[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fuUsVu5G1EOuueQjpIF1GJMCYMPKUbus0JufXj40uU0k":3,"$fEJaxAZoUEu7uSZxowMiC3x-4p6TSDAQDdWjYkJG8Y-E":16},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},10789,"Mircea Eliade","M",84,null,"mircea-eliade",[12],{"tag_id":13,"tag_name":14,"tag_count":15},326,"men",8,{"quotes":17,"pagination":82},[18,26,32,38,44,51,57,64,70,76],{"id":19,"quote_text":20,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":23,"source":24,"quote_tag":25,"commentary":9},3296263,"It is known that for the Greeks delta was a symbol for woman. The Pythagoreans regarded the triangle as the arche geneseoas because of its perfect form and because it represented the archetype of universal fertility. A similar symbolism for the triangle is to be found in India.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":27,"quote_text":28,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":29,"source":30,"quote_tag":31,"commentary":9},3296260,"And since a more convincing argument could not be found – aside from a fatal accident or suicide – this way was chosen: a process of galloping senescence.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":33,"quote_text":34,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":35,"source":36,"quote_tag":37,"commentary":9},3296259,"There are eras in which you can only move forward by going in the opposite direction.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":39,"quote_text":40,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":41,"source":42,"quote_tag":43,"commentary":9},3296250,"The sexual classification of ores and stones was maintained in the alchemical writings and lapidaries of the Middle Ages;.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":45,"quote_text":46,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":47,"source":48,"quote_tag":49,"commentary":50},3296241,"Alchemy posed as a sacred science, whereas chemistry came into its own when substances had shed their sacred attributes.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nMircea Eliade, a Romanian philosopher and historian of religions, wrote these words in the mid-20th century. At that time, Eliade was grappling with the tension between the spiritual and the scientific, as he sought to understand the evolution of human thought and culture. His work often explored the intersections of mysticism, mythology, and the development of modern sciences.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nEliade's statement highlights the paradox that often accompanies the transition from a mystical or symbolic understanding of the world to a more empirical and scientific one. The \"sacred attributes\" of substances, which were once imbued with spiritual significance, must be shed for chemistry to emerge as a distinct discipline. This process is not simply a matter of stripping away the mystical to reveal the \"true\" nature of reality, but rather a fundamental shift in how we perceive and interact with the world.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset to your own work, recognize that shedding the \"sacred attributes\" of your creative or professional pursuits may be a necessary step in their maturation. This could involve letting go of emotional attachments, abandoning assumptions that no longer serve you, or reevaluating the symbolic meanings you've attached to your endeavors. By doing so, you may uncover new insights and approaches that allow your work to evolve and flourish in ways you never thought possible.",{"id":52,"quote_text":53,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":54,"source":55,"quote_tag":56,"commentary":9},3296238,"Am sentimentul vag ca libertatea individuala este o stare imperfecta de libertate, vorbi el in cele din urma, putin plictisit. Recunosc! un foarte vag si aproximativ sentiment. Cred, insa, ca o libertate colectiva, a speciei umane daca se poate, sau macar a unei anumite ramuri a acestei specii – este mult mai grandioasa, mult mai euforica...",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":58,"quote_text":59,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":60,"source":61,"quote_tag":62,"commentary":63},3296231,"A religious symbol conveys its message even if it is no longer consciously understood in every part. For a symbol speaks to the whole human being and not only to the intelligence.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is from Mircea Eliade's book \"The Sacred and the Profane,\" first published in 1957. At the time, Eliade was a Romanian philosopher and historian of religions, reflecting on the role of symbols in human experience. He had recently fled Romania and was living in exile, which likely influenced his thoughts on the power of symbols to transcend time and cultural contexts.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nWhat Eliade is getting at here is that symbols can convey meaning on a primal, intuitive level, even if their literal meaning has been lost over time. This challenges the idea that understanding must be rational and conscious; instead, symbols can speak directly to our emotions, desires, and fears.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this insight, consider how you can tap into the emotional resonance of a symbol, even if you don't consciously understand its historical or cultural context. For example, when designing a marketing campaign, focus on using symbols and imagery that evoke a specific feeling or mood, rather than trying to convey a literal message.",{"id":65,"quote_text":66,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":67,"source":68,"quote_tag":69,"commentary":9},3296228,"Perhaps never before in history has the artist been so certain that the more daring, iconoclastic, absurd, and inaccessible he is, the more he will be recognized, praised, spoiled, idolatrized. In some countries the result has even been an academicism in reverse, the academicism of the “avant-garde” – to such a point that any artistic experience that makes no concessions to this new conformism is in danger of being stifled or ignored.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":71,"quote_text":72,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":73,"source":74,"quote_tag":75,"commentary":9},3296219,"The majority of initiatory ordeals more or less clearly imply a ritual death followed by resurrection or a new birth. The central moment of every initiation is represented by the ceremony symbolizing the death of the novice and his return to the fellowship of the living. But he returns to life a new man, assuming another mode of being. Initiatory death signifies the end at once of childhood, ignorance, and the profane condition.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":77,"quote_text":78,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":79,"source":80,"quote_tag":81,"commentary":9},3296214,"Si mai era ceva, un amanunt care m-a obsedat apoi multa vreme: mana intreaga parea goala, degetele acelea palide si nervoase erau parca facute anume ca sa poarte un inel, si inelul acesta le lipsea. Era o mana pura, nelogodita, monahala...",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":83,"totalPages":84,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":85},1,9,10]