Hidden Histories Of The Dead
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Hidden Histories Of The Dead
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Author : Elizabeth T. Hurren
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-02-25
Hidden Histories Of The Dead written by Elizabeth T. Hurren and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-25 with Medical categories.
Examines the post-mortem journeys of bodies, body-parts, organs, and brains in modern British medical research. This title is also available as Open Access.
The Hidden History Of The Tibetan Book Of The Dead
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Author : Bryan J. Cuevas
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2005-12-08
The Hidden History Of The Tibetan Book Of The Dead written by Bryan J. Cuevas and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-08 with Family & Relationships categories.
In 1927, Oxford University Press published the first western-language translation of a collection of Tibetan funerary texts (the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo) under the title The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Since that time, the work has established a powerful hold on the western popular imagination, and is now considered a classic of spiritual literature. Over the years, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has inspired numerous commentaries, an illustrated edition, a play, a video series, and even an opera. Translators, scholars, and popular devotees of the book have claimed to explain its esoteric ideas and reveal its hidden meaning. Few, however, have uttered a word about its history. Bryan J. Cuevas seeks to fill this gap in our knowledge by offering the first comprehensive historical study of the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo, and by grounding it firmly in the context of Tibetan history and culture. He begins by discussing the many ways the texts have been understood (and misunderstood) by westerners, beginning with its first editor, the Oxford-educated anthropologist Walter Y. Evans-Wentz, and continuing through the present day. The remarkable fame of the book in the west, Cuevas argues, is strikingly disproportionate to how the original Tibetan texts were perceived in their own country. Cuevas tells the story of how The Tibetan Book of the Dead was compiled in Tibet, of the lives of those who preserved and transmitted it, and explores the history of the rituals through which the life of the dead is imagined in Tibetan society. This book provides not only a fascinating look at a popular and enduring spiritual work, but also a much-needed corrective to the proliferation of ahistorical scholarship surrounding The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
The Hidden History Of The Tibetan Book Of The Dead
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Author : Department of Religion Florida State University Bryan J. Cuevas Assistant Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2003-03-27
The Hidden History Of The Tibetan Book Of The Dead written by Department of Religion Florida State University Bryan J. Cuevas Assistant Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-27 with Religion categories.
In 1927, Oxford University Press published the first western-language translation of a collection of Tibetan funerary texts (the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo) under the title The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Since that time, the work has established a powerful hold on the western popular imagination, and is now considered a classic of spiritual literature. Over the years, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has inspired numerous commentaries, an illustrated edition, a play, a video series, and even an opera. Translators, scholars, and popular devotees of the book have claimed to explain its esoteric ideas and reveal its hidden meaning. Few, however, have uttered a word about its history. Bryan J. Cuevas seeks to fill this gap in our knowledge by offering the first comprehensive historical study of the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo, and by grounding it firmly in the context of Tibetan history and culture. He begins by discussing the many ways the texts have been understood (and misunderstood) by westerners, beginning with its first editor, the Oxford-educated anthropologist Walter Y. Evans-Wentz, and continuing through the present day. The remarkable fame of the book in the west, Cuevas argues, is strikingly disproportionate to how the original Tibetan texts were perceived in their own country. Cuevas tells the story of how The Tibetan Book of the Dead was compiled in Tibet, of the lives of those who preserved and transmitted it, and explores the history of the rituals through which the life of the dead is imagined in Tibetan society. This book provides not only a fascinating look at a popular and enduring spiritual work, but also a much-needed corrective to the proliferation of ahistorical scholarship surrounding The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Silent Cities San Francisco
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Author : Jessica Ferri
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-10-15
Silent Cities San Francisco written by Jessica Ferri and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-15 with Travel categories.
In 1914, desperate for land after the Gold Rush brought a population explosion to San Francisco, the city exiled its cemeteries, barring burials within city limits and relocating its existing graveyards to the tiny town of Colma, just south of Daly City, spawning America's only necropolis, where the dead outnumber the living 1000 to 1. But there's more to the story of the Bay Area's cemeteries than this expulsion. Silent Cities San Francisco reveals the complex cultural makeup of the Bay Area, where diversity and history collide, pitting the dead against the living in a race for space and memorialization.
