Mircea Eliade

Citations

• “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.”

Les livres de Mircea Eliade dans l'ordre

Les livres de Mircea Eliade dans l'ordre de parution, de Le Mythe de l'éternel retour (1949) à Diary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent (2016).

1. 1Le Mythe de l'éternel retourLe Mythe de l'éternel retour1949
2. 2La Nuit BengaliLa Nuit Bengali1950
3. 3Images et symbolesImages et symboles1952
4. 4Forgerons et alchimistesForgerons et alchimistes1956
5. 5Mythes, rêves et mystèresMythes, rêves et mystères1957
6. 6Naissances MystiquesNaissances Mystiques1958
7. 7Patterns of Comparative ReligionPatterns of Comparative Religion1958
8. 8Le Sacré et le ProfaneLe Sacré et le Profane1959
9. 9Mephistophélès et l'androgyneMephistophélès et l'androgyne1962
10. 10Aspects du mytheAspects du mythe1963
11. 11Myth and RealityMyth and Reality1963
12. 12Traité d'histoire des religionsTraité d'histoire des religions1963
13. 13From Medicine Men to MuhammadFrom Medicine Men to Muhammad1967
14. 14Australian ReligionsAustralian Religions1973
15. 15Myths, Rites, SymbolsMyths, Rites, Symbols1975
16. 16Histoire des croyances et des idées religieusesHistoire des croyances et des idées religieuses1976
17. 17Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural FashionsOccultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions1976
18. 18Pe strada MântuleasaPe strada Mântuleasa1978
19. 19What Is Religion?What Is Religion?1980
20. 20Symbolism, the Sacred and the ArtsSymbolism, the Sacred and the Arts1985
21. 21Diary of a Short-Sighted AdolescentDiary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent2016
22. 22Mystic StoriesMystic Stories
23. 23The Eliade Guide to World ReligionsThe Eliade Guide to World Religions