Name/Title
Letter from J.E. Standley to Harry GeorgeEntry/Object ID
Q1430.635.132CDescription
A two-page letter from J.E. Standley to Harry George discussing phallic worship. Vol II pg. 132C
Dear Mr. George,
I am sending you as per request the best looking specimens of the ancient Phalic Worship. Sent Todays Insured P.Post, The Worshippers of Phallicism or Phallism were the dwellers of Central America Peru and old Mexico. It is also claimed for India -
This anthropological Term apples to that form of Nature-Worship in which adoration is paid to the Penis as the generative function Symbolized by the Phallus (The Male Organ) This sex worship was common among the Primitive people.
History says that before the temple of Aphrodite at Hierapolis were two hugh Phallies 180 feet in height and Eminent writers claim
That our Church Steeples are a descendant from such Phallic Monuments.
In Greece Phallicism was claimed to be the essence of the Dionysian worship when the earth was covered in green sward the natives would resort to free Phallie ceremonies among the Bushes.
The Modern Indians know nothing of this worship and the relics in stone are of an indeterminate age and as Relics are very scarce
Yours Truly
(The letterhead with the store's name, its description as a unique and pioneering curio shop, and its role as an Indian trader, importer, and curator of Alaskan relics.)Subject
J. E. Standley
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
Seattle, Washington
PhallicSubject Person/Organization
Harry L. George Collection
