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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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... its rudimentary and unethical nature among low races ; its development through the course of vulture - Good and Evil Deity - Doctrine of Divine Supremacy , distinct from , while tending towards , the doctrine of Monotheism - Idea of ...
... its rudimentary and unethical nature among low races ; its development through the course of vulture - Good and Evil Deity - Doctrine of Divine Supremacy , distinct from , while tending towards , the doctrine of Monotheism - Idea of ...
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... has drawn down from primal purity into gross material being ; the world where they do penance for the guilt incurred in past existences is a huge reformatory , and life is the long grievous process of developing evil into good .
... has drawn down from primal purity into gross material being ; the world where they do penance for the guilt incurred in past existences is a huge reformatory , and life is the long grievous process of developing evil into good .
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Among some Australian tribes the “ ingna , ” or evil spirits , human in shape , but with long tails and long upright ears , are mostly souls of departed natives , whose bodies were left to lie unburied or whose death the avenger of ...
Among some Australian tribes the “ ingna , ” or evil spirits , human in shape , but with long tails and long upright ears , are mostly souls of departed natives , whose bodies were left to lie unburied or whose death the avenger of ...
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... thou giant ash of death , Blot on God's firmament , pale home of crime , Scarr'd prison - house of sin , where damned souls Feed upon punishment . On , thought sublime , That amid night's black deeds , when evil prowls Through the ...
... thou giant ash of death , Blot on God's firmament , pale home of crime , Scarr'd prison - house of sin , where damned souls Feed upon punishment . On , thought sublime , That amid night's black deeds , when evil prowls Through the ...
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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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