The Making of Religion

Classic collection of essays, including: SCIENCE AND 'MIRACLES', ANTHROPOLOGY AND RELIGION, 'OPENING THE GATES OF DISTANCE', CRYSTAL VISIONS, SAVAGE AND CIVILISED, ANTHROPOLOGY AND HALLUCINATIONS, DEMONIACAL POSSESSION, FETISHISM AND SPIRITUALISM, EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF GOD, HIGH GODS OF LOW RACES, SUPREME GODS NOT NECESSARILY DEVELOPED OUT OF 'SPIRITS', SAVAGE SUPREME BEINGS, MORE SAVAGE SUPREME BEINGS, AHONE. TI-RA-WA. NA-PI. PACHACAMAC. TUI LAGA. TAA-ROA, THE OLD DEGENERATION THEORY, and THEORIES OF JEHOVAH. According to Wikipedia: "Andrew Lang (March 31, 1844, Selkirk - July 20, 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales."

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