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First edition. Illustrated. 177 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue-green buckram, paper labels. Edges and spine a bit faded, else Fine, in Very Good chipped, price-clipped dust jacket Illustrated. 177 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Seller Inventory # 56186
Title: Masks and Demons
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Co, [New York]
Publication Date: 1923
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: dj
Edition: First edition.
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # L0-9798255148035
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Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United Kingdom
Condition: New. Print on Demand. Seller Inventory # 398167663
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Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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Seller: Biblios, Frankfurt am main, HESSE, Germany
Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND. Seller Inventory # 18399258042
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
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Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What if the myths of the world are not coincidences. but clues?The great civilizations of history were never truly isolated.Babylon, Egypt, Greece, the Nordic world, Mesoamerica. all tell the same kinds of stories: gods who conquer chaos, sacrifices that seek redemption, and spiritual beings that demand human devotion.The usual explanation?Coincidence.Cultural evolution.Human imagination.But what if all of that is wrong?The Masks of Demons presents a bold and unsettling thesis: these similarities are not the result of parallel development-but the spread of a shared distortion across the nations.This is not a book that simply compares mythologies.It exposes them.As it traces a line from the Tower of Babel to the religious systems of the ancient world, a disturbing pattern emerges: the god who replaces anotherthe dragon that must be defeatedthe blood that is never enoughobjects that promise powerintermediaries that demand worshipThese are not random motifs.They are echoes.Each one is examined through the lens of Scripture, revealing a radical contrast between the God of the Bible and the gods of the nations.This is not neutral scholarship.This is not theory.This is not syncretism.This is confrontation.A challenge to the idea that all religions lead to the same truth.and a case that many of them share the same deception.This book is for those who refuse shallow answers.For those who sense that something lies beneath the surface of ancient myths.For those willing to question what has always been assumed.Because in the end, this is not just about understanding stories-it is about uncovering what is behind them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798255148035
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Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 390 pages. 7.99x5.04x0.94 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # x-1778226264
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Seller: Tim's Used Books Provincetown Mass., Provincetown, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Black hardcover with cool illustrated endpapers. Many B&W photos, and 175 line-drawings. No marks in text. Not a library book. Ships today in a cardboard enclosure. Tim's Used Books, open shop in Provincetown, Massachusetts, providing good books at reasonable prices on the same spot since 1991. shelf old Ms. Seller Inventory # 263104