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The Sacred and the Profane

The Nature of Religion

By: Mircea Eliade

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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.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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015679201X

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Patterns in Comparative Religion

By: Mircea Eliade

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Patterns in Comparative Religion

By: Mircea Eliade

In this era of increased knowledge the essence of religious phenomena eludes the psychologists, sociologists, linguists, and other specialists because they do not study it as religious. According to Mircea Eliade, they miss the one irreducible element in religious phenomena--the element of the sacred. Eliade abundantly demonstrates universal religious experience and shows how humanity's effort to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself in myriad cultures from ancient to modern times; how certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths have, with interesting variations, persisted.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496208323

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Journal III, 1970-1978

By: Mircea Eliade

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Journal III, 1970-1978

By: Mircea Eliade

More an eloquent chronicle of the mind's life than a recital of daily routine, this volume of Mircea Eliade's journal offers a remarkably candid portrait of a renowned scholar and his work. The entries—full of marvelous ideas, outlines for works never written, responses to the works of others, and much more—reveal many rarely glimpsed sides of the private, as well as public, man. What did he really think of the students who came to him for instruction in black magic? What were his private reflections on feminism, student drug use, the sexual revolution, the nature of American scholars and scholarship? Who were his best friends, why did he enjoy their company, and why did he shun the company of others? Quite apart from the personal, biographical interest the journal holds, it is a document of cultural and intellectual significance. Eliade remarks on such colleagues and friends as Jung, Dumézil, Ricoeur, Bellow, and Ionesco. Moreover, the period covered encompasses Eliade's most active years as a teacher, and the journal beautifully reflects his developing views on religion, history, and the nature of academic culture. Bits and pieces of Eliade's past life are juxtaposed with thoughts about ongoing projects and work yet to be undertaken as well as with anecdotes of his travels and comments on world events. A genuine treat for Eliade readers and those interested in history of religions, Journal III provides new perspectives on many of Eliade's other works—the History of Religious Ideas, Ordeal by Labyrinth, the Autobiography. At the same time the journal is a mature scholar's record of the aftermath of the 1960s, a turbulent period that profoundly affected American university life. As such, these writings hold valuable insights into not only the life and work of one man but also the cultural history of an entire era.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226204081

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9780226204086

The Quest

History and Meaning in Religion

By: Mircea Eliade

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The Quest

History and Meaning in Religion

By: Mircea Eliade

In The Quest Mircea Eliade stresses the cultural function that a study of the history of religions can play in a secularized society. He writes for the intelligent general reader in the hope that what he calls a new humanism "will be engendered by a confrontation of modern Western man with unknown or less familiar worlds of meaning." "Each of these essays contains insights which will be fruitful and challenging for professional students of religion, but at the same time they all retain the kind of cultural relevance and clarity of style which makes them accessible to anyone seriously concerned with man and his religious possibilities."—Joseph M. Kitagawa, Religious Education

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0226203867

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Journal IV

1979–1985

By: Mircea Eliade

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Journal IV

1979–1985

By: Mircea Eliade

Journal IV is the first publication, in a translation from the Romanian manuscript, of the journal that Mircea Eliade kept during the last seven years of his life. In this period, Eliade is ensconced as a famous scholar—his works are being translated into many languages and books about him arrive regularly in the mail. His encounters with scholars of like repute are recorded in the journal; after a party in Paris, Eliade shares a taxi with Claude Lévi-Strauss and inadvertently makes off with his raincoat. Running like a fault line through the peak of his success, however, is Eliade's painful awareness of his physical decline—failing vision, arthritic hands, and continual fatigue. Again and again he repeats how little time he has to finish the projects he is working on—his autobiography, the third and fourth volumes of his History of Religious Ideas, and the duties associated with his editorship of the Encyclopedia of Religion. He poignantly recounts the sharpest blow: the disorganization and eventual destruction by fire of his personal library. Within the scope of Journal IV Eliade and his world go to ruin. What does not decline is the vivid and persistent voice of Eliade the writer, an unbreaking voice that—with death only months away—plans a reply to critics, plots out an article, and ruminates on characters to people another novella.

