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... ancestors the same qualities that Erich Fromm finds in the dream today : " the expression both of the lowest and most irrational and of the highest and most valuable functions of our minds . " Yet , when we attempt to contemplate man ...
... ancestors the same qualities that Erich Fromm finds in the dream today : " the expression both of the lowest and most irrational and of the highest and most valuable functions of our minds . " Yet , when we attempt to contemplate man ...
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... Ancestors , whether as ghosts or carved idols ( top ) . To heed the ancestors ' admonitions , to conform to their practices , to walk obediently in their ways , enabled the group to remain safely human . Rigid conformity was an absolute ...
... Ancestors , whether as ghosts or carved idols ( top ) . To heed the ancestors ' admonitions , to conform to their practices , to walk obediently in their ways , enabled the group to remain safely human . Rigid conformity was an absolute ...
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... Ancestor , totem , 69 Ancestor - images , arche- typal , 50 Ancestors , man's early , [ 7 ] Ancestors , the , 50 , 98 Ancestral past , inviol- ability of , 98 ' Ancient Hunters , ' 75 Andersen , Hans Christian , 226 Anderson , Edgar ...
... Ancestor , totem , 69 Ancestor - images , arche- typal , 50 Ancestors , man's early , [ 7 ] Ancestors , the , 50 , 98 Ancestral past , inviol- ability of , 98 ' Ancient Hunters , ' 75 Andersen , Hans Christian , 226 Anderson , Edgar ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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