Covering mystery societies, mysterious old traditions, and the often-mistaken background of the world's non secular symbols, this ebook takes readers on a journey throughout the attention-grabbing international of non secular symbolism and divulges the main mysterious and misunderstood aspects of religion.
• presents attention-grabbing ancient and contextual information regarding non secular traditions and symbols
• Addresses the roots of a few of latest most well-liked superstitions and conspiratorial theories
• Focuses totally on religions which are dominant or have gotten frequent in the usa, permitting scholars to achieve a greater knowing of faith in American society and bigger appreciation for cultural diversity
• Develops a different thesis approximately using non secular archetypes to facilitate knowing of spiritual ritual and organizations
• features a phonetic pronunciation consultant with every one access to assist scholars turn into ok with surprising terminology
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