An Introduction to the History of ReligionMethuen, 1902 - 443 sider |
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... once formed part of this now fragmentary custom . It is clear , therefore , that the Comparative Method can only be properly employed where the things compared resemble each other . If , then , we apply the Comparative Method to ...
... once formed part of this now fragmentary custom . It is clear , therefore , that the Comparative Method can only be properly employed where the things compared resemble each other . If , then , we apply the Comparative Method to ...
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... once it abandons the one guide , becomes the prey of all sorts of perversion , of the monstrous customs of heathendom , which it is useless to trace , as they lead only away from the truth , and are as irrational and as little to be ...
... once it abandons the one guide , becomes the prey of all sorts of perversion , of the monstrous customs of heathendom , which it is useless to trace , as they lead only away from the truth , and are as irrational and as little to be ...
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... once happened will in similar circumstances happen again . The existence of this belief in the earliest times is a matter susceptible of easy demonstration , and is of some importance for the history of religion . It is important ...
... once happened will in similar circumstances happen again . The existence of this belief in the earliest times is a matter susceptible of easy demonstration , and is of some importance for the history of religion . It is important ...
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... once happened will happen again is so strong that , until experience has corrected it , a single occurrence is sufficient to create an expectation of recurrence : the child to whom you have given sweetmeats once , fully expects ...
... once happened will happen again is so strong that , until experience has corrected it , a single occurrence is sufficient to create an expectation of recurrence : the child to whom you have given sweetmeats once , fully expects ...
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... once one exceptional action of the river- spirit had been put down as the outcome of supernatural power , then in course of time even its ordinary operation and the customary flow of the water would also come to be regarded as having a ...
... once one exceptional action of the river- spirit had been put down as the outcome of supernatural power , then in course of time even its ordinary operation and the customary flow of the water would also come to be regarded as having a ...
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A. C. Benson altar amongst ancestor ancestor-worship ancient Athenian Bastian become belief blood ceremony chapter civilised clan clansmen Cloth communion consciousness Crown 8vo cult custom dead death deceased deity Demeter Demy 8vo Dionysus divine E. V. LUCAS Egypt Eleusinian Eleusis Ellis evolution existence explanation fact Fcap feast fetish flesh Frazer goddess gods Greece Greek H. C. BEECHING human Iacchus Ibid idea idol Illustrated Indians individual inference king leather Little Library magic maize man's meal Mensch METHUEN'S monotheism moral mysteries myth natural offered original Persephone person plant Polynesia polytheism Pott 8vo priest primitive reason religion religious rites ritual Robertson Smith sacramental sacred sacrifice savage Second Edition Semites soul species spirit stage stone supernatural supernatural powers Supra survival sympathetic magic taboo theory thiasus things taboo Third Edition tion totem animal tree tribe Tshi-speaking unclean victim worship Zagreus Zeus καὶ
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