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Page 23
... priest before whom they must appear after death would judge them , send- ing 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 shall be ...
... priest before whom they must appear after death would judge them , send- ing 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 shall be ...
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... priest to lay or banish in- truding ghosts , nor is this branch of the exorcist's art even yet forgotten . There is , and always has been , a prevalent feeling that disembodied souls , especially such as have suffered a violent or ...
... priest to lay or banish in- truding ghosts , nor is this branch of the exorcist's art even yet forgotten . There is , and always has been , a prevalent feeling that disembodied souls , especially such as have suffered a violent or ...
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... priest to accomplish with his charms . Among the Iroquois of North America the spirit also stays near the body for a time , and unless the rites . of burial were performed , it was believed that the spirits of the dead hovered for a ...
... priest to accomplish with his charms . Among the Iroquois of North America the spirit also stays near the body for a time , and unless the rites . of burial were performed , it was believed that the spirits of the dead hovered for a ...
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... priests , its incense and chants of ' everlasting remembrance ' ; and even the repetition of the festival on the ninth , and twentieth , and fortieth day are not forgotten . The offerings of saucers of kutiya or kolyvo are still made in ...
... priests , its incense and chants of ' everlasting remembrance ' ; and even the repetition of the festival on the ninth , and twentieth , and fortieth day are not forgotten . The offerings of saucers of kutiya or kolyvo are still made in ...
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... priest rose from table , swept out the house , and hunted out the souls of the dead ' like fleas , ' with these words , Ye have eaten and drunken , souls , now go , now go ! ' Many travellers have described the imagination with which ...
... priest rose from table , swept out the house , and hunted out the souls of the dead ' like fleas , ' with these words , Ye have eaten and drunken , souls , now go , now go ! ' Many travellers have described the imagination with which ...
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