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The God-Idea of the Ancients

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CHAPTER I. SEX THE FOUNDATION OF THE GOD-IDEA.

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CHAPTER II. TREE, PLANT, AND FRUIT WORSHIP.

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CHAPTER III. SUN-WORSHIP—FEMALE AND MALE ENERGIES IN THE SUN.

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CHAPTER IV. THE DUAL GOD OF THE ANCIENTS A TRINITY ALSO.

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CHAPTER V. SEPARATION OF THE FEMALE AND MALE ELEMENTS IN THE DEITY.

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CHAPTER VI. CIVILIZATION OF AN ANCIENT RACE.

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CHAPTER VII. CONCEALMENT OF THE EARLY DOCTRINES.

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CHAPTER VIII. THE ORIGINAL GOD-IDEA OF THE ISRAELITES.

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CHAPTER IX. THE PHOENICIAN AND HEBREW GOD SET OR SETH.

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CHAPTER X. ANCIENT SPECULATIONS CONCERNING CREATION.

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CHAPTER XI. FIRE AND PHALLIC WORSHIP.

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CHAPTER XII. AN ATTEMPT TO PURIFY THE SENSUALIZED FAITHS.

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CHAPTER XIII. CHRISTIANITY A CONTINUATION OF PAGANISM.

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CHAPTER XIV. CHRISTIANITY A CONTINUATION OF PAGANISM—(Continued).

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CHAPTER XV. CHRISTIANITY IN IRELAND.

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CHAPTER XVI. STONES OR COLUMNS AS THE DEITY.

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CHAPTER XVII. SACRIFICES.

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CHAPTER XVIII. THE CROSS AND A DYING SAVIOR.

THE EVOLUTION OF WOMAN By ELIZA BURT GAMBLE

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THE
GOD-IDEA OF THE ANCIENTS

OR
SEX IN RELIGION

BY

ELIZA BURT GAMBLE

Author of "The Evolution of Woman" G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK 27 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET LONDON 24 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND The Knickerbocker Press 1897