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“It is through beauty, poetry and visionary power that the world will be renewed.”

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Maria Tatar is a renowned scholar whose research focuses on folktales, fairy tales, and literary criticism. Born on May 13, 1945, she is known for her profound insights into fairy tales and her contributions to cultural studies. more

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Use Hands Language Magic Objects Draws Storytelling Attributes Enchantment Sleight Of Hand

Book:Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood

Source: Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood

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Book:Secrets Beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and His Wives

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“The great cosmic illusion is a hierophany.... One is devoured by Time, not because one lives in Time, but because one believes in its reality, and therefore forgets or despises eternity.”

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“There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun.”

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“The Experience of Sacred Space makes possible the founding of the world: where the sacred Manifests itself in space, the real unveils itself, the world comes into existence.”

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Book:The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion

Source: The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion

“The crude product of nature, the object fashioned by the industry of man, acquire their reality, their identity, only to the extent of their participation in a transcendent reality.”

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Book:The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History

Source: The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History

“Psychoanalysis justifies its importance by asserting that it forces you to look to and accept reality. But what sort of reality? A reality conditioned by the materialistic and scientific ideology of psychoanalysis, that is, a historical product.”

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Book:Journal II, 1957-1969

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Book:Autobiography, Volume 1: 1907-1937, Journey East, Journey West

Source: Autobiography, Volume 1: 1907-1937, Journey East, Journey West

“It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not only because of that preliminary embarrassing question: what is intended by myth? It is also because the answers given depend for the most part on the documents selected.”

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Book:The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion

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