About this title: 'An important and quite beautiful book' - "Library Journal". '[Eliade] throws a searching and humbling light on our modern fragmented existence' - "London Times Literary Supplement". 'Treatment of such subjects as the meaning of the sacred, sun and moon worship, water symbolism, sacred stones, fertility cults, the earth mother, symbols of ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Date Published: 1996-09-28
ISBN-13:9780803267336ISBN:0803267339
Description: Good. Good Condition! Standard used condition with used sticker on back. Contains highlighting on some pages. Ships the same or next day! read more
Edition: Fourth Printing
Binding: Wraps
Publisher: Meridian Books/The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York
Date Published: 1967
Description: Very Good- No Jacket. A study of the element of the sacred in the history of religious phenomena by a distinguished Catholic scholar. Translated by Rosemary Sheed. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Univ. of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780803267336ISBN:0803267339
Description: Book is in Near Fine condition; lower page tips on the first half of the book are a little creased. Otherwise, book appears to be unread. Slight remainder mark also along the bottom page edge. 484 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Meridian
Date Published: 1965-01-01
Description: Good. Good to acceptable condition. Soft cover with average shelf/handling/edge wear. Some tanning (aging) of inside pages. Clean inside pages. Good binding. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sheed and Ward
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780722079454ISBN:0722079451
Description: Good. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Light rubbing to covers and corners due to general use and shelving. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sheed And Ward
Date Published: 1958
Description: Fair. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Sheed and Ward, 1958. Moderate exterior wear. Underlining in text. Binding is strong. We ship daily. International orders ship airmail. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sheed & Ward 1958 1st Am. ed, NY
Date Published: 1958
Description: A fine hardcover book in a very good edgeworn dustjacket. Jacket has a few short closed tears and tiny chips but is still quite presentable. read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Edition: FIRST EDITION
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: SHEED & WARD, LONDON
Date Published: PUB 1958
Description: NF/VG. TRANSLATED BY ROSEMARY SHEED. BOOK IS LIGHTLY BUMPED AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE AND FRONT COVER. D.J. IS WORN AT THE CORNERS WITH A SHALLOW BUT WIDE PIECE MISSING AT AND AROUND THE TOP OF THE SPINE PANEL, A 1 3/4" DIAGONAL TEAR AT THE TOP OF THE REAR PANEL, SOME SURFACE CHIPPING A THE FRONT SPINE EDGE, AND A FEW SCATTERED SHORT EDGE TEARS AND CHIPS ALONG THE TOP EDGE. A PRESENTABLE COPY OF A D.J. THAT BECAUSE IT WAS OVERSIZED TO THE BOOK IS RARELY FOUND IN FINE CONDITION. DESPITE NOTED ... read more
Description: Trade paper, 484p., Overall G-G plus, slight twist, corner crunch. a study of the element of the sacred in the histoyry of religious phenomena by a catholic scholar. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: MERIDIDAN
Date Published: 0000
Description: Good. Publication date: 1974. Cover shows slight shelf rubbing, natural vertical creases on spine from reading, former owner's embossed stamp on the front endpaper, a few pages have scuffs on the edge, a major mark by magic marker on top edge of outside leaves, edge of pages yellowed, but text is clean, binding is tight and inner paper is still sound, a good reading copy. Within 2 days. Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH
Date Published: 1966
Description: Very Good. No Jacket Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Nice copy; tight; NOT ex-library; internally clean text with no stamp, pencil or pen markings; cover aged and foxed. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780803267336ISBN:0803267339
Description: New. 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, ... read more
"Though I don't care much for the encyclopedia approach to studying religion, there are some very interesting thoughts in this book, particularly influenced by Eastern Orthodoxy, Yogic mysticism, and neo-platonism. Sounds like an odd mix, and it certainly isn't well accepted in academia these days, but I find that Eliade expresses an academic view of mysticism in a rather well-defined way. I'm not sure I buy into his methodology or all of his thoughts, but it is definitely a must read for those interested in comparing religions.
Oh, and I am on the side of returning back to more "Archaic" ways of thinking, which is Eliade's explicit agenda."
"how religion is a biogenetic structure broken into components related to the geology, botany or astronomy of the locale. once you realize these signs are universal, them each religion's charade about its uniqueness and right to force others to embrace its codes can be seen as illusory (and war like!)"
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