Author: | Edward Clodd | ISBN: | 9783849623678 |
Publisher: | Jazzybee Verlag | Publication: | July 21, 2012 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Edward Clodd |
ISBN: | 9783849623678 |
Publisher: | Jazzybee Verlag |
Publication: | July 21, 2012 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
A brilliant work about animism and its connection to various fields of religion. This ebook is not a cheap scanned version of the original but has been completely revised, including an interactive table-of-contents. CONTENTS: 1. Pre-Human Elements In Religion 2. Brain In Animal And Man 3. Man In The Making 4. Animal And Human Psychology 5. Naturalism; Or Conception Of Power Everywhere 6. Animism; Or Conception Of Spirit Everywhere 7. Theories Of The Nature Of Spirit 8. Spirits In Inanimate Things 9. Fear - A Constant Element In Animism 10. Absence Of Sequence In The Objects Of Worship 11. Absentee Gods 12. Maleficent Spritis 13. Evolution Of Idea Of Benevolent Gods - Earth Mother 14. Tree And Animal Worship 15. Stone Worship 16. Water Worship 17 Deification And Worship Of Ancestors
A brilliant work about animism and its connection to various fields of religion. This ebook is not a cheap scanned version of the original but has been completely revised, including an interactive table-of-contents. CONTENTS: 1. Pre-Human Elements In Religion 2. Brain In Animal And Man 3. Man In The Making 4. Animal And Human Psychology 5. Naturalism; Or Conception Of Power Everywhere 6. Animism; Or Conception Of Spirit Everywhere 7. Theories Of The Nature Of Spirit 8. Spirits In Inanimate Things 9. Fear - A Constant Element In Animism 10. Absence Of Sequence In The Objects Of Worship 11. Absentee Gods 12. Maleficent Spritis 13. Evolution Of Idea Of Benevolent Gods - Earth Mother 14. Tree And Animal Worship 15. Stone Worship 16. Water Worship 17 Deification And Worship Of Ancestors