---------- DISC 1 ---------- | |||
Track | Section | Reader | Length |
1 | 00 - Preface | heyfd | 7:15 |
2 | 01 - Chapter I The King of the Wood | heyfd | 29:14 |
3 | 02 - Chapter II Priestly Kings | heyfd | 7:09 |
4 | 03.1 - Chapter III Sympathetic Magic section 1. The Principles of Magic | heyfd | 6:34 |
5 | 03.2.1 - Chapter III Sympathetic Magic section 2. Homeopathic or Imitative Magic part 1 | heyfd | 41:07 |
6 | 03.2.2 - Chapter III Sympathetic Magic section 2. Homeopathic or Imitative Magic part 2 | heyfd | 49:19 |
7 | 03.3 - Chapter III Sympathetic Magic section 3. Contagious Magic | heyfd | 27:42 |
8 | 03.4 - Chapter III Sympathetic Magic section 4. The Magician's Progress | heyfd | 11:35 |
9 | 04 - Chapter IV Magic and Religion | heyfd | 41:15 |
10 | 05.1 - Chapter V The Magical Control of the Weather section 1. The Public Magician | Jim Eastman | 7:40 |
11 | 05.2 - Chapter V The Magical Control of the Weather section 2. The Magical Control of Rain | Jim Eastman | 47:44 |
12 | 05.3 - Chapter V The Magical Control of the Weather section 3. The Magical Control of the Sun | Leon Mire | 8:39 |
13 | 05.4 - Chapter V The Magical Control of the Weather section 4. The Magical Control of the Wind | Leon Mire | 9:40 |
14 | 06 - Chapter VI Magicians as Kings | Mans Broo | 26:34 |
15 | 07 - Chapter VII Incarnate Human Gods | Mans Broo | 52:21 |
16 | 08 - Chapter VIII Departmental Kings of Nature | Mans Broo | 10:35 |
1 | 09 - Chapter IX The Worship of Trees sections 1-2 | Mans Broo | 38:00 |
18 | 10 - Chapter X Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Europe | Mans Broo | 48:23 |
19 | 11 - Chapter XI The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation | Mans Broo | 13:57 |
20 | 12 - Chapter XII The Sacred Marriage sections 1-2 | Mans Broo | 22:26 |
21 | 13 - Chapter XIII The Kings of Rome and Alba sections 1-2 | heyfd | 19:44 |
22 | 14 - Chapter XIV Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium | heyfd | 25:06 |
23 | 15 - Chapter XV The Worship of the Oak | Christie Nowak | 24:21 |
24 | 16 - Chapter XVI Dianus and Diana | Christie Nowak | 7:48 |
25 | 17 - Chapter XVII The Burden of Royalty sections 1-2 | Mans Broo | 36:00 |
26 | 18 - Chapter XVIII The Perils of the Soul sections 1-2 | heyfd | 58:45 |
27 | 19 - Chapter XIX Tabooed Acts sections 1-5 | Mira Cheskis | 28:49 |
28 | 20.1 - Chapter XX Tabooed Persons part 1 sections 1-4 | heyfd | 36:38 |
29 | 20.2 - Chapter XX Tabooed Persons part 2 sections 5-6 | heyfd | 42:14 |
30 | 21.1 - Chapter XXI Tabooed Things part 1 sections 1-7 | heyfd | 38:09 |
31 | 21.2 - Chapter XXI Tabooed Things part 2 sections 8-11 | heyfd | 39:17 |
32 | 22 - Chapter XXII Tabooed Words sections 1-5 | heyfd | 1:05:02 |
33 | 23 - Chapter XXIII Our Debt to the Savage | heyfd | 7:59 |
34 | 24 - Chapter XXIV The Killing of the Divine King sections 1-3 | heyfd | 1:09:31 |
35 | 25 - Chapter XXV Temporary Kings | Sheila Morton | 17:45 |
36 | 26 - Chapters XXVI Sacrifice of the King's Son | Sheila Morton | 11:49 |
37 | 27 - Chapters XXVII Succession to the Soul | Sheila Morton | 8:01 |
38 | 28.1 - Chapter XXVIII The Killing of the Tree-Spirit part 1 sections 1-2 | heyfd | 43:06 |
39 | 28.2 - Chapter XXVIII The Killing of the Tree-Spirit part 2 sections 3-9 | heyfd | 59:50 |
40 | 29 - Chapter XXIX The Myth of Adonis | Tysto | 14:03 |
41 | 30 - Chapter XXX Adonis in Syria | Tysto | 6:55 |
42 | 31 - Chapter XXXI Adonis in Cyprus | Tysto | 22:13 |
43 | 32 - Chapter XXXII The Ritual of Adonis | heyfd | 19:37 |
44 | 33 - Chapter XXXIII The Gardens of Adonis | heyfd | 22:24 |
45 | 34 - Chapter XXXIV The Myth and Ritual of Attis | heyfd | 18:08 |
46 | 35 - Chapter XXXV Attis as a God of Vegetation | heyfd | 4:47 |
47 | 36 - Chapter XXXVI Human Representatives of Attis | heyfd | 9:06 |
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Track | Section | Reader | Length |
48 | 37 - Chapter XXXVII Oriental Religions in the West | Leon Mire | 21:08 |
49 | 38 - Chapter XXXVIII The Myth of Osiris | Leon Mire | 20:48 |
50 | 39 - Chapter XXXIX The Ritual of Osiris sections 1-2 | Leon Mire | 32:31 |
51 | 40 - Chapter XL The Nature of Osiris sections 1-4 | Leon Mire | 16:49 |
52 | 41 - Chapter XLI Isis | Leon Mire | 7:10 |
53 | 42 - Chapter XLII Osiris and the Sun | Leon Mire | 5:58 |
54 | 43 - Chapters XLIII Dionysus | Sarah Jennings | 21:38 |
55 | 44 - Chapter XLIV Demeter and Persephone | Sarah Jennings | 18:37 |
56 | 45 - Chapter XLV Corn-Mother and Corn-Maiden in N. Europe | heyfd | 47:10 |
57 | 46 - Chapter XLVI Corn-Mother in Many Lands sections 1-4 | heyfd | 44:14 |
58 | 47.1 - Chapter XLVII Lityerses part 1 sections 1-2 | heyfd | 27:56 |
