The Sacred Tree Or the Tree in Religion and Myth (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 13 : 9780260816108
Total Pages : 196 pages
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Book Synopsis The Sacred Tree Or the Tree in Religion and Myth (Classic Reprint) by : Mrs. J. H. Philpot

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.

The Sacred Tree

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Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781497911246
Total Pages : 194 pages
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Book Synopsis The Sacred Tree by : J. H. Philpot

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.

The Sacred Tree

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Total Pages : 210 pages
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Book Synopsis The Sacred Tree by : Mrs. J. H. Philpot

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The Sacred Tree

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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443830313
Total Pages : 195 pages
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Book Synopsis The Sacred Tree by : Carole M. Cusack

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.

God's Trees

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Publisher : Dayone C/O Grace Books
ISBN 13 : 9781846254109
Total Pages : 198 pages
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The Sacred Tree

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Publisher : London MACMILLAN AND CO
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Total Pages : 136 pages
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Download or read book The Sacred Tree written by J. H. Philpot and published by London MACMILLAN AND CO. This book was released on with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reader is requested to bear in mind that this volume lays no claim to scholarship, independent research, or originality of view. Its aim has been to select and collate, from sources not always easily accessible to the general reader, certain facts and conclusions bearing upon a subject of acknowledged interest. In so dealing with one of the many modes of primitive religion, it is perhaps inevitable that the writer should seem to exaggerate its importance, and in isolating a given series of data to undervalue the significance of the parallel facts from which they are severed. It is undeniable that the worship of the spirit-inhabited tree has usually, if not always, been linked with, and in many cases overshadowed by other cults; that sun, moon, and stars, sacred springs and stones, holy mountains, and animals of the most diverse kind, have all been approached with singular impartiality by primitive man, as enshrining or symbolising a divine principle. But no other form of pagan ritual has been so widely distributed, has left behind it such persistent traces, or appeals so closely to modern sympathies as the worship of the tree; of none is the study better calculated to throw light on the dark ways of primitive thought, or to arouse general interest in a branch of research which is as vigorous and fruitful as it is new. For these reasons, in spite of obvious disadvantages, its separate treatment has seemed to the writer to be completely justifiable.

SACRED TREE OR THE TREE IN REL

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ISBN 13 : 9781371576202
Total Pages : 208 pages
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The Sacred Tree, Or, The Tree in Religion and Myth

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Total Pages : 240 pages
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Book Synopsis The Sacred Tree, Or, The Tree in Religion and Myth by : Mrs. J. H. Philpot

Download or read book The Sacred Tree, Or, The Tree in Religion and Myth 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:

The Assyrian Sacred Tree

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Publisher : Saint-Paul
ISBN 13 : 9783525530283
Total Pages : 332 pages
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Book Synopsis The Assyrian Sacred Tree by : Mariana Giovino

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.

Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780851156606
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (566 download)

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Book Synopsis Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture by : Bernhard Maier

Download or read book Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture written by Bernhard Maier and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1997 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary, with more than 1000 articles, provides a comprehensive survey of all important aspects of Celtic religion and culture, covering both the prehistoric continental Celts and the later, medieval culture that found written form long after the Celts had settled in the British Isles. Articles in the dictionary also cover the interaction between Celtic and Roman civilisations, and the seminal input of medieval Celtic legend into the Arthurian tradition. The continental and insular Celtic languages, both ancient and modern, are described, and there is a full account of the Celtic deities known to us from the inscriptions and iconography of the classical world. Celtic art and agriculture, the Ossian myth, the Irish Renaissance, and the history of Celtic studies are among other areas treated in depth.

Celtic Mythology: History of Celts, Religion, Archeological Finds, Legends & Myths

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Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1306 pages
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Book Synopsis Celtic Mythology: History of Celts, Religion, Archeological Finds, Legends & Myths by : J. A. MacCulloch

Download or read book Celtic Mythology: History of Celts, Religion, Archeological Finds, Legends & Myths written by J. A. MacCulloch and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 1306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited collection present the mythology, religion, history and the legacy of Celts. Contents: Introduction: Earliest References Golden Age of the Celts Alliances with the Greeks The Era of Alexander the Great The Sack of Rome Celtic Place-names in Europe Early Celtic Art Celts and Germans Downfall of the Celtic Empire Unique Historical Position of Ireland The Celtic Character Cæsar's Account Strabo on the Celts Polybius Diodorus Ammianus Marcellinus What Europe Owes to the Celt Religion: The Religion of the Celts The Gods of Gaul and the Continental Celts The Irish Mythological Cycle The Tuatha dé Danann The Gods of the Brythons The Cúchulainn Cycle The Fionn Saga Gods and Men The Cult of the Dead Primitive Nature Worship River and Well Worship Tree and Plant Worship Animal Worship Cosmogony Sacrifice, Prayer, and Divination Tabu Festivals Accessories of Cult The Druids Magic The State of the Dead Rebirth and Transmigration Elysium The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries Myths: Mythic Powers of the Gods Myths of Origins The Irish Invasion Myths The Early Milesian Kings Tales of the Ultonian Cycle Tales of the Ossianic Cycle The Voyage of Maeldūn Myths and Tales of the Cymry The Mabinogion

The Sacred Tree

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Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781295280131
Total Pages : 232 pages
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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.

The United States Catalog; Books in Print 1902

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Total Pages : 1202 pages
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Book Synopsis The United States Catalog; Books in Print 1902 by : Marion E. Potter

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Academy and Literature

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Total Pages : 592 pages
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Book Synopsis Academy and Literature by : Charles Edward Cutts Birch Appleton

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The Sacred and the Profane

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156792011
Total Pages : 268 pages
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Book Synopsis The Sacred and the Profane by : Mircea Eliade

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.

The Religion of Greece in Prehistoric Times

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
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Total Pages : 214 pages
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Book Synopsis The Religion of Greece in Prehistoric Times by : Axel Waldemar Persson

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The Mythic Forest, the Green Man and the Spirit of Nature

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Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 087586435X
Total Pages : 230 pages
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Book Synopsis The Mythic Forest, the Green Man and the Spirit of Nature by : Gary R. Varner

Download or read book The Mythic Forest, the Green Man and the Spirit of Nature written by Gary R. Varner and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mankind has given a recognizable face to the awesome and impalpable forces of nature in the image of the Green Man and the nature spirits that this book explores. The ways in which different societies and different craftsmen have depicted these spirits display the wide creative range of the human imagination, but the persistence of the theme suggests that in all their many facets these spirits represent a deep, primordial sense that humans have shared since civilization began. For the very origin and message of these images have remained the same, even if somewhat altered over time. Traditional customs from around the world, from the rites that celebrate spring and egg on the forces of fertility to folk health remedies and the use of talismans to ward off illness and other evils, show some surprising similarities and hint at the shared origins of human culture. Even though the original significance of many customs has been lost or diluted, they still hold an appeal and many towns even today are re-introducing seasonal fairs to recreate the link between man and nature. Varner presents examples, ancient and new, from Europe and Asia, East Coast and West, and identifies in particular the different guises of the Green Man who has figured in architecture since before the advent of Christianity and still makes his appearance today, peering out from behind his leaves on California banks and New York brownstone houses.