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.

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Tác giả chính: Torrance, Robert M. (Robert Mitchell), 1939-
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1994.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.5973169
Mục lục:
  • 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.