Wisdom of the serpent, the: the myths of death, rebirth, and resurrection.
Auteur :
Henderson, Joseph Lewis / Oakes, Maud
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691020648
Date de publication :
4 sept. 1990
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Poids :
397 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Traces the images of spiritual initiation in religious rituals and myths of resurrection, poems and epics, cycles of nature, and art and dreaming. This book dramatizes the metamorphosis from a common experience of death's inevitability into a transcendent freedom beyond individual limitations.