In Search of God the Mother

In Search of God the Mother
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 402
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ISBN-10 : 9780520210240
ISBN-13 : 0520210247
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Book Synopsis In Search of God the Mother by : Lynn E. Roller

Download or read book In Search of God the Mother written by Lynn E. Roller and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-07-13 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first thorough account of the nature and the spread of the cult of Cybele, the Great Mother, and the first to present her worship soberly as a religion rather than sensationally as an orgiastic celebration of self-castrated priest-attendants.


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