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They Shall Take Up Serpents; Psychology of the Southern Snake-Handling Cult
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They Shall Take Up Serpents; Psychology of the Southern Snake-Handling Cult

La Barre, Weston
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Used About near fine with a wee bit of board corner-bumping and toning tp prelims, in a near fine(-) to very good(+) edge-rubbed jack
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Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. About near fine with a wee bit of board corner-bumping and toning tp prelims, in a near fine(-) to very good(+) edge-rubbed jacket with a few closed edge tears. Quite a desirable copy overall. Jacket now housed in archival mylar. in very good(+) dust-jacket. Large octavo in black and green (green spine) jacket; 208 pages illustrations 23 cm; bibliographical references. Signed and inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. Very scarce thus. / Contents: The cult -- 1. The present and recent past -- 2. Origins and early history -- 3. Publicity and persecution -- 4. The interstate convention -- 5. Later history and spread -- The symbolism -- 6. Snake cults in Africa -- 7. Classic near east cults -- 8. Religion and psychiatry -- The people -- 9. Biography of a cult leader -- 10. Psychology of a snake cultist -- 11. Psychopathy and culture -- 12. Barefoot and the poor whites. / Serpents -- Religious aspects. Serpent worship.… Read More
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