They Shall Take Up Serpents; Psychology of the Southern Snake-Handling Cult

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. About near fine with a wee bit of board corner-bumping and toning tp prelims, in a near fine(-) to very good(+) edge-rubbed jacket with a few closed edge tears. Quite a desirable copy overall. Jacket now housed in archival mylar./very good(+). Large octavo in black and green (green spine) jacket; 208 pages illustrations 23 cm; bibliographical references. Signed and inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. Very scarce thus. / Contents: The cult -- 1. The present and recent past -- 2. Origins and early history -- 3. Publicity and persecution -- 4. The interstate convention -- 5. Later history and spread -- The symbolism -- 6. Snake cults in Africa -- 7. Classic near east cults -- 8. Religion and psychiatry -- The people -- 9. Biography of a cult leader -- 10. Psychology of a snake cultist -- 11. Psychopathy and culture -- 12. Barefoot and the poor whites. / Serpents -- Religious aspects. Serpent worship. Psychology, Religious. Snakes -- Religious aspects. Psychology, Pathological. Psychology and religion. Serpents. Snakes. Psychopathology Religion and Psychology Snakes Serpents -- Aspect religieux. Serpents -- Culte. Psychologie religieuse. Psychopathologie. Psychologie et religion. Serpents. psychology of religion. Psychology, Religious. Serpent worship. Serpents -- Religious aspects. Slangencultus. Psychologie. Snakes -- Religious aspects. Serpent worship. Psychology, Religious. Barefoot, Beauregard.