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The history of initiation / in twelve lectures. Comprising a detailed account of the rites and ceremonies, doctrines and discipline, of all the secret and mysterious institutions of the ancient world.

The Eleusinian mysteries & rites / by Dudley Wright.

Beschneidung und Reifezeremonien bei Naturvölkern / von Ad. E. Jensen; mit 11 Kartenskizzen.

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Initiation rites - Folklore

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The history of initiation / in twelve lectures. Comprising a detailed account of the rites and ceremonies, doctrines and discipline, of all the secret and mysterious institutions of the ancient world.

The Eleusinian mysteries & rites / by Dudley Wright.

Beschneidung und Reifezeremonien bei Naturvölkern / von Ad. E. Jensen; mit 11 Kartenskizzen.