The Worship of the Generative Powers:
18 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This work first appeared as the second half of the 1865 printing of A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus. Wright's extended essay on Phallic worship is distinguished by much better scholarship and writing than some of the other works of this genre. Along with the usual suspects (ancient and modern phallic objects, fertility rituals and so on) Wright devotes the longest section of this text to exploring what would become known as the 'Witch Cult'. Wright lays out a compelling case for the survival of ancient fertility rituals in the otherwise puzzling accounts of the Witches' Sabbath.
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18 chapters
01 Title Page 02 Antiquity 03 Middle Ages and Renaissance 04 Shelah-na-Gigs 05 Priapus Worship 06 Priapic Amulets 07 The 'Fig' 08 Sexual Demons 09 Phallic Festivals 10 May-day 11 Midsummer Night 12 Plants and Flowers 13 Other Festivals 14 Mediaeval Secret Societies 15 The Knights Templar 16 The Witches' Sabbath 17 Inniskea 18 Special Pages: Errata
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The Worship of the Generative Powers:
18 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This work first appeared as the second half of the 1865 printing of A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus. Wright's extended essay on Phallic worship is distinguished by much better scholarship and writing than some of the other works of this genre. Along with the usual suspects (ancient and modern phallic objects, fertility rituals and so on) Wright devotes the longest section of this text to exploring what would become known as the 'Witch Cult'. Wright lays out a compelling case for the survival of ancient fertility rituals in the otherwise puzzling accounts of the Witches' Sabbath.
Table of contents
18 chapters
01 Title Page 02 Antiquity 03 Middle Ages and Renaissance 04 Shelah-na-Gigs 05 Priapus Worship 06 Priapic Amulets 07 The 'Fig' 08 Sexual Demons 09 Phallic Festivals 10 May-day 11 Midsummer Night 12 Plants and Flowers 13 Other Festivals 14 Mediaeval Secret Societies 15 The Knights Templar 16 The Witches' Sabbath 17 Inniskea 18 Special Pages: Errata
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The Worship of the Generative Powers:
18 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This work first appeared as the second half of the 1865 printing of A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus. Wright's extended essay on Phallic worship is distinguished by much better scholarship and writing than some of the other works of this genre. Along with the usual suspects (ancient and modern phallic objects, fertility rituals and so on) Wright devotes the longest section of this text to exploring what would become known as the 'Witch Cult'. Wright lays out a compelling case for the survival of ancient fertility rituals in the otherwise puzzling accounts of the Witches' Sabbath.
Table of contents
18 chapters
01 Title Page 02 Antiquity 03 Middle Ages and Renaissance 04 Shelah-na-Gigs 05 Priapus Worship 06 Priapic Amulets 07 The 'Fig' 08 Sexual Demons 09 Phallic Festivals 10 May-day 11 Midsummer Night 12 Plants and Flowers 13 Other Festivals 14 Mediaeval Secret Societies 15 The Knights Templar 16 The Witches' Sabbath 17 Inniskea 18 Special Pages: Errata
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