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Ch. 2: Ideas of the Ancients

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Russian treasury is known to have formed the eye of an idol of an Eastern temple, and was stolen by a European, who had become a priest of the shrine.
A particular stone was supposed to be sacred to each month, and they were called zodiac stones; they were all set together in an ornament called an amulet, so as to be sure to have the one in connection with, or corresponding to the particular sign or month of the year.
The order is as follows:—
This superstition is evidently connected with the twelve stones in the breastplate of the High-Priest, and even still exists. The Jews had a tradition, that when, on the day of atonement, the High-Priest asked the Almighty forgiveness for the sins of the whole nation, if they were forgiven, the stones in the Urim and Thummim shone most brightly; if the contrary, they became black. Gems were also supposed to indicate
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