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Ceremony

Author : Leslie Marmon Silko
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780143104919
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Ceremony written by Leslie Marmon Silko and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great Native American Novel of a battered veteran returning home to heal his mind and spirit One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years More than thirty-five years since its original publication, Ceremony remains one of the most profound and moving works of Native American literature, a novel that is itself a ceremony of healing. Tayo, a World War II veteran of mixed ancestry, returns to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. He is deeply scarred by his experience as a prisoner of the Japanese and further wounded by the rejection he encounters from his people. Only by immersing himself in the Indian past can he begin to regain the peace that was taken from him. Masterfully written, filled with the somber majesty of Pueblo myth, Ceremony is a work of enduring power. The Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition contains a new preface by the author and an introduction by Larry McMurtry. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Ceremony

Author : Leslie Marmon Silko
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440621829
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony

Author : Allan Chavkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0195142837
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony written by Allan Chavkin and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with Louise Erdrich's "Love Medicine", Leslie Marmon Silko's "Ceremony" is one of the two most widely taught and studied Native American literature texts. In "Ceremony" Silko recounts a young man's search for consolation in his tribe's history and traditions, and his resulting voyage of self-discovery and discovery of the world. This casebook includes a variety of theoretical approaches and provides readers with crucial information, especially on Native American beliefs, that will enhance their understanding and appreciation of this contemporary classic. This collection also includes two interviews with Leslie Marmon Silko in which she explains the importance of oral tradition and storytelling, along with the autobiographical basis of the novel.

Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony

Author : Robert M. Nelson
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9781433102059
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony written by Robert M. Nelson and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony: The Recovery of Tradition is a study of the embedded texts that function as the formal and thematic backbone of Leslie Marmon Silko's 1977 novel. Robert M. Nelson identifies the Keresan and Navajo ethnographic pretexts that Silko reappropriates and analyzes the many ways these texts relate to the surrounding prose narrative.

The Wedding Ceremony Planner

Author : Reverend Johnson
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402251009
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Wedding Ceremony Planner written by Reverend Johnson and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many couples want a spiritual but not a religious ceremony that truly celebrates their unique set of beliefs, values and life circumstances. They want their ceremony, their way but don't know where to begin or what questions they need to ask. The Wedding Ceremony Planner is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide. It covers everything you need to know to create a beautiful ceremony text and to anticipate and address all the profound and mundane logistics with ease, grace and fun. It includes hundreds of text excerpts reflecting the many voices with which our hearts speak. There are also ten sample ceremony texts for the inclusion of children, the telling of the couple's story, the renewal of vows and a commitment ceremony. Checklists and worksheets are included to manage all the details. The Wedding Ceremony Planner is also an invaluable resource for clergy of all faiths, wedding planners and location coordinators. Sprinkled with anecdotes about lessons learned by couples creating their weddings, this book is filled with the wisdom of experience Praise for The Wedding Ceremony Planner "Weddings are sacred acts surrounded by material hoopla. The Wedding Ceremony Planner clarifies the worldly issues but keeps the spirit central. It's the balance that every couple needs." -Marianne Williamson, author, The Gift of Change "With countless samples of ceremony segments and worksheets to put them all together, The Wedding Ceremony Planner affirms what we all hope for: to communicate our love in a clear, heartfelt manner that truly reflects who we are." -Jack Canfield, co-author, Chicken Soup for the Bride's Soul® "In this time of increasing exchange and friendship between people of many cultures ... what the world needs is an intelligent and compassionate 'how to' book on performing interfaith ceremonies. This book is an excellent example." -The Very Reverend James Parks Morton Founder and President of the Interfaith Center of New York "[This book] was [wonderful] in helping us create our wedding ceremony. Not only was it easy to follow, but it made us think of things we never would have thought of on our own ... Going through the book also brought us closer ... it is the one thing we have sat down and done 100% together." -Jennifer Buehler and Frank Yanoti Jr., Bride and Groom "Planning the wedding ceremony in itself can be a process of discovery for a couple entering marriage ... this marvelous book ... help[s] couples design a ceremony that truly and personally characterizes the meaning and uniqueness of each union." -Pril Smiley, Mohonk Mountain House "This book will aid and guide the couple in the creation of their unique wedding ceremony that appropriately states their personal beliefs. How refreshing, how important, how appropriate to help make the wedding yours." -Alexandra Stoddard, author of Choosing Happiness

