author: irving hexham

... Richard Cavendish documents some of these failures in his book The Black Arts , correctly observing that " astrology is essentially a magical art " linked to irrational be- liefs and a desire to gain control over seemingly ...

Making The Human Sacred Irving Hexham. new religion , cannot be understood without taking into account the central role of primal experiences . On the basis of numerous interviews and published accounts , we believe that primal ...

... the Azande , for example , believe in the active intervention of the dead in the lives of the living , their sacred beliefs centered on the worship of ancestors or other unseen forces remain altogether understandable.9 THE DISCARDED IMAGE ...