Frazer, James George,  1854-1941 <br/><br/>
The illustrated Golden bough  : a study in magic and religion 

 - Abridged ed 
 - New York, NY  Simon & Schuster  1996 
 - 224p.; ill. (some col.); index 
 - (Labyrinth book) .
<br/><br/> Edited and abridged by Robert K.G. Temple. 
<br/><br/>1 The king of the wood. 2 Sympathetic magic. 3 Weather magic. 4 The sovereign magician. 5 Gods as mortals. 6 Tree worship. 7 The perils of the soul. 8 The transference of evil. 9 Fire festivals. 10 The wandering soul. 11 The golden bough 
<br/><br/> 'When Sir James George Frazer began his investigation of the legend of the hunted priest in the sacred grove at Nemi in 1889, he hoped to draw a 'picture of moving panorama of the vanished life of primitive man all over the world, from the tropics to the poles."  The result, forty-six years later, was The Golden Bough, a twelve-volume masterpiece that became the classic study of the origins of magic and religion--and, in the words of Time magazine, "one of the twentieth century's most influential books."...[It] holds a magnifying glass to Frazer's insights into the nature of magic and religion, insights that range widely between cultures and across time.' 
<br/><br/> Hardcover 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0684818507 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96011489 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mythology<br/>Religion<br/>Magic<br/>Superstition
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL310 .F7 1996