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022615968X

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Essential Sacred Writings from Around the World

A Thematic Sourcebook on the History of Religions

By: Mircea Eliade

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A Thematic Sourcebook on the History of Religions

By: Mircea Eliade

Originally published as 'From Primitives to Zen,' this comprehensive anthology contains writings vital to all the major non-Western religious traditions, arranged thematically. Here are colorful descriptions of deities, creation myths, depictions of de

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Harper Collins

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0062503049

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Journal III, 1970-1978

By: Mircea Eliade

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Journal III, 1970-1978

By: Mircea Eliade

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0226204081

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Images and Symbols

Studies in Religious Symbolism

By: Mircea Eliade

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Images and Symbols

Studies in Religious Symbolism

By: Mircea Eliade

Mircea Eliade--one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic--shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is still an essential function of human consciousness. He describes and analyzes some of the most powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development.

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Princeton University Press

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069102068X

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The Myth of the Eternal Return

Or, Cosmos and History

By: Mircea Eliade

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The Myth of the Eternal Return

Or, Cosmos and History

By: Mircea Eliade

This essay on humanity's experience of history and its interpretation begins with a study of the traditional or mythological view and concludes with a comparative estimate of modern historiological approaches.

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Bollingen

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0691017778

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The Eliade Guide to World Religions

By: Mircea Eliade,Ioan P. Culianu,Hillary S. Wiesner

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The Eliade Guide to World Religions

By: Mircea Eliade,Ioan P. Culianu,Hillary S. Wiesner

A comprehensive guide to the thirty-three major religions, including information about their origins, founders, sacred teachings, and spiritual traditions

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Harper San Francisco

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0060621451

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Journal II, 1957-1969

By: Mircea Eliade

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Journal II, 1957-1969

By: Mircea Eliade

Mircea Eliade's journal of the years 1957-1969, originally published in English under the title No Souvenirs, is the testimony of a "wandering scholar" caught between three worlds: his native Romania, the France he fled to, and his last homeland, the United States. The journal is filled with his work, dreams, memories of his youth, stories of his travels, the reflections of each day.

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The Myth of the Eternal Return

Cosmos and History

By: Mircea Eliade

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The Myth of the Eternal Return

Cosmos and History

By: Mircea Eliade

A Princeton classic edition"--P. 4 of cover.

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Bollingen Foundation

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0691123500

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Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions

Essays in Comparative Religion

By: Mircea Eliade

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Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions

Essays in Comparative Religion

By: Mircea Eliade

In the period domoninated by the triumphs of scientific rationalism, how do we account for the extraordinary success of such occult movements as astrology or the revival of witchcraft? From his perspective as a historian of religions, the eminent scholar Mircea Eliade shows that such popular trends develop from archaic roots and periodically resurface in certain myths, symbols, and rituals. In six lucid essays collected for this volume, Eliade reveals the profound religious significance that lies at the heart of many contemporary cultural vogues. Since all of the essays except the last were originally delivered as lectures, their introductory character and lively oral style make them particularly accessible to the intelligent nonspecialist. Rather than a popularization, Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions is the fulfillment of Eliade's conviction that the history of religions should be read by the widest possible audience.

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The Myth of the Eternal Return

Cosmos and History

By: Mircea Eliade

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The Myth of the Eternal Return

Cosmos and History

By: Mircea Eliade

First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no fewer than half a dozen European languages, The Myth of the Eternal Return illuminates the religious beliefs and rituals of a wide variety of archaic religious cultures. While acknowledging that a return to their practices is impossible, Eliade passionately insists on the value of understanding their views to enrich the contemporary imagination of what it is to be human. This book includes an introduction from Jonathan Z. Smith that provides essential context and encourages readers to engage in an informed way with this classic text.

