The Origin of PriesthoodEkenaes printing Company, limited, 1905 - 217 sider |
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Side 53
... connected with the gods of nature cannot be in the same sense ruled by any regard to family ties . Relationship is of little or no consequence in nature - worship . These tendencies constitute the principal difference between ancestor ...
... connected with the gods of nature cannot be in the same sense ruled by any regard to family ties . Relationship is of little or no consequence in nature - worship . These tendencies constitute the principal difference between ancestor ...
Side 59
... connection between the living and the spirits of the dead , and in Samoa » the head of every family was , ex officio , a priest , besides those especially dedicated to the sacred office . » > 2 Parallel accounts are given of the ...
... connection between the living and the spirits of the dead , and in Samoa » the head of every family was , ex officio , a priest , besides those especially dedicated to the sacred office . » > 2 Parallel accounts are given of the ...
Side 63
... connected with the worship of tribal and national ancestors . In such cases the sacerdotal office . has naturally been assumed by the chief or king , he being , as a rule , the nearest living relation of the an- cestral gods . This ...
... connected with the worship of tribal and national ancestors . In such cases the sacerdotal office . has naturally been assumed by the chief or king , he being , as a rule , the nearest living relation of the an- cestral gods . This ...
Side 68
... connected with this institution of king - priests . » As time went on , he says , > it became more and more difficult , and at last impossible , for the king or his ministers to master the elaborate procedure which the Devas ( » bright ...
... connected with this institution of king - priests . » As time went on , he says , > it became more and more difficult , and at last impossible , for the king or his ministers to master the elaborate procedure which the Devas ( » bright ...
Side 73
... connection with a sacred spot are held to be entitled to take the lead in worship . » 5 Ellis tells us that in Madagascar there are villages in which idols are kept in some ordinary house without any priesthood . But » the man in whose ...
... connection with a sacred spot are held to be entitled to take the lead in worship . » 5 Ellis tells us that in Madagascar there are villages in which idols are kept in some ordinary house without any priesthood . But » the man in whose ...
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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 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 172 - In magic man depends on his own strength to meet the difficulties and dangers that beset him on every side. He believes in a certain established order of nature on which he can surely count, and which he can manipulate for his own ends.
Side 85 - It was remarked in Scotland : ' There is one opinion which many of them entertain, .... that a popish priest can cast out devils and cure madness, and that the Presbyterian clergy have no such power.
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 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 57 - There is no priestly order, and no persons who can properly be called priests. Any man can have access to some object of worship, and most men in fact do have it, either by discovery of their own or by knowledge imparted to them by those who have before employed it. If the object of worship, as in some sacrifices, is one common to the members of a community, the man who knows how to approach that object is in a way their priest and sacrifices for them all ; but it is in respect of that particular...
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.