PHIL204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Tipi, Axis Mundi
8 Mar 2018
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Eliade and neihardt discuss many similar themes in their respective works. Although the styles differ significantly, with black elk speaks specifically examining the native americans and. The sacred and the profane talking about religion more generally, they share some of the same underlying concepts. In black elk speaks, eliade"s (cid:449)ork is refle(cid:272)ted through the e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ples of the axis mundi and rituals. The axis mundi is a very notable theme described in the sacred and the profane and then illustrated by example in black elk speaks. Eliade describes the axis mundi as an axis around which the world revolves, which can serve as an emotional or spiritual orientation. The axis mundi stretches above and below its current plane, therefore existing in the earth, the heavens, and the underworld. They dance around the tepee which is the axis mundi, thus changing their relation to where they are in the circle and mode of being or ontological status.
