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Spirits Of The Place
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Author : John Clifford Holt
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2009-07-29
Spirits Of The Place written by John Clifford Holt and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-29 with Religion categories.
Spirits of the Place is a rare and timely contribution to our understanding of religious culture in Laos and Southeast Asia. Most often studied as a part of Thai, Vietnamese, or Khmer history, Laos remains a terra incognita to most Westerners—and to many of the people living throughout Asia as well. John Holt’s new book brings this fascinating nation into focus. With its overview of Lao Buddhism and analysis of how shifting political power—from royalty to democracy to communism—has impacted Lao religious culture, the book offers an integrated account of the entwined political and religious history of Laos from the fourteenth century to the contemporary era. Holt advances the provocative argument that common Lao knowledge of important aspects of Theravada Buddhist thought and practice has been heavily conditioned by an indigenous religious culture dominated by the veneration of phi, spirits whose powers are thought to prevail over and within specific social and geographical domains. The enduring influence of traditional spirit cults in Lao culture and society has brought about major changes in how the figure of the Buddha and the powers associated with Buddhist temples and reliquaries—indeed how all ritual spaces and times—have been understood by the Lao. Despite vigorous attempts by Buddhist royalty, French rationalists, and most recently by communist ideologues to eliminate the worship of phi, spirit cults have not been displaced; they continue to persist and show no signs of abating. Not only have the spirits resisted eradication, but they have withstood synthesis, subordination, and transformation by Buddhist political and ecclesiastical powers. Rather than reduce Buddhist religious culture to a set of simple commonalities, Holt takes a comparative approach, using his nearly thirty years’ experience with Sri Lanka to elucidate what is unique about Lao Buddhism. This stimulating book invites students in the fields of the history of religion and Buddhist and Southeast Asian studies to take a fresh look at prevailing assumptions and perhaps reconsider the place of Buddhism in Laos and Southeast Asia.
Spirits Of The Place
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Author : Tony Connor
language : en
Publisher: London ; Dover, N.H. : Anvil Press Poetry
Release Date : 1986
Spirits Of The Place written by Tony Connor and has been published by London ; Dover, N.H. : Anvil Press Poetry this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Poetry categories.
A collection of poems that evokes the spirits of very different places, times and people.
Spirits Of Place
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Author : Alan Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-11-22
Spirits Of Place written by Alan Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-22 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Stories are embedded in the world around us; in metal, in brick, in concrete, and in wood. In the very earth beneath our feet. Our history surrounds us and the tales we tell, true or otherwise, are always rooted in what has gone before. The spirits of place are the echoes of people, of events, of ideas which have become imprinted upon a location, for better or for worse. They are the genii loci of classical Roman religion, the disquieting atmosphere of a former battlefield, the comfort and familiarity of a childhood home. Twelve authors take us on a journey; a tour of places where they themselves have encountered, and consulted with, these Spirits of Place.
Spirits Of The Place
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Author : John Clifford Holt
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2009-07-29
Spirits Of The Place written by John Clifford Holt and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-29 with Religion categories.
Spirits of the Place is a rare and timely contribution to our understanding of religious culture in Laos and Southeast Asia. Most often studied as a part of Thai, Vietnamese, or Khmer history, Laos remains a terra incognita to most Westerners—and to many of the people living throughout Asia as well. John Holt’s new book brings this fascinating nation into focus. With its overview of Lao Buddhism and analysis of how shifting political power—from royalty to democracy to communism—has impacted Lao religious culture, the book offers an integrated account of the entwined political and religious history of Laos from the fourteenth century to the contemporary era. Holt advances the provocative argument that common Lao knowledge of important aspects of Theravada Buddhist thought and practice has been heavily conditioned by an indigenous religious culture dominated by the veneration of phi, spirits whose powers are thought to prevail over and within specific social and geographical domains. The enduring influence of traditional spirit cults in Lao culture and society has brought about major changes in how the figure of the Buddha and the powers associated with Buddhist temples and reliquaries—indeed how all ritual spaces and times—have been understood by the Lao. Despite vigorous attempts by Buddhist royalty, French rationalists, and most recently by communist ideologues to eliminate the worship of phi, spirit cults have not been displaced; they continue to persist and show no signs of abating. Not only have the spirits resisted eradication, but they have withstood synthesis, subordination, and transformation by Buddhist political and ecclesiastical powers. Rather than reduce Buddhist religious culture to a set of simple commonalities, Holt takes a comparative approach, using his nearly thirty years’ experience with Sri Lanka to elucidate what is unique about Lao Buddhism. This stimulating book invites students in the fields of the history of religion and Buddhist and Southeast Asian studies to take a fresh look at prevailing assumptions and perhaps reconsider the place of Buddhism in Laos and Southeast Asia.
Spirits Of Place
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Author : Jane Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Spirits Of Place written by Jane Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
Spirits Of Place
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Author : Bentley Le Baron
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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Spirits Of Place Limited Edition
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Author : John Reppion
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-11-22
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Spirit Of The Place
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Author : Gregory Feeley
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2001-03-15
Spirit Of The Place written by Gregory Feeley and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-15 with Fiction categories.
In this suspenseful literary fantasy, two men on a ship bound for Great Britain face the wrath of disturbed spirits after raiding the Parthenon. On September 15, 1802, the English brig Mentor sailed from Piraeus, its hold filled with the "Elgin Marbles" -- the Classical Greek sculptures that Lord Elgin, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, had prised from the Parthenon in Athens. The ship was bound for Great Britain, where Elgin intended the sculptures to adorn his family estate. This much is history. William Hamilton, Lord Elgin's personal secretary and a witness to the stripping of the Parthenon sculptures, looks to what should be a triumphant voyage home, but finds himself beset with strange voices. Whispers heard deep in the hold lead to an uncanny encounter with a most unusual stowaway . . . one destined to bring the Mentor -- and Hamilton -- to the verge of disaster. With the treasures of Classical Athens -- a seeming realm of clarity, harmony, and order -- lying in fragments around him, Hamilton begins to realize that the Greek ideals his nation has embraced arose from darker origins, and that a genius loci, the "spirit of the place" thought to abide in sacred sites, can be disturbed only at one's peril.
The Spirit Of The Place And Other Strange Tales
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Author : Elizabeth Walter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-03
The Spirit Of The Place And Other Strange Tales written by Elizabeth Walter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03 with Spirits categories.
All of Elizabeth Walter's 31 short stories collected in one volume for the first time. Supernatural, eerie and uncanny tales from her collections "Snowfall & Other Chilling Events", "The Sin Eater & Other Scientific Impossibilities", "Davy Jones's Tale & Other Supernatural Stories", "Come And Get Me" and "Dead Woman & Other Haunting Experiences".
Genius Loci
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Author : Jaym Gates
language : en
Publisher: Tales of the Spirit of Place
Release Date : 2019-06
Genius Loci written by Jaym Gates and has been published by Tales of the Spirit of Place this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06 with Fiction categories.
Tales of guardian spirits and divine powers by Seanan McGuire, Ken Liu, Alethea Kontis, Laura Anne Gilman, Scott Edelman and more. Guardian spirits. Divine presences. Demonic powers. Ghosts. The concept of "genius loci" is indeed an ancient one, found in nearly every human mythology. Genius Loci is a huge anthology of 31 all-new fantasy and science fiction stories drawing on the rich tradition of place-as-person. Within its pages, the authors present stories of sentient deserts, beneficent forests, lonely shrubs, and protective planetary spirits, highlighted by the fantastic art of Lisa A. Grabenstetter and Evan M. Jensen., and edited by Jaym Gates.