Pagan And Christian Creeds, Their Origin And Meaning

Pagan And Christian Creeds, Their Origin And Meaning

By Edward Carpenter
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Length10h 49m

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This book provides a systematic and logical approach to the origins of religion. Many common themes are shown to exist between Christianity and earlier Pagan religions that go back in time centuries before Christianity itself. Carpenter makes an effort to get to the very roots of religion in this book. He's trying to uncover where our religious concepts first originated, and reveals an evolutionary sequence which starts with phallic and procreative cults as having the earliest known impact. Following this came a cult of magic, much along the lines of Frazier's The Golden Bough, where spirits and earth divinities were worshipped. Lastly, came the belief in actual God-figures that came down from heaven. A big part of early religion also concerns the consciousness. (Amazon)

Audiobook details

GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length10 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 18, 2024
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1I. INTRODUCTORY
10X. THE SAVIOUR-GOD AND THE VIRGIN-MOTHER
2II. SOLAR MYTHS AND CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS
11XI. RITUAL DANCING
3III. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ZODIAC
12XII. THE SEX-TABOO
4IV. TOTEM-SACRAMENTS AND EUCHARISTS
13XIII. THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY
5V. FOOD AND VEGETATION MAGIC
14XIV. THE MEANING OF IT ALL
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6VI. MAGICIANS, KINGS AND GODS
15XV. THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES
7VII. RITES OF EXPIATION AND REDEMPTION
16XVI. THE EXODUS OF CHRISTIANITY
8VIII. PAGAN INITIATIONS AND THE SECOND BIRTH
17XVII. CONCLUSION
9IX. MYTH OF THE GOLDEN AGE
18APPENDIX

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