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Informationen zum Autor Otto Augustus Wall Klappentext This text, "A Scientific Treatise on Sex, its Nature and Function, and its Influence on Art, Science, Architecture and Religion," contains a wealth of fascinating information on the cultural aspects of sex. Topics explored include primitive ideas about sex, religious and mythical interpretations of sex, the status of women, cosmology and sex, sex in the Greek Bible, artistic representations of sexuality, phallic worship and virgin worship. The book provides insights not only into sexual life throughout the ages but also into the particular ideas and preoccupations about sex which were current when the book was first published in 1919. Zusammenfassung This work contains a wealth of information on all aspects of sex as it pertains to culture. Among the many topics explored are primitive ideas about sex, religious and mythical interpretations of sex, the status of women, cosmology and sex, and sex in the Greek Bible. Inhaltsverzeichnis SEX, MODERN RELIGIONS, OTHER BELIEFS, HOW OLD 1S MANKIND, NATURE OF SEX, NATURE OF REPRODUCTION, STATUS OF WOMAN, COSMOGONIES, GEMETRIA, BIBLE OF THE GREEKS, SEX IN PLANTS AND TOTEMISM, SEX IN ANIMALS AND MANKIND, LIGHT ON A DARK SUBJECT, SOCIAL RELATIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN, GRATIFICATION OF THE SENSES, ART AND ETHICS, SCULPTURE, ART ANATOMY, CREDULITY, LYCANTHROPY, ORIGIN OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS, PRIMITIVE BELIKE'S, SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE GODS, THE GODS LIVED LIKE MEN, MONOGAMY, POLYGAMY; PHALLIC WORSHIP, PLANT WORSHIP, ANIMAL WORSHIP, SOME OF THE GODS, THE ETERNAL FEMININE, VIRGIN WORSHIP, ABOUT GODDESSES, SEXUAL UNION AMONG DEITIES, SERPENT WORSHIP, WORSHIP OF HEAVENLY BODIES, PHALLIC FESTIVALS, WATER, 1S THERE AN IMMORTAL SOUL?
