|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
12-28-2009, 12:00 AM
|
#1 |
|
Reader
  
Posts: 11,504
Karma: 8720163
Join Date: May 2007
Location: South Wales, UK
Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G
|
Frazer, Sir James: The Golden Bough [Abridged], LIT v1, 28 December 2009.
Sir James George Frazer. [1854–1941]
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion Abridged Edition (1922) Originally published in 1890, this is an abridgement by the author. It is only (!) 410,000 words long. Sir James Frazer discusses and compares similar magical and religious practices across the world, suggesting that there are many common elements. He surmises that there is a pattern to the development of human beliefs: primitive magic evolves into religion, which may evolve into scientific belief. It is also strongly implied that there is nothing new in Christianity, other than the personality of Jesus of Nazareth. All the other features also occur in various mystery religions, e.g. the cult of Osiris and Isis. The source was Project Gutenberg, with a number of additions and corrections from my paper copy.. Incidentally, in George Eliot’s “Middlemarch,” one of the characters, Mr Casaubon, is busy writing a “Key to all the Mythologies,” which remains uncompleted. This is the work that he might have written, had he not been an intellectual coward. This work is assumed to be in the Life+70 public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. Copyright laws differ throughout the world, and it may still be under copyright in some countries. Before downloading, please check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.
To report a copyright violation you can contact us here. |
|
|
|
12-28-2009, 12:31 AM
|
#2 |
|
Member
Posts: 11
Karma: 10
Join Date: Nov 2009
Device: Kindle
|
Wonderful Book !!! I first became aware of it after watching Apocalypse Now for the countless time and wondering what book Col. Kurtz (Marlon Brando) was reading in the first meeting scene? It has a blob of Opium on it but it's The Golden Bough =) Ah trivia...
|
|
|
|
| Advert | |
|
|
|
12-28-2009, 06:34 AM
|
#3 |
|
Reader
Posts: 11,504
Karma: 8720163
Join Date: May 2007
Location: South Wales, UK
Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G
|
Indeed. Col Kurtz also has Jessie L Weston's "From Ritual to Romance," which I uploaded some time ago.
|
|
|
|
|
01-22-2010, 12:06 PM
|
#4 |
|
Connoisseur
Posts: 65
Karma: 36
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: none
|
Thanks for this! Was hoping to give this a read soon enough.
|
|
|
|
|
01-23-2010, 10:39 AM
|
#5 |
|
Reader
Posts: 11,504
Karma: 8720163
Join Date: May 2007
Location: South Wales, UK
Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G
|
I hope that you enjoy it, Sullivan.
|
|
|
|
| Advert | |
|
|
|
| Tags |
| belief, folklore, magic, mythology, religion, ritual |
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Other Non-Fiction Frazer, Sir James: The Golden Bough [Abridged], v1, 28 December 2009. | Patricia | Kindle Books | 0 | 12-28-2009 12:10 AM |
| Other Non-Fiction Frazer, Sir James: The Golden Bough [Abridged], v1, 28 December 2009. | Patricia | IMP Books | 0 | 12-27-2009 11:49 PM |
| Other Non-Fiction Frazer, Sir James: The Golden Bough [Abridged], v1, 28 December 2009. | Patricia | BBeB/LRF Books | 0 | 12-27-2009 11:38 PM |
| Reference Apollodorus: The Library (Tr. Sir James Frazer), LIT v1, 15 December 2009. | Patricia | Other Books | 0 | 12-14-2009 09:47 PM |
| Reference Apollodorus: The Library (Tr. Sir James Frazer), v1, 15 December 2009. | Patricia | IMP Books | 0 | 12-14-2009 09:42 PM |
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:40 AM.