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Page 109
... body decorations , masks , costumes , wigs , tattooings , scarifications , in all peoples down to our own day , one must assume , as I noted before , that this character - transforming practice is an extremely ancient one ; and that the ...
... body decorations , masks , costumes , wigs , tattooings , scarifications , in all peoples down to our own day , one must assume , as I noted before , that this character - transforming practice is an extremely ancient one ; and that the ...
Page 110
... body is hard to fathom . Many of these primitive body transformations involved difficult and painful sur- gery , and were often , considering the likelihood of infection , highly dan- gerous . Yet tattooing , scarification , sexual ...
... body is hard to fathom . Many of these primitive body transformations involved difficult and painful sur- gery , and were often , considering the likelihood of infection , highly dan- gerous . Yet tattooing , scarification , sexual ...
Page 326
... Body alteration , techno- logical implications of , 110 Body decoration , arts of , 111 ' Book of Changes , ' Chinese , 173 Book of Hours , [ 29 ] Boomerang , 114 Boredom , royal , 206 Borelli , Giovanni A. , 287 Boring , 136 , 137 ...
... Body alteration , techno- logical implications of , 110 Body decoration , arts of , 111 ' Book of Changes , ' Chinese , 173 Book of Hours , [ 29 ] Boomerang , 114 Boredom , royal , 206 Borelli , Giovanni A. , 287 Boring , 136 , 137 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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