CHAPTER VII.—INCARNATE HUMAN GODS • Pp. 373–421

Conception of gods slowly evolved, 373 _sq._; decline of magic, 374; conception of incarnate human gods an early stage of religious history, 374–376; {xxxii} incarnation either temporary or permanent, 376 _sq._; temporary incarnation of gods in human form in Polynesia, Fiji, Bali, and Celebes, 377–380; temporary deification of sacrificer in Brahman ritual, 380; the new birth, 380 _sq._; temporary incarnation or inspiration produced by drinking blood, 381–383; temporary inspiration produced by sacred tree or plant, 383 _sq._; inspired sacrificial victims, 384 _sq._; divine power acquired by temporary inspiration, 385 _sq._; human gods in the Pacific, 386–389; human gods in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Germany, 389–392; human gods in Africa, 392–397; divinity of kings in Madagascar, 397 _sq._; divinity of kings and men in the East Indies, 398–400; divine kings and men in Burma, Siam, and Tonquin, 400–402; human gods in India, 402–407; pretenders to divinity among Christians, 407–410; transmigrations of human divinities, especially of the divine Lamas, 410–412; incarnate human gods in the Chinese empire, 412–415; divine kings of Peru and Mexico, 415 _sq._; divinity of the emperors of China and Japan, 417 _sq._; divinity of early kings, 417 _sq._; divinity of Egyptian kings, 418–420; conclusion, development of sacred kings out of magicians, 420 _sq._

APPENDIX.—HEGEL ON MAGIC AND RELIGION • Pp. 423–426

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