Cosmos and History: The Myth of the Eternal Return

PREFACE TO THE TORCHBOOK EDITION......Page 6
FOREWORD......Page 10
CHAPTER ONE ARCHETYPES AND REPETITION......Page 16
The Problem......Page 18
Celestial Archetypes of Territories,Temples, and Cities......Page 21
The Symbolism of the Center......Page 27
Repetition of the Cosmogony......Page 32
Divine Models of Rituals......Page 36
Archetypes of Profane Activities......Page 42
Myths and History......Page 49
CHAPTER TWO THE REGENERATION OF TIME......Page 64
Year, New Year, Cosmogony......Page 66
Periodicity of the Creation......Page 77
Continuous Regeneration of Time......Page 88
CHAPTER THREE MISFORTUNE AND HISTORY......Page 108
Normality of Suffering......Page 110
History Regarded as Theophany......Page 117
Cosmic Cycles and History......Page 127
Destiny and History......Page 145
CHAPTER FOUR THE TERROR OF HISTORY......Page 154
Survival of the Myth of Eternal Return......Page 156
The Difficulties of Historicism......Page 162
Freedom and History......Page 169
Despair or Faith......Page 174
INDEX......Page 178