A Deep-Sworn Vow by William Butler YEATS (1865 - 1939) Genre(s): Poetry Read by: Algy Pug, Bruce Kachuk, Brian Darby, David Lawrence, Newgatenovelist, Greg Giordano, Ian King, Jennifer Fournier, Lee Ann Howlett, Leonard Wilson, Maria Kasper, Patrick Wallace, Winston Tharp in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by ALP 00:00:38 - 02 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by BK 00:01:23 - 03 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by BSD 00:02:02 - 04 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by DL 00:02:42 - 05 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by EL 00:03:23 - 06 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by GG 00:04:12 - 07 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by IK 00:04:52 - 08 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by JEF 00:05:27 - 09 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by LAH 00:06:10 - 10 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by LLW 00:06:54 - 11 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by MK 00:07:34 - 12 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by PJW 00:08:15 - 13 - A Deep-Sworn Vow - Read by WT This is the weekly poem for the week of 10.01.2016. Have fun. - Summary by Stav Nisser. More information: http://librivox.org/a-deep-sworn-vow-by-william-butler-yeats/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part IV. Adonis Attis Osiris. Volume I by James Frazer (1854 - 1941) Genre(s): Antiquity, Other religions Read by: Leon Harvey in English Cover design by {Leon Harvey}. Chapters: 00:00:00 - 12 - X. THE GARDENS OF ADONIS. Pots of corn, herbs, and flowers called the Gardens of Adonis, These 'gardens' charms to promote the growth of vegetation, The throwing of the 'gardens' into water a rain-charm, Parallel customs of wetting the corn at harvest or sowing, 'gardens of Adonis' in India, 'gardens of Adonis' on St. John's Day in Sardinia and Sicily, St. John perhaps a substitute for Adonis, Custom of bathing on the Eve or Day of St. John (Midsummer Eve or Midsummer Day), Heathen origin of the custom, Midsummer festival of St. John formed perhaps by the union of Oriental and northern elements, Midsummer fires and midsummer pairs, Divination by plants at midsummer, In Sicily 'gardens of Adonis' sown in spring as well as at midsummer, Resemblance of Easter ceremonies to rites of Adonis, The Christian festival of Easter perhaps grafted on a festival of Adonis, Worship of Adonis at Bethlehem and Antioch, The Star of Salvation. 00:49:55 - 13 - BOOK SECOND. ATTIS. I. THE MYTH AND RITUAL OF ATTIS. Attis the Phrygian counterpart of Adonis, His relation to Cybele, His miraculous birth, His death, Cybele and Attis at Rome, Their spring festival, The day of blood, Eunuch priests in the service of Asiatic goddesses, The sacrifice of virility, The mourning for Attis, His resurrection, His mysteries, the sacrament and the baptism of blood, Diffusion of his religion from the Vatican. 01:09:12 - 14 - II. ATTIS AS A GOD OF VEGETATION. Sancity of the pine-tree in the worship of Attis, Attis as a corn god, Cybele a goddess of fertility, The bath in the river. III. ATTIS AS THE FATHER GOD. Meaning of the name Attis, Relation of Attis to the Mother Goddess, Attis as a sky-god or Heavenly Father, The emasculation of the sky-god. IV. HUMAN REPRESENTATIVES OF ATTIS. Personation of Attis by his high priest, Name of Attis in the royal families of Phrygia and Lydia. 01:24:37 - 15 - V. THE HANGED GOD. Death of Marsyas on the tree, Marsyas apparently a double of Addit, The hanging of Odin on the gallows-tree, The hanging of human victims among the Bogabos, The hanging of Artemis, The hanging of animal victims, Skins of human victims used to effect the resurrection, Skins of men and horses set up at graves, Skulls employed in Borneo to ensure the fertility of the ground and of women, Skin of the human representative of the god in Phrygia perhaps used for like purposes. 01:40:06 - 16 - VI. ORIENTAL RELIGIONS IN THE WEST. Popularity of the worship of Cybele and Attis in the Roman empire, Effect of Oriental religions in undermining the civilization of Greece and Rome, Popularity of the worship of Mithra, its rivarly with Christianity, The festival of Christmas borrowed by the Church from the Mithraic religion, The festival of Easter apparently adapted to the spring festival of Attis, compromise of Christianity with paganism, parallel wit Buddhism. VII. HYACINTH. Hyacinth interpreted as teh vegetation which blooms with withers, Tomb of Hyacinth at Amyclae, Hyacinth an aboriginal deity, perhaps a dead king, His sister Polyboea perhaps originally his spouse. More information: https://librivox.org/the-golden-bough-a-study-in-magic-and-religion-part-iv-adonis-attis-osiris-volume-i-by-james-frazer/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by William Henry DAVIES (1871 - 1940) Genre(s): Narratives, Travel & Geography Read by: Expatriate in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 29 - XXIX. A Day's Companion 00:09:19 - 30 - XXX. The Fortune 00:19:06 - 31 - XXXI. Some Ways of Making a Living 00:29:20 - 32 - XXXII. At Last 00:46:31 - 33 - XXXIII. Success 00:58:02 - 34 - XXXIV. A House to Let The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp is an autobiography published in 1908 by the Welsh poet and writer W. H. Davies (1871-1940). A large part of the book's subject matter describes the way of life of the tramp in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States in the final decade of the 19th century. George Bernard Shaw had become interested in Davies, a literary unknown at the time, and had agreed to write a preface for the book, largely through the concerted efforts of his wife Charlotte. Shaw was also instrumental in keeping the unusual title of the book, of which Davies himself was unsure, and which later proved to be controversial with some reviewers. The book was the third published by Davies, having been preceded by The Soul's Destroyer (1905) and New Poems (1907). The 1920 edition of the book concludes with five poems selected by Davies from The Soul's Destroyer. The book was written in the space of six weeks, 'a great achievement for a first book by a man with the minimum of education.' ( Wikipedia (edited by Expatriate)) More information: http://librivox.org/the-autobiography-of-a-super-tramp-by-william-henry-davies/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE (1749 - 1832), translated by R. Dillon BOYLAN ( - ) Genre(s): Epistolary Fiction, Romance Read by: Rob De Lorenzo, Barry Eads in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - 01 - Book 1, May Entries 00:29:59 - 02 - 02 - Book 1, June Entries 00:56:04 - 03 - 03 - Book 1, July Entries 01:25:27 - 04 - 04 - Book 1, August Entires 01:57:04 - 05 - 05 - Book 1, September Entries 02:07:25 - 06 - 06 - Book 2, October - February Entries 02:26:00 - 07 - 07 - Book 2, March - July Entries 02:45:07 - 08 - 08 - Book 2, August - October Entries 03:04:55 - 09 - 09 - Book 2, November - Dec. 6 03:24:55 - 10 - 10 - Book 2, Editor to Reader - Dec. 15 03:44:46 - 11 - 11 - Book 2, December 20 Part 1 03:59:39 - 12 - 12 - Book 2, December 20 Part 2 04:20:33 - 13 - 13 - Book 2, December 20 Part 3 The Sorrows of Young Werther (German, Die Leiden des jungen Werther, originally published as Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774. The story follows the life and sorrows of Werther after he falls desperately in love with a young woman who is married to another. A climactic scene prominently features Goethe's own German translation of a portion of James Macpherson's Ossian cycle of poems, which had originally been presented as translations of ancient works, and was later found to have been written by Macpherson. (Introduction by Wikipedia and Barry Eads) More information: http://librivox.org/the-sorrows-of-young-werther-by-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/