Myths, Dreams and Mysteries: The Encounter Between Contemporary Faiths and Archaic Realities

According already ancient animals appearance archaic ascension become beginning behaviour belief birth body called ceremonies certain Christian civilisation Comparative complete condition constitutes continuity cosmic Cosmos created creation cultures dead death divine dream Earth ecstasy enter European example exemplary existence experience expressed fact fire flight follows forms give Goddess gods hand Heaven human important Indian initiation initiatory kind known living longer magical manifested means mode Mother mystery mystical myth mythical mythology nature observed once origin Paradise pass Patterns plane play possible present primitive primordial profane question reality regarded religions religious remains represents reveals rites ritual sacred secret sense shaman significance situation societies soul spiritual structure symbolism tempore things thinking thought tion traditions transcendence Tree true understand universal Western whole woman women young