Man, Myth and Magic: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythology, Religion and the Unknown. Volume 04. Colo-Dian

N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish, 1995. — 152 p. — ISBN 9781854357311.Editor-in-Chief Richard Cavendish. Editorial Board C. A. Burland; Professor Glyn Daniel; Professor E. R. Dodds; Professor Mircea Eliade; William Sargant; John Symonds; Professor R.J.Zwi Werblowsky; Professor R. C. Zaehner.
NewThe encyclopedia covers a gigantic range of speculation, belief and behaviour, ranging in scale from the major religions of the world - Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam - with all that they have brought to human life, down to everyday common super-stitions, such as touching wood or throwing spilled salt over one's shoulder. It deals with traditional rituals and ideas across the world, from the peyote cults of American Indians to the sacred dreamtime of the Australian Aborigines and the cargo cults of the southern Pacific.
Man, Myth and Magic extends in time from the roots of religion, mythology and magic in prehistoric ages to the new religious movements of our own century; from Stonehenge to modern Africa and Japan; from the ancient themes of the seasons, fertility, death and new life to the modern interest in ways of expanding con-sciousness and exploring inner space. It has heroes from King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table to Samson, Sinbad and Robin Hood, quests from the Golden Fleece to the Grail, legendary monsters from unicorns to giants. It deals with myths from the creation of the world to the great flood and the eventual destruc-tion of the universe, and with the constellations of belief and custom which have grown up around life's major crisis points, from birth through initiation and marriage to death. It explores magic and witchcraft, astrology and the Tarot, the lore of animals and plants.