Snakes People And Spirits Volume Two
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Snakes People And Spirits Volume Two
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Author : Robert Hazel
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2020-05-07
Snakes People And Spirits Volume Two written by Robert Hazel and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-07 with Social Science categories.
This two-volume publication offers an in-depth analysis of ophidian symbolism in Eastern Africa, while setting the topic within its regional and historical context: namely, with regards to the rest of Africa, ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, the Greek world, ancient Palestine, Arabia, India, and medieval and pre-Christian Europe. Through the ages, most of those areas have connected with Eastern Africa in a broad sense, where ophidian symbolism was as “rampant” and far-reaching, if not more so, as anywhere else on the continent, and perhaps in past civilisations. Much as in the wider context, snakes were held to be long-lived, closely related to holes, caverns, trees, and water, life and death, and credited with a liking for milk. Even though ophidian symbolism has always been developed out of the outstanding biological and ethological features of snakes, the process of symbolisation, which plays a crucial role in the elaboration of cultural systems and the shaping of human experience, was inevitably at work. This second volume focuses on southern Abyssinia, an area of Eastern Africa latu senso where the connection between snakes and paramount religious leaders was especially far-reaching. Their clans were said to be the outcome of sexual encounters between a young woman and an ophidian. These leaders bred and fed snakes. Some of them buried dead snakes in their compounds. Their curse was likened to the bite of a deadly serpent. This volume is devoted to a few communities of southern Abyssinia, notably the Oromo, an important group that has fascinated European travellers, missionaries, and social science specialists over a period of 150 years. The rich Oromo ethnographic record lends itself to full-circle analysis. This volume represents a significant contribution to the study of the mysterious “snake priests” of the Oromo, Hoor, Konso, and Burji peoples. In Eastern Africa, the meanings attributed to snakes were multifaceted and paradoxical. Overall, the two volumes of this publication show that African snake symbolism broadly echoed the diverse representations of ancient civilisations. The widely acknowledged assimilation of snakes to death and Evil is therefore unrepresentative, both historically and culturally.
Snakes People And Spirits Volume One
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Author : Robert Hazel
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-11-05
Snakes People And Spirits Volume One written by Robert Hazel and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-05 with Social Science categories.
This two-volume publication offers an in-depth analysis of ophidian symbolism in Eastern Africa, while setting the topic within its regional and historical context: namely, with regards to the rest of Africa, ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, the Greek world, ancient Palestine, Arabia, India, and medieval and pre-Christian Europe. Through the ages, most of those areas have connected with Eastern Africa in a broad sense, where ophidian symbolism was as “rampant” and far-reaching, if not more so, as anywhere else on the continent, and perhaps in past civilisations. Much as in the wider context, snakes were held to be long-lived, closely related to holes, caverns, trees, and water, life and death, and credited with a liking for milk. Even though ophidian symbolism has always been developed out of the outstanding biological and ethological features of snakes, the process of symbolisation, which plays a crucial role in the elaboration of cultural systems and the shaping of human experience, was inevitably at work. This first volume deals with snakes as a zoological category; snake symbolism as perceived by encyclopaedists and psychologists; and ophidian symbolism as it occurred in ancient civilisations. It explores the traditional African scene in general with a view to set the scene for a more proximate baseline for comparison. The divide between animals and humans was porous, and snakes had a more or less equal footing in both the animal realm and the spiritual world. Key features of snake symbolism in traditional Eastern Africa are then examined in detail, especially phantasmagorical snakes, the rainbow serpent, snake-totems, and snake-related witches and ritual leaders, among others. In Eastern Africa, the meanings attributed to snakes were multifaceted and paradoxical. Overall, the two volumes of this publication show that African snake symbolism broadly echoed the diverse representations of ancient civilisations. The widely acknowledged assimilation of snakes to death and Evil is therefore unrepresentative, both historically and culturally.
Snakes People And Spirits Volume One
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Author : Robert Hazel
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-10
Snakes People And Spirits Volume One written by Robert Hazel and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10 with categories.
This two-volume publication offers an in-depth analysis of ophidian symbolism in eastern Africa, all the while setting the topic within its regional and historical context: namely, the rest of Africa, ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, the Greek world, ancient Palestine and Arabia, medieval and pre-Christian Europe, as well as ancient and contemporary India. Through the ages, most of those areas must have had connections with eastern Africa. This first volume deals with snakes as a zoological category, snake symbolism as perceived by encyclopaedists and psychologists, symbolisation as a basic cultural process, and ophidian symbolism as it occurred in ancient civilisations and on the traditional African scene in general. Like other forms of animal representation, ophidian symbolism has always been elaborated out of the key biological and ethological characteristics of snakes. Inevitably at work here, however, was the process of symbolisation, an ongoing process that plays a crucial role in the elaboration of cultural systems and the shaping of human experience. Volume One ends with an array of glimpses of ophidian symbolism recorded in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa aside from eastern Africa, thereby setting the scene for a more proximate baseline for comparison. In the works of encyclopaedists, in ancient Mesopotamia, and in western Africa, the constellation of meanings attributed to snakes is multifaceted and typically paradoxical. As underscored by a few scholars, the widely acknowledged assimilation of snakes to death and Evil is clearly unrepresentative, both historically and culturally. Overall, these two volumes show that African snake symbolism broadly echoed the diverse representations of ancient civilisations.
Mystery Revealed Female Sexuality Redefined For The 21st Century Volume Two Seed
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language : en
Publisher: Katarina Nolte
Release Date : 2009-03-08
Mystery Revealed Female Sexuality Redefined For The 21st Century Volume Two Seed written by and has been published by Katarina Nolte this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-08 with categories.
