Curiosities of Superstition and Sketches of Some Unrevealed Religions
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: February 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780766129344
Subjects: Comparative Religion; Religion - World Religions
First sentence: TRAVELLING on the borders of Chinese Tartary, in the country of the Lamas or Buddhists, Miss Gordon Cumming remarks that it was strange, every now and again, to meet some respectable-looking workman, twirling little brass cylinders, only about six inches in length, which were incessantly spinning round and round as they walked along the road.