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... SACRIFICE As the anthropologist repeatedly finds , the intermingling of practical knowl- edge and causal insight with magical prescriptions often based on fan- tastic associations ... sacrifice in the neolithic THE MYSTERY OF SACRIFICE 149.
... SACRIFICE As the anthropologist repeatedly finds , the intermingling of practical knowl- edge and causal insight with magical prescriptions often based on fan- tastic associations ... sacrifice in the neolithic THE MYSTERY OF SACRIFICE 149.
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... sacrifice . In mythical times , a semi - divine being is sacrificed in order that tubers and fruit trees may grow out of his or her body . " There is similar evidence from the Near East in the early myths of Osiris and Tammuz , as well ...
... sacrifice . In mythical times , a semi - divine being is sacrificed in order that tubers and fruit trees may grow out of his or her body . " There is similar evidence from the Near East in the early myths of Osiris and Tammuz , as well ...
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... sacrifice , ' performed en masse . This ideological aberration was the final contribution to the perfection of the military megamachine , for the ability to wage war and to impose collective human sacrifice has remained the identifying ...
... sacrifice , ' performed en masse . This ideological aberration was the final contribution to the perfection of the military megamachine , for the ability to wage war and to impose collective human sacrifice has remained the identifying ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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