Mircea Eliade: The Eternal Return Flashcards
Religion myth takes you where?
To a sacred time
In a Christian community, you will hear a sermon talk about _.
Jesus’ resurrection
A religious community takes you back to the time of when it happened
Eliade’s point of view
The story of Abram who was called by the Lord to show the land of milk and honey and his descendants would live there.
Jewish community
Took a vow to achieve enlightenment. Stayed under a tree and meditated. Resisted temptations.
Buddhism
1-It takes your community to a sacred time by bringing their attention with their _.
heart, mind, and spirit
2-That action will _ your time with sacred time.
fuse
3-Eliade says that it makes our time sacred by changing _.
The meaning of our time
After a service, people feel what?
Renewed
4-By being connected to the divine source, it makes our _ in life sacred.
our lives or projects
All myth does and perform the _.
eternal return
Eliade believes that people go through _ once in their lifetime.
conversions
To receive a particular story as part of the community, you have to _ enter in the religious worlds.
imaginatively