Pochi libri classici sono diventati dei veri e propri punti di riferimento su magia, mitologia e religione quanto Il Ramo d’Oro: studio sulla magia e la religione, un saggio dell'antropologo James Frazer,...

The Golden Bough describes our ancestors' primitive methods of worship, sex practices, strange rituals and festivals. Disproving the popular thought that primitive life was simple, this monumental survey...

For some time I have been preparing a general work on primitive superstition and religion. Among the problems which had attracted my attention was the hitherto unexplained rule of the Arician priesthood;...