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Page 59
... faith . On the other hand , he is the hunter of life , to whom all living are a prey ; and according to Snidos , Zagreus was the sub- terranean Dionysos . He improved the ancient orgies , and founded new ; and thus arose the type of the ...
... faith . On the other hand , he is the hunter of life , to whom all living are a prey ; and according to Snidos , Zagreus was the sub- terranean Dionysos . He improved the ancient orgies , and founded new ; and thus arose the type of the ...
Page 61
... faith of light , as unity , against the encroaching pressure of the dominance of the physical world , -against the more easily comprehensible , but as easily misunderstood worship of the deity , till finally one being was recognised in ...
... faith of light , as unity , against the encroaching pressure of the dominance of the physical world , -against the more easily comprehensible , but as easily misunderstood worship of the deity , till finally one being was recognised in ...
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... faith be understood . Christ himself says , " Nothing is hidden that shall not be revealed ; what I say unto you in the darkness shall be proclaimed in the light and on the house - tops . " Universal history not only demonstrates an ...
... faith be understood . Christ himself says , " Nothing is hidden that shall not be revealed ; what I say unto you in the darkness shall be proclaimed in the light and on the house - tops . " Universal history not only demonstrates an ...
Page 77
... faith in , the words of Christ , any one may enter with him " to - day " into Paradise ; yet the sub- stance of the faith can only become the possession of entire humanity , by being expanded to its full extent in THE MAGIC OF THE ...
... faith in , the words of Christ , any one may enter with him " to - day " into Paradise ; yet the sub- stance of the faith can only become the possession of entire humanity , by being expanded to its full extent in THE MAGIC OF THE ...
Page 79
... faith in sorcery . What a field for labour lay before them ! to re- concile the opposing principles ; to separate the heathen and the Christian elements ; to comprehend the natural and the divine ; to separate faith from mere knowledge ...
... faith in sorcery . What a field for labour lay before them ! to re- concile the opposing principles ; to separate the heathen and the Christian elements ; to comprehend the natural and the divine ; to separate faith from mere knowledge ...
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Page 130 - Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.