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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... Spirit of God of Genesis . Chaos . Hindoo mythos of Brahma . Birth from churning a dead man's left arm , and again ... spirits . Spiritualism . Varieties of angelic forms . Not the products of lunacy . Angels and demigods . Egyptian ...
... Spirit of God of Genesis . Chaos . Hindoo mythos of Brahma . Birth from churning a dead man's left arm , and again ... spirits . Spiritualism . Varieties of angelic forms . Not the products of lunacy . Angels and demigods . Egyptian ...
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... spirits . The recording angel . Demigods and archangels . Greek deities not winged except Mercury . Some minor gods have ... spirit without flesh and bones cannot move his tongue to utter words . Drunkards see " blue devils " -they are ...
... spirits . The recording angel . Demigods and archangels . Greek deities not winged except Mercury . Some minor gods have ... spirit without flesh and bones cannot move his tongue to utter words . Drunkards see " blue devils " -they are ...
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... spirit and imagination , which afforded scope for the most entrancing mental delineations , and was far superior to reverencing an ugly effigy , which no one with any correct taste could admire . In like manner , when the Mahometan ...
... spirit and imagination , which afforded scope for the most entrancing mental delineations , and was far superior to reverencing an ugly effigy , which no one with any correct taste could admire . In like manner , when the Mahometan ...
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... spirit from foreign conquest was extreme ; that the so- called Mosaic laws were not known until long after the time of David , and that some of the enactments - that about the Jubilee , for example - were never promulgated at all . We ...
... spirit from foreign conquest was extreme ; that the so- called Mosaic laws were not known until long after the time of David , and that some of the enactments - that about the Jubilee , for example - were never promulgated at all . We ...
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... spirits , and futurity were not based upon the writ- ings of Moses and the prophets , but upon Persian fantasies . In fine , we showed , that the Hebrews could not sustain the claim they made to be the especial people of God , and that ...
... spirits , and futurity were not based upon the writ- ings of Moses and the prophets , but upon Persian fantasies . In fine , we showed , that the Hebrews could not sustain the claim they made to be the especial people of God , and that ...
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adopted amongst ancient angels Aryan asceticism assert Assyrian Babylonian believe Bible Brahmins Buddha Buddhist called celestial Christian Church Creator death deity described Devil Dhammapada disciples divine doctrine doubt earth Elohim endeavour Etruscan existence faith father followers ghosts gods Grecian Greeks heaven Hebrew Hell Herodotus Hindoo holy human idea India individual inquire Jehovah Jesus Jesus of Nazareth Jewish Jews Jupiter king legend live Lord Luke Matt matter Max Müller Medes Mexican mind ministers miracles missionaries modern Moses mother mythology nation nature Nirvana Old Testament origin orthodox Pagan Papal Parsees Persian prayer preached priests prophet punished reason referred regarded religion religious remarks Roman sacred sacrifice Sadducees saints Sakya Muni Scriptures Siddartha spirit story taught teaching temple Testament things thou thought tion told truth virgin whilst wholly wings woman words worship writings Zoroaster