The Functions of Ritual
Pathways with Joseph Campbell
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The Game of Being Planets
In the early societies, the total mystic societies, the people gave themselves the names of animals. And in their rights, they imitated the animal world. This right of burial that I've just spoken of was an imitation of the plant world. In order that life should come, they killed people in human sacrifice rights and bury them as though they were plants.
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