The spiritual quest : transcendence in myth, religion, and science /

This treatise argues that the quest for the spirit is not a rare mystical experience, but a frequent expression of basic human impulses, rooted in our biological, psychological and social nature. It presents the quest in the myths and religious practices of tribal people throughout the world.

Bibliografske podrobnosti
Glavni avtor: Torrance, Robert M. (Robert Mitchell), 1939-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Jezik:angleščina
Izdano: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1994.
Online dostop:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.5973169
Kazalo:
  • Animal Quaerens: The quest as a dimension of human experience
  • The spiritual quest in ritual and myth
  • Spirit possession as a form of the spiritual quest
  • Forms of the Shamanic quest
  • Forms of the quest in native america
  • The theory of the quest: Some closing considerations.