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Author : Clement A. Miles
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Christmas in Ritual and Tradition written by Clement A. Miles and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clement A. Miles
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Christmas in Ritual & Tradition: Christian and Pagan (Illustrated Edition) written by Clement A. Miles and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-27 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan is a study of the history and folklore surrounding Christmas holidays in several countries. It is an amazing collection of Christmas-related traditions from the first introductions of Christianity to the early 20th century. The book covers the history of Christmas as a Christian feast day and how that developed. It also discusses pre-Christian festivals and observances and how a lot of them survived by being given a Christian veneer although the overt paganism disappeared. Clement A. Miles (1881-1918), an author and translator, was a member of the Folk-Lore Society. He had been for many years on T. Fisher Unwin's literary staff and he was the author of an important work: Christmas in Ritual and Tradition. Miles possessed a wide knowledge of European languages, and translated numerous works from French and Italian.
Author : Clement A. Miles
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465515240
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan written by Clement A. Miles and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1913-01-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781318844791
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (447 download)
Download or read book Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan written by Miles Clement A and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : Meg Cox
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780762443185
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (431 download)
Download or read book The Book of New Family Traditions (Revised and Updated) written by Meg Cox and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers instructions or "recipes" for creating new family rituals or traditions, in categories such as "holidays," "family festivities and ceremonies," and "rites of passage."
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Author : Clement A Miles
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781013465765
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (657 download)
Download or read book Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan [microform] written by Clement A Miles and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Clement Miles
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Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Christmas in Ritual and Tradition written by Clement Miles and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas in Ritual and TraditionClement A. Miles
Author : Clement A. Miles
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ISBN 13 : 1605068144
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Christmas in Ritual and Tradition written by Clement A. Miles and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clement A Miles
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Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Christmas in Ritual and Tradition Christian and Pagan written by Clement A Miles and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-20 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Excerpt: , the subjective aspect of the matter would come increasingly into prominence, until in the festivals of the Christian Church the main object is to quicken the devotion of the believer by contemplation of the mysteries of the faith. Yet attached, as we shall see, to many Christian festivals, are old notions of magical sanctity, probably quite as potent in the minds of the common people as the more spiritual ideas suggested by the Church's feasts.In modern England we have almost lost the festival habit, but if there is one feast that survives among us as a universal tradition it is Christmas. We have indeed our Bank Holidays, but they are mere days of rest and amusement, and for the mass of the people Easter and Whitsuntide have small religious significance--Christmas alone has the character of sanctity which marks the true festival. The celebration of Christmas has often little or nothing to do with orthodox dogma, yet somehow the sense of obligation to keep the feast is very strong, and there are fewRead More
Author : Clement A. Miles
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781979079655
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (796 download)
Download or read book Christmas in Ritual and Tradition written by Clement A. Miles and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the origin of modern Christmas in ancient pagan traditions, how the festival was adopted by Christianity, and its evolution through history.Hidden between the words of this book is the secret of Santa Claus as allegory for the bodies inner Christos that flows up the seals to the land of milk and honey to unveil a thousand petaled lotus along with realizations of I am. Miles includes descriptions of folk-lore related to the Christmas season from a wide range of European countries, including an extensive collection of folk songs. It is important to learn about these traditions to remind ourselves that before Christmas became a hyper-commercialized festival of consumption, it was a joyous celebration of renewal and friendship.
Author : Clement A. Miles
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259509790
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan (Classic Reprint) written by Clement A. Miles and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan The French Nil - Latin Hymnody in Eighteenth-century France Spanish Christmas Verse - Traditional Carols of Many Countries Christmas Poetry in Protestant Germany - post-reformation Verse in England - Modern English Carols. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Christian Rätsch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594776601
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)
Download or read book Pagan Christmas written by Christian Rätsch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-10-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the sacred botany and the pagan origins and rituals of Christmas • Analyzes the symbolism of the many plants associated with Christmas • Reveals the shamanic rituals that are at the heart of the Christmas celebration The day on which many commemorate the birth of Christ has its origins in pagan rituals that center on tree worship, agriculture, magic, and social exchange. But Christmas is no ordinary folk observance. It is an evolving feast that over the centuries has absorbed elements from cultures all over the world--practices that give plants and plant spirits pride of place. In fact, the symbolic use of plants at Christmas effectively transforms the modern-day living room into a place of shamanic ritual. Christian Rätsch and Claudia Müller-Ebeling show how the ancient meaning of the botanical elements of Christmas provides a unique view of the religion that existed in Europe before the introduction of Christianity. The fir tree was originally revered as the sacred World Tree in northern Europe. When the church was unable to drive the tree cult out of people’s consciousness, it incorporated the fir tree by dedicating it to the Christ child. Father Christmas in his red-and-white suit, who flies through the sky in a sleigh drawn by reindeer, has his mythological roots in the shamanic reindeer-herding tribes of arctic Europe and Siberia. These northern shamans used the hallucinogenic fly agaric mushroom, which is red and white, to make their soul flights to the other world. Apples, which figure heavily in Christmas baking, are symbols of the sun god Apollo, so they find a natural place at winter solstice celebrations of the return of the sun. In fact, the authors contend that the emphasis of Christmas on green plants and the promise of the return of life in the dead of winter is just an adaptation of the pagan winter solstice celebration.
