Myths, Dreams, Mysteries

The book by the famous anthropologist and religious scholar M. Eliade "Myths, Dreams, Mysteries" contains a large mythological material from both primitive-communal peoples and the oldest civilizations, examining the cosmogonic idea of the separation of Heaven and Earth — the spiritual and the material. Mystical sensations, magical warmth, the mystery of flight, the work of dreams, the path of the warrior, creation and sacrifice, cannibalism, suffering and the symbolism of death in initiations, male and female secret societies — these and many other topics are addressed by the author in the process of revealing the interaction between the heavenly and earthly in traditional societies. For cultural scholars, anthropologists, religious studies scholars, historians, as well as students of other humanitarian specialties.