{"product_id":"book-ix2d","title":"Of Gods and Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe are all familiar with the fact that man in former days\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereadily believed in the existence of an unseen world, a world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof ghosts, demons, nature-spirits which were worshipped as gods,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand a host of other supernatural beings. This world lay all about him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand in some respects was more real to him than the physical world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was his belief in it, and in the power of the forces it contained, that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egave birth first to primitive magic and later to religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven today, vast numbers of people all over the world, and not\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emerely among savage tribes or backward peasantry, but in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadvanced and educated communities, particularly in Asia, still\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebelieve in this mysterious realm and in various classes of beings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat inhabit it, to an extent that would surprise most Westerners\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eapart from those who have made a study of the subject. To the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsian mind it is equally surprising that Westerners, with the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexception of spiritualists, are sceptical regarding it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Findaway World, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49408058687792,"sku":"BDix2d","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/565748-ix2d-Square.jpg?v=1735811475","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ix2d","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}