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... the most opposite religions, from China to Lybia, and also from Alaska to Chili in America. The instances of an eastern paradise were few, and referred to the eastern celestial abode of yore, rather than the future abode of souls. The Ashinists, or...

The American nations; or, Outlines of their general history, ancient and modern - Page 245
by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque - 1836 - 292 pages
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...than the future abode of souls. The Ashinists, or Essenians, the best sect of Jews, placed Paradise in the Western Ocean; and the Id. Alishe, or Elisha of the Prophets, the happy land. Jezkal (our Ezekiel) mentions that island ; the Phoenicians called it Alizut, and some deem Madeira...

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