Pre-Loved book; Good to Fair Condition; stored; pages are yellowed from age.
George Ryley Scott's introduction to this fascinating and provocative work opens with a singularly bold contention: 'The study of phallicism', he sates, 'is the study of religion. In this lies its importance."
Phallic worship as a sensual, ritualistic celebration of fertility was almost totally banished from our lives by the strictures of Christian moralism. The silence that followed prevented popular understanding of a very natural and widespread religious impulse. This exciting work returns sexual cults to the central position they once occupied in many of the world's great religions. The author vigorously argues for the importance of phallicism throughout history and across cultures, from the cult of Priapus in classical times, through witchcraft and paganism in early Europe, to the sensual religions of the East.
Superbly illustrated, Phallic Worship, is of interest to sociologists and students of comparative religion, as well as to readers fascinated by the history of sex.
Published - 1996
1 x Paperback book; 234pp.
