Sharpe puts it, eliade ranges far and wide over the world of religion. Mircea eliade yoga in majtrl upanisad we consider the. Immortality and freedom 1958 all serious yoga scholars have this book or want it i have the bollingen paperback third printing of the second edition of 1969. Mircea eliades methods in the study of history of religions. Mircea eliades phenomenological analysis of religious experience. Mircea eliade 19071986, a native of rumania, was a leading scholar of religion, widely known for his writings on the history of religion, the structure of myth, and spiritual symbolism, including shamanism, yoga. Introduction to special issue on mircea eliade article pdf available in theory in action 51.
While still studying in the lycee he wrote numerous articles in a popular vein on entomology, the history of alchemy, orientalism, the history of religions. The present volume comes out as a result of an international seminar mircea eliade between the history of religions and the fall into history held on april 2, 2012, in clujnapoca. Eliade claims that, whereas for nonreligious man the spatial aspect of the world is basically experienced as uniformly neutral, for religious man it was experienced as nonhomogeneous, partly sacred and partly not so. Diary of a shortsighted adolescent, gaudeamus mircea eliade was born in 1907 in bucharest, the son of an army officer.
Postmodern openings cristina scarlat, the author of this book mircea eliade, hermeneutica spectacolului, ii is an instructor and postgraduate scholar in the doctoral school of philological studies, alexandru ioan cuza. Mircea eliade the man of archaic societies tends to live as much as possible in the sacred or in close proximity to consecrated objects. In this landmark book the renowned scholar of religion mircea eliade lays the groundwork for a western understanding of yoga, exploring how its guiding principle, that of freedom, involves remaining in the world without letting oneself be exhausted by such conditionings as time and history. Apr 05, 2017 born in romania in 1907, mircea eliade became one of the twentieth centurys preeminent scholars of religion, writing some 1,300 publications, including dozens of books, during his 60year career. Novelista del amor, historiador del espiritu en1976,maitreyi, convertidayaenuna poetisanotableen lenguabengali,conto enotrolibrosuversion deloshechos n las obras maitreyi. I have little doubt that they used the plates from that hardcover edition, so the text is identical. On the other hand, purusha is not completely mircea eliade yoga nemurire eliqde libertate from buddhi, for, although it is pure, it knows knowledge. Samkhya yoga, which recommended the meditation and went in search of magical powers in place of immortality. Born in romania in 1907, mircea eliade became one of the twentieth centurys preeminent scholars of religion, writing some 1,300 publications, including dozens of books, during his 60year career. The present volume comes out as a result of an international seminar mircea eliade between the history of religions and the fall into history held on.
The scholarly and literary works of mircea eliade, edited by norman girardot and m. He lived in india from 19281932, after which he obtained a doctorate in philosophy with a thesis on yoga, and taught at the university of bucharest for seven years. Perspectives on christianity and alternative spiritualities date. Descrierea cip a bibliotecii nationale a romaniei eliade, mircea alchimia asiatica i mircea eliade. Patanjali and yoga paperback march 12, 1975 by mircea eliade author, charles lam markmann translator 4. O prima conditie a cunoasterii 5 precizari editoriale 9 psihologia meditatiei indiene 15 1. Immortality and freedom, and a history of religious ideas. Avery distinguished service professor of the history of religion at the university of chicago. Samkhyayoga, which recommended the meditation and went in search of magical powers in place of immortality. Mircea eliade s methods in the study of history of religions.
Mircea eliades phenomenological analysis of religious. He studied indian philosophy and sanskrit at the univ. Eliade to be a historian of religions, and, more specifically, a phenomenologist of religion. Mircea eliade 19071986 was a rumanianborn historian of religions and a novelist whose works were known in translation the world over. The eternal return is an idea for interpreting religious behavior proposed by the historian mircea eliade.
The sacred and the profane the nature of religion by mircea eliade translated from the french by willard r. Romanian philosopher mircea eliade was born in 1907 in bucharest. The tendency is perfectly understandable, because, for primitives as for the man of all premodern societies, the sacred is equivalent to a power, and, in the last analysis, to reality. Mircea eliade was a romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the university of chicago. List of books and articles about mircea eliade online. In 1928, after completing a masters degree in philosophy at the university of bucharest, he went to india for three years. Mircea eliade 19071986, a native of romania, was for many years the sewell l. Mircea eliade has 289 books on goodreads with 159227 ratings. He studied in cernavoda, bucharest, finished philosophy courses at the university of bucharest at the age of 21, and went to calcutta, india, to study sanskrit and yoga. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religious studies that persist to this day. He was a precocious child and published works for the first time at the age of. Caland, he notes that these names of yogis are unknown to the rest of indian literature and sanskrit commentary does n ot help us understand them. His many books include the myth of the eternal return, the sacred and the profane, and shamanism all princeton. February 24 1907 april 22, 1986 was a romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the university of chicago.
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