Ashes Of Immortality
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Ashes Of Immortality
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Author : Catherine Weinberger-Thomas
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1999
Ashes Of Immortality written by Catherine Weinberger-Thomas and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Family & Relationships categories.
"At last, she arrives at the fatal end of the plank . . . and, with her hands crossed over her chest, falls straight downward, suspended for a moment in the air before being devoured by the burning pit that awaits her. . . ." This grisly 1829 account by Pierre Dubois demonstrates the usual European response to the Hindu custom of satis sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands—horror and revulsion. Yet to those of the Hindu faith, not least the satis themselves, this act signals the sati's sacredness and spiritual power. Ashes of Immortality attempts to see the satis through Hindu eyes, providing an extensive experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia. Based on fifteen years of fieldwork in northern India, where the state-banned practice of sati reemerged in the 1970s, as well as extensive textual analysis, Weinberger-Thomas constructs a radically new interpretation of satis. She shows that their self-immolation transcends gender, caste and class, region and history, representing for the Hindus a path to immortality.
Pyropolitics
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Author : Michael Marder, Author of Heidegger: Phenomenology, Ecology, Politics
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2014-12-12
Pyropolitics written by Michael Marder, Author of Heidegger: Phenomenology, Ecology, Politics and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-12 with Political Science categories.
A highly original theory of the political, the book explores the literal and metaphorical flare-ups in political theology, revolutionary thought, radical protests, and global energy production.
Echoes To Ashes
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Author : Ainsley Shay
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-07-19
Echoes To Ashes written by Ainsley Shay and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-19 with categories.
Everly Shade's fictional world of immortality just got very real, and very dangerous. Veil Rock's unusual history attracts more than it's share of interesting characters, and spells danger for Everly Shade. Shortly after she's sent to live with her aunt in the odd little town, she unintentionally gets a job at The Warlock's Workshop, Veil Rock's witchy shop. But when mythical creatures of all kinds come out of nowhere to seek her out, there's no escaping what's to come and where she may fit into it all. Unable to gain control of her emerging capabilities, she has to rely on the very ones who plan to use her to keep their immortality. If Everly wants to survive, she must decide who to trust, who is manipulating her, and what secrets are being kept from her. The wrong choice will not only end in her death, but in the extinction for all. Vampire Diaries collides with Beautiful Creatures in the first thrilling installment of The Immortal Trials. Scroll up and one click to start reading this exciting urban fantasy romance today!
Death And Religion In A Changing World
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Author : Kathleen Garces-Foley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-18
Death And Religion In A Changing World written by Kathleen Garces-Foley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-18 with Business & Economics categories.
This comprehensive study of the intersection of death and religion offers a unique look at how religious people approach death in the twenty-first century. Previous scholarship has largely focused on traditional beliefs and paid little attention to how religious traditions evolve in relation to their changing social context. Employing a sociological approach, "Death and Religion in a Changing World" describes how people from a wide variety of faiths draw on and adapt traditional beliefs and practices as they deal with death in modern societies. The book includes coverage of newly emerging social and religious phenomena that are only just beginning to be analyzed by religion scholars, such as public shrines, the role of the media, spiritual bereavement groups, and the use of the Internet in death practices.
The Last Christmas Tree An Idyl Of Immortality
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Author : James Allen
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2021-01-18
The Last Christmas Tree An Idyl Of Immortality written by James Allen and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-18 with Fiction categories.
The Heart S Ashes
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Author : A. M. Hudson
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-07-24
The Heart S Ashes written by A. M. Hudson and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-24 with categories.
Book TWO in the internationally successful Dark Secrets series. Now with a bonus scene, as told by David Knight. "I was in tears 90% of the time. Hudson knows how to keep you on the edge of you seat." ~Khelsey Jackson, Author "Completely unexpected twists that had the tears rolling down my face or grinning with pure joy." ~Tracey Spiteri (YA Book Addict) Death never leaves us. Once it's touched our souls, it hungers for our return--waiting for us to fall. And if it finds Ara again, she will have no way to escape. Moving on from David was hard, forgetting the abduction and torture was almost impossible, but nothing as devastating as the thought that now, because of her, David might face the horrific punishments of the Set. No one knows where David went after he lost Ara, but she can only hope he's the one leaving subtle clues for her to discover, and it makes her desperate to find him--desperate enough that she would risk her life, hanging out with an informant who means to kill her. What truths she is told about David's dark past, though, will threaten to change her heart and destroy the way Ara perceives everything. She must ask herself if it's right to love one monster, then hate the one who tried to destroy her. In all her searching, the promise of immortality will finally be renewed, but sold at a price Ara's not sure she's willing to pay. Is love enough to make her submit to this new role, or will it fail her once again and leave her reaching back for the grasp of death?
Ashes
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Author : A. L. Mengel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-09
Ashes written by A. L. Mengel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
You've seen Antoine before. You've seen him walking in his high black boots, his long, flowing coat catching the wind and charismatic demeanor as he would stop and smile. Everyone wants to know him. He is captivating. Alluring. Exotic. Mysterious. But you haven't really seen him. He is haunted and hunted by the same demons that follow him around every corner. Despite his transgressions, he is still regarded highly in society. A paranormal researcher wants to write a book about him. And several others become enamored with Antoine's keen sensitivity, creating a growing, infecting obsession with this mysterious creature. But with the obsession comes a price. No matter how much one can try to transform, can the wretched be forgiven? Ashes will take you on a journey - the struggle to understand one's inner self in the midst of chaos and madness. As the glimpse of light seems so far through darkness, the journey towards redemption is where the soul lies.
The Politics Of Being Mortal
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Author : Alfred G. Killilea
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-09-15
The Politics Of Being Mortal written by Alfred G. Killilea and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-15 with Social Science categories.
While much has been written in recent years on death and dying, there has been little treatment of how people cope with death in the absence of religious belief, and virtually no examination of the potential political repercussions of a wider acceptance of mortality in American society. Alfred Killilea's strikingly original book revolves around a central irony: though the subject of death has been largely shunned in American culture lest it rob life of meaning and contentment, confronting death may be crucial to enable us as individuals and as a society to affirm life, even to survive, in this nuclear age. Killilea argues that the denial of death has fostered a disavowal of limits in general, and that a greater awareness of our mortality would provide a much needed catalyst for change in our political response to narcissism and nuclearism. He traces how, from John Locke to the present, a politics and an economics based on growth for the sake of growth have required an avoidance of human vulnerability. Our confrontation with mortality, Killilea argues, would goad us to question our roles as mere acquirers and to take more seriously the need for equality and community in our society. In charting how we can come to terms with death and how profoundly our attitudes toward death affect our attitudes toward politics, Killilea vides lucid and authoritative commentaries on such provocative thinkers as Earnest Becker, Robert Jay Lifton, Michael Novak, Daniel Bell, Christopher Lasch, and Jonathan Schell. Scholars in many fields as well as interested lay readers will find the treatment of these issues and thinkers compelling. This easily accessible book is an urgent reminder that the most valuable spur to the examined life extolled by Socrates is the knowledge that we will die.
The Economy Of Thought
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Author : Thomas Hughes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
The Economy Of Thought written by Thomas Hughes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with Thought and thinking categories.
Remember Me
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Author : Margaret Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011-03-17
Remember Me written by Margaret Mitchell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-17 with Family & Relationships categories.
Much of the literature speaks of healthy bereavement as letting go of the deceased and moving forward with life. This title challenges that notion, discussing the meaning attributed to death and to the anticipation of death. It looks at the ways in which one's relationship with loved ones continues, endures, and perhaps even grows after death.