The Worship of the Generative Powers

by Thomas Wright

Overview

This work first appeared as the second half of the 1865 printing of A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus. Wright's extended essay on Phallic worship is distinguished by much better scholarship and writing than some of the other works of this genre. Along with the usual suspects (ancient and modern phallic objects, fertility rituals and so on) Wright devotes the longest section of this text to exploring what would become known as the 'Witch Cult'.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162726449
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	07/10/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	991 KB

About the Author

Thomas Wright (23 April 1810 – 23 December 1877) was an English antiquarian and writer. Wright was born near Ludlow, Shropshire, descended from a Quaker family formerly living at Bradford. He was educated at Ludlow Grammar School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, whence he graduated in 1834.