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Autobiography, Volume 1
1907-1937, Journey East, Journey West
by Mircea Eliade
347 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-14948-6, ISBN: 0-226-14948-X

"volumes on a shelf, but I had persuaded him that I read them only during my spare time. ... would come to turn out the light, he would find me working some math problem or writing a theme for the next day (because I would start my homework only ... I I I That year, 1918—1919 ... we had not yet studied at school —and as though I were writing for someone like myself to read, not for a teacher or for a grade."






Autobiography, Volume 1(1st Edition)
1907-1937, Journey East, Journey West
by Mircea Eliade, Mac Linscott Ricketts
Paperback, 347 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-20407-9, ISBN: 0-226-20407-3

""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 ..."






History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1
from the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries
by Mircea Eliade
Published 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-306-54040-7, ISBN: 1-306-54040-2






Encyclopedia of Religion Volume 1(2nd Edition)
(AARON:ATTENTION, VOLUME 1)
by Lindsay Jones, Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams
Hardcover, 15 Pages, Published 2004 by Macmillan Distribution
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ISBN-13: 978-0-02-865734-9, ISBN: 0-02-865734-9






A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1
From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries
by Mircea Eliade
508 Pages, Published 1981 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-14769-7, ISBN: 0-226-14769-X

"Krabinger, vol. 1, pp. 271–72 = Aristotle, frag. 15 Rose; after the translation by Jeanne Croissant, Aristote et les Mystères [Paris, 1932], p. 137). A parallel text, transmitted by Psellus and published by J. Bidez, Catalogue des manuscrits alchimiques grecs (1928), vol. 6, p. 171, has been fully analyzed by Croissant, pp . 145ff. On the passage from Themistius, see, most recently, Mylonas, Eleusis, pp. 264 ff. There is an excellen ..."






Archaic Roman Religion, Volume 1(Updated)
by Georges Dumézil, Philip Krapp, Mircea Eliade
Paperback, 394 Pages, Published 1996 by Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-5480-4, ISBN: 0-8018-5480-6

"When St. Paul and St. Peter reached Rome they encountered a state-sponsored religion that had been established for centuries. Amid the shrines and temples of Rome, the Romans sought to preserve and strengthen a religion especially suited to the ambitious city. But Roman religion had also proved permeable to many influences, from Greece, Egypt, Persia, and other parts of Italy. What then was truly Roman, and what had Romans done with the ..."






History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1(1st Edition)
From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries
by And .. Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask, Alf Hiltebeitel
Hardcover, 508 Pages, Published 1979 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-20400-0, ISBN: 0-226-20400-6

""No one has done so much as Mr. Eliade to inform literature students in the West about 'primitive' and Oriental religions. . . . Everyone who cares about the human adventure will find new information and new angles of vision."--Martin E. Marty, New York Times Book Review "






The History of Religions
Essays on the Problem of Understanding (Essays in Divinity, Vol. 1)
by Mircea Eliade, Joseph M. Kitagawa, Jerald C. Brauer, Charles H. Long, Brauer Kitagawa, Joachim Wach
Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 1967 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-43825-2, ISBN: 0-226-43825-2

"Volume I in the Essays in Divinity series. Contains chapters by Joachim Wach, Mircea Elliade, Joseph M. Kitagawa, Charles H. Long, Kees W. Bolle, Thomas J.J. Altizer, Philip H. Ashby, Charles S.J. White, Charles J. Adams, H. Byron Earhart, Jermome H. Long, and Paul Tillich. Elliade's essay, "Cultural Fashions and the History of Religions", is particularly interesting."






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History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries
by Mircea. Eliade, Willard R. Trask, Hans Dieter Betz
Paperback, 508 Pages, Published 1981 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-20401-7, ISBN: 0-226-20401-4

"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 encompassed in this volume."






