Magic and fetishism
by Alfred C. Haddon
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'A pioneer of modern anthropology', A.C. Haddon contributed to the fields of embryology & evolutionary science before turning his interests to human civilisation & its history. In this work, Haddon makes use of his knowledge of folk rituals & religious beliefs to introduce readers to basic principles of sympathetic magic, divination, talismanic powers & fetishism. A strong believer in the importance of preserving local religious practices & beliefs, Haddon uses the work to document customs show more from Britain to West Africa, America to Australia. Topics include forms of contagious magic, premised on a mutual influence between objects; amulets & talismans; magical names & words; and divination. In the second portion of the book, devoted to fetishism, Haddon offers an authoritative description of the fetish as a 'habitation, temporary or permanent, of a spiritual being'. show lessTags
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