Celibacy

Chapter XLI

Marriage considered indispensable among savage and barbarous races of men, p. .—Celibacy a great exception and marriage regarded as a duty among peoples of archaic culture, pp. –403.—Why celibacy is disapproved of, p. sq.—Modern views on celibacy, p. sq.—Celibacy of persons whose function it is to perform religious or magical rites, pp. –412.—Marriage looked down upon by the Essenes, p. .—By the Christians, pp. –412.—Religious celibacy due to the idea that the priestess is married to the god whom she is serving, pp. –414.—Goddesses jealous of the chastity of their priests, p. .—Religious celibacy connected with the idea that sexual intercourse is defiling, pp. –420.—Holiness easily destroyed by pollution, pp. –419.—Causes of religious celibacy among the Christians, p. sq.—Religious celibacy enjoined or commended as a means of self-mortification, p. .