Ancient Egypt, the Light of the World: A Work of Reclamation and Restitution in Twelve Books, Volume 1T. F. Unwin, 1907 - 944 pages |
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... nature at the present time . Now , it has been and still is a pre- valent and practically universal assumption that the same mental stand- point might have been occupied by Primitive Man , and a like question asked in presence of the ...
... nature at the present time . Now , it has been and still is a pre- valent and practically universal assumption that the same mental stand- point might have been occupied by Primitive Man , and a like question asked in presence of the ...
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... nature was liable to be conceived and named by an assimilation to human nature . " ( Science of Thought , p . 503. ) And " such was the propensity in the earliest men of whom we have any authentic record to see personal agency in ...
... nature was liable to be conceived and named by an assimilation to human nature . " ( Science of Thought , p . 503. ) And " such was the propensity in the earliest men of whom we have any authentic record to see personal agency in ...
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... Nature - Powers ( which became the later divinities ) ought to have been anthropomorphic , and the likeness reflected in the mirror of the most ancient mythologies should have been human . Whereas the Powers and Divinities were first ...
... Nature - Powers ( which became the later divinities ) ought to have been anthropomorphic , and the likeness reflected in the mirror of the most ancient mythologies should have been human . Whereas the Powers and Divinities were first ...
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... nature - forces by their effects , and try to represent these by means of other powers that were present in nature , but which were also necessarily superior to the human and were not the human faculties indefinitely magnified . The ...
... nature - forces by their effects , and try to represent these by means of other powers that were present in nature , but which were also necessarily superior to the human and were not the human faculties indefinitely magnified . The ...
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... nature that was probably extant in Africa 100,000 years ago survives to - day amongst races who are no longer the ... nature was primarily imaged in the pre - human likeness . It was the same here as in external nature : the animals came ...
... nature that was probably extant in Africa 100,000 years ago survives to - day amongst races who are no longer the ... nature was primarily imaged in the pre - human likeness . It was the same here as in external nature : the animals came ...
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Aarru abyss African Amenta ancestors ancient animal Anup Apap Arunta astronomical mythology Atum Atum-Ra betwixt birthplace blood called celestial character child Child-Horus Christian constellation creation crocodile darkness dead death deceased deity divine double dragon drought Egypt Egyptian Egyptian mythology elemental powers Elohim equinox eschatology evil father female fetish figure firmament frog garden Genesis glorified gnostic goddess gods Hathor heaven Hebrew Hence heptanomis Hetep hippopotamus horizon imaged Inapertwa inundation Isis Kamite land legend lion Lord magical male manes mode moon Mother Mother-earth mount of earth mount of glory mummy mysteries mythical mythos nature Neith nether nether earth origin Osiris papyrus paradise pillar pole portrayed primitive Ptah represented resurrection Ritual says serpent seven Sheol Sign-language solar god spirit summit superhuman Sut and Horus symbol Taht Tefnut thou Totemic transformation tree typical wisdom woman word worship zootype
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Page 102 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 446 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 526 - He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Page 464 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 452 - God made the earth and the heavens, and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew : for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till, the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Page 534 - Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared...
Page 486 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Page 482 - Reproach hath broken my heart ; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. 21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Page 542 - And many nations shall come, and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his Ways, and we will walk in his paths:" for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 475 - Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.