Ceremony

Author : Brianna Wiest
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781949759334
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Ceremony written by Brianna Wiest and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life Ceremony

Author : Sayaka Murata
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802159591
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Life Ceremony written by Sayaka Murata and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited first short story-collection by the author of the cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, tales of weird love, heartfelt friendships, and the unsettling nature of human existence With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. In Japan, Murata is particularly admired for her short stories, which are sometimes sweet, sometimes shocking, and always imbued with an otherworldly imagination and uncanniness. In these twelve stories, Murata mixes an unusual cocktail of humor and horror to portray both the loners and outcasts as well as turning the norms and traditions of society on their head to better question them. Whether the stories take place in modern-day Japan, the future, or an alternate reality is left to the reader’s interpretation, as the characters often seem strange in their normality in a frighteningly abnormal world. In “A First-Rate Material,” Nana and Naoki are happily engaged, but Naoki can’t stand the conventional use of deceased people’s bodies for clothing, accessories, and furniture, and a disagreement around this threatens to derail their perfect wedding day. “Lovers on the Breeze” is told from the perspective of a curtain in a child’s bedroom that jealously watches the young girl Naoko as she has her first kiss with a boy from her class and does its best to stop her. “Eating the City” explores the strange norms around food and foraging, while “Hatchling” closes the collection with an extraordinary depiction of the fractured personality of someone who tries too hard to fit in. In these strange and wonderful stories of family and friendship, sex and intimacy, belonging and individuality, Murata asks above all what it means to be a human in our world and offers answers that surprise and linger.

Sacred Ceremony

Author : Steven D. Farmer, Ph.D
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1401932746
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Ceremony written by Steven D. Farmer, Ph.D and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2002-10-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven Farmer is a best selling author, teacher, shamanic practitioner, and Soul Healer. Sacred Ceremony gives you clear and simple guidelines for designing and performing ceremonies for any purpose—from healing emotional or physical wounds to honoring important life passages and celebrating seasonal cycles. Whatever your spiritual background or experience with ceremonies, this is a book you’ll want to refer to again and again! "Sacred Ceremony is the most through, thoughtful, and accesible book on ritual ceremony that exists today. It is a treaure that can help you connect to the Source of Life, renew in times of transition, find healing and guidance, celebrate the cycles of life, and maintain a vibrant cnnection to the Sacred every day. Thank you, Steven, for compiling such a meaningful and practical guide." - Joan Borysenko, PhD.

P'ésk'a and the First Salmon Ceremony

Author : Scot Ritchie
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1554987199
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book P'ésk'a and the First Salmon Ceremony written by Scot Ritchie and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s the day of the first salmon ceremony, and P'ésk'a is excited to celebrate. His community, the Sts'ailes people, give thanks to the river and the salmon it brings by commemorating the first salmon of the season. Framed as an exploration of what life was like one thousand years ago, P'ésk'a and the First Salmon Ceremony describes the customs of the Sts'ailes people, an Indigenous group who have lived on what is now the Harrison River in British Columbia for the last 10,000 years. Includes an introductory letter from Chief William Charlie, an illustrated afterword and a glossary.

