: Describe the final stage as a return to the idea of fixed natural laws, but through rational and experimental methods. IV. Controversies and Modern Impact
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: Start with the evocative scene at Lake Nemi—the "King of the Wood" pacing with a sword, waiting to be killed by his successor. : Describe the final stage as a return
: Define "sympathetic magic" (imitative and contagious) as humanity's first attempt to control nature directly. LA RAMA DORADA Sir JAMES GEORGE FRAZER
: Discuss the "sacred king" as an incarnation of a deity responsible for the land's fertility.