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Author : Martin Lings
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Ancient Beliefs and Modern Superstitions written by Martin Lings and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Lings
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781901383027
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Ancient Beliefs and Modern Superstitions written by Martin Lings and published by . This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon his wide knowledge of world religions the author in this book strikes at the root of everything that makes it difficult for people today to believe wholeheartedly in religion and in doing so, it shows modern man to be, in his own peculiar twenty-first century way, the embodiment of superstition in its most dangerous form. We are faced in the modern world with a situation similar to that in the fable of the Emperor's new clothes. This book aims to speak the truth about the modern outlook especially concerning science and metaphysics, in order to dispell the illusion that prevents the intellect from seeing things as they really are.
Author : Harry Oldmeadow
Publisher : World Wisdom, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780941532556
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (325 download)
Download or read book The Betrayal of Tradition written by Harry Oldmeadow and published by World Wisdom, Inc. This book was released on 2005 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays by eminent traditionalists and contemporary thinkers throws into sharp relief many of the urgent problems of today.
Author : Stuart Vyse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192551329
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Superstition: A Very Short Introduction written by Stuart Vyse and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Would you cross the path of a black cat, or step under a ladder? Is breaking a mirror just an expensive waste of glass, or something rather more sinister? Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. A recent survey of adults in the United States found that 33 percent believed that finding a penny was good luck, and 23 percent believed that the number seven was lucky. Where did these superstitions come from, and why do they persist today? This Very Short Introduction explores the nature and surprising history of superstition from antiquity to the present. For two millennia, superstition was a label derisively applied to foreign religions and unacceptable religious practices, and its primary purpose was used to separate groups and assert religious and social authority. After the Enlightenment, the superstition label was still used to define groups, but the new dividing line was between reason and unreason. Today, despite our apparent sophistication and technological advances, superstitious belief and behaviour remain widespread, and highly educated people are not immune. Stuart Vyse takes an exciting look at the varieties of popular superstitious beliefs today and the psychological reasons behind their continued existence, as well as the likely future course of superstition in our increasingly connected world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Brenda dunams
Publisher : Pencil
ISBN 13 : 9358834951
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (588 download)
Download or read book The Superstition Diaries From Ancient Lore to Modern Beliefs written by Brenda dunams and published by Pencil. This book was released on 2023-11-11 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of Fear, Belief, and the Unseen", From ancient civilizations to modern times, this comprehensive exploration uncovers the fascinating stories behind superstitions.
Author : William R. Sunman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Superstitions of the Churches, Ancient and Modern written by William R. Sunman and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bahar Hatami
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (18 download)
Download or read book A Believable World written by Bahar Hatami and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside this book some of the world's most unconventional beliefs, rituals, and superstitions are revealed. Read about Shingon monks of Japan who believed in mummifying themselves while they were still alive and how they did it; women of the Dani tribe deep in the Indonesian jungle who amputate one of their fingers in performing the ritual of Ikipalin when a loved one dies; and boys in the Brazilian Amazon who achieve manhood by withstanding the severe, paralyzing pain of being bitten by bullet ants for several hours. These are just a few of the beliefs you will explore in the eye-opening true stories of rituals practiced around the world. Colorful illustrations throughout the book allow you to see the world through a new lens.Author Bahar Hatami writes, "Rituals and beliefs may be different throughout the world but the powerful effects they have on our minds and bodies may be the same. We all share this same experience and phenomenon in some way or another."In doing my research for this book I wanted to share different stories from around the world to hopefully come to a better understanding of where our beliefs stem from as a society, culture, or religion."
Author : Carveth Read
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions written by Carveth Read and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study explains a hypothesis that the human race has descended from some ape-like stock by a series of changes which began and, until recently, were maintained by the practice of hunting in pack for animal food, instead of being content with the fruits and other nutritious products of the tropical forest.
Author : Dale B. Martin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674015340
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Inventing Superstition written by Dale B. Martin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-19 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman author Pliny the Younger characterizes Christianity as “contagious superstition”; two centuries later the Christian writer Eusebius vigorously denounces Greek and Roman religions as vain and impotent “superstitions.” The term of abuse is the same, yet the two writers suggest entirely different things by “superstition.” Dale Martin provides the first detailed genealogy of the idea of superstition, its history over eight centuries, from classical Greece to the Christianized Roman Empire of the fourth century C.E. With illuminating reference to the writings of philosophers, historians, and medical teachers he demonstrates that the concept of superstition was invented by Greek intellectuals to condemn popular religious practices and beliefs, especially the belief that gods or other superhuman beings would harm people or cause disease. Tracing the social, political, and cultural influences that informed classical thinking about piety and superstition, nature and the divine, Inventing Superstition exposes the manipulation of the label of superstition in arguments between Greek and Roman intellectuals on the one hand and Christians on the other, and the purposeful alteration of the idea by Neoplatonic philosophers and Christian apologists in late antiquity. Inventing Superstition weaves a powerfully coherent argument that will transform our understanding of religion in Greek and Roman culture and the wider ancient Mediterranean world.
