Magic And Religion by Andrew Lang
A comparative study of the origins, practices and social functions of magical rites and religious belief, arguing that magic consists primarily of ritual techniques intended to control or influence the world while religion centers on relationships with supernatural persons and moral authority. Using ethnographic and folkloric examples, it traces animistic, fetishistic and totemistic survivals, contrasts the roles of sorcerer and priest, and examines how ritual, sacrifice and myth evolve as societies change—showing how early attempts to manipulate the unseen gradually became systems of faith, morality and communal worship.
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