Young, Dudley - Origins of the Sacred: The Ecstacies of Love and War

New York, St. Martin's Press, (1991). orig.boards. 24x15cm, xxxv,378 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Origins of the Sacred: Evolution of Man in Nature: Perceiving the Worlds: Science versus Mythology; In the Beginning: From Monkey to Man on the African Savannah; Male versus Female: The Paleolithic Beginnings of Love and War; On the Dancing Ground: Divinity Discovered and Innocence Lost; Illuminations of the Sacred: The Lawlines of Culture: Dangerous Ecstacies: The Call to Ritual Drama; Hunting; War & Cannibalism; Beauty; Erotic Love; Thinking in the Theater of the Gods: The Magic of Metamorphosis: Shaman, His Mask & His Drum; Language & the Magic of Representation; Pollution & Chaos; Sacred Swarms; Trickster & Hermes: The Give & Take of Things that Change; Acting in the Theater of the Gods: The Mysteries of Sacrificial Violence: Housing the Sacred; Sacrifice: The Mutiliating Ecstacy; The Scapegoat; Dionysis & the Ori8gins of Tragedy; The Lamentations of Isis / Osiris; Occlusions of the Sacred: Moving from Myth into History: The Ecstacies of Love & War: Genesis 3: Adam & Eve ( Love); Genesis 4: Cain & Abel (War); The Epic og Gilgamesh; Homer: Odysseus at the Cave of Polyphemos; Finale: Poseidon & the Cretan Sea-Bull;Appendix: Etymologies of the Sacred in the Ancient World.

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