Images and symbols : studies in religious symbolism / Mircea Eliade ; translated by Philip Mairet.

By:

Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986 [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Mythos (Princeton, N.J.)Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1991.Description: 189 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

069102068X

Uniform titles:

Images et symboles. English

Subject(s):

Symbolism

DDC classification:

291.37

Contents:

1. Symbolism of the "Center" -- 2. Indian symbolisms of time and eternity -- III. The "God who binds" and the symbolism -- IV. Observations on the symbolism of shells -- V. Symbolism and history.

Summary: 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. The author describes and analyzes some of the most powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of people of the East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development." -- Back cover.

List(s) this item appears in: Anne Stewart's Collection

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	291.37 ELI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011418		Hadji, Athena - Sculpture

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Translation of: Images et symboles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Symbolism of the "Center" -- 2. Indian symbolisms of time and eternity -- III. The "God who binds" and the symbolism -- IV. Observations on the symbolism of shells -- V. Symbolism and history.

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.
The author describes and analyzes some of the most powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of people of the East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development." -- Back cover.