Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Sacred Birds
6. Divine Implications: Telltale Evidence 3
7. Animism and the Sacred 16
8. Birds in Palaeolithic Cave Wall Art 23
9. Birds in Palaeolithic Portable Art 41
10. Birds in Neolithic Art: Anatolia, Iraq, Syria, and Europe 51
11. Sacred Birds of Mesopotamia and Egypt 73
12. Sacred Birds of Peru 98
13. Sacred Birds of Greece and the Judeo-Christian World 108
14. The Imitation of Birds
15. Gods as Birds: The Magic of Flight 135
16. Sacred Music: The Ecstasy of Birdsong 164
17. Birds Betrayed: Sapiens at Its Worst 187
18. What Went Wrong? 205
19. What Is to Be Done? 225
20. Notes 249
21. Bibliography 271
22. Index 283