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)