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Ancient Art and Ritual

Jane Ellen Harrison

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Ancient Art and Ritual | Jane Ellen Harrison
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. . .e periodicity of the seasons are acts necessarily delayed. The thing delayed, expected, waited for, is more and more a source of value, more and more apt to precipitate into what we call an idea, which is in reality but the projected shadow of an unaccomplished action. More beautiful it may be, but comparatively bloodless, yet capable in its turn of acting as an initial motor impulse in the 54cycle of activity. It will later (p. 70) be seen that these periodic festivals are the stuff of which those faded, unaccomplished actions and desires which we call gods—Attis, Osiris, Dionysos—are made.

To primitive man, as we have seen, beast and bird and plant and himself were not sharply divided, and the periodicity of the seasons was for all. It will depend on man’s social and geographical conditions whether he notices periodicity most in plants or animals. If he is nomadic he will note the recurrent births of other animals and of human chil. . . Read More

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- Maan - Apr 15, 2021

I really liked this interesting book!

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- Elisa - Jun 05, 2020

Soooo fascinating. Was intrigued to find a number of what I had thought were Northrop Frye's major insights (unattributed). Endless possibilities for thinking about Woolf. Plan to read again.

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- Kevin - Dec 31, 2017

A serviceable book written by a favorite author of mine whose previous work I read (Themis), is much more clear, detailed, and worthwhile to read. However, for those who want a quicker introduction to similar material, this would suffice.

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- Rhona - Dec 06, 2015

Informative. It is an academic read, but fits in with everything I have studied.

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- Lynn - Jul 29, 2014

This book is a scholarly read and Jane Harrison shows how man has always dealt with rituals to celebrate new life or some rite of passage. He could be seen enraptured in a dance or a song as he asks the gods to show mercy for rain, a healing or for food. She shows how these ancient rituals evolved i

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