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Description:Man, God and Magic boldly surveys what is known of the culture and especially the religious beliefs and practices of pre-historic man and compares this with the cultural practices and religious beliefs of still existent primitive peoples. Mr Lissner's theory that early man, like modern primitives, believed in one supreme God. There is anthropological evidence that early man in several different areas of the world worshipped God in the same way. Added to this is the fact that still existent customs which Mr Lissner found among primitives in the Siberian taiga resemble those of the the Indian-like people of Tierra del Fuego and of a few areas of the world. This theory and evidence lead to the possibility that man's original concept of God was monotheistic, with polytheism representing a step backwards, an error into which man was led as a result of dabbling with the 'supernatural' or magic.The book contains absorbing accounts of worship among primitive tribes who seek evidence of one God in nature. There are descriptions of the sacrifice of bears among the Ainus of northern Japan and the Orochon of northern Siberia, and similar rites which must have taken place in a cave in Switzerland where more than fifty thousand skulls of ritually slaughtered bears of the stone age have been found. By showing how modern shamans control and guide primitive peoples, he carries back the belief in magic and its powers to surmise how the magicians of the earliest peoples corrupted the 'pure' religion of their contemporaries for their own selfish ends, and succeeded in tranferring power to animals or inanimate objects.This book is the outcome of 17 years of research and personal observation among the most primitive peoples of the earth. It created a storm of interest and controversy when it was first published in the author's native Germany.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Man, God And Magic: The Culture, Religious Beliefs And Practices Of Prehistoric Man. To get started finding Man, God And Magic: The Culture, Religious Beliefs And Practices Of Prehistoric Man, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Man, God and Magic boldly surveys what is known of the culture and especially the religious beliefs and practices of pre-historic man and compares this with the cultural practices and religious beliefs of still existent primitive peoples. Mr Lissner's theory that early man, like modern primitives, believed in one supreme God. There is anthropological evidence that early man in several different areas of the world worshipped God in the same way. Added to this is the fact that still existent customs which Mr Lissner found among primitives in the Siberian taiga resemble those of the the Indian-like people of Tierra del Fuego and of a few areas of the world. This theory and evidence lead to the possibility that man's original concept of God was monotheistic, with polytheism representing a step backwards, an error into which man was led as a result of dabbling with the 'supernatural' or magic.The book contains absorbing accounts of worship among primitive tribes who seek evidence of one God in nature. There are descriptions of the sacrifice of bears among the Ainus of northern Japan and the Orochon of northern Siberia, and similar rites which must have taken place in a cave in Switzerland where more than fifty thousand skulls of ritually slaughtered bears of the stone age have been found. By showing how modern shamans control and guide primitive peoples, he carries back the belief in magic and its powers to surmise how the magicians of the earliest peoples corrupted the 'pure' religion of their contemporaries for their own selfish ends, and succeeded in tranferring power to animals or inanimate objects.This book is the outcome of 17 years of research and personal observation among the most primitive peoples of the earth. It created a storm of interest and controversy when it was first published in the author's native Germany.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Man, God And Magic: The Culture, Religious Beliefs And Practices Of Prehistoric Man. To get started finding Man, God And Magic: The Culture, Religious Beliefs And Practices Of Prehistoric Man, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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