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solves the perplexing term in Heschius, descriptive
of a distinct tribe, namely, Pitane, of which the
Delphic Pytlm is but a variety.
The following is curious taken in connexion.
" Tuatli (Taut ?) in its literal and substantive acceptation
implies the lingam ; collaterally, magic ; and, by convention,
mystery, prophets, legislators. Pith, in like manner, denotes
literally, the Yoni ; coUaterall}', magic ; and, by convention,
mystery, prophets, legislators, &c. And the ofFshots of either
in an inferior and deteriorated view, Budhog, from the former,
and Pithag, from the latter, intimate, and indiscriminately,
witchcraft, wizard, or witch."*
Submitting this without hazarding a criticism on
a brother who is no more a habitant of this Planet,
we would further suggest to the reader the appel-
latives PytJiAgoras, the celebrated philosopher
who flourished about 500 years before Christ, and
who in Egypt and Chaldea acquired the Symbolic
wisdom. And from whom ? From the Eph- Taus
(Egyptians), and from the Cou-El-Taus {Celts,
or Chaldeans) ; the names being Carihean, Celtic,
or sacred. The very name of his teacher Abaris,
Aub-Aur, which, by transposition, is equivalent to
Aur-Aub, and, by placing one Cabala for another,
to Al-Aiib, bespeaks a functionary of the Solar-god.
This is the man who, having himself been initiated
into the mysteries of the Celtce, returned and spread
them over all Greece : so Herodotus —
* O'Brien's Round Towers of Ireland, p. 257.