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... Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature . Chicago : 1948 . Important original contribution , vital for any full appraisal of ancient civilization and technics : but especially for my own theory of the ...
... Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature . Chicago : 1948 . Important original contribution , vital for any full appraisal of ancient civilization and technics : but especially for my own theory of the ...
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... Ancient Art and Ritual . See also Caillois ' Man and the Sacred for criticism . Humboldt , Alexander von . Cosmos ... Ancient Mesopotamia . In Journal of Near East Studies : 1943 . James , E. O. Myth and Ritual in the Ancient East : An ...
... Ancient Art and Ritual . See also Caillois ' Man and the Sacred for criticism . Humboldt , Alexander von . Cosmos ... Ancient Mesopotamia . In Journal of Near East Studies : 1943 . James , E. O. Myth and Ritual in the Ancient East : An ...
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... ancient realm of , 244 ; arrest of , 242 ; esthetic , 251 ; neolithic , 154 Inventions , ancient domes- tic , 248 ; architectural , 253 ; domestic , 250 ; es- thetic , 252 , 253 , 254 ; Greek , 244 , 248 ; me- chanical , 283 ; military ...
... ancient realm of , 244 ; arrest of , 242 ; esthetic , 251 ; neolithic , 154 Inventions , ancient domes- tic , 248 ; architectural , 253 ; domestic , 250 ; es- thetic , 252 , 253 , 254 ; Greek , 244 , 248 ; me- chanical , 283 ; military ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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