(
Religion in the Making, Cleveland: Meridian Books, 1960, 31) This goal
of elucidation is apparent when he says that rational
religion's aim is to make it «the
central element in a coherent ordering
of life... in respect to the elucidation
of thought, and in respect to the direction
of conduct...» (
Religion in the Making, Cleveland: Meridian Books, 1960, 30)
Religion's final product is the provision
of «a meaning, in terms
of value, for our own existence, a meaning which flows from the nature
of things.»
The historian
of religions finds himself in an analogous situation when he deals with archaic symbols that have been modified by cultural influences and events, for example, the World Tree, which in
Central Asia and in Siberia received a new
value by assimilating the Mesopotamian idea
of the seven planetary heavens.
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