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 ...
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: ...
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: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity