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The belief in the new human birth of the departed soul , which has even led West
African negroes to commit suicide when in distant slavery , that they may revive in
their own land , in fact amounts among several of the lower races to a distinct ...
The belief in the new human birth of the departed soul , which has even led West
African negroes to commit suicide when in distant slavery , that they may revive in
their own land , in fact amounts among several of the lower races to a distinct ...
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In Africa , again , the belief is found among the Western negroes that they will rise
again white , and the Bari of the White Nile , believing in the resurrection of the
dead on earth , considered the first white people they saw as departed spirits ...
In Africa , again , the belief is found among the Western negroes that they will rise
again white , and the Bari of the White Nile , believing in the resurrection of the
dead on earth , considered the first white people they saw as departed spirits ...
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In Africa , again , mention is made of the Maravi thinking that the souls of bad
men became jackals , and good men snakes . The Zulus , while admitting that a
man may turn into a wasp or lizard , work out in the fullest way the idea of the
dead ...
In Africa , again , mention is made of the Maravi thinking that the souls of bad
men became jackals , and good men snakes . The Zulus , while admitting that a
man may turn into a wasp or lizard , work out in the fullest way the idea of the
dead ...
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To an African mother who has lost her child , it is a consolation to say , “ He will
come again . ” l In higher levels of culture , the theory of re - embodiment of the
soul appears in strong and varied development . Though seemingly not received
by ...
To an African mother who has lost her child , it is a consolation to say , “ He will
come again . ” l In higher levels of culture , the theory of re - embodiment of the
soul appears in strong and varied development . Though seemingly not received
by ...
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Thus we have traced the ancient theory of metempsychosis in stage after stage of
the world ' s civilization , scattered among the native races of America and Africa ,
established in old Egypt , elaborated by the Hindu mind into its great system of ...
Thus we have traced the ancient theory of metempsychosis in stage after stage of
the world ' s civilization , scattered among the native races of America and Africa ,
established in old Egypt , elaborated by the Hindu mind into its great system of ...
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| Title | Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2 Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Author | Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1877 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2008 |
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