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Side 1
BEFORE we are able to characterize priesthood by comparing this order with
other social classes , we have to define which those classes are . Not to make too
long a digression , we must , however , restrict ourselves to a few indications
upon ...
BEFORE we are able to characterize priesthood by comparing this order with
other social classes , we have to define which those classes are . Not to make too
long a digression , we must , however , restrict ourselves to a few indications
upon ...
Side 5
the Central Eskim , according to Dr . Boas , men who are not able to provide for
themselves are sometimes adopted by others and may almost be considered as
servants . » The position , however , » the author adds , » is a voluntary one , and
...
the Central Eskim , according to Dr . Boas , men who are not able to provide for
themselves are sometimes adopted by others and may almost be considered as
servants . » The position , however , » the author adds , » is a voluntary one , and
...
Side 6
The rest of the population is , among different peoples , very differently organized
as to classes , but in communities with an extensive system of classes we are , as
a rule , able to discern at least one higher and one lower division , a nobility ...
The rest of the population is , among different peoples , very differently organized
as to classes , but in communities with an extensive system of classes we are , as
a rule , able to discern at least one higher and one lower division , a nobility ...
Side 7
... all performers of actions with a superhuman bearing , whether they may
properly be called priests or magicians , until we are able to examine in what
degree the different classes of priesthood may possibly be distinguished from
each other .
... all performers of actions with a superhuman bearing , whether they may
properly be called priests or magicians , until we are able to examine in what
degree the different classes of priesthood may possibly be distinguished from
each other .
Side 12
And Mr . Portman declares that their » wise men » are thought able » to foretell
the future , and know what are the intentions of the Deity , and what is passing at
a distance . » 2 Respecting the Veddahs in Ceylon we are still without positive ...
And Mr . Portman declares that their » wise men » are thought able » to foretell
the future , and know what are the intentions of the Deity , and what is passing at
a distance . » 2 Respecting the Veddahs in Ceylon we are still without positive ...
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Side 120 - Those who aspire to the office of juggler are said to sit upon an aged willow, overhanging some lake, and to abstain from food for several days, till they begin to see into futurity.
Side 154 - There can be little doubt but that the priest, on such occasions, often summons into action the deepest feelings of devotion of which he is susceptible, and by a voluntary act disposes his mind, as much as possible, to be powerfully affected; till at length, what began by volition proceeds by involuntary effort, and the whole mind and body become subjected to the overruling emotion.
Side 8 - I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.
Side 133 - No less frequently priests and sorcerers who fail in performing miracles save their reputation by accusing other persons of having, by secret necromancies, frustrated their endeavours. Among the aborigines of New South Wales, " although the operations of the rain-maker so often result in failure, he is not in the least discouraged, and, like the doctors, invariably attributes his want of success to the counteracting influence of an enemy.
Side 121 - His imagination is worked upon by solitude, the contemplation of the gloomy aspect of surrounding nature, long vigils, fasts, the use of narcotics and stimulants, until he becomes persuaded that he too has seen the apparitions which he has heard of from his boyhood.
Side 104 - The term fahe-gehe means split off, separate, or distinct from, and is applied to signify a priest, or man, who has a peculiar or distinct sort of mind or -soul, differing from that of the generality of mankind, which disposes some god occasionally to inspire him.
Side 110 - An idiot or a fool is vulgarly regarded by them as a being whose mind is in heaven, while his grosser part mingles among ordinary mortals ; consequently, he is considered an especial favourite of heaven. Whatever enormities a reputed saint may commit (and there are many who are constantly infringing precepts of their religion), such acts do not affect his fame for sanctity : for they are considered as the results of...
Side 105 - Kafir-land that none of the children of a prophet can succeed their parent in that profession. It is believed that the requisite discernment and power are denied to them, but may frequently appear in their descendants of the second generation.
Side 177 - It is true that magic often deals with spirits, which are personal agents of the kind assumed by religion ; but whenever it does so in its proper form, it treats them exactly in the same fashion as it treats inanimate agents, that is, it constrains or coerces instead of conciliating or propitiating them as religion would do.
Side 151 - As has happened in Europe and elsewhere, in the presence of torture and the instant advance of death, the sorcerer and sorceress will not only confess, but even boast of and believe in, their own criminality. ' Verily I slew such a one ! — I brought about the disease of such another ! ' — these are their demented vaunts, the offspring of mental imbecility, stimulated by traditional hallucination.
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | The Origin of Priesthood |
| Forfatter | Gunnar Landtman |
| Udgiver | Ekenaes printing Company, limited, 1905 |
| Oprindeligt fra | Harvard University |
| Digitaliseret | 30. jan 2008 |
| Længde | 217 sider |
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