Ancient Beliefs and Modern Superstitions

Résumé du livre

This book strikes at the root of almost everything that makes it difficult for the present-day Westerner to believe whole-heartedly in religion, and in doing so it shows modern man to be the embodiment of superstition in its most dangerous form. We are faced in the modern world with a situation similar to that in the fable of the Emperor's new clothes. What is necessary more than anything else is simply that someone would speak the truth -- and that is exactly what this book doe