By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of…

By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.

James George Frazer

1922

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Frazer, James George. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. Oxford University Press, 1998, ch. 4.

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Frazer, James George. The Golden Bough. London: The Macmillan Company, 1922, ch. 4.

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