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Sacrifice of Substitutes ; part given for whole ; inferior life for superior ; effigies -
Modern survival of Sacrifice in folklore and religion - Fasting , as a means of
producing ecstatic vision ; its course from lower to higher Culture - Drugs used to
...
Sacrifice of Substitutes ; part given for whole ; inferior life for superior ; effigies -
Modern survival of Sacrifice in folklore and religion - Fasting , as a means of
producing ecstatic vision ; its course from lower to higher Culture - Drugs used to
...
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The classic funeral oblations became Christian , the silicernium was succeeded
by the feast held at the martyr ' s tomb . Faustus inveighs against the Christians
for carrying on the ancient rites : " Their sacrifices indeed ye have turned into lore
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The classic funeral oblations became Christian , the silicernium was succeeded
by the feast held at the martyr ' s tomb . Faustus inveighs against the Christians
for carrying on the ancient rites : " Their sacrifices indeed ye have turned into lore
...
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9 Still farther back , in old Chinese history , Confucius had been called on to give
an opinion as to the sacrifices to the dead . Maintainer of all ancient rites as he
was , he stringently kept up this , ” he sacrificed to the dead as if they were
present ...
9 Still farther back , in old Chinese history , Confucius had been called on to give
an opinion as to the sacrifices to the dead . Maintainer of all ancient rites as he
was , he stringently kept up this , ” he sacrificed to the dead as if they were
present ...
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It is said that in our own time the Taepings have made a step beyond Confucius ;
they have forbidden the sacrifices to the spirits ... If we seek in England for
vestiges of the old rite of funeral sacrifice , we may find a lingering survival into
modern ...
It is said that in our own time the Taepings have made a step beyond Confucius ;
they have forbidden the sacrifices to the spirits ... If we seek in England for
vestiges of the old rite of funeral sacrifice , we may find a lingering survival into
modern ...
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1 Kalewala , Rune xvi . ; see Scbiefner ' s German Translation , and Castrén . *
Finn . Myth , ' pp . 128 , 134 . A Slavonic myth in Hanusch , p 412 . 2 Homer .
Odyss . xi . On the vivification of ghosts by sacrifice of blood , and on libations of
milk ...
1 Kalewala , Rune xvi . ; see Scbiefner ' s German Translation , and Castrén . *
Finn . Myth , ' pp . 128 , 134 . A Slavonic myth in Hanusch , p 412 . 2 Homer .
Odyss . xi . On the vivification of ghosts by sacrifice of blood , and on libations of
milk ...
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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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