CONTENTS:- Preface; Religious Signals, signs and symbols; Images and imagination; Religion as life orientation; Philosophy as language; Art as language; Indian Symbolisms; Symbolic action; Symbolism of nature; Symbolism of time; Symbolic persons; Symbolism of Language; Symbolism of sacrifice;
DESCRIPTION
Symbolic thinking is not the exclusive privilege of the child, of the poet or of the unbalanced mind: it is consubstantial with human existence, it comes before language and discursive reason. The symbol reveals certain aspects-which defy any other means of knowledge. Images, symbols and myths are not irresponsible creations of the psyche; they respond to a need and fulfil a function, that of bringing to light the most hidden modalities of being.
