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Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 375243368X
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book The Secret of the Totem written by Andrew Lang and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Secret of the Totem by Andrew Lang
Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Secret of the Totem written by Andrew Lang and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Alun Jones
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231508778
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book The Secret of the Totem written by Robert Alun Jones and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-07 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though it is now discredited, totemism once captured the imagination of Sigmund Freud, Émile Durkheim, James Frazer, and other prominent Victorian thinkers. In this lively intellectual history, Robert Alun Jones considers the construction of a theory and the divergent ways religious scholars, anthropologists, psychoanalysts, and cultural theorists drew on totemism to explore and define primitive and modern societies' religious, cultural, and sexual norms. Combining innovative readings of individual scholars' work and a rich portrait of Victorian intellectual life, Jones brilliantly traces the rise and fall of a powerful idea. First used to describe the belief systems of Native American tribes, totemism ultimately encompassed a range of characteristics. Its features included belief in a guardian spirit that assumed the form of an a particular animal; a prohibition against marrying outside the clan combined with a powerful incest taboo; a sacrament in which members of the totemic clan slaughtered a representative of the totemic species; and the tracing of descent through the female rather than the male. These attributes struck a chord with the late Victorian mentality and its obsession with inappropriate sexual relations, evolutionary theory, and gender roles. Totemism represented a set of beliefs that, though utterly primitive and at a great evolutionary distance, reassured Victorians of their own more civilized values and practices. Totemism's attraction to Victorian thinkers reflects the ways in which the social sciences construct their objects of study rather than discovering them. In discussing works such as Freud's Totem and Taboo or Frazer's The Golden Bough, Jones considers how theorists used the vocabulary of totemism to suit their intellectual interests and goals. Ultimately, anthropologists such as A. A. Goldenweiser, Franz Boas, and Claude Lévi-Strauss argued that totemism was more a reflection of the concerns of Victorian theorists than of the actual practices and beliefs of "primitive" societies, and by the late twentieth century totemism seemed to have disappeared altogether.
Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Secret of the Totem, by Andrew Lang written by Andrew Lang and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Morrell
Publisher : David Morrell
ISBN 13 : 1937760138
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (377 download)
Download or read book The Totem written by David Morrell and published by David Morrell . This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Something is on the prowl in the forests and foothills outside the small Wyoming town of Potter's Field, something that mutilates but does not feed, that kills indiscriminately and without reason, at night, by moonlight. As the body count mounts, police chief Nathan Slaughter and the town's medical examiner try to find out who or what is doing the killing....Morrell embeds compelling human drama in a taut, hell-for-leather plot consisting of equal parts police procedural, medical detective story, biological horror story, disaster novel and Gothic thriller. Beneath its multi-genre surface, The Totem engages broader sociological issues....A thriller of rare ambition and achievement, as thought-provoking as it is exciting and scary." Washington Post Book World
Author : Carolyn Marvin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521626095
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Blood Sacrifice and the Nation written by Carolyn Marvin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-03-11 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling book argues that American patriotism is a civil religion of blood sacrifice, which periodically kills its children to keep the group together. The flag is the sacred object of this religion; its sacrificial imperative is a secret which the group keeps from itself to survive. Expanding Durkheim's theory of the totem taboo as the organizing principle of enduring groups, Carolyn Marvin uncovers the system of sacrifice and regeneration which constitutes American nationalism, shows why historical instances of these rituals succeed or fail in unifying the group, and explains how mass media are essential to the process. American culture is depicted as ritually structured by a fertile center and sacrificial borders of death. Violence plays a key part in its identity. In essence, nationalism is neither quaint historical residue nor atavistic extremism, but a living tradition which defines American life.
