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Mircea Eliade--one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic--shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is still an essential function of human consciousness. He... read more

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Many laymen envy the vocation of the historian of religions.

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This is book 29 of 100 in The hundred most influential books since the war. (community list)

Preceded by The New Class, and followed by Young Man Luther.

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  1. Mircea Eliade (Author)

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