En men gaian eteux' en d' ouranon, en de thalassan êelion t' akamanta selênên te plêthousan, en de ta teirea panta, ta t' ouranos estephanôtai Plêïadas th' Hyadas te, to te sthenos Ôriônos Arkton th', hên kai amaxan epiklêsin kaleousin, hêt autou strephatai kai t' Ôriôna dokeuei, oiê d' ammoros esti loetrôn Ôkeanoio. Among all the great religions of the world there is none more catholic, more assimilative than the mass of beliefs which go to make up what is popularly known as Hinduism. To what was probably its original form--a nature worship in a large degree introduced by the Aryan missionaries--has been added an enormous amount of demonolatry, fetishism and kindred forms of primitive reli…
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