Karol E.

“For the historian of religions, every manifestation of the sacred is important: every rite, every myth, every belief or divine figure reflects the experience of the sacred and hence implies the notions of being, of meaning, and of truth ... In short, the "sacred" is an element in the structure of consciousness and not a stage in the history of consciousness.”
― Mircea Eliade, A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries

“Suddenly, caught by the level beams, Frodo saw the old king’s head: it was lying rolled away by the roadside. ‘Look, Sam!’ he cried, startled into speech. ‘Look! The king has got a crown again!’

“The eyes were hollow and the carven beard was broken, but about the high stern forehead there was a coronal of silver and gold. A trailing plant with flowers like small white stars had bound itself across the brows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in the crevices of his stony hair yellow stonecrop gleamed.

“‘They cannot conquer for ever!’ said Frodo.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“In exile, the road home lies through language, through dreams.”
― Mircea Eliade, Ordeal by Labyrinth: Conversations with Claude-Henri Rocquet

“She felt Proginoskes pulling away. “All I want to do,” he was murmuring to himself, “is go some place quiet and recite the names of the stars …” “Progo! You said we were Namers. I still don’t know: what is a Namer?” “I’ve told you. A Namer has to know who people are, and who they are meant to be. I don’t know why I should have been shocked at finding Echthroi on your planet.” “Why are they here?” “Echthroi are always about when there’s war. They start all war.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wind in the Door