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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... probably Essenes . If Jesus was inspired , so was Siddartha . Differences between Sakya and Jesus . Jesus believed in an immediate destruction of the world . Idea of preexistence in Jesus and Sakya adopted by their followers . The basis ...
... probably Essenes . If Jesus was inspired , so was Siddartha . Differences between Sakya and Jesus . Jesus believed in an immediate destruction of the world . Idea of preexistence in Jesus and Sakya adopted by their followers . The basis ...
Page 30
... probably , vested in one and the same person . This is clearly evinced by the taboo , or sacred monuments , being combined with those of a purely military character , " p . 366. Without straining doubtful points too far , we may content ...
... probably , vested in one and the same person . This is clearly evinced by the taboo , or sacred monuments , being combined with those of a purely military character , " p . 366. Without straining doubtful points too far , we may content ...
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... probably , quite as near the truth , as that given in “ Revela- tion . " When a man died he was burned , and , if rich , his slaves were sacrificed with him , the Mexicans , in this respect , resembling the ancient Scythians , with whom ...
... probably , quite as near the truth , as that given in “ Revela- tion . " When a man died he was burned , and , if rich , his slaves were sacrificed with him , the Mexicans , in this respect , resembling the ancient Scythians , with whom ...
Page 40
... probably , could , impart . The girls learned to weave and embroider coverings for the altars of the gods . Great attention was paid to morality , and offences were punished with extreme rigour , even with death itself . Youths were ...
... probably , could , impart . The girls learned to weave and embroider coverings for the altars of the gods . Great attention was paid to morality , and offences were punished with extreme rigour , even with death itself . Youths were ...
Page 56
... probably did not surpass the excellence of the material . " The reader of Prescott will find that he has not adopted this account without carefully estimating the value of his authorities , and I believe that he may be fairly 56.
... probably did not surpass the excellence of the material . " The reader of Prescott will find that he has not adopted this account without carefully estimating the value of his authorities , and I believe that he may be fairly 56.
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