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... not universal doctrine of low racesContinued existence , rather than Immortality
; second death of Soul - Ghost of Dead remains on earth , especially if corpse
unburied ; its attachment to bodily remains - Feasts of the Dead 1 CHAPTER XIII .
... not universal doctrine of low racesContinued existence , rather than Immortality
; second death of Soul - Ghost of Dead remains on earth , especially if corpse
unburied ; its attachment to bodily remains - Feasts of the Dead 1 CHAPTER XIII .
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... and inert bodies - Demoniacal Possession and Obsession as causes of
Disease and Oracle - inspiration - - Fetishism - Disease - spirits embodied -
Ghost attached to remains of Corpse , Fetish produced by a Spirit embodied in ,
attached to ...
... and inert bodies - Demoniacal Possession and Obsession as causes of
Disease and Oracle - inspiration - - Fetishism - Disease - spirits embodied -
Ghost attached to remains of Corpse , Fetish produced by a Spirit embodied in ,
attached to ...
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... especially if corpse unburied ; its attachment to bodily remains - Feasts of the
Dead . HAVING thus traced upward from the lower levels of culture the opinions
of mankind as to the souls , spirits , ghosts , or phantoms , considered to belong
to ...
... especially if corpse unburied ; its attachment to bodily remains - Feasts of the
Dead . HAVING thus traced upward from the lower levels of culture the opinions
of mankind as to the souls , spirits , ghosts , or phantoms , considered to belong
to ...
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They believe that the “ kla ” or “ kra , " the vital soul , becomes at death a “ sisa ” or
ghost , which can remain in the ... till it departs or is driven by the sorcerer to the
bank of the River Wolta , where the ghosts build themselves houses and dwell .
They believe that the “ kla ” or “ kra , " the vital soul , becomes at death a “ sisa ” or
ghost , which can remain in the ... till it departs or is driven by the sorcerer to the
bank of the River Wolta , where the ghosts build themselves houses and dwell .
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When the East African is asked what becomes of his buried ancestors , the “ old
people , ” he can reply that “ they are ended , ” yet at the same time he fully
admits that their ghosts survive . In an account of the religious ideas of the Zulus ,
taken ...
When the East African is asked what becomes of his buried ancestors , the “ old
people , ” he can reply that “ they are ended , ” yet at the same time he fully
admits that their ghosts survive . In an account of the religious ideas of the Zulus ,
taken ...
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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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