Ancient Beliefs and Modern Superstitions

by Martin Lings

Book Overview

Drawing upon his wide knowledge of world religions the author in this book strikes at the root of everything that makes it difficult for people today to believe wholeheartedly in religion and in doing so, it shows modern man to be, in his own peculiar twenty-first century way, the embodiment of superstition in its most dangerous form. We are faced in the modern world with a situation similar to that in the fable of the Emperor's new clothes. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1901383024
• ISBN13: 9781901383027
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Archetype
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"