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IMAGES AND SYMBOLS
STUDIES IN RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM |
| By: |
Mircea Eliade, Philip Mairet (Trans) |
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| ISBN 10: |
069102068X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780691020686 |
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| Publisher: |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 June, 1991 |
| Series: |
Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Description: |
Shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is an essential function of human consciousness. The author analyzes powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development. |
| Synopsis: |
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. He describes and analyzes some of the most powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press |
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