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The time falling bodies take to light : mythology, sexuality, and the origins of culture / William Irwin Thompson.
- Title
- The time falling bodies take to light : mythology, sexuality, and the origins of culture / William Irwin Thompson.
- Author
- Thompson, William Irwin
- Publication
- New York : St. Martin's Griffin, c1996.
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- Description
- xv, 280 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In this book, William Irwin Thompson explores the nature of myth. Acknowledging the persuasive power of myth to create and inform culture, he weaves the human ability to create life with and communicate through symbols with myths based on male and female forms of power."--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The Myth Before History -- Prologue: The Time Light Bodies Took to Fall -- Pt. 2. The Transformations of Prehistory -- 1. Hominization -- 2. Symbolization -- 3. Agriculturalization -- Pt. 3. Western Civilization and the Displacement of the Feminine -- 4. Civilization and Alienation in Ancient Sumer -- 5. Civilization and Initiation in Ancient Egypt -- Pt. 4. The Myth Beyond History -- Epilogue: The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light.
- ISBN
- 0312160623
- LCCN
- ^^^96000549^
- OCLC
- 34115773
- SCSB-11736744
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library