hierophanies

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UK/hɪəˈɹɒfəniːz/

A form of hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of hierophany

    For example, the symbolism of the moon implies a system of hierophanies which cluster about the moon.

    1991, Robert D. Baird, Category Formation and the History of Religions, page 75
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    The major themes in Eliade’s thought are symbol, myth, and ritual¹, hierophanies, the sacred and the profane, the coincidentia oppositorum, the repetition of archetypal structures², illud tempus, and homo religiosus.

    1994, Subrata Kumar Chakrabarti, “1: Hierophany”, in Offshore Structure Modeling, page 7
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