The religious system of China, its ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, custom and social institutions connected therewith (1892)
Groot, J. J. M. de (Jan Jakob Maria), 1854-1921 · Leyden : E. J. Brill · leaf 349
charmsfly downward among the crowd, who vie witheach other in picking them up as powerfulpreservatives against spectral work. After hisdescent, the candidate kneels before the Chief,to receive^ from his lips the happy newsthat this ladder-trial has qualified him for thepriestly dignity. The… … CLIMBING THE LADDER OP SWORDS. L249 accomplished is thereupon politely sent, or personally brought, bythe Chief to the family of the neophyte. And the spectral world, having thus seen a barefooted man onso dangerous a ladder without incurring even the slightest wound,now tacitly confesses itself…
