10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAKIRISM»
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fakirism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fakirism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge
In Persia and Turkey, the word is also used for Moslem priestsand dervishes (see
Dervish). The origin of fakirism, an institution which reaches back to the most
remote antiquity, is lost in mythical darkness. The common account of the son of a
...
Richard Gleason Greene, 1890
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The International Cyclopædia: A Compendium of Human ...
... and the neighboring countries. In Persia and Turkey, the word is also used for
Moslem priests and dervishes (see Dervish). The origin of fakirism, an institution
which reaches back to the most remote antiquity, is lost in mythical darkness.
Harry Thurston Pech, Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson, 1900
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The International Cyclopaedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge
In Persia and Turkey, the word is also used for Moslem priests and ervishes(see
DERVISU). The origin of fakirism, an institution which reaches back to the most
remote antiquity, is lost in mythical darkness. The common account of the son of a
...
4
Library of Universal Knowledge
... and the neighboring countries. In Persia and Turkey, the word is also used for
Moslem priests and dervishes (see Dervish). The origin of fakirism, an institution
which reaches back to the most remote antiquity, is lost in mythical darkness.
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The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge
In Persia and Turkey, the word is also used for Moslem priestsand dervishes(see
DEKVISH). The origin of fakirism, an institution which reaches back to the most
remote antiquity, is lost in mythical darkness. The common account of the son of a
...
Harry Thurston Peck, Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson, 1892
The medical profession is under renewed obligation to Mr. Warren for his
courageous stand against this mountebank representative of osteopathic fakirism
. « » * Will the blessed people ever escape their fondness for being humbugged!
Fakirism. THE last half century has offered wonderful opportunities to the student
who- would penetrate into the mysteries of popular faiths that are accepted in
sincerity by multitudes, while to other multitudes they remain preposterous. Some
of ...
We have thought it well to go into all this detail at the risk of some tedium
because concerning fakirism and related questions, ignorance is the rule in
Europe; the occultists do not know much more about these things than do
spiritists and ...
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Official Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention
... would fight fakirism to the best of my ability; and going to that convention
eventually as alternate for William D. Haywood, I found that fakirism was not only
rampant then but that it had attached itself to the organization ever since its
inception.
International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, 1907
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The Columbian cyclopedia
After these models Fakirism seems chiefly to have been framed, and its
adherents were not only pious men, but occasionally were reputed saints,
workers of miracles, and healers of all ills, especially epilepsy and sterility. The
halo which from ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAKIRISM»
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fakirism is used in the context of the following news items.
Murray Molloy: Born of normal parents!
His repetoire also includes: Escapology, clown, comedy, magic, fire manipulation, fakirism, pirotechnics and contortionism. At the last count, ... «Scoop.co.nz, Feb 13»
