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 1867
... says: [14] “It is accomplished thus: The hands of the parties are joined (in this case Pitsane and Sambanza were the parties engaged). Small incisions are made on the clasped hands, on the pits of the stomach of each, and on the right ...
... says: [14] “It is accomplished thus: The hands of the parties are joined (in this case Pitsane and Sambanza were the parties engaged). Small incisions are made on the clasped hands, on the pits of the stomach of each, and on the right ...
Page 1868
... says farther : " On one occasion I became blood - relation to a young woman by accident . She had a large cartilaginous tumor between the bones of the forearm , which as it gradually enlarged , so distended the muscles as to render her ...
... says farther : " On one occasion I became blood - relation to a young woman by accident . She had a large cartilaginous tumor between the bones of the forearm , which as it gradually enlarged , so distended the muscles as to render her ...
Page 1869
... says Cameron , “ Syde and Pakwanya exchanged presents , much to the advantage of the former [ for in the East , the person of higher rank is supposed to give the more costly gifts in any such exchange ] ; more especially [ in this case ] ...
... says Cameron , “ Syde and Pakwanya exchanged presents , much to the advantage of the former [ for in the East , the person of higher rank is supposed to give the more costly gifts in any such exchange ] ; more especially [ in this case ] ...
Page 1870
... says : " This custom of ' making brothers , I believe to be really of Semitic origin , and to have been introduced into Africa by the heathen Arabs before the days of Mohammed ; and this idea is strengthened by the fact that when the ...
... says : " This custom of ' making brothers , I believe to be really of Semitic origin , and to have been introduced into Africa by the heathen Arabs before the days of Mohammed ; and this idea is strengthened by the fact that when the ...
Page 1871
... says : " The 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 ...
... says : " The 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 ...
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 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