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Thus we have traced the ancient theory of metempsychosis in stage after stage of
the world ' s civilization , scattered among the native races of America and Africa ,
established in old Egypt , elaborated by the Hindu mind into its great system of ...
Thus we have traced the ancient theory of metempsychosis in stage after stage of
the world ' s civilization , scattered among the native races of America and Africa ,
established in old Egypt , elaborated by the Hindu mind into its great system of ...
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Lastly , one of the most notable points about the theory of transmigration is its
close bearing upon a thought which lies very deep in the history of philosophy ,
the development - theory of organic life in successive stages . An elevation from
the ...
Lastly , one of the most notable points about the theory of transmigration is its
close bearing upon a thought which lies very deep in the history of philosophy ,
the development - theory of organic life in successive stages . An elevation from
the ...
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But even in the lowest culture we find flesh holding its own against spirit , and at
higher stages the householder rids himself with little scruple of an unwelcome
inmate . The Greenlanders would carry the dead out by the window , not by the ...
But even in the lowest culture we find flesh holding its own against spirit , and at
higher stages the householder rids himself with little scruple of an unwelcome
inmate . The Greenlanders would carry the dead out by the window , not by the ...
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The offerings of meals and feasts to the dead may be traced at their last stage
into mere traditional ceremonies , at most tokens of affectionate remembrance of
the dead , or works . of charity to the living . The Roman Feralia in Ovid ' s time ...
The offerings of meals and feasts to the dead may be traced at their last stage
into mere traditional ceremonies , at most tokens of affectionate remembrance of
the dead , or works . of charity to the living . The Roman Feralia in Ovid ' s time ...
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... soul , for a soul cake , Pray you , mistress , a soul cake . " ; Were it not for our
knowledge of the intermediate stages through which these fragments of old
custom have come down , it would seem far - fetched indeed to trace their origin
back to ...
... soul , for a soul cake , Pray you , mistress , a soul cake . " ; Were it not for our
knowledge of the intermediate stages through which these fragments of old
custom have come down , it would seem far - fetched indeed to trace their origin
back to ...
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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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