A very readable book. The author discusses the pagan and the Christian creeds from a broad anthropological standpoint and in a spirit free from criticism and the limitations of dogmatism. He dilates at considerable length on the similarities shown by the several religions, especially the similarities between pagan religions and the christian religion, and reaches the conclusion that such similarities can only be explained on the assumption that religions are of psychological origin. That is, mankind in response to similar needs and with similar mental machinery has evolved similar types of response.
Particularly interesting are the chapters on solar myths and the zodiac. These chapters give certain quite definite information which it is pretty difficult to find in the literature elsewhere. It has been very well worked out and it is very interestingly put.
Finally the author comes to the conclusion that Christianity has about served its purpose and will shortly make its exit. He sees the possibility of a new religion taking its place which shall be catholic in its tendencies, incorporating all those great general principles which have been found of value in all the religions. He does not of course expect after all such a development at least in the near future but suggests it, I take it, more as a philosophical possibility. Such a development would be in line with his theory that originally man, like the animals, was not possessed of self-consciousness but felt himself an intimate part of nature, that at the time of the rise of his self-consciousness, corresponding to about three years of age in the individual, his troubles began, and that all his mental suffering is due to this one fact. Ultimately he believes a third stage of development will be reached in which man will be absorbed in the cosmic consciousness and his conflicts will find their ultimate solution.
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Particularly interesting are the chapters on solar myths and the zodiac. These chapters give certain quite definite information which it is pretty difficult to find in the literature elsewhere. It has been very well worked out and it is very interestingly put.
Finally the author comes to the conclusion that Christianity has about served its purpose and will shortly make its exit. He sees the possibility of a new religion taking its place which shall be catholic in its tendencies, incorporating all those great general principles which have been found of value in all the religions. He does not of course expect after all such a development at least in the near future but suggests it, I take it, more as a philosophical possibility. Such a development would be in line with his theory that originally man, like the animals, was not possessed of self-consciousness but felt himself an intimate part of nature, that at the time of the rise of his self-consciousness, corresponding to about three years of age in the individual, his troubles began, and that all his mental suffering is due to this one fact. Ultimately he believes a third stage of development will be reached in which man will be absorbed in the cosmic consciousness and his conflicts will find their ultimate solution.
PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN CREEDS: Their Origin and Meaning
A very readable book. The author discusses the pagan and the Christian creeds from a broad anthropological standpoint and in a spirit free from criticism and the limitations of dogmatism. He dilates at considerable length on the similarities shown by the several religions, especially the similarities between pagan religions and the christian religion, and reaches the conclusion that such similarities can only be explained on the assumption that religions are of psychological origin. That is, mankind in response to similar needs and with similar mental machinery has evolved similar types of response.
Particularly interesting are the chapters on solar myths and the zodiac. These chapters give certain quite definite information which it is pretty difficult to find in the literature elsewhere. It has been very well worked out and it is very interestingly put.
Finally the author comes to the conclusion that Christianity has about served its purpose and will shortly make its exit. He sees the possibility of a new religion taking its place which shall be catholic in its tendencies, incorporating all those great general principles which have been found of value in all the religions. He does not of course expect after all such a development at least in the near future but suggests it, I take it, more as a philosophical possibility. Such a development would be in line with his theory that originally man, like the animals, was not possessed of self-consciousness but felt himself an intimate part of nature, that at the time of the rise of his self-consciousness, corresponding to about three years of age in the individual, his troubles began, and that all his mental suffering is due to this one fact. Ultimately he believes a third stage of development will be reached in which man will be absorbed in the cosmic consciousness and his conflicts will find their ultimate solution.
Particularly interesting are the chapters on solar myths and the zodiac. These chapters give certain quite definite information which it is pretty difficult to find in the literature elsewhere. It has been very well worked out and it is very interestingly put.
Finally the author comes to the conclusion that Christianity has about served its purpose and will shortly make its exit. He sees the possibility of a new religion taking its place which shall be catholic in its tendencies, incorporating all those great general principles which have been found of value in all the religions. He does not of course expect after all such a development at least in the near future but suggests it, I take it, more as a philosophical possibility. Such a development would be in line with his theory that originally man, like the animals, was not possessed of self-consciousness but felt himself an intimate part of nature, that at the time of the rise of his self-consciousness, corresponding to about three years of age in the individual, his troubles began, and that all his mental suffering is due to this one fact. Ultimately he believes a third stage of development will be reached in which man will be absorbed in the cosmic consciousness and his conflicts will find their ultimate solution.
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| BN ID: | 2940016024615 |
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| Publisher: | OGB |
| Publication date: | 01/23/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 698 KB |
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