The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races: An Interpretation (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Sanger Brown

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0484868926 ISBN 13: 9780484868921

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races: An Interpretation reveals how ancient practices around procreation and fertility became powerful forces in religion and culture, offering a lens on human nature that transcends time.

This edition presents a clear view of how collective feeling shaped early religious life and how those same motives echo in modern thought.

In these pages, a careful nonfiction study traces how group beliefs, myths, and rites expressed the race’s deepest longings. It examines why sex and fertility were central to sacred drama, and how civilizations moved from simple ritual to more complex ideas about the divine and the self. The discussion stays focused on the connections between primitive symbolism and later religious forms, without losing sight of the human story behind them.

• How collective feeling guides the development of early religion
• How myths and mysteries dramatize reproductive power
• Links between race-wide motives and individual psychological patterns
• The arc from simple worship to decadent practices and their historical impact

Ideal for readers of anthropology, psychology, and world history who seek a grounded, historical view of how early beliefs shaped human thought.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0484868926
• ISBN 13: 9780484868921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 149