Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religions of India: Delivered in the Chapter House, Westminster Abbey, in April, May, and June, 1878Longmans, Green, 1878 - 394 pages |
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... negroes ( he meant to say by those who visited the African negroes ) , and which for this reason I shall call Fétichisme . I ask permission to use this term habitually , and though in the proper signification it refers in particular to ...
... negroes ( he meant to say by those who visited the African negroes ) , and which for this reason I shall call Fétichisme . I ask permission to use this term habitually , and though in the proper signification it refers in particular to ...
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... negroes of to - day and among the Egyptians , the Greeks , and Romans , was the same . All nations , he holds , had to begin with fetishism , to be followed afterwards by polytheism and mono- theism . One nation only forms with him an ...
... negroes of to - day and among the Egyptians , the Greeks , and Romans , was the same . All nations , he holds , had to begin with fetishism , to be followed afterwards by polytheism and mono- theism . One nation only forms with him an ...
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... negroes of the Gold Coast , as feitiços ? The answer is clear . Because they them- selves were perfectly familiar with a feitiço , an amulet or a talisman ; and probably all carried with them some beads , or crosses , or images , that ...
... negroes of the Gold Coast , as feitiços ? The answer is clear . Because they them- selves were perfectly familiar with a feitiço , an amulet or a talisman ; and probably all carried with them some beads , or crosses , or images , that ...
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... negroes of Africa . A manufacturer or seller of them was called feitiçero , a word which , however , was likewise used in the sense of a magician or con- jurer . How common the word was in Portuguese we see from its being used in its ...
... negroes of Africa . A manufacturer or seller of them was called feitiçero , a word which , however , was likewise used in the sense of a magician or con- jurer . How common the word was in Portuguese we see from its being used in its ...
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... negroes offer them worship , address their prayers to them , perform sacri- fices , carry them about in procession , consult them on great occasions . They swear by them , and such oaths are never broken . ' There are fetishes belonging ...
... negroes offer them worship , address their prayers to them , perform sacri- fices , carry them about in procession , consult them on great occasions . They swear by them , and such oaths are never broken . ' There are fetishes belonging ...
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¹ Rig-Veda Aditi Aditya Agni ancient Aryans Asha asura atheism believe body Brahman breath called comprehend concept creatures darkness dawn death deities Devas divine doubt Dyaus everything existence express fact faith father fetishism finite fire forest gods grammatical gender Greek growth heart heaven and earth Henotheism highest human hymns Ibid idea immortal India Indra infinite invisible language Latin literature living look lord Maitreyî meaning mind Mitra monotheism moon mountains nature negroes never objects ourselves path of Rita perceive perception philosophers polytheism Pragâpati praise primitive Purânas recognised religion religious thought Rig-Veda rivers root sacred sacrifices Sanskrit savage Savitri seems semi-tangible senses sensuous solar deities speak stone supposed supreme Sûrya Sûtras thee things thou thunder translate trees tribes true Upanishads Varuna Veda Vedic poets Vedic religion Waitz word worship Zend Zeus
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