Phallic worship : a history of sex and sex rites in relation to the religions of all races from antiquity to the present day

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Introduction. Part 1 - The nature and evolution of phallic worship. 1 The creation of the gods. 2 Sun, moon and nature worship. 3 The birth of phallicism. 4 The phallic factor in sexual promiscuity. 5 The connexion between serpent-worship and phallicism. 6 The relation of witchcraft to phallicism. Part 2 - The diffusion of phallic worship and the character of its ceremonies and symbolism. 7 Phallicism in the religions of savage and primitive races. 8 Phallicism in the Bible. 9 Phallicism in ancient Greece and Rome. 10 Phallicism in Egypt, Persia, Assyria, etc.. 11 The phallic gods of India. 12 Phallicism in China and Japan. 13 Phallic worship in Great Britain, France and other parts of Europe. 14 Phallicism in relation to Christianity. A glossary of the principle gods and goddesses mentioned in the preceding chapters

'The study of phallicism is the study of religion. In this lies its importance. So true is this, it may safely be stated that no one who neglects the study of phallic worship can hope to secure any adequate understanding of the origin of religion. The close interplay between magic and religion is instanced in the part played by such essentially sexual procedures as fertility cults, in all primitive and savage communities.' -- Introduction

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