The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 - Magic |
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... objects of physical contemplation , except Nature herself , in which he so wholly , body and soul , was placed ? The im- mediate ideal contemplations of God , to which the outer senses are not adapted , we shall here leave quite ...
... objects of physical contemplation , except Nature herself , in which he so wholly , body and soul , was placed ? The im- mediate ideal contemplations of God , to which the outer senses are not adapted , we shall here leave quite ...
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... object to represent natural philosophy as the fundamental basis of mythology , yet he really expresses this clearly in his " Intro- duction to his Symbolism and Mythology , " and which we may quote as tending to elucidate what follows ...
... object to represent natural philosophy as the fundamental basis of mythology , yet he really expresses this clearly in his " Intro- duction to his Symbolism and Mythology , " and which we may quote as tending to elucidate what follows ...
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... object if I were to give fresh extracts in addition to those already given from the various authors in proof of the original symbolic lan- guage of this mythology of natural philosophy . I can only refer to Jacobi's " Hand - Dictionary ...
... object if I were to give fresh extracts in addition to those already given from the various authors in proof of the original symbolic lan- guage of this mythology of natural philosophy . I can only refer to Jacobi's " Hand - Dictionary ...
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... what purpose it was thus kept . If the immediate object were a religious one , the worship of the divinity , then so strict an exclusion of the uninitiated would not have been necessary : but taking natural philo- 30 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
... what purpose it was thus kept . If the immediate object were a religious one , the worship of the divinity , then so strict an exclusion of the uninitiated would not have been necessary : but taking natural philo- 30 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
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... object , and the practical use of the same , we have the ground of this strictly mysterious worship ; and Schweigger treats it , I think , with insufficient depth . If we observe the completely philosophical connection of the symbols of ...
... object , and the practical use of the same , we have the ground of this strictly mysterious worship ; and Schweigger treats it , I think , with insufficient depth . If we observe the completely philosophical connection of the symbols of ...
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