A set of beliefs concerning the nature, cause, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency. It usually involves devotional and ritual observances and often a moral code for the conduct of human affairs. (Random House Collegiate Dictionary, rev. ed.)
    

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St. John's Schools, Liverpool, Merseyside. Wood engraving by Laing, 1850, after B. Sly after Hay.

Ganesha. Chromolithograph.

New Diocesan Training College, Winchester, Hampshire. Wood engraving by W. Sardue after J. Colson.

Possibly the temple at Nu Tooth, Sri Lanka. Watercolour drawing by C.H.S.B.

Krishna with two worshippers, as worshipped in Nathdwara, Rajasthan. Chromolithograph.

A lame man being doused in water from a holy spring to procure a miraculous cure, in Sarepta (?), Russia. Pen and ink drawing, 1903.

Transkulturelle Heilkunde : der ganze Mensch : Heilsysteme unter dem Einfluss von Abrahamischen Religionen, Östlichen Religionen und Glaubenbekenntnissen, Paganismus, Neuen Religionen und relgiösen Mischformen / Roland Werner.

On hearing the bells chime for a funeral, very late at night / W.L.

Dante, philomythes and philosopher : man in the cosmos / Patrick Boyde.

Religio Scotica : its nature as traceable in Scotic saintly tradition / by Robert Craig Maclagan.

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A lame man being doused in water from a holy spring to procure a miraculous cure, in Sarepta (?), Russia. Pen and ink drawing, 1903.

Transkulturelle Heilkunde : der ganze Mensch : Heilsysteme unter dem Einfluss von Abrahamischen Religionen, Östlichen Religionen und Glaubenbekenntnissen, Paganismus, Neuen Religionen und relgiösen Mischformen / Roland Werner.

On hearing the bells chime for a funeral, very late at night / W.L.

Dante, philomythes and philosopher : man in the cosmos / Patrick Boyde.

Religio Scotica : its nature as traceable in Scotic saintly tradition / by Robert Craig Maclagan.