Bøger af Roy Willis

The great myths of the world give meaning to the fundamental events of human existence--birth, death, conflict, loss, reconciliation, and the cycle of the seasons. Developed with this comprehensive view in mind, World Mythology is an authoritative exploration of the most important mythological tradition s, superbly illustrated with over 500 photographs, maps, charts, and line art.

Discussing ideas of "the self" and "myself", "spirit" and "human selfhood", this text is a quest for understanding as the author and his colleagues participate in, and film rituals of, ecstatic union with nature spirits in an African village.

Tackling the astrology's controversial history, its problematic relationship to Jungian theory, and attempts to prove its grounding in objective reality, this book demonstrates that astrology is far more than a superstitious relic of years gone by, and enables a fundamental critique of the scientism of its opponents.