T1re Sun, a llnivensal Deity he adontion oflhe sunwar oneofrhe eaiiesrad nrcstnatu_ r:l forms ofreligious expression. Conplex nodem theolo, gtes are nerely involvements rd amptifications frhis simple aboriginal belief The primitive n;d, rccogn ng the beneti- cent power ol the solar orb, adored t as t he prory of the Deity. Concerning he ong ofsun worship,Albert rnakeshe fol_ lowingconcise sralemart hisMorak and. Dogna: ".to rhem laboriginal peopl€s] he [the sun] wasrh€ nnate ire ofbodies, rhe frre ofN"t.,*. A"tl,.;"f f., i*; and ignition, he \'?s to thern he efrcient caue ofal ge erarion, or wirhour hin dren wasno novenent, no existence, o fonn. e rr"s tr, then immense. ndivisi- ble. rnperishable. ndeverlahere reqenr. t wn.6eir need flishr. an Jofhjscre_ ative enelgy, hatwas elr by ail men;andnothing was nore earfril o tLen thanUs absence. His beneficent nlluences caused ; identificarion with the principle of Good; and the BR"{HMA ofthe Hindus, and MITHRAS ofthe p€rsians. and {THOI\4. MUN. PHTH A . d d O S t t u S .o I rheEgpriaru. he B E L , t t h e Chaldeans, he ADONAI ofrLe phoenicians, rheADONIS ard APOLLO ofthe Greeks. ecme but personifi€rions ofrh€ Sun,rhe regenenting principle, irnage ofthat fecundiry which perpehra0es ndrejwerDies he world,se{ijcenc€.,, Among all thenations fantiquiw. altarsj mounds, n d enples werededi_ cated to the worship of rhe orb of day. The ruins of these sacred places vet remam. nordhlemonB h cm be;ng le plramids n f yucaran _,t Eglp,. ;.
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