The Origin of All Religious Worship

by Charles François Dupuis

Translated from the original french. This monumental work, originally published in 1798 as an abridged edition of the 12 volume 1795 original, influenced and was profusely cited by thinkers such as Constantin-François Chassebœuf de Volney, spread Dupuis' theories of the common origin of the vast majority of most of the forms of worship that posses ancient roots. Extremely critical of "revealed religions," yet delivering a large body of evidence to substantiate its claims, this is a very valuable work for any seeking a deeper understanding of the roots of some of the earliest of faiths.

Genres: Religion

433 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1795

About the author

Charles François Dupuis was a French astronomer, professor (from 1766) of rhetoric at the Collège de Lisieux, Paris, avocat (from 1770) and politician.

Reviews

[Peter J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I greatly enjoyed all of the information this book provided me on the common roots of various faiths. The author thinks Jesus was a myth, something that would require many other great thinkers to be wrong on, but it was good to consider the evidence he provided for this position. His information on how the Isis/Osiris, Hercules, Dionysus, Bacchus, and even many of the Hebrew rites all had astrological origin is difficult to dispute.

[Alan Fuller · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dupuis understood religion as ritual, ceremony and man made rules. Perhaps this is understandable since he lived in 18th century France. He felt religion was superstition based on astrology.