Archiv der Kategorie: The Sacred Books (English)

The Sacred Writings of Saint Hippolytus

Publiziert am 26. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

The Sacred Writings of Saint Hippolytus – Saint Hippolytus

This volume contains his most important polemic against heretics, the “Philosophumena”, the original title of which is ‘A Refutation of All Heresies’. The first book had long been known; books IV to X, which had been discovered a short time previously, were published in 1851. But the first chapters of the fourth and the whole of the second and third books are still missing. The first four books treat of the Hellenic philosophers; books V to IX are taken up with the exposition and refutation of Christian heresies, and the last book contains a recapitulation. The work is one of the most important sources for the history of the heresies which … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Egyptian Ideas Of The Future Life

Publiziert am 26. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

Egyptian Ideas Of The Future Life – E. A. Wallis Budge

This book is intended to give the reader an account of the principal ideas and beliefs held by the ancient Egyptians concerning the resurrection and the future life, which is derived wholly from native religious works. The literature of Egypt which deals with these subjects is large and, as was to be expected, the product of different periods which, taken together, cover several thousands of years; and it is exceedingly difficult at times to reconcile the statements and beliefs of a writer of one period with those of a writer of another. Up to the present no systematic account of the doctrine of the resurrection and of the future … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Arcane Schools

Publiziert am 26. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

The Arcane Schools – John Yarker

A Review of their Origin and Antiquity ; with a General History of Freemasonry, and its Relation to the Theosophic, Scientific, and Philosophic Mysteries. The object of the work is to give a broad, but condensed view, of the various traces that are to be found amongst the ancients, in their religion, in their art, and in their buildings, civil, sacred and military, of a Speculative System such as is now embodied in Freemasonry. The work is necessarily a compilation of suitable information to be found in ancient and modern writers upon history, mystery, mysticism, and Freemasonry; but it also embraces the most recent views on these subjects which have been evolved by close … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts

Publiziert am 25. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts – Müller/Cowell

The Buddha-karita is an early Sanskrit poem written in India on the legendary history of Buddha, and therefore contains much that is of interest for the history of Buddhism, beside its special importance as illustrating the early history of classical Sanskrit literature. It is ascribed to Asvaghosha; and, although there were several writers who bore that name, it seems most probable that our author was the contemporary and spiritual adviser of Kanishka in the first century of our era. This poem and many more Buddhist writings are included in this compilation.

Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts

Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts

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Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts.

ISBN: 9783849673673.

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What is the Mahayana? (from wikipedia.com)

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The General Ahiman Rezon & Freemason’s Guide

Publiziert am 24. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

The General Ahiman Rezon & Freemason’s Guide – Daniel Sickels

Containing Monitorial Instructions in the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow-Craft, and Master Masons, with Explanatory Notes, Emendations, and Lectures; together with the Ceremonies of Consecration and Dedication of New Lodges, Installation of Grand and Suborninate Officers, Laying of Foundation Stones, Dedication of Masonic Halls, etc.

The General Ahiman Rezon & Freemason's Guide

The General Ahiman Rezon & Freemason’s Guide

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The General Ahiman Rezon & Freemason’s Guide.

ISBN: 9783849673635.

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About the origins of Freemasonry (from wikipedia.com)

Since the middle of the 19th century, Masonic historians have sought the origins of the movement in a series of similar documents known as the Old Charges, dating from the Regius Poem in … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Steps To Christ

Publiziert am 24. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

Steps To Christ – Ellen Gould White

This is just the book for a gift to your friend or members of your Sunday-school class. It contains fifteen chapters written from an intimate knowledge of the human soul’s longing for greater nearness to the Saviour, by one who has long walked with the Master and knows his ways. It is a book which should have a wide circulation for the marvelous good that it can do.

Steps To Christ

Steps To Christ

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Steps To Christ.

ISBN: 9783849673628.

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Biography of Ellen Gould White (from wikipedia.com)

Ellen Gould White (née Harmon; November 26, 1827 – July 16, 1915) was a prolific author and an American Christian pioneer.

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Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Publiziert am 23. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland – Francesca S. Wilde

Many of the Irish legends, superstitions, and ancient charms now collected were obtained chiefly from oral communications made by the peasantry themselves, either in Irish or in the Irish-English which preserves so much of the expressive idiom of the antique tongue. These narrations were taken down by competent persons skilled in both languages, and as far as possible in the very words of the narrator; so that much of the primitive simplicity of the style has been retained, while the legends have a peculiar and special value as coming direct from the national heart.

Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

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The Sacred Writings of Socrates Scholasticus

Publiziert am 22. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

The Sacred Writings of Socrates Scholasticus –  Socrates Scholasticus

This work comprises the ‘Ecclesiastical History’. Until the beginning of the fourth century historiography remained a pagan science. With the exception of the Acts of the Apostles and its apocryphal imitations, no sort of attempt hadbeen made to record even the annals of the Christian Church. At the opening of the fourth century Eusebius conceived the idea of writing a history which should include a complete account of the Church’s life to his own days. Hence he has correctly been called the Father of Church History. His work was done so satisfactorily to his contemporaries and immediate successors that none of them undertook to go over the same field again. They … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Highland Superstitions

Publiziert am 22. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

Highland Superstitions – Alexander Macgregor

This is Reverend Alexander MacGregor’s excellent work on the superstitions in the British Highlands, containing chapters about general superstitions, druidism, fairies, witchcraft, second-sight, smaller superstitions, hallowe’en, sacred wells and lochs …

Highland Superstitions

Highland Superstitions

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Highland Superstitions.

ISBN: 9783849673567.

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Culture of the Highlands (from wikipedia.com)

Between the 15th century and the 20th century, the area differed from most of the Lowlands in terms of language. In Scottish Gaelic, the region is known as the Gàidhealtachd, because it was traditionally the Gaelic-speaking part of Scotland, although the language is now largely confined to the Outer Hebrides. The terms are sometimes used interchangeably but have different meanings in their respective … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Indian Fairy Tales

Publiziert am 21. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

Indian Fairy Tales – Joseph Jacobs

The book contains 29 fairy tales from the Jatakas, or birth stories of Buddha, the fables of Bidpai and from other Sanskrit sources. The stories are humorous and imaginative and preserve the best nursery elements of Hindu folk-tales.

Indian Fairy Tales

Indian Fairy Tales

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Indian Fairy Tales.

ISBN: 9783849673550.

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History of the Jakatas (from wikipedia.com)

The Jātakas were originally amongst the earliest Buddhist literature, with metrical analysis methods dating their average contents to around the 4th century BCE. The Mahāsāṃghika Caitika sects from the Āndhra region took the Jātakas as canonical literature and are known to have rejected some of the Theravāda Jātakas which dated past the time … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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