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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:50 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:59 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:03 am
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:46 am
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:22 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:00 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:34 am
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Pelta ILuvEire I have one furthur question, are these common books? Ones that I could get at my local library, or bookstore, or am I going to have to go to Amazon.com? The Golden Bough you should be able to get almost anywhere, especially second hand bookstores. wink I don't know too much about the availability of the other one. Check local pagan bookstores if there are any, but you may have to order it online.
Depends on which edition of the Golden Bough you're talking about. The updated edition by Sir James George Frazier was published in 1915 and is a massive encyclopedia of twelve volumes plus index. I doubt if you'll find this edition in a used bookstore, but there was an abridged edition published in 1922 in a single volume, which is what most people think of when looking for copies of the Golden Bough. Sad to say, the abridged edition barely covers the information available in the complete work, and most academics view the abridged edition as a waste of time. A number of better college and universities and more than a few libraries carry the unabridged edition; for example, I had the good fortune to locate the unabridged edition in the Pasadena City Library, and spent a number of hours studying this fascinating work on magic, mythology, and religion. A word of caution: the Golden Bough was written more for fellow academics than the average reader, so some people might find it hard to follow; it doesn't help that the books were written in a very matter-of-fact Victorian style, so you might want to read only a few chapters at a time. In spite of its flaws, the Golden Bough is a truly fascinating work and well worth reading, so good luck in locating it!
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:35 am
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Pelta ILuvEire I have one furthur question, are these common books? Ones that I could get at my local library, or bookstore, or am I going to have to go to Amazon.com? The Golden Bough you should be able to get almost anywhere, especially second hand bookstores. wink I don't know too much about the availability of the other one. Check local pagan bookstores if there are any, but you may have to order it online.
Depends on which edition of the Golden Bough you're talking about. The updated edition by Sir James George Frazier was published in 1915 and is a massive encyclopedia of twelve volumes plus index. I doubt if you'll find this edition in a used bookstore, but there was an abridged edition published in 1922 in a single volume, which is what most people think of when searching for copies of the Golden Bough. Sad to say, the abridged edition barely covers the information available in the complete work, and most academics view the abridged edition as a waste of time. A number of better colleges and universities and more than a few libraries carry the unabridged edition; for example, I had the good fortune to locate the unabridged edition in the Pasadena City Library, and spent a number of hours studying this fascinating work on magic, mythology, and religion. A word of caution: the Golden Bough was written more for fellow academics than the average reader, so some people might find it hard to follow; it doesn't help that the books were written in a very matter-of-fact Victorian style, so you might want to read only a few chapters at a time. In spite of its flaws, the Golden Bough is a truly fascinating work and well worth reading, so good luck in locating it!
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:21 am
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godhi Pelta ILuvEire I have one furthur question, are these common books? Ones that I could get at my local library, or bookstore, or am I going to have to go to Amazon.com? The Golden Bough you should be able to get almost anywhere, especially second hand bookstores. wink I don't know too much about the availability of the other one. Check local pagan bookstores if there are any, but you may have to order it online. Depends on which edition of the Golden Bough you're talking about. The updated edition by Sir James George Frazier was published in 1915 and is a massive encyclopedia of twelve volumes plus index. I doubt if you'll find this edition in a used bookstore, but there was an abridged edition published in 1922 in a single volume, which is what most people think of when searching for copies of the Golden Bough. Actually, I had the good fortune to run across several volumes of the original printing in a second-hand bookshop in london just a few weeks ago. I couldn't buy them because my luggage space was limited, but they are still available if you know where to look. Besides, it wasn't the full edition, just about four volumes of it...
That was the secondhand bookshop of my dreams, though. It was absolutely wonderful, and they had so many dusty old books from the 19th century that they were all on a half price sale. I did pick me up a few gems...
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