Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth by Mircea Eliade

Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth

Mircea Eliade with Willard R. Taske (Translator)

204 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology religion informative reflective slow-paced
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Organizing data from cultures the world over, Mircea Eliade, one ofthe preeminent interpreters of world religion in the twentieth century, lays out the basic patterns of initiation: group puberty rites, entranceinto secret cults, shamanic instruct...

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