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Pagan & Christian Creeds : Their Origin and Meaning
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carpenter, Edward.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and other religions.
- Creeds--History and criticism.
- Mythology.
- Paganism--History.
- Paganism.
- Religion--History.
- Local Subjects:
- Christianity and other religions.
- Creeds--History and criticism.
- Mythology.
- Paganism--History.
- Paganism.
- Religion--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland : The Floating Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An important thinker in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century period, English writer and philosopher Edward Carpenter was blessed with a seemingly insatiable intellectual curiosity. In this wide-ranging analysis of early religions and folk beliefs, Carpenter offers a deft and often poetic take on ancient rituals and deities.
- Contents:
- Title; Contents; I - Introductory; II - Solar Myths and Christian Festivals; III - The Symbolism of the Zodiac; IV - Totem-Sacraments and Eucharists; V - Food and Vegetation Magic; VI - Magicians, Kings and Gods; VII - Rites of Expiation and Redemption; VIII - Pagan Initiations and the Second Birth; IX - Myth of the Golden Age; X - The Saviour-God and the Virgin-Mother; XI - Ritual Dancing; XII - The Sex-Taboo; XIII - The Genesis of Christianity; XIV - The Meaning of it All; XV - The Ancient Mysteries; XVI - The Exodus of Christianity; XVII - Conclusion; Appendix; Endnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-77653-892-7
- OCLC:
- 881608306
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