Apostolic succession, 49-50. Babylonian spells and prayers, 218-224. Baptism, a cathartic ritual, 156-158: of infants, 56-57. Buddhism, ideas concerning purity, 107. Celibacy of priesthood, 154-156. Christianity, comparison with earlier “Mediterranean” religions in mythology, 25-30; in terminology, 30-39; external symbols, 39-48; institutions and organisation, 48-58; in dogma and belief, 59-75: _vide_ Prayer. Collideriani, 72. Comparative religion, method of study, 81-85: short survey of its growth, 1-6. Confession, 54-56, 158-160. Cursing-ritual, a form of spell, 196-198. Eschatological beliefs, 63-64. Fasting, a cathartic ritual, 153-154. Festivals, influence of pagan on Christian, 58. Fetichism, 44-47: in Hellas, 44-45: in Christianity, 45-47. Hellenism, influence on Christianity, 23. Hero-worship, 75-76. Hilaria, 62. Homicide, cathartic origin of law concerning, 140-152. Human incarnation of divinity, 59-60. {233} Human sacrifice, legends concerning, 27-28. Idolatry, 40-44. Indo-Germanic spell, 193. Ischtar, legend of, 29. Kalevala, 184, 191. Kore, 33: gnostic-pagan worship of, 34-35, 65. Mariolatry, 65, 69, 72. Mexican religion, 3. Montanism, 67. Mother of God, 38, 66. Names, religious influence of, 32, 184-192. Parthenos, 37-38: _cf._ 65, 69, 70. Peruvian religion, 3. Phrygian religion, 24, 62, 66-68. Prayer (_vide_ Spell) definition of, 165: distinction between prayer and spell, 167-169: antagonism between them, 193-194: objects of prayer, progress from material to spiritual, 173-174: prayer a form of communion with the deity, 174: Christian theory of prayer, 227-228: survival of spell in Christian liturgy, 228-230: Egyptian prayer, 188; dominated by spell, 224-227: English, earliest example of spell-prayer, 194: Eleusinian spell-prayer, 194: Hellenic prayer, 187, 200-205, 207; Hellenic spells, 196; spell prayer, 199-200; theory of prayer in Hellenic philosophy, 206: Iranian liturgical magic, 199; prayers and spells in Zarathustrian ritual, 213-218: Latin prayer, 185: Roman spell-prayer, 195: Peruvian prayer, 183 n. 3: savage examples of real prayer, 182-183: Umbrian prayer, 186: Vedic spell-formulæ combined with prayer, 208-213. Purification: primitive ideas concerning pure and impure substances, 89-91: analysis of primitive sensation of impurity, 92-98: purification after battle, 94; after funerals, 96: logical development of idea of purity, 98-101: psychological effect of impure contact, 102-103: purity connected with belief in spirits, 103-104; dualism of good and evil spirits, 105: with belief in gods, 106: earliest concept non-moral, 110-111: evolution of idea of “pure heart,” 111-115: cathartic sacrifice, 120-122: opposition between spiritual and ritualistic {234} purity, 123: Iranian ideas, 97, 101, 107, 115, 127-132: Jewish, 124, 126: Hellenic, 132-139; influence on Hellenic law, 140-152: influence of idea of purity on religious institutions, 152-160. Rebirth, mystic sense of, 57.