TY - BOOK AU - Radin, Paul TI - Primitive Religion : : Its Nature and Origin SN - 9780486203935048620393X AV - GN470 .R3 1957 PY - 1957/// CY - New York : PB - Dover Publications, KW - Religions.Prehistoric peoples.Anthropology—Religion N1 - The nature and substance of religion -- The role of the religious formulator -- The economic determinants -- The magical substratum -- The crises of life and transition rites -- From magicians to priests : their nature and initiation -- From magicians to priests : their function -- The approach to the supernatural -- The conciliation and propitiation of the supernatural -- From ghosts to gods : ghosts, spirits, and totems -- From ghosts to gods : ancestor-spirits, deities, and gods -- Monolatry and monotheism -- The soul : its nature and destination -- The ritual drama ER -