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| towards the beginning, at the origin |
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| literally, the birth or creation of humans; how human beings came to be |
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| Eliade emphasizes the root or the basis,or origin of something |
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| that which is indigenous or particular to a certain place |
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| univeral or cosmic pillar; the axis of the universe; the center of the world around which everything revolves and by which the different realms of the universe are connected |
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| the birth of order. brith of the cosmos, the way things came to be. |
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| a god or gods that have withdrawn from active participation in the universe (Remote gods) |
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| the wholly other, of a different realm |
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| marriage between a diety and a mortal. |
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| a maifestation of the sacred |
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| a relationshyp of similarity that approaches identity; the quality of corresponding or being similar in position, value structure or function |
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| humans are inherently religious beings |
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| a mythical time before time |
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| the model of the world as it looks |
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| beginning of new life, rejuvination of life itself |
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| tiem before history, mythic, transcendent time. |
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| in essence, in truth, the way things really are. |
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| divine, powerful, sacred; overwhelming sense of holy |
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| pertaining to that which is real, that which exists |
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| manifestation of what is real |
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| realting to stars or constellations, relative to the heavans |
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| terrestrial; pertaining to earth |
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| manifestation of the divine |
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| the process of making or recognizing something to be important or valuable, to exalt |
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| a comprehensive worldview, especially for a qualified standpoint; the way in whcih a person or a culture interprets the meaning of the world; the way one views the universe and humanitys role in it. |
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