The Ancient Family - Imperium Press (Studies in Reaction)

The deepest and oldest layer of European religion is almost unknown today, and yet it governs all subsequent history. This is the Indo-European hearth cult, the subject of The Ancient Family. Here we get a picture of the most traditionalist, nationalist, patriarchal religion imaginable, of a people gathered around a sacred fire, worshipping its ancestors, jealous of its gods, and sufficient unto itself.

Taken from books I-II of Fustel's momentous work The Ancient City, this volume can be rea...