Essays Tagged: "Mircea Eliade"

Rites of Passage

sion by certain Australian cultures, rites of passage present a vast table of religious comparisons(Eliade, p. 287-88).This essay will examine two rites of initiation, by comparing and contrasting the ... ite for the sons of married men in their perspective villages. Within a section by A. W. Howitt, in Eliade's book, From Primitives to Zen: A thematic Sourcebook of the History of Religions , a ceremon ...

(6 pages) 170 0 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Towards a better understanding of Shamanism

definition of shamanism in anthropology in thatit added more to this vague definition.According to Mircea Eliade the shaman who is an inspiredpriest, in ecstatic trance ascends to the heavens on'trip ... ences. ' Perhaps it istime for a shamanology ' (Flaherty, pp.215)B I B L I O G R A P H Y.1. Eliade, Mircea. Shamanism And Archaic Techniques ofEcstasy. Paris, 1951.2. Devereux, G. Normal and Abnormal: ...

(7 pages) 88 0 2.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Towards a better understanding of Shamanism

definition of shamanism in anthropology in thatit added more to this vague definition.According to Mircea Eliade the shaman who is an inspiredpriest, in ecstatic trance ascends to the heavens on'trip ... ences. ' Perhaps it istime for a shamanology ' (Flaherty, pp.215)B I B L I O G R A P H Y.1. Eliade, Mircea. Shamanism And Archaic Techniques ofEcstasy. Paris, 1951.2. Devereux, G. Normal and Abnormal: ...

(7 pages) 137 1 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Essay #1: The Symbolism of the Center of the World

Source: Eliade, Mircea. The Encyclopedia of Religion: Volume 3. New York: Macmillan Publishing Comp ...

(1 pages) 39 1 3.8 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative

Baha'i And Muslim Faith

, that of the two faiths studied here share the same origins due to their shared roots.According to Mircea Eliade, the religious forms of fasting (as opposed to dietary reasoned or moral protest) are ...

(2 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Religions of the World

on of recurring motifs of religious symbolism is found in the writings of the Romanian-born scholar Mircea Eliade. What is unclear in such accounts is this: Given that patterns of religious experience ... ind, and Christopher Brooke, Popular Religion in the Middle Ages (Thames & Hudson 1985).Eliade, Mircea, A History of Religious Ideas, 3 vols. (Univ. of Chicago Press 1979-1986).Harris, Ian, et al. ...

(19 pages) 233 0 0.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Rites of Passage

ion by certain Australian cultures, rites of passage present a vast table of religious comparisons (Eliade, p. 287-88).This essay will examine two rites of initiation, by comparing and contrasting the ... ite for the sons of married men in their perspective villages. Within a section by A. W. Howitt, in Eliade's book, From Primitives to Zen: A thematic Sourcebook of the History of Religions , a ceremon ...

(6 pages) 2022 0 0.0 May/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Sacred Places

ns, canyons, and caves; trees, gardens, or forests; and blessed isles or magic realms. According to Mircea Eliade, such objects as icons and religious utensils, such places as temples and special grov ...

(6 pages) 36 0 0.0 Aug/2010

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

CHURCH AND SOCIETY

4Resumo do capítulo II. O espaço sagrado e a sacralização do mundo, por Mircea Eliade. P. 21-57.Neste capitulo o autor abraça continentes explica a experiência ... tado com o profano. O profano, o mundo natural em que se manifesta algo diferente, o sagrado, o que Mircea Eliade chama hierofanias (manifestações do sagrado). Estas hierofanias revelam ...

(3 pages) 3 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity