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 1859
... friends and brothers, or as more than brothers, through the inter- commingling of their blood, by means of its mutual tasting, or of its inter-transfusion. This rite is still observed in the unchanging East; and there are historic ...
... friends and brothers, or as more than brothers, through the inter- commingling of their blood, by means of its mutual tasting, or of its inter-transfusion. This rite is still observed in the unchanging East; and there are historic ...
Page 1860
... friend,—and signed by themselves and by several witnesses. One of the friends took a sharp lancet, and opened a vein in the other's arm. Into the opening thus made, he inserted a quill, through which he sucked the living blood. The ...
... friend,—and signed by themselves and by several witnesses. One of the friends took a sharp lancet, and opened a vein in the other's arm. Into the opening thus made, he inserted a quill, through which he sucked the living blood. The ...
Page 1861
... , again , it is the chosen compact of loving friends ; of those who are drawn to it only by mutual love and trust . This covenant is commonly between two persons of the same religion - Muhammadans , Druzes , or Nazarenes ;
... , again , it is the chosen compact of loving friends ; of those who are drawn to it only by mutual love and trust . This covenant is commonly between two persons of the same religion - Muhammadans , Druzes , or Nazarenes ;
Page 1862
... friend , whose blood he has shared , is ready to lay down his life with him , or for him . [ 3 ] Hence the leathern ... friendship , for affection , for blood , and for leech , or blood- sucker , are but variations from a common ...
... friend , whose blood he has shared , is ready to lay down his life with him , or for him . [ 3 ] Hence the leathern ... friendship , for affection , for blood , and for leech , or blood- sucker , are but variations from a common ...
Page 1863
... friendship , " " attachment , " " blood . " As the plural of ' alaqa ( ) , ' alaq means " leeches , " or " blood - suckers . " The truest friend clings like a leech , and draws blood in order to the sharing thereby of his friend's life ...
... friendship , " " attachment , " " blood . " As the plural of ' alaqa ( ) , ' alaq means " leeches , " or " blood - suckers . " The truest friend clings like a leech , and draws blood in order to the sharing thereby of his friend's life ...
Table des matières
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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 Bearing 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