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CONTENTS

  • I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
  • II. SCIENCE AND 'MIRACLES'
  • III. ANTHROPOLOGY AND RELIGION
  • IV. 'OPENING THE GATES OF DISTANCE'
  • V. CRYSTAL VISIONS, SAVAGE AND CIVILISED
  • VI. ANTHROPOLOGY AND HALLUCINATIONS
  • VII. DEMONIACAL POSSESSION
  • VIII. FETISHISM AND SPIRITUALISM
  • IX. EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF GOD
  • X. HIGH GODS OF LOW RACES
  • XI. SUPREME GODS NOT NECESSARILY DEVELOPED OUT OF 'SPIRITS'
  • XII. SAVAGE SUPREME BEINGS
  • XIII. MORE SAVAGE SUPREME BEINGS
  • XIV. AHONE. TI-RA-WÁ. NÀ-PI. PACHACAMAC. TUI LAGA. TAA-ROA
  • XV. THE OLD DEGENERATION THEORY
  • XVI. THEORIES OF JEHOVAH
  • XVII. CONCLUSION
  • APPENDICES.
  • A. OPPOSITIONS OF SCIENCE
  • B. THE POLTERGEIST AND HIS EXPLAINERS
  • C. CRYSTAL-GAZING
  • D. CHIEFS IN AUSTRALIA
  • INDEX