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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a highly original and scholarly work on spirituality by noted historian mircea eliade  in the sacred and the profane, mircea eliade observes that while contemporary people believe their world is entirely profane, or secular, they still at times find themselves connected unconsciously to the memory of something sacred see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's this premise that both drives eliade's exhaustive exploration of the sacred-as it has manifested in space, time, nature and the cosmos, and life itself-and buttresses his expansive view of the human experience
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The author demonstrates that spiritualism is best understood as a traditional shamanism, as distinct from contemporary appropriations or neo-shamanismsby re-examining the work of sergei shirokogoroff, one of eliade's principal sources, the traditional evenki shamanic apprenticeship is compared and identified with the new spiritualist apprenticeshipsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington spiritualism and mediumship are often regarded as the product of lingering superstition in the victorian era, and as having limited relevance in modern anglo-american societyscholarship to date which has considered spiritualism as a distinct religious tradition has focussed on analysing the phenomenon in terms of spirit possession onlyhe argues that shamanism is the outcome of an apprenticeship in the management of psychic experiences, and which follows the same pattern as that of the apprentice mediumin doing so, the author offers fresh insights into the mechanisms that are key to sustaining mediumship as a social institutionthis volume analyses the development of shamanism (communication with the spiritual world) as a concept within north american english-speaking scholarship, with particular focus on mircea eliade's influential cross-cultural presentation of shamanism
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The myth of the eternal return cosmos and history by mircea eliade (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Jayal, professor in the center for the study of law and governance, jawaharlal nehru university) about the author wendy doniger is mircea eliade distinguished service professor of the history of religions at the university of chicagoreview this is a timely conversation about the resilience of india's pluralist democracy in a variety of spheres, from education and the media to electoral politics, public institutions and the diasporanussbaum is ernst freund distinguished service professor of law and ethics at the university of chicagothe essays point to how challenges to a democratic public culture can be resisted by drawing upon india's long historical tradition of critical thinking, argument and dissent
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