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The Sacred and the Profane
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What is the primary distinction between the sacred and the profane according to Mircea Eliade?
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The sacred is transcendent and the profane is immanent.
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According to Eliade, the sacred is that which is set apart from the ordinary world and experienced as transcendent, while the profane is the realm of everyday life and experience.