A Dissertation on the Mysteries of the Cabiri, Vol. I

Upon communicating my sentiments to Mr. Bryant, I had the pleasure of finding that his opinion was at present nearly the same as my own; and I doubt not, but that the permission, which he has given me, to sanction my hypothesis with the weight of such an authority as his, will have its due influence upon the minds of my readers.

“You make an excuse,” says he, “for differing from me in respect to the Titans and giants of antiquity. There is no occasion for apology at any rate; but more particularly as I am of the same opinion; and have been so for many years.—I was of a different opinion once, as you very properly intimate; but I was obliged to alter my notions.”

In the system which forms the basis of the present work, it is supposed that the word Titan is derived from Tit (Hebrew: טיט), the mud/sediment of the deluge; and consequently, that it signifies a diluvian. It is further conjectured that the appellation Titans was a general name of all the persons who were living at the era of the deluge, both those who were saved in the Ark, and those who perished beneath the waves.