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Within the classic world , the ancient Egyptians are described as maintaining a
doctrine of migration , whether by successive embodiments in a " cycle of
necessity " through creatures of earth , sea , and air , and back again to man , or
by the ...
Within the classic world , the ancient Egyptians are described as maintaining a
doctrine of migration , whether by successive embodiments in a " cycle of
necessity " through creatures of earth , sea , and air , and back again to man , or
by the ...
Page 16
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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... civilized races who have worked out the idea of transmigration into ethical
schemes of retribution , where the appropriateness of the creatures chosen is
almost as manifest to the modern critic as it could have been to the ancient
believer .
... civilized races who have worked out the idea of transmigration into ethical
schemes of retribution , where the appropriateness of the creatures chosen is
almost as manifest to the modern critic as it could have been to the ancient
believer .
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... thought apt to revisit the remains of the body . But how far the preservation of
these remains may be connected with an idea of bodily resurrection , whether
among the native races of America , or in ancient Egypt , or elsewhere , is a
problem ...
... thought apt to revisit the remains of the body . But how far the preservation of
these remains may be connected with an idea of bodily resurrection , whether
among the native races of America , or in ancient Egypt , or elsewhere , is a
problem ...
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In the ancient and mediĉval world , men habitually invoked supernatural aid
beyond such material shifts as these , calling in the priest to lay or banish
intruding ghosts , nor is this branch of the exorcist ' s art even yet forgotten . There
is , and ...
In the ancient and mediĉval world , men habitually invoked supernatural aid
beyond such material shifts as these , calling in the priest to lay or banish
intruding ghosts , nor is this branch of the exorcist ' s art even yet forgotten . There
is , and ...
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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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