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On The Causes Of The Original Dispersion Of Primitive Nations,
should perpetuate "their name" ancl worship in all the earth . We do not read that the whole earth teas one , hut that " the people ( or nation , or colony ) was ONE . " In corroboration of the fact that fierce' ancl bloody wars prevailed on earth during this " Age of Contention , " I will cite the words of Sir W Jones , ivho remarks ( vol . iv . ) " From the laws of Menu , which have lately appeared in our languagewe may perceive that the ancient
, Hindus were fond of reasoning in their way , on the mysteries of animal generation , ancl on the comparative influence of the sexes in the production of perfect offspring ; and we may collect from the authorities adduced in the learned Essay on Egypt ancl the Nile , that their physiological disputes led to violent schisms in religion , ancl even to bloody ¦ wars . "
In Wilforcl ' s Essay on the Nile , vol . iii . p . 360 , he says , " This diversity of opinion seems to have occasioned the general war which is often mentioned in the Purannas , and was celebrated by the poets of the west as the basis of the Grecian mythology . According to both Nonnus ancl the Hindu mycologists , it began in India , whence it spread over the WHOLE GLOBE , and ALL MANKIND appear to have borne a part in it . These physiological contests were disguised under a veil of the wildest allegories ancl emblemsin Egyptand in India" especiall ( and
gene-, , y , rally in every other country . ) This epoch of warfare and bloodshed is alluded to frequently as the " Age of Contention , " or " Confusion , " ancl Wilford is of opinion that the Indian war described in the Dyonysiacs arose out of this religious quarrel . That this essential difference of opinion as to the real ascendency and superiority of male or female , as such , involved also the physical problem of the predominant agency of either sex in the mystery
of generation , ( which it is clear they were pleased erroneously to look upon as synonimous with Creation itself , ) is I think fully evident ; but I am inclined also to believe , that the Pish-de-Danaan sect , those fierce contenders for the supremacy of the female influence , certainly derived no little of the plausibility of their pretensions from a reference to the
prirmeval prophecy , that the " WOMAN ' seed should bruise the serpent ' s head ; " and in that sense at least , it is natural to suppose that they could hardly fail to consider otherwise than as supremely sacred that mystical womb , or consecrated yoni , which was one day to bring forth the Incarnate Conqueror of Death , and the Almighty Deliverer of Men . That many and other motives likewise influenced and decided their physico-theological election is not intended to be denied ; motives
" of which we cannot now speak particularly ; " but , be this as it may , I think , after what has been , ancl all that might be advanced , from sources such as the Purannas , and others of equal weight , concerning the character of those bloody and universal wars , in which all mankind bore a part , and after having clearly stated the nature of the respective national edifices in question , we can scarcely come to any other conclusionthan that they were assuredly erected by the VICTORS in these
, mighty contests , as the appropriate and gigantic trophies of their conquests , and of their national reli gion ; and , subsequently , by their descendants , in commemoration of those great divisions ancl dissentions , at once the cause of the universal warfare , and of their own dispersion in countries which still retain memorials that mark tbe religion to which either party respectively continued to adhere . Having thus briefly touched on the data which have led us on to the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Causes Of The Original Dispersion Of Primitive Nations,
should perpetuate "their name" ancl worship in all the earth . We do not read that the whole earth teas one , hut that " the people ( or nation , or colony ) was ONE . " In corroboration of the fact that fierce' ancl bloody wars prevailed on earth during this " Age of Contention , " I will cite the words of Sir W Jones , ivho remarks ( vol . iv . ) " From the laws of Menu , which have lately appeared in our languagewe may perceive that the ancient
, Hindus were fond of reasoning in their way , on the mysteries of animal generation , ancl on the comparative influence of the sexes in the production of perfect offspring ; and we may collect from the authorities adduced in the learned Essay on Egypt ancl the Nile , that their physiological disputes led to violent schisms in religion , ancl even to bloody ¦ wars . "
In Wilforcl ' s Essay on the Nile , vol . iii . p . 360 , he says , " This diversity of opinion seems to have occasioned the general war which is often mentioned in the Purannas , and was celebrated by the poets of the west as the basis of the Grecian mythology . According to both Nonnus ancl the Hindu mycologists , it began in India , whence it spread over the WHOLE GLOBE , and ALL MANKIND appear to have borne a part in it . These physiological contests were disguised under a veil of the wildest allegories ancl emblemsin Egyptand in India" especiall ( and
gene-, , y , rally in every other country . ) This epoch of warfare and bloodshed is alluded to frequently as the " Age of Contention , " or " Confusion , " ancl Wilford is of opinion that the Indian war described in the Dyonysiacs arose out of this religious quarrel . That this essential difference of opinion as to the real ascendency and superiority of male or female , as such , involved also the physical problem of the predominant agency of either sex in the mystery
of generation , ( which it is clear they were pleased erroneously to look upon as synonimous with Creation itself , ) is I think fully evident ; but I am inclined also to believe , that the Pish-de-Danaan sect , those fierce contenders for the supremacy of the female influence , certainly derived no little of the plausibility of their pretensions from a reference to the
prirmeval prophecy , that the " WOMAN ' seed should bruise the serpent ' s head ; " and in that sense at least , it is natural to suppose that they could hardly fail to consider otherwise than as supremely sacred that mystical womb , or consecrated yoni , which was one day to bring forth the Incarnate Conqueror of Death , and the Almighty Deliverer of Men . That many and other motives likewise influenced and decided their physico-theological election is not intended to be denied ; motives
" of which we cannot now speak particularly ; " but , be this as it may , I think , after what has been , ancl all that might be advanced , from sources such as the Purannas , and others of equal weight , concerning the character of those bloody and universal wars , in which all mankind bore a part , and after having clearly stated the nature of the respective national edifices in question , we can scarcely come to any other conclusionthan that they were assuredly erected by the VICTORS in these
, mighty contests , as the appropriate and gigantic trophies of their conquests , and of their national reli gion ; and , subsequently , by their descendants , in commemoration of those great divisions ancl dissentions , at once the cause of the universal warfare , and of their own dispersion in countries which still retain memorials that mark tbe religion to which either party respectively continued to adhere . Having thus briefly touched on the data which have led us on to the