Contents

[Preface.]
[Chapter I. The Transference of Evil.]
[§ 1. The Transference to Inanimate Objects.]
[§ 2. The Transference to Stones and Sticks.]
[§ 3. The Transference to Animals.]
[§ 4. The Transference to Men.]
[§ 5. The Transference of Evil in Europe.]
[§ 6. The Nailing of Evils.]
[Chapter II. The Omnipresence of Demons.]
[Chapter III. The Public Expulsion of Evils.]
[§ 1. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils.]
[§ 2. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils.]
[Chapter IV. Public Scapegoats.]
[§ 1. The Expulsion of Embodied Evils.]
[§ 2. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle.]
[§ 3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle.]
[Chapter V. On Scapegoats in General.]
[Chapter VI. Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity.]
[§ 1. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Rome.]
[§ 2. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Greece.]
[Chapter VII. Killing the God in Mexico.]
[Chapter VIII. The Saturnalia and Kindred Festivals.]
[§ 1. The Roman Saturnalia.]
[§ 2. The King of the Bean and the Festival of Fools.]
[§ 3. The Saturnalia and Lent.]
[§ 4. Saturnalia in Ancient Greece.]
[§ 5. Saturnalia in Western Asia.]
[§ 6. Conclusion.]
[Note. The Crucifixion Of Christ.]
[Index.]
[Footnotes]

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