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Quotation from The Golden Bough (abridged edition) by James George Frazer
“the black thread of magic, the red thread of religion, and the white thread of science”
The Golden Bough (abridged edition), Chapter LXIX, "Farewell to Nemi" (Project Gutenberg text)
Frazer's closing image of human thought as a woven web whose future colour no one can tell.
Citation: "the black thread of magic, the red thread of religion, and the white thread of science" — James George Frazer, The Golden Bough (abridged edition), Chapter LXIX, "Farewell to Nemi" (Project Gutenberg text). (id frazer-the-golden-bough-q8)
Portrait: JamesGeorgeFrazer, Contemporary photograph, Public domain.
