Rites and Symbols of Initiation by Mircea Eliade
Rites and Symbols of Initiation

Mircea Eliade

Rites and Symbols of Initiation

Mircea Eliade with Willard R. Trask

175 pages first pub 1958 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology religion informative reflective slow-paced
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Organizing data from cultures the world over, Eliade lays out the basic patterns of initiation: group puberty rites, entrance into secret cults, shamanic instruction, individual visions, and heroic rites of passage. The vast information, assembled...

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