Bibliograph

Images and symbols, studies in religious symbolism

Type

Label

Images and symbols, studies in religious symbolism

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Images and symbols

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

studies in religious symbolism

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

Contributor