Persian Dreams

Author : John W. Parker
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 699 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597976466

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Persian Dreams by John W. Parker Pdf

Moscow's ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran underwent dramatic fluctuations following Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's triumphant return to Tehran in 1979. After a prolonged implosion, they fitfully expanded, shaped not only by the rush of current events but by centuries of ingrained practices and prejudices. By summer 2006, as Iran forged ahead with its nuclear program and Shia-based forces flexed their muscles across the Middle East, Russian-Iranian relations again appeared to be on the threshold of an entirely new dynamic. Drawing on firsthand interviews as well as primary and secondary sources, John Parker delineates Moscow's motives and approaches to dealing with the resurgent Tehran, weaving into the public record the recollections and analyses of Russian politicians, diplomats, and experts who dealt directly with Iran both under the Pahlavi monarchy and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Parker also emphasizes other touchstones of relations between the two countries, including their complex dealings in 1992 immediately after the Soviet Union's collapse and when they backed opposing sides in the civil war in Tajikistan yet nourished mutual interests on other issues. The depth of his analysis sheds light on the more recent repercussions of the September 11 terrorist attacks for Afghanistan and Iraq, for the Middle East as a whole, and for Iran's accelerating nuclear program.

Author : Michael Lipka
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110638851

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Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism by Michael Lipka Pdf

While modern students of Greek religion are alert to the occasion-boundedness of epiphanies and divinatory dreams in Greek polytheism, they are curiously indifferent to the generic parameters of the relevant textual representations on which they build their argument. Instead, generic questions are normally left to the literary critic, who in turn is less interested in religion. To evaluate the relation of epiphanies and divinatory dreams to Greek polytheism, the book investigates relevant representations through all major textual genres in pagan antiquity. The evidence of the investigated genres suggests that the ‘epiphany-mindedness’ of the Greeks, postulated by most modern critics, is largely an academic chimaera, a late-comer of Christianizing 19th-century-scholarship. It is primarily founded on a misinterpretation of Homer’s notorious anthropomorphism (in the Iliad and Odyssey but also in the Homeric Hymns). This anthropomorphism, which is keenly absorbed by Greek drama and figural art, has very little to do with the religious lifeworld experience of the ancient Greeks, as it appears in other genres. By contrast, throughout all textual genres investigated here, divinatory dreams are represented as an ordinary and real part of the ancient Greeks' lifeworld experience.

Author : Sarvananda Bluestone
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-12-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781594775567

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The World Dream Book by Sarvananda Bluestone Pdf

A unique self-help guide to dream interpretation using techniques and icons from cultures around the world. • Challenges the assumption that all symbols universally signify the same thing to all dreamers. • Includes numerous stories, games, and exercises for inducing, recalling, interpreting, and utilizing dreams. • Extends beyond Jung and Freud to include dream theory from numerous world cultures, including the Temiar of Malaya, the African Ibans, the Lepchka of the Himalayas, and the Ute of North America. Dreaming can be used as a tool for understanding our own consciousness, enhancing creativity, receiving visions, conquering fears, interpreting recent events, healing the body, and evolving the soul. Tapping into the vast dreaming experiences and lore of the world's cultures--from the Siwa people of the Libyan desert to the Naskapi Indians of Labrador--Sarvananda Bluestone challenges the assumption that all symbols universally signify the same thing to all dreamers. The World Dream Book encourages readers to develop their own, personalized symbols for understanding their consciousness and provides a series of stories, multicultural techniques, and games to help them do so. Playful explorations, such as the aboriginal "Sipping the Water of the Moon," teach how to induce, recall, interpret, and utilize the power of dreams. Readers will discover how a stone under a pillow can help us remember a dream and will explore their own dormant artist and writer as they reclaim the power of their sleeping consciousness. Sarvananda Bluestone applies his uniquely engaging style to demonstrate that, with a few simple tools, everybody has the capacity to unleash their full dreaming potential.

