The Pagan Bible

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A systematic concept of the universe and a morality derived from that concept. File (ocr-only) from http://www.pdfarchive.info/pdf/G/Go/Gorham_Melvin_-_The_Pagan_Bible.pdf with covers added. Introduction. Part I: Orientation. Definition of Religion. The Emotional Color of Paganism. The Barbarian Attitude. Our Interest in Religions. The Nature of Religions. The Existent Religious Cultural Forces. The analytical and introspective religions. Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. Taoism. Shinto. Western Science. The Religions of Expedient Ethics. Confucianism. Ethical Christian-Democracy. The Dogmatic Religions. Judaism. Christianity. Mohammedanism. Popular Materialism. Western Philosophy. Part II: Concept. Concepts of Knowing and Sources of Knowledge. The Six Disciplines of Man's Being. The First Discipline. Awareness. The Universe of Time. The Second Discipline. Objectivation of Awareness. The Universe of Space. The Third Discipline. Automation of the Subconscious. Matter. The Fourth Discipline. Abdication of Control. Organic Life. The Fifth Discipline. Assurance of Diversity. Sex. The Sixth Discipline. Approbation of Diversity. Man. A Speculation Regarding Further Disciplines. The Pagan Concept of Reality Viewed from the perspectives of Christianity, Western Psychology, and Western Science. Part III: Being. The Pagan Concept of the Good Life. The First Stratum of Being. The Second Stratum of Being. The Third Stratum of Being. The Fourth Stratum of Being. The Fifth Stratum of Being. The Sixth Stratum of Being. The Problem of Creating a Pagan Society.