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... things also to be understood . What evidences are discoverable of magical cures , or the magnetic healing art in mythology ? That would be the second question , the proper subject of the following observa- tions , which many may regard ...
... things also to be understood . What evidences are discoverable of magical cures , or the magnetic healing art in mythology ? That would be the second question , the proper subject of the following observa- tions , which many may regard ...
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... things there , we then , probably , shall seize the right clue and arrive at the true issue . Is mythology an accidental work of an indolent and playful invention , or is it a necessary development of an instinctive law of nature , a ...
... things there , we then , probably , shall seize the right clue and arrive at the true issue . Is mythology an accidental work of an indolent and playful invention , or is it a necessary development of an instinctive law of nature , a ...
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... things and expressive signs and symbols , which is its essential function , the myths have everywhere sprung out of the symbolising , poetical fantasy , and were not first invented by Homer and Hesiod and their age . Mythology ...
... things and expressive signs and symbols , which is its essential function , the myths have everywhere sprung out of the symbolising , poetical fantasy , and were not first invented by Homer and Hesiod and their age . Mythology ...
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... things can be significant that which origi- nates in the mystery of our being , that which fills and agi- tates our life ; and therefore the ancients were observant of the divine intimations in momentous crises of life ; and the ...
... things can be significant that which origi- nates in the mystery of our being , that which fills and agi- tates our life ; and therefore the ancients were observant of the divine intimations in momentous crises of life ; and the ...
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... things ; " that is , of the mysteries , out of which the people's religion first proceeded . Herodotus , Pythagoras , Empedocles , Orpheus , Thales , Parmenides , & c . travelled into Egypt and the East , in order there more perfectly ...
... things ; " that is , of the mysteries , out of which the people's religion first proceeded . Herodotus , Pythagoras , Empedocles , Orpheus , Thales , Parmenides , & c . travelled into Egypt and the East , in order there more perfectly ...
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