The Golden Bough: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings. The King of the Wood

The Golden Bough: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings. The King of the Wood
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Download or read book The Golden Bough: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings. The King of the Wood written by James George Frazer and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frazer's series which attempted to define the shared elements of religious belief and scientific thought, discussing fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat, and many other symbols and practices whose influences had extended into 20th-century culture. His thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship and periodic sacrifice of a sacred king. Frazer proposed that mankind progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought.


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