Sacred Landscape

Author : A. T. Mann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781402765209
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Landscapes written by A. T. Mann and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captures magical spaces - archetypal and architectural manifestations of the sacred. This title illustrates the ways in which people have used and understood their sacred landscapes throughout history and around the world, from hillside Celtic oak initiation groves to Megalithic open-air sanctuaries to Macchu Picchu and Oregon's Crater Lake.

Author : Ernest John Eitel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feng-Shui written by Ernest John Eitel and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Jordan
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759102774
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Material Culture and Sacred Landscape written by Peter Jordan and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2003 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides a concrete example of how foraging societies enculturate and transform the natural environment and, through the use of material objects, create sacred spaces and sites. Using ethnographic and ethnohistorical information about the Khanty of Siberia, Jordan shows the shortcomings of both interpretive and materialist anthropological theorizing about hunters and gatherers. He focuses on the rich and complex relationship between the symbolism of the Khanty, their material culture, and the bringing of meaning to physical places. His examination looks at the topic in both historical and contemporary contexts, and in scales from the core-periphery model of Russian colonialism to the portrait of a single yurt community. Jordan's work will be of importance to those studying cultural anthropology, archaeology, and comparative religion.

Author : Donna L. Gillette
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461484065
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock Art and Sacred Landscapes written by Donna L. Gillette and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social and behavioral scientists study religion or spirituality in various ways and have defined and approached the subject from different perspectives. In cultural anthropology and archaeology the understanding of what constitutes religion involves beliefs, oral traditions, practices and rituals, as well as the related material culture including artifacts, landscapes, structural features and visual representations like rock art. Researchers work to understand religious thoughts and actions that prompted their creation distinct from those created for economic, political, or social purposes. Rock art landscapes convey knowledge about sacred and spiritual ecology from generation to generation. Contributors to this global view detail how rock art can be employed to address issues regarding past dynamic interplays of religions and spiritual elements. Studies from a number of different cultural areas and time periods explore how rock art engages the emotions, materializes thoughts and actions and reflects religious organization as it intersects with sociopolitical cultural systems.

Author : Belden C. Lane
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801868382
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Landscapes of the Sacred written by Belden C. Lane and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This substantially expanded edition of Belden C. Lane's Landscapes of the Sacred includes a new introductory chapter that offers three new interpretive models for understanding American sacred space. Lane maintains his approach of interspersing shorter and more personal pieces among full-length essays that explore how Native American, early French and Spanish, Puritan New England, and Catholic Worker traditions has each expressed the connection between spirituality and place. A new section at the end of the book includes three chapters that address methodological issues in the study of spirituality, the symbol-making process of religious experience, and the tension between place and placelessness in Christian spirituality.

Author : Hugh Thomson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sacred Landscape written by Hugh Thomson and published by . This book was released on 2007-06-14 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author takes the reader on a journey back from the world of the Incas to the first dawn of Andean civilization.

Author : Anacleto D’Agostino
Publisher : Firenze University Press
ISBN 13 : 8866559032
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Landscapes of Hittites and Luwians written by Anacleto D’Agostino and published by Firenze University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known from the Old Testament as one of the tribes occupying the Promised Land, the Hittities were in reality a powerful neighbouring kingdom: highly advanced in political organization, administration of justice and military genius; with a literature inscribed in cuneiform writing on clay tablets; and with a rugged and individual figurative art ... Newly revised and updated, this classic account reconstructs a complete and balanced picture of Hittite civilization, using both established and more recent sources.

Author : Giulio Magli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107245028
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architecture, Astronomy and Sacred Landscape in Ancient Egypt written by Giulio Magli and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the interplay between astronomy and dynastic power in the course of ancient Egyptian history, focusing on the fundamental role of astronomy in the creation of the pyramids and the monumental temple and burial complexes. Bringing to bear the analytical tools of archaeoastronomy, a set of techniques and methods that enable modern scholars to better understand the thought, religion and science of early civilizations, Giulio Magli provides in-depth analyses of the pyramid complexes at Giza, Abusir, Saqqara and Dahshur, as well as of the Early Dynastic necropolis at Abydos and the magnificent new Kingdom Theban temples. Using a variety of data retrieved from study of the sky and measurements of the buildings, he reconstructs the visual, symbolic and spiritual world of the ancient Egyptians and thereby establishes an intimate relationship among celestial cycles, topography and architecture. He also shows how they were deployed in the ideology of the pharaoh's power in the course of Egyptian history.

Author : Karen Brailsford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948018845
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Landscapes of the Soul written by Karen Brailsford and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The desire to soothe our souls has perhaps never been greater. This collection of lyrical meditations, prayers, contemplations, devotionals and psalms, can be the spiritual balm we desperately need right now. Enjoy 111 passages structured around nine metaphorical landscapes guiding the reader over emotional terrains on a journey toward peace and transcendence, while providing a sense of place to be mined for inner awareness. We can't help bring about much-needed change in the world if we aren't engaged in some form of self-healing. What is happening on the global stage is a reflection of what is transpiring within. Sacred Landscapes of the Soul gently assists in the process by helping us to find the wisdom, wit and wherewithal to embrace our challenges and celebrate our spiritual liberation. We are each meant to become a magnanimous and beneficial presence on the planet. When we consciously choose to align with the divine within, we tap into wellsprings of faith, hope, and connection. Together we heal the world--this comforting and encouraging message rings out from every page and will resonate with readers wherever they are on life's journey.

Author : James W. Mavor, Jr.
Publisher : Inner Traditions
ISBN 13 : 9780892810789
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manitou written by James W. Mavor, Jr. and published by Inner Traditions. This book was released on 1989-11-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1974 Byron Dix discovered in Vermont the first of many areas in New England believed to be ancient Native American ritual sites. Dix and coauthor James Mavor tell the fascinating story of the discovery and exploration of these many stone structures and standing stones, whose placement in the surrounding landscape suggests that they played an important role in celestial observation and shamanic ritual.