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The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians
Contributors:
By (Author) Paul Radin
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
1st July 1991
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Professional and Scholarly
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Alternative belief systems
Indigenous peoples
Dewey:
299.72
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
360
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
510g
Description
In this transcription of the Medicine Rite, the most sacred ritual of the Winnebago Indians, anthropologist Paul Radin captured a poetic source of profound importance to the understanding of mystical experience. Performed by medicine men upon the initiation of a member to their cult, this secret rite recapitulated the mythic origins and heroes of the Winnebago while integrating those present with the ancestral forces.
