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This book charts rites of passage in 73 countries—birth and childhood, initiation and adolescence, marriage and adulthood, death and remembrance. Over 200 color and black and white photographs evoke the powerful feelings which emerge from ritual. Leading writers in the fields of anthropology, religion and philosophy help attune our senses to the sacred dimensions of life.
Full-page photographs document rites of passage common in cultures as disparate as those of New Guinea and New Jersey in this disappointingly two-dimensional overview. From Greek Orthodox infant baptisms by water and aboriginal Australian baptisms by smoke
This book charts rites of passage in 73 countries—birth and childhood, initiation and adolescence, marriage and adulthood, death and remembrance. Over 200 color and black and white photographs evoke the powerful feelings which emerge from ritual. Leading writers in the fields of anthropology, religion and philosophy help attune our senses to the sacred dimensions of life.
Full-page photographs document rites of passage common in cultures as disparate as those of New Guinea and New Jersey in this disappointingly two-dimensional overview. From Greek Orthodox infant baptisms by water and aboriginal Australian baptisms by smoke through initiation rites of adolescents in an Indonesian tribal community and an East Los Angeles girls' gang, images of such rituals as marriages, childbirth, ordinations and funerals are accompanied by quotes from C. G. Jung, Joseph Campbell, W. B. Yeats and others. Brief paragraphs elucidating origins of the ceremonies depicted add punch to the few photos in which subjects are specifically identified. An introduction by novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez and afterword by naturalist writer Peter Matthiessen expand upon the universality and importance of the rites of transformation for both individuals and societies.
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Manufacturer: HarperOne
Release date: 1 October 1991
ISBN-10 : 0062501526 |
ISBN-13: 9780062501523
Tags: Spirituality (1), Want (1), Relationships (1), Marriage (1), Community (1), Youth (1), SnP (1), Death And Dying (1), Cross-Cultural (1), You (1), Ritual/Practice (1), Partnerships (1)
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