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CELTIC LANGUAGE. lO";
CHAPTER IV.
Never change barbarous names, for there are names in every nation given from
God, having unspeakable efficacy in the mysteries."— Chaldean Oracle.
THE CABALA EXPLAINED ADAM STILL NAMING THi:
BEASTS OF THE FIELD — SERF, PYTHON, NACHS, &t..
UNVEILED PROOFS OF THE GREAT PREVALENCE OV
SERPENT WORSHIP, &C.
We take it for granted that the reader is now pre-
pared to ascend with us another step in the ladder
of observation, and survey that rather occult object
called Cabala. Thus, then, Johnson on the term : —
" Cabal, s. {cabale, Fr. nb^r? ^^^^' tradition.)
1. The secret science of the Hebrew rabbins.
2. A body of men united in close design.
3. Intrigue."
We may be allowed a doubt whether this threefold
explication have furnished the learner with the
ideal meaning of this important trisyllable. He
is informed, it is true, that the French for the same
term is Cabale^ and the Hebrew Kble ; but where
is the French — where is the Hebrew from ? Where
is the root — the radix — the primary leading idea !'-
Answer; Rather occult. If by this answer we