The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture

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TOPICAL INDEX.

Abel, his blood-giving, 210 ff.
Abimelech, his covenant:
with Abraham, 265;
with Isaac, 267 f.
Abraham:
The friend of God, 215-221;
his blood-giving, 217-221;
his faith-testing, 224-230;
his covenant with Abimelech, 265 f.
Adoption, blood used in, 195 f.
Ahab’s fate, significance of, 312.
Altar, a table of communion, 167, 292 f.
Amulet:

house of the, 7, 65, 298;
of the covenant, 81 f., 83, 232-238.
See Phylactery: Token of covenant.

Anointing with blood:

in Central America, 90 f.;
in Arabia, 120;
in the Arthurian romance, 120 f.;
among the Bheels, 136 f.;
among the Caribs, 137 f.;
among the Central Africans, 138;
among the Chinese, 154;
among the North American Indians, 306 f.;
among the Australians, 336 f.
Antiquity of the blood-covenant, 6, 58 ff., 77 ff., 206, 320.
Ark, the, covering record of blood covenant, 298.
See Amulet, house of the.
Assiratum, its meaning, 63 ff.
Avenger of blood. See Goel.
Baal-bereeth:
god-father in circumcision, 218;
god of the covenant, 218, 317.
Banquet, connection of, with sacrifice:

in China, 148 ff.;
in India, 159 ff.;
in Babylonia and Assyria, 167;
among the Bed´ween, 179 f.;
among American Indians, 179 f.
Bed´ween Brotherhoods, 9 f.
See also Blood-covenant.
Belt:

royal, of Tahiti, 328;
wampum of American Indian, a covenant record, 326 ff.
Blood:

thicker than milk, 10;
not eaten. See Prohibition of blood.
Vivifying power of, 110 ff.;
belongs to God, 204;
symbolism of, in universal speech, 309 f.;
life-giving, in:
Mexican legend, 111 f.;
Egyptian legend, 111 f.;
Chaldean legend, 112;
Phœnician legend, 112;
Greek legend, 112;
modern science, 115 f.;
sacredness of, in:
Egypt, 99 ff.;
America, 105 ff.;
India, 109, 158 ff.;
China, 109.
See Offerings of blood.
Blood-baths:
in Egypt, 116 f., 324;
in mediæval Europe, 117 ff.;
in Scandinavia, 121 f.;
in India, 122 f.;
in Bechuana-land, 324.
Blood-covenant:

defined, 4 f.;
a primitive rite, 4, 6, 8;
its sacredness, 6 f.;
influence of, 15;
refused, 21;
recognized, 26 f.;
in Syria, 5 ff.;
in Africa, 12-38;
in Europe, 39-43;
in China, 43 f.;
in Burmah, 44, 313 f.;
in Madagascar, 44 f., 44-49;
in Borneo, 49-52;
in Timor, 53 f.;
in Yucatan, 54 f.;
in Brazil, 55;
in Scythia, 58 f., 61 f.;
in South America, 334;
in Egypt, 77-84;
traces of, in China, 153;
full symbolism of, 202 f.;
Noah’s, 213;
at Sinai, 238-240, 298;
importance commonly undervalued, 297;
a safeguard in Burmah, 315.
Blood-lickers, 11, 59.
See Drinking of Blood.
Blood-money:
in the East, 260 ff.;
refused by Gibeonites, 324 f.;
accepted:
by Arabs, 325;
by North American Indians, 325.
See Goel.
Blood-sucking, 8, 30, 43, 92, 114 f.
See Drinking of blood.
Blood-transference. See Blood-covenant; Transfusion of blood.
Book of the Dead, 78-83.
Bracelet, as symbol, 65-76.
Bread:
of Rā, 173;
covenant of, 293, 313.
Breaking the grass, 315.
Brébeuf, heart of, 127.
Brotherhoods, blood. See Blood-covenant.
Bruce, heart of, 107 f.
Burial in brotherhood, 41.
Cain, his blood withholding, 210 ff.
Cameron, Commander, making blood-friendship, 15 ff.
Cannibalism:
religious origin of, 183 f., 184;
in India, 185 f.;
in Feejee, 187;
in North America, 187 f., 308;
in Central and South America, 180 f.;
in Europe, 189 f.
Caste-distinctions lost in communion, 161 ff.
Cataline’s blood-covenant, 60 f.
(See stamp on outside cover)
Christ, his blood, fulfillment of human desire, 271-286.
Christians, charges of cannabalism against, 321.
Circumcision, a mode of blood-covenanting, 215-223, 237;
its modern methods, 218 f.
Clasped hands: a relic of the covenant, 328, 340.
See Hands.
Classics, references to blood-covenant in, 58-65, 267, 297, 312.
Communion:

