Pagan Rites in Judaism Author:Theodor Reik The new book by Theodor Reik shows how much of the pagan and prehistoric survive in the rites of Judaism as they are performed today. Many of Dr. Reik's essays take their point of departure from childhood memories and recollections of his grandfather, who was a deeply religious Jew. To this material, the author brings to bear his scholarship... more », his special training as an analyst, and his gift as a writer -- "the astute observer of life whose native eye has been sharpened by psychoanalytic discipline" (St. Louis Post Dispatch).« less