Mircea Eliade

: Eliade posited that rituals allow humans to exit "linear time" and return to the "mythical time" of beginnings ( in illo tempore ), effectively regenerating the world and escaping the "terror of history".

Varna looked at the mud, then at the Architect. He understood. To remain in the Sacred was to lose one's self. It was a total immersion. It was the annihilation of the individual, the very thing modern man feared most, and yet the only thing that could cure the terror of history. mircea eliade

"Excuse me?" the customer called out. "Is anyone here? I’m looking for a book on mythology." : Eliade posited that rituals allow humans to

There was no answer. The shop was empty, save for the shadows. The customer walked down the narrow aisle, annoyed by the disarray. He stopped at a stack of books on the third shelf. To remain in the Sacred was to lose one's self

: This term describes the manifestation of the sacred in a profane object, such as a sacred stone, tree, or river, which then becomes a point of contact between the human and the divine.