A Diachronic Study of Ontological Perspectives from Mircea Eliade and Ioan Petru Culianu’s Literary and Scientific works: the Acceptance of “The Other”
A Diachronic Study of Ontological Perspectives from Mircea Eliade and Ioan Petru Culianu’s Literary and Scientific works: the Acceptance of “The Other”

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to show the fact that there is a continuity of ideas between Mircea Eliade and Ioan Petru Culianu’s systems of thought. Mircea Eliade is fascinated with the power of active imagination, illustrated by myths and symbols which are typical of collective unconscious,because they have been used from the beginning of this world up to the contemporary world.However, we can find such representations in Mircea Eliade and Ioan Petru Culianu’s both scientific and literary works. The comparative interdisciplinary approach is used in this article. On the onehand, there is the comparison between Mircea Eliade and Ioan Petru Culianu’s systems of thought and on the other hand, the interdisciplinary approach arises from the connections established between various sciences, like: the history of religions, anthropology, philosophy and natural sciences. The similarities and differences between their systems of thought are illustrated in this article. Firstly, the udes the diachronic study of religious ideas and the emphasis on human active imagination as a mechanism of compensation for the ontological suffering. Secondly, the principles of the universal method belonging to Ioan Petru Culianu, the mythical and symbolic representations from the Romanian writer’s literary works: The Emerald Game and Hesperus are also illustrated in this article. Researchers in the philological field can useboth the comparative interdisciplinary approach in their future activity and the premise of continuity between Mircea Eliade and his disciple’s systems of thought. Apart from the main approach and premise of this article, the original perspective is represented by the mythical and symbolic representations from Ioan Petru Culianu’s science fiction novel entitled Hesperus.

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