Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2010-03-12 Public domain in the USA. 92 Saltus, Edgar 1855 1921 Saltus, Edgar Evertson 07014564 The Lords of the Ghostland: A History of the Ideal Produced by Adam Buchbinder, Chandra Friend and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Lords of the Ghostland: A History of the Ideal" by Edgar Saltus is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the evolution of religious thought and the concept of divinity across various cultures, particularly focusing on gods such as Brahma, Ormuzd, and Jehovah. Saltus explores how these ideals shape and transform society's understanding of existence, morality, and the divine. The opening of the book introduces the notion that the essence of poetry lies in the ideal, tracing the origins of divine figures in human experience and language. Saltus discusses the early polytheistic beliefs of various cultures, emphasizing the transformation of these gods from vague concepts into concrete deities as humanity evolved. He delves into the Hindu pantheon, particularly Brahma and the Hindu belief system, contrasting it with other religious figures like Ormuzd and Jehovah. The narrative suggests a deeper exploration of how these formative ideas influenced human consciousness and societal structures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Religions BL Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 214663 214672 2024-09-13T11:05:53.363399 2023-09-14T05:26:05.247581 text/html text/html 212585 2021-01-06T07:37:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 86124 2021-01-06T07:37:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 138965 2024-09-13T11:05:58.746337 application/epub+zip 141599 2024-09-13T11:05:54.970309 application/epub+zip 137372 2024-09-13T11:05:54.009365 application/epub+zip 302914 2024-09-13T11:06:01.612352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287193 2024-09-13T11:05:58.089338 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234294 2022-09-14T13:56:11.023510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189127 188903 2024-09-13T11:05:52.870350 2023-09-14T05:26:04.830576 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 188743 2021-01-06T07:37:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 75509 2021-01-06T07:37:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 188758 2021-01-06T07:37:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 75389 2021-01-06T07:37:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20354 2024-09-13T11:06:01.752295 application/rdf+xml 15188 2024-09-13T11:05:54.398370 image/jpeg 3565 2024-09-13T11:05:54.201341 image/jpeg 139134 2024-09-13T11:05:53.429471 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia