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... First Man as Divine AncestorDualism ; its rudimentary and unethical nature
among low races ; its development through ... Good and Evil Deity - Doctrine of
Divine Supremacy , distinct from , while tending towards , the doctrine of
Monotheism ...
... First Man as Divine AncestorDualism ; its rudimentary and unethical nature
among low races ; its development through ... Good and Evil Deity - Doctrine of
Divine Supremacy , distinct from , while tending towards , the doctrine of
Monotheism ...
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Far from a life after death being held by all men as the destiny of all men , whole
classes are formally excluded from it . In the Tonga islands , the future life was a
privilege of caste , for while the chiefs and higher orders were to pass in divine ...
Far from a life after death being held by all men as the destiny of all men , whole
classes are formally excluded from it . In the Tonga islands , the future life was a
privilege of caste , for while the chiefs and higher orders were to pass in divine ...
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... it inhabits , as a divine ancestral spirit , the palace - tombs of the old classic and
new Asiatic world ; it is kept down by the huge cairn raised over Antar ' s body lest
his mighty spirit should burst forth , by the iron nails with which the Cheremiss ...
... it inhabits , as a divine ancestral spirit , the palace - tombs of the old classic and
new Asiatic world ; it is kept down by the huge cairn raised over Antar ' s body lest
his mighty spirit should burst forth , by the iron nails with which the Cheremiss ...
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As in their thoughts sensual pleasure seemed poor and despicable in
comparison with mystic inward joy , rising and rising till consciousness fades in
trance , so , above their heavens of millions of years of mere divine happiness ,
they raised ...
As in their thoughts sensual pleasure seemed poor and despicable in
comparison with mystic inward joy , rising and rising till consciousness fades in
trance , so , above their heavens of millions of years of mere divine happiness ,
they raised ...
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According to Bosman , the souls of Guinea negroes reaching the river of death
must answer to the divine judge how they have lived ; have they religiously
observed the holy days dedicated to their god , have they abstained from all
forbidden ...
According to Bosman , the souls of Guinea negroes reaching the river of death
must answer to the divine judge how they have lived ; have they religiously
observed the holy days dedicated to their god , have they abstained from all
forbidden ...
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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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