Episode 325: It Is Happening Again

About this episode

David and Tamler discuss Mircea Eliade's concepts of sacred time and myths, along with the implications of conspiracy theories in dating.

David and Tamler return to Mircea Eliade's The Sacred and Profane and discuss the chapter "Sacred Time and Myths." How does viewing time as circular give us a periodic window into the sacred? What does it mean to reactualize the creation of the universe in ritual and to view time as "starting anew"? How did Christianity radically change the experience of time by locating the incarnation of the sacred in the historical past? Plus, do you believe in conspiracy theories? A new study says you should think twice about putting them in your dating profiles. Green, R., Kamitz, L. C., Toribio-Flórez, D., Biddlestone, M., Gasking, F., Sutton, R. M., & Douglas, K. M. (2022). Conspiracy theories and online dating: It'sa (mis) match!. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin , 01461672251399448. Eliade, M. (1959). The sacred and the profane: The nature of religion (Vol. 81). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

People in this episode

Hosts: Tamler Sommers, David Pizarro

Topics covered

• sacred time
• myths
• ritual
• Christianity
• conspiracy theories
• dating profiles

Keywords

• sacred
• time
• myths
• ritual
• Christianity
• conspiracy theories
• dating

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Sacred and Profane, The sacred and the profane: The nature of religion

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