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Of water and the spirit : ritual, magic and initiation in the life of an African Shaman / Malidoma Patrice Somé.
Malidoma Patrice SoméDate: 1995
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Social life of the Navajo Indians : with some attention to minor ceremonies / by Gladys A. Reichard.
Gladys ReichardDate: 1928
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Source material for the social and ceremonial life of the Choctaw Indians / by John R. Swanton.
John R. SwantonDate: 1931
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Sorcery and healing : the meaning of illness and death to an Australian aboriginal community / by Janice Clare Reid.
Janice ReidDate: 1978
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Sarawak: Sea Dayak men at a head feast. Photograph.
Reference: 31453i
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The death (or Dormition) of the Virgin. Etching by Rembrandt, 1639.
RembrandtDate: 1639Reference: 21530i
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Simeon takes the infant Christ in his arms. Etching by A. Smith.
Reference: 22011i
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Mesoamerican healers / edited by Brad R. Huber and Alan R. Sandstrom.
Date: 2001
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People crowd around a dying person's bed in grief while final rites are being read. Stipple engraving by N. Schiavonetti, 1812, after R. Westall.
Richard WestallDate: 25 March 1812Reference: 17296i
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Holy Roman Empire: a ceremony in which vassals are invested with enfeoffments from the Emperor. Engraving by P. Fehr.
Fehr, Peter, 1681-1740?Date: [between 1700 and 1740]Reference: 3022650i
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Boer War: page two of an article entitled "women in the war" with illustrations of a ceremony on the hospital ship "Maine" and the hospital ship "Princess of Wales". Halftone, 1900, after text by A. Hugh Fisher and pictures by S. Begg.
Begg, Samuel, active 1886-1900Date: [1900]Reference: 23847i
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Indigenous religions / edited by Stephen Hunt.
Date: 2010
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Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1594.
Hendrik GoltziusDate: 1594Reference: 22001i
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The circumcision of Christ. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
GuercinoReference: 24022i
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The Hopi snake dance : fact and fancy / Robert F. Heizer.
Robert HeizerDate: 1944
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Jephthah's daughter contemplating her virginity and her imminent death, surrounded by woeful attendants with musical instruments. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1846, after H. O'Neil.
Henry Nelson O'NeilDate: 1846Reference: 20812i
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Headhunting and the body in Iron Age Europe / Ian Armit.
Armit, Ian.Date: 2012
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Peyote, the divine cactus / Edward F. Anderson.
Edward Frederick AndersonDate: [1980], ©1980
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Physical evidence for ritual acts, sorcery and witchcraft in Christian Britain : a feeling for magic / edited by Ronald Hutton (University of Bristol, UK).
Date: 2016
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Smoke signals for the gods : ancient Greek sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman periods / F.S. Naiden.
F. S. NaidenDate: [2013], ©2013
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Ritual and belief : studies in the history of religion / by Edwin Sidney Hartland.
Edwin Sidney HartlandDate: 1914
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Followers of Sri Chaitanya in a procession with flags, drums, dancing and singing. Transfer lithograph.
Reference: 26179i
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Episodes in the Pentateuch involving sacrifice, worship and idol-worshipping. Engraving.
Reference: 20167i
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A man hangs from hooks in his back, watched by a group of musicians and a crowd of people in a market square in India. Coloured aquatint by T. Medland after C. Gold, ca. 1803.
Gold, CharlesDate: [1803?]Reference: 640699i
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The presentation of the Virgin. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.A. Sirani.
Sirani, Giovanni Andrea, 1610-1670.Reference: 11792i

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Of water and the spirit : ritual, magic and initiation in the life of an African Shaman / Malidoma Patrice Somé.

Social life of the Navajo Indians : with some attention to minor ceremonies / by Gladys A. Reichard.

Source material for the social and ceremonial life of the Choctaw Indians / by John R. Swanton.

Sorcery and healing : the meaning of illness and death to an Australian aboriginal community / by Janice Clare Reid.

Sarawak: Sea Dayak men at a head feast. Photograph.

The death (or Dormition) of the Virgin. Etching by Rembrandt, 1639.

Simeon takes the infant Christ in his arms. Etching by A. Smith.

Mesoamerican healers / edited by Brad R. Huber and Alan R. Sandstrom.

People crowd around a dying person's bed in grief while final rites are being read. Stipple engraving by N. Schiavonetti, 1812, after R. Westall.

Holy Roman Empire: a ceremony in which vassals are invested with enfeoffments from the Emperor. Engraving by P. Fehr.

Boer War: page two of an article entitled "women in the war" with illustrations of a ceremony on the hospital ship "Maine" and the hospital ship "Princess of Wales". Halftone, 1900, after text by A. Hugh Fisher and pictures by S. Begg.

Indigenous religions / edited by Stephen Hunt.

Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1594.

The circumcision of Christ. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

The Hopi snake dance : fact and fancy / Robert F. Heizer.

Jephthah's daughter contemplating her virginity and her imminent death, surrounded by woeful attendants with musical instruments. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1846, after H. O'Neil.

Headhunting and the body in Iron Age Europe / Ian Armit.

Peyote, the divine cactus / Edward F. Anderson.

Physical evidence for ritual acts, sorcery and witchcraft in Christian Britain : a feeling for magic / edited by Ronald Hutton (University of Bristol, UK).

Smoke signals for the gods : ancient Greek sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman periods / F.S. Naiden.

Ritual and belief : studies in the history of religion / by Edwin Sidney Hartland.

Followers of Sri Chaitanya in a procession with flags, drums, dancing and singing. Transfer lithograph.

Episodes in the Pentateuch involving sacrifice, worship and idol-worshipping. Engraving.

A man hangs from hooks in his back, watched by a group of musicians and a crowd of people in a market square in India. Coloured aquatint by T. Medland after C. Gold, ca. 1803.

The presentation of the Virgin. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.A. Sirani.