Ancient Faiths and Modern: A Dissertation Upon Worships, Legends and Divinities in Central and Western Asia, Europe, and Elsewhere, Before the Christian Era. Showing Their Relations to Religious Customs as They Now Exist |
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... appear- ance of stability ; yet , after all , an arch which is secure and stable is preferable to one which is good only in appear- ance . A very few years have elapsed since it was found that the tower and spire of the Cathedral at ...
... appear- ance of stability ; yet , after all , an arch which is secure and stable is preferable to one which is good only in appear- ance . A very few years have elapsed since it was found that the tower and spire of the Cathedral at ...
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... appearing as independent vaticinators , a number of holy festivals , of hallowed shrines , of mysterious temples , and an inner and recondite arcanum into which the profane were not permitted to enter . I showed that other nations ...
... appearing as independent vaticinators , a number of holy festivals , of hallowed shrines , of mysterious temples , and an inner and recondite arcanum into which the profane were not permitted to enter . I showed that other nations ...
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... appears to be mythical or mysterious enfolds certain astronomical facts — such as the precession of equinoxes , the duration of cycles of time - such as are necessary to repro- duce exactly a concordance between certain terrestrial and ...
... appears to be mythical or mysterious enfolds certain astronomical facts — such as the precession of equinoxes , the duration of cycles of time - such as are necessary to repro- duce exactly a concordance between certain terrestrial and ...
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... appear to have no conception whatever of a Creator , of a future state , of a mundane theocracy , or of any unseen agency but good or bad " luck . " But they , neverthe- less , put a certain amount of faith in conjurers - cunning men or ...
... appear to have no conception whatever of a Creator , of a future state , of a mundane theocracy , or of any unseen agency but good or bad " luck . " But they , neverthe- less , put a certain amount of faith in conjurers - cunning men or ...
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... appears to have been , when first discovered , wholly without any distinct religious faith . It is true that some authors have described him as reverencing his manitou , or great spirit , and speaking of some happy hunting ground to ...
... appears to have been , when first discovered , wholly without any distinct religious faith . It is true that some authors have described him as reverencing his manitou , or great spirit , and speaking of some happy hunting ground to ...
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