Images and symbols : studies in religious symbolism /
Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986
Images and symbols : studies in religious symbolism / Mircea Eliade ; translated by Philip Mairet. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1991. - 189 pages ; 22 cm. - Mythos (Princeton, N.J.)
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.
069102068X
Symbolism
291.37
Images and symbols : studies in religious symbolism / Mircea Eliade ; translated by Philip Mairet. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1991. - 189 pages ; 22 cm. - Mythos (Princeton, N.J.)
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.
069102068X
Symbolism
291.37