The book of the famous ethnographer and anthropologist M. Eliade “Myths, Dreams and Mysteries” contains a large amount of mythological material from both primitive communal peoples and ancient civilizations; it examines the cosmogonic idea of the separation of heaven and Earth - spiritual and material. Mystical sensations, magical warmth, the mystery of flight, the work of dreams, the path of the warrior, creation and sacrifice, cannibalism, suffering and the symbolism of death in initiations, male and female secret societies - these and a wide range of other issues are covered in the book. < /p>