Quotes:Collyridians

H. P. Blavatsky

Collyridians. A sect of Gnostics who, in the ear]y centuries of Christianity, transferred their worship and reverence from Astoreth to Mary, as Queen of Heaven and Virgin. Regarding the two as identical, they offered to the latter as they had done to the former, buns and cakes on certain days, with sexual symbols represented on them.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Collyridians