Demonstrates universal religious experience and shows how humanity's effort to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself in myriad cultures from ancient to modern times; and, how certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths have, with interesting variations, persisted. List of Abbreviations
ix
Introduction
xi
Author's Foreword
xvii
Approximations: The Structure and Morphology of the Sacred
1(37)
The Sky and Sky Gods
38(86)
The Sun and Sun-Worship
124(30)
The Moon and its Mystique
154(34)
The Waters and Water Symbolism
188(28)
Sacred Stones: Epiphanies, Signs and Forms
216(23)
The Earth, Woman and Fertility
239(26)
Vegetation: Rites and Symbols of Re-Generation
265(66)
Agriculture and Fertility Cults
331(36)
Sacred Places: Temple, Palace, ``Centre of the World''
367(21)
Sacred Time and the Myth of Eternal Renewal
388(22)
The Morphology and Function of Myths
410(27)
The Structure of Symbols
437(22)
Conclusions
459(7)
Name Index
466(7)
Subject Index
473
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