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Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004395138
In Great Immortality, twenty scholars from considerably different cultural backgrounds explore the ways in which certain poets, writers, and artists in Europe have become major figures of cultural memory.
Author : Marijan Dović,Jón Karl Helgason
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Collective memory
ISBN : 9004364293
Sacral states : the politics of worship, religious and secular / Joep Leerssen -- Framing the bones of Dante and Petrarch : literary cults and scientific discourses / Harald Hendrix -- Taming a romantic : the canonization of Adam Mickiewicz / Roman Koropeckyj -- The riddles of the Shevchenko cult / Christian Noack -- Hagiographic discourse in the early biographies of France Preseren / Alenka Koron -- Stanko Vraz and the missing saints of the Illyrian movement / Andraz Jez -- Bialik the prophet and the modern Hebrew canon / David Fishelov -- Jacint Verdaguer, a Catalan cultural saint / Magi Sunyer and Jaume Subirana -- "Altars of the Flemish movement" : tombstones and rituals of nation-building / Andreas Stynen -- Hero or traitor? the cultural canonization of Snorri Sturluson in Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and beyond / Simon Halink -- Ilia Chavchavadze : Georgia's cultural saint and a saint of the Georgian Orthodox Church / Bela Tsipuria -- The third canonization of Njegos, the national poet of Montenegro / Bojan Baskar -- Prophet, martyr, saint : Mihai Eminescu's lateral canonization / Andrei Terian -- Antoni Gaudi and Joze Plecnik : two architects on the path from cultural canonization to Catholic beatification / Luka Vidmar -- From the culture of saints to the saints of culture : the saint and the writer between life and work / Jernej Habjan.
Author : Adam Gollner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781439109434
An exploration of one of the most universal human obsessions charts the rise of longevity science from its alchemical beginnings to modern-day genetic interventions and enters the world of those whose lives are shaped by a belief in immortality.
Author : Milan Kundera
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063290655
New York Times Bestseller "Inspired. . . . Kundera's most brilliantly imagined novel. . . . A book that entrances, beguiles and charms us from first page to last." — Cleveland Plain Dealer Milan Kundera's sixth novel springs from a casual gesture of a woman to her swimming instructor, a gesture that creates a character in the mind of a writer named Kundera. Like Flaubert's Emma or Tolstoy's Anna, Kundera's Agnès becomes an object of fascination, of indefinable longing. From that character springs a novel, a gesture of the imagination that both embodies and articulates Milan Kundera's supreme mastery of the novel and its purpose: to explore thoroughly the great themes of existence.
Author : Brian C. Muraresku
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250270917
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As seen on The Joe Rogan Experience! A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations. The most influential religious historian of the 20th century, Huston Smith, once referred to it as the "best-kept secret" in history. Did the Ancient Greeks use drugs to find God? And did the earliest Christians inherit the same, secret tradition? A profound knowledge of visionary plants, herbs and fungi passed from one generation to the next, ever since the Stone Age? There is zero archaeological evidence for the original Eucharist – the sacred wine said to guarantee life after death for those who drink the blood of Jesus. The Holy Grail and its miraculous contents have never been found. In the absence of any hard data, whatever happened at the Last Supper remains an article of faith for today’s 2.5 billion Christians. In an unprecedented search for answers, The Immortality Key examines the archaic roots of the ritual that is performed every Sunday for nearly one third of the planet. Religion and science converge to paint a radical picture of Christianity’s founding event. And after centuries of debate, to solve history’s greatest puzzle. Before the birth of Jesus, the Ancient Greeks found salvation in their own sacraments. Sacred beverages were routinely consumed as part of the so-called Ancient Mysteries – elaborate rites that led initiates to the brink of death. The best and brightest from Athens and Rome flocked to the spiritual capital of Eleusis, where a holy beer unleashed heavenly visions for two thousand years. Others drank the holy wine of Dionysus to become one with the god. In the 1970s, renegade scholars claimed this beer and wine – the original sacraments of Western civilization – were spiked with mind-altering drugs. In recent years, vindication for the disgraced theory has been quietly mounting in the laboratory. The constantly advancing fields of archaeobotany and archaeochemistry have hinted at the enduring use of hallucinogenic drinks in antiquity. And with a single dose of psilocybin, the psychopharmacologists at Johns Hopkins and NYU are now turning self-proclaimed atheists into instant believers. But the smoking gun remains elusive. If these sacraments survived for thousands of years in our remote prehistory, from the Stone Age to the Ancient Greeks, did they also survive into the age of Jesus? Was the Eucharist of the earliest Christians, in fact, a psychedelic Eucharist? With an unquenchable thirst for evidence, Muraresku takes the reader on his twelve-year global hunt for proof. He tours the ruins of Greece with its government archaeologists. He gains access to the hidden collections of the Louvre to show the continuity from pagan to Christian wine. He unravels the Ancient Greek of the New Testament with the world’s most controversial priest. He spelunks into the catacombs under the streets of Rome to decipher the lost symbols of Christianity’s oldest monuments. He breaches the secret archives of the Vatican to unearth manuscripts never before translated into English. And with leads from the archaeological chemists at UPenn and MIT, he unveils the first scientific data for the ritual use of psychedelic drugs in classical antiquity. The Immortality Key reconstructs the suppressed history of women consecrating a forbidden, drugged Eucharist that was later banned by the Church Fathers. Women who were then targeted as witches during the Inquisition, when Europe’s sacred pharmacology largely disappeared. If the scientists of today have resurrected this technology, then Christianity is in crisis. Unless it returns to its roots. Featuring a Foreword by Graham Hancock, the NYT bestselling author of America Before.
