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Reading, and Happy 2020

Well, Happy New Year! We're into 2020 now. I have been a bit busy, so I apologize for the pause in posts. It wasn't planned, it just worked out that way. You know how that goes. I found Project Gutenberg a goodly while ago. It has created e-books of many publications that are hard to find or even no longer in print.  As I'm very interested in mythology and stories, I stumbled upon this site:  http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=3623 where I found an early 1920s abridged version of his earlier work, The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer (e-text by David Reed).  I've been reading it for a couple months now, off and on. I'm only about one-third of the way through it. A bit pretentious and wordy, and by no means currently accepted socially aware terminology, I am much enjoying his descriptions and explanations. Author lays out a logical, believable path from primitive man's belief in magic and superstition to philosophy and r