Magic and religion in prehistoric times - Khazal Al-Majidi

In prehistoric times, this book is unique in its new approach to pre- historic religions, as it deals with the history of magic which constitutes most of its time and presents its hypothesis on the emergence of magic before religion since the Lower Paleolithic era, then discusses the appearance of religion in the Neolithic era contrary to what many researchers in this field believe, and although magic and religion have coexisted in all prehistoric eras, the nature of their relationship differs in each era. This book is the proper introduction to understanding the history of religions at their earliest stages, and it is driven by magic to form, then religion absorbs magic into its core so that magic becomes the inner energy of religion which works to cause significant changes in it later. The debate contained in the treatment of magic and religion is unique here, in this book, where the author presents it as an escalating debate not only in prehistoric times but also extending to historical eras and their subsequent religions. This book addresses magic and religion in prehistoric times, in their stages (deep, ancient, medieval, modern, copper), and while it attempts to trace that thread linking them to the debate of magic and religion, it establishes the continuation of this debate in the upcoming historical eras, which the author will cover in subsequent books. Number of pages: 417 Year of publication: 2017 Publisher: Nainawa House for Studies, Publishing, and Distribution