Earth Spirit: Its Ways, Shrines and Mysteries by Michell, John - 1981

Crossroad Publishing, 1981. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Crossroad, 1982. Paperback. Good. Clean pages except for moderate age-toning around edges and a few small smudges at upper corners; the soft cover shows a thin line of water stain at the top free corner and some short, scattered, shallow scratches and creases, otherwise sound. 96pp., illus. ; 4to.

New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1975. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8' X 11. 96 Pages. The roving way of the earth spirit to the new settled style of life. This book illustrates the natural shrines and channels of the earth spirit and the relics of the old, once universal science which its powers were concentrated for the benefit of all life on earth. The first men, by all traditional accounts, lived in perfect harmony with nature and the gods. Of their own accord, said Ovid, without the compulsion of law, they were honest and true. There was no punishment or fear, no judges or soldiers. The earth itself gave all things spontaneously, and men were content with its uncultivated produce. Plato in his Laws refers to Hesiod's myth of the age of Cronus, when all that life requires was provided unasked and in abundance, the reason being that the men of that time were ruled not by other men but by spirits, these corresponding to the eternal element in human nature. The men of the… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.