The Book of Ceremony

Author : Sandra Ingerman, MA
Publisher : Sounds True
ISBN 13 : 1683641507
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Ceremony written by Sandra Ingerman, MA and published by Sounds True. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandra Ingerman We perform ceremonies to mark important events and celebrate holidays—yet our modern approach to ceremony only scratches the surface of its true potential. With The Book of Ceremony, shamanic teacher Sandra Ingerman presents a rich and practical resource for creating ceremonies filled with joy, purpose, and magic. “We are hungry to connect with more than what we experience with our ordinary senses in the material world,” writes Sandra. “By performing ceremonies, you will find yourself stepping into a beautiful and creative power you might never have imagined.” Weaving shamanic teachings together with stories, examples, and guiding insights, The Book of Ceremony explores: • The elements of a powerful ceremony—including setting strong intentions, choosing your space, preparing ceremonial items, and dealing gracefully with the unexpected • Stepping into the sacred—key practices for leaving behind your everyday concerns and creating a space where magic can happen • Guidance for working alone, in community, and across distances with virtual ceremonies • Invoking spiritual allies—the power of working with the elements, the natural world, ancestor spirits, and the creative energy of the divine • Sacred transitions—including ceremonies for weddings, births, rites of passage to adulthood, funerals, honorable closure, and new beginnings • Ceremonies for energetic balance—healing and blessing, resolving sacred contracts, getting rid of limiting beliefs, creating Prayer Trees, and more • Life as a ceremony—how to infuse your entire life with ceremonial practice, from planting a garden or to revitalizing your home or office to helping heal our planet The Book of Ceremony is more than a “how-to” guide—it will inspire you to create original ceremonies tailored to your own needs and the needs of your community. When you invoke the sacred power of ceremony, you tap into one of the oldest and most effective tools for transforming both yourself and the world. As Sandra writes, “If you perform one powerful and successful ceremony for yourself, the principle of oneness ensures that all of life heals and evolves.”

Ceremony of Marriage

Author : Kenneth Copeland
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606835904
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Ceremony of Marriage written by Kenneth Copeland and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The marriage union is the closest relationship that can exist between two human beings. When a man and woman decide to join together in marriage, they should do so with full realization of their responsibilities. Marriage is serious business. When two born-again believers know it is God's will for them to marry, they come together...

The Power of Ceremony

Author : Linda Neale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983049500
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Ceremony written by Linda Neale and published by . This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Returning to Ceremony

Author : Chantal Fiola
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN 13 : 0887559352
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Returning to Ceremony written by Chantal Fiola and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2021-10-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to Ceremony is the follow-up to Chantal Fiola’s award-winning Rekindling the Sacred Fire and continues her ground-breaking examination of Métis spirituality, debunking stereotypes such as “all Métis people are Catholic,” and “Métis people do not go to ceremonies.” Fiola finds that, among the Métis, spirituality exists on a continuum of Indigenous and Christian traditions, and that Métis spirituality includes ceremonies. For some Métis, it is a historical continuation of the relationships their ancestral communities have had with ceremonies since time immemorial, and for others, it is a homecoming – a return to ceremony after some time away. Fiola employs a Métis-specific and community-centred methodology to gather evidence from archives, priests’ correspondence, oral history, storytelling, and literature. With assistance from six Métis community researchers, Fiola listened to stories and experiences shared by thirty-two Métis from six Manitoba Métis communities that are at the heart of this book. They offer insight into their families’ relationships with land, community, culture, and religion, including factors that inhibit or nurture connection to ceremonies such as sweat lodge, Sundance, and the Midewiwin. Valuable profiles emerge for six historic Red River Métis communities (Duck Bay, Camperville, St Laurent, St François-Xavier, Ste Anne, and Lorette), providing a clearer understanding of identity, culture, and spirituality that uphold Métis Nation sovereignty.

