CONTENTS 



I. Primitive Man and His Religion 

 II. Rational Mastery by Man of His Surroundings 



III. Life, Death, and Destiny in Early Faith and Cult 



1 . The Creative Acts of Religion 



2. Providence in Primitive Life 



3 . Man^s Selective Interest in Nature . 



4. Death and the Reintegration of the Group 



IV. The Public and Tribal Character of Primitive Cults 



r . Society as the Substance of God 



2. The Moral Efficiency of Savage Beliefs 



3 . Social and Individual Contributions in Primitive Religion 

 V. The Art of Magic and the Power of Faith 



1 . The Rite and the Spell 



2. The Tradition of Magic 



3. Mana and the Virtue of Magic 



4. Magic and Experience 



5 . Magic and Science 



6. Magic and Religion 



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