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... gods - Some description of each class , with their connexion and the gradual evolution of deities from ancestral spirits , saints , heroes , and demi - gods - Successful wonder- working the selecting agency whereby this evolution is ...
... gods - Some description of each class , with their connexion and the gradual evolution of deities from ancestral spirits , saints , heroes , and demi - gods - Successful wonder- working the selecting agency whereby this evolution is ...
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... gods cannot or will not cure - As religion becomes purified and elevated , this shifting process increases , and witchcraft becomes more degraded and detested - Men go to witches for disreputable purposes , or when the gods fail to help ...
... gods cannot or will not cure - As religion becomes purified and elevated , this shifting process increases , and witchcraft becomes more degraded and detested - Men go to witches for disreputable purposes , or when the gods fail to help ...
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... gods and men - Danger of too close connection between religion and the State PAGE . 122 CHAPTER VII . ON THE FORMATION OF SOME CLANS AND CASTES IN INDIA . Early history of nations runs back to a tribal period - Reference to this period ...
... gods and men - Danger of too close connection between religion and the State PAGE . 122 CHAPTER VII . ON THE FORMATION OF SOME CLANS AND CASTES IN INDIA . Early history of nations runs back to a tribal period - Reference to this period ...
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... gods and rites recalls the description of polytheism in the Roman empire , given by Eusebius - Analogy between the effect on ancient polytheism of the establishment of the Roman peace , and the possible influence upon Hinduism of the ...
... gods and rites recalls the description of polytheism in the Roman empire , given by Eusebius - Analogy between the effect on ancient polytheism of the establishment of the Roman peace , and the possible influence upon Hinduism of the ...
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... gods - Some description of each class , with their connexion and the gradual evolution of deities from ancestral spirits , saints , heroes , and demi - gods — Successful wonder - working the selecting agency whereby this evolution is ...
... gods - Some description of each class , with their connexion and the gradual evolution of deities from ancestral spirits , saints , heroes , and demi - gods — Successful wonder - working the selecting agency whereby this evolution is ...
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Page 21 - Christianity, from the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire.
Page 8 - ... comes over one at certain places. 6. The worship of dead relatives, and other deceased persons known in their lifetime to the worshipper. 7. The worship of persons who had a great reputation during life, or who died in some strange or notorious way—at shrines.
Page 66 - I am now convinced, that no great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible, until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought.
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Page 23 - ... both supernatural ; in the next generation the names of the elder gods get introduced into the story, and so the marvellous tradition works itself into a myth, until nothing but a personal incarnation can account for such a series of prodigies. The man was an Avatar of Vishnu or Siva ; his supreme apotheosis is now complete, and the Brahmans feel warranted in providing for him a niche in the orthodox Pantheon.
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