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Either the great priest before whom they must appear after death would judge
them , sending the good in peace to a happy place , but killing the wicked a
second time with the club that stands ready before his dwelling ; or else the
departed ...
Either the great priest before whom they must appear after death would judge
them , sending the good in peace to a happy place , but killing the wicked a
second time with the club that stands ready before his dwelling ; or else the
departed ...
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From such details it appears that the conception of some souls suffering
extinction at death or dying a second death , a thought still as heretofore familiar
to speculative theology , is not unknown in the lower culture . The soul , as
recognized in ...
From such details it appears that the conception of some souls suffering
extinction at death or dying a second death , a thought still as heretofore familiar
to speculative theology , is not unknown in the lower culture . The soul , as
recognized in ...
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... such as horror or abnegation of all things belonging to the dead , there are
cases where it 1 Schoolcraft , " Indian Tribes , ' part i . p . 310 ; Bastian , “
Psychologie , ' pp . 111 , 193 ; Doolittle , ' Chinese , ' vol . i . p . 235 . appears that
the place ...
... such as horror or abnegation of all things belonging to the dead , there are
cases where it 1 Schoolcraft , " Indian Tribes , ' part i . p . 310 ; Bastian , “
Psychologie , ' pp . 111 , 193 ; Doolittle , ' Chinese , ' vol . i . p . 235 . appears that
the place ...
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Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion,
Languages, Art and Customs Sir Edward Burnett Tylor. appears that the place is
simply abandoned to the ghost . In Old Calabar it was customary for the son to
leave his ...
Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion,
Languages, Art and Customs Sir Edward Burnett Tylor. appears that the place is
simply abandoned to the ghost . In Old Calabar it was customary for the son to
leave his ...
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Among the funeral offerings described in the last chapter , of which the purpose
more or less distinctly appears to be that the departed soul shall take them away
in some ghostly or ideal manner , or that they shall by some means be conveyed
...
Among the funeral offerings described in the last chapter , of which the purpose
more or less distinctly appears to be that the departed soul shall take them away
in some ghostly or ideal manner , or that they shall by some means be conveyed
...
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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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