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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
The Golden Bough A Study in Magic and Religion
Author: James George Frazer
Appealing to a late 19th century public familiar with works like Bulfinch’s Mythology, anthropologist James George Frazer’s The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion sought to discuss and explain various religions acts, symbols and rites, such as human sacrifice and rebirth – but from a scientific rather than theological ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781853263101
ISBN-10: 1853263109
Publication Date: 4/1/1998
Pages: 784
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Remarkable for its vast assembly of facts and its charm of presentation, it offers the thesis that man progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought. It discusses fertility rites, human sacrifices, the dying god, the scapegoat and many other symbols and practices which have influenced a whole generation of 20th Century writers.
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A really wonderful book that should be read by anyone who calls themselves a pagan. Very informative and very rich in writing style.


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