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... operating through , an Object- Analogues of Fetish - doctrine in Modern Science - Stockand - Stone - Worship , Idolatry - Survival of Animistic Phraseology in modern Language- Decline of Animistic theory of Nature 108 CHAPTER XV .
... operating through , an Object- Analogues of Fetish - doctrine in Modern Science - Stockand - Stone - Worship , Idolatry - Survival of Animistic Phraseology in modern Language- Decline of Animistic theory of Nature 108 CHAPTER XV .
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The temporary migration of souls into material substances , from human bodies down to morsels of wood and stone , is a most important part of the lower psychology . But it does not relate to the continued existence of the soul after ...
The temporary migration of souls into material substances , from human bodies down to morsels of wood and stone , is a most important part of the lower psychology . But it does not relate to the continued existence of the soul after ...
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... a dumb stone , as did Nabal's , “ and he became a stone . " ! Within the range of Christian influence , the Manichĉans appear as the most remarkable exponents of the metempsychosis . We hear of their ideas of sinners ' souls ...
... a dumb stone , as did Nabal's , “ and he became a stone . " ! Within the range of Christian influence , the Manichĉans appear as the most remarkable exponents of the metempsychosis . We hear of their ideas of sinners ' souls ...
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... and asking them if they think the tide will never flow again , till at last the rising flood drives the shivering ghosts to the beach , and Nangananga dashes them in pieces on the great black stone , as one shatters rotten firewood ...
... and asking them if they think the tide will never flow again , till at last the rising flood drives the shivering ghosts to the beach , and Nangananga dashes them in pieces on the great black stone , as one shatters rotten firewood ...
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... break an opening through the house wall to carry the coffin through , and then hurry it at full speed thrice round the house ; 7 the Siberian Chuwashes fling a red - hot stone Bastian , ' Mensch , ' rol . ii . p . 323 .
... break an opening through the house wall to carry the coffin through , and then hurry it at full speed thrice round the house ; 7 the Siberian Chuwashes fling a red - hot stone Bastian , ' Mensch , ' rol . ii . p . 323 .
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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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