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Page 49
... images of dream , these images still play a large part and often resume their sway with frightening compulsiveness ; so that neurotics , in losing grip on reality , are thrown back on the disordered contents of their own minds . These ...
... images of dream , these images still play a large part and often resume their sway with frightening compulsiveness ; so that neurotics , in losing grip on reality , are thrown back on the disordered contents of their own minds . These ...
Page 119
... images may have been a by - product of ritual gestures — an act recorded on the walls as it can now be recorded on film . If magic ritual was invoked by the hunter , it was because in the very performance of it he acquired both the ...
... images may have been a by - product of ritual gestures — an act recorded on the walls as it can now be recorded on film . If magic ritual was invoked by the hunter , it was because in the very performance of it he acquired both the ...
Page 120
... images and signs that the cave artists were endeavoring to formulate their new religious perspectives , based on the polarity of male and female principles . Surely , these images transcended any practical effort to promote the ...
... images and signs that the cave artists were endeavoring to formulate their new religious perspectives , based on the polarity of male and female principles . Surely , these images transcended any practical effort to promote the ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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