Images and Symbols

mircea eliade philip mairet

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.

Genres religionphilosophynonfictionmythologyanthropologypsychologyhistoryromanian literatureromaniaspirituality

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1952

This edition

Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Published: June 5, 1991 by Princeton University Press (NJ)
ISBN: 9780691020686
ASIN: 069102068X
Language: English

About the author

mircea eliade

Romanian-born historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, professor at the University of Chicago, and one of the pre-eminent interpreters of world religion in the last century. Eliade was an intensely prolific author of fiction and non-fiction alike, publishing over 1,300 pieces over 60 years. He earned international fame with LE MYTHE DE L'ÉTERNAL RETOUR (1949, The Myth of the Eternal Return), an interpretation of religious symbols and imagery. Eliade was much interested in the world of the unconscious. The central theme in his novels was erotic love.