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100 1 _aPhilpot, J. H., Mrs.
245 1 4 _aThe Sacred Tree; or, the tree in religion and myth
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2014
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2014-10-28
508 _aProduced by Shaun Pinder, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Sacred Tree; or, the Tree in Religion and Myth" by Mrs. J. H. Philpot is a detailed examination of the significance of tree worship across various societies, written in the late 19th century. This scholarly work synthesizes religious customs, legends, and practices related to trees, serving as a comprehensive overview of how the concept of the tree has been perceived as a spiritual entity throughout different cultures and epochs. It touches upon the role of tree worship in primitive religions and illustrates its widespread historical presence and persistence in both ancient and contemporary belief systems. The opening of the book sets the stage by establishing the premise that tree worship is one of the earliest and most widely distributed forms of spiritual practice. Philpot discusses the connection of trees with the divine, emphasizing that most cultures have recognized trees as sacred spaces inhabited by spirits or deities. She provides examples from archaeology, literature, and folklore to illustrate how deeply ingrained the notion of the tree-spirit is in human history, suggesting that its significance is still reflected in modern traditions. The initial chapters outline the distribution and origins of tree worship, the relationship of gods to trees, and the beliefs surrounding wood-demons and tree-spirits, laying a foundation for the exploration of this profound aspect of human spirituality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aTree worship
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47215
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