Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 49
... spirits of the departed , they give him tidings from the other world , or he may even rise and travel thither himself , and return to tell the living what he has seen among the dead . It is sometimes as if the traveller's material body ...
... spirits of the departed , they give him tidings from the other world , or he may even rise and travel thither himself , and return to tell the living what he has seen among the dead . It is sometimes as if the traveller's material body ...
Page 51
... spirits of her kindred dwelt . Follow- ing the path the old man pointed out , she was surprised to find it just such a path as she had been used to on earth ; the aspect of the country , the trees , shrubs , and plants were all familiar ...
... spirits of her kindred dwelt . Follow- ing the path the old man pointed out , she was surprised to find it just such a path as she had been used to on earth ; the aspect of the country , the trees , shrubs , and plants were all familiar ...
Page 52
... spirits pulled her back , and she only escaped by flinging the roots at them , which they stopped to eat , while she scaled the rock by help of the akeake - stem , till she reached the earth and flew back to where she had left her body ...
... spirits pulled her back , and she only escaped by flinging the roots at them , which they stopped to eat , while she scaled the rock by help of the akeake - stem , till she reached the earth and flew back to where she had left her body ...
Page 80
... spirits of the nineteenth century in Europe , lead a quiet life , except when by means of mediums they are drawn into the drawing - rooms of the living . " With some such hopeless expectation the neigh- bours of the Dahomans , the ...
... spirits of the nineteenth century in Europe , lead a quiet life , except when by means of mediums they are drawn into the drawing - rooms of the living . " With some such hopeless expectation the neigh- bours of the Dahomans , the ...
Page 108
... Spirits , becomes a complete Philosophy of Natural Religion - Definition of Spirits similar to and apparently modelled on that of Souls - Transition- stage classes of Souls passing into good and evil Demons Manes - Wor- ship - Doctrine ...
... Spirits , becomes a complete Philosophy of Natural Religion - Definition of Spirits similar to and apparently modelled on that of Souls - Transition- stage classes of Souls passing into good and evil Demons Manes - Wor- ship - Doctrine ...
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