Dance Divine

Author : Richard Rohr
Publisher : SPCK
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780281078165

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The Divine Dance by Richard Rohr Pdf

The Divine Dance has become a classic for fans of Richard Rohr and an important book on Christian mysticism, it provides a fresh perspective for anyone studying or teaching the trinity. The Trinity is the central doctrine of Christianity, but it is still widely considered a mystery we won't ever fully understand. Should we still try to understand it, even so? If we could, how would it transform our relationship with God? In this stimulating and thought-provoking book, internationally recognised teacher Richard Rohr explores the nature of God and the paradoxical idea of the Holy Trinity as both three and one. With clear, surefooted wisdom, he encourages us to build on the early Christian understanding of the relationship between Father, Son and Spirit as a flow and dance - a Divine Dance - that we are invited to join in. An engaging, accessible look at the nature of God, The Divine Dance will challenge the way you think about the Trinity and give you a much fuller understanding of the triune relationship that is at the heart of Christian doctrine. It will leave you with a faith that is renewed and strengthened, and show you how you can engage more deeply in your relationship with God and the world through the Trinity.

Author : Graham M. Schweig
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691190174

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Dance of Divine Love by Graham M. Schweig Pdf

The heart of this book is a dramatic love poem, the Rasa Lila, which is the ultimate focal point of one of the most treasured Sanskrit texts of India, the Bhagavata Purana. Judged a literary masterpiece by Indian and Western scholars alike, this work of poetic genius and soaring religious vision is one of the world's greatest sacred love stories and, as Graham Schweig clearly demonstrates, should be regarded as India's Song of Songs. The story presents the supreme deity as the youthful and amorous cowherd, Krishna, who joins his beloved maidens in an enchanting and celebratory "dance of divine love." Schweig introduces this work of exquisite poetry and profound theology to the Western world in the form of a luminous translation and erudite scholarly treatment. His book explores the historical context and literary genre of the work and elucidates the aesthetic and emotional richness of the composition, highlighting poignant details of this drama of divine love. Schweig illuminates the religious dimensions and ethical nuances of the drama, drawing widely from the commentaries and esoteric vision of masters of the Caitanya school of Vaishnavism, a prominent devotional Hindu tradition. Themes such as transcendence of death through love, the yoga of devotion, the contrast between worldly love and passionate love for God, and the dialectical tension between ethical boundaries and boundless love are presented. The final event of the Rasa dance, the author concludes, presents a dynamic symbol of supreme love that provides the basis for a theological vision of genuine religious pluralism.

Author : Carolyn Laferrière
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781009315937

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Divine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek Art by Carolyn Laferrière Pdf

In this volume, Carolyn M. Laferrière examines Athenian vase-paintings and reliefs depicting the gods most frequently shown as musicians to reconstruct how images suggest the sounds of the music the gods made. Incorporating insights from recent work in sensory studies, she applies formal analysis together with literary and archaeological evidence to reconstruct the musical culture of Athens. Laferrière shows how images suggest the sounds of the gods' music. This representational strategy, whereby sight and sound are blurred, conveys the 'unhearable' nature of their music: Because it cannot be physically heard, it falls to human imagination to provide its sounds and awaken viewers' multisensory engagement. Moreover, when situated within their likely original contexts, the objects establish a network of interaction between the viewer, the visualized music, and the landscape, all of which determined how divine music was depicted, perceived, and reciprocated. Laferrière demonstrates that participation in the gods' musical performances offered worshippers an multisensory experience of divine presence.

Author : Ranjana Gauhar,Alka Raghuvanshi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Odissi dance
ISBN : 8189738178

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Odissi, the Dance Divine by Ranjana Gauhar,Alka Raghuvanshi Pdf

The art form known as Odissi is the descendent of the temple dance that evolved in the Jagannath Temple in Puri. This book offers a chronological survey of the form and style of this dance. It gives readers an outline of the architects and contemporary gurus of the dance. 'Odissi - The Dance Divine' is a chronological survey of the form and style of the dance. The art form today known as Odissi is the descendent of the temple dance that evolved in the Jagannath Temple in Puri. Revered as one of the holiest placesm the temple was the centre of culture, religion and

Author : Sue Monk Kidd
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061144905

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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd Pdf

