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... original , belongs especially to the lower races - Transitional theories - Retribution - theory , apparently derived , belongs especially to the higher races - Doctrine of Moral Retribution as developed in the higher culture - Survey of ...
... original , belongs especially to the lower races - Transitional theories - Retribution - theory , apparently derived , belongs especially to the higher races - Doctrine of Moral Retribution as developed in the higher culture - Survey of ...
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... original Gift - theory passes into the Homage - theory and the Abnegation - theory - Manner of reception of Sa- crifice by Deity - Material Transfer to elements , fetish - animals , priests ; consumption of substance by deity or idol ...
... original Gift - theory passes into the Homage - theory and the Abnegation - theory - Manner of reception of Sa- crifice by Deity - Material Transfer to elements , fetish - animals , priests ; consumption of substance by deity or idol ...
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... original cause and motive of the doc- trine of transmigration ? Something may be said in answer , though not at all enough for full explanation . The theory that ancestral souls return , thus imparting their own likeness of mind and ...
... original cause and motive of the doc- trine of transmigration ? Something may be said in answer , though not at all enough for full explanation . The theory that ancestral souls return , thus imparting their own likeness of mind and ...
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... original idea of transmigration was the straightforward and reasonable one of human souls being re - born in new human bodies , this notion being afterwards extended to take in re - birth in bodies of animals , and so forth . There are ...
... original idea of transmigration was the straightforward and reasonable one of human souls being re - born in new human bodies , this notion being afterwards extended to take in re - birth in bodies of animals , and so forth . There are ...
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... original and distinct doctrines of corporeal resurrection.1 Again , attention must be given to the practice , so common among low and high races , of preserving relics of the dead , from mere morsels of bone up to whole mummified bodies ...
... original and distinct doctrines of corporeal resurrection.1 Again , attention must be given to the practice , so common among low and high races , of preserving relics of the dead , from mere morsels of bone up to whole mummified bodies ...
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