The Blood CovenantFilRougeViceversa, 25 juil. 2021 - 150 pages Apart from, and yet linked with, the explicit proofs of the rite of blood-covenanting throughout the primitive world, there are many indications of the root-idea of this form of covenanting; in the popular estimate of blood, and of all the marvelous possibilities through blood-transference. These indications, also, are of old, and from everywhere.To go back again to the earlier written history of the world; it is evident that the ancient Egyptians recognized blood as in a peculiar sense life itself; and that they counted the heart,as the blood-source and the blood-centre,the symbol and the substance of life. In the Book of the Dead, the deceased speaks of his heart,or his blood-fountain,as his life; and as giving him the right to appear in the presence of the gods: My heart was my mother; my heart was my mother; my heart was my being on earth; placed within me; returned to me by the chief gods, placing me before the gods |
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Page 1864
... brotherhood , in that portion of the East ; although he gives no description of the methods of the covenant - rite . Speaking of two Bed ́ween - Habbâs and Hosayn - who had been " brothered " ( verbrüdert ) , he explains by saying ...
... brotherhood , in that portion of the East ; although he gives no description of the methods of the covenant - rite . Speaking of two Bed ́ween - Habbâs and Hosayn - who had been " brothered " ( verbrüdert ) , he explains by saying ...
Page 1866
... brotherhood , " or of " strong - friendship , " as in vogue among various African tribes ; although , naturally retaining less of primitive sacredness there than among Semites . The rite is , in some cases , observed after the manner of ...
... brotherhood , " or of " strong - friendship , " as in vogue among various African tribes ; although , naturally retaining less of primitive sacredness there than among Semites . The rite is , in some cases , observed after the manner of ...
Page 1870
... brotherhood in word , thought , or deed . The same form having been gone through with , [ with ] respect to Syde , the sponsors changing duties , the brother - making was complete . " [ 18 ] Concerning the origin of this rite , in this ...
... brotherhood in word , thought , or deed . The same form having been gone through with , [ with ] respect to Syde , the sponsors changing duties , the brother - making was complete . " [ 18 ] Concerning the origin of this rite , in this ...
Page 1871
... brotherhood business having been completed [ by putting the blood from one party on to the arm of the other ] , some pen and ink marks were made on a piece of paper , which , together with a charge of powder , was put into a kettleful ...
... brotherhood business having been completed [ by putting the blood from one party on to the arm of the other ] , some pen and ink marks were made on a piece of paper , which , together with a charge of powder , was put into a kettleful ...
Page 1872
... chief captain ' ] was requested to seal our friendship by performing the ceremony of blood - brotherhood between Mirambo and myself . Having caused us to sit fronting each other on a straw - carpet , he made an incision in each.
... chief captain ' ] was requested to seal our friendship by performing the ceremony of blood - brotherhood between Mirambo and myself . Having caused us to sit fronting each other on a straw - carpet , he made an incision in each.
Table des matières
1854 | |
SUGGESTIONS AND PERVERSIONS OF THE RITE | |
INDICATIONS OF THE RITE IN THE BIBLE | |
APPENDIX | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and Its Bearings on Scripture Henry Clay Trumbull Affichage du livre entier - 1893 |
The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and Its Bearings on Scripture Henry Clay Trumbull Affichage du livre entier - 1893 |
The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and Its Bearing on Scripture Henry Clay Trumbull Affichage du livre entier - 1893 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Abimelech Abraham Africa altar American amulet ancient Egypt animal Arabs Assyria Bible binding blood-brotherhood body Borneo bracelet Brahmans bride bridegroom brother brotherhood called cannibalism ceremony chief China Christ circumcision cited in Spencer's common communion compact covenant of blood covenant of blood-friendship covenanting parties Dark Cont Dayaks dead death divine drink East Egyptian fact father feast Finger Ring flesh friends friendship gift give gods hand hath heart Herodotus Hist human Ibid idea India inline illustration inter inter-commingling inter-communion Israel Jesus Kafirs king lives Lord marriage means Mirambo missionary Mpika Native nature Norseland Odin offering Oriental partake person phylacteries pledge priest primitive rite proffered proof received recognized reference religious represented ring rite of blood-covenanting sacred covenant sacrifice says Scythian soul sprinkled Stanley substitute blood supra surrender symbol Temple of Heaven thee thou token tribes union unto victim wine word worship