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The Myth of the Eternal Return

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

The Myth of the Eternal Return

By Mircea Eliade

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First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian migr -scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no fewer than half a dozen European languages, The Myth of the Eternal Return illuminates the religious beliefs and rituals of a wide variety of archaic religious cultures. While acknowledging that a return to their practices is impossible,...Show more

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9780691182971

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Princeton University Press

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2018

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The Myth of the Eternal Return

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