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“ ”The crises of modern man are to a large extent religious ones, insofar as they are an awakening of his awareness to an absence of meaning.
About Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade (13 March 1907 {O.S. 28 February} – 22 April 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. His most enduring and influential contribution to religious studies was possibly his theory of Eternal Return, which holds that myths and rituals do not simply record or imitate hierophanies, but, at least to the minds of the religious, actually participate in them.
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Additional quotes by Mircea Eliade
"Yet it is worth noting that in this example we never witness a complete desacralization of the world, for in the Far East what is called the "esthetic emotion" still retains a religious dimension, even among intellectuals. But the example of the miniature gardens shows us in what direction and by what means the desacralization of the world is accomplished. We need only imagine what an esthetic emotion of this sort could become in a modern society, and we shall understand how the experience of cosmic sanctity can be rarefied and transformed until it becomes a purely human emotion — that, for example, of art for art's sake."
Dar iubirea aceasta ar putea să-mi revele ceva. Poate te-am întâlnit şi m-am îndrăgostit de d-ta ca să mă înveţi ceva. Învaţă-mă, atunci! Spune-mi de ce mi-ai apărut în cale. Nu te-am întâlnit aşa, din întâmplare, doar ca să flirtez cu d-ta; nu-mi place să flirtez. Nu mi-am înşelat niciodată soţia. Dar am simţit, întâlnindu-te, că mi s-a făcut un semn.
A religious symbol conveys its message even if it is no longer consciously understood in every part. For a symbol speaks to the whole human being and not only to the intelligence.