They were to him, therefore, not inferiors, but equals--even superiors
They were to him, therefore, not inferiors, but equals--even superiors
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D so general is such a superstition, and so wide-spread is the respect it still obtains in civilized and…
d so general is such a superstition, and so wide-spread is the respect it still obtains in civilized and Christian lands, that it is not worth while to summon witnesses to show that it prevailed universally among the red race also
Read record →Ion with the advancing summer and fertilizing showers it bore the opposite character of the deity of…
ion with the advancing summer and fertilizing showers it bore the opposite character of the deity of fruitfulness, riches, and plenty; how, as occasionally kindling the woods where it strikes, it was associated with the myths of the descent of fire from heaven
Read record →A dart, and further when the conqueror clothes himself with the skin of his foe and drives the rest of the…
a dart, and further when the conqueror clothes himself with the skin of his foe and drives the rest of the serpents to the south where in that latitude the lightnings are last seen in the autumn;[116-2] or when in the traditional history of the Iroquois we hea
Read record →Moreover "the golden color of the liquid fire," as Lucretius expresses it, naturally led where this metal was…
Moreover "the golden color of the liquid fire," as Lucretius expresses it, naturally led where this metal was known, to its being deemed the product of the lightning
Read record →I have already alluded to the Fountain of Youth, supposed long before Columbus saw the surf of San Salvador to…
I have already alluded to the Fountain of Youth, supposed long before Columbus saw the surf of San Salvador to exist in the Bahama Islands or Florida
Read record →Sometimes it is the moon, sometimes water, of whom this is said: "We are all of us under the power of evil and…
Sometimes it is the moon, sometimes water, of whom this is said: "We are all of us under the power of evil and sin, because we are children of the Water," says the Mexican baptismal formula
Read record →Verred their race had proceeded.[151-3] For are we not all in a sense indebted for our lives to fire?
verred their race had proceeded.[151-3] For are we not all in a sense indebted for our lives to fire?
Read record →Since a remorseless criticism has shorn so many heroes of their laurels, our faith in the maxim of the great…
Since a remorseless criticism has shorn so many heroes of their laurels, our faith in the maxim of the great Florentine wavers, and the suspicion is created that the popular fancy which personifies under one figure every social revolution is an illusion
Read record →He was founder of the medicine hunt in which after appropriate ceremonies and incantations the Indian sleeps,…
He was founder of the medicine hunt in which after appropriate ceremonies and incantations the Indian sleeps, and Michabo appears to him in a dream, and tells him where he may readily kill game
Read record →E, which holds all hues in itself, disposes the soul to all pleasant and elevating emotions.[174-2] Not fashion…
e, which holds all hues in itself, disposes the soul to all pleasant and elevating emotions.[174-2] Not fashion alone bids the bride wreathe her brow with orange flowers, nor was it a mere figure of speech that led the inspired poet to call his love "fairest a
Read record →An ancient prophecy handed down from their ancestors warns the Winnebagoes that their nation shall be…
An ancient prophecy handed down from their ancestors warns the Winnebagoes that their nation shall be annihilated at the close of the thirteenth generation
Read record →From this story arose the supposed sevenfold division of the Nahuas, a division which never existed except in…
From this story arose the supposed sevenfold division of the Nahuas, a division which never existed except in the imagination of Europeans
Read record →Were it unluckily impecunious, she deprived it of an eye.[248-2] With the Aztecs this water was called…
Were it unluckily impecunious, she deprived it of an eye.[248-2] With the Aztecs this water was called Chicunoapa, the Nine Rivers
Read record →The derivation of the name is from a root meaning to fear, from which comes the term in Maya dialects for a…
The derivation of the name is from a root meaning to fear, from which comes the term in Maya dialects for a ghost or phantom.[251-3] Under the influence of a century of Christian catechizing, the Quiche legends portray this really as a place of torment, and it
Read record →Mictlanteuctli, Lord of Mictlan, from a word meaning to die, was the Mexican Pluto
Mictlanteuctli, Lord of Mictlan, from a word meaning to die, was the Mexican Pluto
Read record →He Moravian Brethren give the grounds of this belief with great clearness: "That they hold the soul to be…
he Moravian Brethren give the grounds of this belief with great clearness: "That they hold the soul to be immortal, and perhaps think the body will rise again, they give not unclearly to understand when they say, 'We Indians shall not for ever die; even the gr
Read record →The noble science of medicine is connected with divinity not only by the rudest savage but the profoundest…
The noble science of medicine is connected with divinity not only by the rudest savage but the profoundest philosopher, as has been already adverted to
Read record →The replies received, though occasionally singularly clear and correct, are usually of that profoundly…
The replies received, though occasionally singularly clear and correct, are usually of that profoundly ambiguous purport which leaves the anxious inquirer little wiser than he was before
Read record →Their highest development is what our ancestors called "second sight." That under certain conditions knowledge…
Their highest development is what our ancestors called "second sight." That under certain conditions knowledge can pass from one mind to another otherwise than through the ordinary channels of the senses, is familiarly shown by the examples of persons en rappo
Read record →The seer must work himself up to a prophetic fury, or speechless lie in apparent death before the mind of the…
The seer must work himself up to a prophetic fury, or speechless lie in apparent death before the mind of the gods would be opened to him
Read record →These various considerations prove beyond a doubt that the power of the priesthood did by no means rest…
