Aboriginal Men of High Degree : Initiation and Sorcery in the World's Oldest Tradition
by
A. P. Elkin
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0892814217
ISBN-13
9780892814213
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Imprint
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 1st, 1993
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
294 grams
Dimensions
17.40 x 21.00 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Gender studies, gender groupsAnthropologyMind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice
Ksh 2,500.00
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The first book to reveal the secret and sacred practices of Aboriginal shamans, Aboriginal Men of High Degree presents an extraordinary series of rites by which the young Aboriginal male begins the degrees of shamanic initiation--each marked by its own portion of esoteric knowledge.
The first book to reveal the secret and sacred practices of Aboriginal shamans, Aboriginal Men of High Degree presents an extraordinary series of rites by which the young Aboriginal male begins the degrees of shamanic initiation--each marked by its own portion of esoteric knowledge. One of Australia's most eminent anthropologists, A. P. Elkin focuses on karadji, or men of high degree, who possess magical powers and who serve as channels between the Dreamtime beings and their own communities. As psychologists and psychic experts, the karadji are essential to the groups' social chesion. They are believed to cure and kill mysteriously, make rain, anticipate future events, and appear and disappear at will. Not content to explain away these phenomenon, Elkin boldly suggests that we enter into the karadji worldview and try to understand this remarkable culture on its own terms.
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