Thus we see that, although inculcating homage to a multitude of
subordinate divinities, the ancient Astrolatry was only an apparent
Polytheism; its enlightened votaries, recognizing the dogma of the
unity of God, were in reality Monotheists, paying supreme adoration to
the mythical genius of the Sun, to whom we will now direct attention.



GOD SOL.

In determining the characteristics of the supreme divinity of astral
worship, it must be borne in mind that its founders taught that he was
evolved or engendered by the Father, or first person in the sacred
Triad, from his pure substance, which as we have shown was constituted
of chaos or the primeval fire into which they supposed all things were
reduced through the agency of that element at the conclusion of 12,000
year cycles. Hence, designating that mythical being as the only
begotten of the Father, they personified him as God the Son, or second
person in the sacred Triad; and recognizing the Sun as the ruling star,
very appropriately made him the presiding genius of that luminary,
under the title of God Sol. According homage to light as his chief
attribute, he is referred to in the allegories as "The true Light,
which lighteth every man that cometh into the world," John i., 9; and,
although designated as the only begotten of the Father, his
co-existence with him, under the title of the Logos or Word, is shown
in the text which reads, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God," John i., 1.

Personifying the principles of Good and Evil in God Sol, the ancient
Astrologers consecrated the six divisions of the 12,000 year cycle,