Author : Timothy Findley
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 921 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061854439
On April 17, 1912—ironically, only two days after the sinking of the Titanic—a figure known only as Pilgrim tries to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree. When he is found five hours later, his heart miraculously begins to beat again. Pilgrim, it seems, can never die. Escorted by his beloved friend, Lady Symbol Quartermaine, Pilgrim is admitted to the famous Burgholzu Psychiatrist Clinic In Zurichm, where he will begin a battle of psyche and soul with Carl Jung, the self-professed mystical scientist of the unconscious Slowly, Jung coaxes Pilgrim to tell his astonishing story—one that seemingly spans 4,000 years and includes such historical figures as Leonardo da Vinci and Henry James. But is Pilgrim delusional? Are these his memories merely dreams...or is his immortal existence truly a miracle.
Author : Stephen Cave
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781849543477
There is a cloud-capped peak where gods and immortals while away their infinite days, and since the dawn of humanity everyone - whether they know it or not - has been trying to climb that mountain. But there are only four paths up its treacherous slope. Throughout history, people have wagered everything on their choice and fought wars against those who've decided differently. Each of these four paths - simply staying alive indefinitely, through magic or medicine; being resurrected; persisting as a soul; or living on through one's legacy - is revealed to us by a historical figure who serves as our guide. It is through these diverse individuals - such as the Egyptian queen Nefertiti; vitamin-obsessed Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling; author Mary Shelley; and Alexander the Great - that we come to understand how many of civilisation's greatest achievements have been born of our need to see our essence endure. As optimistic about the human condition as it is insightful, Immortality takes the reader on an eye-opening journey from the beginnings of civilisation to the present day. Bringing together history and philosophy, this fascinating book both enlightens and entertains, investigating whether it just might be possible to live forever, and whether that's something we should actually aspire to. But its most powerful and arresting argument is this - that it is our very preoccupation with defying mortality that has made our civilisation what it is.
Author : Hiram Mattison
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783752569766
Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
Author : Kevin Bohacz
Publisher : CPrompt
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780979181511
"What if God is only a ghost in a cosmic machine?"
Author : Ray Wilson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781463462420
THIS WAS AN ANGEL SENT FROM GOD AS SEEN IN MY VISION. THE VISION AND REVELATION OF THE BIRTH FO IMMORTALITY IT WERE A BIG EXPLOSION IN OUTER SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. AT THE FAR END OF THE UNIVERSE THIS BIG HEAVENLY BODY EXPLODED AND FRAGMENTS FROM THE GIANT PLANET WENT SPEEDING INTO ALL DIRECTIONS OF SPACE. AS I SAW THIS GREAT VISION IT WAS A SPIRITUAL LIGHT. AFTER TIMES AND TIMES THESE FRAGMENTS APPEARED TO BE MADE INTO PLANETS, SOME INTO MOONS, COMETS, SOME INTO, STARS, AND OTHER WELL KNOWN HEAVENLY BODIES. ONE OF THE FRAGMENTS WERE EARTH, AND ONE OF THE FRAGMENTS FROM THIS LARGE HEAVENLY BODY APPEARED TO BE SUPER BRIGHT. THE APPEARANCE OF THIS FRAGMENT AS I SEEN IT OUT IN THE SECOND HEAVEN WERE AS METERITE OR A SMALL COMET IN THE DARKNESS OF SPACE THE APPEARANCE OF IT AS A SHOOTING STAR IN THE DARKNESS OF THE HEAVENS AND AFTER SOME SPIRITUAL TIME THIS SMALL HEAVENLY BODY DESCENDED DOWN UNTO ME. THESE WORDS APPEARED AND WERE REVEALED INTO A SPIRITUAL REVELATION FROM GOD THE BIRTH OF IMMORTALITY THIS IS WHERE THE REVELATION OF THIS BOOK BEGAN TITLE: THE BIRTH OF IMMORTALITY BOOK WRITTEN BY: RAY WILSON
Author : Zun Huang
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 1478 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781648979958
The ancient cultivators of great powers, once they thought of becoming demons, and once they thought of becoming buddhas, there were also experts of the martial way that broke through the void. They were the only ones who had the right to do so. In chaotic times, geniuses would rise to prominence. The imperial government, sects, aristocratic families, and foreign races would battle with each other for karmic luck. Who could emerge from the masses and become a true dragon, reaching the peak of perfection? Like this book...