Autobiography, Volume 2
1937-1960, Exile's Odyssey
by Mircea Eliade
248 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-15954-6, ISBN: 0-226-15954-X

"After we had visited Garmisch and Oberammergau, we spent the night at Rudesheim, and the following day Father Popan let us out of the car in front of the house of Günther Spaltmann, at Bonn. Spaltmann had translated several of my books, ..."






History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3
from Muhammad to the Age of Reforms
by Mircea Eliade
373 Pages, Published 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-306-85022-3, ISBN: 1-306-85022-3

"This volume completes the immensely learned three-volume "A History of Religious Ideas."






History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2
from Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity
by Mircea Eliade
581 Pages, Published 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-306-85021-6, ISBN: 1-306-85021-5

"In volume 2 of this monumental work, Mircea Eliade continues his magisterial progress through the history of religious ideas."






History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2(Updated)
From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity
by Mircea Eliade
581 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-02735-7, ISBN: 0-226-02735-X

"As for the initiatory rituals, we are reduced to hypotheses. In his essay on the figured scenes, Friedrich Matz (though following the example of other scholars) concludes that the central act of the initiation consisted in the unveiling of a phallus hidden in a winnowing fan (liknon).'4 It is probable that this scene, which is abundantly illustrated, had a ritual importance, but Boyancé has cogently shown that the texts mention the ..."






Encyclopedia of Religion Volume 2(2nd Edition)
(ATTRIBUTES OF GOD, VOLUME 2)
by Lindsay Jones, Joseph Butler, Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams
Hardcover, 10,735 Pages, Published 2004 by Thomson/Gale
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ISBN-13: 978-0-02-865735-6, ISBN: 0-02-865735-7

"Among Library Journal's picks of the most important reference works of the millennium - with the Encyclopedia Judaica and the New Catholic Encyclopedia - Mircea Eliade's Encyclopedia of Religion won the American Library Associations' ..."






Encyclopedia of Religion Volume 8(2nd Edition)
(KABAH-MARX, KARL, VOLUME 8)
by Lindsay Jones, Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams
Hardcover, 15 Pages, Published 2004 by Thomson/Gale
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ISBN-13: 978-0-02-865741-7, ISBN: 0-02-865741-1

"Book by None"






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 ..."






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 ..."






Encyclopedia of Religion Vol 14
by Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams
Hardcover, 584 Pages, Published 1986 by Macmillan & Co Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-02-909850-9, ISBN: 0-02-909850-5

"Under attack , and desirous of more solitude for prayer and writing , Symeon resigned as abbot in 1005 . ... There he passed thirteen years in the small monastery of Saint Marina in prayer and writing , dying in 1022 . ... the end of the spiritual life and of all Christian ascesis and contemplation , namely , greater mystical union with the indwelling Trinity . ... But it is Symeon ' s Hymns of Divine Love , which he completed shor ..."






Encyclopedia of Religion Vol 2 Auth - Butl
by Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams
Hardcover, 586 Pages, Published 1986 by Macmillan Library Reference
ISBN-13: 978-0-02-909710-6, ISBN: 0-02-909710-X

"One often speaks of traditional authority , scriptural authority , ecclesiastical authority , or imperial authority based on religious claims . ... Especially authoritative are myths , as distinguished from legends and fables . ... According to Bronislaw Malinowski , myth functions as the “ charter " of established social facts , including religious beliefs and ... the secrets of the tribal tradition : the myths serve as bearers of ..."






Encyclopedia of Religion Volume 8 JERE-LITU
by Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams, Macmillan Publishing Company
Hardcover, 583 Pages, Published 1986 by Macmillan Library Reference
ISBN-13: 978-0-02-909790-8, ISBN: 0-02-909790-8

"with its arms bent and turning around the center in cur- vilineal or, more often, straight movements at right angles (see figure 5). ... to its inhabitants, just as the labyrinth, after some authors, may have been used in a remote past to trap wild animals. ... The mythical Minotaur is, thus, also the symbol of the repressed part of human nature, prerational and vital, which the ... The red thread of Ariadne is a symbol of memory, ..."



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