through blood, 147 ff.;
in China, 148 ff.;
in Assyria, 168 f.;
divine-human, in Egypt, 172.
See Altar; Banquet; Union.
In Christ, foretold, 275-278;
instituted, 280-284;
realized, 285 f.
Covenant, between those of different religions, 7.
See Blood-covenant.
Covenant of Bread, its symbolism, 293, 313.
Cry of blood from the ground, 212.
Cutting covenant:
meaning of term, 267 f., 322;
between Jacob and Laban, 269;
in one’s own body, 322;
in substitute victim, 322;
both methods in Borneo.
Cuttings in flesh, 218;
in friendship, in Zechariah, 341.
David and Jonathan, covenanting, 269 ff.
Dead, blood-covenant with, 299.
Discerning the communion-body, 172.
Drinking of blood:

in North America, 127;
in Syria, 6;
in Central Africa, 13, 28 ff.;
in Europe, 41, 60 f.;
in Madagascar, 44, 48;
in Borneo, 49 f., 52;
in Timor, 53;
in Scythia, 59, 62, 126;
in Egypt, 83;
in India, 92 f.;
in China, 123 f.;
in France, 124;
in Italy, 124 f.;
in language of Fellaheen, 130;
among the Germans, 320;
in Persia, 321;
in Australia, 336;
charge of, against Jews, 179, 321;
charge of, against Christians, 321.
Drinking the covenant: 9, 17 f., 60, 191 f.;
in Borneo, 102;
in Feejee, 193;
in China, 196;
in Central America, 197;
in Europe, 198 ff.
Eating together, in covenant, 268 f.
Exchange:
of gifts, 14, 16, 20 f., 22, 25 f., 27 f., 32;
of garments, 14, 270;
of arms, 270.
Evolution, or deterioration, 4.
Feathers, red, their significance, 328 f.
See Red, as a symbol.
Feeding on the god: 176 f.
See Communion; Union.
Fiery cross:
its significance in Arabia, 317 f.;
in Scotland, 319 ff.
Fire, a gift of the gods, 174.
Firstborn, blood of the, 156.
—— sacrifice of:
in China, 150 f.;
in pre-Semitic times, 166.
Food restrictions removed in communion:
in India, 161 ff.;
in Assyria, 168.
Friend, closer than brother, 7 f., 10.
Friendship, blood. See Blood-covenant.
Girdle. See Belts.
Ghouls seeking life in blood, 114 f.
Giving blood:
in proof of love, 85-92;
in worship, 89-93, 96.
Goel, pursuer, not avenger, of blood, 259-263;
in Brazil, 325;
in Australia, 325 f.
Golden legend, Blood transference in, 118 ff.
Hand, bleeding, in Tunis, 342.
Hands:

