“All routinized religions today (including the Native American Church, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity) are successful descendents of what originated as messianic movements—that is, the vision of a new way of life for a culture under extreme stress.”

—  Peter Farb

p, 125
Man's Rise to Civilization (1968)

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