Pagan and Christian Creeds

This work is a lifetime's collection by Edward Carpenter, resigned Anglican clergyman, socialist, and sexual reformer, on the history of pagan cults and Christianity.

Inhalt

• CONTENTS (page 7)
• PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN CREEDS THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING (page 9)
• II: SOLAR MYTHS AND CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS (page 19)
• III: THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ZODIAC (page 36)
• IV: TOTEM-SACRAMENTS AND EUCHARISTS (page 54)
• V: FOOD AND VEGETATION MAGIC (page 69)
• VI: MAGICIANS, KINGS AND GODS (page 86)
• VII: RITES OF EXPIATION AND REDEMPTION (page 100)
• VIII: PAGAN INITIATIONS AND THE SECOND BIRTH (page 117)
• IX: MYTH OF THE GOLDEN AGE (page 137)
• X: THE SAVIOUR-GOD AND THE VIRGIN-MOTHER (page 154)
• XI: RITUAL DANCING (page 163)
• XII: THE SEX-TABOO (page 180)
• XIII: THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY (page 198)
• XIV: THE MEANING OF IT ALL (page 222)
• XV: THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES (page 239)
• XVI: THE EXODUS OF CHRISTIANITY (page 257)
• CONCLUSION (page 271)
• APPENDIX (page 281)
• I: REST (page 283)
• II: THE NATURE OF THE SELF (page 295)
• INDEX (page 309)