 The religion of the Melanesians consists, as far as belief goes, in the persuasion that there is a supernatural power about belonging to the region of the unseen; and, as far as practice goes, in the use of means of getting this power turned to their...  Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute - 368. oldalszerző: Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain), Royal Empire Society (Great Britain) - 1894Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1891 - 958 oldal
...mana, which shows itself in physical force, or in any kind of excellence which a man may possess. " This mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost everything ; but spirits, whether disembodied souls or supernatural beings, have it and can impart... | |
 | 1922 - 342 oldal
...says, " There is a belief in a force altogether distinct from physical and in a way supernatural .... This mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything." Also, while " it essentially belongs to personal beings to originate it," it may nevertheless appear... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1878 - 424 oldal
...in the use of means of getting this power turned to their own benefit. The notion of a Supreme Being is altogether foreign to them, or indeed of any Being occupying a very elevated place in their world' (p. 14). And again : ' There is a belief in a force altogether distinct from physical... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1878 - 422 oldal
...in the use of means of getting this power turned to their own benefit. The notion of a Supreme Being is altogether foreign to them, or indeed of any Being occupying a very elevated place in their world' (p. 14). And again : ' There is a belief in a force altogether distinct from physical... | |
 | 1879 - 428 oldal
...in the use of means of getting this power turned to their own benefit. The notion of a Supreme Being is altogether foreign to them, or indeed of any Being occupying a very elevated place in their world " (p. 14). And again : " There is a belief in a force altogether distinct from physical... | |
 | Robert Henry Codrington - 1891 - 452 oldal
...in the use of means of getting this power turned to their own benefit. The notion of a Supreme Being is altogether foreign to them, or indeed of any being occupying a very elevated place in their world. . . There is a belief in a force altogether distinct from physical power, which acts in... | |
 | Royal Commonwealth Society - 1894 - 620 oldal
...the use of means for getting this power turned to their own benefit. The notion of a Supreme Being is altogether foreign to them, or indeed of any being...the world. . . . This mana is not fixed in anything, andean be conveyed in almost anything ; but spirits, whether disembodied souls or supernatural beings,... | |
 | 1894 - 366 oldal
...the use "of means of getting this power turned to their own benefit. The notion of a Supreme Being is altogether "foreign to them, or indeed of any being occupying a very elevated place in their world .... There is a "belief in a force altogether distinct from physical power, which acts... | |
 | John Henry Macartney Abbott - 1908 - 132 oldal
...in the use of means of getting this power turned to their own benefit. The notion of a Supreme Being is altogether foreign to them, or, indeed, of any being occupying a very elevated place in their world. . . . There is a belief in a force altogether distinct from physical power, which acts... | |
 | Irving King - 1910 - 404 oldal
...fundamentally the same. One of the most convenient of its names is mana, and by this we shall here refer to it. This mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything; spirits, also, whether ghosts or supernatural beings, have mana and can impart it to persons or objects.... | |
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