Symbols and Sentiments Cross-cultural Studies in Symbolism Edited by IOAN LEWIS London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street, London, England ACADEMIC PRESS London New York San Francisco A Subsidiary of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, PublishersACADEMIC PRESS INBUORD SAS LTD. 24-28 Oval Roads London NW1 United States Edition published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC. 111 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10003 Copyright © 1977 by ACADEMIC PR) INC. (LONDON) LTD. All Rights Reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by photostat, microfilm, or any other means without written permission from the publishers Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 76 016980 ISBN: 0 12 446650 8 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY J. W. ARROWSMITH LTD BRISTOL,Contributors 1. M, LEWIS, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics ALFRED GELL, Department of Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra GILBERT LEWIS, Department of Anthropology, University of Cambridge PAMELA CONSTANTINIDES, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics SERGE LAROSE, Centre de Recherches Caraibes (Université de Montréal), ‘Sainte-Marie, Martinique ABNER COHEN, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, School of Oriental and African Studies, London CHARLES RYCROFT, 18 Wimpole Street, London STANISLAV GRoF, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California JOHN PAYNE, Student Health Service, London School of Economics DAviD sTARKEY, Department of International History, London School of Economics VIEDA SKULTANS, Department of Mental Health, University of Bristol AUDREY CANTLIE, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, School of Oriental and African Studies PAUL HERSHMANT School of African and Asian Studies, University of Sussex Tt Deceased