CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 7
3. PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN CREEDS: THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING
4. I. INTRODUCTORY 9
5. II. SOLAR MYTHS AND CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS 19
6. III. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ZODIAC 36
7. IV. TOTEM-SACRAMENTS AND EUCHARISTS 54
8. V. FOOD AND VEGETATION MAGIC 69
9. VI. MAGICIANS, KINGS AND GODS 86
10. VII. RITES OF EXPIATION AND REDEMPTION 100
11. VIII. PAGAN INITIATIONS AND THE SECOND BIRTH 117
12. IX. MYTH OF THE GOLDEN AGE 137
13. X. THE SAVIOUR-GOD AND THE VIRGIN-MOTHER 154
14. XI. RITUAL DANCING 163
15. XII. THE SEX-TABOO 180
16. XIII. THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY 198
17. XIV. THE MEANING OF I T ALL 222
18. XV. THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES 239
19. XVI. THE EXODUS OF CHRISTIANITY 257
20. XVII. CONCLUSION 271
21. APPENDIX 281
22. INDEX 309