Rites and Symbols of Initiation
Mircea Eliade
175 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0882143581
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Language: English
Publish: May 15, 1998
AnthropologyHistoryMythologyNonfictionOccultPhilosophyPsychologyReligionRomanian LiteratureTheology
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.