The Garden of Great Work presents...
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion, by: Sir James G. Frazer
Book 02 - Chapter 01 - The Mortality of the Gods
Welcome to the return of our studies in The Golden Bough, by Sir James Frazer. In this video, we begin chapter 01 of the Book II, to discuss mortality among the Gods of various regions and civilizations past and present...
Many of the Gods among the ancients and primitive peoples understood their Gods, or at least the form they assumed for the purpose of life on Earth, to be mortal
However, their souls are often described as immortal and living on indefinitely in the starry heavens. Did the Gods of old take physical forms for a purpose on Earth like that of the humans?
Join me in this video for the discussion that follows and the look at the first chapter of Book II in The Golden Bough looking at the death and mortality of ancient Gods and deities.
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