Initiation Rite As Riddle
The liminal stage of an initiation rite is not only a threshold for an initiate's change in status, but it also provides a spiritual threshold for transcendence. Lame Deer's recounting of his experiences in a Lakota vision pit both emphasizes his initiation from boyhood to manhood and his...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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[1987]
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Journal of ritual studies
Year: 1987, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-84 |
Further subjects: | B
Religious symbolism
B Baptism B Shamans B Symbolism B Grandmothers B Spiritual visions B Christianity B rites of passage B Riddles |
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