The Origin Of Pagan Idolatry Ascertained From Historical Testimony And Circumstantial EvidenceF. and C. Rivingtons, 1816 |
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... opinions , which the Gentiles enter- tained of the Moon and the Earth - I. THE Moon was compared to a ship , and was described as floating on the ocean TM 6 ib . PAGE II . This circumstance will explain many singular notions.
... opinions , which the Gentiles enter- tained of the Moon and the Earth - I. THE Moon was compared to a ship , and was described as floating on the ocean TM 6 ib . PAGE II . This circumstance will explain many singular notions.
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... described , not as two successive em- pires , but as two successive heresies or apostasies from pure reli- gion and they are respectively the same , as what I have called Buddhism and Brahmenism 400 403 407- ib . ( 2. ) How we are to ...
... described , not as two successive em- pires , but as two successive heresies or apostasies from pure reli- gion and they are respectively the same , as what I have called Buddhism and Brahmenism 400 403 407- ib . ( 2. ) How we are to ...
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... described , as bearing on her front the lunar crescent , and as seated in the calix of the aquatic lotos . Now the lotos is declared to be the type of the ship • Vide supra book iv . c . 2 . Plut . de Isid . p . 364. Porph . de ant ...
... described , as bearing on her front the lunar crescent , and as seated in the calix of the aquatic lotos . Now the lotos is declared to be the type of the ship • Vide supra book iv . c . 2 . Plut . de Isid . p . 364. Porph . de ant ...
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... described as having been preserved in an ark with Menu - Satyavrata when all the rest of mankind perished by the waters of a mighty inundation ' . They further inform us , that it was the child of the sea and , as if to prevent all ...
... described as having been preserved in an ark with Menu - Satyavrata when all the rest of mankind perished by the waters of a mighty inundation ' . They further inform us , that it was the child of the sea and , as if to prevent all ...
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... described , as wearing the semblance of a floating island . It is surrounded with other islands , which similarly float on the bosom of the great Stygian abyss : but it is loftier than them all , and there- fore not equally exposed to ...
... described , as wearing the semblance of a floating island . It is surrounded with other islands , which similarly float on the bosom of the great Stygian abyss : but it is loftier than them all , and there- fore not equally exposed to ...
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