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Author : Giorgos Papantoniou
Publisher :
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 40,31 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 9789925745548
Author : Giorgos Papantoniou
Publisher : Mdpi AG
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,77 MB
Release : 2022-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783036556475
This Special Issue is the third and final volume in a trilogy of collective peer-reviewed works of the Unlocking Sacred Landscapes research network. It encompasses various approaches both to ritual space and to artefacts relating to ritual practice and cults involving islandscapes (including landscapes and seascapes). The terms ritual and cult are used broadly to include sanctuaries, temples, and churches, as well as the domestic and funerary spheres of life. Although the main focus of the Special Issue is the Mediterranean region, studies related to other regions are included to stimulate wider methodological dialogues and comparative approaches. The time span ranges from prehistory to the recent past, and research includes ethnography and cultural heritage studies. The contributions of the issue deal with historical and culturally driven perspectives that recognise the complexities of island religious systems as well as the active role of the islanders in constructing their own religious identities, irrespective of emulation and acculturation. The authors consider inter-island and island/mainland relations, maritime connectivity of things and people, and ideological values in relation to religious change, as well as the relation between island space and environment in the performance and maintenance of spiritual lives.
Author : Ralph Haussler
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 24,63 MB
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1789253284
From generation to generation, people experience their landscapes differently. Humans depend on their natural environment: it shapes their behavior while it is often felt that deities responsible for both natural benefits and natural calamities (such as droughts, famines, floods and landslides) need to be appeased. We presume that, in many societies, lakes, rivers, rocks, mountains, caves and groves were considered sacred. Individual sites and entire landscapes are often associated with divine actions, mythical heroes and etiological myths. Throughout human history, people have also felt the need to monumentalize their sacred landscape. But this is where the similarities end as different societies had very different understandings, believes and practices. The aim of this new thematic appraisal is to scrutinize carefully our evidence and rethink our methodologies in a multi-disciplinary approach. More than 30 papers investigate diverse sacred landscapes from the Iberian peninsula and Britain in the west to China in the east. They discuss how to interpret the intricate web of ciphers and symbols in the landscape and how people might have experienced it. We see the role of performance, ritual, orality, textuality and memory in people’s sacred landscapes. A diachronic view allows us to study how landscapes were ‘rewritten’, adapted and redefined in the course of time to suit new cultural, political and religious understandings, not to mention the impact of urbanism on people’s understandings. A key question is how was the landscape manipulated, transformed and monumentalized – especially the colossal investments in monumental architecture we see in certain socio-historic contexts or the creation of an alternative humanmade, seemingly ‘non-natural’ landscape, with perfectly astronomically aligned buildings that define a cosmological order? Sacred Landscapes therefore aims to analyze the complex links between landscape, ‘religiosity’ and society, developing a dialectic framework that explores sacred landscapes across the ancient world in a dynamic, holistic, contextual and historical perspective.
Author : Belden C. Lane
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,70 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780801868382
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 : Karen Brailsford
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,73 MB
Release : 2021-04-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781948018845
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 : National Geographic
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 17,65 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781426203367
A listing of five hundred sites new and old, famous and unknown, that have been used to connect humanity with its gods.
Author : Ernest John Eitel
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 37,80 MB
Release : 1873
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Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,44 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780152699536
A collection of poems about different places around the world that are considered sacred by various cultures, including Mecca, the Ganges River, and Christian cathedrals.
Author : Tom H. Stoner
Publisher : Tkf Foundation
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 49,34 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780981565606
Sacred Places.
Author : Jean Torkelson
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,66 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781565793903
From camp-like mountain retreats to urban sanctuaries to remote enclaves of miraculous natural beauty, this guidebook catalogs nearly 100 of the state's best sites for soul-searching through informative descriptions and full-color photographs. Photos.