The Wisdom of the Serpent: The Myths of Death, Rebirth, and Resurrection.

by Maud Oakes, Joseph L. Henderson, Maud Henderson, Joseph L.; Oakes

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The tribal initiation of the shaman, the archetype of the serpent, exemplifies the death of the self and a rebirth into transcendent life. This book traces the images of spiritual initiation in religious rituals and myths of resurrection, poems and epics, cycles of nature, and art and dreaming. It dramatizes the metamorphosis from a common experience of death's inevitability into a transcendent freedom beyond individual limitations.

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Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691020647

ISBN13:9780691020648

Release Date:August 1990

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.3"

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Comparative Religion Education & Reference Fairy Tales History Humanities Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Mythology & Folk Tales Psychology Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks

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