The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... Thoth , whom Greeks called Hermes , founded this state , more than five thousand two hundred years ago ; and the date is said to be authenticated by a very old astronomical observation . Traditions handed down by the Egyptian priesthood ...
... Thoth , whom Greeks called Hermes , founded this state , more than five thousand two hundred years ago ; and the date is said to be authenticated by a very old astronomical observation . Traditions handed down by the Egyptian priesthood ...
Page 142
... Thoth , or Hermes , on stone pillars , in the sacred characters . These he declares were afterward written in books , and laid up in the inmost recesses of the temples , to which he , of course , had access . A few fragments of ...
... Thoth , or Hermes , on stone pillars , in the sacred characters . These he declares were afterward written in books , and laid up in the inmost recesses of the temples , to which he , of course , had access . A few fragments of ...
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... the dead at their last ordeal . Osiris , seated on his throne , accompanied by Isis , receives a tablet on which the god Thoth has recorded the actions of the deceased , after they have been 152 PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS .
... the dead at their last ordeal . Osiris , seated on his throne , accompanied by Isis , receives a tablet on which the god Thoth has recorded the actions of the deceased , after they have been 152 PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS .
Page 154
... Thoth , whom Greeks call Hermes , is supposed to have represented its beneficent qualities . He also presided over learning , was supposed to impart all mental gifts , and to be the medium of communication between gods and human beings ...
... Thoth , whom Greeks call Hermes , is supposed to have represented its beneficent qualities . He also presided over learning , was supposed to impart all mental gifts , and to be the medium of communication between gods and human beings ...
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... Thoth produces the Book of Life , on which he has recorded the moral life of this soul . The symbols of his actions are put in scales of Thmei , Goddess of Truth and Justice , " who weighs hearts in the balance ; no sinner escapes her ...
... Thoth produces the Book of Life , on which he has recorded the moral life of this soul . The symbols of his actions are put in scales of Thmei , Goddess of Truth and Justice , " who weighs hearts in the balance ; no sinner escapes her ...
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