| Description |
175 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Harper torchbooks ; TB1236 |
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Dr John Cooper Theosophy Collection ANL
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Harper torchbooks ; TB1236
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| Contents |
1. Initiation mysteries in primitive religions. -- 2. The initiatory ordeals. -- 3. From tribal rites to secret cults. -- 4. Individual initiations and secret societies. -- 5. Heroic and Shamanic initi9690ations. -- 6. Patterns of initiation in higher religions |
| Summary |
First published 1958; preparation of sacred ground, separation from women; Kurnai initiation mystery; tooth avulsion Yuin, Murring & Waradjuri, initiatory ordeals, symbolic death, tossing of novices (Arunta), throwing fire; bullroarers & circumcision, symbolism of subincision; female initiation Arnhem Land; Kunapipi cult & ritual exchange of wives; medicine men, initiatory death, Arunta, Unmatjera and Western Desert tribes; use of magical substances, quartz crystals, pearl shell, spirit snakes; Asiatic influence apparent; Melanesian mummification; comparisons with Indian & Tibetan yogis; many authors quoted; bibliography |
| Notes |
First published under title: Birth and rebirth. New York : Harper & Row, 1958 |
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Translation of: Naissance mystique |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Initiation rights -- Folklore
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Initiation rites -- Folklore.
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Initiation rites -- Religious aspects.
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Initiations (in religion, folklore, etc.)
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| Author |
Trask, Williard R. (Willard Ropes), 1900-
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| LC no. |
wln75002424 |
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