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If the ancient kingdom of Sumer was the due of the serpent or bull
hero who defeated the old serpent or bull and had access to the
Divine Mother we can understand why her love appears to be a
dangerous boon in later ages. For year by year the chosen of Ishtar
has to encounter a foe of his own blood and one of the two "bulls"
is dispatched to the country without return. -from "The Divine
King" Thoroughly fascinating and totally engrossing, this 1930 work
is an exploration of myth and magic in ancient cultures and how
they tapped into the most elemental of human experiences-sex,
death, tribalism, and war-to lay the foundations of modern
religion, contemporary politics, and even the tradition of
scientific inquiry. Armchair anthropologists, readers of
comparative mythology, and anyone interested in the fundamental
basis of the human subconscious will find this book extraordinarily
enlightening. Hungarian anthropologist GZA RHEIM (1891-1953) was
the first professor of anthropology at the University of Budapest,
a position he held from 1919 to 1938, when he fled to the United
States to escape the unrest of Europe just prior to World War II.
He is also the author of The Riddle of the Sphinx (1934), The
Origin and Function of Culture (1943), The Eternal Ones of the
Dream (1945), and The Gates of the Dream (1952).
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