OCCULT –

Originally published in 1930 and reissued as a new impression in 1972 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.

VERY SCARCE

1972 by Routledge & Kegan Paul, this foundational academic text applies psychoanalytic theory to anthropology. It explores how ancient and primal belief systems connect human psychology to the spiritual world.

• Animism and the Other World: Sympathetic magic, the moment of death, the concept of the soul, and the passage of the dead.
• Psychology of Magic: The underlying unconscious motivations behind magical practices, rituals, and early religious thought.
• The Divine King: Cultural and mythological case studies (such as Osiris) tracking the historical transformation of medicine men and magicians into sacred rulers.
• pp. 148
• #180826 Hardcover (Gift inscription on fep)