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Rites and Symbols of Initiation
- Author: Mircea Eliade
- Year: 1998
- Pages: 175
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Synopsis
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.
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