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Indigenous and Ancient Religions
Australian Religions
An Introduction
- First published1973
- TraditionIndigenous & Ancient Religions
- Shelf155 books
Based on lectures Eliade delivered in the 1960s, this book surveys Aboriginal Australian religion through themes such as the supreme beings of the south-east, initiation, medicine men and the Dreaming. It reflects his comparative approach and his reliance on the ethnographic literature of the time. Useful historically, though specialists now treat its generalisations with caution.












