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Contents: Animism and the Other World: sympathetic magic, moment of death and the soul, Osiris and other mortals, passage of the dead; Psychology of Magic: black art, rain maker, love magic; The Medicine Man and the Art of Healing: sucking cure, magic wand and medicine pipe,... Read Full Overview

Animism, Magic and the Divine King is a book written by Geza Roheim that explores the relationship between animism, magic, and the concept of the divine king. The book delves into the beliefs and practices of various cultures and societies, including the Australian Aborigines,... Read Full Overview

""Animism, Magic and the Divine King"" is a book written by Geza Roheim, a Hungarian-Australian psychoanalyst and anthropologist. In this book, Roheim explores the concept of animism, the belief in a spiritual essence or life force that exists in all things, as well as the role... Read Full Overview

Animism, Magic and the Divine King is a book written by Geza Roheim, a Hungarian psychoanalyst and anthropologist. The book explores the concept of animism, which is the belief that all things, including inanimate objects, have a spiritual essence or soul. Roheim argues that... Read Full Overview