| Paul Carus - 1905 - 750 Seiten
...says Codrington,11 "is entirely pos10 Omaha Sociology, p. 368. u The Melanesions, 1891, p. 118. sessed by the belief in a supernatural power or influence,...power of men, outside the common processes of nature, attaches itself to persons and to things, and is manifested by results which can only be ascribed to... | |
| Alfred Cort Haddon - 1906 - 128 Seiten
...example, as the mana of the Melanesians. ' The Melanesian mind,' writes Dr. Codrington (12, 118), ' is entirely possessed by the belief in a supernatural...effect everything which is beyond the ordinary power of man, outside the common processes of nature; it is present in the atmosphere of life, attaches itself... | |
| Alfred Cort Haddon - 1906 - 120 Seiten
...example, as the mana of the Melanesians. ' The Melanesian mind,' writes Dr. Codrington (12, 118), ' is entirely possessed by the belief in a supernatural...almost universally mana. This is what works to effect everj7thing which is beyond the ordinary power of man, outside the common processes of nature; it is... | |
| Percy Stafford Allen, John de Monins Johnson - 1908 - 422 Seiten
...of power or excellence which a man possesses.' It is supernatural just in this way, namely, that it is ' what works to effect everything which is beyond...power of men, outside the common processes of nature.' He illustrates his point by examples : ' If a man has been successful in fighting, it has not been... | |
| Robert Ranulph Marett - 1909 - 228 Seiten
...of power or excellence which a man possesses." It is supernatural just in this way, namely, that it is " what works to effect everything which is beyond...power of men, outside the common processes of nature." He illustrates his point by examples: " If a man has been successful in fighting, it has not been his... | |
| Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1910 - 546 Seiten
...it in the ordinary way and no man would need to have it conveyed to him. But it is supernatural : it is ' what works to effect everything which is beyond...power of men, outside the common processes of nature,' and if a man displays power of this kind it is because mana has been conveyed to him.3 The sole question,... | |
| Alfred Cort Haddon - 1910 - 122 Seiten
...for example, as the mana of the Melanesians. ' The Melanesian mind,' writes Dr. Codrington (12, 118), 'is entirely possessed by the belief in a supernatural power or influence, called almost universally mcma. This is what works to effect everything which is beyond the ordinary power of man, outside the... | |
| William Ridgeway - 1915 - 476 Seiten
...or in any kind of power or excellence a man possesses." It is supernatural just in this way, that it is what works to effect everything which is beyond...power of men outside the common processes of nature.' He illustrates this point by examples : ' If a man has been successful in fighting, it has not been... | |
| Augustus Henry Keane, Alison Hingston Quiggin, Alfred Cort Haddon - 1920 - 656 Seiten
...religious factor throughout Melanesia is the belief in a supernatural power or influence, generally called mana. This is what Works to effect everything which is beyond the ordinary power of man or outside the common processes of nature ; but this power, though in itself impersonal, is always... | |
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