Author: Grimes, Ronald L.
Title: Deeply into the Bone : Re-inventing Rites of Passage
Description: Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, (2000). orig.cloth, dustwrapper.. 24x15cm, ix,384 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Over the past two decades, North Americans have become increasingly interested in understanding and reclaiming the rites that mark significant life passages. In the absence of meaningful rites of passage, we speed through the dangerous intersections of life and often come to regret missing an opportunity to contemplate a child's birth, mark the arrival of maturity, or meditate on the loss of a loved one. Providing a highly personal, thoroughly informed, and cross-cultural perspective on rites of passage for general readers, this book illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. The work of a major scholar who has spent years writing and teaching about ritual, "Deeply into the Bone" instigates a conversation in which readers can fruitfully reflect on their own experiences of passage.Covering the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death, chapters include first- person stories told by individuals who have undergone rites of passage, accounts of practices from around the world, brief histories of selected ritual traditions, and critical reflections probing popular assumptions about ritual...." - Publisher's description.

Keywords: Cultural Anthropology, Comparative, Religion, Religious, Rites of Passage, Ritual, Ceremony, Ceremonies, Ethnology