Author: James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780700703180
Category : Kings and rulers
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The Magical Origin of Kings
Author: James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780700703180
Category : Kings and rulers
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The Magical Origin of Kings
Author: James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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The Magical Origin of Kings
Author: Sir James George FrazerPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230217062
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... lecture iii Magical telepathy in war--Homoeopathic Magic in relation to plants, animals, inanimate things, and the dead--Homoeopathic Magic used to annul evil omens--Examples of Contagious Magic--Magical contact between a wounded person and the weapon that hurt him--Magical contact of footprints--Public magicians develop into kings--Rise of monarchy essential to the emergence of mankind from savagery. In the last lecture I explained the two great principles of magic, which may be called the Law of Similarity and the Law of Contact. The law of similarity is the foundation of homoeopathic or imitative magic. The law of contact is the foundation of contagious magic. Both branches of magic assume the possibility of acting on persons and things at a distance. At the end of last lecture I illustrated this primitive belief in telepathy by the rules observed by people at home while their friends are away hunting or searching for precious commodities, such as camphor. Rules of the same sort, based on a belief in the sympathetic connection between persons at a distance, are observed by friends and relations at home while the men are out on the warpath. Thus among the Toradjas of Central Celebes, when a party is away hunting for heads, the villagers who stay at home, and Lect. in telepathy in war 61 especially the wives of the head-hunters, have to observe certain rules in order not to hinder the absent men at their task. In the first place the entrance to the lobo or spirit-house is shut. For the spirits of their fathers, who live in that house, are now away with the warriors, watching over and guarding them; and if any one entered their house in their absence, the spirits would hear the noise and return in great anger at thus being recalled from...
The Magical Origin of Kings
Author: Sir James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 309
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The Magical Origin of Kings. (First Published Under the Title "Lectures on the Early History of the Kingship.").
Author: Sir James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kings and rulers
Languages : en
Pages : 309
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The Magical Origin of Kings... - Primary Source Edition
Author: Sir James George FrazerPublisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781293872826
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Magical Origin Of Kings Sir James George Frazer Macmillan and co., limited, 1920 Kings and rulers; Primitive societies
The Collected Works
Author: James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780700703180
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The Magical Origin of Kings
Author: James George FrazerPublisher: RoutledgeCurzon
ISBN: 9780700714414
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) is famous as the author of The Golden Bough, but his work ranged widely across classics, cultural history, folklore and literary criticism as well as anthropology. A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, for 62 years, Sir James G. Frazer devoted his life to research. This volume was first published in 1920.
The Magic Origin of Kings, by Sir James George Frazer,...
Author: James George FrazerThe Magical History of Britain
Author: Martin WallPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445677091
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The first book to consider British history from a magical perspective, and how these arcane magical themes developed over time.