The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c27.s4.12
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c27.s4.12
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² In Babylon the worshipper did not eat, though the priests might do so; they, however, did not eat with the god; Farnell, *Greece and Babylon*, pp. 241, 242. For Rome see Warde Fowler, *Roman Ideas of Deity*, pp. 58, 59; *Religious Experience of the Roman People*, pp. 172 ff. The idea of communion was seriously restricted in the official religion as in Vedic religion. So also in Iran; cf. Herodotos, i. 132, where the flesh is not (as stated by Jackson, GIP. ii. 702) eaten by the priests, but used by the sacrificer as he pleases.