CHAPTER I.PAGE.Rivers of Life1CHAPTER II.Phallism in Ancient Religions8CHAPTER III.The Origin of Serpent-Worship81CHAPTER IV.The Adamites107CHAPTER V.The Descendants of Cain128CHAPTER VI.Sacred Prostitution149CHAPTER VII.Marriage among Primitive Peoples165CHAPTER VIII.Marriage by Capture180CHAPTER IX.Development of the “Family”192CHAPTER X.The Social Position of Woman as affected by “Civilisation”219CHAPTER XI.Spiritism and Modern Spiritualism233CHAPTER XII.Totems and Totemism247CHAPTER XIII.Man and the Ape278