The Golden Bough: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, Volume 1
James Frazer
Read by Leon Harvey
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The first volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. Topics covered include extensive discussion on the belief in sympathetic and contagious magic, magical influence on the environment, magicians and kings, magicians as priests, the origin of incarnate living gods, and a lengthy essay on the origin on the king of the wood at the lake of Nemi. (Summary by Leon Harvey) (13 hr 46 min)
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a classic work.
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agathe
I'm excited to have a single reader for this massive, seminal work. there are variations in volume and clarity, but hopefully those will work themselves out over time. (Or maybe it's just my hateful iPhone.)
Steve5 gave me herpes
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Ariovistus the learned
Steve5, if you don't like the reader, why don't you volunteer & do it up to your volunteer standards....dick.
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SteveS
Wonderful writing. Narrator mumbles; difficult to follow these intonations.