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Page 144
These principles at their best embodied a spirit of service which expressed love . The spirit of love was later to flower in the bhakti , or spiritual ...
These principles at their best embodied a spirit of service which expressed love . The spirit of love was later to flower in the bhakti , or spiritual ...
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... and required the prompting of his guardian angel ( now identified as a Buddhist dakini , a female spirit of wisdom ) to set his feet back on the path .
... and required the prompting of his guardian angel ( now identified as a Buddhist dakini , a female spirit of wisdom ) to set his feet back on the path .
Page 220
SHAMANS OR SPIRIT - ANCHORS THROUGHOUT THE Oceanic world ancestral and other gods were believed to communicate through mediums – persons of both sexes and ...
SHAMANS OR SPIRIT - ANCHORS THROUGHOUT THE Oceanic world ancestral and other gods were believed to communicate through mediums – persons of both sexes and ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World Mythology |
| Editor | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Parragon Incorporated, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1405447672, 9781405447676 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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