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CONTENTS.
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Lecture III. | |
THE SACRIFICES, SACERDOTAL AND MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS, ESCHATOLOGY AND COSMOGONY OF MEXICO. | |
Recapitulation | 85 |
Original meaning of sacrifice | 86 |
Human sacrifices and cannibalism | 87 |
Importance attached to the suffering of the victims | 90 |
Tragic and cruel character of the Mexican sacrifices | 91 |
The victims of Tezcatlipoca and Centeotl | 93 |
The children of Tlaloc | 96 |
The roasted victims of the god of fire | 97 |
Mexican asceticism | 99 |
Mexican "communion" | 101 |
Religious ethics | 102 |
The priesthood | 106 |
Convents, monks and nuns of ancient Mexico | 109 |
Mexican cosmogonies | 112 |
The great jubilee | 116 |
The future life | 118 |
Conversion of the Mexicans | 121 |
The Inquisition | 122 |
Conclusion | 123 |