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... material world , and at the same time transcended that world fashioning their own invisible projects which made them super- natural , raised them over and above material decay and death . In the world of ritual there aren't even any ...
... material world , and at the same time transcended that world fashioning their own invisible projects which made them super- natural , raised them over and above material decay and death . In the world of ritual there aren't even any ...
Page 75
... material that flowed in the veins , and that material was gold . Man now took the sacred and tried to give it monumental , enduring form ; it was natural , then , that in the city he finally settled upon the most durable precious metals ...
... material that flowed in the veins , and that material was gold . Man now took the sacred and tried to give it monumental , enduring form ; it was natural , then , that in the city he finally settled upon the most durable precious metals ...
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... material devoted to a study of the modern ap- proaches to Darwinism , which now appears as a unique publica- tion elsewhere . In essence the author's intention in the eliminated pages was to help bridge the gap between the biological ...
... material devoted to a study of the modern ap- proaches to Darwinism , which now appears as a unique publica- tion elsewhere . In essence the author's intention in the eliminated pages was to help bridge the gap between the biological ...
Contents
Ritual as Practical Technics | 6 |
Economics as Expiation | 26 |
The Origin of Inequality | 38 |
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