Myth and Ritual in Christianity by Alan Watts
Publication: 1954 Thames and Hudson; First Edition Second Impression
“Our main object will be to describe one of the most incomparably beautiful myths that has ever flowered from the mind of man, or from the unconscious processes which shape it and which are in some sense more than man.… This is, furthermore, to be a description and not a history of Christian Mythology.… After description, we shall attempt an interpretation of the myth along the general lines of the philosophia perennis, in order to bring out the truly catholic or universal character of the symbols, and to share the delight of discovering a fountain of wisdom in a realm where so many have long ceased to expect anything but a desert of platitudes.” —from the Prologue
Condition: publishers green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and publishers emblem to cover, with only the slighest fading to the gilt along the spine, end papers with some tanning (as common, original publishers advertisement included, the jacket remains unclipped with original price in pounds, jacket has a small chip at head of spine and some soiling along the spine and rear cover, tightly bound, overall a clean bright copy in Very Good condition