#Mircea Eliade

• Axis mundi — A fundamental symbolic and philosophical concept defined by historian Mircea Eliade, representing the axis of the world, the center of the universe, or the sacred point of structural connection between heaven (divine), earth (human), and the underworld. This cosmic pillar is transposed across various traditional cultures through archetypal images such as the holy mountain, the world tree, the sacred pole, the cosmic ladder, or the sacred column, serving as a point of existential orientation and a delicate place of communication with transcendence.