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... existence in a Life after Death . Here let us once more call to mind the
consideration which cannot be too strongly put forward , that the doctrine of a
Future Life as held by the lower races is the all but necessary outcome of savage
Animism .
... existence in a Life after Death . Here let us once more call to mind the
consideration which cannot be too strongly put forward , that the doctrine of a
Future Life as held by the lower races is the all but necessary outcome of savage
Animism .
Page 10
... stealers of grain and meat shall turn into rats and vultures ; the thief who took
dyed garments , kitchen - herbs , or perfumes , shall become accordingly a red
partridge , a peacock , or a musk - rat . In short , “ in whatever disposition of mind
a ...
... stealers of grain and meat shall turn into rats and vultures ; the thief who took
dyed garments , kitchen - herbs , or perfumes , shall become accordingly a red
partridge , a peacock , or a musk - rat . In short , “ in whatever disposition of mind
a ...
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... a plant or a thing . How the Buddhist mind elaborated the doctrine of
metempsychosis , may be seen in the endless legends of Gautama himself
undergoing his 550 births , suffering pain and misery through countless ages to
gain the power ...
... a plant or a thing . How the Buddhist mind elaborated the doctrine of
metempsychosis , may be seen in the endless legends of Gautama himself
undergoing his 550 births , suffering pain and misery through countless ages to
gain the power ...
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Thy rafters are broken Thy roof - timbers are shattered , My mind is detached . I
have attained to the extinction of desire . ” Whether the Buddhists receive the full
Hindu doctrine of the migration of the individual soul from birth to birth , or
whether ...
Thy rafters are broken Thy roof - timbers are shattered , My mind is detached . I
have attained to the extinction of desire . ” Whether the Buddhists receive the full
Hindu doctrine of the migration of the individual soul from birth to birth , or
whether ...
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... scattered among the native races of America and Africa , established in old
Egypt , elaborated by the Hindu mind into its great system of ethical philosophy ,
reviving and failing through classic and mediĉval Europe , and lingering at last
in ...
... scattered among the native races of America and Africa , established in old
Egypt , elaborated by the Hindu mind into its great system of ethical philosophy ,
reviving and failing through classic and mediĉval Europe , and lingering at last
in ...
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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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