The objective of this study is to examine the theoretical framework laid out in the works of German-American philosopher Eric Voegelin (1901-1985), its guiding paradigms, and its tentative contributions for the science of history and politics. Presupposing the existence of a spiritual dimension to human existence, Voegelin s work seeks to provide conceptual instruments fit to explore the meeting points between politics and religion. At the center of its problematic is the role of symbols in the ordering of human life and the nature of the experiences to which these symbols refer. We shall seek to explore how Voegelin discerns the experiences we term religious, the way in which they manifest in political reality throughout history, and how they acquire social authority. Parallel to these questions, we shall explore how symbols can detach themselves from their engendering experiences and develop ideological discourses removed from the experience of reality. As we examine how Voegelin deals with these and other questions, we shall seek to expose the parameters through which this thinker elaborates his own philosophy of politics and history.