An Introduction to the Study of Comparative ReligionJevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)
Religion
An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion
Jevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)
Religion
Mysteries, the Greek, 58, 62; and prayer, 180.
Names, and gods, 121.
Names, of gods, 121, 131, 132; of men, 132; and personality, 133.
Nassau, Dr., 116, 168, 170.
Natchez Indians, 194.
Natural law, 72.
Nature, uniformity of, 14, 15.
Nefarious magic, 83-87, 95.
Neilgherry Hills, 194.
New Caledonia, 92, 153, 154, 155, 156, 162.
New Hebrides, 181.
New South Wales, 162.
Nias, 181.
Niger, 181.
Nirvana, 247.
North American Indians, 111.
Nyankupon, 169.
Offerings, 178; and their object, 180; made to fetiches, 112, 122.
Old Testament, 54.
Ol-kora, 154, 162.
Onitsha, 181.
Order of value, 7; distinct from chronological order, 7, 9, 15, 16;
historic, 8.
Origin, and validity, 38, 39.
Osages, 143.
Parker, Mrs. L., 162 ff., 191.
Perception, 9.
Personality, of magician, 87; of gods and fetiches, 130, 131, 132; of
God, 258; and proper names, 133.
Personification, 136.
Peru, 193, 194, 198.
Pestilence, 205.
Pinkerton, 109.
Plato, 206, 207, 209.
Political economy, 5, 6.
Political philosophy, 241.
Polytheism and fetichism, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133.
Pondos, 194.
Power, personal, 87, 88, 100.
Prayer, 92, 93, 94, 138 ff.; among the heathen, 138; to fetiches, 127;
and desire, 142; and personal advantage, 144; and the community, 146;
of individuals, 147; unethical, 148, 149; and magic, 154; and spells,
155, 157, 160; and famine, 158; for rain, 160; the expression of the
heart's desire, 160; never unknown to man, 160, 161; in exceptional
distress, 182; of thanksgiving, 182; occasional and recurring, 179 ff.;
and communion, 180; its purpose, 175; and external rites, 176; implies
sacrifice, 176; not always reported by observers, 177; and sacrifice go
together, 169; no worship without, 170; of Socrates, 171; and
sacrifice, 172; Our Lord's, 172, 173; practical, 167; the root of
religion, 167, 168; and its objects, 163; a mother's prayer, 163;
"singing," 164; and charms, 150, 165; at seed time, 205.
Prayer-mill, 150.
Priests, 91, 193; and gods, 121; and fetiches, 122.
Primitive man, believes in immortality, 37.
Private property, 5, 6.
Progress, 9, 246, 256, 257, 263; and evolution, 24.
Protective colouring, 70, 103.
Psalmist, 54.
Puluga, 169.
Pure science of religion, is a historic science, 2; its facts may be
used for different and contradictory purposes, 4.
Rain, prayed for, 146, 160, 161.
Rain-clouds, 154, 156, 161, 162.
Rain-god, 91, 92.
Rain-making, 84, 87, 88, 91, 161, 164.
Rebirth, 48, 49, 50.
Regress, 246, 257.
Reincarnation, 59; in animal form, 50, 51, 52; in new-born children,
48-50; in namesakes, 50; its relation to morality and religion, 61.
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