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It is mostly ancestral or kindred souls that are thought to enter into children, and
this kind of transmigration is therefore from the savage point of view a highly
philosophical theory, accounting as it does so well for the general resemblance ...
It is mostly ancestral or kindred souls that are thought to enter into children, and
this kind of transmigration is therefore from the savage point of view a highly
philosophical theory, accounting as it does so well for the general resemblance ...
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renewal of old family names by giving them to new-born children may always be
suspected of involving some such thought. The following is a curious pair of
instances from the two halves of the globe. The New Zealand priest would repeat
to ...
renewal of old family names by giving them to new-born children may always be
suspected of involving some such thought. The following is a curious pair of
instances from the two halves of the globe. The New Zealand priest would repeat
to ...
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The Zulus, while admitting that a man may turn into a wasp or lizard, work out in
the fullest way the idea of the dead becoming snakes, a creature whose change
of skin has so often been associated with the thought of resurrection and ...
The Zulus, while admitting that a man may turn into a wasp or lizard, work out in
the fullest way the idea of the dead becoming snakes, a creature whose change
of skin has so often been associated with the thought of resurrection and ...
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Lastly, one of the most notable points about the theory of transmigration is its
close bearing upon a thought which lies very deep in the history of philosophy,
the development-theory of organic life in successive stages. An elevation from
the ...
Lastly, one of the most notable points about the theory of transmigration is its
close bearing upon a thought which lies very deep in the history of philosophy,
the development-theory of organic life in successive stages. An elevation from
the ...
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Savage descriptions of the next world are often such absolute copies of this, that
it is scarcely possible to say whether the dead are or are not thought of as having
bodies like the living ; and a few pieces of evidence of this class are hardly ...
Savage descriptions of the next world are often such absolute copies of this, that
it is scarcely possible to say whether the dead are or are not thought of as having
bodies like the living ; and a few pieces of evidence of this class are hardly ...
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Page 55 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Page 386 - ... an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 6 Т And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock ; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Page 286 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
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Page 82 - Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them...
Page 43 - To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.' CHAP. XX. Fan Ch'ih asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.
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Page 144 - After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe, For Frensch of Parys was to hire unknowe. At mete" wel i-taught was sche withalle ; Sche leet no morsel from hire lippes falle, Ne wette hire fyngres in hire sauce deepe. Wel cowde sche carie a morsel, and wel keepe, That no drope
Page 113 - Its principles are not difficult to understand, for they plainly keep up the social relations of the living world. The dead ancestor, now passed into a deity, simply goes on protecting his own family and receiving suit and service from them as of old ; the dead chief still watches over his own tribe, still holds his authority by helping friends and harming enemies, still rewards the right and sharply punishes the wrong.
Page 253 - We must not be surprised," he says, " at finding, on a close examination, that the characters of all the Pagan deities, male and female, melt into each other and at last into one or two; for it seems a well-founded opinion, that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses in ancient Rome, and modern Varanes [Benares] mean only the powers of nature, and principally those of the Sun, expressed in a variety of ways and by a multitude of fanciful names.
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| Title | Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art and Custom, Volume 2 Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art and Custom, Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Author | Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1873 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 4 Jun 2007 |
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