Poison Damsels
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Amasis II
ancient Indian social practices
Areca Nut Palm
Areca Palm
Author_N.M. Penzer
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Betel Leaf
Betel Leaves
betel nut customs
Book III
Caryo Phyllus Aromaticus
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cross-cultural rituals
cultural anthropology
Dead Man
Deep Red
East Indies
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esoteric traditions
Folium Indum
Great Mother Goddess
Grotius
habu
historical criminology
Hugo Grotius
ludovico
Married Women
medinet
Medinet Habu
movable
Movable Stone
Philippine Islands
Rameses III
richard
Sacred Prostitution
sacred sexuality
secretorum
secretum
Secretum Secretorum
sir
Sir Richard Winstedt
Solomon Islands
temple
varthema
Wild Man
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138978614
- Weight: 610g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 26 Aug 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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First published in 2004. These four classic masterpieces in esoteric research by the noted orientalist - M. Penzer explore customs and traditions from other cultures and periods of history which, for all their apparent strangeness, mask fundamental subjects of continuing interest. The first concerns the motif of the poison damsel -- the beauty who dealt death in many forms to her admirers - which originated in India, was prevalent in medieval Europe, and persists today in the belief of the femme fatale. The volume includes a study in the ancient Tate of the Two Thieves, an essay on sacred prostitution in India, the ancient East and West Africa, and an exhaustive treatment of the custom of chewing the betel or areca nut which is widespread in the far East from India through Indonesia to New Guinea. A natural stimulant and narcotic whose effects are similar to that of tobacco, betel is of growing interest to the medical world, and has, as the author shows here, a rich legacy of customs and belief.
