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... of Natural Religion - Definition of Spirits similar to and apparently modelled on that of Souls --Transition - stage : classes of Souls passing into good and evil Demons - Manes - Worship - Doctrine of Embodiment of Spirits in human ...
... of Natural Religion - Definition of Spirits similar to and apparently modelled on that of Souls --Transition - stage : classes of Souls passing into good and evil Demons - Manes - Worship - Doctrine of Embodiment of Spirits in human ...
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... or as a demon or a 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 present ...
... or as a demon or a 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 present ...
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... should be within ; ? the Yakuts let the hut fall in ruins where any one had expired , thinking it the habitation of demons ; 3 the Karens were said to destroy their villages to escape the dangerous neighbourhood of departed souls .
... should be within ; ? the Yakuts let the hut fall in ruins where any one had expired , thinking it the habitation of demons ; 3 the Karens were said to destroy their villages to escape the dangerous neighbourhood of departed souls .
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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, 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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