The Cult Of Silvanus: A Study In Roman Folk Religion 9004096019, 9789004096011

Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion 9780812208337

A classic treatise, available now for the first time in paperback, on the folk beliefs of the Jews, with a new introduct

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Interpreting early Hellenistic religion: A study based on the mystery cult of Demeter and the cult of Isis 9519529543, 9789519529547

Two cults, the Great Mysteries of Demeter and the cult of Isis, in Hellenistic Greece, especially in Athens and Delos, a

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A Study in Tinguian Folk-Lore 9789354153570

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The Nature and Origin of the Cult of Silvanus in the Roman Provinces of Dalmatia and Pannonia [1 ed.] 9781784915131

The Nature and Origin of the Cult of Silvanus in the Roman Provinces of Dalmatia and Pannonia deals with the cult of Sil

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The Witch Cult in Western Europe : A Study in Anthropology

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Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion 9780691233147, 9780691165080, 0691233144

A groundbreaking reinterpretation that draws on cognitive theory to show that belief wasn’t absent from—but rather was a

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The Roman Cult of Salus 9780860545965, 9781407347516

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The religion of the Mithras cult in the Roman Empire mysteries of the unconquered sun 0198140894, 9780191712128, 0191712124

Robert Beck describes Mithraism from the point of view of the initiate, engaging with the religion and its rich symbolic

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The Roman Mithras Cult 9781472567413, 9781474205658, 9781472567383

This book is the first full cognitive history of an ancient religious practice. In this ground-breaking study on one of

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The Stalin Cult: A Study in the Alchemy of Power 9780300169522, 0300169523

Between the late 1920s and the early 1950s, one of the most persuasive personality cults of all times saturated Soviet p

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