Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth (Torchbooks)

by Mircea Eliade

Paperback, 1958

Status

Available

Call number

291.3

Tags

Studies of Religion, Interfaith, Rites, Symbols, Magic, Initiation, Primitive Religions, Ordeals, Secret Cults, Shamanic Initiations

Genres

Collection

Don

Publication

Harper & Row, New York, 1958

Description

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.

Subjects

Initiation rites
Initiation rites Religious aspects
Initiations
Initiations (in religion, folk-lore, etc.)

Language

English

Original publication date

1956

Physical description

175 p.; 7.9 inches

ISBN

0061312363 / 9780061312366

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