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Princeton University Press

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0691238324

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Mircea Eliade: Autobiography

Exile's Odyssey, 1937–1960

By: Mircea Eliade

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Mircea Eliade: Autobiography

Exile's Odyssey, 1937–1960

By: Mircea Eliade

Here finally are Eliade's memoirs of the first thirty years of his life in Mac Linscott Rickett's crisp and lucid English translation. They present a fascinating account of the early development of a Renaissance talent, expressed in everything from daily and periodical journalism, realistic and fantastic fiction, and general nonfiction works to distinguished contributions to the history of religions. Autobiography follows an apparently amazingly candid report of this remarkable man's progression from a mischievous street urchin and literary prodigy, through his various love affairs, a decisive and traumatic Indian sojourn, and active, brilliant participation in pre-World War II Romanian cultural life."—Seymour Cain, Religious Studies Review

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022615954X

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The Forge and the Crucible

The Origins and Structure of Alchemy

By: Mircea Eliade

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The Forge and the Crucible

The Origins and Structure of Alchemy

By: Mircea Eliade

Primitive man's discovery of the ability to change matter from one state to another brought about a profound change in spiritual behavior. In The Forge and the Crucible, Mircea Eliade follows the ritualistic adventures of these ancient societies, adventures rooted in the people's awareness of an awesome new power. The new edition of The Forge and the Crucible contains an updated appendix, in which Eliade lists works on Chinese alchemy published in the past few years. He also discusses the importance of alchemy in Newton's scientific evolution.

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University of Chicago Press

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022602654X

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9780226026541

Yoga

Immortality and Freedom

By: Mircea Eliade

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Yoga

Immortality and Freedom

By: Mircea Eliade

In this landmark book the renowned scholar of religion Mircea Eliade lays the groundwork for a Western understanding of Yoga, exploring how its guiding principle, that of freedom, involves remaining in the world without letting oneself be exhausted by such "conditionings" as time and history. Drawing on years of study and experience in India, Eliade provides a comprehensive survey of Yoga in theory and practice from its earliest foreshadowings in the Vedas through the twentieth century. The subjects discussed include Patañjali, author of the Yoga-sutras; yogic techniques, such as concentration "on a Single Point," postures, and respiratory discipline; and Yoga in relation to Brahmanism, Buddhism, Tantrism, Oriental alchemy, mystical erotism, and shamanism.

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Princeton University Press

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0691017646

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9780691017648

Shamanism

Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy

By: Mircea Eliade

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Shamanism

Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy

By: Mircea Eliade

The foundational work on shamanism now available as a Princeton Classics paperback Shamanism is an essential work on the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. The founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Mircea Eliade surveys the tradition through two and a half millennia of human history, moving from the shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia—where shamanism was first observed—to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond. In this authoritative survey, Eliade illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give primacy of place to the figure of the shaman—at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, priest, mystic, and poet. Synthesizing the approaches of psychology, sociology, and ethnology, Shamanism remains the reference book of choice for those interested in this practice.

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Princeton University Press

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0691210667

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Essential Sacred Writings from Around the World

By: Mircea Eliade

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Essential Sacred Writings from Around the World

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Originally published under the title FROM PRIMITIVES TO ZEN, this comprehensive anthology contains writings vital to all the major non-Western religious traditions, arranged thematically. Here are colorful descriptions of deities, creation myths, depictions of death and the afterlife, teachings on the relationship between humanity and the sacred, religious rituals and practices, prayer and hymns. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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Borgo Press

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0809591162

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A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2

From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity

By: Mircea Eliade

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A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2

From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity

By: Mircea Eliade

In volume 2 of this monumental work, Mircea Eliade continues his magisterial progress through the history of religious ideas. The religions of ancient China, Brahmanism and Hinduism, Buddha and his contemporaries, Roman religion, Celtic and German religions, Judaism, the Hellenistic period, the Iranian syntheses, and the birth of Christianity—all are encompassed in this volume.

