num_pages: 175
description: 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.
language: English
title: Rites and Symbols of Initiation
titlecomplete: Rites and Symbols of Initiation
genres: Romanian Literature, History, Philosophy, Religion, Theology, Psychology, Mythology, Nonfiction, Occult, Anthropology
ratings_count: 466
publisher: Spring Publications