Myth and Reality

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Harper & Row, 1963 - Myth - 204 pages

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Contents

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MAGIC AND PRESTIGE OF ORIGINS
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TIME CAN BE OVERCOME
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Aelius Theon Ameta anamnesis animals archaic societies archaic stage artistic becomes beginning behavior believe birth catastrophe century ceremony Christ Christianity cosmic cosmogonic myth Cosmos creation creative cult culture cycle death deus otiosus divine Dreams and Mysteries Earth Eliade eschatological especially essential Eternal Return Euhemerus example exemplary model existence fact forgetfulness former lives Gnostic Gods Gospels Greece Greek Hainuwele heaven hence Heroes Hesiod historicity of Jesus Homer Ibid idea illo tempore important Indian initiation initiatory Jan de Vries Jesus knowledge last analysis longer Matsyendranath meaning memory millennialist modern motif Mystery religions mythical Ancestors mythical thought mythico-ritual mythology Norman Cohn origin myths pagan Paradise period philosophical popular primitive re-creation re-enacted reality Rebirth recitation religions religious renewal rites ritual role sacred saga scenario shamans significant sleep spirit stories structure Supernatural Supreme survived symbols tale tion traditional societies tribe Universe Werner Müller words World

About the author (1963)

Born in Bucharest, Rumania, Mircea Eliade studied at the University of Bucharest and, from 1928 to 1932, at the University of Calcutta with Surendranath Dasgupta. After taking his doctorate in 1933 with a dissertation on yoga, he taught at the University of Bucharest and, after the war, at the Sorbonne in Paris. From 1957, Eliade was a professor of the history of religions at the University of Chicago. He was at the same time a writer of fiction, known and appreciated especially in Western Europe, where several of his novels and volumes of short stories appeared in French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. Two Tales of the Occult "to relate some yogic techniques, and particularly yogic folklore, to a series of events narrated in the genre of a mystery story." Both Nights of Serampore and The Secret of Dr. Honigberger evoke the mythical geography and time of India. Mythology, fantasy, and autobiography are skillfully combined in Eliade's tales.

Bibliographic information

TitleMyth and Reality
Colophon books
Volume 466 of Harper colophon books
World perspectives
AuthorMircea Eliade
PublisherHarper & Row, 1963
Original fromIndiana University
DigitizedJun 19, 2009
ISBN0060904666, 9780060904661
Length204 pages
  
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