Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art and Custom, Volume 2Estes & Lauriat, 1874 - Animism |
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... lower races Transitional theories Retribution - theory , apparently derived , belongs especially to the higher races - Doctrine of Moral Retribution as developed in the higher culture - Survey of Doc- trine of Future State , from savage ...
... lower races Transitional theories Retribution - theory , apparently derived , belongs especially to the higher races - Doctrine of Moral Retribution as developed in the higher culture - Survey of Doc- trine of Future State , from savage ...
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... races ; its development through the course of culture - Good and Evil Deity - Doctrine of Divine Supremacy , distinct from , while tending towards , the doctrine of Monotheism - Idea of Supreme Deity evolved in various forms among the lower ...
... races ; its development through the course of culture - Good and Evil Deity - Doctrine of Divine Supremacy , distinct from , while tending towards , the doctrine of Monotheism - Idea of Supreme Deity evolved in various forms among the lower ...
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... lower races-- Lustration of new - born children ; of women ; of those polluted by bloodshed or the dead - Lustra- tion continued at higher levels of Culture - Conclusion CHAPTER XIX . CONCLUSION . Practical results of the Study of ...
... lower races-- Lustration of new - born children ; of women ; of those polluted by bloodshed or the dead - Lustra- tion continued at higher levels of Culture - Conclusion CHAPTER XIX . CONCLUSION . Practical results of the Study of ...
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... races - Continued existence , rather than Immortality ; second death of Soul - Ghost of Dead remains on earth , especially if corpse unburied ; its attachment to bodily remains - Feasts of the Dead . HAVING thus traced upward from the lower ...
... races - Continued existence , rather than Immortality ; second death of Soul - Ghost of Dead remains on earth , especially if corpse unburied ; its attachment to bodily remains - Feasts of the Dead . HAVING thus traced upward from the lower ...
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... lower stages to establish itself among the huge religious communi- ties of ... races to its establishment in the heart of modern religion , where the faith ... lower races , and afterwards to follow its developments , so far as they ...
... lower stages to establish itself among the huge religious communi- ties of ... races to its establishment in the heart of modern religion , where the faith ... lower races , and afterwards to follow its developments , so far as they ...
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Page 83 - And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams : therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
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 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.
Page 301 - If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven...
Page 386 - And Aar'on's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Page 373 - If I go along trembling like a cloud driven by the wind : have mercy, almighty, have mercy...
Page 295 - And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun...
Page 189 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep...
Page 387 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
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...