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...to know whither the human mind, though endowed •with the natural consciousness of a divine power, driven necessarily and inevitably by the irresistible...mistake of the early Fathers to treat the heathen gods ' as demons or evil spirits, and we must take care not to commit the same error with regard to...

...worship of inanimate Nature. Professor Max Miiller, in his essay on Comparative Mythology, wrote * — "If we want to know whither the human mind, though...the Veda ; and if we want to tell the, Hindus what thty are worshipping — mere names of natural phenomena, gradually obscured, personified and dcifed...

...worship of inanimate Nature. Professor Max Muller, in his essay on Comparative Mythology, wrote* — "If we want to know whither the human mind, though...we must read the Veda ; and if we want to tell the Hindu* what they are worshipping — mere iunm.es of natural phenomena, gradually obscured, personified...

...Comparative Mythology, wrote*— " If we want to know whither the human mind, though endowed with HIP natural consciousness of a divine power, is driven...abstract ideas, we must read the Veda ; and if we mini to tell tbe. Hindus what they are irorsbipping —uM-rc names of'naturalphcnnmcna, gradually obscured,...

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...Muller, in his essay on Comparative Mythology, wrote * — " If we want to know whither the Iraman mind, though endowed with the natural consciousness...abstract ideas, we must read the Veda ; and if we want to tfll thc Hindus what they are worshipping — mere names of natural phenomena, gradually obscured,...

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...worship of inanimate Nature. Professor Max Miiller, in his essay on "Comparative Mythology," wrote:1 — "If we want to know whither the human mind, though...mistake of the early Fathers to treat the heathen gods as demons or evil spirits, and we must take care not to commit the same error with regard to the...