num_pages: 645
description: Originally published under the title FROM PRIMITIVES TO ZEN, this comprehensive anthology contains writings vital to all the major non-Western religious traditions, arranged thematically. Here are colorful descriptions of deities, creation myths, depictions of death and the afterlife, teachings on the relationship between humanity and the sacred, religious rituals and practices, prayer and hymns.
language: English
title: From Primitives to Zen
titlecomplete: From Primitives to Zen
genres: Anthropology, Theology, Occult, Religion, Mythology, Philosophy, History, Spirituality, Reference, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 147
publisher: HARPER & R0W