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The meeting places were destroyed and the celebration of Bacchanalian rites was prohibited throughout Italy . ... The most celebrated was known as the Liberalia , held on the 17th March , the birthday of Liber , the Roman god of wine ...
The meeting places were destroyed and the celebration of Bacchanalian rites was prohibited throughout Italy . ... The most celebrated was known as the Liberalia , held on the 17th March , the birthday of Liber , the Roman god of wine ...
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Herodotus is of opinion that Melampus was responsible for the initiation of phallic processions in honour of Dionysus , having observed them celebrated by the Phoenicians who had settled in Boeotia with Cadamus .
Herodotus is of opinion that Melampus was responsible for the initiation of phallic processions in honour of Dionysus , having observed them celebrated by the Phoenicians who had settled in Boeotia with Cadamus .
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Even the festivals connected with the Eucharist , as celebrated at that time , were not altogether free from sexual licence . These celebrations , inaugurated by St. Paul himself , were termed Agapæ or love - feasts , and were held ...
Even the festivals connected with the Eucharist , as celebrated at that time , were not altogether free from sexual licence . These celebrations , inaugurated by St. Paul himself , were termed Agapæ or love - feasts , and were held ...
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Contents
SUN MOON AND NATURE WORSHIP | 13 |
THE BIRTH OF PHALLICISM | 40 |
THE PHALLIC FACTOR IN SEXUAL PROMISCUITY | 58 |
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| Title | Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day ... |
| Author | George Ryley Scott |
| Publisher | Mental Health Press, 1958 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 24 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 299 pages |
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