The Thanksgiving Ceremony

Author : Edward Bleier
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307587916
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The Thanksgiving Ceremony written by Edward Bleier and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we think about Thanksgiving we contemplate history, the autumn harvest, and, of course, eating turkey and watching football. But most of all, we think about family, friends, and the bounty of our country. Edward Bleier’s The Thanksgiving Ceremony introduces a brand-new tradition for the Thanksgiving table, offering a wonderful way for all Americans to give thanks and rejoice in the sense of togetherness and community this special holiday brings. The heart of the book is a participatory ceremony designed to be read aloud around the table. It recounts the story of the early settlers and the challenges they, and all subsequent immigrant generations, faced. The ceremony provides roles for guests of all ages and takes about twenty minutes. There is also a brief history of Thanksgiving, as well as a wide array of poems, hymns, songs, prayers, and readings that enable families to create and customize their own ceremony, including pieces by Maya Angelou, Irving Berlin, Woodie Guthrie, and Emily Dickinson. As William Safire writes in his foreword, “Getting together for a grand dinner party may be glorious fun, but a holiday should have a focus”—one that reminds us why we celebrate it. This long-overdue book offers that focus in a short, elegant format that any gathering of family and friends can participate in, and enjoy, for many years to come. Praise for The Thanksgiving Ceremony: "The Thanksgiving Ceremony is a small gem—a book that brings to life the history, songs, and traditions, old and new, of the most widely celebrated holiday of the year. This is a buoyant book, full of hope and praise of all that makes us Americans."—Julie Nixon Eisenhower "There are times, like these, when it's important to count our blessings. Ed Bleier's delightful book lets us do the math."—Alan Alda and Arlene Alda "This great country has provided the 'music' and this book provides the eloquent 'lyrics' for the Thanksgiving tables of all Americans, regardless of race or religion. It's a joyous tribute to who we are, and can be, as Americans."—Quincy Jones "Over the years, I've had so many Thanksgiving dinners with Ed and Magda that when Ed Bleier talks turkey, all of us listen."—Steven Spielberg "The Thanksgiving Ceremony is a wonderful and moving idea. It is central to what we celebrate and a happy reminder of why America's principles endure as they do."—Peter Jennings and Kayce Freed From the Hardcover edition.

Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament

Author : Shirin M. Rai
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317966589
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament written by Shirin M. Rai and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament breaks new ground in the study of legislatures. It combines mainstream historical and social science approaches with cultural theory to consider how parliamentary ritual is constructed through ceremony, space and socialisation. The focus is on the marginalised groups especially women and members of ethnic minorities who seek inclusion as representatives in democratic legislatures. This book assesses aspects of the role that ceremony and ritual in legislatures play, especially but not exclusively, in their gendered and racialised dimensions. Within this broad frame, it considers the impact of space, identity, ritual and/or ceremony on the institutional form of parliament, how power is shaped within it, how the behaviour of members is facilitated, constrained and shaped, how power and rituals interact to and how they impinge upon the relationships between representative institutions and citizens. Contributions are theoretical and empirical, comparative or single-country studies of national or sub-national legislatures. They have interdisciplinary, historical, or postcolonial perspectives that contribute to this emerging field in the study of parliaments. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies.

The Tea Ceremony and Women's Empowerment in Modern Japan

Author : Etsuko Kato
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113437237X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book The Tea Ceremony and Women's Empowerment in Modern Japan written by Etsuko Kato and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By combining anthropological observation with historical examination of the tea ceremony, this book radically revises mainstream discourses surrounding women and the tea ceremony in Japan.

How To Plan And Direct A Wedding Ceremony Rehearsal

Author : James Loram
Publisher : Wedding Songs Timeline Planner
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book How To Plan And Direct A Wedding Ceremony Rehearsal written by James Loram and published by Wedding Songs Timeline Planner. This book was released on with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here it is! A step by step guide to planning and directing a wedding ceremony rehearsal. This book is for all those wedding professionals and/or family members, DJ's, catering managers--even aunts who get shoved into the "coordinator" position against their will!--who don't have a lot of experience with the ceremony rehearsal and need some more detailed information on how to do it right. In this book, you will get: Forward: Why I wrote this guide in the first place. 1. The Planning: Get your ducks (wedding party and family) in a row. 2. The Agenda: Options and suggestions for the ceremony events. 3. The Music: Plug in the songs for each event. 4. The Equipment: Microphones for the minister. 5. The Rehearsal: A step by step guide to directing the ceremony rehearsal. 6. The Final Word: It's about having fun! 7. BONUS CHAPTER! The Wedding Songs Timeline Planner - CEREMONY ONLY edition: A complete wedding ceremony planning guide. This book will turn ANYONE into a Wedding Rehearsal Master!