Serpent-worship and other essays

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Serpent-worship and other essays
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1888
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Serpent-worship and other essays

Author: Wake, Charles Staniland, 1835-1910

Year: 1888

Rivers of life.--Phallism in ancient religions.--The origin of serpent-worship.--The Adamites.--The descendants of Cain.--Sacred prostitution.--Marriage among primitive peoples.--Marriage by capture.--Development of the "family".--The social position of woman as affected by "civilisation".--Spiritism and modern spiritualism.--Totems and totemism.--Man and the ape

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