CELIBACY
Marriage considered indispensable among savage and barbarous
races of men, p. 399.--Celibacy a great exception and marriage
regarded as a duty among peoples of archaic culture, pp. 399-403.
--Why celibacy is disapproved of, p. 403 _sq._--Modern views on
celibacy, p. 404 _sq._--Celibacy of persons whose function it is
to perform religious or magical rites, pp. 405-412.--Marriage
looked down upon by the Essenes, p. 410.--By the Christians,
pp. 410-412.--Religious celibacy due to the idea that the priestess
is married to the god whom she is serving, pp. 412-414.--Goddesses
jealous of the chastity of their priests, p. 414.--Religious
celibacy connected with the idea that sexual intercourse is
defiling, pp. 414-420.--Holiness easily destroyed by pollution,
pp. 417-419.--Causes of religious celibacy among the Christians,
p. 420 _sq._--Religious celibacy enjoined or commended as a means
of self-mortification, p. 421.