Author : David Giles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781137096500
What drives people to crave fame and celebrity? How does fame affect people psychologically? These issues are frequently discussed by the media but up till now psychologists have shied away from an academic away from an academic investigation of the phenomenon of fame. In this lively, eclectic book David Giles examines fame and celebrity from a variety of perspectives. He argues that fame should be seen as a process rather than a state of being, and that 'celebrity' has largely emerged through the technological developments of the last 150 years. Part of our problem in dealing with celebrities, and the problem celebrities have dealing with the public, is that the social conditions produced by the explosion in mass communications have irrevocably altered the way we live. However we know little about many of the phenomena these conditions have produced - such as the 'parasocial interaction' between television viewers and media characters, and the quasi-religious activity of 'fans'. Perhaps the biggest single dilemma for celebrities is the fact that the vehicle that creates fame for them - the media - is also their tormentor. To address these questions, David Giles draws on research from psychology, sociology, media and communications studies, history and anthropology - as well as his own experiences as a music journalist in the 1980s. He argues that the history of fame is inextricably linked to the emergence of the individual self as a central theme of Western culture, and considers how the desire for authenticity, as well as individual privacy, have created anxieties for celebrities which are best understood in their historical and cultural context.
Author : Eveofchaos
Publisher : WWW.WEBNOVEL.COM (Cloudary Holdings Limited)
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
"So, that's how my life ends, what a waste of time it was...". These were the last thoughts of a young man, shot by accident in a fight between local gangs. Little did he know that he would soon wake up in another world, a world of cultivation! This is the story of the whoreson of a wealthy family, of a transmigrator that had no purpose in his previous life, of a demon that will make power his reason to keep on living. Noah Balvan, after he transmigrated, will have to fight against his social status and the many difficulties of the world he was reborn in to obtain the power to stand free in the sky above anyone!
Author : Ted Cross
Publisher : Breakwater Harbor Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780990987703
Moscow, 2138. With the world only beginning to recover from the complete societal collapse of the late 21st Century, Zoya scrapes by prepping corpses for funerals and dreams of saving enough money to have a child. When her brother forces her to bring him a mysterious package, she witnesses his murder and finds herself on the run from ruthless mobsters. Frantically trying to stay alive and save her loved ones, Zoya opens the package and discovers two unusual data cards, one that allows her to fight back against the mafia and another which may hold the key to everlasting life. KEYWORDS: Cyberpunk, Thriller, Technothriller, Mafia, Russia, Moscow, Nanobots, Nanotech, Clones, Immortality, AI, Artificial Intelligence
Author : David Guttmann
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780313360183
Having been mentored by Viktor E. Frankl, the founder of logotherapy, Emeritus Professor David Guttmann authored this book so general readers may understand this approach to finding meaning in life at the point when most of us begin deeply wondering over that question, at midlife and beyond. Especially in this day and age of multiple demands on our time and seemingly non-stop obligations, we too often find that it is only when the dust settles, after a work day or work week, or even after retirement, when we begin to wonder: What is the meaning of life? The purpose? This book is a new millennium venture into those questions and their answers using logotherapy, written by a sage understudy who recalls Frankl, with his logotherapy, as the epitome of his theory even at 80 years old, wise and witty, exuding an energy, enthusiasm and youthful spirit that belied his years by decades. Aging does not diminish our power, our energy, and our quest for life, but reshapes it with new understandings, goals, and needs. But, says Guttmann, we live in a technical and machine-based world now, in which there is a danger of losing our souls. Here, readers find a new, creative perspective on aging and a fresh spiritual outlook. This book will be of interest not only to general readers, especially those at midlife and beyond, but also to their families, friends, and students or professionals in the helping professions. This unique work provides knowledge to find meaning in life derived from the fields of philosophy, psychology, religion and gerontology, with case illustrations and vignettes to give readers both intellectual pleasure and practical guidance.
