Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art and Custom, Volume 2Estes & Lauriat, 1874 - Animism |
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Page 116
... worship all Amatongo indifferently , that is , all the dead of their tribe . Speaking generally , the head of each house is worshipped by the children of that house ; for they do not know the ancients who are dead , nor their laud ...
... worship all Amatongo indifferently , that is , all the dead of their tribe . Speaking generally , the head of each house is worshipped by the children of that house ; for they do not know the ancients who are dead , nor their laud ...
Page 117
... worship comes to the surface in all direc- tions . The rude Veddas of Ceylon believe in the guardian- ship of the spirits of the dead ; these , they say , are " ever watchful , coming to them in sickness , visiting them in dreams ...
... worship comes to the surface in all direc- tions . The rude Veddas of Ceylon believe in the guardian- ship of the spirits of the dead ; these , they say , are " ever watchful , coming to them in sickness , visiting them in dreams ...
Page 118
... worship the great gods , lest through ignorance they should blunder in the complex ritual ; they prefer to pray to the ' theparak , " a lower class of deities among whom the souls of great men take their places at death . In China , as ...
... worship the great gods , lest through ignorance they should blunder in the complex ritual ; they prefer to pray to the ' theparak , " a lower class of deities among whom the souls of great men take their places at death . In China , as ...
Page 119
... worship stop short with direct family ties ; it is naturally developed to produce , by deifica- tion of the heroic dead , a series of superior gods to whom worship is given by the public at large . Thus , according to legend , the War ...
... worship stop short with direct family ties ; it is naturally developed to produce , by deifica- tion of the heroic dead , a series of superior gods to whom worship is given by the public at large . Thus , according to legend , the War ...
Page 120
... worship is not practised in modern Christendom , there remains even now within its limits a well - marked worship of the dead . A crowd of saints , who were once men and women , now form an order of inferior deities , active in the ...
... worship is not practised in modern Christendom , there remains even now within its limits a well - marked worship of the dead . A crowd of saints , who were once men and women , now form an order of inferior deities , active in the ...
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Page 83 - And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams : therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
Page 55 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Page 43 - To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.' CHAP. XX. Fan Ch'ih asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.
Page 301 - If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven...
Page 386 - And Aar'on's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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Page 387 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Page 286 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...