About this title: Organizing data from cultures all over the world, Eliade lays out the basic patterns of initiation: group puberty rites, entrance into secret societies, individual shamanic instruction, and heroic rites of passage. He then demonstrates how modern men and women, often isolated from one another, actually participate in the symbolic rituals of ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harpercollins College Div
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780061312366ISBN:0061312363
Description: Good. Light highlighting. Light rubbing to covers and corners due to general use and shelving. Pages yellowed from age. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harper, New York
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Light age toning, 1/2" closed tear on front wrapper. minor extremity wear. Text in English, 175 p. Includes: Index. The Library of religion and culture. Glued Binding Trade Paper Book contains not merely a collection of data but also a profound and insightful attempt to get, so to speak, under the skin of the data, and to discern the underlying meaning and purpose of initiation. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harpercollins College Div
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780061312366ISBN:0061312363
Description: Near Fine. 0061312363. Slight shelf wear to covers. Interior clean tight and unmarked.; 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 ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1958, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1958
ISBN-13:9780061312366ISBN:0061312363
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. This book represents the Haskell Lectures which I was privileged to deliver at the University of Chicago in the Fall of 1956 under the title "Patterns of Initiation. " In preparing the text for publication, I have added an introduction and some notes and bibliographical references, but I have adhered to the presentation demanded by the original oral delivery. As I conceive it, the book is addressed to any nonspecialist reader ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Torchbooks
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good Plus. Size: 8vo-7¾"-9¾"; G+. A tight and clean copy of the book, but having lines in the margins of maybe a third of the pages. read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: Harpercollins College Div Pub Date: 6/1/1980 Binding: Paperback Pages: 175. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper Horchbooks
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very Good. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Previous owners name on title page. Tight binding, good hinges, clean text. --I only list books I own. Not a mega lister-an old guy living in the Virginia mountains, growing his own garden and reading a great deal. -Dick Haynes. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HARPER COLOPHON BOOKS, NEW YORK
Date Published: 1958
Description: Good in N/A jacket. Soft cover in good condition. Cover and page edging are slightly soiled, and have some smoke stains. Leaves are clean, and yellowish with age. Has 175 pages. read more
Description: Fine. No Jacket. This is a Reprint Edition translated from the French. Original copyright 1958. This looks like a very interesting read on the idea of initiation. The condition of this soft cover Trade Paperback book is Fine. Looks New! The covers are very clean & bright and the pages are clean, bright and unmarked. 175 pages including index. read more
Description: Good. 0882143581 Mild shelf wear. Highlighting found on one page; most pages clear. Some page corners turned down. Binding solid. No creases in spine or covers. Not remainder or ex-library. Packaged carefully for shipping. Ships within 24 hours. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Spring Publications
Date Published: 2009-07-22
ISBN-13:9780882143583ISBN:0882143581
Description: New. Beautiful brand new book, no markings, no wear. PERFECT! Make the world smarter, give a brand new book as a gift! MendoPower Employment Services will immediately and carefully pack this book in high-quality bubble lined, envelopes. Then we send you a confirmation e-mail. We appreciate your business and welcome any questions. (Mendocino author) read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Spring Publications
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780882143583ISBN:0882143581
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. light soil on front cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 175 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harper Colophon
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780061312366ISBN:0061312363
Description: Pbk 175 pp., copy affected by storage in a damp place so some corrugation of the pages otherwise a very clean tight text in unused condition. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: SPRING PUBLICATIONS % PRI
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780882143583ISBN:0882143581
Description: New. Organizing data from cultures the world over, Eliade lays out the basic patterns of initiation: group puberty rites, entrance into secret cults, shamanic instruction, individual visions, and heroic rites of passage. The vast information, assembled so... read more
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