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Author : Mrs. J. H. Philpot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Sacred Tree written by Mrs. J. H. Philpot and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. H. Philpot
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781497911246
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (112 download)
Download or read book The Sacred Tree written by J. H. Philpot and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1897 Edition.
Author : Mrs. J. H. Philpot
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781440086151
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (861 download)
Download or read book The Sacred Tree Or the Tree in Religion and Myth (Classic Reprint) written by Mrs. J. H. Philpot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J.H. Philpot's The Sacred Tree, or The Tree in Religion and Myth traces the pagan ritual of tree worship throughout history and across different cultures and religions. Philpot states in her opening that this is not an academic or scientific book; rather it is a collection of facts and conclusions on the subject of tree worship. The book begins with a detailed exploration of the origin of tree worship and its spread across religions. Philpot relies on archaeological evidence to tell the story of early tree worship, highlighting Chaldea and 4,000 BCE as the place and time of the first recorded evidence of this practice. The author traces tree worship through ancient civilizations, from Egypt, to Africa, to India, with focus also given to tree worship in Greece and Rome. Following this introductory chapter, later sections of the book examine the religious significance given to trees. Separate chapters discuss God and the tree, the tree as an Oracle, the tree as a spirit being, Paradise and trees, and finally the tree's central role in the Christmas celebration. Ultimately, The Sacred Tree, or The Tree in Religion and Myth is a pleasant and interesting read, that will primarily appeal to those interested in religious symbolism, as well as anybody that places a religious significance on trees. 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 : Nathaniel Altman
Publisher : Gaupo Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780997972023
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Sacred Trees written by Nathaniel Altman and published by Gaupo Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-12 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the dawn of history, trees have played a central role in the survival of humanity and the flowering of myriad cultures. Not surprisingly, people the world over have revered trees for their life-giving and life-affirming nature. But modern societies have lost touch with that sense of reverence. Sacred Trees rekindles a once-broadly felt kinship with the natural world. Through vivid history and myth drawn from hundreds of the world's cultures- from the ancient Egyptians and the Druids of early Britain to today's indigenous Hawaiians- Nathaniel Altman reveals the special relationship people have always shared with trees. Here are cosmic trees of the Norse, regarded as the symbol of universal life, the ancestral trees of ancient Rome, seen as the birthplace of humankind, and the biblical tree of knowledge, responsible for the fall of humanity. Richly illustrated, Sacred Trees offers us the devotion that traditional cultures have shown towards trees and teaches us that respect, reverence, and communion with the rest of nature are essential for the healing of Mother Earth.
Author : J. H. Philpot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780849025532
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (255 download)
Download or read book The Sacred Tree in Religion and Myth written by J. H. Philpot and published by . This book was released on 1977-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient cultures around the world have attributed to trees aspects divine and demonic, beneficient and malevolent, magical and mysterious. Frequently linked with cult worship of the sun, moon, and stars, and with sacred springs and stone, tree worship as a pagan ritual was the most widespread. While many books have treated some aspects of tree worship, none has focused on the subject so precisely and with such lively insight as this fine work. Ranging from the deity-inhabited sycamores worshipped in Egypt to the dreaded moss-women of Central Germany, this book presents a fascinating survey of the tree in religion, mythology, and folklore. Invaluable to scholars in many fields, this fascinating compendium of facts, folklore and superstition, enhanced with rare illustrations, will appeal to any reader with an interest in the religions, rituals, and myths of ancient and primitive societies. Book jacket.
Author : J. H. Mrs Philpot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781371576202
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (762 download)
Download or read book SACRED TREE OR THE TREE IN REL written by J. H. Mrs Philpot and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carole M. Cusack
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443830313
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book The Sacred Tree written by Carole M. Cusack and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fundamental nature of the tree as a symbol for many communities reflects the historical reality that human beings have always interacted with and depended upon trees for their survival. Trees provided one of the earliest forms of shelter, along with caves, and the bounty of trees, nuts, fruits, and berries, gave sustenance to gatherer-hunter populations. This study has concentrated on the tree as sacred and significant for a particular group of societies, living in the ancient and medieval eras in the geographical confines of Europe, and sharing a common Indo-European inheritance, but sacred trees are found throughout the world, in vastly different cultures and historical periods. Sacred trees feature in the religious frameworks of the Ghanaian Akan, Arctic Altaic shamanic communities, and in China and Japan. The power of the sacred tree as a symbol is derived from the fact that trees function as homologues of both human beings and of the cosmos. This study concentrates the tree as axis mundi (hub or centre of the world) and the tree as imago mundi (picture of the world). The Greeks and Romans in the ancient world, and the Irish, Anglo-Saxons, continental Germans and Scandinavians in the medieval world, all understood the power of the tree, and its derivative the pillar, as markers of the centre. Sacred trees and pillars dotted their landscapes, and the territory around them derived its meaning from their presence. Unfamiliar or even hostile lands could be tamed and made meaningful by the erection of a monument that replicated the sacred centre. Such monuments also linked with boundaries, and by extension with law and order, custom and tradition. The sacred tree and pillar as centre symbolized the stability of the cosmos and of society. When the Pagan peoples of Europe adopted Christianity, the sacred trees and pillars, visible signs of the presence of the gods in the landscape, were popular targets for axe-wielding saints and missionaries who desired to force the conversion of the landscape as well as the people. Yet Christianity had its own tree monument, the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, and which came to signify resurrected life and the conquest of eternal death for the devout. As European Pagans were converted to Christianity, their tree and pillar monuments were changed into Christian forms; the great standing crosses of Anglo-Saxon northern England played many of the same roles as Pagan sacred trees and pillars. Irish and Anglo-Saxons Christians often combined the image of the Tree of Life from the Garden of Eden with Christ on the cross, to produce a Christian version of the tree as imago mundi.
