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... causes of Phenomena of the World - Pervading Spirits as goon and evil
Demons affecting man - Spirits manifest in Dreams and Visions : Nightmares ;
Incubi and Succubi ; Vampires ; Visionary Demons - Demons or darkness
repelled by fire ...
... causes of Phenomena of the World - Pervading Spirits as goon and evil
Demons affecting man - Spirits manifest in Dreams and Visions : Nightmares ;
Incubi and Succubi ; Vampires ; Visionary Demons - Demons or darkness
repelled by fire ...
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... of reception of Sacrifice by Deity - Material Transfer to elements , fetish -
animals , priests ; consumption of substance by deity or idol ; offering of blood ;
transmission by fire ; incenseEssential Transfer : consumption of essence ,
savour , etc .
... of reception of Sacrifice by Deity - Material Transfer to elements , fetish -
animals , priests ; consumption of substance by deity or idol ; offering of blood ;
transmission by fire ; incenseEssential Transfer : consumption of essence ,
savour , etc .
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by Water and Fire : its transition from material to symbolic purification ; its
connexion with special events of life ; its appearance among the lower races -
Lustration of new - born children ; of women ; of those polluted by bloodshed or
the dead ...
by Water and Fire : its transition from material to symbolic purification ; its
connexion with special events of life ; its appearance among the lower races -
Lustration of new - born children ; of women ; of those polluted by bloodshed or
the dead ...
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it all away , for the meat jumped off the spit into the fire , and a piece of cotton was
found in the ears , which the wise man decided to be a piece of the ci - devant
Turk ' s turban . ' Such cases , however , are exceptional . Metempsychosis nerer
...
it all away , for the meat jumped off the spit into the fire , and a piece of cotton was
found in the ears , which the wise man decided to be a piece of the ci - devant
Turk ' s turban . ' Such cases , however , are exceptional . Metempsychosis nerer
...
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... respects to kindred spirits present in the hall of ancestors ; ' so multitudes in
Europe and America live in an atmosphere that swarms with ghostly shapes -
spirits of the dead , who sit over against the mystic by his midnight fire , rap and
write ...
... respects to kindred spirits present in the hall of ancestors ; ' so multitudes in
Europe and America live in an atmosphere that swarms with ghostly shapes -
spirits of the dead , who sit over against the mystic by his midnight fire , rap and
write ...
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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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