Author : John C. Lamoreaux
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 079145374X

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The Early Muslim Tradition of Dream Interpretation by John C. Lamoreaux Pdf

Explores dream interpretation among the early Muslims, who saw dreams as a type of prophecy.

Author : Bronwen Neil,Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004375710

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Dreams, Memory and Imagination in Byzantium by Bronwen Neil,Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides Pdf

This collection of studies on Dreams, Memory and Imagination in Byzantium reveals the distinctive and important roles of memory, imagination and dreams in the Byzantine court, the proto-Orthodox church and broader society from Constantinople to Syria and beyond

Author : Derek S. Dodson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567153203

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Reading Dreams by Derek S. Dodson Pdf

Dodson reads the dreams in the Gospel of Matthew (1:18b-25; 2:12, 13-15, 19-21, 22; 27:19) as the authorial audience. This approach requires an understanding of the social and literary character of dreams in the Greco-Roman world. Dodson describes the social function of dreams, noting that dreams constituted one form of divination in the ancient world, and looks at the theories and classification of dreams that developed in the ancient world. He then moves on to demonstrate the literary dimensions of dreams in Greco-Roman literature. This exploration of the literary representation of dreams is nuanced by considering the literary form of dreams, dreams in the Greco-Roman rhetorical tradition, the inventiveness of literary dreams, and the literary function of dreams. The dreams in the Gospel of Matthew are then analyzed in this social and literary context. It is demonstrated that Matthew's use of dreams as a literary convention corresponds to the script of dreams in other Greco-Roman narratives. This correspondence includes the form of the Matthean dreams, dreams as a motif of the birth topos (1:18b-25), the association of dreams and prophecy (1:22-23; 2:15, 23), the use of the double-dream report (2:12 and 2:13-15), and dreams as an ominous sign in relation to an individual's death (27:19). An appendix considers the Matthean transfiguration as a dream-vision report.

Author : André Lardinois,van der Poel,Vincent Hunink
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789047409281

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Land of Dreams by André Lardinois,van der Poel,Vincent Hunink Pdf

This collection of essays, dedicated to A.H.M. Kessels, provides an overview of modern Dutch scholarship in Greek and Latin studies with special emphasis on dreams in classical literature, classical drama and the reception of Homer.

Author : Samuel Alimo
Publisher : Samuel Alimo
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789988303761

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Unlocking the Mystery of Dreams by Samuel Alimo Pdf

A good number of us have turned to search engines, folklore, psychic or related mediums for insight into a dream or two. Chances are, we were left confused and disappointed. This banal approach has caused many to relegate dreams to mere sleep occurrences which have little to no relevance in their lives. Yet, the Bible is replete with accounts of counsel, deliverance, inspiration, promotion and prophetic directions made accessible to individuals, families and nations through dreams. Though it was foretold that dreams will abound in this era when the Holy Spirit is being poured upon all flesh, few are equipped to harness the potential of this divine channel of communication. From childhood, I have had a prolific dream gift which has been nurtured to impact several individuals and groups. Through extensive studies and evaluation of my experiences, I have learnt vital principles necessary for stewarding and maximising this gift. In this book, you will find insights for careful analysis, creative interpretation, wholesome communication and sound application of dreams. Through the illustrations given, you will learn how dreams make God's involvement in our lives real and foster a deeper connection with God, people and purpose.

Author : Christopher Heathcote,Yvonne Audette
Publisher : Macmillan Education AU
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : 1876832797

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Yvonne Audette by Christopher Heathcote,Yvonne Audette Pdf

This monograph traces an unusual life, dedicated to the arts. Audette's career as a painter and artist specialising in works on paper has now spanned near six decades: from Sydney where she studied and modelled for Max Dupain, to Europe, Italy and Spain in the post- war years when abstract expressionism was the dominant new trend.

