Man makes himself, and he only makes himself completely in proportion as he desacrilizes himself and the world. The sacred is the prime obstacle to his freedom. He will become himself only when he is totally demysticized. He will not… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
The Experience of Sacred Space makes possible the founding of the world: where the sacred Manifests itself in space, the real unveils itself, the world comes into existence. — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
“Stangaciile, ca si timiditatea, au un farmec discret prin surprizele pe care le provoaca, prin panica naiva care o raspandesc.” — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
“Inainte chiar de a afla vreun raspuns satisfacator, si numai prin faptul ca a fost rostita, intrebarea justa regenereaza si fertilizeaza; si nu numai… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
Man becomes aware of the Sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the Profane. — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
“It must never be forgotten that initiatory death simultaneously signifies the end of the "natural," noncultural man, and passage to a new modality of… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
The primitive magician, the medicine man or shaman is not only a sick man, he is above all, a sick man who has been… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
Man becomes aware of the Sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the Profane ... In his encounters with… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
“Mă întreb, bunăoară, dacă nu cumva în ziua când am început să iubesc nu s-a întâmplat ceva lângă mine, ceva pe care eu nu… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
“Eu am optat pentru Viaţă, îi spusese. Vreau să trăiesc, să văd ce are să se întâmple până la urmă...” — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
Man makes himself, and he only makes himself completely in proportion as he desacrilizes himself and the world. The sacred is the prime obstacle… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
Whether religion is man-made is a question for philosophers or theologians. But the forms are man-made. They are a human response to something. As… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
“It is above all the valorizing of the present that requires emphasizing. The simple fact of existing, of living in time, can comprise a… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not only because of that… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
