Given that this book was originally written back in the 1950s and you can certainly see influences of mythological studies of the early 20th century in the work, many of the concepts presented in the book are, from what I can see, far more in line with modern scholarship regarding comparative religious studies, as well as Indo-European studies. As someone who studies Indo-European religions, I found the first two chapters to be really good and insightful in regards to how the author frame the work.
Chapter 3, not so much because there was a lot of emphasis put on monotheistic religions, specifically the Abrahamic Traditions. However in chapter 4 the author rolled back and it ended with some good quality insights and parallels some of the sentiments I've had for a while regarding atheism. It also has a section after chapter four talking about the history of religious studies going back to some of the earliest known documents from ancient Greece. If you enjoy that type of history studies, that section itself has a lot of good value to it.
So across the board, it's a dated work, but still a really good piece of work to read for people who are interested in comparative religious studies.
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