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Side 7
In whatever way we may look upon the relation between early magic and early
religion , it is evident that religious observances and magical practices are largely
confused by the performers of mystical rites . When studying the origin of ...
In whatever way we may look upon the relation between early magic and early
religion , it is evident that religious observances and magical practices are largely
confused by the performers of mystical rites . When studying the origin of ...
Side 20
... mediation is required in the craving for supernatural assistance in the
adversities and misfortunes of human life . The professional relation between the
priests and their fellow - tribesmen is therefore , to a great extent , the same
everywhere .
... mediation is required in the craving for supernatural assistance in the
adversities and misfortunes of human life . The professional relation between the
priests and their fellow - tribesmen is therefore , to a great extent , the same
everywhere .
Side 21
Similarly the relation between the priests and any of the lay classes is , as a rule ,
quite different from that between those classes mutually . The relation between
higher and lower classes in society is generally marked by their mutually ...
Similarly the relation between the priests and any of the lay classes is , as a rule ,
quite different from that between those classes mutually . The relation between
higher and lower classes in society is generally marked by their mutually ...
Side 29
As all gods do not stand in the same relation to men , the assistance of the priests
must often be called in to point out the special deities to which the people should
offer their sacrifices . Very generally the gods are believed to bear ill will to men ...
As all gods do not stand in the same relation to men , the assistance of the priests
must often be called in to point out the special deities to which the people should
offer their sacrifices . Very generally the gods are believed to bear ill will to men ...
Side 43
Thus , ancestor - worship and worship of the gods of nature have in somewhat
different ways contributed to the origin of priesthood , and we must therefore say
a few words about each of these systems of religion with regard to their relation to
...
Thus , ancestor - worship and worship of the gods of nature have in somewhat
different ways contributed to the origin of priesthood , and we must therefore say
a few words about each of these systems of religion with regard to their relation to
...
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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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