Author : Alexander Hollmann
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Symbolism in literature
ISBN : 0674055888

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The Master of Signs by Alexander Hollmann Pdf

In Herodotus's Histories, almost anything is capable of being invested with meaning--human speech, gifts, markings, and even the human body. This book represents an unprecedented examination of signs and their interpreters, as well as the terminology Herodotus uses to describe sign transmission, reception, and decoding.

Author : Royal book
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600006006

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The royal book of dreams, from an ancient manuscript, by Raphael by Royal book Pdf

Author : Jonathan Glustrom Katz
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004105999

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Dreams, Sufism, and Sainthood by Jonathan Glustrom Katz Pdf

Based on Muhammad al-Zawâwî's extraordinary diary of 109 dream conversations with the Prophet Muhammad, this study provides a rare, intimate view of 15th-century North African Muslim life.The study reconstructs Zawâwî's lifestory over a critical ten-year period and examines his career as a sufi in the historical context of North Africa and Mamluk Cairo. Psychological aspects of Zawâwî's religious experience are thoroughly explored.The concluding chapter provides an introduction to the role of dreams and visions in medieval Islam. Particular attention is paid to the way Zawâwî and his successors used their visions to legitimate claims to being awliya', or living saints.

Author : Ágnes Kriza
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110779226

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Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures by Ágnes Kriza Pdf

Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures is a thematic essay volume to investigate the history and function of enigma in Orthodox Slavic cultures with a special focus on the cultural history of Rus and Muscovy. Its seventeen case studies across disciplinary boundaries analyze Slavic biblical and patristic translations, liturgical commentaries, occult divinatory texts, and dream interpretations. Slavic riddles inscribed on walls and compilations of riddles in question-and-answer format are all subjects of this volume. Not only written, but also pictorial enigmas are examined, together with their relationships to texts suggesting novel methodologies for their deciphering. This kaleidoscopic survey of Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures by an international group of scholars demonstrates the historiographical challenges that medieval enigmatic thought poses for researchers and offers new approaches to the interpretation of medieval sources, both verbal and visual.

Author : Didem Havlioğlu,Zeynep Uysal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000842333

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Routledge Handbook on Turkish Literature by Didem Havlioğlu,Zeynep Uysal Pdf

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of Turkish literature within both a local and global context. Across eight thematic sections a collection of subject experts use close readings of literature materials to provide a critical survey of the main issues and topics within the literature. The chapters provide analysis on a wide range of genres and text types, including novels, poetry, religious texts, and drama, with works studied ranging from the fourteenth century right up to the present day. Using such a historic scope allows the volume to be read across cultures and time, while simultaneously contextualizing and investigating how modern Turkish literature interacts with world literature, and finds its place within it. Collectively, the authors challenge the national literary historiography by replacing the Ottoman Turkish literature in the Anatolian civilizations with its plurality of cultures. They also seek to overcome the institutional and theoretical shortcomings within current study of such works, suggesting new approaches and methods for the study of Turkish literature. The Routledge Handbook on Turkish Literature marks a new departure in the reading and studying of Turkish literature. It will be a vital resource for those studying literature, Middle East studies, Turkish and Ottoman history, social sciences, and political science.

Author : Carol A. Newsom
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611645392

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Daniel by Carol A. Newsom Pdf

The book of Daniel is a literary rich and complex story known for its apocalyptic style. Written in both Hebrew and Aramaic, the book begins with stories of Daniel and three Jewish young men Hananiah (Shadrach), Mishael (Meshach), and Azariah (Abednego) who are exiles among the remnant from Judea in Babylon in sixth century b.c.e. It ends with Daniel's visions and dreams about the Jewish community that offer comfort and encouragement as they endure persecution and hope for deliverance into God's kingdom. Newsom's commentary offers a fresh study of Daniel in its historical context. Newsom further analyzes Daniel from literary and theological perspectives. With her expert commentary, Newsom's study will be the definitive commentary on Daniel for many years to come. The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing. The editorial board consists of William P. Brown, Professor of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia; Carol A. Newsom, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament, Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia; and Brent A. Strawn, Professor of Old Testament, Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.