1st Edition

Sex And Sex Worship

By Otto Augustus Wall Copyright 2005
618 Pages
by Routledge

618 Pages
by Routledge

618 Pages
by Routledge

Sex is at the very heart of life, and this classic illustrated study of sex, its nature and function, and its influence on art, science, architecture and religion contains a wealth of information on sex beliefs, practices and worship in other cultures and periods of history stretching back to ancient times. Drawing on a wide range of sources including private collections of erotica, Wall shows... Read more

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?

Biography

Otto Augustus Wall