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... fire , that they have ever paid a merely material or sensual worship to this element and this star . Zoroaster prescribes indeed the rite of turning towards the Sun or HISTORICAL NOTICE . 7 fire in praying , but in.
... fire , that they have ever paid a merely material or sensual worship to this element and this star . Zoroaster prescribes indeed the rite of turning towards the Sun or HISTORICAL NOTICE . 7 fire in praying , but in.
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... fire ; they were forbidden to muddy it , as no filth was to be cast into the fire . The visible and material Sun was recognized by them as the limited providence and dispenser of life to our planetary system , as Ormusd , the Spiritual ...
... fire ; they were forbidden to muddy it , as no filth was to be cast into the fire . The visible and material Sun was recognized by them as the limited providence and dispenser of life to our planetary system , as Ormusd , the Spiritual ...
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... fire . To abstain from sexual intercourse on the sacred days . To consecrate marriages . To avoid all pollution . To bathe often . To allow no impure desire in the heart , no perverse thought in the mind . To shun deceit and falsehood ...
... fire . To abstain from sexual intercourse on the sacred days . To consecrate marriages . To avoid all pollution . To bathe often . To allow no impure desire in the heart , no perverse thought in the mind . To shun deceit and falsehood ...
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... fire worship and open honor of the Sun and heavenly bodies , were established in the Babylonian and Assyrian Empires , and among other people of the East , long before the foundation of the Persian Empire . Zoroaster was only a re ...
... fire worship and open honor of the Sun and heavenly bodies , were established in the Babylonian and Assyrian Empires , and among other people of the East , long before the foundation of the Persian Empire . Zoroaster was only a re ...
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... fire worship remounted to that of Djemschid , whom , the Boun Dehesh tells us , raised altars to this element . Ke Khosro had the same respect for this element . But there were few Atescgahs or places of fire in Persia before the time ...
... fire worship remounted to that of Djemschid , whom , the Boun Dehesh tells us , raised altars to this element . Ke Khosro had the same respect for this element . But there were few Atescgahs or places of fire in Persia before the time ...
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Page 35 - O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest — Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest...
Page 78 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Page 79 - As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you; continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Page 64 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it w as born.
Page 78 - Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me : for I proceeded forth, and came from God ; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
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Page 79 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
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