%0 Journal Article %T The sacred, philosophical and sociological Janus %A Marcel BOLLE DE BAL %J Essachess : Journal for Communication Studies %D 2011 %I Essachess %X Symbolically, Janus, as the god of initiations, is supposed to be the Sacred's keeper. The Sacred, like Janus, has two faces : the religious and the non-religious one. The latter has a reconnecting function. As an illustration of its reality is presented its specific existence inside Free-masonry. Are successively analysed the relations between the Sacred and divinity, humanity, secret, profane and modern communication. %K religion %K connection %K free-masonry %K profane %K communications %U http://essachess.com/index.php/jcs/article/view/123/104