In this era of increased knowledge the essence of religious phenomena eludes the psychologists, sociologists, linguists, and other specialists because they do not study it as religious. According to Mircea Eliade, they miss the one irreducible element in religious phenomena-the element of the sacred. Eliade abundantly demonstrates universal religious experience and shows how humanity's effort to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself in myriad cultures from ancient to modern times; how certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths have, with interesting variations, persisted.
- ISBN10 0722079451
- ISBN13 9780722079454
- Publish Date 1 January 1958
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 March 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Sheed & Ward Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 495
- Language English