• Human life began in flight and fear. Religion rose from rituals of propitiation, spells to lull the punishing elements.

  Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)

  Camille Paglia
  American academic and social critic 1947-
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1. propitiation
2. punishing
3. elements

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Human life began in flight and fear. Religion rose from rituals of propitiation, spells to lull the punishing elements. by : Camille Paglia

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