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Excerpt from The Masculine Cross, or a History of Ancient and Modern Crosses, and Their Connection With the Mysteries of Sex Worship: Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices The fact is, there is great similarity between the cross worship, or veneration if you please, of ancient and modern times. Chris tians, we know, are apt to repudiate the charge of rendering worship to this symbol, but it is clear from what is printed in some of their books of devotion that some sort of worship is actually rendered, though disguised under other names. As to the veneration thus Offered being right or wrong, we here say nothing; the fact only concerns us so far as it relates to the subject we have in hand. 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.