The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c28.s4.7
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c28.s4.7
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² The theory that the spell precedes prayer, which is widely held (Meyer, *Gesch. d. Alt.*³ I. ii. pp. 870, 871; Usener, *Archiv f. Religionswissenschaft*, vii. 15 ff.; Feist, *Kultur der Indogermanen*, pp. 349 ff.; cf. Farnell, *Evolution of Religion*, pp. 163 ff.), stands or falls with the view that magic precedes religion. On the view here taken that they are independent, prayer is not originally a spell; cf. Bloomfield, *Religion of the Veda*, pp. 205 ff.; Jevons, *Idea of God*, pp. 108 ff.; Heiler, *Das Gebet* (1921).