59 | 47.2 - Chapter XLVII Lityerses part 2 | heyfd | 25:31 |
60 | 47.3 - Chapter XLVII Lityerses part 3 section 4 | heyfd | 34:06 |
61 | 48.1 - Chapter XLVIII The Corn-Spirit as an Animal part 1 sections 1-6 | heyfd | 36:56 |
62 | 48.2 - Chapter XLVIII The Corn-Spirit as an Animal part 2 sections 7-10 | heyfd | 27:44 |
63 | 49.1 - Chapter XLIX Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals part 1 sections 1-3 | heyfd | 31:18 |
64 | 49.2 - Chapter XLIX Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals part 2 sections 4-5 | heyfd | 26:51 |
65 | 50 - Chapter L Eating the God sections 1-3 | JoeD | 51:59 |
66 | 51 - Chapter LI Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet | Andrew Coleman | 18:46 |
67 | 52 - Chapter LII Killing the Divine Animal sections 1-5 | Mans Broo | 1:03:14 |
68 | 53 - Chapter LIII The Propitiation of Wild Animals By Hunters | Mans Broo | 45:44 |
69 | 54 - Chapter LIV Types of Animal Sacrament sections 1-2 | Mans Broo | 21:23 |
70 | 55 - Chapter LV The Transference of Evil sections 1-4 | Mans Broo | 24:55 |
71 | 56 - Chapter LVI The Public Expulsion of Evils sections 1-3 | Mans Broo | 50:32 |
72 | 57 - Chapter LVII Public Scapegoats sections 1-4 | JoeD | 59:52 |
73 | 58 - Chapter LVIII Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity sections 1-3 | JoeD | 35:57 |
74 | 59 - Chapter LIX Killing the God in Mexico | JoeD | 20:31 |
75 | 60 - Chapter LX Between Heaven and Earth sections 1-4 | JoeD | 59:23 |
76 | 61 - Chapter LXI The Myth of Balder | JoeD | 6:47 |
77 | 62.1 - Chapter LXII The Fire-Festivals of Europe part 1 sections 1-4 | JoeD | 48:17 |
78 | 62.2 - Chapter LXII The Fire-Festivals of Europe part 2 sections 5-8 | JoeD | 1:09:25 |
79 | 63 - Chapter LXIII The Interpretation of the Fire-Festivals sections 1-3 | JoeD | 34:11 |
80 | 64 - Chapter LXIV The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires sections 1-2 | JoeD | 30:52 |
81 | 65 - Chapter LXV Balder and the Mistletoe | JoeD | 34:08 |
82 | 66 - Chapter LXVI The External Soul in Folk-Tales | JoeD | 45:14 |
83 | 67.1 - Chapter LXVII The External Soul in Folk-Custom part 1 sections 1-3 | JoeD | 50:18 |
84 | 67.2 - Chapter LXVII The External Soul in Folk-Custom part 2 section 4 | JoeD | 34:25 |
85 | 68 - Chapter LXVIII The Golden Bough | heyfd | 34:06 |
86 | 69 - Chapter LXIX Farewell to Nemi | heyfd | 12:00 |
Notes
Running Time: 42 hours 44 minutes
Read by: Multiple readers
Book Coordinator: Måns Broo
Meta Coordinator: Catherine Eastman
Artwork
Cover: Painting The Golden Bough by J.M.W. Turner
Inset: Aeneas discovering the Golden Bough
Inset: James George Frazer, 1933
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging study of mythology and religion spanning most of recorded history and most of the known world at the time. Throughout the focus is on the similarities and shared elements that exist in different cultures in fertility rites, human and animal sacrifices, rituals of dying and reviving gods and kings, the significance of trees, plants and animals. The book had its origin in an examination of The Golden Bough, a painting by J. M. W. Turner illustrating an incident in The Aeneid where the Sibyl presents a golden bough from a tree in a sacred grove to the gatekeeper of Hades to gain admission. It grew into an encyclopedic study first published in two volumes in 1890, expanding to twelve volumes in the third edition published between 1906-15. Intended for educated members of the general public already familiar with The Age of Fable and Stories of Gods and Heroes by Thomas Bulfinch, the book created something of a scandal by including the Christian story of Jesus and the Resurrection in the study. The scope of the material combined with rigorous scholarship and keen insight made the book an important influence on the emerging discipline of anthropology. It is now seen as a foundational work in the history of ideas and is often cited as an inspiration to much of Modernist literature, influencing major writers from T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, Ezra Pound, Sigmund Freud and D.H. Lawrence to Joseph Campbell, Mary Renault and Camilla Paglia, to name just a few.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0683422134982 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0687700169826 |
Media | 2 MP3 CDs |
Package | DVD Case, CD jackets, security sleeves |
Author | Sir James G. Frazer (1854 - 1941) |
Year | 1890 |
Recording | |
Read by | Multiple readers |
Length | 42 hours 44 minutes |
Type of Reading | Collaborative |
The Golden Bough
- Author: James George Frazer
- Product Code: DB-2005
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