Eliade, Mircea 1907-1986

The Encyclopedia of religion by Mircea Eliade ( Book )
56 editions published between 1907 and 2005 in English and held by 4,201 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This second edition, which is intended to reflect both changes in academia and in the world since 1987, includes almost all of the 2,750 original entries -- many heavily updated -- as well as approximately 600 entirely new articles. It emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture

Cosmos and history: the myth of the eternal return by Mircea Eliade ( Book )
63 editions published between 1954 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 3,177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This founding work of the history of religions, first published in English in 1954, secured the North American reputation of the Romanian emigre-scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986). Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no less than half a dozen European languages, Eliade's The Myth of the Eternal Return makes both intelligible and compelling the religious expressions and activities of a wide variety of archaic and "primitive" religious cultures. While acknowledging that a return to the "archaic" is no longer possible, Eliade passionately insists on the value of understanding this view in order to enrich our contemporary imagination of what it is to be human. Jonathan Z. Smith's new introduction provides the contextual background to the book and presents a critical outline of Eliade's argument in a way that encourages readers to engage in an informed conversation with this classic text."--BOOK JACKET

The sacred and the profane : the nature of religion by Mircea Eliade ( Book )
32 editions published between 1957 and 1987 in English and held by 2,505 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares with that of the nonreligious. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also emcompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence. -- P. [4] of cover

A history of religious ideas by Mircea Eliade ( Book )
27 editions published between 1978 and 1988 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examines the religions of ancient China, Brahmanism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Celtic and German religions, Judaism, and Christianity, and explores each one's philosophical concepts

Shamanism: archaic techniques of ecstasy by Mircea Eliade ( Book )
52 editions published between 1964 and 2004 in English and held by 2,128 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First published in 1951, this book soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian eacute; migreacute;--scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) surveys the practice of Shamanism over two and a half millennia of human history, moving from the Shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia--where Shamanism was first observed--to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond. In this authoritative survey, Eliade illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give primacy of place to the figure of the Shaman--at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, priest, mystic, and poet. Synthesizing the approaches of psychology, sociology, and ethnology, this work will remain for years to come the reference book of choice for those intrigued by this practice

Patterns in comparative religion by Mircea Eliade ( Book )
68 editions published between 1958 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,044 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From primitives to Zen; a thematic sourcebook of the history of religions by Mircea Eliade ( Book )
37 editions published between 1967 and 1979 in 3 languages and held by 1,882 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Yoga; immortality and freedom by Mircea Eliade ( Book )
53 editions published between 1958 and 2009 in English and held by 1,796 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Myth and reality by Mircea Eliade ( Book )
35 editions published between 1963 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,791 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Myths, dreams, and mysteries; the encounter between contemporary faiths and archaic realities by Mircea Eliade ( Book )
50 editions published between 1957 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,591 WorldCat member libraries worldwide