ambivalence of the sacred, n.All

Ambivalence of the sacred (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a scientific myth: a society that had lost every tie to its religion projecting its own unease onto the word sacred.