Animism, Magic, and the Divine King

by Géza Róheim

Contents#58; Animism and the Other World#58; sympathetic magic, moment of death and the soul, Osiris and other mortals, passage of the dead; Psychology of Magic#58; black art, rain maker, love magic; The Medicine Man and the Art of Healing#58; sucking cure, magic wand and medicine pipe, mana, holy ghost, disease and the art of healing, addenda; The Divine King#58; introduction, Tammuz and the king, Adonis and other lords, Attis and Midas, Pharaoh and other African kings, Cecrops and other serpents, May king, Apollo and Cadmus; The Scapegoat#58; king as scapegoat, cock and Wren, Mars and the Salii, goat of Azazel, Thargelia, scapegoats and initiations, Carthartic ritual.

Genres: Psychology

390 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Géza Róheim (Hungarian: Róheim Géza) was a psychoanalyst, anthropologist, and ethnologist. His writings about Arrernte and Pitjantjatjara people were used to support Ernest Jones in his debate with Bronisław Malinowski over the existence of the Oedipus complex in matrilineal societies, though his methodology and conclusions were disputed by Wilhelm Reich.

Reviews

[Andy Armitage · Rating 1 out of 5]

Had to stop at page 80. Life is too short! Some interesting anthropology forced into a Freudian psychoanalytic frame. What a load of cock!