more on religion and violence and Frazer

Mark Kohut markekohut at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 31 15:10:09 CDT 2007


For those--you know who you are---who have led the way in exploring Magic in TRP.
   
  From the same essay by Segal:   'The bulk of The Golden Bough is devoted to an intermediate stage between religion and science---a stage of magic and religion combined. 
   
      "Thus the old magical theory of the seasons was displaced, or rather supplemented, by
       a religious theory."...
   
  Does this apply to Pynchon's vision?......any How and Why?

       
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