Eliade suggests that individuals living in the modern world haven't freed themselves from his religious precursor in such a way that individuals have become nonreligious to an extent not previously seen in the past. He writes, “ The majority of the “irreligious” still behave religiously, even though they are not aware of the fact”( Mircea Eliade, The Sacred and the Profane, p. 204). Eliade gives examples like, New Year celebrations and marriage ceremonies as evidence that even the nonreligious man continues to engage in religious behavior. Eliade thinks that an individual who is nonreligious and non mythical religion is not “ the paradigmatic solution for every existential crisis” because of certain religious beliefs in its supernatural origins.
