Initiation
Subtitle: contributions to the theme of the study-conference of the International Association for the History of Religions held at Strasburg, September 17th to 22nd 1964
By: Edited by C.J. Bleeker
Contributors: International Association for the History of Religions
Series: Studies in the history of religions. Supplements to Numen -- 10; Studies in the history of religions -- 10.
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1965
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng; fre; ger
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Rites d'initiation; Initiation; Kongress; Initiations (in religion, folk-lore, etc.)
Notes: English, French, or German.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: L'initiation et le monde moderne / M. Eliade.; title: Some introductory remarks on the significance of initiation / C.J. Bleeker.; title: Terminologie bambara concernant l'initiation / D. Zahan.; title: Die Sprache von Zuyual als Initiationsmittel / G. Lanczkowski.; title: The significance of time in some ancient initiatory rituals / S.G.F. Brandon.; title: Initiation in ancient Egypt / C.J. Bleeker.; title: Voraussetzungen der Einweihung in Eleusis / K. Kerényi.; title: Le secret central de l'initiation aux mystères d'Eleusis / M. Mehauden.; title: Initiation in later Hinduism according to Tantric texts / D.J. Hoens.; title: Dīksā / A. Basu.; title: Information initiation among Hindus and Muslims / H.H. Presler.; title: Initiation in the Shugendo : the passage through ten states of existence / Carmen Blacker.; title: L'initiation mazdéenne / J. Duchesne Guillemin.; title: Pour une étude de l'initiation dans l'ancien Israël / A. Caquot.; title: Qumran und die Zwölf / D. Flusser.; title: Initiation et mystère dans Joseph et Aséneth / M. Philonenko.; title: Initiation, mystère, gnose. Pour l'histoire de la mystique dans le paganisme gréco-oriental / A. Bianchi.; title: New Testament Baptism. an external or internatl rite? / R.A. Barclay.; title: John the Baptist in christianized gnosticism / L.E. Keck.; title: Conditions of membership of the Islamic community / W. Montgomery Watt.; title: The initiation ceremony of the Bektashis / H. Ringgren.; title: La signification psychologique del'ésotérisme / E. Rochedieu.; title: Initiation and the paradox of power : a sociological approach / E.M. Mendelson.; title: Initiation et histoire / A. Brelich.; title: Religion als Einweihung / A. Antweiler.; title: Einweihung und spirituelle Nachfolge / M. Vereno.; title: Das Fasten als Initiationsritus / P. Gerlitz.; title: Some reflections on the rites of initiation (in the light of the papers presented at Strasburg) / G. Widengren.