The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 01 of 12)
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- The Golden Bough, a Study in Magic and Religion, 12 volumes, Third Edition, by James George Frazer. Part I. The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, Vol. I.
- PREFACE
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF THE GOLDEN BOUGH
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION OF THE GOLDEN BOUGH
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I THE KING OF THE WOOD
- § 1. Diana and Virbius
- § 2. Artemis and Hippolytus
- § 3. Recapitulation
- CHAPTER II PRIESTLY KINGS
- CHAPTER III SYMPATHETIC MAGIC
- § 1. The Principles of Magic
- § 2. Homeopathic or Imitative Magic
- § 3. Contagious Magic
- § 4. The Magician’s Progress
- CHAPTER IV MAGIC AND RELIGION
- CHAPTER V THE MAGICAL CONTROL OF THE WEATHER
- § 1. The Public Magician
- § 2. The Magical Control of Rain
- § 3. The Magical Control of the Sun
- § 4. The Magical Control of the Wind
- CHAPTER VI MAGICIANS AS KINGS
- CHAPTER VII INCARNATE HUMAN GODS
- APPENDIX HEGEL ON MAGIC AND RELIGION
- NOTES
- CHAPTER I—The King of the Wood
- CHAPTER II—Priestly Kings
- CHAPTER III—Sympathetic Magic
- CHAPTER IV—Magic and Religion
- CHAPTER V—The Magical Control of the Weather
- CHAPTER VI—Magicians as Kings
- CHAPTER VII—Incarnate Human Gods
- APPENDIX—Hegel on Magic and Religion
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