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... priest to further productivity , became of such importance to the tribe that the priest assumed the authority of the old medicine - man , whose methods he often imitated . Gradually , out of the swirling mists of archaeology , emerges ...
... priest to further productivity , became of such importance to the tribe that the priest assumed the authority of the old medicine - man , whose methods he often imitated . Gradually , out of the swirling mists of archaeology , emerges ...
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... priest - king was not permitted to leave the darkened chambers of his palace or to set eyes upon the sun and moon . Some priest - kings were forbidden even to make contact with the earth for fear that some of their vitality might ...
... priest - king was not permitted to leave the darkened chambers of his palace or to set eyes upon the sun and moon . Some priest - kings were forbidden even to make contact with the earth for fear that some of their vitality might ...
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... priest as a means of recapturing matriarchal power . She spread the rumour that her daughter Soemias had been living ... priest of a Syrian cult , acclaimed as the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus , or , as the troops called him ...
... priest as a means of recapturing matriarchal power . She spread the rumour that her daughter Soemias had been living ... priest of a Syrian cult , acclaimed as the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus , or , as the troops called him ...
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The King as Magician II | 11 |
The King as God | 27 |
The King as Warrior | 47 |
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