“In primitive society, where uniformity of occupation is the rule, and the distribution of the community into various classes of workers has hardly begun, every man is more or less his own magician; he practices charms and incantations for his own good and the injury of his enemies.” MenCommunityEnemyClassPracticeWorkersVariousEvery ManCharmInjuryOccupationPrimitiveDistributionMagicianUniformity Author:James G. Frazer
“The consideration of human suffering is not one which enters into the calculations of primitive man.” MenHumansSufferingConsiderationPrimitiveCalculationsHuman SufferingPrimitive Man Author:James G. Frazer
“Yet it would be unfair to the generality of our kind to ascribe to their intellectual and moral weakness the gradual divergence of Buddhism and Christianity from their primitive patterns. For it should not be forgotten that by their glorification of poverty and celibacy both these religions struck straight at the root not merely of civil society but of human existence. The blow was parried by the wisdom or the folly of the vast majority of mankind, who refused to purchase a chance of saving their souls with the certainty of extinguishing the species.” ShouldHumansKindSoulWould BeChanceExistenceMoralChristianityPovertyMankindBuddhismIntellectualWeaknessRootsMajoritySpeciesForgottenPatternsBlowSavingCertaintyFollyPrimitiveUnfairHuman ExistenceCivil SocietyCelibacyGeneralitiesGlorificationDivergenceBuddhism And Christianity Author:James G. Frazer
“It is a common rule with primitive people not to waken a sleeper, because his soul is away and might not have time to get back.” PeopleSoulMightScienceCommonGet BackPrimitiveSleepers Author:James G. Frazer
