The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... mysteries of past , present , and future ; to perceive the thoughts of whoever came into their presence ; to move from one place to another by simply willing to do so ; to cure diseases , and even raise the dead . Some of this ...
... mysteries of past , present , and future ; to perceive the thoughts of whoever came into their presence ; to move from one place to another by simply willing to do so ; to cure diseases , and even raise the dead . Some of this ...
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... mystery of human Birth ? Were they impure thus to regard it ? Or are we impure that we do not so regard it ? We have travelled far , and unclean have been the paths , since those old ... mysteries of Nature 16 PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS .
... mystery of human Birth ? Were they impure thus to regard it ? Or are we impure that we do not so regard it ? We have travelled far , and unclean have been the paths , since those old ... mysteries of Nature 16 PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS .
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... mysteries of Nature , lest by so doing we cast the shadow of our own grossness on their patriarchal simplicity . From time immemorial , an emblem has been wor- shipped in Hindostan as the type of creation , or the origin of life . It is ...
... mysteries of Nature , lest by so doing we cast the shadow of our own grossness on their patriarchal simplicity . From time immemorial , an emblem has been wor- shipped in Hindostan as the type of creation , or the origin of life . It is ...
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... mystery , and cannot be described . Cansa heard the fame of this wonder - working youth , and tried various means to entice him to his palace , that he might employ him in some task sure to end in his de- struction . Crishna always ...
... mystery , and cannot be described . Cansa heard the fame of this wonder - working youth , and tried various means to entice him to his palace , that he might employ him in some task sure to end in his de- struction . Crishna always ...
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... mysteries he taught entitle a man to worship in one or more of the successive apartments shown to us . In the centre of each room was a large tray with rice and ghee strongly perfumed , apparently as an offering ; and in two of them ...
... mysteries he taught entitle a man to worship in one or more of the successive apartments shown to us . In the centre of each room was a large tray with rice and ghee strongly perfumed , apparently as an offering ; and in two of them ...
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