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Sacred Display
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Author : Miriam Robbins Dexter
language : en
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Release Date : 2010-01
Sacred Display written by Miriam Robbins Dexter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01 with Social Science categories.
This book discusses erotic and magical goddesses and heroines in several ancient cultures, from the Near East and Asia, and throughout ancient Europe; in prehistoric and early historic iconography, their magical qualities are often indicated by a magical dance or stance. It is a look at female display figures both cross-culturally and cross-temporally, through texts and iconography, beginning with figures depicted in very early Neolithic Anatolia, early and middle Neolithic southeast Europe--Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia--continuing through the late Neolithic in East Asia, and into early historic Greece, India, and Ireland, and elsewhere across the world. These very similar female figures were depicted in Anatolia, Europe, Southern Asia, and East Asia, in a broad chronological sweep, beginning with the pre-pottery Neolithic, ca. 9000 BCE, and existing from the beginning of the second millennium of this era up to the present era. This book demonstrates the extraordinary similarities, in a broad geographic range, of depictions and descriptions of magical female figures who give fertility and strength to the peoples of their cultures by means of their magical erotic powers. This book uniquely contains translations of texts which describe these ancient female figures, from a multitude of Indo-European, Near Eastern, and East Asian works, a feat only possible given the authors' formidable combined linguistic expertise in over thirty languages. The book contains many photographs of these geographically different, but functionally and artistically similar, female figures. Many current books (academic and otherwise) explore some of the female figures the authors discuss in their book, but such a wide-ranging cross-cultural and cross-temporal view of this genre of female figures has never been undertaken until now. The "sexual" display of these female figures reflects the huge numinosity of the prehistoric divine feminine, and of her magical genitalia. The functions of fertility and apotropaia, which count among the functions of the early historic display and dancing figures, grow out of this numinosity and reflect the belief in and honoring of the powers of the ancient divine feminine.
Sacred Display
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language : en
Publisher: Cambria Press
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Sheela Na Gig
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Author : Starr Goode
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-11-15
Sheela Na Gig written by Starr Goode and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-15 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Traces the origins of the Sheela na gig from Medieval times to Paleolithic cave art • Reveals the sacred display of the vulva to be a universal archetype and the most enduring image of creativity throughout the world • Provides meditations on the Sheelas the author encountered in Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales, allowing readers to commune with the power of these icons • Includes more than 150 photographs and illustrations from around the world For millennia, the human imagination has been devoted to the Goddess, so it is hardly a surprise to find images of supernatural females like Sheela na gigs adorning sacred and secular architecture throughout Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland. Appearing on rural churches, castles, bridges, holy wells, tombs, and standing stones, these powerful images of a figure fearlessly displaying her vulva embody the power of the Dark Goddess over the mysteries of sex, life, death, and rebirth. Exploring the art and myth of the Sheela na gig from Celtic and Classical times back to Paleolithic cave art, Starr Goode shows how the Sheela embraces a conundrum of opposites: she clearly offers up her ripe sex yet emanates a repelling menace from the upper half of her hag-like body. Through more than 150 photographs, the author shows how the Sheela is a goddess with the power to renew, a folk deity used to help women survive childbirth, and, as a guardian of doorways and castle walls, a liminal entity representing the gateway to the divine. She explains how these powerful images survived eradication during the rise of Christianity and retained their preeminent positions on sacred sites, including medieval churches. The author provides meditations on the individual Sheelas she encountered during her 25 years of research, allowing readers to commune with these icons and feel the power they emanate. Exploring comparable figures such as Baubo, Medusa, the Neolithic Frog Goddess, and vulva depictions in cave art, she reveals the female sacred display to be a universal archetype, the most enduring image of creativity throughout history, and illustrates how cultures from Africa and Ecuador to India and Australia possess similar images depicting goddesses parting their thighs to reveal sacred powers. Explaining the role of the Sheela na gig in restoring the Divine Feminine, the author shows the Sheela to be an icon that makes visible the cycles of birth, death, and renewal all humans experience and a necessary antidote to centuries of suppression of the primal power of women, of nature, and of the imagination.
Sacred Tropology Or A Brief View Of The Figures And Explication Of The Metaphors Contained In Scripture
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Author : John BROWN (Minister of the Gospel at Haddington.)
language : en
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Release Date : 1791
Sacred Tropology Or A Brief View Of The Figures And Explication Of The Metaphors Contained In Scripture written by John BROWN (Minister of the Gospel at Haddington.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1791 with categories.
A Concise View Of The Succession Of Sacred Literature
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Author : Adam Clarke
language : en
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Release Date : 1807
A Concise View Of The Succession Of Sacred Literature written by Adam Clarke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1807 with Christian literature, Early categories.
A View Of Saving Faith From The Sacred Records
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Author : John COLQUHOUN (D.D.)
language : en
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Release Date : 1824
A View Of Saving Faith From The Sacred Records written by John COLQUHOUN (D.D.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1824 with Repentance categories.
A Concise View Of The Succession Of Sacred Literature From The Invention Of Alphabetical Characters To The Year Of Our Lord 345
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Author : Adam Clarke
language : en
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Release Date : 1830
A Concise View Of The Succession Of Sacred Literature From The Invention Of Alphabetical Characters To The Year Of Our Lord 345 written by Adam Clarke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1830 with categories.
The Death Of Sacred Texts
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Author : Kristina Myrvold
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2010
The Death Of Sacred Texts written by Kristina Myrvold and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Social Science categories.
The Death of Sacred Texts draws attention to a much neglected topic in the study of sacred texts: the religious and ritual attitudes towards texts which have become old and damaged and can no longer be used for reading practices or in religious worship. This book approaches religious texts and scriptures by focusing on their physical properties and the dynamic interactions of devices and habits that lie beneath and within a given text. In the last decades a growing body of research studies has directed attention to the multiple uses and ways people encounter written texts and how they make them alive, even as social actors, in different times and cultures. Considering religious people seem to have all the motives for giving their sacred texts a respectful symbolic treatment, scholars have paid surprisingly little attention to the ritual procedures of disposing and renovating old texts. This book fills this gap, providing empirical data and theoretical analyses of historical and contemporary religious attitudes towards, and practices of text disposals within, seven world religions: Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. Exploring the cultural and historical variations of rituals for religious scriptures and texts (such as burials, cremations and immersion into rivers) and the underlying beliefs within the religious traditions, this book investigates how these religious practices and stances respond to modernization and globalization processes when new technologies have made it possible to mass-produce and publish religious texts on the Internet.
A View Of The Covenant Of Grace From The Sacred Records Wherein The Parties The Making Of It Its Parts And The Administration Thereof Are Distinctly Considered By Thomas Boston The Editor S Advertisement Signed By The Author S Son Thomas Boston
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Author : Thomas Boston (the Elder.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1776
A View Of The Covenant Of Grace From The Sacred Records Wherein The Parties The Making Of It Its Parts And The Administration Thereof Are Distinctly Considered By Thomas Boston The Editor S Advertisement Signed By The Author S Son Thomas Boston written by Thomas Boston (the Elder.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1776 with categories.
Sacred Scripture Sacred Space
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Author : Tobias Frese
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-01-14
Sacred Scripture Sacred Space written by Tobias Frese and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-14 with Religion categories.
Thirteen papers on different subjects, focussing on writings and inscriptions in medieval art, explore the faculty of writing to create and determine spaces and to generate the sacred by the display of holy scripture. The subjects range from book illumination over wall painting, mosaics, sculpture, and church interiors to inscriptions on portals and façades.