The word G. O. D. must, like all other words, have a root meaning, or be of Cabalistic origin. At the present day it seems impossible to trace just where the word "God" came from, and therefore equally impossible to tell just what is meant by the term. Every person, perhaps, in using the term, has no doubt more or less of an idea, as to his own conception, and various schools give various meanings to the term. As used by the ancients, we may readily perceive that they recognize God as a self-existing entity or being, superior to all other existences, and Creator of all things inferior, but just how far into the region of entities their minds were able to penetrate, depended no doubt upon the power of their intuitions or perceptions. No doubt in our age, as in theirs, we extend our ideals as far as we are able, and that which appeals to us as superior to all other things of which we can conceive, even though the idea be vague, we are obliged to stop and call that "God"or some other term of equal importance to us. Some reason that "God" is only within ourselves, and centred in our conscience as without that power of conscience nothing could possibly exist to us.

Others are able to mytho-logically build a throne in some far off portion of heaven, mentally remote from their own existence, and to seat thereon a being in material form like unto the human. Still others see their heaven in the height of their ambition, and he, or that thing, which can lift him towards his desires becomes essentially his "God." The ancients, as-trologically and mythologically, called all of the planets "gods," but each planet or god was considered from time to time in power, according to the predominative influence as felt upon earth. When the harvest was plentiful, then Saturn was "god."

When means were free to enjoy, then Jupiter was "god." When war victories were won, then Mars was "god."

When peace and joy reigned, then Venus was "god." When kings were crowned, then the Sun was "god," etc. These ideas or exaltations were merely recognition of principles or influences prevailing upon the earth from time to time, and were no more a worshipping of planets or stars in idolatry than our own form of rejoicing on Washington's birthday or St Patrick's day. As the same influences did not benefit all nations or peoples alike, just as the same planetary forces today, or the above holidays do not appeal in the same way to all, of course, there were differences of opinions then as now. and no doubt the differences were then about as intelligent, as scientific and as well founded as are many of the views of the present time, and by no means more idolatrous. Nothing could be more idolatrous than the attachments which some of the present age hold to their political party; their social fads and their religion, without being able to analyze the whys or the wherefores, except that it so pleases them to worship these modern gods.

Is There A Reason For All This?

Certainly. By the planetary laws, these idolaters, both ancient and modern are close followers of their fate as recorded in the heaven by the movement of the Moon which controls the sentient natures of humanity. The Moon in the Revelation is depicted as the "harlot that sitteth on many waters."