Mircea Eliade founded the modern study of the history of religions and wrote many books, including Essential Sacred
Writings from Around the World and The Sacred and the Profane
Couliano, Ioan P. :
Ioan P. Couliano was the professional heir to Mircea Eliade and the author of Out of This World and The Tree
of Gnosis.
Summary
Brings together in one volume the entirety of Eliade's Gods, Goddesses, and Myths of Creation; Man and the Sacred,
Death, Afterlife, and Eschatology; and From Medicine Men to Muhammad. Arranges thematically the essential documents
of all major religious traditions, excepting Christianity and Judaism. Originally published as From Primitives
to Zen.
