Two Strange Tales
$27.43
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2013
Summary
“No event in our world is real, my friend. Everything that occurs in this universe is illusory… And in a world of appearances, in which no thing and no event has any permanence, any reality of its own-whoever is master of certain forces can do anything he wishes…”
So speaks a character in Two Strange Tales, a pair of novellas in which Westerners are caught up in the uncanny realm of Eastern religion and magic.
In “Nights at Serampore,” three European scholars, traveli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781570626630 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1570626634 |
| Author: | Mircea Eliade |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 140mm x 216mm |
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Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) was a native of Rumania and a leading scholar of religion. He was widely known for his writings on the history of religion, the structure of myth, and spiritual symbolism, including:
- Shamanism
- Yoga: Immortality and Freedom
- A History of Religious Ideas
Eliade also authored autobiographical works, numerous stories, novels, and plays. Fiction provided him a unique complementary method to explore themes present in his scholarly work, such as sacred time and space.
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