Young, Dudley. Origins of the sacred : : the ecstasies of love and war / [electronic resource] / Dudley Young.. — New York : : St. Martin's Press,, 1991.. — xxxv, 378 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Perceiving the world : science versus mythology -- In the beginning : from monkey to man on the African savannah -- Male versus female : the Paleolithic beginnings of love and war -- On the dancing ground : divinity discovered and innocence lost -- Dangerous ecstasies : the call to ritual drama -- Thinking in the theater of the gods : the magic of metamorphosis -- Acting in the theater of the gods : the mysteries of sacrificial violence -- Ecstasies of love and war.