Escape from EvilAn exploration of the natural history of evil. |
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... keep things in balance one had to give in return - to one another and , by offerings , to the spirits . The gods existed in order to receive gifts . This helps us understand why primitive society seems so “ masochistic ” to us in its ...
... keep things in balance one had to give in return - to one another and , by offerings , to the spirits . The gods existed in order to receive gifts . This helps us understand why primitive society seems so “ masochistic ” to us in its ...
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... keep the cycle of power moving from the invisible to the visible world . When man gives , " the stream of life continues to flow , " as Van der Leeuw so beautifully summed it up in his classic study of primitive ideas.® In order to ...
... keep the cycle of power moving from the invisible to the visible world . When man gives , " the stream of life continues to flow , " as Van der Leeuw so beautifully summed it up in his classic study of primitive ideas.® In order to ...
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... keep its authority ; the attack on the fatality of biology , the accidents of heredity , was put into the service of the ideology of the family , and it reinforced patriarchy . We still see this in Roman Catholic countries today . In ...
... keep its authority ; the attack on the fatality of biology , the accidents of heredity , was put into the service of the ideology of the family , and it reinforced patriarchy . We still see this in Roman Catholic countries today . In ...
Contents
Ritual as Practical Technics | 6 |
Economics as Expiation | 26 |
The Origin of Inequality | 38 |
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