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Organizing data from cultures the world over, Eliade lays out the basic patterns of initiation: group puberty rituals, entrance into secret cults, shamanic instruction, individual visions, and heroic rites of passage. The vast information, assembled so beautifully, transcends usual scholarship. Eliade affirms the greater experience in all initiations--the indissoluable ties between humans and the cosmos of gods, spirits, animals, ancestors, and nature.
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Rites and Symbols of Initiation, Mircea Eliade
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- Released
- 1980
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- Title
- Rites and Symbols of Initiation
- Subtitle
- The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mircea Eliade
- Publisher
- Harpercollins College
- Released
- 1980
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 175
- ISBN10
- 0061312363
- ISBN13
- 9780061312366
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Psychological Topics, Religious Topics, Philosophical Topics, Religion, Mythology, Anthropology, Rituals and Ceremonies, Religious Studies, Symbolism, Shamanism, Symbols
- First published
- 1976
- Original title
- Initiation, rites, sociétés secretes: Naissances mystiques: Essai sur quelques types d'initiation
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- Organizing data from cultures the world over, Eliade lays out the basic patterns of initiation: group puberty rituals, entrance into secret cults, shamanic instruction, individual visions, and heroic rites of passage. The vast information, assembled so beautifully, transcends usual scholarship. Eliade affirms the greater experience in all initiations--the indissoluable ties between humans and the cosmos of gods, spirits, animals, ancestors, and nature.