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The Sacred and Profane - Eliade, Mircea
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This is one of my favorite books. 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 ...

The Sacred and Profane 1968, Mariner Books

ISBN-13: 9780156792011

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Grandpakewl

Sep 19, 2007

Difficult but worth it

A somewhat difficult read for one not particularly well versed in the world of art. I had frankly expected more of an discussion of paleolithic act, based upon her previous writings. Having said that, the depth of knowledge was impressive. Her analysis of music and dance were particularly insightful. While the book sorta assumes a working knowledge of the art world, which I lack, these led me into a number of new and quite interesting areas.

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