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Ramsay Smith - Australian Aborigine - Initiation
Identifier
000526
Type of Spiritual Experience
None
Background
many of the other observations in the section on Australian Aborigines employ methods like this
A description of the experience
Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines – W Ramsay Smith
The first of the tests is the overcoming of appetite. This involves the initiate doing a two days walk or hunt without food and then being brought suddenly before a fire on which some choice kangaroo steak or other native delicacy is being cooked. They are required to take only a small portion of this