These various considerations prove beyond a doubt that the power of the priesthood did by no means rest exclusively on deception
Read record →In Peru, for example, they were divided into classes, who made the various means of divination specialties
In Peru, for example, they were divided into classes, who made the various means of divination specialties
Read record →Not that all trance patients are lucid, any more than all brown studies result in brilliant ideas; nor should…
Not that all trance patients are lucid, any more than all brown studies result in brilliant ideas; nor should it be claimed that some measure of lucidity, even of the ultra-normal kind now under consideration, cannot exist without complete bodily trance
Read record →And indeed it is one of really general interest, since the hypothesis of fraud is entirely inapplicable to it,…
And indeed it is one of really general interest, since the hypothesis of fraud is entirely inapplicable to it, and in the opinion of the most sceptical critics who have made an adequate study of the case, no explanation more commonplace than that of telepathy
Read record →The Society for Psychical Research, though it has now for some time studied this among other questions, has…
The Society for Psychical Research, though it has now for some time studied this among other questions, has arrived at no sort of agreement concerning it; the only fact on which its members are generally agreed is as to the reality of some kind of telepathy, a
Read record →From the recorded testimony of many competent witnesses, past and present, including observations recently made…
From the recorded testimony of many competent witnesses, past and present, including observations recently made by scientific men of eminence in various countries, there appeared to be, amidst much illusion and deception, an important body of facts to which th
Read record →Before proceeding further, I must ask my readers' permission to introduce Dr Hodgson, the man who has studied…
Before proceeding further, I must ask my readers' permission to introduce Dr Hodgson, the man who has studied Mrs Piper's case with the greatest care and with the most perseverance
Read record →Dr Hodgson is one of the earliest workers for the Society for Psychical Research
Dr Hodgson is one of the earliest workers for the Society for Psychical Research
Read record →"She is obliged to hold someone's hand in order to go into a trance
"She is obliged to hold someone's hand in order to go into a trance
Read record →The Phinuit personality, of which Professor Richet speaks in the passage above quoted, is what the…
The Phinuit personality, of which Professor Richet speaks in the passage above quoted, is what the Spiritualists call a "control." By "control" is meant the mysterious being who is supposed to have temporarily taken possession of the organism of the medium
Read record →Mrs Piper's trance has changed its aspect a little with the development and perfecting of her mediumship
Mrs Piper's trance has changed its aspect a little with the development and perfecting of her mediumship
Read record →The medium remained quietly seated in an armchair for three or four minutes
The medium remained quietly seated in an armchair for three or four minutes
Read record →Professor William James of Harvard has made experiments to elucidate this point
Professor William James of Harvard has made experiments to elucidate this point
Read record →I have already explained on what occasion Mrs Piper had her first trance
I have already explained on what occasion Mrs Piper had her first trance
Read record →Mrs Piper was therefore really a medium
Mrs Piper was therefore really a medium
Read record →The first person of educated intelligence who had an opportunity to examine and study, although somewhat…
The first person of educated intelligence who had an opportunity to examine and study, although somewhat summarily, Mrs Piper's trance phenomena, was Professor William James of Harvard University
Read record →Professor James made Mrs Piper's acquaintance in the autumn of 1885 in the following way
Professor James made Mrs Piper's acquaintance in the autumn of 1885 in the following way
Read record →When phenomena of this nature are related, the first hypothesis that occurs to the reader's mind is that of…
When phenomena of this nature are related, the first hypothesis that occurs to the reader's mind is that of fraud
Read record →Professor James concealed the identity of as many as he could of the sitters whom he introduced to Mrs Piper
Professor James concealed the identity of as many as he could of the sitters whom he introduced to Mrs Piper
Read record →She would not have the means to pay such a police as she would need
She would not have the means to pay such a police as she would need
Read record →She went, and remained from 18th December to 27th December 1889
She went, and remained from 18th December to 27th December 1889
Read record →But as this objection had often been made, the sitters endeavoured to avoid contact with the medium
But as this objection had often been made, the sitters endeavoured to avoid contact with the medium
Read record →In one sense it's bad, but in another it's good
In one sense it's bad, but in another it's good
Read record →But, since the hypothesis of fraud and of unconscious muscular movement may not be invoked, where shall we find…
But, since the hypothesis of fraud and of unconscious muscular movement may not be invoked, where shall we find the source of the mass of exact information Mrs Piper gives us?
Read record →It will not have been forgotten that Mrs Piper's mediumship blossomed forth, if I may thus express myself,…
It will not have been forgotten that Mrs Piper's mediumship blossomed forth, if I may thus express myself, during the sittings she had with the blind medium J
Read record →The reader will perhaps be astonished that I speak of the Phinuit personality as if it were already established…
The reader will perhaps be astonished that I speak of the Phinuit personality as if it were already established that the hypothetical doctor were really a spirit; that is to say, a personality as distinct from that of the medium as the reader and I are from on
Read record →He likes to count in French, and sometimes he pronounces two or three consecutive words more or less correctly
He likes to count in French, and sometimes he pronounces two or three consecutive words more or less correctly
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