A. P. Elkin
Former head of the anthropology department at the University of Sydney, A. P. Elkin (1891-1979) authored eight books and numerous articles in Australia, the United States, France, and England, including The Australian Aborigines.
Books By A. P. Elkin
Aboriginal Men of High Degree
By A. P. Elkin
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Australian anthropologist A. P. Elkin details an extraordinary series of rites by which the young Aboriginal male begins shamanic initiation. He focuses on karadji, or men of high degree, who possess magical powers and who serve as channels between the Dreamtime beings and their own communities.