SERPENT-WORSHIP,
AND OTHER ESSAYS
WITH A CHAPTER ON
TOTEMISM

BY
C. STANILAND WAKE

LONDON
GEORGE REDWAY
YORK STREET COVENT GARDEN
1888.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE.
Rivers of Life	1
CHAPTER II.
Phallism in Ancient Religions	8
CHAPTER III.
The Origin of Serpent-Worship	81
CHAPTER IV.
The Adamites	107
CHAPTER V.
The Descendants of Cain	128
CHAPTER VI.
Sacred Prostitution	149
CHAPTER VII.
Marriage among Primitive Peoples	165
CHAPTER VIII.
Marriage by Capture	180iv
CHAPTER IX.
Development of the “Family”	192
CHAPTER X.
The Social Position of Woman as affected by “Civilisation”	219
CHAPTER XI.
Spiritism and Modern Spiritualism	233
CHAPTER XII.
Totems and Totemism	247
CHAPTER XIII.
Man and the Ape	278

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