Book · 1959 · History
The Sacred and the Profane
The Nature of Religion
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The Sacred and the Profane is the best one to start with, very short book, very elegant book.
Jordan Peterson · Huberman Lab · Dec 2024 Listen at 36:00 What they say about it
- Recommends starting with this book“the best one to start with”2
- Discusses reading the book“read the sacred and the profane”2
The best things said about it
Hey, I got a book for you—read The Sacred and the Profane by Eliade. Yes, sir, he was a big influence on Campbell too, and Eliade is a real genius; he's a real genius.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Apr 2024 I used this book called The Sacred and the Profane quite extensively in a book that I'm releasing in mid-November.
Jordan Peterson Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 2024 I sent you an email at one time asking you if you had read Mircea Eliade, especially The Sacred and the Profane.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Oct 2024 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
The Sacred and the Profane by Mircea Eliade is a classic study of the history of religions that explores the dual ways human beings experience the cosmos and the sacred versus the mundane. On the Huberman Lab podcast, Jordan Peterson enthusiastically recommended the book to Andrew Huberman as a brilliant, concise, and elegant starting point for anyone seeking to understand the history of religions and its intersections with psychology and neuroscience. Peterson noted that Eliade was arguably the greatest historian of religions to ever live. Additionally, Peterson discussed his correspondence with Richard Dawkins, during which he inquired if Dawkins had read Eliade's seminal work on archetypes. The book also surfaced on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, where Russell Brand enthusiastically urged Peterson to read The Sacred and the Profane, praising Eliade as a true genius who heavily influenced Joseph Campbell. Peterson pointed out that he had already recommended the same text to Brand, leading to a later discussion on the podcast where Brand reflected on insights he gained from reading the volume given to him by Peterson.
Every mention
Jordan Peterson something I tried to talk to Dawkins about the the greatest historian of religions who ever lived was mer e… 9
“something I tried to talk to Dawkins about the 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”
“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”
“which of those readings would you recommend for somebody who's interested in Psychology and Neuroscience explained at that level I would start with the sacred and the profane by by ilad”
“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 mean, one of the things I was really interested about— I sent you an email at one time asking you if you had read Mircea Eliade, especially The Sacred and the Profane.”
“I used this book called "The Sacred and the Profane" quite extensively in a book that I'm releasing in mid-November.”
“Hey, I got a book for you—read The Sacred and the Profane by Eliade. Yes, sir, he was a big influence on Campbell too, and Eliade is a real genius; he's a real genius.”
“hey I got a book for you yeah read the sacred and the profane by elad yes sir he was a big influence on Campell too and ilad is a Real Genius”
Russell Brand elsewhere in that you talked about something that I picked up while reading that book you gave me told me t… 2
“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”
“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”
