Demonology and Devil-lore, Band 1H. Holt, 1881 |
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... is that of a peaceful citizen of the world and a cultured thinker , able to turn his past super- stition into present wisdom , to distil good from evil , and make a moral of the Devil himself . PREFACE . THREE Friars , says a legend , hid.
... is that of a peaceful citizen of the world and a cultured thinker , able to turn his past super- stition into present wisdom , to distil good from evil , and make a moral of the Devil himself . PREFACE . THREE Friars , says a legend , hid.
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... evil spectres which have haunted mankind were like trying to count the shadows cast upon the earth by the rising sun , This conviction has grown upon the author of this work at every step in his studies of the subject . In 1859 I ...
... evil spectres which have haunted mankind were like trying to count the shadows cast upon the earth by the rising sun , This conviction has grown upon the author of this work at every step in his studies of the subject . In 1859 I ...
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... evil . ' ' Look unto Yezdan , who causeth the shadow to fall . ' But it is easy to see what must be the result when ... evil deities . This was precisely what did occur . The primitive pan- theism was broken up in its place the later ...
... evil . ' ' Look unto Yezdan , who causeth the shadow to fall . ' But it is easy to see what must be the result when ... evil deities . This was precisely what did occur . The primitive pan- theism was broken up in its place the later ...
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... evil - Distinction between Demon and Devil . THE first pantheon of each race was built of intellectual speculations . In a moral sense , each form in it might be described as more or less demonic ; and , indeed , it may almost be ...
... evil - Distinction between Demon and Devil . THE first pantheon of each race was built of intellectual speculations . In a moral sense , each form in it might be described as more or less demonic ; and , indeed , it may almost be ...
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... evil , and almost restored the beneficent sense of Saranyu . ' I have settled in this place , ' says Athene in the Eumenides ' of Eschylus , ' these mighty deities , hard to be appeased ; they have obtained by lot to administer all ...
... evil , and almost restored the beneficent sense of Saranyu . ' I have settled in this place , ' says Athene in the Eumenides ' of Eschylus , ' these mighty deities , hard to be appeased ; they have obtained by lot to administer all ...
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