Love And Its Hidden History Also The Master Passion Or The Curtain Raised On Woman Love And Marriage Sixth Edition Enlarged
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Author : Paschal Beverly RANDOLPH
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
Love And Its Hidden History Also The Master Passion Or The Curtain Raised On Woman Love And Marriage Sixth Edition Enlarged written by Paschal Beverly RANDOLPH and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with categories.
Love And Its Hidden History A Book For Man Woman Wives Husbands And For The Loving And The Unloved The Heart Reft Pining Ones By The Count De St Leon Pseudonym Of Paschal B Randolph Fourth Edition Entirely Rewritten
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1869
Love And Its Hidden History A Book For Man Woman Wives Husbands And For The Loving And The Unloved The Heart Reft Pining Ones By The Count De St Leon Pseudonym Of Paschal B Randolph Fourth Edition Entirely Rewritten written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1869 with categories.
Hidden History
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Author : Brian Haughton
language : en
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Release Date : 2006-12-26
Hidden History written by Brian Haughton and has been published by Red Wheel/Weiser this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12-26 with History categories.
This book contains fascinating examination of lost civilizations, ancient mysteries and alternative history around the world, with over 50 photographs and illustrations.
Still Counting The Dead
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Author : Frances Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Portobello Books
Release Date : 2012-09-06
Still Counting The Dead written by Frances Harrison and has been published by Portobello Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-06 with History categories.
The tropical island of Sri Lanka is a paradise for tourists, but in 2009 it became a hell for its Tamil minority, as decades of civil war between the Tamil Tiger guerrillas and the government reached its bloody climax. Caught in the crossfire were hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren, doctors, farmers, fishermen, nuns and other civilians. And the government ensured through a strict media blackout that the world was unaware of their suffering. Now, a UN enquiry has called for war-crimes investigations. Those crimes are recounted here to the wider world for the first time in sobering, shattering detail.
Silent Cities New York
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Author : Jessica Ferri
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2020-05-01
Silent Cities New York written by Jessica Ferri and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-01 with Travel categories.
New Yorkers have always been pressed for space in life and in death. Central Park is synonymous with New York City. But without Green-Wood Cemetery, located in South Brooklyn, Central Park would have never existed. Founded in 1838, Green-Wood became the city’s most popular tourist attraction. The cemetery was so popular that urban planners challenged architects to come up with plans for a separate green-space for Manhattan. Hence, both Central Park, founded in 1857, and Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, in 1867, were born. Green-Wood presented not only a place to bury the dead but a meditative haven away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Other cemeteries followed in the park style, including Sleepy Hollow and Woodlawn. New York’s changing cultural landscape made Ferncliff Cemetery one of the most coveted places to spend eternity, with the rising popularity of Westchester County and suburban living. New Yorkers even secured a place for the four-legged members of the family with Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, now the largest and oldest pet cemetery in the United States. From the movers and shakers of New York society, to corrupt political bosses and mafiosi, Jazz legends, and a Brooklyn native son who returned to Green-Wood as one of the most famous artists of the 20th century, the stories of the permanent residents of these cemeteries are just as diverse and vibrant as the city itself. To travel through the cemeteries of New York is to travel through the hidden history of what some consider to be the greatest city in the world.
Hidden History Of New Hampshire
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Author : D. Quincy Whitney
language : en
Publisher: Hidden History
Release Date : 2008
Hidden History Of New Hampshire written by D. Quincy Whitney and has been published by Hidden History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Quincy Whitney's compilation of stories makes for a colorful narrative of some of New Hampshire's most notable newsmakers and remarkable historic events. The resourcefulness of Granite Staters in their efforts to innovate and improvise is the reason for this incredible and intriguing cast of true stories about New Hampshire people living what they love and loving what they do. Hidden in the cracks and crevices of the Granite State are the stories of pioneers who pursued their passions, creating legacies along the way. There is the tale of the mountain man who became an innkeeper; the "Bird Man" who took his passion to the White House; the gentleman who ascended the highest peak in the Northeast in a steam-powered locomobile; the story of one skier's dramatic win at the 1939 "American Inferno" Mount Washington race; the Shaker Meetinghouse, built in just one day, in complete silence; and the gallant efforts to save the Old Man of the Mountain.