Rivers of Life (James Forlong)
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| + | "It is here, perhaps, necessary to inform my readers that all [[conical]] or [[erect]] stones, and all [[quaint]] or rude [[masses of rock]] usually denote the [[male sex]], unless [[ovate]] or [[round]]ed, when they are [[feminine]]." | ||
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| - | ''[[Rivers of Life]]'' is a work of [[comparative religion]] by [[James Forlong]] | + | '''''Rivers of Life''''' is a work of [[comparative religion]] by [[James Forlong]] |
| It comprises two volumes and its full title is ''Rivers of Life or sources and streams of the faiths of man in all lands showing the evolution of faiths from the rudest symbolisms to the latest spiritual developments''. It was printed by [[Bernard Quaritch]]: London; Edinburgh, in [[1883]]. It was marked by a sexual, some would say blasphemous, interpretation of [[religious rite]]s and [[religious symbolism|symbolism]]. | It comprises two volumes and its full title is ''Rivers of Life or sources and streams of the faiths of man in all lands showing the evolution of faiths from the rudest symbolisms to the latest spiritual developments''. It was printed by [[Bernard Quaritch]]: London; Edinburgh, in [[1883]]. It was marked by a sexual, some would say blasphemous, interpretation of [[religious rite]]s and [[religious symbolism|symbolism]]. | ||
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Rivers of Life is a work of comparative religion by James Forlong
It comprises two volumes and its full title is Rivers of Life or sources and streams of the faiths of man in all lands showing the evolution of faiths from the rudest symbolisms to the latest spiritual developments. It was printed by Bernard Quaritch: London; Edinburgh, in 1883. It was marked by a sexual, some would say blasphemous, interpretation of religious rites and symbolism.
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