joined in blood, 12, 41 f., 235 f.;
clasped, token of, 328, 340 ff.
Healths, drinking of, relic of blood-drinking, 201 f.
Heart:
sacredness of, in Egypt, 99 ff., 300 ff.;
as life, outside of the body, 103 ff., 301 f.;
sacredness of, in Greece and Rome, 108 f.;
epitome of man, 107;
the symbol of personality, 204;
new, is new life, 303;
the seat of the soul, 304;
living, in petrifactions, 305;
source of life, 99 ff.;
of strength, 135;
of manhood, 135;
of courage, 136.
Heart-eating:
among American Indians, 128;
in British Guiana, 128;
in Australia, 129;
in Africa, 129;
in Borneo, 129.
Heathen communions and the Christian sacrament, 177.
Human sacrifices. See Sacrifices, human.
Idols, anointed with blood, 176 f., 306 f.
Illustrations of blood-covenant, in Bible, 264-271.
Imprecatory oaths, 6, 9, 16, 20, 31, 45 ff., 51, 53, 60 f., 62.
Imputation, doctrine of, 221.
Incest, in marriage of blood-friends, 10, 55 f.
Influence of blood-covenant, 15, 48.
Inspiration through blood:
in Homer, 113 ff.;
in Norseland legends, 119 f.;
on Pacific coast, 140 f.;
in India, 141 f.
Isaac:
his blood proffered, 225-230;
his covenant with Abimelech, 267 f.
Isis, blood of, 81 f., 233.
Jacob, his covenant with Laban, 268 f.
Jagan-natha, communion of, 163 f.
Jews, charged with human sacrifices, 178 f., 321.
Jezebel’s fate, significance of, 312 f.
Jonathan and David, covenanting, 269 ff.
Kali, human sacrifices to, 158 f.
Khatan, one bound through bleeding, 222 f.
Krishna, communion of, 163 f.
Leprosy:
blood baths, for cure of, in Syria, 116;
in Egypt, 117, 324;
in mediæval Europe, 117.
Life: blood is, 38, 57, 79 ff., 88 f., 99, 211-215, 241-263, 299 ff., 306.
—— from divine blood:
in Egypt, 111 f.;
in Mexico, 111 f.;
in Chaldea, 112;
in Phœnicia, 112;
in Greece, 112.
Life-transference in blood-transference, 126 ff.
See Soul transference; Transfusion of blood.
Liver:
a symbol of life, 303 f.;
proposed derivations of the word, 304 f.;
symbolism of:
as a blood-cistern, 303 f.;
as seat of emotion, 304;
as congealed blood, 304 f.;
eaten, like the heart, 306.
Livingstone, Dr., making blood-friendship, 13 ff.
Mandrakes, symbolism of, 111.
Marriage, blood-drinking in, 191 ff., 332.
See Symbolic substitutes for blood; Wedding, ceremonies of.
Marriage-covenant, blood in, 192 f.
Milk-brothers, 11 f.
Moses:
his child’s circumcision, 221 ff.;
his blood-covenant at Sinai, 238 ff.
Name:
a lost, 334;
the new, 337 f.;
restitution for calling, of the dead, 335.
—— represents the life, 334 f.;
in the Society Islands, 334;
among Indians, 334 f.;
among Australians, 335 f.
Names, exchange of, 334 ff.
Nature, transference of, by blood transference: 126 ff.;
among the Caribs, 137 f.;
among the Kaffirs, 138;
among the Yarubas, 138 f.
Necklace, symbolism of, 76 f.
New covenant, Christ’s body and blood in, 299.
Noah’s blood-giving, 212 ff.
Norseland legends, 41 ff., 88 f.
Odin and Lôké, in covenant, 39 ff.
Offerings of blood:

in Egypt, 102 f.;
in America, 106 f.;
in Greece and Rome, 108 f.;
in Phœnicia, 109:
in India, 109;
in China, 109;
in Arabia, 180.
One soul in two bodies, 38, 80, 92 f., 334.
Ordeal of touch:
in the Nibelungen Lied, 143 f.;
in Denmark, 144 f.;
in Scotland, 145;
in England, 146 f.;
in America, 147.
Otaheite. See Tahiti, under Union.
Passover, substitute blood of, 231 f.
Phœnicia, blood-giving in, 89 f.
Phylacteries, the token of blood-covenant, 233-236;
and amulet, 329.
Preserving blood, as life, 88 f., 337 f.
See Life, blood is.
Prohibition of blood-drinking: 214 f.;
in the Mosaic law, 240 f.;
reason for, 312.
Prophecy, Blood as a means of, 113 ff.
Quiché god, Tohil, his terms of covenant, 174.
Rā, communion with, in Amenti, 172, 333 f.
Ransoming by blood, 324 ff. See Goel.
Record of the divine blood-covenant, 298;
of the covenant: among American Indians, 326 ff.
Red, as a symbol of blood:

in Egypt, 102 f., 173;
in China, 196;
the colour, its symbolism, 236 f.
See also, Feathers, red.
Revenger of blood. See Goel.
Ring:
symbolism of, 65-76, 330 ff.;
in Dayak divorce, 330;
of flesh, 331.
Rosetta-stone of the covenant, 267.
Russia:
customs in, 73;
blood giving in, 96.
Sacrament, Christian:
its relation to heathen communions, 177;
foreshadowed in the Old Testament, 274 f.;
instituted by Jesus, 281 ff.;
not a sacrifice, 292;
a two-fold covenant, 293.
—— of the Holy Food, 164.
Sacredness of blood:
in Egypt, 99 ff.;
in America, 105 ff.;
in India, 155.
See Offerings of blood.
Sacrifice:
as communion, in China, 149 ff.;
not necessarily expiatory, 166;
of Isaac, 224-230.
Sacrifices; Egyptian and Jewish, their resemblance, 300.
—— human:

