Title: The myth of the eternal return;
Authors: Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986.; Trask, Willard R. 1900-1980,
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Year: 1954
Subjects: Religion; Myth.; History Religious aspects Christianity; History Religious aspects; Religions
Contents: Archetypes and repetition. The problem ; Celestial archetypes of territories, temples, and cities ; The symbolism of the center ; Repetition of the cosmogony ; Divine models of rituals ; Archetypes of profane activities ; Myths and history -- The regeneration of time. Year, new year, cosmogony ; Periodicity of the creation ; Continuous regeneration of time -- Misfortune and history. Normality of suffering ; History regarded as theophany ; Cosmic cycles and history ; Destiny and history -- The terror of history. Survival of the myth of eternal return ; The difficulties of historicism ; Freedom and history ; Despair or faith.