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  | | The Myth of the Eternal Return(Reprint) Cosmos and History (Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology) by Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask, Jonathan Z. Smith Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2018 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18297-1, ISBN: 0-691-18297-3 "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 ..." |
 | | A History of Religious Ideas, Vol. 3(1st Edition) From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms (Volume 3) by Mircea Eliade, Alf Hiltebeitel, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona Paperback, 367 Pages, Published 1988 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-20405-5, ISBN: 0-226-20405-7 "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 r ..." |
 | | A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2(Updated) From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity by Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask Paperback, 580 Pages, Published 1985 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-20403-1, ISBN: 0-226-20403-0 "A History of Religious Ideas: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity v. 2 In volume 2 of this monumental work, Mircea Eliade continues his magisterial progress through the history of religous ideas. The religions of ancient China, Brahmanism and Hinduism, Buddha and his contemporaries, Roman religion, Celtic and German religion, Judaism, the Hellenistic period, the Iranian syntheses, and the birth of Christianity - all are e ..." |
 | | Yoga(Updated) Immortality and Freedom (Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology) by Mircea Eliade, David Gordon White, Willard R. Trask, Willard Ropes Trask Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2009 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-14203-6, ISBN: 0-691-14203-3 "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 foresha ..." |
 | | Images and Symbols(Reprint) by Mircea Eliade, Philip Mairet Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1991 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-02068-6, ISBN: 0-691-02068-X "Indra, for example, rescues the victims "bound" by Varuna and "unlooses "them.3 As one might expect, M. Dumezil looks for verification of this polarity of "binder" and "loosener" in the more concrete forms of rites and customs. ... 2 Dumezil, Mitra-Varuna, Paris, 1940, p. 33; Jupiter, Mars, Quirinus, pp. 81 ff. 3 Dumezil, Flamen-Brahman, Paris, 1935, pp. 34 ff. ; Alitra-Varuna pp. 79 ff. 4 Dumezil, Horace et les Curiaces, 1942, p. ..." |
 | | Essential Sacred Writings From Around the World(Reprint) by Mircea Eliade Paperback, 645 Pages, Published 1991 by Harperone ISBN-13: 978-0-06-250304-6, ISBN: 0-06-250304-9 "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 death and the afterlife, teachings on the relationship between humanity and the sacred, religious rituals and practices, and prayers and hymns.Mircea Eliade, a recognized pioneer in the system ..." |
 | | The Forge and the Crucible(2nd Edition) The Origins and Structure of Alchemy by Mircea Eliade, Stephen Corrin Paperback, 238 Pages, Published 1979 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-20390-4, ISBN: 0-226-20390-5 "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 p ..." |
 | | The Sacred and The Profane The Nature of Religion by Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1968 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ISBN-13: 978-0-15-679201-1, ISBN: 0-15-679201-X "A highly original and scholarly work on spirituality by noted historian Mircea Eliade In The Sacred and the Profane, Mircea Eliade observes that while contemporary people believe their world is entirely profane, or secular, they still at times find themselves connected unconsciously to the memory of something sacred. It's this premise that both drives Eliade's exhaustive exploration of the sacred—as it has manifested in space, time, n ..." |
 | | Rites and Symbols of Initiation The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth by Mircea Eliade, Michael Meade, Willard R. Taske Paperback, 204 Pages, Published 2017 by Spring Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-88214-061-2, ISBN: 0-88214-061-2 "Organizing data from cultures the world over, Mircea Eliade, one of the preeminent interpreters of world religion in the twentieth century, lays out the basic patterns of initiation: group puberty rites, entrance into secret cults, shamanic instruction, individual visions, and heroic rites of passage. The vast information assembled here transcends usual scholarship. Eliade always affirms the greater experience in all initiation – the in ..." |
 | | The HarperCollins Concise Guide to World Religion(Reprint) The A-to-Z Encyclopedia of All the Major Religious Traditions by Mircea Eliade, Ioan P. Couliano, Hillary Suzanne Wiesner, Ioan P. Culianu Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1999 by Harperone ISBN-13: 978-0-06-062151-3, ISBN: 0-06-062151-6 "Pub Date: 1999-12-08 Pages: 320 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers The definitive dictionary of the worlds religions. compiled by two of the 20th centurys most distinguished religion scholars This highly accessible resource distils Mircea Eliades lifework of detailing and comparing. humanitys entire religious heritage. providing fascinating insights into the character and worldview of the 33 principal religions. Inclu ..." |
