Lectures on the Early History of the KingshipMacmillan, 1905 - 309 sider |
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Side 126 - Met my Lord with the Duke ; and after a little talk with him, I went to the Banquet-house, and there saw the king heale, the first time that ever I saw him do it ; which he did with great gravity, and it seemed to me to be an ugly office and a simple one.
Side 274 - And many fine ceremonies there was of the heralds leading up people before him, and bowing ; and my Lord of Albemarle's going to the kitchen and eating a bit of the first dish that was to go to the King's table. But, above all, was these three Lords, Northumberland and Suffolk, and the
Side 120 - the Malays firmly believe that the king possesses a personal influence over the works of nature, such as the growth of the crops and the bearing of fruit-trees. The same prolific virtue is supposed to reside, though in a lesser degree, in his delegates, and even in the persons of Europeans who chance to
Side 39 - a system of natural law, that is, as a statement of the rules which determine the sequence of events throughout the world, it may be called Theoretical Magic : regarded as a set of precepts which human beings observe in order to compass their ends, it may be called Practical Magic.
Side 93 - In the Mara tribe of Northern Australia the rain-maker goes to a pool and sings over it his magic song. Then he takes some of the water in his hands, drinks it, and spits it out in various directions. After that he throws water all over himself, scatters it about, and returns
Side 52 - But the system of sympathetic magic is not merely composed of positive precepts ; it comprises a very large number of negative precepts, that is, prohibitions. It tells you not merely what to do, but also what to leave undone. The positive precepts are charms : the negative precepts are taboos.
Side 140 - their miraculous powers, there is a saying everywhere current in India, " The whole universe is subject to the gods ; the gods are subject to the Mantras ; the Mantras to the Brahmans ; therefore the Brahmans are our gods.
Side 278 - too far, they are supreme in civil as well as religious matters : in a word, they are kings as well as gods. Thus the divinity which hedges a king has its roots deep down in human history, and long ages pass before these are sapped by a profounder view of nature and of man. In
Side 205 - sky by their enchantments whenever the parched earth cried out for the refreshing moisture. At Rome the sluices of heaven were opened by means of a sacred stone, and the ceremony appears to have formed part of the ritual of Jupiter Elicius, the god who elicits from the clouds the flashing lightning and the dripping rain. 1
Side 138 - gods dwell far away, Or have no ears, Or are not, or pay us no heed. But thee we present see, No god of wood or stone, but godhead true. Therefore to thee we pray. 1 The ancient Germans believed that there was something holy in women, and accordingly