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... magic itself long preserved an even more primitive characteristic of speech derived from ritual : a large part of all magic formulae consists of a precise series of nonsense syllables repeated ad nauseam . This is perhaps the buried ...
... magic itself long preserved an even more primitive characteristic of speech derived from ritual : a large part of all magic formulae consists of a precise series of nonsense syllables repeated ad nauseam . This is perhaps the buried ...
Page 95
... magic of the word , as " spoken from above , " had not been established as the firm base for the efficient collective organization of work . The ' myth of the machine ' would have been inconceivable , and its operations imprac- ticable ...
... magic of the word , as " spoken from above , " had not been established as the firm base for the efficient collective organization of work . The ' myth of the machine ' would have been inconceivable , and its operations imprac- ticable ...
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... Magic , Science , and Religion . New York : 1948 . Malinowski's handling of magic , myth , and religion corrects the rationalist bias and lack of field experience of Frazer without condescension or gratuitous disparagement . Coral ...
... Magic , Science , and Religion . New York : 1948 . Malinowski's handling of magic , myth , and religion corrects the rationalist bias and lack of field experience of Frazer without condescension or gratuitous disparagement . Coral ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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