A CELEBRATION OF SACRED POETRY
A CELEBRATION OF SACRED POETRY

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this study shows how humans did not only inherit their forefathers' beliefs, but also their ideas, and explains how poets were able to embody reality by means of artistic symbols that reflected such elements of their lives as emotions and objective mental states. The sacred space and the symbolic of the centre are essential for sacred writing. The Sacred has become a key term in recent writings, and what is at its core is often astonishingly undefined, open and ambivalent. Important theories of the Sacred have been articulated in the 20th century by Otto, Eliade, Caillois, Girard, Ricoeur etc. This study discusses about a range of images and texts in order to understand the notion of the sacred – in the past and today.

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