 | Andrew Lang - 1898 - 438 pągines
...has been asked, ' could all mankind forget a pure religion ? ' l That is what I now try to explain. That degeneration I would account for by the attractions...by witchcraft ; will not favour one man above his neighbour, or one tribe above its rivals, as a reward for sacrifice which he does not accept, or as... | |
 | 1907 - 284 pągines
...statues of the gods became an object of idolatry. Polytheism and fetishism ''possessed attractions for the old Adam. A moral creator in need of no gifts,...and mischief, will not help a man with love-spells and malevolent 'sendiugs' of disease by witchcraft ; will not favor one man above his neighbor ; charms... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1911 - 262 pągines
...he asks, " could all mankind forget a pure religion?" He suggests two reasons. In the first place, "that degeneration I would account for by the attractions...possessed for the naughty, natural man, the old Adam." But if the " mob of greedy ghosts " possessed such attractions, how did the " naughty, natural man,... | |
 | William Leslie Davidson - 1921 - 264 pągines
...it has been asked, ' could all mankind forget a pure religion ? ' That is what I now try to explain. That degeneration I would account for by the attractions...lovespells, or with malevolent 'sendings' of disease, by witchcrafts ; will not favour one man above his neighbour, or one tribe above its rivals, as a reward... | |
 | Thomas Slater - 1923 - 200 pągines
...is the explanation difficult or far to seek. We cannot do better than give it in A. Lang's words : " That degeneration I would account for by the attractions...opposed to lust and mischief, will not help a man with 5 love-spells, or with malevolent ' sendings ' of disease by witchcraft; will not favour one man above... | |
 | Turner B S Staff - 2004 - 390 pągines
...it has been asked, ' could all mankind forget a pure religion ?'' That is what I now try to explain. That degeneration I would account for by the attractions...disease by witchcraft; will not favour one man above his neighbour, or one tribe above its rivals, as a reward for sacrifice which he does not accept, or as... | |
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That degeneration I would account for by the attractions which animism, when once developed, possessed for the naughty natural man, 'the old Adam.' A moral creator in need of no gifts, and opposed to lust and mischief, will not help a man with love-spells,... 