STAZELE EULUI IN ATINGEREA IDEALULUI ALTERITATII LA MIRCEA ELIADE
THE STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN REACHING THE IDEAL OF ALTERITY AT MIRCEA ELIADE

Summary/Abstract: From the point of view of the social sciences, the ratio identity-antinomy is that one between Myself and the rest of the world, hypostasized by The Other. The identity is based on the knowledge, more or less profound, of an interiority that considers itself as being or not being an integrant component of the world. Through this, the world can be seen eminently familiar, friendly, or completely extraneous and consequently hostile. In this article I am trying to catch the identity/antinomy ratio from the imaginary perspective of Eliade, through the Yogi Rite of passing, widely described by the great scholar Eliade in his works Yoga. ”Essai sur les origines de la mystique indienne” (1936),”Techniques du Yoga” (1948),”Pantanjali et la Yoga” (1966). In this type of ratio only the dynamic of sacred-profane dialect it is relevant. From this perspective, the identity conservation means keeping the individual on the coordinates of routine and profane existence that “connects” the mind to the captivity of its own reflections of the world and life. The only chance of the individual is to “wake up” in order to be able to “free himself” and become Another One. What should we understand by Another One? That Ganz Andere of Rudolf Otto, starting from the old texts of Indian metaphysics: the divinity understood as a total antinomy. For the yogi, becoming Another One is the ideal that can crown his existence because this process is equal to releasing the human condition and uniting with the universal soul. As a consequence, for the yogi preserving the identity is not an option but maintaining it under the incidence of karma’s curse and giving up the weaknesses, suffering and illusions of individual self is the first step to the identification with the Another One, the true and definitive freedom.All these aspects will be analyzed mainly in the short story The secret of doctor Honigberger (1940), by Mircea Eliade, one of the best written fantastic work of the author. DOI: 10.29302/InImag.2017.8.3

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