Beyond the Mexique BayThe author describes his experiences traveling through the Caribbean to Guatemala and southern Mexico in 1933. |
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Page 78
... religion of Jesus . For Professor Otto , the essence of religion is the " numinous " emotion in all its forms , from panic terror up to a rapturous awareness of the mysterium tremendum fascinans of the world . And so far as the religion ...
... religion of Jesus . For Professor Otto , the essence of religion is the " numinous " emotion in all its forms , from panic terror up to a rapturous awareness of the mysterium tremendum fascinans of the world . And so far as the religion ...
Page 93
... religion they have accepted ( with what passionate gratitude ! ) the pseudo - religious dogmas of nationalism . These are more obviously false and mischievous than the dogmas of reli- gion ; but they possess , for the New Stupid , the ...
... religion they have accepted ( with what passionate gratitude ! ) the pseudo - religious dogmas of nationalism . These are more obviously false and mischievous than the dogmas of reli- gion ; but they possess , for the New Stupid , the ...
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... religious theme is the same . The worshippers want , first , good luck and protection against the powers of evil ; and , second , an excuse for a bit of fun in company . Catholicism and the old religion offer them a pantheon of ...
... religious theme is the same . The worshippers want , first , good luck and protection against the powers of evil ; and , second , an excuse for a bit of fun in company . Catholicism and the old religion offer them a pantheon of ...
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