Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Harper & Torchbook (1975), Paperback, 190 pages
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
Language
Original language
French
Original publication date
1956
ISBN
none
Local notes
Torchbooks TB 1236
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