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CONTENTS.
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| Lecture III. | |
| THE SACRIFICES, SACERDOTAL AND MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS, ESCHATOLOGY AND COSMOGONY OF MEXICO. | |
| Recapitulation | 85 |
| Original meaning of sacrifice | 86 |
| Human sacrifices and cannibalism | 87 |
| Importance attached to the suffering of the victims | 90 |
| Tragic and cruel character of the Mexican sacrifices | 91 |
| The victims of Tezcatlipoca and Centeotl | 93 |
| The children of Tlaloc | 96 |
| The roasted victims of the god of fire | 97 |
| Mexican asceticism | 99 |
| Mexican "communion" | 101 |
| Religious ethics | 102 |
| The priesthood | 106 |
| Convents, monks and nuns of ancient Mexico | 109 |
| Mexican cosmogonies | 112 |
| The great jubilee | 116 |
| The future life | 118 |
| Conversion of the Mexicans | 121 |
| The Inquisition | 122 |
| Conclusion | 123 |
