Book · 1985 · Arts and religion
Symbolism, the Sacred and the Arts
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Why people recommend it
Symbolism, the Sacred and the Arts by Mircea Eliade explores religious motifs, myths, and the fundamental differences between sacred and profane experiences across various cultures throughout history. Jordan Peterson recommended the book, specifically highlighting The Sacred and the Profane, on Huberman Lab as a very elegant, short, and brilliant starting point written by the greatest historian of religions who ever lived, later noting on the Lex Fridman Podcast that he used the text extensively for his own upcoming book. During an appearance on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Russell Brand mentioned reading the book after Peterson recommended it, discussing its ideas around homogeneous space and the sacred. Peterson also brought up the work on the same podcast to ask Richard Dawkins whether he had read it in relation to religious archetypes. The repeated mentions across these platforms emphasize the book's profound utility for thinkers examining the psychological, historical, and spiritual dimensions of human belief systems, ritualistic behaviors, and the enduring human quest for meaning in a modern world increasingly detached from traditional frameworks of the sacred.
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Jordan Peterson the greatest historian of religions who ever lived was mer eliad and he wrote a sequence of brilliant books… 4
“the greatest historian of religions who ever lived was mer eliad and he wrote a sequence of brilliant books um the sacred and the profane is the best one to start with very short book very elegant book”
“I would start with the sacred and the profane by by ilad”
“I mean one of the things I was really interested about I sent you an email at one time asking you if you had read Rich eliad especially the sacred and the profane but he also has a three book series called a history of religious ideas”
“I used this book called "The Sacred and the Profane" quite extensively in a book that I'm releasing in mid-November.”
Russell Brand elsewhere in that you talked about something that I picked up while reading that book you gave me told me t… 1
“elsewhere in that you talked about something that I picked up while reading that book you gave me told me to read profane in the sa oh you read that oh great”
