REL 2000 Chapter : RQ 7 Eliade
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Eliade"s first axiom is his strong views on reductionism. This is also known as the autonomy of religion. This is different from marx, because marx believes that religion is just an illusion. The second axiom has to do with method. Pals explains it as, if religion is, in fact, something independent, something that cannot be explained purely through psychology or sociology, how, then should we explain it? (pg. Eliade describes archaic people who lived in the prehistoric era or who live in modern times in tribal societies. Profane has to do with things in everyday life. Where sacred is the opposite, it has to do with extraordinary and momentous things that happen (pg. His argument is about how symbols and myths follow all have the same patterns. He says that it does not matter the location we live in the same symbols and myths keep coming up.
