THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE the nature of religion Paperback – 1 Jan. 1959

This book kills antitheism.

Excellent

A fine book by Mircea Eliade. I also liked "The Myth of the Eternal Return" a marvellous book. Eliade becomes somewhat repetitive in his oeuvre and tends to disgress into lengthly examples of points he seeks to make but overall very interesting reading. If you like this kind of stuff, do also check out the members of the so called "Traditionalist School", such as Seyyed H Nasr, René Guénon, Frithjof Schuon, Martin Lings and Wolfgang Smith.

The sacred and the profane (book) arrived as expected in good condition and I am enjoying it thoroughly...thanks

One star is for the kindle edition. Paragraphs created mid sentence, commas where there shouldn't be any, bad grammar, missing words. I'm only a few pages in.

An easy read full of interesting titbits.

I must refrain from using "profane" language to describe this book and will try and summarize my reasons for ripping the book in half and throwing it into my bin.-The first 40 pages could be condensed to a single paragraph.Eliade unnecessarily complicates his introduction by regurgitating a seemingly endless list of permutations of what the book is about and what it is not about. He is overly dichotomous in describing "the religious man" and the "non religious man" saying there is a gaping abyss dividing the two which is ridiculous!!! In my opinion there IS the black and there is the white but there are also endless shades of gray. But he rambles on and on with overly complex language about the homologous hierophany of "real and real-ly space" and his illogical tautology is very irritating to me as I believe in getting to the point. He basks in his own self-implied superior knowledge and comes across as arrogant. he repeatedly uses the phrase "in short, history"basically I'm not going to waste anymore time getting frustrated over this. It was satisfying to rip it in half as i believe it is a contrived endless ball of string with many knots and if I did bother to untangle it all I'd have is an endless length of string. I am interested in the subject area of this book and have ordered a copy of "the discoverers" by Daniel J. Boorstin, who in my opinion is much more qualified and capable of tackling this vast and consuming subject than Eliade and more to the point Boorstin is not a native of France.

It would be apt to say the book has given words to so many experiences of mine, which I really was not able to express.

Material do livro muito ruim fonte da letra, qualidade de papel, capa do livro, o papel.Parece aqueles livros de Banca de jornal. Nao vale o preço. Procurem outra editora. NAO COMPREM.

Brilliant! Highly recommended book.

... by Jordan B Peterson. And what an insight!"This means that the existential crisis is, finally, 'religious', since on the archaic levels of culture 'being' and 'the sacred' are one."

$10 per copy in Australia delive red seems initially comlex & I declare no financial interest.I'm pretty cool with hard science.That's why God 'invented' Google lolI am 59 & a well read some say.Mercea is a guy I would have at "my perfect temple/dinner" with Christ, Galileo, Buddha, Socrates & .......Spend an outrageously cheap $10 &dare to think. G.