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022602735X

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Mystic Stories

The Sacred and the Profane

By: Mircea Eliade

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Mystic Stories

The Sacred and the Profane

By: Mircea Eliade

Noone can tell a vampire story like a Romanian, and few Romanians can bring the breadth of learning world renowned mythologist Eliade (1907-86). His fiction is little known, partly because it is all in Romanian. The novelette and three short stories here share a concern with the supernatural and settings in preindustrial Romania. The translation includes a guide to pronouncing the names. No index or bibliography. Acidic paper; poor quality printing, binding, and proofreading. Distributed in the US by Columbia U. Press. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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0880332271

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Mircea Eliade: Autobiography

Exile's Odyssey, 1937–1960

By: Mircea Eliade

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Exile's Odyssey, 1937–1960

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A History of Religious Ideas Volume 1

From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries

By: Mircea Eliade

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A History of Religious Ideas Volume 1

From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries

By: Mircea Eliade

“Everyone who cares about the human adventure will find new information and new angles of vision.”—Martin E. Marty, The New York Times Book Review This extraordinary work delves into the subject of religion in the prehistoric and ancient worlds—humankind’s earliest quests for meaning. From Neanderthal burials to the mythology of the Iron Age, to the religions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Israel, India, and beyond, it offers both an appreciation of the wide-ranging diversity of religious expression—and a consideration of the fundamental unity of religious phenomena. “Will arouse the interest of all historians of western religion, since it includes chapters on the religions of Canaan and Israel. However, the book must be read cover to cover if one wants to grasp the significance of its gigantic historical scope.”—Church History

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022614769X

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Patterns in Comparative Religion

By: Mircea Eliade

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Patterns in Comparative Religion

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In this era of increased knowledge the essence of religious phenomena eludes the psychologists, sociologists, linguists, and other specialists because they do not study it as religious. According to Mircea Eliade, they miss the one irreducible element in religious phenomena-the element of the sacred. Eliade abundantly demonstrates universal religious experience and shows how humanity's effort to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself in myriad cultures from ancient to modern times; how certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths have, with interesting variations, persisted.

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Burns & Oates

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0722079451

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Mircea Eliade: Autobiography

Journey East, Journey West, 1907–1937

By: Mircea Eliade

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Mircea Eliade: Autobiography

Journey East, Journey West, 1907–1937

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Autobiography, Volume 1

1907-1937, Journey East, Journey West

By: Mircea Eliade

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Autobiography, Volume 1

1907-1937, Journey East, Journey West

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0226204073

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Bengal Nights

A Novel

By: Mircea Eliade

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Bengal Nights

A Novel

By: Mircea Eliade

A semi-autobiographical romance between a French engineer and the daughter of a Hindu family with which he stayed in India. A case of East meets West with all the joys and woes that such encounters bring. For her version of the story see her novel, It Does Not Die.

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0226204197

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History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3

From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms

By: Mircea Eliade

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History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3

From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms

By: Mircea Eliade

This volume completes the immensely learned three-volume A History of Religious Ideas. Eliade examines the movement of Jewish thought out of ancient Eurasia, the Christian transformation of the Mediterranean area and Europe, and the rise and diffusion of Islam from approximately the sixth through the seventeenth centuries. Eliade's vast knowledge of past and present scholarship provides a synthesis that is unparalleled. In addition to reviewing recent interpretations of the individual traditions, he explores the interactions of the three religions and shows their continuing mutual influence to be subtle but unmistakable. As in his previous work, Eliade pays particular attention to heresies, folk beliefs, and cults of secret wisdom, such as alchemy and sorcery, and continues the discussion, begun in earlier volumes, of pre-Christian shamanistic practices in northern Europe and the syncretistic tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. These subcultures, he maintains, are as important as the better-known orthodoxies to a full understanding of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

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