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For good or ill, most, if not all, of the great institutions which have formed the framework of society have had their roots in the idea of Deity as a beneficent providential order of transcendental reality. In being handed down through countless generations the beliefs, concepts and customs have assumed a great variety of new outward forms in the process of transmission and development. To determine their true meaning and function as a cohesi...

DNA, history and archaeology have shown that the European people, or those of a close enough racial origin, have existed for around 40, 000 years, of which Christianity has only been the dominant religion for less than one thousand.This volume sketches out the belief systems, values and religions of the "Old Europeans" whose religious practices preceded those of the Indo-European culture.It is of necessity scant, as no decipherable written rec...

The Mother Goddess has been a powerful figure throughout most of human history. This symbol is unquestionably the most persistent feature in the archaeological record throughout the entire ancient world. This makes the Mother Goddess a supremely important figure that is vastly overlooked today. All of the major female goddesses are covered, including Aphrodite, Rhea, Athena, Isis, Demeter, Astarte, Hathor, Serapis, Asherah, Artemis, Inanna/Ish...

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Excerpt from Primitive Ritual and Belief: An Anthropological EssayIn the following pages the subject to be investigated is that of primitive ritual and belief as practised by the aborigines of Australia - the lowest culture extant - and by other primitive people. Although the main thesis is purely anthropological in character, yet it is hoped that the work may be of interest to the theologian as well as to the anthropologist, since an attempt ...

Excerpt from An Introduction to Anthropology: A General Survey of the Early History of the Human RaceIn recent years the progress of scientific research in the department of prehistoric archaeology has been such that there seems to be room for a small volume setting forth the results arrived at by archaeologists in terms that can be understood by ordinary intelligent readers. The books hitherto published on the subject have been confined for t...

Excerpt from Prehistoric Religion: A Study in Prehistoric ArchaeologyAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, a...

About the Book Books about Anthropology delve into the behavior of societies in the past and in the present, examining social mores, language and social life. Titles include: An introduction to anthropology, a general survey of the early history of the human race, Anthropologie der Naturvölker, Anthropology and modern life, Social anthropology, Der Darwinismus gegen die Sozialdemokratie: Anthropologische Plaudereien, Stone Implements and Stone...