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Author Torrance, Robert M. (Robert Mitchell), 1939-

Title The spiritual quest : transcendence in myth, religion, and science / Robert M. Torrance.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [1994]
©1994

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  291.42 T688S    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 367 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-339) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Spiritual life -- Cross-cultural studies.
Vision quests -- Cross-cultural studies.
Indians -- Religion.
Indian mythology.
Local Subject Spirituality -- Indigenous.
Indigenous people -- Religion.
ISBN 0520081323 alkaline paper
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