Pagan And Christian Creeds, Their Origin And Meaning
By Edward Carpenter
Length10h 49m
About this audiobook
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)
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length10 hrs 49 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 18, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1I. INTRODUCTORY
2II. SOLAR MYTHS AND CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS
3III. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ZODIAC
4IV. TOTEM-SACRAMENTS AND EUCHARISTS
5V. FOOD AND VEGETATION MAGIC
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6VI. MAGICIANS, KINGS AND GODS
7VII. RITES OF EXPIATION AND REDEMPTION
8VIII. PAGAN INITIATIONS AND THE SECOND BIRTH
9IX. MYTH OF THE GOLDEN AGE
10X. THE SAVIOUR-GOD AND THE VIRGIN-MOTHER
11XI. RITUAL DANCING
12XII. THE SEX-TABOO
13XIII. THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY
14XIV. THE MEANING OF IT ALL
15XV. THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES
16XVI. THE EXODUS OF CHRISTIANITY
17XVII. CONCLUSION
18APPENDIX
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