In Search of God the Mother

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Author	: Lynn E. Roller
Publisher	: Univ of California Press
Total Pages	: 402
Release	: 1999-07-13
ISBN-10	: 9780520210240
ISBN-13	: 0520210247
Rating	: 4/5 (40 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis In Search of God the Mother by : Lynn E. Roller

Book excerpt: This is the first thorough account of the nature and the spread of the cult of Cybele, the Great Mother, and the first to present her worship soberly as a religion rather than sensationally as an orgiastic celebration of self-castrated priest-attendants.

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