Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays (9781473393127) by Malinowski, Bronislaw -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction Magic, Science and Religion

I. Primitive Man and his Religion II. Rational Mastery by Man of his Surroundings III. Life, Death, and Destiny in Early Faith and Cult

1. The Creative Acts of Religion 2. Providence in Primitive Life 3. Man’s Selective Interest in Nature 4. Death and the Reintegration of the Group

IV. The Public and Tribal Character of Primitive Cults

1. Society as the Substance of God 2. The Moral Efficiency of Savage Beliefs 3. Social and Individual Contributions in Primitive Religion

V. The Art of Magic and the Power of Faith

1. The Rite and the Spell 2. The Tradition of Magic 3. Mana and the Virtue of Magic 4. Magic and Experience 5. Magic and Science 6. Magic and Religion

Myth in Primitive Psychology Dedication to Sir James Frazer

I. The Role of Myth in Life II. Myths of Origin III. Myths of Death and of the Recurrent Cycle of Life IV. Myths of Magic V. Conclusion

Baloma; the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands

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