Available in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook. This book has 201 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1888.
Serpent-Worship and Other Essays by C. Staniland Wake was first published in 1888. Chapters include: Rivers of Life; Phallism in Ancient Religions; The Origin of Serpent Worship; The Adamites; The Descendants of Cain; Sacred Prostitution; Marriage Among Primitive Peoples; Marriage by Capture; Development of the Family; The Social Position of Women as Affected by Civilisation; Spiritism and Modern Spiritualism; Totems and Totemism; and, Man and the Ape.
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