The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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Page 140
... Osiris . They have also an oracle of Am- mon , and undertake their expeditions when and how the god commands . " The temple where these oracles were delivered is recorded to have been in the desert , at a little distance from the city ...
... Osiris . They have also an oracle of Am- mon , and undertake their expeditions when and how the god commands . " The temple where these oracles were delivered is recorded to have been in the desert , at a little distance from the city ...
Page 145
... Osiris and his son Horus . By this government of gods it is naturally sup- posed they meant successive orders of priests , each with a Sovereign Pontiff , bearing the name of the deity to whose service he was devoted , and by whose ...
... Osiris and his son Horus . By this government of gods it is naturally sup- posed they meant successive orders of priests , each with a Sovereign Pontiff , bearing the name of the deity to whose service he was devoted , and by whose ...
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... Osiris . From the reign of Osiris to their king . Amasis , they reckoned fifteen thousand years ; and Amasis reigned five hundred and sixty - nine years before Christ . Herodotus says : " On this subject , the Egyptians have no doubts ...
... Osiris . From the reign of Osiris to their king . Amasis , they reckoned fifteen thousand years ; and Amasis reigned five hundred and sixty - nine years before Christ . Herodotus says : " On this subject , the Egyptians have no doubts ...
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... Osiris is the name most familiar to modern ears . He was formerly supposed to be a mere representation of the visible sun ; but increasing knowl edge on the subject proves that he embodied a more com- prehensive idea . It has been ...
... Osiris is the name most familiar to modern ears . He was formerly supposed to be a mere representation of the visible sun ; but increasing knowl edge on the subject proves that he embodied a more com- prehensive idea . It has been ...
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... Osiris , and his votaries refrained from destroying or polluting any spring . This reverence for the production of Life introduced into his worship the sexual emblem so common in Hindostan . A colossal image of this kind was presented ...
... Osiris , and his votaries refrained from destroying or polluting any spring . This reverence for the production of Life introduced into his worship the sexual emblem so common in Hindostan . A colossal image of this kind was presented ...
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