The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light

In this book, William Irwin Thompson explores the nature of myth. Acknowledging the persuasive power of myth to create and inform culture, he weaves the human ability to create life with and communicate through symbols with myths based on male and female forms of power.

William Irwin Thompson is the author of At the Edge of History, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light and Imaginary Landscapes. He lives in Switzerland.

Preface to the 1996 Edition
The Myth Before History
Prologue: The Time Light Bodies Took to Fall	p. 3
The Transformations of Prehistory
Hominization	p. 43
Symbolization	p. 81
Agriculturalization	p. 118
Western Civilization and the Displacement of the Feminine
Civilization and Alienation in Ancient Sumer	p. 159
Civilization and Initiation in Ancient Egypt	p. 209
The Myth Beyond History
Epilogue: The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light	p. 247
Notes	p. 255
Index	p. 273
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