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Page 174
... gods , sun - gods , storm - gods were based , Eliade notes , on “ hiero- phanies of the sky ( high , bright , shining , sky , rain ) : The Sumerian sky god Anu became the chief god of the Babylonians , and his temple at Uruk was called ...
... gods , sun - gods , storm - gods were based , Eliade notes , on “ hiero- phanies of the sky ( high , bright , shining , sky , rain ) : The Sumerian sky god Anu became the chief god of the Babylonians , and his temple at Uruk was called ...
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... gods , ' to secure ab- ject submission . Here again Jacobsen re - enforces Frankfort's interpretation . " An orderly world [ for the Mesopotamian ] is unthinkable without a superior author- ity to impose his will . " One can match ...
... gods , ' to secure ab- ject submission . Here again Jacobsen re - enforces Frankfort's interpretation . " An orderly world [ for the Mesopotamian ] is unthinkable without a superior author- ity to impose his will . " One can match ...
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... gods of power had not triumphed , if kingship had not found a negative mode of increasing the scope of the human machine and therewith elevating the royal claim to absolute obedi- ence , the whole further course of civilization might ...
... gods of power had not triumphed , if kingship had not found a negative mode of increasing the scope of the human machine and therewith elevating the royal claim to absolute obedi- ence , the whole further course of civilization might ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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