The Evolution of Religion An Anthropological Study
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122 The Evolution of Religion first sprinkled by the priest before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times, but for special purposes of lustration the " water of separation " was used, that is, water made holy by being mingled with the ashes of the heifer that had been burnt. We have a curious illustration of the double character of this water of separation : being consecrated and holy, it was powerful to cleanse away stain and sin : yet its own impure composition was not wholly forgotte...n, for he who sprinkled the water or touched it was unclean till evening.^ These ideas belong to very old-world thought, yet their reflex abides with us still in the heart of a spiritual creed ; for their association is clear with the Christian conception of the transference of sin and of the divine victim that takes upon himself the sins of the people. As far as we have examined it as yet, the concept of a " pure heart " is not necessarily wholly ethical ; it is often coexistent with the ideas of sin that do not clearly recognise ^ Numbers c.
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