1919 1st INDIAN MYTH AND LEGEND, occult, Mackenzie w 40 plates FREE EXPRESS W/W

Description: Express Shipping Worldwide is Free Indian Myth and LegendBy Donald A. MacKenzie Illustrations by Warwick GoblePublished by The Gresham Publishing Company Limited, London, no date but 1919First Edition, and rare in this complete conditionOften the binding is loose and some plates missing - not this copy - a very good complete copyWith a colour frontispiece with the original tissue guard, and seven further full page colour one-sided plates, and 32 black and white full page one-sided plates. This volume deals with the myths and legends of India, which survive to us in the rich and abundant store-house of Sanskrit literature, and with the rise and growth of Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jainism, etc.The volume introduces the various sacred works of the Hindus, including the ancient invocatory hymns of the four Vedas, the later speculative and expository “Forest Books” in which “the Absolute is grasped and proclaimed”, and those great epic poems the Rámáyana, which is three times longer than the Iliad, and the Máhábharata, which is four times longer than the Rámáyana.In no other country have the national poets given fuller and finer expression to the beliefs and ideals and traditions of a people, or achieved as a result wider and more enduring fame. At the present day [1910] over two hundred million Hindus are familiar in varying degrees with the legendary themes and traditional beliefs which the ancient forest sages and poets of India invested with much beautiful symbolism, and used as mediums for speculative thought and profound spiritual teachings. The sacred books of India are to the Hindus what the Bible is to Christians. Those who read them, or hear them read, are believed to be assured of prosperity in this world and of salvation in the next.To students of history, of ethnology, and of comparative religion they present features of peculiar interest, for they contain an elaborate sociology of the ancient Aryo-Indians, their political organizations, their codes of laws, their high ethical code, and above all their conceptions of God, the soul, and the Universe.Contents:INDRA, KING OF THE GODSTHE GREAT VEDIC DEITIESYAMA, THE FIRST MAN, AND KING OF THE DEADDEMONS AND GIANTS AND FAIRIESSOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS OF THE VEDIC AGEMYSTERIES OF CREATION, THE WORLD’S AGES, AND SOUL WANDERINGNEW FAITHS: VISHNU RELIGION, BUDDHISM, AND JAINISMDIVINITIES OF THE EPIC PERIODPRELUDE TO THE GREAT BHARATA WARROYAL RIVALS: THE PANDAVAS AND KAURAVASTHE TOURNAMENTFIRST EXILE OF THE PANDAVASTHE CHOICE OF DRAUPADITRIUMPH OF THE PANDAVASTHE GREAT GAMBLING MATCHSECOND EXILE OF THE PANDAVASDEFIANCE OF DURYODHANATHE BATTLE OF EIGHTEEN DAYSATONEMENT AND THE ASCENT TO HEAVENNALA AND DAMAYANTIWANDERINGS IN THE FORESTNALA IN EXILETHE HOMECOMING OF THE KINGSTORY OF RAMA: HOW SITA WAS WONTHE RAPE OF SITARAMA’S MISSION FULFILLEDINDEXIn the publisher's original cloth fine binding, in 463 pages. Top edge of the pages are gilt.There is wear to the top and bottom of the spine, and a chip to the bottom of the spine. There is the very lightest scattered foxing to a handful of pages only. There is sunning to the spine. There is a small marked out number to the top right corner of the front blank endpaper. The plates are bright, fresh and crisp - pristine. There are no missing, stained, damaged, creased or loose pages. The spine and binding are solid. It is complete and original. Measures 15cm x 22cm x 5cm. EXPRESS SHIPPING AND HANDLING is Free WorldwideAll items are securely and well packed. Thank you for viewing my item.

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