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... cities , which themselves were eternal , connected to heaven ( Babylon equals Gate of the Gods ) , and protected and regenerated by the priestly rituals . Each city with its pyramidal temples and towers rose like a spire to penetrate ...
... cities , which themselves were eternal , connected to heaven ( Babylon equals Gate of the Gods ) , and protected and regenerated by the priestly rituals . Each city with its pyramidal temples and towers rose like a spire to penetrate ...
Page 74
... cities we see a new kind of power being generated . No longer the power of the totemic communion of persons , but the power of the testimonial of piles of stone and gold . As Brown so succinctly put it : In monumental form , as money or ...
... cities we see a new kind of power being generated . No longer the power of the totemic communion of persons , but the power of the testimonial of piles of stone and gold . As Brown so succinctly put it : In monumental form , as money or ...
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... cities , 68 Divine kingship , 53–54 , 68 , 80 Dostoevsky , 142 Douglas , Mary , on money , 75 Duncan , Hugh D. , 124 , 134 dynamics of purity and love in war , 114-117 Economics ( See Primitive world ; Money ) Economy , modern compared ...
... cities , 68 Divine kingship , 53–54 , 68 , 80 Dostoevsky , 142 Douglas , Mary , on money , 75 Duncan , Hugh D. , 124 , 134 dynamics of purity and love in war , 114-117 Economics ( See Primitive world ; Money ) Economy , modern compared ...
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Ritual as Practical Technics | 6 |
Economics as Expiation | 26 |
The Origin of Inequality | 38 |
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