He discovers the Outback on a government-funded trip to Australia to study ancient aboriginal religions.
All these were introduced in Hindu culture by the mythological texts called Puranas which borrowed from the aboriginal religions, Atharva Veda and Buddhism.
Here, Durkheim outlines how totemism within an Australian aboriginal religion is an example of how collective representations are enacted through religion.
The term 'cargo cult' is a reference to aboriginal religions that grew up in the South Pacific after World War II.
The town is about 70% Muslim and 30% Christian, with aboriginal religions virtually extinct.
Stanner, W. E. H. (1966) "On aboriginal religion", Oceania Monograph No. 11.
The term cargo cult, as an idiom, originally referred to aboriginal religions which grew up in the South Pacific after World War II.