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F. MAX MUELIn a sense , what is always offered in sacrifice is , in one LER ( ed .
) ... ( 1944 ) ; In the sacrifice the consecrated life of an offering is liberSacred
Books of the Buddhists , 23 vol . , trans . by the PALI ated as a sacred potency
that ...
F. MAX MUELIn a sense , what is always offered in sacrifice is , in one LER ( ed .
) ... ( 1944 ) ; In the sacrifice the consecrated life of an offering is liberSacred
Books of the Buddhists , 23 vol . , trans . by the PALI ated as a sacred potency
that ...
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Of stipulated so that the offering might be acceptable and these , the last two
have been especially prominent . ... was offered as the deity's symbolic repre
cause of its great potency , water , like blood , has been sentation or even its
incarnation ...
Of stipulated so that the offering might be acceptable and these , the last two
have been especially prominent . ... was offered as the deity's symbolic repre
cause of its great potency , water , like blood , has been sentation or even its
incarnation ...
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The essential feature of Imperial worship in ancient China was the elaborate
sacrifices offered by the emperor himself to ... In ancient Japan offering occupied
a particularly important place in religion because the relationship of the people to
...
The essential feature of Imperial worship in ancient China was the elaborate
sacrifices offered by the emperor himself to ... In ancient Japan offering occupied
a particularly important place in religion because the relationship of the people to
...
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