Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The mysteries of birth and rebirth

by Mircea Eliade

Paperback, 1975

Status

Available

Call number

291.3

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.

Language

Original language

French

Original publication date

1956

ISBN

none

Local notes

Torchbooks TB 1236
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