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CONTENTS

 

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I. INTRODUCTORY

9

II. SOLAR MYTHS AND CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS

19

III. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ZODIAC

36

IV. TOTEM-SACRAMENTS AND EUCHARISTS

54

V. FOOD AND VEGETATION MAGIC

69

VI. MAGICIANS, KINGS AND GODS

86

VII. RITES OF EXPIATION AND REDEMPTION

100

VIII. PAGAN INITIATIONS AND THE SECOND BIRTH

117

IX. MYTH OF THE GOLDEN AGE

137

X. THE SAVIOUR-GOD AND THE VIRGIN-MOTHER

154

XI. RITUAL DANCING

163

XII. THE SEX-TABOO

180

XIII. THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY

198

XIV. THE MEANING OF IT ALL

222

XV. THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES

257

XVI. THE EXODUS OF CHRISTIANITY

257

XVII. CONCLUSION

271

APPENDIX ON THE TEACHINGS OF THE UPANISHADS:

 

I. REST

283

II. THE NATURE OF THE SELF

295

INDEX

309

 


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