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Ahriman Ahura Mazda Ameshas Spentas amongst ancestor-worship ancestors ancient Egypt animal sacrifice Aryan Assyrians attitude avert calamity Ba'al Babylon Babylonian befall belief Brahminism Buddha Buddhism China Christianity communion community's Comparative Method conceived conception counter-magic custom daevas dead death deceased deity desire developed difference drukhs dualism Egyptian elsewhere escape from suffering evil spirits evolution existence fact felt fire forms of monotheism forms of religion formulæ ghosts gods Greece haoma high gods historical religions history of religion human personality important impressions and activities individual inference Israel Israelites Jahveh karman libation lord magic magician Mahommedanism malevolent manifest Marduk means monotheism monotheistic munity nameless Nirvâna object offended offered originally Ormuzd Persians personal name personal religion political community polytheism practical prayer priest principle private sacrifice recognised regarded relation resemblance rite of sacrifice ritual of sacrifice sacrificial rite samsara sheaf simply taboo tion tribe Vedas Vedic religion worship Zarathustra