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Rites and symbols of initiation: the mysteries of birth and rebirth / Mircea Eliade ; translated from the French by Willard R. Trask ; and with a new foreword by Michael Meade.

By:

Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Harper Torchbooks ; New York 1965Description: xv, 175 +11 p. ; 21 cmSubject(s):

Initiation rites -- Religious aspects

DDC classification:

392 ELI

Summary: Organizing data from cultures the world over, Eliade lays out the basic patterns of initiation: group puberty rites, entrance into secret cults, shamanic instructions, individual visions, and heroic rites of passage.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-165) and index.

Organizing data from cultures the world over, Eliade lays out the basic patterns of initiation: group puberty rites, entrance into secret cults, shamanic instructions, individual visions, and heroic rites of passage.

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