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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 froin lower to higher ...
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 froin lower to higher ...
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posed to feed on the viands set before them , we come upon difficult questions , which will be met with again in discussing the theory of sacrifice . Even where the thought is certainly that the departed soul eats , this thought may be ...
posed to feed on the viands set before them , we come upon difficult questions , which will be met with again in discussing the theory of sacrifice . Even where the thought is certainly that the departed soul eats , this thought may be ...
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2 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 ...
2 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 ...
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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 of the dead , yet keep up the rite of visiting their tombs on the customary day , for prayer and the ...
It is said that in our own time the Taepings have made a step beyond Confucius ; they have forbidden the sacrifices to the spirits of the dead , yet keep up the rite of visiting their tombs on the customary day , for prayer and the ...
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On the vivification of ghosts by sacrifice of blood , and on libations of milk and blood , see Meiners , vol . i . p . 315 , vol . ii . p . 89 ; J. G. Müller , p . 85 ; Rochholz , Deutscher Glaube und Brauch , ' vol . i . p . 1 , etc.
On the vivification of ghosts by sacrifice of blood , and on libations of milk and blood , see Meiners , vol . i . p . 315 , vol . ii . p . 89 ; J. G. Müller , p . 85 ; Rochholz , Deutscher Glaube und Brauch , ' vol . i . p . 1 , etc.
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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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