The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... become known , it is clear that all attempts at explanation now must be merely hypothetical . The following hypotheses may , there- fore , be allowed , which really spring entirely from the regular basis of mythological facts . Moreover ...
... become known , it is clear that all attempts at explanation now must be merely hypothetical . The following hypotheses may , there- fore , be allowed , which really spring entirely from the regular basis of mythological facts . Moreover ...
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... becomes human , and thus the strife between the two is at an end . That is the divine symbolism ; that is the beauty of form united to the highest fullness ; and as the Grecian sculpture has most perfectly expressed this , we may call ...
... becomes human , and thus the strife between the two is at an end . That is the divine symbolism ; that is the beauty of form united to the highest fullness ; and as the Grecian sculpture has most perfectly expressed this , we may call ...
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... become known of these mysteries , and of their particular contents , through so many ages and amongst so many different times and people ? The answer is , that it is owing to the universally strict silence of the initiated . Another ...
... become known of these mysteries , and of their particular contents , through so many ages and amongst so many different times and people ? The answer is , that it is owing to the universally strict silence of the initiated . Another ...
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... becomes man to observe carefully , in order to be conscious of the marvels which are continually taking place in the world . The genuine observers and honourers of nature only , they who trace out her signs and listen to her voice ...
... becomes man to observe carefully , in order to be conscious of the marvels which are continually taking place in the world . The genuine observers and honourers of nature only , they who trace out her signs and listen to her voice ...
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... become acquainted with Serapis as the physical image of the sun ; with the Greeks , later , it was Apollo . Helios is the all - seeing god ( ravdepens ) , the beaming , the discoverer , who beholds all things ( Il . iii . 277 ) ...
... become acquainted with Serapis as the physical image of the sun ; with the Greeks , later , it was Apollo . Helios is the all - seeing god ( ravdepens ) , the beaming , the discoverer , who beholds all things ( Il . iii . 277 ) ...
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