INDEX
Anthropology, value of, [5]: occasional defects in its method of treating religious problems, [12]-[17]: suggested improvements in method, [17]-[23].
Apostolic succession, [49]-[50].
Babylonian spells and prayers, [218]-[224].
Baptism, a cathartic ritual, [156]-[158]: of infants, [56]-[57].
Buddhism, ideas concerning purity, [107].
Celibacy of priesthood, [154]-[156].
Christianity, comparison with earlier “Mediterranean” religions in mythology, [25]-[30]; in terminology, [30]-[39]; external symbols, [39]-[48]; institutions and organisation, [48]-[58]; in dogma and belief, [59]-[75]: vide Prayer.
Collideriani, [72].
Comparative religion, method of study, [81]-[85]: short survey of its growth, [1]-[6].
Confession, [54]-[56], [158]-[160].
Cursing-ritual, a form of spell, [196]-[198].
Eschatological beliefs, [63]-[64].
Fasting, a cathartic ritual, [153]-[154].
Festivals, influence of pagan on Christian, [58].
Fetichism, [44]-[47]: in Hellas, [44]-[45]: in Christianity, [45]-[47].
Hellenism, influence on Christianity, [23].
Hilaria, [62].
Homicide, cathartic origin of law concerning, [140]-[152].
Human incarnation of divinity, [59]-[60].
Human sacrifice, legends concerning, [27]-[28].
Indo-Germanic spell, [193].
Ischtar, legend of, [29].
Kore, [33]: gnostic-pagan worship of, [34]-[35], [65].
Mexican religion, [3].
Montanism, [67].
Names, religious influence of, [32], [184]-[192].
Parthenos, [37]-[38]: cf. [65], [69], [70].
Peruvian religion, [3].
Phrygian religion, [24], [62], [66]-[68].
Prayer (vide Spell) definition of, [165]: distinction between prayer and spell, [167]-[169]: antagonism between them, [193]-[194]: objects of prayer, progress from material to spiritual, [173]-[174]: prayer a form of communion with the deity, [174]: Christian theory of prayer, [227]-[228]: survival of spell in Christian liturgy, [228]-[230]: Egyptian prayer, [188]; dominated by spell, [224]-[227]: English, earliest example of spell-prayer, [194]: Eleusinian spell-prayer, [194]: Hellenic prayer, [187], [200]-[205], [207]; Hellenic spells, [196]; spell prayer, [199]-[200]; theory of prayer in Hellenic philosophy, [206]: Iranian liturgical magic, [199]; prayers and spells in Zarathustrian ritual, [213]-[218]: Latin prayer, [185]: Roman spell-prayer, [195]: Peruvian prayer, [183] n. 3: savage examples of real prayer, [182]-[183]: Umbrian prayer, [186]: Vedic spell-formulæ combined with prayer, [208]-[213].
Purification: primitive ideas concerning pure and impure substances, [89]-[91]: analysis of primitive sensation of impurity, [92]-[98]: purification after battle, [94]; after funerals, [96]: logical development of idea of purity, [98]-[101]: psychological effect of impure contact, [102]-[103]: purity connected with belief in spirits, [103]-[104]; dualism of good and evil spirits, [105]: with belief in gods, [106]: earliest concept non-moral, [110]-[111]: evolution of idea of “pure heart,” [111]-[115]: cathartic sacrifice, [120]-[122]: opposition between spiritual and ritualistic purity, [123]: Iranian ideas, [97], [101], [107], [115], [127]-[132]: Jewish, [124], [126]: Hellenic, [132]-[139]; influence on Hellenic law, [140]-[152]: influence of idea of purity on religious institutions, [152]-[160].
Rebirth, mystic sense of, [57].
Resurrection, belief in, [60]-[62]: resurrection of divinity, [68].
Saint-worship, [77].
Savagery, survival of, in higher religion, [10], [11], [15], [17].
Scapegoat, cathartic use of, [119], [120].
Spell, examples of spell-prayer, [169], [170], [175], [180]: spell-value of the name in lower and higher religions, [184]-[192]: use of narrative as a spell-form of suggestion (Navajo prayer), [181]-[182]: knowledge of origin of person or substance useful for spell-purposes, [190]-[193]: progress from spell to prayer, [171]-[173].
Teutonic religion, [41], [51], [53], [55], [57], [78]-[80]: ideas of purity, [107]-[109].
Totemism, [13].