Rituals : types, efficacy and myths / Etalon De Smet and Frédérique Bauwens, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Smet, Etalon.

Bauwens, Frédérique.

Series:

Religion and spirituality series.

Religion and spirituality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rites and ceremonies.

Ritualism.

Ritual.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents current research in the study of the types, efficacy and myths of ritualistic behaviors. Topics gathered by the authors from across the globe include the modern case studies of ancient Greek cave rituals; rituals marking transitions between different life stages in the elderly; ritual complexes of North-West Siberia in the 17th-18th centuries; healing rituals of Brazil; the myth of the ayahuasca ritual in Europe and the cult of the horse in the Sakha religious and ritual practice of the 19th century.

Contents:

Rituals in Greek caves : from modern case studies to ancient sources / Evy Johanne Haland

Transition into an age of supported independence : a rite of passage? / Beatrice Hale, Patrick Barrett ... [et al.]

Ritual complexes of north-west Siberia in XVII-XVIII centuries : (according to archaeological data) / Oleg Kardash

Ritual healing : a history of its development and proliferation in Brazil / Sidney M. Greenfield

The myth of Ayahuasca / Janine Tatjana Schmid

The cult of the horse in the Sakha religious and ritual practice of the 19th century / Svetlana Ivanovna Petrova, M.K. Ammosov.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61470-657-3

OCLC:

834603698