among the Nahuas, 105 f.;
among the Mayas, 106 f.;
in India, 157 ff., 227;
in Assyria, 166 f.;
of children:
in Guatemala, 174;
in Arabia, 227;
in the Norseland, 227;
in Great Britain, 227 f.
—— human and animal, succession of:
in China, 152;
in India, 155 f.;
in the Brahmanical books, 157 f.
“Sacrificial part,” blood the, 157 f.
Saffron, symbolism of, 77, 165.
—— water:
in wedding, 332;
a substitute for blood, 195 f.
Saul, his phylacteries, 237 f.
Scarabæus, a symbol of heart, 100, 300.
Signing with blood, 93 ff.
Smoking, in inter-union, 51, 309.
Society Islands, brotherhoods in, 56 f.
Soul-transference by blood-transference, 312 f.
See Life-transference; Transfusion of blood.
Spiritual conceptions not innate, 311.
Stanley, Henry M., making blood-friendship, 18-38.
Stone, white, and new name, 337.
Stones, living, 119 f., 307 f.
Striking:
a covenant, 59, 62;
hands, in covenant, 236, 341 f.
Substitute-blood offered:
in Borneo, 52, 73;
in Egypt, 72;
in China, 148;
in South America, 177;
in Bible times, 211, 213;
at Sinai, 239-258.
See Symbolic substitutes.
Sucking-brothers, 11 f.
Symbolic substitutes for blood, 191 ff.;
the assiratum, 63 ff.;
arrack, 192;
coffee, 192;
any ordinary spirituous liquor, 193;
saffron, 194, 332;
wine and honey, 196;
chica, 197;
wine, 198 ff.;
whisky, 316.
Symbols, scriptural and ethnic, their relationship, 206.
Table-Altar:
in Assyria, 167;
in the Old Testament, 167 f.;
in the New Testament, 292 f.
Thumbs bound, in covenant, 59, 71, 331.
Token of passover covenant, 232.
See Phylacteries, the token of blood-covenant.
Touch, life by, of blood, 134 ff.
Transfusion of blood: 38 f.;
modern scientific, 115 f.;
among Egyptians, 116 f.;
among Hebrews, 116;
among Syrians, 116;
in Tasmania, 126;
a cure for insanity, 133 f.
Transmigration of souls, origin of belief in, 310.
Tree:
branch of, in the covenant, 35 ff.;
of the covenant, 53;
the fiery cross in Scotland, 317 ff.;
the war-signal in Arabia, 318.
See Tree-planting.
Tree-planting in blood-covenant:

in Borneo, 53;
in India, 165;
in Burmah, 313;
in Israel, 316;
traces of, 316 f.
Trial by blood:
in the Nibelungen Lied, 143 f.;
in Denmark, 144 f.;
in Scotland, 145;
in England, 146 f.;
in America, 147.
Turkey, blood-giving in, 85.
Types, insufficiency of, 252-258.
Uarda, citation from, 84.
Union, (divine) through blood:

in Egypt, 333 f.;
in the Norseland, 40 f.
—— (divine-human) through blood:
in Phœnicia, 89;
in Armenia, 90;
in India, 92, 156 ff.;
in Central America, 90 f., 175 f.;
in Russia, 95;
in China, 148 f.;
in Assyria, 167 f.;
in Persia, 169 f.;
in Egypt, 170 f.;
in Guatemala, 174;
in the Mosaic ritual, 242-248;
Abel’s outreaching for it, 210 ff.;
Noah’s outreaching for it, 213 ff.;
Abraham’s outreaching for it, 217-221;
universal longing for it, 272;
realised, through Christ, 273-293, 342.
—— (human) through blood:
in Syria, 5-12;
in Africa, 12-38;
in the Norseland, 41 ff.;
in Madagascar, 44-49;
in Borneo, 49-52, 73;
in Timor, 52-54;
in Yucatan, 54 f.;
in Brazil, 55;
in North America, 55 f., 339 f.;
in the South Sea Islands, 56 f.;
in Scythia, 59 f., 61 f.;
in Armenia, 59 f.;
in Arabia, 62 f.;
in Egypt, 72, 77-84;
in India, 156;
in Tahiti, 338;
in Central Africa, 338;
in Burmah, 314 f.
—— (Satanic-human) through blood:
among witches, 93 ff.;
among wonder-workers, 95.
Unity of the human race, 57, 96, 178 f.
Vampires:
seeking life in blood, 114 f.;
in the Old World and the New, 115.
Vicarious blood-absorption: 131 f.;
among the Araucanians, 131;
among the Abyssinians, 132;
among the Australians, 133.
Victim, representing a deity, 177 f., 183 f.
Vivifying power of blood. See Blood, life-giving.
Wampum-belts, a covenant record, 326.
Water-of-saffron children, 195.
Wedding, ceremonies of, 69-74.
Wine, symbolism of, 63 ff., 73.
Witchcraft, blood in, 93 ff.
Witness-heap, 62, 266.
Xolotl, rescues a lost race, 112.
Yajna, great sacrifice of, 161 ff.
Zipporah, her act of blood-giving, 222 f.
Zoroastrians, their communion, 169 f.

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