Ancient Symbol Worship: Influence of the Phallic Idea in the Religions of AntiquityJ. W. Bouton, 1874 - 98 Seiten |
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... Those who employed them apprehended no wrong in so doing , till impurity of life had caused all that related to the subject to be considered as indecorous . In these pages the endeavor has been to discourse of Preface . vii.
... Those who employed them apprehended no wrong in so doing , till impurity of life had caused all that related to the subject to be considered as indecorous . In these pages the endeavor has been to discourse of Preface . vii.
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... considered that it is the most ancient of the superstitions of the hu- man race , that it has prevailed more or less among all known people in ancient times , and that it has been handed down even to a very late and Christian period ...
... considered that it is the most ancient of the superstitions of the hu- man race , that it has prevailed more or less among all known people in ancient times , and that it has been handed down even to a very late and Christian period ...
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... considered as no more than one of the operations of nature contributing to the reproduction of the species , as in agriculture the sowing of seed for the production of corn , and was consequently looked upon as a solemn duty consecrated ...
... considered as no more than one of the operations of nature contributing to the reproduction of the species , as in agriculture the sowing of seed for the production of corn , and was consequently looked upon as a solemn duty consecrated ...
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... considered — the influence of the phallic idea in the religions of antiquity . The first step in the inquiry is to ascertain the origin of the super- stition in question . Faber ingeniously referred to a primitive universal belief in a ...
... considered — the influence of the phallic idea in the religions of antiquity . The first step in the inquiry is to ascertain the origin of the super- stition in question . Faber ingeniously referred to a primitive universal belief in a ...
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... considered as " figured by the great serpent which occupies so conspicuous a place among the symbols of the gods on the black stones re- cording Babylonian benefactions . " The serpent was † also the symbol of the Egyptian Kneph , who ...
... considered as " figured by the great serpent which occupies so conspicuous a place among the symbols of the gods on the black stones re- cording Babylonian benefactions . " The serpent was † also the symbol of the Egyptian Kneph , who ...
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Abraham according adored ancient animal antiquity appears Aryan associated Assyrian Astarté Avesta Baal Bacchus Book Brahmin Buddhism bull Bunsen Cabeiri calf Chaldean Chaldean mythology character Christian connected consecrated countries curious custom deity Dionysus divine earth Egypt Egyptian emblem embodied erect fact faith father fecundity female Fergusson Genesis Gnostics goddess gods Greece Greeks Hebrew Hermaic Hermes Herodotus high places Hindoo Hindu human images India Isis Israelites Jehovah Khem Kings Lajard Lamekh legend lingam London male Mithra Mizpeh Mosaic Moses Mysteries myth mythology nations nature Numbers omphalic Osiris patriarchs peculiar phallic idea phallic origin phallic superstition phallic symbolism PHALLISM phallus Phoenician pillar Priapus primeval primitive principle probably race reference religion religious represented reverence rites Roman Rome sacred Saturn Semitic serpent Serpent Symbol Seth Siva stone suffet sun-god supposed temple Thoth tion tradition tree tribes Typhon Vaishnava veneration Vishnu wisdom women Yoni
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Seite 56 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
Seite 13 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor : and they served other gods.
Seite 69 - Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Seite 52 - And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates...
Seite 69 - And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Seite 50 - And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; this heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me. for harm.
Seite 12 - The primeval religion of Iran, if we rely on the authorities adduced by Mohsani Fani, was that which Newton calls the oldest (and it may be justly called the noblest) of all religions: " A firm belief that One Supreme God made the world by his power, and continually governed it by his providence; a pious fear, love, and adoration of him; a due reverence for parents and aged persons ; a fraternal affection for the whole human species, and a compassionate tenderness even for the brute creation.
Seite 18 - God and the soul in the solemn depths of their forest sanctuaries. Let us not smile at their mode of tracing the Infinite and Incomprehensible Cause throughout all the mysteries of Nature, lest by so doing we cast the shadow of our own grossness on their patriarchal simplicity.
Seite 13 - I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches : so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.