A collection of essays on themes of mythology, religion, and the human psyche.

Reprinted from the second, revised edition of 1891. Clod, an anthropologist and keen folklorist, wrote and lectured on anthropology and evolution and cultivated a wide circle of literary and scientific friends.

Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power—the central values of the American dream. But are they compatible with Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves? In essays grouped around these four values, D. L. Mayfield asks us to pay attention to the ways they shape our own choices, and the ways those choices affect our neighbors.

Traces the story of how ancient cultures envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices and human enhancements, sharing insights into how the mythologies of the past related to and shaped ancient machine innovations.