"I was amazed to find that I had no idea how to unfold my spiritual life in a feminine way. I was surprised, and, in fact, a little terrified, when I found myself in the middle of a feminist spiritual reawakening." ––Sue Monk Kidd For years, Sue Monk Kidd was a conventionally religious woman. Then, in the late 1980s, Kidd experienced an unexpected awakening, and began a journey toward a feminine spirituality. With the exceptional storytelling skills that have helped make her name, author of When the Heart Waits tells her very personal story of the fear, anger, healing, and freedom she experienced on the path toward the wholeness that many women have lost in the church. From a jarring encounter with sexism in a suburban drugstore, to monastery retreats and to rituals in the caves of Crete, she reveals a new level of feminine spiritual consciousness for all women– one that retains a meaningful connection with the "deep song of Christianity," embraces the sacredness of ordinary women's experience, and has the power to transform in the most positive ways every fundamental relationship in a woman's life– her marriage, her career, and her religion. This Plus edition paperback includes a recent interview with the author conducted by the book's editor Michael Maudlin.

Author : Graham M. Schweig
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780691114460

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Dance of Divine Love by Graham M. Schweig Pdf

The heart of this book is a dramatic love poem, the Rasa Lila, which is the ultimate focal point of one of the most treasured Sanskrit texts of India, the Bhagavata Purana. Judged a literary masterpiece by Indian and Western scholars alike, this work of poetic genius and soaring religious vision is one of the world's greatest sacred love stories and, as Graham Schweig clearly demonstrates, should be regarded as India's Song of Songs. The story presents the supreme deity as the youthful and amorous cowherd, Krishna, who joins his beloved maidens in an enchanting and celebratory "dance of divine love." Schweig introduces this work of exquisite poetry and profound theology to the Western world in the form of a luminous translation and erudite scholarly treatment. His book explores the historical context and literary genre of the work and elucidates the aesthetic and emotional richness of the composition, highlighting poignant details of this drama of divine love. Schweig illuminates the religious dimensions and ethical nuances of the drama, drawing widely from the commentaries and esoteric vision of masters of the Caitanya school of Vaishnavism, a prominent devotional Hindu tradition. Themes such as transcendence of death through love, the yoga of devotion, the contrast between worldly love and passionate love for God, and the dialectical tension between ethical boundaries and boundless love are presented. The final event of the Rasa dance, the author concludes, presents a dynamic symbol of supreme love that provides the basis for a theological vision of genuine religious pluralism.

Author : James M. Burns
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Music
ISBN : 0754664953

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Female Voices from an Ewe Dance-drumming Community in Ghana by James M. Burns Pdf

James Burns provides a detailed ethnography of a group of female musicians from the Dzigbordi community dance-drumming club from the rural town of Dzodze, located in South-Eastern Ghana. Dzigbordi is part of a genre known as adekede, or female songs of redress, where women musicians critique gender relations in society. Burns uses audio and video interviews, recordings of rehearsals and performances and detailed collaborative analyses of song texts, dance routines and performance practice to address important methodological shifts in ethnomusicology that outline a more humanistic perspective of music cultures. The book will appeal to those interested in African Studies, Gender Studies and Oral Literature, as well as ethnomusicology and includes a DVD documentary.

Author : Suzanne Shelton
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Dancers
ISBN : UCSC:32106016749100

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Divine Dancer by Suzanne Shelton Pdf

Author : Jacquelin Thomas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416571438

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Divine Secrets by Jacquelin Thomas Pdf

It's up to Divine to decide.... Growing up in the Hollywood spotlight -- and the tabloid headlines -- Divine Matthews-Hardison knows how tough it can be to keep secrets. And nothing has changed now that she lives in Temple, Georgia, with her kindly pastor uncle and his family. There's no such thing as privacy in their boisterous household -- Divine can't even get close to her boyfriend at a school dance without Aunt Phoebe monitoring her, while Uncle Reed drives her nuts, quizzing her on his Sunday sermons. But Divine is about to learn that some secrets do more harm than good when kept under wraps. Does keeping silent help or hurt? When she begins to suspect that her friend Mia's domineering boyfriend is abusing her, Divine must decide whether or not to expose a painful secret for Mia's safety. Meanwhile, her cousin Alyssa confides in Divine about her own boyfriend troubles -- how far should Alyssa go to keep him? With her mother in nearby Atlanta, Divine has a fresh chance at reconciling her family -- but she has to get past her resentments of Kevin, her mother's new boyfriend. With so much drama going on, will Divine be able to look to her heart and know how to help her friends -- and herself?

