Aryan Sun Myths (1889) by The Origin of Religion (1889)

Author:The Origin of Religion (1889)
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

They advocated celibacy, but had no law prohibiting marriage; though if any among them wedded, they were obliged to enter another class of the brotherhood. 'Their numbers were continually being augmented by additions from outside. When a person wished to enter the community, he was taken upon trial; and, if approved, he was obliged to take an oath that he would fear God and be just towards all men. He sold all that he possessed, and gave the proceeds to the brotherhood. They resembled, in their habits and customs, a fraternity of monks — of a working, rather than a mendicant order. They were all upon the same level, the exercise of authority one over another being prohibited. They abhorred slavery, and called no man on earth Master, yet they served one another.

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