Related Books: Cosmology

Book Description
This essay on humanity's experience of history and its interpretation begins with a study of the traditional or mythological view and concludes with a comparative estimate of modern historiological approaches.

Annotation
This book deals with the mythologies and religious philosophies of the cosmic cycle of the ages.

 The Reader's Catalog Description
An influential study of history and mythical time; using Eastern European folk materials, Eliade traces the transmutation of historical events into myths

 The Reader's Catalog About the Author
Born in Bucharest, educated in Calcutta, and a professor at the Sorbonne before settling at the University of Chicago, Eliade was considered the foremost authority on religion in the world. He was also an original writer of fiction and short stories, blending philosophy, mythology, fantasy, and personal narrative.