The Road of Life and Death
| Author | : Paul Radin |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 1991-04-21 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0691019169 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780691019161 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Road of Life and Death by : Paul Radin
Download or read book The Road of Life and Death written by Paul Radin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1991-04-21 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
