Sacred Sexuality: Books of Phallic Worship: A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus; The Worship of the Generative Powers

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A discourse on the worship of Priapus, and its connection with the mystic theology of the ancients by Richard Payne Knight. To which is added an essay on the worship of the generative powers during the Middle Ages of western Europe.

A DISCOURSE ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS
BY RICHARD PAYNE KNIGHT

This extended essay on fertility worship in the Classical period was written by Robert Payne Knight , a distinguished English scholar, parlimentarian, writer, and antiquarian. Published in 1786, this book shocked English society to such an extent that Knight took it upon himself to surpress his own book. Subsequently this became a very rare book until it was republished in several editions in the mid-twentieth century. Although the study of the history of religion has vastly advanced since Knight's day, this was one of the first books to deal with the issue of sexuality and religion.

THE WORSHIP OF THE GENERATIVE POWERS:
BY THOMAS WRIGHT
This work first appeared as the second half of the 1865 printing of A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus. Wright's extended essay on Phallic worship is distinguished by much better scholarship and writing than some of the other works of this genre. Along with the usual suspects Wright devotes the longest section of this text to exploring what would become known as the 'Witch Cult'. Wright lays out a compelling case for the survival of ancient fertility rituals in the otherwise puzzling accounts of the Witches' Sabbath.

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Release: November 01, 1996

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