts called it Samhan and Seadhac , which latter is a name also applied to Baal ) ,
and all these names have a near affinity to the Etruscan compound god , Janus . The god of the Moors , Juba , may be another compound of this name , conjoined perhaps with Baal , or Aba . The surname applied to Bacchus is also plainly a prefix of this name , Io Bacche , or Evohe Bacche ; and it has with reason been conjectured , that the addition of Jah to many names of celebrated lawgivers and prophets , is merely an addition of a godlike attribute to their own names , Jeremiah , Elijah ,
Isaiah , and many others . Even in the nations of tbe New World traces of this mysterious name are to be found . Among the Apalachites of Florida , the priests of the sun were called by the remarkable name of Jaovas , which was also the name of the deity . ( " Ten . Idol . " c . 4 ; quoted in Oliver ' s Signs and Symbols , p . 33 ); and some of the North American Indians have a tetragrammaton , which is never used in common speech , compounded of four notesand used onlin their most sacred
cere-, y monies . The first is pronounced quite short , Yah . They then in a grave and solemn manner sing in a strong base the monosyllable O for the space of a minute . They then pronounce He in the treble , as long as their breath will allow them , and finish by uttering in a base key , with a short accent , the word Wah , thus composing the mysterious word Yo-he-wah . ( See " Sandys . Hist . " p . 23 ) . This would almost imply an original derivation from the Hebrews ; and in conclusion on the subject
of this name it should be mentioned , that the Druids made use of some secret word , known only to themselves , to express the unutterable name of the Deity , of which the letters O , I , W , pronounced in a peculiar manner , were a sacred symbol . ( " Meyrick ' s Cardigan , " Ixxix . ) From these numerous examples , it appears incontrovertibl y proved , that their ori gin could not have been merely casual , but there must have been some connection , some common fount , from which they
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The Ineffable Name.
is correct , as the word was originally in the Samaritan or ancient Hebrew character , thus jy ^ JfYTJf , which has now become a dead language , and it has only arrived at us through the Chaldee tongue ; from the variety of readings and masoretic points of which language , it is difficult either to obtain tbe exact meaning , or even if that were known , to render the pronunciation into modern letters . But even this sacred name was applied bidolaters to their godseither borrowed from the Jewsor
y , , what is equally probable , handed down by traditionary remembrances of it from the early ages , l > y means of the mysteries , in some of which its recollection may bave been preserved . Under the Greek rendering , Ino ) , or Jao . It was the famous word which was placed over the temple of Apollo at Delphi ; and was also adopted by several countries under the name of Zeus , or Jupiter , which implied the generative principle , and under that of litexistence . This deity the Thebans consecrated
, under the name of Kneph , and Sais worshipped as Eisis , under the emblem of Isis veiled , with this inscription— " I am all that has been , all that is , and all that will be , and no mortal has drawn aside my veil . " This is plainly not only the name of Jehovah— " I am and ever shall be , " but also his attribute . The word Jupiter is simply Iao , or Jeu , with the affix of pater , father . The double-faced god Janus may have heen a compound of Jeor Jahand Onof Egyptwith a Latin
termi-, , , , nation . The Scythians had a deity named I-o-un , which was probably identical with tbe last . Ion was also a Welch deity , adored as the first cause . ( See " Hig . Celtic Druids . " ) The Scandinavians called the sun Jon . In Persia the same planet is called Jawnah . ( The Celts called it Samhan and Seadhac , which latter is a name also applied to Baal ) ,
and all these names have a near affinity to the Etruscan compound god , Janus . The god of the Moors , Juba , may be another compound of this name , conjoined perhaps with Baal , or Aba . The surname applied to Bacchus is also plainly a prefix of this name , Io Bacche , or Evohe Bacche ; and it has with reason been conjectured , that the addition of Jah to many names of celebrated lawgivers and prophets , is merely an addition of a godlike attribute to their own names , Jeremiah , Elijah ,
Isaiah , and many others . Even in the nations of tbe New World traces of this mysterious name are to be found . Among the Apalachites of Florida , the priests of the sun were called by the remarkable name of Jaovas , which was also the name of the deity . ( " Ten . Idol . " c . 4 ; quoted in Oliver ' s Signs and Symbols , p . 33 ); and some of the North American Indians have a tetragrammaton , which is never used in common speech , compounded of four notesand used onlin their most sacred
cere-, y monies . The first is pronounced quite short , Yah . They then in a grave and solemn manner sing in a strong base the monosyllable O for the space of a minute . They then pronounce He in the treble , as long as their breath will allow them , and finish by uttering in a base key , with a short accent , the word Wah , thus composing the mysterious word Yo-he-wah . ( See " Sandys . Hist . " p . 23 ) . This would almost imply an original derivation from the Hebrews ; and in conclusion on the subject
of this name it should be mentioned , that the Druids made use of some secret word , known only to themselves , to express the unutterable name of the Deity , of which the letters O , I , W , pronounced in a peculiar manner , were a sacred symbol . ( " Meyrick ' s Cardigan , " Ixxix . ) From these numerous examples , it appears incontrovertibl y proved , that their ori gin could not have been merely casual , but there must have been some connection , some common fount , from which they