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Parallel myths respecting the existence of evil spirits and demons , with a presiding deity , were to be found in almost every religious cult before and contemporancous with Christianity . The devil of Christianity was practically a ...
Parallel myths respecting the existence of evil spirits and demons , with a presiding deity , were to be found in almost every religious cult before and contemporancous with Christianity . The devil of Christianity was practically a ...
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hibiting , eye affections , such as strabismus , ophthalmia , and nictitation , were held to possess the evil eye . The power might be consciously or unconsciously applied , but applied it was irrespective of the individual's wishes .
hibiting , eye affections , such as strabismus , ophthalmia , and nictitation , were held to possess the evil eye . The power might be consciously or unconsciously applied , but applied it was irrespective of the individual's wishes .
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a a Similarly , the most popular of the amulets worn as a protection against the evil eye were of phallic import . Any such amulet was called a fascinum , probably after the Roman lascivious god Fascinus . Indeed Lucian affirms that ...
a a Similarly , the most popular of the amulets worn as a protection against the evil eye were of phallic import . Any such amulet was called a fascinum , probably after the Roman lascivious god Fascinus . Indeed Lucian affirms that ...
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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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