Aboriginal men of high degree : initiation and sorcery in the world's oldest tradition / A.P. Elkin
- Bib ID:
- 451533
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Elkin, A. P. (Adolphus Peter), 1891-1979
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Edition:
- 2nd. ed.
- Description:
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- Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions : Distributed to the book trade in the U.S. by American International Distribution Corp., c1994
- xxvii, 195 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0892814217
- Summary:
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First published in 1945; this edition icludes a new foreword by Jim Everett and has a new section supplying additional information on traditional Aboriginal medicine men, sorcery and curing with an examination of the role of Aboriginal medicine in western medical practice.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Foreword
- Maps
- Foreword to 1976 Edition
- Introduction to the 1976 Edition
- Introduction to First Edition
- Part 1
- The Personality, Making, and Powers of Aboriginal Men of High Degree
- Chapter 1
- Aboriginal Men of High Degree: Their Personality and Making
- Chapter 2
- The Powers of Medicine Men
- Part 2
- The Making and Powers
- A Survey
- Chapter 3
- The Uncircumcision Regions
- Chapter 4
- The Circumcision Regions
- Part 3
- Aboriginal Men of High Degree in a Changing World
- Chapter 5
- Mystic Experience: Essential Qualifications for Men of High Degree
- Chapter 6
- Animistic and Magical Causes of Illness
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
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- Originally published: 2nd ed. St. Lucia, Queensland : Queensland University Press, 1978, c1977.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 187-192.
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- Until 2049 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1979
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1978
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