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The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

CHAPTER IX

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THE IDEA OF SPIRITS AND GODS I.--Difference between a soul and a spirit--The souls of the mythical ancestors are spirits, having determined functions-- Relations between the ancestral spirit, the individual soul and the individual totem--Explanation of this latter--Its sociological significance 273 II.--Spirits and magic 281 III.--The civilizing heroes 283 IV.--The great gods--Their origin--Their relations with the totemic system--Their tribal and international character 285 V.--Unity of the totemic system 295
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1. Chapter 1 2. INTRODUCTION 3. BOOK I 4. CHAPTER I 5. CHAPTER II 6. CHAPTER III 7. CHAPTER IV 8. BOOK II 9. CHAPTER I 10. CHAPTER II 11. CHAPTER III 12. CHAPTER IV 13. CHAPTER V 14. CHAPTER VI 15. CHAPTER VII 16. CHAPTER VIII 17. CHAPTER IX 18. BOOK III 19. CHAPTER I 20. CHAPTER II 21. CHAPTER III 22. CHAPTER IV 23. CHAPTER V 24. INTRODUCTION 25. BOOK I 26. CHAPTER I 27. CHAPTER II 28. CHAPTER III 29. CHAPTER IV 30. BOOK II 31. CHAPTER I 32. CHAPTER II 33. CHAPTER III 34. CHAPTER IV 35. CHAPTER V 36. CHAPTER VI 37. CHAPTER VII 38. CHAPTER VIII 39. CHAPTER IX 40. BOOK III 41. CHAPTER I 42. CHAPTER II 43. CHAPTER III 44. CHAPTER IV 45. CHAPTER V 46. 131. Here are designs, many of which evidently have the object of 47. 339. Must we see a trace of sexual totemism in the following custom of

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