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Spirits regarded as personal causes of Phenomena of the World - Pervading Spirits as good and evil Demons affecting man - Spirits manifest in Dreams and Visions : Nightmares ; Incubi and Succubi ; Vampires ; Visionary Demons Demons of ...
Spirits regarded as personal causes of Phenomena of the World - Pervading Spirits as good and evil Demons affecting man - Spirits manifest in Dreams and Visions : Nightmares ; Incubi and Succubi ; Vampires ; Visionary Demons Demons of ...
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... or as a demon or a worm . The Buddhist theory of ' karma ' or ' action , ' which controls the destiny of all sentient beings , not by judicial reward and punishment , but by the inflexible result of cause into effect , wherein the ...
... or as a demon or a worm . The Buddhist theory of ' karma ' or ' action , ' which controls the destiny of all sentient beings , not by judicial reward and punishment , but by the inflexible result of cause into effect , wherein the ...
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... thinking it the habitation of demons ;: the Karens were said to destroy their villages to escape the dangerous neighbourhood of departed souls . Such proceedings , however , scarcely extend beyond the limits of barbarism , and only ...
... thinking it the habitation of demons ;: the Karens were said to destroy their villages to escape the dangerous neighbourhood of departed souls . Such proceedings , however , scarcely extend beyond the limits of barbarism , and only ...
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1 , has the quaint legend attached to the new ordinance . An island hermit dwelt near a volcano , where souls of the wicked were tormented in the flames . The holy man heard the officiating demons lament that their daily task of new ...
1 , has the quaint legend attached to the new ordinance . An island hermit dwelt near a volcano , where souls of the wicked were tormented in the flames . The holy man heard the officiating demons lament that their daily task of new ...
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... whether life's successive transmigrations be in animal , or human , or demon births on earth , or in luxurious heaven - palaces of gold and jewels , or in the agonizing hells where Oriental fancy riots in the hideous inventory of ...
... whether life's successive transmigrations be in animal , or human , or demon births on earth , or in luxurious heaven - palaces of gold and jewels , or in the agonizing hells where Oriental fancy riots in the hideous inventory of ...
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| Title | Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art and Custom, Volume 2 Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art and Custom, Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Author | Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Murray, 1903 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 May 2014 |
| Length | 973 pages |
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