TY - BOOK ID - 77900954 TI - Natural symbols : explorations in cosmology PY - 1996 SN - 1134773749 1134773757 1280331372 0203036050 9780203036051 9780415138253 0415138256 9780415138260 0415138264 9786610331376 6610331375 9781280331374 9781134773749 9781134773756 9781134773701 1134773706 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Ethnology KW - Religion and sociology. KW - Human body KW - Body, Human (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) KW - Religion and society KW - Religious sociology KW - Society and religion KW - Sociology, Religious KW - Sociology and religion KW - Sociology of religion KW - Sociology KW - Religious aspects. KW - CORPS HUMAIN KW - RITUELS KW - SYMBOLISME KW - ASPECT RELIGIEUX KW - MYTHOLOGIE UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77900954 AB - Every natural symbol - derived from blood, breath or excrement - carries a social meaning and this work focuses on the ways in which any one culture makes its selections from body symbolism. Each person treats their body as an image of society and the author examines the varieties of ritual and symbolic expression and the patterns of social ritual in which they are embodied.Natural Symbols is a book about religion and it concerns our own society at least as much as any other. It has stimulated new insights into religious and political movements and has provoked re-appraisals of cu ER -