Images And Symbols: Studies In Religious Symbolism

Shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is an essential function of human consciousness. The author analyzes powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development.

• | By (Author): Mircea Eliade
• | Series: Bollingen Series
• | Publisher: Princeton University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 25, 1991
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780691020686