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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
men , to the lower animals , to plants , and to things , we are now prepared to ...
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
men , to the lower animals , to plants , and to things , we are now prepared to ...
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In investigating the doctrine of Transmigration , it will be well first to trace its
position among the lower races , and afterwards to follow its developments , so
far as they extend in the higher civilization . The temporary migration of souls into
...
In investigating the doctrine of Transmigration , it will be well first to trace its
position among the lower races , and afterwards to follow its developments , so
far as they extend in the higher civilization . The temporary migration of souls into
...
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A similar theory may be traced northward by the Torres Islands to New Caledonia
, where the natives thought the white men to be the spirits of the dead who bring
sickness , and assigned this as their reason for wishing to kill white men .
A similar theory may be traced northward by the Torres Islands to New Caledonia
, where the natives thought the white men to be the spirits of the dead who bring
sickness , and assigned this as their reason for wishing to kill white men .
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Thus we have traced the ancient theory of metempsychosis in stage after stage of
the world ' s civilization , scattered among the native races of America and Africa ,
established in old Egypt , elaborated by the Hindu mind into its great system of ...
Thus we have traced the ancient theory of metempsychosis in stage after stage of
the world ' s civilization , scattered among the native races of America and Africa ,
established in old Egypt , elaborated by the Hindu mind into its great system of ...
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Here a few words may be said on a subject which cannot be left out of sight ,
connecting as it does the two great branches of the doctrine of future existence ,
but which it is difficult to handle in definite terms , and much more to trace
historically ...
Here a few words may be said on a subject which cannot be left out of sight ,
connecting as it does the two great branches of the doctrine of future existence ,
but which it is difficult to handle in definite terms , and much more to trace
historically ...
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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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