The Golden Bough

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The Golden Bough

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ISBN: 9780684826301
author: James George Frazer
publishing house: Touchstone
publication date: 1995
binding: Paperback
price: USD 21.00

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<FONT SIZE="+1">A world classic.</FONT>
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 evolution of man from savagery to civilization, from the modification of his weird and often bloodthirsty customs to the entry of lasting moral, ethical, and spiritual values.

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