Author : Nathaniel Altman
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sacred Trees written by Nathaniel Altman and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1994 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Albertina Nugteren
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047415612
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Belief, Bounty, and Beauty written by Albertina Nugteren and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is focused on the interaction of material and symbolic values ascribed to sacred trees in India and expressed in 3,000 years of ritual practice. Point of departure is the contemporary trend of mining religious narratives in order to mobilise environmental awareness.
Author : J H Philpot
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781295280131
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (81 download)
Download or read book The Sacred Tree written by J H Philpot and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author : Christine Zucchelli
Publisher : Collins Press
ISBN 13 : 9781848890138
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Trees of Inspiration written by Christine Zucchelli and published by Collins Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From ancient times, people appreciated the spiritual value of trees, singling out individual trees for special veneration. In Ireland the roots of tree worship reach deep into pagan Celtic religion and spirituality. This book explores the stories and legends of Ireland's sacred trees and reveals their spiritual, social, and historical functions from pagan times to the present.
Author : Ailsa Hunt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316810739
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (168 download)
Download or read book Reviving Roman Religion written by Ailsa Hunt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacred trees are easy to dismiss as a simplistic, weird phenomenon, but this book argues that in fact they prompted sophisticated theological thinking in the Roman world. Challenging major aspects of current scholarly constructions of Roman religion, Ailsa Hunt rethinks what sacrality means in Roman culture, proposing an organic model which defies the current legalistic approach. She approaches Roman religion as a 'thinking' religion (in contrast to the ingrained idea of Roman religion as orthopraxy) and warns against writing the environment out of our understanding of Roman religion, as has happened to date. In addition, the individual trees showcased in this book have much to tell us which enriches and thickens our portraits of Roman religion, be it about the subtleties of engaging in imperial cult, the meaning of numen, the interpretation of portents, or the way statues of the Divine communicate.
Author : Moyra Caldecott
Publisher : Destiny Books
ISBN 13 : 9780892814145
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (141 download)
Download or read book Myths of the Sacred Tree written by Moyra Caldecott and published by Destiny Books. This book was released on 1993-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential to life on earth since the beginning of time, trees hold a special place in our collective consciousness: rooted in the earth, reaching skyward, nourished by the elements, and enlivened by the sap running through their veins, they provide a metaphor for what it means to be human. Moyra Caldecott has gathered here a collection of myths celebrating the rich symbolism of trees, all bringing to life a time when the natural world was deeply respected and trees and forests were thought to be inhabited by spirits and divine beings. Bound by the organized structure of modern life, the human spirit yearns for the wildness and freedom of primal nature represented by forests in their natural state. Caldecott's book has captured and given voice to this spirit.
Author : Stephen Jerome Reno
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Sacred Tree as an Early Christian Literary Symbol written by Stephen Jerome Reno and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mariana Giovino
Publisher : Saint-Paul
ISBN 13 : 9783525530283
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Assyrian Sacred Tree written by Mariana Giovino and published by Saint-Paul. This book was released on 2007 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised thesis (doctoral) - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2004.
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Sacred Tree written by and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nanditha Krishna
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351186911
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Sacred Plants of India written by Nanditha Krishna and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plants personify the divine— The Rig Veda (X.97) Trees and plants have long been held sacred to communities the world over. In India, we have a whole variety of flora that feature in our myths, our epics, our rituals, our worship and our daily life. There is the pipal, under which the Buddha meditated on the path to enlightenment; the banyan, in whose branches hide spirits; the ashoka, in a grove of which Sita sheltered when she was Ravana’s prisoner; the tulsi, without which no Hindu house is considered complete; the bilva, with whose leaves it is possible to inadvertently worship Shiva. Before temples were constructed, trees were open-air shrines sheltering the deity, and many were symbolic of the Buddha himself. Sacred Plants of India systematically lays out the sociocultural roots of the various plants found in the Indian subcontinent, while also asserting their ecological importance to our survival. Informative, thought-provoking and meticulously researched, this book draws on mythology and botany and the ancient religious traditions of India to assemble a detailed and fascinating account of India’s flora.