Author : Claudia DeLys
Publisher : Carol Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780806507217
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Giant Book of Superstitions written by Claudia DeLys and published by Carol Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1979-09 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the evolution and meaning of and describes practices associated with common superstitious beliefs about nature, animals, men and women, love, food, luck, and other topics.
Author : Glasgow (Scotland). Public Libraries
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book List of Selected Books on Superstitions written by Glasgow (Scotland). Public Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stuart Vyse
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198819250
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Superstition written by Stuart Vyse and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-12-26 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Would you cross the path of a black cat, or step under a ladder? Is breaking a mirror just an expensive waste of glass, or something rather more sinister? Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. A recent survey of adults in the United States found that 33 percent believed that finding a penny was good luck, and 23 percent believed that the number seven was lucky. Where did these superstitions come from, and why do they persist today? This Very Short Introduction explores the nature and surprising history of superstition from antiquity to the present. For two millennia, superstition was a label derisively applied to foreign religions and unacceptable religious practices, and its primary purpose was used to separate groups and assert religious and social authority. After the Enlightenment, the superstition label was still used to define groups, but the new dividing line was between reason and unreason. Today, despite our apparent sophistication and technological advances, superstitious belief and behaviour remain widespread, and highly educated people are not immune. Stuart Vyse takes an exciting look at the varieties of popular superstitious beliefs today and the psychological reasons behind their continued existence, as well as the likely future course of superstition in our increasingly connected world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Jeanie M. Laing
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781437042702
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (427 download)
Download or read book Notes on Superstition and Folk Lore (1885) written by Jeanie M. Laing and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : Michael David Bailey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742533875
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (338 download)
Download or read book Magic and Superstition in Europe written by Michael David Bailey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only comprehensive, single-volume survey of magic available, this compelling book traces the history of magic and superstition in Europe from antiquity to the present. Focusing mainly on the medieval and early modern era, Michael Bailey also explores the ancient Near East, classical Greece and Rome, and the spread of magical systems_particularly modern witchcraft or Wicca_from Europe to the United States. He explains how magic was understood, constructed, and frequently condemned and how magical beliefs and practices have changed over time yet also remain vital even today.
Author : Michael D. Bailey
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801467306
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Fearful Spirits, Reasoned Follies written by Michael D. Bailey and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superstitions are commonplace in the modern world. Mostly, however, they evoke innocuous images of people reading their horoscopes or avoiding black cats. Certain religious practices might also come to mind—praying to St. Christopher or lighting candles for the dead. Benign as they might seem today, such practices were not always perceived that way. In medieval Europe superstitions were considered serious offenses, violations of essential precepts of Christian doctrine or immutable natural laws. But how and why did this come to be? In Fearful Spirits, Reasoned Follies, Michael D. Bailey explores the thorny concept of superstition as it was understood and debated in the Middle Ages. Bailey begins by tracing Christian thinking about superstition from the patristic period through the early and high Middle Ages. He then turns to the later Middle Ages, a period that witnessed an outpouring of writings devoted to superstition—tracts and treatises with titles such as De superstitionibus and Contra vitia superstitionum. Most were written by theologians and other academics based in Europe’s universities and courts, men who were increasingly anxious about the proliferation of suspect beliefs and practices, from elite ritual magic to common healing charms, from astrological divination to the observance of signs and omens. As Bailey shows, however, authorities were far more sophisticated in their reasoning than one might suspect, using accusations of superstition in a calculated way to control the boundaries of legitimate religion and acceptable science. This in turn would lay the conceptual groundwork for future discussions of religion, science, and magic in the early modern world. Indeed, by revealing the extent to which early modern thinkers took up old questions about the operation of natural properties and forces using the vocabulary of science rather than of belief, Bailey exposes the powerful but in many ways false dichotomy between the "superstitious" Middle Ages and "rational" European modernity.
Author : Claudia de Lys
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A Treasury of American Superstitions written by Claudia de Lys and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An abbreviated survey of current beliefs and practices, which are traceable, for the most part, to primitive and other symbolic origins and expressions.
Author : Christopher Cooper
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402768316
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (683 download)
Download or read book Bizarre Superstitions written by Christopher Cooper and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a fun, new format, this worldwide compendium features the most way-out superstitions from the backwoods of the Ozarks to the foothills of Kilimanjaro, with explanations on how many of these beliefs developed. Every culture has its own strange beliefs, quirky omens, and baffling maxims. A good many of them are collected in this attractive book, along with interpretations and fascinating background. Find out about Iceland’s dreaded Christmas Cat; why Filipinos dress in polka dots on New Year’s Day; which numbers the Koreans abh∨ and lots more.