‘Seed’ is the second volume of the ‘Mystery Revealed: Female Sexuality Redefined for the 21st Century’ series. Seed takes us one step further into evolution, describing the path to advancement as we know it, along with the development of culture and religion, which for the most part has shown to be detrimental to female sexuality and social status which remained oppressed until the Upper Paleolithic (50,000-10,000 BP). Format: eBook Length: 48 pages (8,011 words) Publishing Date: March 2009
War Against Python And Snake Spirits
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Author : Uwakwe Chukwu
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-06-20
War Against Python And Snake Spirits written by Uwakwe Chukwu 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 2018-06-20 with categories.
The first Biblical prophecy in Genesis 3:15 simply reveals a salient truth: There is a spiritual hostility and conflict between the righteous and the devil, the ancient serpent. God wants us to engage the ancient serpent in a battle. He wants us to use the authority He has given to us to smash the serpent's head! Unfortunately, so many people of God are bound by demonic forces but do not know how to be free. The proliferation of python and snake spirits in this end time has resulted in an epidemic of people living in spiritual bondage. These python and snake spirits have an aggressive appetite for destinies to swallow! War Against Python And Snake Spirits is an attempt to address this problem using two powerful strategies: knowledge of how the enemy works and fighting them with acidic warfare prayers. Praying with knowledge of how the enemy operates gives a believer superior advantage over the enemy. As you pray with this book, you will see a great release of God's power as it blends the power of His Word with these two powerful strategies. The prayers in this book is a do-it-yourself kind of prayer, designed for you to see results. They are written to be simple, yet powerful. My dear, you can't wait to hunt down those python and snake spirits coiling and squeezing your life and family. Enough of that intimidation! Pick this Book and let's go-a-hunting!
Histories Of Medicine And Healing In The Indian Ocean World Volume Two
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Author : Anna Winterbottom
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-01-26
Histories Of Medicine And Healing In The Indian Ocean World Volume Two written by Anna Winterbottom and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-26 with Science categories.
The Indian Ocean has been the site of multiple interconnected medical interactions that may be viewed in the context of the environmental factors connecting the region. This interdisciplinary work presents essays on various aspects of disease, medicine, and healing in different locations in and around the Indian Ocean from the eighteenth century to the contemporary era. The essays explore theoretical explanations for disease, concepts of fertility, material culture, healing in relation to diplomacy and colonialism, public health, and the health of slaves and migrant workers. This book will appeal to academics and graduate students working in the fields of medical and scientific history, as well as in the growing fields of Indian Ocean studies and global history.
Don T Sleep There Are Snakes
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Author : Daniel Everett
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2010-07-09
Don T Sleep There Are Snakes written by Daniel Everett and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-09 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Although Daniel Everett was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahãs, they converted him. He shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world. Everett describes how he began to realise that his discoveries about the Pirahã language opened up a new way of understanding how language works in our minds and in our lives, and that this way was utterly at odds with Noam Chomsky's universally accepted linguistic theories. The perils of passionate academic opposition were then swiftly conjoined to those of the Amazon in a debate whose outcome has yet to be won. Everett's views are most recently discussed in Tom Wolfe's bestselling The Kingdom of Speech. Adventure, personal enlightenment and the makings of a scientific revolution proceed together in this vivid, funny and moving book.
The Serpent And The Spirit
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Author : Thomas G. Burton
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2004
The Serpent And The Spirit written by Thomas G. Burton and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Law categories.
Discusses the case of Reverend Glenn Summerford through the eyes of various people; Summerford was tried in Scottsboro, Alabama, in early 1992 for trying to kill his wife with snakes he handled in church.
Snakes In Myth Magic And History
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Author : Diane Morgan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2008-09-30
Snakes In Myth Magic And History written by Diane Morgan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-30 with Social Science categories.
The snake is one of humankind's most powerful and ambiguous symbols: it has at various times represented immortality and death, male and female, deity and demon, circle and line, killer and healer, the highest wisdom and the deepest subconscious. By virtue of its mysterious movement, potent poison, fearful grip, unblinking gaze and lightning quick strike, the power and image of the snake has wound its way into every culture. Whether snakes are worshipped as gods, feared as devils, or handled in religious ceremonies to test faith, snakes have played a critical role in the human heritage. This book explores the cult of the snake in world history, religion, and folklore. Fascination with snakes has been around since the dawn of time. Even today, images of snakes attract attention, fear, disgust, or admiration. Morgan examines that obsession with this mysterious creature, covering in vivid details such topics as mythical snakes like the Plumed Serpent, serpent iconography, tall tales, as well as the psychological symbolism that has attached itself to snakes. Cultures as diverse as pre-Columbian America, India, Egypt, China, sub-Saharan Africa, Celtic Europe, and the United States have all accorded the serpent a special place in their culture—apparently regardless of whether or not real snakes play an important part in the life of the people. Here, the mysterious nature of the snake unfolds, enchanting readers with a colorful and lively discussion of its place in our history, stories, religions, and cultures.
An Encyclopedia Of Shamanism Volume 2
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Author : Christina Pratt
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2007-08-01
An Encyclopedia Of Shamanism Volume 2 written by Christina Pratt and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-01 with Social Science categories.
Shamanism can be defined as the practice of initiated shamans who are distinguished by their mastery of a range of altered states of consciousness. Shamanism arises from the actions the shaman takes in non-ordinary reality and the results of those actions in ordinary reality. It is not a religion, yet it demands spiritual discipline and personal sacrifice from the mature shaman who seeks the highest stages of mystical development.