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  • The "Resurrection" of Frazer's Dying Gods in the Ancient Mediterranean Mythology. A Fresh Take on the Divine Death and Resurrection Through Comparison: The Case of Baal, Inanna/Ishtar and Dionysus 
    Corrente, Paola (New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library, 2023-02-11)
    In this presentation, Correntel discusses the myths of Inanna/Ishtar's, Baal's and Dionysus's death and resurrection in a comparative perspective, moving from textual evidence. He also addresses the major critical points ...
  • Sexual Agency of Ishtar in Akkadian Love Literature 
    Nissinen, Martti (New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library, 2023-02-11)
    First Keynote Speaker. The goddess Ištar has multiple gendered agencies in Mesopotamian texts. She features as a lover, mother, daughter, as well as an independent sexual agent who is capable of transgressing gender ...
  • Popular Frazerism and Re-enchantment 
    Testa, Alessandro (New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library, 2023-02-10)
    The talk will start with a brief overview of the historiography of Frazer's impactful, everlasting legacy in European academic, literary, and pop cultures. It will then focus on one, specific new paradigm, "Popular Frazerism", ...
  • The Golden Bough and the Press 
    Phillips, Julia (New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library, 2023-02-10)
    Part of the appeal for Frazer's work – both academic and populist – was that the Victorian age introduced ideas about evolution, and especially the concept of ‘New Imperialism' and authoritative rationalism, which placed ...
  • Sir James Frazer 
    Hutton, Ronald (New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library, 2023-02-10)
    The author of the Golden Bough was as remarkable as his book, in his professional career, personal life, and political, social and religious attitudes; and these things all deeply informed his approach to scholarship. This ...
  • GAPH Survey Forms 441-450 February 1981 
    Smith, Bartholemew (South Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission, 1981-02)
    1. 402 S. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 2. 411 S. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 3. 501 S. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 4. South Georgia Grocery Co. 512 S. Washington St. Quitman, Georgia 5. 513 S. Washington ...
  • GAPH Survey Forms 431-440 February-March 1981 
    Smith, Bartholemew (1981-02)
    1. 702-710 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 2. 723; 721; 719; N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 3. 725 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 4. 803 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 5. 805 N. Washington ...
  • GAPH Survey Forms 421-430 March 1981 
    Smith, Bartholemew (1981-03)
    1. 417 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 2. 418 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 3. 421 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 4. 503 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 5. 506 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 6. ...
  • GAPH Survey Forms 389-398 March 1981 
    Smith, Bartholemew (South Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission, 1981-03)
    1. 417 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 2. 418 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 3. 421 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 4. 503 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 5. 506 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 6. ...
  • GAPH Survey Forms 415-046 February 1981 
    Smith, Bartholemew (1981-02)
    1. 210 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 2. 301 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 3. 309 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 4. 334 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 5. 404 N. Washington St., Quitman, Georgia 6. ...
  • GAPH Survey Forms 409-047 February 1981 
    Smith, Bartholemew (South Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission, 1981-02)
    1. 217 S. Warren St., Quitman, Georgia 2. 411-415 S. Warren St., Quitman, Georgia 3. 403 S. Warren St., Quitman, Georgia 4. 507 S. Warren St., Quitman, Georgia 5. 511 S. Warren St., Quitman, Georgia 6. 518 N. Warren ...
  • GAPH Survey Forms 001-170 February 1981 
    Smith, Bartholemew (South Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission, 1981-02)
    1. 605 S. Walker St., Quitman, Georgia 2. 410 N. Warren St., Quitman, Georgia 3. 601 N. Warren St., Quitman, Georgia 4. 911 S. Walker St., Quitman, Georgia 5. 609 S. Walker St., Quitman, Georgia 6. 703 S. Walker St., ...
  • GAPH Survey Forms 399-188 February 1981 
    Smith, Bartholemew (South Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission, 1981-02)
    1. 405 E. Swamp St., Quitman, Georgia 2. 407 E. Swamp St., Quitman, Georgia 3. 205 N. Walker St., Quitman, Georgia 4. 212 N. Walker St., Quitman, Georgia 5. 214 N. Walker St., Quitman, Georgia 6. 308 N. Walker St., ...
  • GAPH Survey Forms 389-398 February 1981 
    Smith, Bartholemew (South Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission, 1981-02)
    1. 202 S. Seymore St., Quitman, Georgia 2. 512 E. Stephens St., Quitman, Georgia 3. 702 E. Stephens St., Quitman, Georgia 4. First Presbyterian Church 105 W. Stephens St., Quitman, Georgia 5. 209 W. Stephens St. Quitman, ...
  • Insurance Maps of Thomasville, Georgia 
    Sanborn Map Company (Sanborn Map Company, 1928)
    Insurance Maps of Thomasville Georgia, published by the Sanborn Map Company, New York, 1928. With additional indexes added in November 1938 and June 1947. Scanned from original print copy loaned by the City of Thomasville. If ...
  • GAPH Survey Forms 367-380 February 1981 
    Smith, Bartholemew (South Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission, 1981-02)
    1. 1015 E. Screven St., Quitman, Georgia 2. 1101 E. Screven St., Quitman, Georgia 3. 1102 E. Screven St., Quitman, Georgia 4. 1106 E. Screven St., Quitman, Georgia 5. 1108 E. Screven St., Quitman, Georgia 6. 1202 E. ...
  • GAPH Survey Forms 340-366 February 1981 
    Smith, Bartholemew (South Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission, 1981-02)
    1. Tanner's Pharmacy 317 E. Screven St., Quitman, Georgia 2. Quitman United Methodist Church, 509 E. Screven St., Quitman, Georgia 3. Hotel General Quitman, 400 E. Screven St., Quitman, Georgia 4. Quitman Post Office, ...
  • GAPH Survey Forms 330-339 February 1981 
    Smith, Bartholemew (South Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission, 1981-02)
    1. Quitman City Hall. 220 E. Screven St., Quitman, Georgia. 2. Citizens National Bank. 301 E. Screven St., Quitman, Georgia 3. Lee Drugs; Royal Cafe; Radio Shack; 302; 304; 306 E. Screven St., Quitman, Georgia 4. Quitman ...
  • Frazerian Survivals: Contemporary Witchcraft and The Golden Bough 
    Cornish, Helen (New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library, 2023-02-12)
    This ethnographic paper traces how remnants of Frazer’s The Golden Bough are navigated amongst twenty-first century witches as they orient contemporary practices towards the past. Additional Authors: Shaking the Tree, ...
  • Same but Different: Frazer’s Sympathetic Law of Similarity and the Greco-Roman defixiones 
    Moorees, Saskia (New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library, 2023-02-12)
    Frazer’s typology of ‘sympathetic magic’ proved especially popular in the study of ancient magic after it appeared in The Golden Bough. Frazer’s Law of Similarity, in particular, was predicated on the idea that according ...