The Great Law: A Study of Religious Origins and of the Unity Underlying ThemLongmans, Green, and Company, 1899 - 431 pages |
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... third aspect . The burial - place of the Initiate . The Ark of Osiris . The Ark of the Bacchic and Eleusinian Mysteries . The Ark in the king's chamber of the Great Pyramid . The sepulchre of Jesus . Pp . 71-89 CHAPTER V SOLAR SYMBOLS ...
... third aspect . The burial - place of the Initiate . The Ark of Osiris . The Ark of the Bacchic and Eleusinian Mysteries . The Ark in the king's chamber of the Great Pyramid . The sepulchre of Jesus . Pp . 71-89 CHAPTER V SOLAR SYMBOLS ...
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... third day for the ceremonies of baptism , and the bestowal on him of the robe of initiation , signalised his " rebirth unto righteous- ness . ' The story of Mithra , in Persia , the Osiris - Horus myth in Egypt , as well as the gospel ...
... third day for the ceremonies of baptism , and the bestowal on him of the robe of initiation , signalised his " rebirth unto righteous- ness . ' The story of Mithra , in Persia , the Osiris - Horus myth in Egypt , as well as the gospel ...
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... third day ( 24th March ) was known as the day of Blood : the high priest drew blood from his arms and presented it as an offering . It was perhaps on this day , or night , that the mourning for Attis took place over an effigy , which ...
... third day ( 24th March ) was known as the day of Blood : the high priest drew blood from his arms and presented it as an offering . It was perhaps on this day , or night , that the mourning for Attis took place over an effigy , which ...
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... third sybil of the Volospa . " The fields unsown shall yield their All sorrows shall be healed . Baldur shall come back . " 1 increase . He In the ancient Celtic faith of Ireland , Samhein , or Bal Sab , is the god of life beyond the ...
... third sybil of the Volospa . " The fields unsown shall yield their All sorrows shall be healed . Baldur shall come back . " 1 increase . He In the ancient Celtic faith of Ireland , Samhein , or Bal Sab , is the god of life beyond the ...
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... third day came to life and ascended into heaven . " " " 1 According to some Mexican traditions the god Quetzalcoatl was crucified on a beam of wood with his arms extended . He was said to be thus slain by the ingratitude of those he ...
... third day came to life and ascended into heaven . " " " 1 According to some Mexican traditions the god Quetzalcoatl was crucified on a beam of wood with his arms extended . He was said to be thus slain by the ingratitude of those he ...
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Page 141 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life...
Page 267 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, 0 Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 330 - And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge ; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not Love, I am nothing.
Page 333 - If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Page 284 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 388 - The Father is made of none, neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone, not made, nor created, but begotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son; neither made nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
Page 331 - Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth...
Page 330 - And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Page 268 - O LORD, thou art my God! I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Page 118 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water : but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...