J.G. Frazer - The Golden Bough

From the contents of which Morrison lifted the lines "Not to touch the earth, not to see the sun" for The Celebration of The Lizard... essentially an early c20th armchair interpretation of actual anthropological studies of 'primitive' cultures... much of which is to be taken with a pinch of salt. Published originally in many large volumes, this is a copy of the single abridged edition.