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The sacred and the profane; the nature of religion

Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares with that of the nonreligious. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also emcompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence. -- P. [4] of cover.

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  • "studies in religious myth and symbol"
  • "Nature of religion"
  • "Significance of religious myth, symbolism, and ritual within life and culture"@en
  • "Significance of religious myth, symbolism, and ritual within life and culture"
  • "Heilige und das Profane"@pl
  • "Sacred & the profane, the nature of religion"@en
  • "Méphistophélès et l'androgyne"
  • "Méphistophélès et l'androgyne"@it
  • "Méphistophélès et l'androgyne"@pl

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  • "Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares with that of the nonreligious. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also emcompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence. -- P. [4] of cover."@en
  • "Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares with that of the nonreligious. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also emcompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence. -- P. [4] of cover."
  • "Renowned anthropologist and historian of religion Mircea Eliade attempts to describe how religious people experience the sacred. He also gives a fascinating explanation of primitive religions. The popular image of the religion of primitive peoples is pretty unflattering: they worship rocks, animals, and whatnot; their rituals are just attempts to extract favors from imaginary spirits; their myths are laughably bad attempts at scientific explanations, etc. Eliade shows that these are complete misunderstandings. Primitive people don't worship natural objects, but they believe that natural objects can be revelations of the sacred, and that one can worship the gods through them. Primitive men certainly do want help from their gods (who wouldn't?), but they are also driven by what Eliade calls an 'ontological nostalgia', a desire to live in the presence of the gods who are the preeminently real and the source of all being. Nor do their myths seem so silly when one understands the function they serve and the universal symbolism they employ."@en

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  • "Monografie"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Folklore"
  • "Folklore"@en
  • "Monography"
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  • "Sacrul si profanul"
  • "Sacrul şi profanul"
  • "Mefistofele e l'androgine"@it
  • "Mefistofele e l'androgine"
  • "Mephistopheles and the Androgyne : studies in religious myth and symbol"
  • "The sacred and the profane : the nature of religion ; [the groundbreaking work by one of the greatest authorities on myth, symbol, and ritual]"
  • "Méphistophélès et l'Androgyne"
  • "The sacred and the profane : the nature of religion; [the significance of religious myth, symbolism, and ritual within life and culture]"
  • "The sacred and the profane; the nature of religion"
  • "The sacred and the profane; the nature of religion"@en
  • "悪魔と両性具有"
  • "Mefistofel și Androginul"
  • "The Sacred and the Profane ... Translated from the French [i.e. from the unpublished French original] by Willard R. Trask"@en
  • "Mefistofel si androginul"
  • "Mephisopheles & the Androgyne"
  • "Méphistophélès et l'androgyne"
  • "Mefistofel şi Androginul"
  • "Mephistopheles and the Androgyne; studies in religious myth and symbol"
  • "The sacred and the profane the nature of religion"@en
  • "The sacred and the profane the nature of religion"
  • "Mefistofel şi androginul"
  • "Mephistopheles et l'androgyne"
  • "Mefistógeles y el andrógino"@es
  • "Mefistofele e l'Androgine"
  • "Sacrum i profanum : o istocie regijności /d"
  • "Sveto i profano"
  • "Sveto i profano"@sr
  • "Akuma to ryōsei guyū"
  • "Sacrul și profanul"
  • "Sacrum i profanum : o istocie religijności"@pl
  • "The Two and the one"@en
  • "Posvátné a profánní"
  • "Sacrum a profanum"@pl
  • "Méphistophélés et l'androgyne"
  • "Mefistofeles y el Andrógino"
  • "Méphistopélès et l'androgyne"
  • "Mephistopheles et l'Androgyne"
  • "Mefistofeles y el Androgino"
  • "Mefistofeles i androgyn"@pl
  • "Sacrum a profanum o istocie sfery religijnej"
  • "Svâŝennoe i mirskoe"
  • "The sacred and the profane : the nature of religion : [the significance of religious myth, symbolism, and ritual within life and culture]"
  • "Sacrum i profanum o istocie religijności"
  • "Mefistofeles y el androgino"
  • "Mefistofeles y el androgino"@es
  • "Mefistófeles y el Andrógino"
  • "Méphistophéles et l'androgyne"
  • "Mefistófeles y el andrógino"
  • "Mefistófeles y el andrógino"@es
  • "Mephistophélès et l'androgyne"
  • "The two and the one"
  • "The two and the one"@en
  • "The sacred and the profane : the nature of Religion"
  • "Svi︠a︡shchennoe i mirskoe"
  • "[Akuma to Ryoseiguyu]"
  • "Mephistopheles and the Androgyne"
  • "Sacrum a profanum : o istocie sfery religijnej"@pl
  • "The sacred and the profane : the nature of religion"
  • "The sacred and the profane : the nature of religion"@en
  • "The sacred and the profane"
  • "The sacred and the profane"@en

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