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, nature and the cosmos, and life itself--and buttresses his expansive view of the human experience.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/23/1968
ISBN: 9780156792011
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.51w x 0.82d

Review Citations: Books & Culture 05/01/2008 pg. 15