Ten Great Religions eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 690 pages of information about Ten Great Religions.

Ten Great Religions eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 690 pages of information about Ten Great Religions.
400.
  " " nations of which they consist, 399.
  " " their religion and gods, 401.
  " " their tendency to monotheism, 402. 
Seneca, his view of religion, 343, 344. 
Serapis, the same as Osiris-Apis, 257. 
Sibylline books, derived from Greece, 336. 
Siculi, supposed to be Kelte (note), 320. 
Silvanus, god of the woods, 330. 
Siva, does not appear in the Vedas, 125.
  " worshipped with Brahma and Vischnu at the present time, 127.
  " worshipped in the Puranas, 132.
  " girls worship him with flowers, 132.
  " his wife Doorga, festival of, 134.
  " men swing on hooks in honor of, 135. 
Solomon, and the relapse of Judaism, 428.
  " a less interesting character than David, 429.
  " his unscrupulous policy, 429.
  " the splendor and power of his reign, 430.
  " his alliances with Egypt, Phoenicia, and Arabia, 341.
  " his temple described, 432.
  " his Book of Proverbs and its character, 433.
  " account of his last days, 434.
  " his scepticism described in Ecclesiastes, 435. 
Socrates, his character and work, 293. 
Sol, the sun, a Sabine deity, 327. 
Soma plant of the Veda, the Haoma, 202. 
Sophocles, the most devout of the Greek tragedians, 284. 
Spiritualism, in Brahmanism and Christianity, 136. 
Stoics, as described by Zeller, 296.

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Tacitus, the spirit of his writings, 346. 
Tae-Ping (or Ti-Ping) insurrection, its origin, 62.
  " " its leader the heavenly prince, 62.
  " " essentially a religious movement, 64.
  " " based on the Bible, 65. 
Tae-Pings (or Ti-Pings), their prayers, 65.
  " their public religious exercises, 66.
  " their moral reforms, 68.
  " put down by British intervention, 68.
  " worshipped one God, and believed in Jesus, 69. 
Talmud, the, extracts from, 445. 
Tao-te-king, its doctrines described, 54.
     " resembles the system of Hegel, 54.
     " its doctrine of opposites, 55.
     " its resemblance to Buddhism, 55.
     " its tendency to magic, 56. 
Tellus, the earth, a Roman god, 330. 
Tempestates, the tempests, worshipped at Rome, 327. 
Terminus, an old Italian god, 330. 
Three classes of Roman gods, 325. 
Tiberinus, or father Tiber, a Roman god, 328. 
Things, or popular assemblies of the Scandinavians, 358. 
Thor, his character and prowess, 377.
  " his famous mallet, 378.
  " his journey to Jotunheim, 374.
  " his fight with the Midgard serpent, 376. 
Triad, the Hindoo, its origin, 124.
  " compared with other Triads, 124. 
Trinity, Christian, derived from Egypt, 255. 
Trinity the, its meaning in Christianity, 500. 
Truths and errors of the different systems, 21. 
Tyr, the Scandinavian war god, 379.
  " how he lost his hand, 380, 383.

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