Forlong dux - Revision history

Thiebes: restored and added permission note

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	~~{{stub}}~~		'''Forlong dux''', Major-General J.G.R. (James George Roche) Forlong. He was a Scottish military engineer in the Anglo-Indian Army, who received acclaim from the governments of England and India for his brilliant feats of road-building in the jungles of the Indian subcontinent during the Mahratta and Burmese wars.

	'''~~Forlong dux~~'''~~, Major-General J~~.G.R. ~~(James George Roche) Forlong~~.		Forlong's lifelong hobby was the comparative study of the [[religion]]s of Man, a study which was facilitated by his knowledge of seven languages. He avidly pursued this avocation during his 33 extensive travels in India, as well as after retiring from the military in 1876. He is the author of two monumental works on the subject: ''Faiths of Man, a Cyclopaedia of Religions'' (1906 [[EV]]) and ''Rivers of Life'' (1883 EV). The latter is included in Section 1 of the [[A.'.A.'.]] reading list. Faiths of Man compares the various religions of mankind, demonstrating that many elements of the [[Christianity\|Christian]] [[mythos]] were borrowed from older religions. Rivers of Life traces the development of the great world religions back to their primitive origins in the worship of the [[sun]] and/or the [[phallus]].

	~~Please rewrite based~~ on ~~primary sources~~.		Dux (rhymes with "hooks") is Latin for "leader." In the late Roman Empire, a dux was a military chief commanding the troops in a frontier province, and is the origin of the title "Duke." The term "dux" is used in Scotland to denote a student who is academically first in his or her class.

			==Sources==
			* ''[http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/forlong.htm Forlong Dux]'' The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, © Sabazius X°.
			:'''Note:''' Sabazius offered permission to use citations "of any length" from his biographies on ''[http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/ The Invisible Basilica]'' for [[Thelemapedia]], so long as appropriate attribution was given, and so long as there was a link to ''The Invisible Basilica''.

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	'''Forlong dux''', Major-General J.G.R. (James George Roche) Forlong. He was a Scottish military engineer in the Anglo-Indian Army, who received acclaim from the governments of England and India for his brilliant feats of road-building in the jungles of the Indian subcontinent during the Mahratta and Burmese wars.		'''Forlong dux''', Major-General J.G.R. (James George Roche) Forlong.

	Forlong's lifelong hobby was the comparative study of the [[religion]]s of Man, a study which was facilitated by his knowledge of seven languages. He avidly pursued this avocation during his 33 extensive travels in India, as well as after retiring from the military in 1876. He is the author of two monumental works on the subject: ''Faiths of Man, a Cyclopaedia of Religions'' (1906 [[EV]]) and ''Rivers of Life'' (1883 EV). The latter is included in Section 1 of the [[A.'.A.'.]] reading list. Faiths of Man compares the various religions of mankind, demonstrating that many elements of the [[Christianity\|Christian]] [[mythos]] were borrowed from older religions. Rivers of Life traces the development of the great world religions back to their primitive origins in the worship of the [[sun]] and/or the [[phallus]].		Please rewrite

	Dux (rhymes with "hooks") is Latin for "leader." In the late Roman Empire, a dux was a military chief commanding the troops in a frontier province, and is the origin of the title "Duke." The term "dux" is used in Scotland to denote a student who is academically first in his or her class.

	~~==Sources==~~
	* ''[http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/forlong.htm Forlong Dux]'' The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius,(c) Sabazius X. Used with grateful acknowledgement and by kind permission.

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Thiebes: italicized book titles, added links, fixed typos

2005-03-04T09:59:45Z

italicized book titles, added links, fixed typos

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'''Forlong dux''', Major-General J.G.R. (James George Roche) Forlong. He was a Scottish military engineer in the Anglo-Indian Army, who received acclaim from the governments of England and India for his brilliant feats of road-building in the jungles of the Indian subcontinent during the Mahratta and Burmese wars.

Forlong's lifelong hobby was the comparative study of the [[religion]]s of Man, a study which was facilitated by his knowledge of seven languages. He avidly pursued this avocation during his 33 extensive travels in India, as well as after retiring from the military in 1876. He is the author of two monumental works on the subject: ''Faiths of Man, a Cyclopaedia of Religions'' (1906 [[EV]]) and ''Rivers of Life'' (1883 EV). The latter is included in Section 1 of the [[A.'.A.'.]] reading list. Faiths of Man compares the various religions of mankind, demonstrating that many elements of the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[mythos]] were borrowed from older religions. Rivers of Life traces the development of the great world religions back to their primitive origins in the worship of the [[sun]] and/or the [[phallus]].

Dux (rhymes with "hooks") is Latin for "leader." In the late Roman Empire, a dux was a military chief commanding the troops in a frontier province, and is the origin of the title "Duke." The term "dux" is used in Scotland to denote a student who is academically first in his or her class.

==Sources==
* ''[http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/forlong.htm Forlong Dux]'' The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius,(c) Sabazius X. Used with grateful acknowledgement and by kind permission.

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Frater DVV at 13:37, 7 October 2004

2004-10-07T13:37:08Z

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	==Sources==		==Sources==
	*~~The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius,~~ ''[http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/forlong.htm Forlong Dux]''		* ''[http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/forlong.htm Forlong Dux]'' The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius,(c) Sabazius X. Used with grateful acknowledgement and by kind permission.

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Ash: added saints category

2004-10-06T01:07:43Z

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	==Sources==		==Sources==
	*http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/forlong.htm ~~The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, "~~Forlong Dux"		*The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, ''[http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/forlong.htm Forlong Dux]''

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Frater DVV at 16:13, 5 October 2004

2004-10-05T16:13:40Z

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<b>Forlong dux</b>, Major-General J.G.R. (James George Roche) Forlong. He was a Scottish military engineer in the Anglo-Indian Army, who received acclaim from the governments of England and India for his brilliant feats of road-building in the jungles of the Indian subcontinent during the Mahratta and Burmese wars.

Forlong's lifelong hobby was the comparative study of the religions of Man, a study which was facilitated by his knowledge of seven languages. He avidly pursued this avocation during his 33 extensive travels in India, as well as after retiring from the military in 1876. He is the author of two monumental works on the subject: Faiths of Man, a Cyclopaedia of Religions (1906) and Rivers of Life (1883). The latter is included in Section 1 of the A:. A:. reading list. Faiths of Man compares the various religions of mankind, demonstrating that many elements of the Christian mythos were borrowed from older religions. Rivers of Life traces the development of the great world religions back to their primitive origins in the worship of the sun and/or the phallus.

Dux (rhymes with "hooks") is Latin for "leader." In the late Roman Empire, a dux was a military chief commanding the troops in a frontier province, and is the origin of the title "Duke." The term "dux" is used in Scotland to denote a student who is academically first in his or her class.

==Sources==
*http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/forlong.htm The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, "Forlong Dux"