hierophanies
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عدل- (RP, , , , ) أصد: /hɪəˈɹɒfəniːz/
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عدلhierophanies ج.
- صِيغَةُ جَمْعٍ مُفْرَدُهَا [[hierophany]].
- 1991: Robert D. Baird, Category Formation and the History of Religions, p75{1}, {2}, {3}, & {4}
- {1}For example, the symbolism of the moon implies a system of hierophanies which cluster about the moon.
- {2}In the case of water symbolism, there is no such central symbol, but rather various water hierophanies.
- {3}In the case of water symbolism, then, some 'hierophanies such as Baptism and the Flood are more clear in their intention.
- {4}These systems manifest more clearly, more fully, and with greater coherence what each of the individual hierophanies intends. To interpret the hierophanies individualistically would be to lose their deepest meaning.
- 1994: Subrata Kumar Chakrabarti, Offshore Structure Modeling, chapter 1 — Hierophany, pp7{1} & 8{2} & {3}
- {1}The major themes in Eliade’s thought are symbol, myth, and ritual1, hierophanies, the sacred and the profane, the coincidentia oppositorum, the repetition of archetypal structures2, illud tempus, and homo religiosus.
- {2}Then there are the difficulties raised by Eliade’s actual usage of his term. His first introduction of the word into his text3 is problematic. “Some hierophanies are not at all clear, are indeed almost cryptic,” he states, “in that they only reveal the sacred meanings … in part, or, as it were, in code” (Patterns, 8).
- {3}So, not only are things “transformed” into hierophanies, but anything can be so transformed, and yet, having been so transformed the hierophany may remain “cryptic”.
- 1991: Robert D. Baird, Category Formation and the History of Religions, p75{1}, {2}, {3}, & {4}