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The Golden Bough : Abridged Edition (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
The Golden Bough Abridged Edition - Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics
Author: James Frazer, George W. Stocking
A world classic. The Golden Bough describes our ancestors' primitive methods of worship, sex practices, strange rituals and festivals. Disproving the popular thought that primitive life was simple, this monumental survey shows that savage man was enmeshed in a tangle of magic, taboos, and superstitions. Revealed here is the evolut...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140189315
ISBN-10: 0140189319
Publication Date: 1/1/1998
Pages: 944
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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This is a fascinating one-volume version of Frazier's masterwork on the history of religion(s). It's a book that any person concerned with spirituality, comparative religion, and/or the precedents of customs (worship/prayer/"sin", atonement, purification, birth, coming-of-age, death, etc.) still followed today should have on hand as a reference. It is not a book for fundamentalists whether Christian, Muslim, or any other major world religion, as it emphasizes the historical development of "beliefs" rather than "revelations."


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