Author : Ted Andrews
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738717630
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)
Download or read book Animal Speak written by Ted Andrews and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open your heart and mind to the wisdom of the animal world. Animal Speak provides techniques for recognizing and interpreting the signs and omens of nature. Meet and work with animals as totems and spirit guides by learning the language of their behaviors within the physical world. Animal Speak shows you how to: Identify, meet, and attune to your spirit animals Discover the power and spiritual significance of more than 100 different animals, birds, insects, and reptiles Call upon the protective powers of your animal totem Create and use five magical animal rites, including shapeshifting and sacred dance This beloved, bestselling guide has become a classic reference for anyone wishing to forge a spiritual connection with the majesty and mystery of the animal world.
Author : John Griffith
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1604946822
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Totem Magic: Going MAD written by John Griffith and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enrique Salazar and Jasmine Ejeekwa seem like normal sixth-graders. They attend a regular public school, with the usual assortment of friends and bullies. But the two friends share a secret. They are members of Magic User families, which have been entrusted for generations to help the Earth's endangered species without anybody else discovering their special role. These unusual "totem mages" embody the spirit of whatever animal they are born to represent and protect. Jasmine's totem animal is the mountain lion, and Enrique's is the common turkey vulture, which is not actually endangered -- yet. When Jasmine's father, a leader in the Magic User community, is kidnapped by an evil witchdoctor, the two budding totem mages set out to rescue him, and possibly the entire planet. Their journey begins with a dreadlocked, high-spirited, taxi-driving witch who can be instantly summoned -- at great risk -- to provide a wild ride through a magical world at war. Jasmine and Enrique will have to be brave and extremely clever if they hope to survive vicious attacks from the witchdoctor's powerful gang members and the various monsters lurking in the dark corners of this supernatural world. It doesn't help that the only two weapons they possess are Jasmine's oversized, all-seeing glasses and Enrique's magically malfunctioning flip-flops. Even worse, both are on the verge of an abrupt and mysterious preteen mental and physical change that the adult totem mages call going MAD ...
Author : Jiang Rong
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 0143109316
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Wolf Totem written by Jiang Rong and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chen Zhen volunteers to live in a remote settlement on the border of Inner and Outer Mongolia. There, he discovers life of apparent idyllic simplicity based on an eternal struggle between the wolves and the humans in their fight to survive. Chen learns about the spiritual relationship which exists between these adversaries.
Author : Celia M. Gunn
Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1612833608
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Totem Animals Plain & Simple written by Celia M. Gunn and published by Hampton Roads Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Animals are not only beholders of great beauty, but they are also beholders of ancient wisdom.” —Molly Friedenfeld The idea of spirit guides speaking through animals and birds dates back to ancient times. Today, if we're open to watching and listening to our totem animals, we can develop beneficial relationships withthem. We can also recognize that when a totem animal appears to us in a special way, it’s offering insight into what's happening in our lives. This helpful book will give you a greater understanding of more than 60 totem animals and their unique meanings in an A to Z encyclopedic listing, lead you through the steps for accessing a chosen spirit, and help you explore the role of animal spirits in cultures around the world. Also included are chapters on: This user-friendly guide is practical and accessible and offers insight and wisdom for daily life. A color edition of this title was briefly available from Sterling in the North American market in 2010. Totem Animals Around the World Your Totem Animal Working with Your Totem Animal Strengthening Your Connection to Your Totem Animal Your Child's Totem Animal
Author : Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9781663611277
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Totem Tale written by Perfection Learning Corporation and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jennifer Maruno
Publisher : Dundurn.com
ISBN 13 : 1459719360
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)
Download or read book Totem written by Jennifer Maruno and published by Dundurn.com. This book was released on 2014-07-19 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonny must travel to the distant past to understand the present. As an orphaned white boy in a school full of Native students, fourteen-year-old Jonny Joe isn’t like any of the others at the island Redemption Residential School off the west coast. When the advances of Father Gregory disturb Jonny, he joins another boy in an escape to a mountain cave. But when they leave the cave, the world as they knew it no longer exists. The boys travel to a native village in a sheltered bay, where Jonny becomes skilled in the art of carving. When a steamship enters the cove, the party of sightseers brings a disease that annihilates most of the people in the village. Meanwhile, Jonny has learned the secret of his past and when he returns to the present, Jonny carves a totem pole to honour the members of the village.
