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ceremony , to be only an image of the spirit of Osiris . This is supposed by Payne Knight to have been the real meaning of the animal worship of the Egyptians , about which so much has been written and so little discovered .
ceremony , to be only an image of the spirit of Osiris . This is supposed by Payne Knight to have been the real meaning of the animal worship of the Egyptians , about which so much has been written and so little discovered .
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Among the spectators were several women of superior rank , particularly Oberea , who may properly be said to have assisted at the ceremony , for they gave instructions to the girl how to perform her part , which , young as she was ...
Among the spectators were several women of superior rank , particularly Oberea , who may properly be said to have assisted at the ceremony , for they gave instructions to the girl how to perform her part , which , young as she was ...
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The festival termed Paamylia by Plutarch , and sup posed to derive its name from Paamyles , who announced the birth of Osiris to the world , was evidently , says Kenrick , a phallic ceremony of the kind described by Herodotus .
The festival termed Paamylia by Plutarch , and sup posed to derive its name from Paamyles , who announced the birth of Osiris to the world , was evidently , says Kenrick , a phallic ceremony of the kind described by Herodotus .
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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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