Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth AUTH-9738785 ISBN13: 9780310682998

ISBN13: 9780310682998

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Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth AUTH-9738785 ISBN13: 9780310682998Organizing 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 instruction, individual visions, and heroicrites of passage. The vast information assembled here transcendsusual scholarship. Eliade always affirms the greater experience in allinitiation the indissoluble tie between