Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches : The Riddles of Culture

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Summary: Wonderful Book
Review: Why Jews and Muslims refuse to eat pork, the first reverence for animals in history (a view that coincided with the birth of agriculture), the burning of witches, Carlos Castaneda, Jesus and more are examined from a cultural/ anthropological perspective. I particularly enjoyed his take on Carlos Castenada being amoral, and what this precisely means. Harris takes a more scientific (rational) view of some things many would prefer left mystical. My view finds value in both, and Harris' view, in this book, is if nothing else, far more readable than Castenada's fantasy verbage.