The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion
Subtitle: Part 3. The Dying God
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: November 22, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781421229379
Subjects: ethnography,scientific,general development,modes of thought,from magical to religious,study in comparative religion; Fiction / Folklore; Religion / Ethics
First sentence: AT an early stage of his intellectual development man deems himself naturally immortal, and imagines that were it not for the baleful arts of sorcerers, who cut the vital thread prematurely short, he would live for ever.