Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... exorcism belonging to it may be perfectly studied to this day . There the doc- trine of sudden ailment or nervous ... exorcist , his fury subsides , he stares and sighs , falls help- less to the ground , and comes to himself ; and ...
... exorcism belonging to it may be perfectly studied to this day . There the doc- trine of sudden ailment or nervous ... exorcist , his fury subsides , he stares and sighs , falls help- less to the ground , and comes to himself ; and ...
Page 138
... exorcist was well known . As for oracular possession , its theory and practice remained in fullest vigour through the classic world , scarce altered from the times of lowest barbarism . Could a South Sea islander have gone to Delphi to ...
... exorcist was well known . As for oracular possession , its theory and practice remained in fullest vigour through the classic world , scarce altered from the times of lowest barbarism . Could a South Sea islander have gone to Delphi to ...
Page 140
... exorcism through the middle ages and into modern times . A few salient examples will suffice . For a type of medical details , we may instance the recipes in the Early English Leechdoms , ' : a cake of the " thost " of a white hound ...
... exorcism through the middle ages and into modern times . A few salient examples will suffice . For a type of medical details , we may instance the recipes in the Early English Leechdoms , ' : a cake of the " thost " of a white hound ...
Page 141
... exorcism , just as in the dark ages . In the year 1861 , at Morzine , at the south of the Lake of Geneva , there might be seen in full fury an epidemic of diabolical possession worthy of a Red Indian settlement or a negro kingdom of ...
... exorcism , just as in the dark ages . In the year 1861 , at Morzine , at the south of the Lake of Geneva , there might be seen in full fury an epidemic of diabolical possession worthy of a Red Indian settlement or a negro kingdom of ...
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... exorcist . Yet wherever , in times old or new , we find de- moniacal influences brought forward to account for affec- tions which scientific physicians now explain on a different principle , we must be careful not to misjudge the ...
... exorcist . Yet wherever , in times old or new , we find de- moniacal influences brought forward to account for affec- tions which scientific physicians now explain on a different principle , we must be careful not to misjudge the ...
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