Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... exorcist's art even yet forgotten . There is , and always has been , a prevalent feeling that disembodied souls , especially such as have suffered a violent or untimely death , are baneful and mali- cious beings . As Meiners suggests in ...
... exorcist's art even yet forgotten . There is , and always has been , a prevalent feeling that disembodied souls , especially such as have suffered a violent or untimely death , are baneful and mali- cious beings . As Meiners suggests in ...
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... exorcist appear side by side with the doctrine of possession , from its first appearance in savagery to its survival in modern civilization , and nothing could display more vividly the conception of a disease or a mental affection as ...
... exorcist appear side by side with the doctrine of possession , from its first appearance in savagery to its survival in modern civilization , and nothing could display more vividly the conception of a disease or a mental affection as ...
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... exorcist , finding the path by which such a disease - spirit came from below to feed on the vitals of a sick relative , will persuade it by a charm to get upon a flax - stalk and set off home . We hear , too , of an idea of the parts of ...
... exorcist , finding the path by which such a disease - spirit came from below to feed on the vitals of a sick relative , will persuade it by a charm to get upon a flax - stalk and set off home . We hear , too , of an idea of the parts of ...
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... Exorcism of course exists , and when the evil spirit or influence is expelled , it is especially apt to enter some person standing near ; hence the common saying , " idle spectators should not be present at an exor- cism . " Divination ...
... Exorcism of course exists , and when the evil spirit or influence is expelled , it is especially apt to enter some person standing near ; hence the common saying , " idle spectators should not be present at an exor- cism . " Divination ...
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... Chinese , ' vol . i . p . 143 , vol . ii . pp . 110 , 320 . 9 Bastian , ' Oestl . Asien , ' vol . ii . pp . 103 , 152 , 381 , 418 , vol . iii . p 247 , the possession - theory and the rite of exorcism belonging 136 ANIMISM .
... Chinese , ' vol . i . p . 143 , vol . ii . pp . 110 , 320 . 9 Bastian , ' Oestl . Asien , ' vol . ii . pp . 103 , 152 , 381 , 418 , vol . iii . p 247 , the possession - theory and the rite of exorcism belonging 136 ANIMISM .
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