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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XL ANIMISM. Religious ideas generally appear among low races of Mankind--Negative statements on this subject frequently misleading and mistaken: many cases uncertain--Minimum definition of Religion--Doctrineof Spiritual Beings, here termed Animism--Animism treated asbclongingtoNatural Religion--Animism divided into two sections, the philosophy of Souls, and of other Spirits--Doctrine of Souls, its prevalence and definition among the lower races--Definition of Apparition al Soul or Ghost-Soul--It is a theoretical conception of primitive Philosophy, designed to account for phenomena now classed under Biology, especially Life and Death, Health and Disease, Sleep and Dreams, Trance and Visions--Relation of Soul in name and nature to Shadow, Blood, Breath--Division or Plurality of Souls--Soul cause of Life; its restoration to body when supposed absent--Exit of Soul in Trances--Dreams and Visions: theory of exit of dreamer's or seer's own soul; theory of visits received by them from other souls--Ghost-Soul seen in Apparitions--Wraiths and Doubles--Soul has form of body; suffers mutilation with it--Voice of Ghost--Soul treated and defined as of Material Substance; this appears to be the original doctrine--Transmission of Souls to service in future life by Funeral Sacrifice of wives, attendants, &c.--Souls of Animals--Their transmission by Funeral Sacrifice--Souls of PlantsSouls of Objects--Their transmission by Funeral Sacrifice--Relation of doctrine of Object-Souls to Epicurean theory of Ideas--Historical development of Doctrine of Souls, from the Ethereal Soul of primitive Biology to the Immaterial Soul of modern Theology. Are there, or have there been, tribes of men so low in culture as to have no religious conceptions whatever? This...
Excerpt from Primitive Culture, Vol. 2 of 2: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom Polytheism comprises a class of great Deities, ruling the course of Nature and the life of Man - Childbirth-god - Agriculture-god - War-god - God of the Dead - First Man as Divine Ancestor - Dualism; its rudimentary and unethical nature among low races; its development through the course of culture - Good and Evil Deity - Doctrine of Divine Supremacy, distinct from, while tending towards, the doctrine of Monotheism - Idea of Supreme Deity evolved in various forms among the lower races; its place as completion of the Polytheistic system and outcome of the Animistic philosophy; its continuance and development among higher nations - General survey of Animism as a Philosophy of Religion - Recapitulation of the theory advanced as to its development through successive stages of culture; its primary phases best represented among the lower races, while survivals of these among the higher races mark the transition from savage through barbaric to civilized faiths - Transition of Animism in the History of Religion; its earlier and later stages as a Philosophy of the Universe; its later stages as the principle of a Moral Institution About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Fundamentals or Bases of Belief: Concerning Man, God, and the Correlation of God and Men; A Handbook of Mental, Moral, and Religious Philosophy My dear Friend, You tell me that amidst the dust raised by the conflict of opinion in this unsettled age, you begin to lose sight of the landmarks which have hitherto been your guides. You are perplexed by the contradictions between reason and faith; between the novelties of science and the traditions of theology; and especially between the cheerless creed of a material philosophy and those beliefs of a spiritual world which are so precious to you. And you ask, 'How shall I attain to firm convictions on these points? Are there no foundation truths on which to plant my tottering feet?' Now I think there are such truths; I seem to myself to have found them. And hence my present response to your complaint; hence the endeavour I am going to make 'to help you to grasp them for yourself. And I say emphatically, to help you to grasp them for yourself,' for no man can teach another; he can only help this other to be his own teacher. The loud voice of authority is here utterly vain. Only in the low, soft tones of sympathy can we reach the mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from The Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 4: On the Basis of Its History When this race died out, Zeus made them good spirits, which flit about men. Then the gods created the silver age; the men of which were not equal to their predecessors either in strength or in disposition, but luxurious and arrogant and refractory even towards the gods: wherefore Zeus destroyed them and made them demons. Then followed the age of brass, hard and warlike, which destroyed itself in insensate ragings. Finally came the present age, that of iron, which has to win its support laboriously from the soil, and in the constant struggle for existence falls always lower morally, casts off faith and shame, and keeps nothing but evil. No real reason can be seen for this gradual descent of man; it is a natural process, a necessity of fate, which may be regarded as "a parallel and concomitant phenomenon of the theogonic development of the world" (Preller). Of a totally different character is the group of legends about Prometheus. He is the Titan in whom the power of human intelligence, of the spirit of invention and the impulse towards civilisation, by which man seeks to equal the gods, is embodied. His strength does not lie in rude physical power; hence in the struggle between the Titans, the rude nature-spirits, and the gods, the representatives and upholders of the reasonable world-order, he stood on the side of the latter. But when the gods had gained the victory and the world was divided, and unfortunate man was deprived by Zeus of his proper share, and even dedicated to destruction, then the clever demigod Prometheus took up the cause of men, and managed to procure for them the weapon by which, though deserted by the gods, they might prevail in the hard struggle for existence; he stole the heavenly fire which Zeus had jealously reserved, and gave it to men as an instrument for all sorts of industrial pursuits and devices, by which they obtained rule over nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.