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Adonis Attis Osiris, Vol. 1 of 2: Studies in the History of Oriental Religion (Classic Reprint)
Adonis Attis Osiris Vol 1 of 2 Studies in the History of Oriental Religion - Classic Reprint Author:Sir James George Frazer PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION THESE studies are an expansion of the corresponding sections in my book The Golden Bough, and they will form part of the third edition of that work, on the preparation of which I have been engaged for some time. By far the greater portion of them is new, and they make by themselves a fairly complete and, I hope, inte... more »lligible whole. I shall be glad if criticisms passed on the essays in their present shape should enable me to correct and improve them when I come to incorporate them in my larger work. In studying afresh these three Oriental worships, akin to each other in character, I have paid more attention than formerly to the natural features of the countries in which they arose, because I am more than ever persuaded that religion, like all other institutions, has been profoundly influenced by physical environment, and cannot be understood without some appreciation of those aspects of external nature which stamp themselves indelibly on th
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