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... whole society ... Neither poverty nor great disasters threaten the people to make them hold their lives dearly and tremble for continued existence. No implacable gods, swift to anger and strong to punish, disturb the even tenor of their ...
... whole world dissolves— #8212; He is God. Shvetashvatara Upanishad, 4, 1 6 POLYTHEISM See also 21. GODS 1 All the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. Psalm, 96, 5 2 Though there be that are called gods, whether ...
... whole life long, for thou art I and I am thou.' S.Angus, The Mystery Religions and Christianity (1925) 5 Verily, in the beginning this world was Brahman. It knew only itself: 'I am Brahman!' Therefore it became the All... Whoever thus ...
... whole world has that as its soul. That is Reality. That is Soul. That art thou. Chandogya Upanishad, 6, 10 7 OM!—This syllable is this whole world. Its further explanation is: The past, the present, the future— #8212;Everything is just ...
... whole world. Reginald Scot, The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1594) 15 While the episcopal blessing was thus enthusiastically given to the questioning spirit of science, it is not surprising that in the later years of the Century, the ...
Contents
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II THE SUPERNATURAL | 37 |
III THE NATURE OF GOD | 51 |
IV THE UNIVERSE | 76 |
V HUMANITY | 89 |
VI THE SACRED | 97 |
VII SACRED PERSONS | 105 |
XI SPIRITUAL EXERCISES | 151 |
XII RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY | 164 |
XIII RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY | 189 |
XIV VIRTUE AND THE GOOD | 205 |
XV MORALITY | 225 |
XVI MEN AND WOMEN | 246 |
XVII SOCIETY | 263 |
XVIII LAST THINGS | 291 |
VIII SACRED WORDS | 120 |
IX SACRED ACTIONS | 128 |
X SPIRITUALITY | 136 |
TEXT AND AUTHOR INDEX | 318 |
SUBJECT INDEX | 330 |
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