這篇文章的主要目的在於闡述當代重要的宗教學研究者艾良德（Mircea Eliade, 1907-1986）（1）的理論中兩個基本的特色：一是以神聖的顯現作為宗教現象研究的本質，二是透過具體的「天」與「月」宗教象徵系統的舉例，來揭示艾良德如何進行從部分的象徵會通到整體的象徵系統的互動關係結構。

The purpose of this paper is to present two key notions of mircea Eliade's study of religion: the dialectic of the sacred and profane and its symbolic structures. Through the interpretation of “the Sky Gods” and “the Mooon,” I show how Eliade integrate these particular cases into his universal symbolic structures of the sacred.