TY - BOOK AU - Eliade,Mircea TI - Patterns in comparative religion SN - 0722006314 AV - BL80 .E513 1996 PY - 1958/// CY - London PB - Sheed and Ward KW - Religions N1 - Originally published: New York : Sheed & Ward, 1958. With new introd; Includes bibliographical references and indexes N2 - Eliade abundantly demonstrates universal religious experience and shows how humanity's effort to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself in myriad cultures from ancient to modern times; how certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths have, with interesting variations, persisted ER -