Sacred and ProfaneIntroductionWhen the Sacred Manifests
ItselfTwo Modes of Being in the WorldThe Sacred and History
CHAPTER I - Sacred Space and Making the World SacredHomogeneity
of Space and HierophanyTheophanies and SignsChaos and CosmosThe
Center of the WorldCity-CosmosUndertaking the Creation of the
WorldCosmogony and Building SacrificeTemple, Basilica,
CathedralSome Conclusions
CHAPTER II - Sacred Time and MythsProfane Duration and Sacred
TimeTemplum-TempusAnnual Repetition of the CreationRegeneration
through Return to the Time of OriginsFestival TimePeriodically
Becoming Contemporary with the GodsReactualizing MythsSacred
History
CHAPTER III - The Sacredness of Nature and Cosmic ReligionThe
Celestial Sacred and the Uranian GodsThe Remote GodThe Religious
Experience of LifePerenniality of Celestial SymbolsStructure of
Aquatic SymbolismParadigmatic History of BaptismUniversality of
SymbolsTerra MaterWoman, Earth, and FecunditySymbolism of the
Cosmic TreeDesacralization of NatureOther Cosmic Hierophanies
CHAPTER IV - Human Existence and Sanctified LifeExistence Open
to the WorldSanctification of LifeBody-House-CosmosPassing through
the Narrow GateRites of PassagePhenomenology of InitiationMen's and
Women's SocietiesSecond BirthDeath and InitiationSACRED AND PROFANE
IN THE MODERN WORLDSfarsit