Author : Marion McGarry
Publisher : Orpen Press
ISBN 13 : 178605096X
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Irish Customs and Rituals written by Marion McGarry and published by Orpen Press. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know what a Brideóg is? What could you cure if you licked a lizard nine times? Why is Whit Sunday the unluckiest day of the year? From the author of The Irish Cottage comes a new book, exploring old Irish customs and beliefs. Chapters focus on the quarter-day festivities that marked the commencement of each season: ‘Spring: Imbolc’; ‘Summer: Bealtaine’; ‘Autumn: Lughnasa’ and ‘Winter: Samhain’, and also major life events – ‘Births, Marriages and Death Customs’ – and general beliefs in ‘Spirituality and Well-Being’ and ‘The Supernatural’. Focusing on the period from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, Irish Customs and Rituals discusses a time during which many of the practices and beliefs in question went into decline. Many of these customs were rooted in residual pre-Christian beliefs that ran parallel to, and in spite of, conventional religion practised in the country. Some customs were so deep-rooted that despite continued disapproval from the Roman Catholic Church they remain with us today. It is wonderful to see so many traditions still with us, as many are worthwhile remembering, commemorating, or even reviving today. Irish Customs and Rituals will appeal to all those with an interest in Irish history, folklore, culture and social history. Marion McGarry is the author of The Irish Cottage: History, Culture and Design (2017). She has a PhD in Architectural History and an MA in History of Art and Design and is currently a lecturer at Galway–Mayo Institute of Technology. She frequently writes articles about Irish social history and customs.
Author : Nick Page
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1529334098
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)
Download or read book Christmas: Tradition, Truth and Total Baubles written by Nick Page and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is Christmas the way it is? How did we get from the birth of Jesus to everyone pushing their credit card and their belts to their maximum extent? Starting with the events surrounding Jesus' birth, this book takes us through centuries of commemoration, celebration and over-consumption. Along the way we'll find out why we eat turkey, how an obscure Turkish saint turned into a man flying a sleigh, and why that tree in your house should really contain an apple and a snake. Combining in-depth historical research, cheerfully irreverent humour and cutting-edge guesswork, Nick Page explores what this festival really means, and how we can get back to something real and true beneath all that wrapping.
Author : John Matthews
Publisher : Godsfield Press
ISBN 13 : 9781841811239
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)
Download or read book The Winter Solstice written by John Matthews and published by Godsfield Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text gives meaning not just to Christmas, but to the whole winter season. Folklore expert John Matthews traces the history behind many of the sacred traditions of the holiday season and provides refreshing and practical suggestions for celebrating the winter solstice as a joyous, life-affirming, spritual festival.
Author : William Muir Auld
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Christmas Traditions written by William Muir Auld and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short history of the origin of the festival of Christmas, what Christmas owes to both Christian and pagan traditions, and the changes it has undergone through the centuries.
Author : Sasha Sagan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 073521879X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)
Download or read book For Small Creatures Such as We written by Sasha Sagan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A charming book, ringing with the joy of existence." --Richard Dawkins The perfect gift for a loved one or for yourself, For Small Creatures Such as We is part memoir, part guidebook, and part social history, a luminous celebration of Earth's marvels that require no faith in order to be believed. Sasha Sagan was raised by secular parents, the astronomer Carl Sagan and the writer and producer Ann Druyan. They taught her that the natural world and vast cosmos are full of profound beauty, and that science reveals truths more wondrous than any myth or fable. When Sagan herself became a mother, she began her own hunt for the natural phenomena behind our most treasured occasions--from births to deaths, holidays to weddings, anniversaries, and more--growing these roots into a new set of rituals for her young daughter that honor the joy and significance of each experience without relying on a religious framework. As Sagan shares these rituals, For Small Creatures Such as We becomes a moving tribute to a father, a newborn daughter, a marriage, and the natural world--a celebration of life itself, and the power of our families and beliefs to bring us together.
