Sacred Prostitution and Marriage by Capture
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: February 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780766127920
Subjects: Mind, body, spirit: mysticism & self-awareness; New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit; Body, Mind & Spirit; New Age; Mysticism
First sentence: Mr. Darwin, in his work entitled "The Descent of Man" (Vol. ii., p. 361), seems to endorse the opinion that the high honour bestowed in ancient times on women who were utterly licentious is intelligible only "if we admit that promiscuous intercourse was the aboriginal and therefore the long revered custom of the tribe," and I propose, in the present chapter, to show that the fact referred to has nothing at all to do with the custom sought to be supported by it.