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CHAPTER VII - THEY KNEW OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL, AND OF THE GENERAL RESURRECTION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2010

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The Amautas held that man was composed of a body and a soul, that the soul was immortal, and that the body was made of earth, for they saw that it was turned into earth. So they called it allpacamasca, which means “animated earth.” But to distinguish it from the body of brutes, they added runa, which means a reasoning and intelligent man, while the brutes are called llama. They allowed to the brutes what is called a vegetative and sensitive mind, because they saw them grow and that they could feel, but they did not think the brutes had reason. They believed that there would be another existence after this, with punishment for the bad and rest for the good. They divided the universe into three worlds, calling heaven hanan pacha, which means the upper earth, where they said that the good went to be rewarded for their virtues; this world of birth and dissolution hurin pacha, or the lower earth, and the centre of the earth ucu-pacha, which means the lowest earth, where they said that the wicked were sent; and to describe it more clearly they gave it another name—supaypa-huasin. This word means “the house of the devil.” They did not understand that the future life was spiritual, but believed it to be corporeal like this one.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1869

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