Author: CATELLEW, ORAN
Title: The Book without a Name. Chiefly on Naturism, or the Religion of Science. Compiled in Dixieland
Description: London: C. W. Daniel, 1913. First Edition; First Edition. Hardcover. 173 pages. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear to spine, covers & corners. Publisher's label on title. ; Hardcover; Octavo (standard book size); Oran Catellew and for all we know the name may be a pseudonym, has written a Book without a Name which is the presentation of a new religion which he calls Naturism, or the Religion of Science. The author introduces himself as of pure British but mixed race, Welsh, English, Irish and Scotch. He came to the United States and tells of his experiences in the religious field, Christian Science in Boston, Dowieism in Chicago, etc, while in Dixie Land he found a wonderful indifference, especially in money affairs. There is much humour in these expositions but also a certain crudity, especially in his criticisms of the ideas of God, soul, and world, prayer and other religious conceptions. He concludes his book by a comparison of the naturist's faith and the old druidism, and he hopes to see the old Stonehenge put into service again as a sanctum where flowers should be offered on the deserted altar in festivals in which Celt, Saxon, Gaul and Teuton might meet in discontinuance of their struggles to cut each other's throats..

Keywords: Philosophy