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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction
The Scholar as Artist, Critic, and Poet	p. xi
Theories of Symbolism	p. 1
The Symbolism of Shadows in Archaic Religion	p. 3
Cultural Fashions and the History of Religions	p. 17
Survivals and Camouflages of Myths	p. 32
Art and the Sacred	p. 53
Divinities: Art and the Divine	p. 55
Masks: Mythical and Ritual Origins	p. 64
Reflections on Indian Art	p. 72
The Sacred and the Modern Artist	p. 81
A Dialogue with Marc Chagall	p. 86
Why Have We Become So Anxious?	p. 86
Beauty and Faith	p. 91
Brancusi and Mythology	p. 93
Sites of the Sacred	p. 103
Sacred Architecture and Symbolism	p. 105
Barabudur, the Symbolic Temple	p. 130
From the Portuguese Journal, 1941-1944	p. 143
Literature and the Sacred	p. 149
Folkloric Themes and Artistic Creations	p. 151
Marthe Bibesco and the Meeting of Eastern and Western Literature	p. 154
Eugene Ionesco and "The Nostalgia for Paradise"	p. 164
Literary Imagination and Religious Structure	p. 171
Bibliography	p. 178
Photographic Credits	p. 180
Index	p. 181
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