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Page 87
... habitat , every impulse of his nature . This suggests a different interpretation of the relation of exact verbal formulae to magic than the common one : namely , that words originally were not merely a means to the performance of magic ...
... habitat , every impulse of his nature . This suggests a different interpretation of the relation of exact verbal formulae to magic than the common one : namely , that words originally were not merely a means to the performance of magic ...
Page 127
... habitat as given , and bowed to its demands , even becoming a specialist in one par- ticular mode of adaptation - hunting . Such shaping as was open to him , I have sought to show , had mainly to do with his own body and mind . But the ...
... habitat as given , and bowed to its demands , even becoming a specialist in one par- ticular mode of adaptation - hunting . Such shaping as was open to him , I have sought to show , had mainly to do with his own body and mind . But the ...
Page 317
... known for his elaboration of Andrew Lang's insight that belief in high Gods existed in extremely primitive peoples , and was later overlaid by polytheism and animism . Sears , Paul . Changing Man's Habitat : Physical and BIBLIOGRAPHY 317.
... known for his elaboration of Andrew Lang's insight that belief in high Gods existed in extremely primitive peoples , and was later overlaid by polytheism and animism . Sears , Paul . Changing Man's Habitat : Physical and BIBLIOGRAPHY 317.
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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