Author : G. W. Mullins
Publisher : Light of the Moon Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781647133382
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (333 download)
Download or read book Totem Animals Of The Native American Indians written by G. W. Mullins and published by Light of the Moon Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Totem Animals Of The Native American Indians, has been written to explain the importance of the objects carved on totem poles and other articles connected with totemism and the secret societies of the Northwestern Indian tribes. The legends contained in this book tell how animals have been used as spiritual symbols and the messages that have been conveyed throughout history. T In this book you will be presented with a wide assortment of stories that will show the creation of totem poles, the animals that inspire the symbolism that totems represent and a journey through the rich history of the Native American People. Included are the stories: The First Totem Pole, The Transition of Totemism, The Alligator and the Hunter, The End of the First World, Mistakes of Old Man, The Race of the Antelope and Deer, The Badger and the Bear, The Ball Game between the Birds and the Animals, They That Chase After the Bear, Beaver and Muskrat, Honeyed Words Can't Sweeten Evil, Ghost Stallion, Hummingbird Brings Back Tobacco, Why Porcupine Has Quills (Anishnaabe), Coyote Kills the Prairie Dogs, Why the Salmon Come to the Squamish Waters, The Seagulls and the Whiskey Jacks, and many more.
Author : Lang Andrew
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781318084067
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)
Download or read book The Secret of the Totem written by Lang Andrew and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 216 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 : Robert Moss
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 157731901X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (773 download)
Download or read book The Secret History of Dreaming written by Robert Moss and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreaming is vital to the human story. It is essential to our survival and evolution, to creative endeavors in every field, and, quite simply, to getting us through our daily lives. All of us dream. Now Robert Moss shows us how dreams have shaped world events and why deepening our conscious engagement with dreaming is crucial for our future. He traces the strands of dreams through archival records and well-known writings, weaving remarkable yet true accounts of historical figures who were influenced by their dreams. In this wide-ranging, visionary book, Moss creates a new way to explore history and consciousness, combining the storytelling skills of a bestselling novelist with the research acumen of a scholar of ancient history and the personal experience of an active dreamer.
Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Secret of the Totem, by Andrew Lang written by Andrew Lang and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Meikle
Publisher : Crossroad Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Sigils and Totems written by William Meikle and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available for the first time in a collection, three of William Meikle's Sigils and Totems novellas—The Job, Broken Sigil, and Pentacle. THE JOB Dave Wilson is down on his luck, with gambling debts coming due. He takes on a risky burglary at a Scottish country house, but the job goes badly wrong, and all too soon Dave is embroiled in a fight he wants no part of—an ages-old battle for ownership of the house. Opposing factions are at work, and both want Dave's help. There are demons to fight, both metaphorical and literal, and there are hard choices to be made, if Dave has the strength to make them. BROKEN SIGIL There are houses like this all over the world. Most people only know of them from whispered stories over campfires; tall tales told to scare the unwary. But some, those who suffer…some know better. They are drawn to the places where what ails them can be eased. If you have the will, the fortitude, you can peer into another life, where the dead are not gone, where you can see that they thrive and go on, in the dreams that stuff is made of. When a New York cop is called to investigate a murder at one such house, he is sucked in to a world he cannot fathom, cannot control, a place where past and present have no meaning, and where symbols and memories are as valid as facts and truths. The black bird is speaking, but can he afford to listen? PENTACLE There are houses like this all over the world. Most people only know of them from whispered stories over campfires; tall tales told to scare the unwary. But some—those who suffer—know better. They are drawn to these places to ease their pain. If you have the will, the fortitude, you can peer into another life, where the dead are not gone, where your love might live forever. But that’s not the case for the residents of the Edinburgh house, for something has disturbed the quiet reflection in that old building. A creature has slipped through, sniffling and snuffling in all the dark places, disrupting the balance of time and space. And it's John’s job to fix it…by any means necessary.