 | | Bengal Nights(1st Edition) A Novel by Mircea Eliade, Catherine Spencer Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 1995 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-20419-2, ISBN: 0-226-20419-7 "Set in 1930s Calcutta, this is a roman á clef of remarkable intimacy. Originally published in Romanian in 1933, this semiautobiographical novel by the world renowned scholar Mircea Eliade details the passionate awakenings of Alain, an ambitious young French engineer flush with colonial pride and prejudice and full of a European fascination with the mysterious subcontinent. Offered the hospitality of a senior Indian colleague, Alain gra ..." |
 | | Myth and Reality by Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask Paperback, 212 Pages, Published 1968 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-131369-1, ISBN: 0-06-131369-6 "An informative guide to the modern mythologies! This classic study, translated from the original French, deals primarily with societies around the world in which myth is--or was until very recently-- "living," in the sense that it supplies models for human behavior and, by that very fact, gives meaning and value to life. The author believes that understanding the structure and function of myths in these traditional societies serves to c ..." |
 | | The Myth of the Eternal Return(2nd Edition) Cosmos and History (Princeton University Press (Bollingen Series)) by Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask, Jonathan Z. Smith Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2005 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12350-9, ISBN: 0-691-12350-0 " This founding work of the history of religions, first published in English in 1954, secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986). Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no less than half a dozen European languages, Eliade's The Myth of the Eternal Return makes both intelligible and compelling the religious expressions and activit ..." |
 | | Shamanism(Reprint) Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy (Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology) by Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask, Wendy Doniger, Princeton University Press Paperback, 648 Pages, Published 2004 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-11942-7, ISBN: 0-691-11942-2 "First published in 1951, "Shamanism" soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian emigre--scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) surveys the practice of Shamanism over 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 ..." |
 | | Myth and Reality(Reprint) (Religious Traditions of the World) by Mircea Eliade, Paul Franklin, Learning Resources Network Paperback, 204 Pages, Published 1998 by Waveland Pr Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-57766-009-5, ISBN: 1-57766-009-9 "An informative guide to the modern mythologies! This classic study, translated from the original French, deals primarily with societies around the world in which myth is--or was until very recently-- "living," in the sense that it supplies models for human behavior and, by that very fact, gives meaning and value to life. The author believes that understanding the structure and function of myths in these traditional societies serves to c ..." |
 | | Patterns in Comparative Religion(Reprint) by Mircea Eliade, Rosemary Sheed, John Clifford Holt Paperback, 484 Pages, Published 1996 by Bison Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-6733-6, ISBN: 0-8032-6733-9 "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 manifeste ..." |
 | | The Quest(Reprint) History and Meaning in Religion (Midway ) by Mircea Eliade Paperback, 187 Pages, Published 1984 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-20386-7, ISBN: 0-226-20386-7 "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 student ..." |
 | | Gaudeamus by Mircea Eliade, Christopher Bartholomew Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 2018 by Istros Books ISBN-13: 978-1-908236-34-0, ISBN: 1-908236-34-5 "In this exuberant and touching portrait of youth, Eliade recounts the fictional version of his university years in late 1920’s Bucharest. Marked by a burgeoning desire to "suck out all the marrow of life," the protagonist throws himself into his studies; engaging his professors and peers in philosophical discourse, becoming one of the founding members of the Student’s Union, and opening-up the attic refuge of his isolated teenage years ..." |
 | | Rites and Symbols of Initiation(Reprint) The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth by Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask, Michael Meade Paperback, 204 Pages, Published 1998 by Spring Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-88214-358-3, ISBN: 0-88214-358-1 "Organizing data from cultures the world over, Eliade lays out the basic patterns of initiation: group puberty rites, entrance into secret cults, shamanic instruction, individual visions, and heroic rites of passage. The vast information, assembled so beautifully, transcends usual scholarship. Eliade always affirms the greater experience in all initiations - the indissoluble tie between humans and the cosmos of Gods, spirits, animals anc ..." |
 | | Symbolism, the Sacred, and the Arts(Reprint) by Mircea Eliade, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1992 by Continuum ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-0618-7, ISBN: 0-8264-0618-1 "Major work is distinguished by an intensity of inspiration and an overwhelming sense of personal vision. This merging of inspiration and vision permits the creation of a classic oeuvre whose creator is deemed to be a 'master of his craft, ' or perhaps better, 'a seminal mind.' Such is the work of the historian of religious, Mirceas Eliade. In his lifelong quest to understand the presence of the Sacred throughout human history, Eliade ha ..." |
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