 It is a power or influence, not physical, and in a way supernatural; but it shows itself in physical force, or in any kind of power or excellence which a man possesses.  Inselgruppen in Oceanien - Side 208af Adolf Bastian - 1883 - 282 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1878 - 418 sider
...our people mean by it, and that meaning seems to me to cover all that I hear about it elsewhere. It is a power or influence, not physical, and, in a way,...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This Mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything ; but spirits, whether disembodied... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1878 - 422 sider
...our people mean by it, and that meaning seems to me to cover all that I hear about it elsewhere. It is a power or influence, not physical, and, in a way,...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This Mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything ; but spirits, whether disembodied... | |
 | 1879 - 428 sider
...our people mean by it, and that meaning seems to me to cover all that I hear about it elsewhere. It is a power or influence, not physical, and, in a way,...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This Mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything ; but spirits, whether disembodied... | |
 | 1891 - 690 sider
..."mental energy") as altogether distinct from physical power, and then again Dr. Codrington explains, as "a power or influence not physical and in a way supernatural;...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This "Mana" is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything; but spirits, whether... | |
 | 1894 - 368 sider
...our people mean by it, and that meaning seems to me to cover all that I hear "about it elsewhere. It is a power or influence, not physical, and in a way...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This Mana is not "fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything; but spirits, whether disembodied... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1905 - 750 sider
...things, and is manifested by results which can only be ascribed to its operation." And again :ia "It is a power or influence not physical and in a way...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This mono is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost everything; but spirits, whether... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1907 - 1060 sider
...things, and is manifested by results which can only be ascribed to its operation.' And again : ' It is a power or influence not physical, and in a way...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything ; but spirits, whether disembodied... | |
 | Percy Stafford Allen, John de Monins Johnson - 1908 - 422 sider
...and evil, and which it is of the greatest advantage to possess or control ' ; or again he says : ' It is a power or influence, not physical, and in a way...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses.' It is supernatural just in this way, namely, that it is ' what works to effect everything which is... | |
 | John Henry Macartney Abbott - 1908 - 132 sider
...our people mean by it, and that meaning seems to me to cover all that I hear about it elsewhere. It is a power or influence, not physical, and in a way...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This Mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything ; but spirits, whether disembodied... | |
 | Robert Wood Williamson - 1914 - 368 sider
...called mana. This is a power or influence, not physical, but in a way supernatural, and it manifests itself in physical force, or in any kind of power or excellence which a man possesses ; it is mana that works to effect everything which is beyond the ordinary power of men, outside the... | |
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