Book Four. The Spirit Of Revolt In Religi. Part 02 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 342 CHAPTER V THE REVOLT AGAINST MAN I OTHER sects joined in the greatest rebellion of all--the revolt against man himself. Man's very instincts and all his institutions were to be up-rooted and destroyed with a vengeance. Any kingdom on earth w...
Book Two. In The Temple Of The Gods. Chapter. Part 05 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 141 BOOK TWO IN THE TEMPLE OF THE GODS p. 142 p. 143 CHAPTER I A DAY WITH BAAL --within his palm Was the mystery of life and the joy of living. I LET us raise our anchor in the calendar and recklessly sail out into the infinity of time. It is high...
Book Four. The Spirit Of Revolt In Religi. Part 06 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 316 p. 317 BOOK FOUR THE SPIRIT OF REVOLT IN RELIGION p. 318 "... "and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them...
Title Page : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], THE SACRED FIRE THE STORY OF SEX IN RELIGION BY B. Z. GOLDBERG ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK HORACE LIVERIGHT 1930 Front Cover and Spine Autograph of Author Title Page Verso IMPORTANT NOTICE This text was public domain in the US from 1980 until 1998, but its...
Book Three. In The House Of The Lord. Chapter : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 289 CHAPTER IV LONGING IN THE DARK Still groping in his dark way For a god not his own. I HE, too, the African black man, belongs in the House of the Lord. To be sure, he did not come there of his own accord. His own gods had been stolen from him...
Book One. The Erotic Motive In Primitive : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 96 CHAPTER V LOVE'S HIDDEN WAYS Beyond light and shade, Beyond thing and thought, There is love forever lurking. I ON the cross-roads of the Balkans, near a city called Naissus, an illegitimate son was born to an innkeeper's daughter. The boy's...
Book Two. In The Temple Of The Gods. Chapter. Part 04 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 159 CHAPTER II A NIGHT WITH APHRODITE She was the beginning and the end, And the stretch of life between. I WE are leaving Baal with the setting sun and following the spreading shadows down to the chambers of Aphrodite. Baal will ever dwell in our...
Book Two. In The Temple Of The Gods. Chapter : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 189 CHAPTER V THE DANCE OF THE SAKTAS She was the great womb of the universe, The goddess of womankind. I IF the men had their own masculine god, Moloch, and tried at least to keep the women out of his worship, the women had their own goddesses...
Book Four. The Spirit Of Revolt In Religi. Part 04 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 330 CHAPTER III THE REVOLT AGAINST RELIGION FOR all their common basis in sex, the various religious sects have their own modes of departure from the accepted institutionalized religion. Whatever the ultimate motive for the break, it occurs where...
Book Two. In The Temple Of The Gods. Chapter. Part 02 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 185 CHAPTER IV TWILIGHT WITH MOLOCH Fire, flame, and frenzied passion; God of love and desolation. I MOLOCH was the mighty, gluttonous god. He bestowed his bounty upon mankind, but he wished a taste of all that he gave. Moloch gave only to be...
Book One. The Erotic Motive In Primitive. Part 02 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 54 CHAPTER IV THE SPIRIT OF LOVE IN GOD AND MAN Even as the passion of man Is the love of the gods. I As you look upon the map of Europe, you notice a strip of land hanging down like an old man's whiskers into the Mediterranean waters. This is...
Illustrations : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. xii p. xiii ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Phallic symbols in ancient art 8 Primitive man's crude portrayal of the creative force 14 Sex pervaded the art of Old Anthropology Adam 18 An Egyptian phallic altar 22 A demon of love 31 Man's first church; his...
Book Three. In The House Of The Lord. Chapter. Part 02 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 275 CHAPTER III MARRIAGE IN THE MOSQUE "Marriage is my custom; and he who dislikes it does not belong to my people".--THE PROPHET. I THE mosque knows marriage but it still has to learn of love or romance. It wallows in sex but it has yet...
Book One. The Erotic Motive In Primitive. Part 04 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 11 CHAPTER II PRIMITIVE MAN IN LOVE AND FAITH And after the cry of fear Came the sigh of love. IN LOVE I ERE love was born and faith came into the world man was already there. Wild and woolly he was, crude and beastlike, yet the progenit...
Book Three. In The House Of The Lord. Chapter. Part 04 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 202 CHAPTER I LOVE IN THE SYNAGOGUE "Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it"."--"Solomon". I "El Shaddai" was the God of the early Hebrews. He was stern and relentless, unapproachable even to His prophets. One could not see...
Bibliography : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 368 p. 369 BIBLIOGRAPHY p. 370 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author has drawn freely from a large number of books dealing directly or indirectly with eroticism in religion. These are listed in the following bibliography, and acknowledgement must...
Untitled : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 377 INDEX p. 378 p. 379 I have reformatted the index slightly, merging subentries separated by semicolons on the same line: in the original they were on a separate line, indented.--JBH INDEX "abasomes", 289 Abelians, 344-345 Abraham, 68, 133, 202...
Book One. The Erotic Motive In Primitive. Part 05 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 1 BOOK ONE FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO p. 2 "... "and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might"." p. 3 CHAPTER I FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO I FAR away and long ago a gibbon slid down a tree. Once...
Book Four. The Spirit Of Revolt In Religi : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 359 EPILOGUE GOD'S WAY IN LOVE I IN the land of Haidenluma, on the coast of Haidenhaid, they tell the story of a charming princess and of her lover, fair and strong. Wandawind was the name of the princess, and she lived in her castle on the top...
Book Three. In The House Of The Lord. Prologue : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 195 BOOK THREE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD p. 196 p. 197 PROLOGUE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD BETWEEN the Temple of the Gods and the House of the Lord lay a great stretch of thought and sentiment. In the Temple, man came to live this life for all that it...
Book One. The Erotic Motive In Primitive. Part 03 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 38 CHAPTER III IN THE FOUNDRY OF THE GODS In his own image He created his god I THERE is a sacred corner in every dwelling--even the humblest--in the East. Whatever the hut may lack--and it will be lacking in most modern comforts of the home--it...
Book Three. In The House Of The Lord. Chapter. Part 03 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 229 ROMANCE IN THE CHURCH "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love"." --"St. John". I THE church began as a romantic movement in the shadow of the synagogue. What could be more romantic than the son of a carpenter in Galilee coming down...
Book Four. The Spirit Of Revolt In Religi. Part 05 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 326 CHAPTER II LOVE THE FORCE OF REBELLION THE immediate causes of religious revolts are many and various. Often they lie outside the field of religion. They may be rooted in politics, economics, or social conditions, but invariably they come...
Book Two. In The Temple Of The Gods. Chapter. Part 03 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 179 CHAPTER III AT A DIONYSIAN MYSTERY In the valley of death, He brandished the flaming torch of life. I DIONYSOS was the god of wine, women, and song. He revealed to mankind the art of wine-making. He desired people to drink and to make merry. He...
Book Four. The Spirit Of Revolt In Religi. Part 03 : * "The Sacred Fire", by B.Z. Goldberg, [1930], p. 336 CHAPTER IV THE REVOLT AGAINST GOD I KORAH rose up against Moses and Diakonus Nikolaus against Paul. There were others who dared to rise, not only against the men of God, but against the Divine Being Himself. They allied themselves with S...
