Meaning of fire-worship | Babel Free

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The worship of fire or of a fire god or goddess.

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“They pour⟳ no milky draughts, they heat no cauldron. They give⟳ no gifts to the Brāhmana.... Their worship⟳ was but enchantment, sorcery, unlike the sacred law of fire-worship, wiles and magic.”

“I do not for one moment say⟳ that all conventional ornamental forms have⟳ sprung from fire-worship, for this is not the case; but I do assert that all my researches have⟳ led me to the conclusion that most Indian and some forms of European ornament, as well as forms which are in common use⟳ in Persia, Arabia, and Japan, are due to the influence⟳ of this early religion.”

“Fire-worship brings into view⟳ again, though under different aspects and with different results, the problems presented by water-worship.”

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