Wiedemann RELIGION ANCIENT EGYPT Sorcery 1stEd

"Title: Religion of the Ancient Egyptians
Author: Alfred Wiedemann
Publisher: H.Grevel
Printing Year: 1897

Condition/Details: Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and sign of the Ankh on front and gilt lettering with Ankh on spine. 2"" tear in gutter on front. Binding reinforced. First edition with 73 illustrations in black and white, including some photographs and two fold out illustrations. of wall reliefs. From the preface.'Egypt stands pre-eminent among all the nations of antiquity as the land in which every civic and public interest was dominated by religion. The great prominence of the gods in the known texts is doubtlesss in part due to the fact that temples and tombs are the chief remains in the country, and that it is from theses sources that most of the documents in question have come down to us. Yet even when objects which have been intended for secular use only are discovered, they generally prove to ber in some way or other connected with the worship of the higher powers; and the assertion of Herodotus as to the exceptional piety of the Egyptians is fully ratified by the results of modern research.' The chapter headings read as follows - Intro - Sun Worship - Solar Myths - The Passage of the Sun Through the Universe - The Chief deities - Foreign Deities - The Worship of Animals - Osiris and His Cycle - The Osirian Doctrine in Imortality - Magic and Sorcery - Amulets - Index. The book measures approximately 6"" x 8.75"" and contains 324 pages. The books from this library are generally in good condition with some wear and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50"