BIOGRAPHIA ANTIQUA;

OR,

AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES AND WRITINGS

OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN

MAGI, CABALISTS, AND PHILOSOPHERS,

DISCOVERING THE

PRINCIPLES AND TENETS OF THE FIRST FOUNDERS

OF THE

WHEREIN THE MYSTERIES OF THE PYTHAGORIANS, GYMNOSOPHISTS, EGYPTIANS, BRAGMANNI, BABYLONIANS, PERSIANS, ETHIOPIANS, CHALDEANS, &c. ARE DISCOVERED:

Including a particular and interesting Account of

THE FIRST INSTITUTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY FIRE, AND MAGIC;

LIKEWISE, OF

TO WHICH IS ADDED

A SHORT ESSAY,

Proving that the First Christians were Magicians, who foretold, acknowledged, and worshipped

THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD,

AND