Excerpt from A View of Religions, in Two Parts: Part I. Containing an Alphabetical Compendium of the Various Religious Denominations, Which Have Appeared in the World, From the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Present Day; Part II. Containing a Brief Account of the Different Schemes of Religion From thofe beings of a nobler kind, idolatry defcendn ed into an enormous multiplication of inferior powers fo that in -many countries, mountains, trees and rivers, the earth and fea, and wind; nay, even virtues, and vi ces, and difeafes, had their fhrines attended by devout and zealous worfhippersfi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.