Author : Sekkizhar, Adi-p-podi Dr.T.N.Ramachandran
Publisher : Sri Ramakrishna Math
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Divine Plays of Lord Siva Tiruvilaiyadal Puranam Pictorial by Sekkizhar, Adi-p-podi Dr.T.N.Ramachandran Pdf

This is a concise English version of the Tamil Saivite scripture Tiruvilaiyadal Puranam which was composed by Paranjyothi Munivar and it is one of the triad of Saivite Puranas in Tamil.This Puranam narrates 64 divine plays of Lord Shiva. The translator, Dr. T. N. Ramachandran, has translated this great legendary work into a powerful prose narrative, besides translating a few selected poems from each episode into English, preserving the original devotional and spiritual tenor.Sri S. Rajam, a renowned musician and an eminent artist, has brought out the divine players alive in his colourful paintings and sketches tracing the progress of events in each episode.

Author : Carla De Sola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578982897

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Dancing with the Divine by Carla De Sola Pdf

Carla De Sola has danced in a sacred context for more than fifty years. Over time she has noticed a common bond among dancers, based in part of their developed bodily, or kinesthetic sense, a heightened ability to read and understand the rhythms and dynamics of movement experiences. This was not solely an artistic appreciation of dance but of life experiences seemingly ordinary but consciousness changing. She was led to ask other dancers if they had a story to tell of special times of awareness of Divine presence, that is, their own personal kairos moments --grace-filled happenings beyond ordinary chronos, or clock time, becoming imprinted on their soul. Thus, this collection came into being. The dancers' stories range broadly and in diverse settings. The essays are categorized into sections: Dancing for the Common Good; Dance Moves the Soul; The Joy of Dance; Journey to Awareness;and Called to Dance. Diana Wear wrote theological reflections in order to frame each section. David W. McCauley, Jr. drew upon his artistry, skills, and imagination so that each category was enriched through a visual dimension. The designs, paintings, and photos throughout the book carry a deep purpose--to give readers' eyes a place to rest and space for the mind to contemplate--contributing their own meditative moments.

Author : Shannon Kubiak Primicerio
Publisher : Bethany House
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1441205616

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The Divine Dance by Shannon Kubiak Primicerio Pdf

A Favorite Author Among Teen Girls Most young women yearn to be chosen, to be called out from the crowd and loved for who they are. In The Divine Dance, Shannon Kubiak Primicerio acknowledges this desire and likens teen girls to dancers, constantly performing to please the "audiences" in their lives. But in family, peers, teachers, and others, young women forget that they were created to perform for God alone. Promicerio provides readers with guidance and encouragement to stop dancing for the world and to start dancing for an audience of One.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8182903734

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Dance Divine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Rohr
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781118303597

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Immortal Diamond by Richard Rohr Pdf

Dissolve the distractions of ego to find our authentic selves in God In his bestselling book Falling Upward, Richard Rohr talked about ego (or the False Self) and how it gets in the way of spiritual maturity. But if there's a False Self, is there also a True Self? What is it? How is it found? Why does it matter? And what does it have to do with the spiritual journey? This book likens True Self to a diamond, buried deep within us, formed under the intense pressure of our lives, that must be searched for, uncovered, separated from all the debris of ego that surrounds it. In a sense True Self must, like Jesus, be resurrected, and that process is not resuscitation but transformation. Shows how to navigate spiritually difficult terrain with clear vision and tools to uncover our True Selves Written by Father Richard Rohr, the bestselling author of Falling Upward Examines the fundamental issues of who we are and helps us on our path of spiritual maturity Immortal Diamond (whose title is taken from a line in a Gerard Manley Hopkins poem) explores the deepest questions of identity, spirituality, and meaning in Richard Rohr's inimitable style.

Author : M. David Litwa
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621899990

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Becoming Divine by M. David Litwa Pdf

Some have called it the essence of sin, others the depth of salvation. Regardless of one's evaluation of it, however, deification throughout Western history has been a part of human aspiration. From the ancient pharaohs to modern transhumanists, people have envisioned their own divinity. These visionaries include not only history's greatest megalomaniacs, but also mystics, sages, apostles, prophets, magicians, bishops, philosophers, atheists, and monks. Some aimed for independent deity, others realized their eternal union with God. Some anticipated godhood in heaven, others walked as gods on earth. Some accepted divinity by grace, others achieved it by their own will to power. There is no single form of deification (indeed, deification is as manifold as the human conception of God), but the many types are united by a set of interlocking themes: achieving immortality, wielding superhuman power, being filled with supernatural knowledge or love--and through these means transcending normal human (or at least "earthly") nature.