Mircea Eliade

A noted historian of religion traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times, in terms of space, time, nature and the cosmos, and life itself. Index. Translated by Willard Trask.

The Nature of Religion

The Sacred and the Profane

Mihai Nueleanu

My first brush with Mircea Eliade, and what an amazing capacity this man is. His knowledge of world religions and his ability to draw parallels and give (multiple) examples is stunning

Ture Strange Nilsson

I carries through many ideas that might seem intuitive, yet are never articulated. Numerous underlying themes in Jordan Peterson's writing and talks are recognisably stemming from this work, so to a certain degree I felt I've read it before.

The Sacred and the Profane The Nature of Religion

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