Mircea Eliade

Quotes

• “The great cosmic illusion is a hierophany.... One is devoured by Time, not because one lives in Time, but because one believes in its reality, and therefore forgets or despises eternity.”

• “In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic society detaches himself from profane time and magically re-enters the Great Time, the sacred time.”

• “In virtue of this, the artisan is a connoisseur of secrets, a magician; thus all crafts include some kind off initiation and are handed down by an occult tradition. He who ‘makes’ real things is he who knows the secret of making them.”

• “To believe that I could, at twenty-three, sacrifice history and culture for “the Absolute” was further proof that I had not understood India. My vocation was culture, not sainthood.”

• “It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not only because of that preliminary embarrassing question: what is intended by myth? It is also because the answers given depend for the most part on the documents selected.”

Books by Mircea Eliade in order

Books by Mircea Eliade in the order they were published, from Yoga (1936) to Diary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent (2016).

1. 1YogaYoga1936
2. 2The Myth of the Eternal ReturnThe Myth of the Eternal Return1949
3. 3Bengal NightsBengal Nights1950
4. 4Images and SymbolsImages and Symbols1952
5. 5The Forge and the CrucibleThe Forge and the Crucible1956
6. 6Myths, Dreams, and MysteriesMyths, Dreams, and Mysteries1957
7. 7Rites and Symbols of InitiationRites and Symbols of Initiation1958
8. 8The Sacred and the ProfaneThe Sacred and the Profane1959
9. 9The Two and the OneThe Two and the One1962
10. 10Aspekty MifaAspekty Mifa1963
11. 11Myth and RealityMyth and Reality1963
12. 12Patterns in Comparative ReligionPatterns in Comparative Religion1963
13. 13From Primitives to Zen; A Thematic Sourcebook of the HistoryFrom Primitives to Zen; A Thematic Sourcebook of the History of Religions1967
14. 14Australian ReligionsAustralian Religions1973
15. 15Encyclopedia of ReligionEncyclopedia of Religion1975
16. 16Myths, Rites, SymbolsMyths, Rites, Symbols1975
17. 17History of Religious IdeasHistory of Religious Ideas1976
18. 18Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural FashionsOccultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions1976
19. 19The Old Man and the BureaucratsThe Old Man and the Bureaucrats1978
20. 20What Is Religion?What Is Religion?1980
21. 21Symbolism, the Sacred, and the ArtsSymbolism, the Sacred, and the Arts1985
22. 22Diary of a Short-Sighted AdolescentDiary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent2016
23. 23Mystic StoriesMystic Stories
24. 24The Eliade Guide to World ReligionsThe Eliade Guide to World Religions

Lists with books by Mircea Eliade

• Books like Autobiography of a Yogi