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Scatalogic Rites of all Nations

A dissertation upon the employment of excrementitious remedial agents in religion, therapeutics, divination, witchcraft, love-philters, etc., in all parts of the globe.

by John Gregory Bourke

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  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, German
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"Scatalogic Rites of All Nations" by John Gregory Bourke is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. It delves into the various religious and therapeutic uses of feces and urine across different cultures, examining their significance in rituals, folk medicine, and historical practices around the world. Bourke bases his findings on original observations and an extensive compilation of over a thousand scholarly works. The opening of the dissertation lays the groundwork for discussing the often-repulsive but culturally significant rites associated with excrement. Bourke highlights the universality of these practices in human history, suggesting that they are deeply intertwined with the spiritual and medicinal beliefs of primitive peoples. He recounts firsthand experiences observing the "Urine Dance" of the Zuñi tribe in New Mexico, where participants engage in the consumption of urine as part of a ritual aimed at fortifying the body against various challenges. Through these observations, Bourke sets the stage for an exploration of the ancient and enduring relationship between humanity and these natural substances, revealing their relevance in understanding the religious impulses and cultural practices that have shaped human civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual, Divination and oracles, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

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  • Divination and oracles

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  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

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  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Rites and ceremonies”. Retained metadata contains “Rites and ceremonies” in the subject metadata.

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A dissertation upon the employment of excrementitious remedial agents in religion, therapeutics, divination, witchcraft, love-philters, etc., in all parts of the globe.

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x pages, 1 leaf, 496 pages ; 24 cm

1891W. H. Lowdermilk & co.English—Public

A dissertation upon the employment of excrementitious remedial agents in religion, therapeutics, divination, witchcraft, love-philters, etc., in all parts of the globe

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2021-05-09Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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