Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... appear- ance among the lower races - Lustration of new - born children ; of women ; of those polluted by bloodshed or the dead - Lustra- tion continued at higher levels of Culture - Conclusion 362 CHAPTER XIX . CONCLUSION . Practical ...
... appear- ance among the lower races - Lustration of new - born children ; of women ; of those polluted by bloodshed or the dead - Lustra- tion continued at higher levels of Culture - Conclusion 362 CHAPTER XIX . CONCLUSION . Practical ...
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... 3 Sproat , Savage Life , ' ch . xviii . , xix , xxi . Souls of the dead appear in dreams , either in human or animal forms , p . 174. See also Brinton , p . America , we find Indians believing the spirits of their 145 . 6 ANIMISM .
... 3 Sproat , Savage Life , ' ch . xviii . , xix , xxi . Souls of the dead appear in dreams , either in human or animal forms , p . 174. See also Brinton , p . America , we find Indians believing the spirits of their 145 . 6 ANIMISM .
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... appears in human shape in dreams , thus revealing the personality of the snake . In Guinea , monkeys found near a graveyard are supposed to be animated by the spirits of the dead , and in certain localities monkeys , crocodiles , and ...
... appears in human shape in dreams , thus revealing the personality of the snake . In Guinea , monkeys found near a graveyard are supposed to be animated by the spirits of the dead , and in certain localities monkeys , crocodiles , and ...
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... appears in strong and varied development . Though seemingly not received by the early Aryans , the doctrine of migration was adopted and adapted by Hindu philosophy , and forms an integral part of that great system common to Brahmanism ...
... appears in strong and varied development . Though seemingly not received by the early Aryans , the doctrine of migration was adopted and adapted by Hindu philosophy , and forms an integral part of that great system common to Brahmanism ...
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... appear as the most remarkable exponents of the metempsychosis . We hear of their ideas of sinners ' souls transmigrating into beasts , the viler according to their crimes ; that he who kills a fowl or rat will become a fowl or rat ...
... appear as the most remarkable exponents of the metempsychosis . We hear of their ideas of sinners ' souls transmigrating into beasts , the viler according to their crimes ; that he who kills a fowl or rat will become a fowl or rat ...
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