The Origins of Mircea Eliade’s Transconscious and the Vicissitudes of the Religious Faculty

This article examines the genealogy of the concept of “transconscious,” a key notion in the work of Mircea Eliade. It argues that the “transconscious” is the inheritor of a long psychological tradition in the study of religion, namely that of the religious faculty. The first section looks at the rel...

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Main Author: Iagher, Matei George (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2023
In: Numen
Year: 2023, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 369-400
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Eliade, Mircea 1907-1986 / Jung, C. G. 1875-1961 / Consciousness / Extrasensory perception / Religious psychology
IxTheo Classification:AE Psychology of religion
Further subjects:B C. G. Jung
B religious faculty
B superconscious
B Mircea Eliade
B psychology of religion
B transconscious
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