A thrilling story, very copiously illustrated, describing the thousand and one imaginations of the brilliant men of all ages groping in darkness after God; their conceptions of the terrific powers and mysterious influences of good and evil spirits; the ceremonies and meaning of the myriad forms of idolatrous worship; its evils, superstitions, scarifies, incantations, temples, shrines, etc. The whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion.
Document Category: Religious Studies
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The Non-Christian Cross
an enquiry into the origin and history of the symbol eventually adopted as that of our religion
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The Buddhist Praying-Wheel
A collection of material bearing upon the symbolism of the wheel and circular movements in custom and religious ritual.
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Babylonian Magic and Sorcery
Being “The Prayers of the Lifting of the Hand.” The cuneiform texts of a group of Baylonian and Assyrian incantations and magical formule edited with transliterations translations and full vocabulary from tablets of the Kuyunjik collections preserved in the British Museum.
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The Buddhism of Tibet or Lamaism
with its mystic cults, symbolism and mythology, and in its relation to Indian Buddhism
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Mysteria
History of the Secret Doctrines and Mystic Rites of Ancient Religions and medieval and modern secret orders
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History of Religion
A sketch of primitive religious beliefs and practices, and of the origin and character of the great systems
