In Search of God the Mother
Author | : Lynn E. Roller |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1999-07-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520210240 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520210247 |
Rating | : 4/5 (247 Downloads) |
Download or read book In Search of God the Mother written by Lynn E. Roller and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-07-13 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first thorough account of the nature and the spread of the cult of Cybele, the Great Mother, and the first to present her worship soberly as a religion rather than sensationally as an orgiastic celebration of self-castrated priest-attendants.