Mircea Eliade

Quotes

• “The sacred tree, the sacred stone are not adored as stone or tree they are worshipped precisely because they are hieroph...”
• “Whether religion is man-made is a question for philosophers or theologians. But the forms are man-made. They are a human...”
• “It would be frightening to think that in all the cosmos, which is so harmonious, so complete and equal to itself, that o...”
• “And since a more convincing argument could not be found—aside from a fatal accident or suicide—this way was chosen: a pr...”
• “The crises of modern man are to a large extent religious ones, insofar as they are an awakening of his awareness to an a...”