Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religion of Ancient Egypt: Delivered in May and June, 1879Williams and Norgate, 1884 - 259 pages |
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... things that persons living out- side a religion , especially if they are not inclined to it , cannot understand it or its symbols unless their inqui- ries are conducted under conditions which are generally considered superfluous or ...
... things that persons living out- side a religion , especially if they are not inclined to it , cannot understand it or its symbols unless their inqui- ries are conducted under conditions which are generally considered superfluous or ...
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... thing worthy of your worship in a dog , an ibis or a goat ; or if you think such creatures fit to represent your gods . . . . . If what the mind discovers couched under such symbolical figures is entitled to greater veneration , surely ...
... thing worthy of your worship in a dog , an ibis or a goat ; or if you think such creatures fit to represent your gods . . . . . If what the mind discovers couched under such symbolical figures is entitled to greater veneration , surely ...
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... things into their Grammars ( I say it with the utmost deference to such admirable scholars as E. de Rougé and Brugsch ) have been led astray by their efforts to find in Egyptian what exists in other languages . But each kind of language ...
... things into their Grammars ( I say it with the utmost deference to such admirable scholars as E. de Rougé and Brugsch ) have been led astray by their efforts to find in Egyptian what exists in other languages . But each kind of language ...
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... things whilst thou art upon earth , according to the dictation of thy heart . The day will come to thee when one hears not the voice , -when the one who is at rest hears not their voices . Feast in tranquillity ; seeing that there is no ...
... things whilst thou art upon earth , according to the dictation of thy heart . The day will come to thee when one hears not the voice , -when the one who is at rest hears not their voices . Feast in tranquillity ; seeing that there is no ...
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... things God will bring him into judgment , not less true is it that the Egyptian harper also sang : " Mind thee of the day when thou too shalt start for the land to which one goeth to return not thence . Good for thee will have been a ...
... things God will bring him into judgment , not less true is it that the Egyptian harper also sang : " Mind thee of the day when thou too shalt start for the land to which one goeth to return not thence . Good for thee will have been a ...
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Abydos Amenhotep II Amon ancient ancient Egypt Anubis Book Brugsch called Chabas chapter Christian cloth coffin Dead deceased deity Dendera derived divine doctrine dynasty earth Egyp Egypt Egyptian language Egyptian mythology Egyptian religion Egyptian texts Egyptian word eighteenth dynasty eleventh dynasty evidence existence expressed eyes father Fravashi funereal goddess gods Greek Hail to thee hath Hathor heart heaven Hebrew Heliopolis Henotheism hieroglyphic Horus hymns Indo-European inscriptions Isis king language Lectures legend living Lord Maat manuscripts Mariette Max Müller meaning monuments moral mother Museum myth mythology Nephthys nether world Nile notion nutar nutra Osiris papyrus period prayers Ptah Pyramids Rameses reign religious Renenet represented Rougé royal sacred says scholars Seti signifies soul sovereign speak sun-god symbol tablet Tefnut Tehuti temple Thebes thine abode things thou art thou hast thy name tion tombs translated verb worship
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Page 70 - Doing that which is right and hating that which is wrong, I was bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, a refuge to him that was in want; that which I did to him, the great God hath done to me.