Myth and Reality

by Mircea Eliade

The core of The Third Theory is the account of Creation according to the Ancient Wisdom taught in the ancient mystery schools. It rebuts Science's long-cherished premise of the Big Band and contradicts Religion's concept that some extra-cosmic Supreme Being called "God" personally created the heavens and the earth. More importantly, being free of Religion's philosophic absurdities and Science's philosophic prejudices, the Third Theory has complete religious, scientific and philosophic integrity.

Paperback

First published January 24, 2000

About the author

Romanian-born historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, professor at the University of Chicago, and one of the pre-eminent interpreters of world religion in the last century. Eliade was an intensely prolific author of fiction and non-fiction alike, publishing over 1,300 pieces over 60 years. He earned international fame with LE MYTHE DE L'ÉTERNAL RETOUR (1949, The Myth of the Eternal Return), an interpretation of religious symbols and imagery. Eliade was much interested in the world of the unconscious. The central theme in his novels was erotic love.

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[Sam H]

The worm demands teeth to be satisfied, not vegetation.