Produced by Chris Curnow, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Hyphenation and accents have been standardised, but other variations remain unchanged. Footnotes are placed at the end of each chapter. Anchors for footnotes 144 and 369 have been added. Italics are represented thus _italic_. SERPENT-WORSHIP, AND OTHER ESSAYS WITH A CHAPTER ON TOTEMISM BY C. STANILAND WAKE LONDON GEORGE REDWAY YORK STREET COVENT GARDEN 1888. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE. RIVERS OF LIFE 1 CHAPTER II. PHALLISM IN ANCIENT RELIGIONS 8 CHAPTER III. THE ORIGIN OF SERPENT-WORSHIP 81 CHAPTER IV. THE ADAMITES 107 CHAPTER V. THE DESCENDANTS OF CAIN 128 CHAPTER VI. SACRED PROSTITUTION 149 CHAPTER VII. MARRIAGE AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLES 165 CHAPTER VIII. MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE 180 CHAPTER IX. DEVELOPMENT OF THE “FAMILY” 192 CHAPTER X. THE SOCIAL POSITION OF WOMAN AS AFFECTED BY “CIVILISATION” 219 CHAPTER XI. SPIRITISM AND MODERN SPIRITUALISM 233 CHAPTER XII. TOTEMS AND TOTEMISM 247 CHAPTER XIII. MAN AND THE APE 278 CHAPTER I. RIVERS OF LIFE.