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Author : Mrs. J. H. Philpot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 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 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 :
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. 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 : 9780260816108
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (161 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 2017-11-11 with total page 196 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 : 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 : 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 : 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.
Author : Mircea Eliade
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156792011
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (92 download)
Download or read book The Sacred and the Profane written by Mircea Eliade and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1959 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares with that of the nonreligious. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also emcompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence. -- P. [4] of cover.
Author : A. T. Mann
Publisher : Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9781402767319
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (673 download)
Download or read book The Sacred Language of Trees written by A. T. Mann and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores our relationship with the archetypal tree, a central theme throughout human civilization, expressed through religion, myth, and culture. Mann also investigates the physical and healing properties of trees and their importance to life itself--especially in today's age of environmental fragility. --From publisher description.
Author : Nanditha Krishna
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351186911
Total Pages : 385 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 385 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.
Author : John Vaillant
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307371328
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)
Download or read book The Golden Spruce written by John Vaillant and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2009-03-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NON-FICTION • WINNER OF THE WRITERS’ TRUST NON-FICTION PRIZE “Absolutely spellbinding.” —The New York Times The environmental true-crime story of a glorious natural wonder, the man who destroyed it, and the fascinating, troubling context in which this act took place. FEATURING A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR On a winter night in 1997, a British Columbia timber scout named Grant Hadwin committed an act of shocking violence in the mythic Queen Charlotte Islands. His victim was legendary: a unique 300-year-old Sitka spruce tree, fifty metres tall and covered with luminous golden needles. In a bizarre environmental protest, Hadwin attacked the tree with a chainsaw. Two days later, it fell, horrifying an entire community. Not only was the golden spruce a scientific marvel and a tourist attraction, it was sacred to the Haida people and beloved by local loggers. Shortly after confessing to the crime, Hadwin disappeared under suspicious circumstances and is missing to this day. As John Vaillant deftly braids together the strands of this thrilling mystery, he brings to life the ancient beauty of the coastal wilderness, the historical collision of Europeans and the Haida, and the harrowing world of logging—the most dangerous land-based job in North America.
Author : G. Ronald Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199948615
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book Tree of Salvation written by G. Ronald Murphy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: G. Ronald Murphy offers an insightful examination of the lasting significance of Yggdrasil in northern Europe, showing that the tree's image persisted not simply through its absorption into descriptions of Christ's crucifix, but through recognition by the newly converted Christians of the truth of their new religion in the images of their older faith.
Author : Gregory R. Haynes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982403457
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Tree of Life, Mythical Archetype written by Gregory R. Haynes and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oldest scriptures at the heart of every major religion make reference to a mysterious tree at the center of the world. Its fruits, guarded by an evil serpent, confer immortality. A nearby stream of water divides into four rivers flowing into the four cardinal directions. The vicinity of this tree is said to be the birthplace of the first human ancestors. This legend is the oldest, most widely dispersed, and most mysterious religious idea known to mankind. The Tree also appears with other symbols on artifacts found at the ancient city of Troy and on the oldest examples of Greek ceramic art. The decipherment of these Bronze Age symbols, described for the first time in this book, leads to the discovery of an archaic theme pervading much of world mythology. An understanding of this archetype, and of the natural phenomenon that inspired it, unlocks many of the mythological enigmas that for centuries have eluded interpretation.
Author : Julian Evans
Publisher : Dayone C/O Grace Books
ISBN 13 : 9781846254109
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (541 download)
Download or read book God's Trees written by Julian Evans and published by Dayone C/O Grace Books. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shakti M. Gupta
Publisher : Brill Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Plant Myths and Traditions in India written by Shakti M. Gupta and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1971 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Professor Carole M Cusack
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409481034
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Invented Religions written by Professor Carole M Cusack and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilizing contemporary scholarship on secularization, individualism, and consumer capitalism, this book explores religious movements founded in the West which are intentionally fictional: Discordianism, the Church of All Worlds, the Church of the SubGenius, and Jediism. Their continued appeal and success, principally in America but gaining wider audience through the 1980s and 1990s, is chiefly as a result of underground publishing and the internet. This book deals with immensely popular subject matter: Jediism developed from George Lucas' Star Wars films; the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, founded by 26-year-old student Bobby Henderson in 2005 as a protest against the teaching of Intelligent Design in schools; Discordianism and the Church of the SubGenius which retain strong followings and participation rates among college students. The Church of All Worlds' focus on Gaia theology and environmental issues makes it a popular focus of attention. The continued success of these groups of Invented Religions provide a unique opportunity to explore the nature of late/post-modern religious forms, including the use of fiction as part of a bricolage for spirituality, identity-formation, and personal orientation.
