Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 283
s they will holdan arm or leg in a fixed position, never moving it. Untilrecently they would often fasten hooks in their flesh on 282 HIXDU FAKIRS AXD Dl-.VOTEES. their backs, then be elevated into the air, and be draggedthrough the streets by the people. By many such horribleacts they hoped to… … A FAKIR WHO NEVER HELPS HIMSELF. In India, China and Japan, there are a great many mencalled devotees, who give themselves up to miserablelives; many of them hoping by this means to obtain thefavor of the gods in whom they believe and great hap- HINDU TEMPLES, IDOLS AND WORSHIP. 283 plness after…
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