Superstition and Force Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture
CHAPTER I.
UNIVERSAL INVOCATION OF THE JUDGMENT OF GOD.
Tendency of the human mind to cast its doubts on God 249 China an exception 251 The Ordeal in Japan 253 in Africa 254 in the Indian and Pacific Archipelagoes 257 among pre-Aryan Indian Tribes 258 Traces of the Ordeal in Egypt 259 Among Semitic Races—The Assyrians, Hebrews, Moslem 260 Among Aryans—Mazdeism 265 Hinduism—Buddhism 267 Hellenes and Italiotes 269 Celts, Teutons, Slavs 272 The Ordeal in the Barbarian occupation of Europe 275 Adopted by the Church 276