Sacred Groves

Author : Louise Westling
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820332024

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Sacred Groves and Ravaged Gardens by Louise Westling Pdf

In Sacred Groves and Ravaged Gardens, Louise Westling explores how the complex, difficult roles of women in southern culture shaped the literary worlds of Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, and Flannery O'Connor. Tracing the cultural heritage of the South, Westling shows how southern women reacted to the violent, false world created by their men--a world in which women came to be shrouded as icons of purity in atonement for the sins of men. Exposing the actual conditions of women's lives, creating assertive protagonists who resist or revise conventional roles, and exploring rich matriarchal traditions and connections to symbolic landscapes Welty, McCullers, and O'Connor created a body of fiction that enriches and complements the patriarchal version of southern life presented in the works of William Faulkner, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and William Styron.

Author : Eliza F. Kent
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199895472

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Sacred Groves and Local Gods by Eliza F. Kent Pdf

In recent years, India's "sacred groves," small forests or stands of trees set aside for a deity's exclusive use, have attracted the attention of NGOs, botanists, specialists in traditional medicine, and anthropologists. Environmentalists disillusioned by the failures of massive state-sponsored solutions to ecological problems have hailed them as an exemplary form of traditional community resource management. For in spite of pressures to utilize their trees for fodder, housing, and firewood, the religious taboos surrounding sacred groves have led to the conservation of pockets of abundant flora in areas otherwise denuded by deforestation. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become objects of fascination and hope for Indian environmentalists. Sacred Groves and Local Gods traces a journey through Tamil Nadu, exploring how the localized meanings attached to forested shrines are changing under the impact of globalization and economic liberalization. Confounding simplistic representations of sacred groves as sites of a primitive form of nature worship, the book shows how local practices and beliefs regarding sacred groves are at once more imaginative, dynamic, and pragmatic than previously thought. Kent argues that rather than being ancient in origin, as has been asserted by other scholars, the religious beliefs, practices, and iconography found in sacred groves suggest origins in the politically de-centered eighteenth century, when the Tamil country was effectively ruled by local chieftains. She analyzes two projects undertaken by environmentalists that seek to harness the traditions surrounding sacred groves in the service of forest restoration and environmental education.

Author : Susan Starr Sered
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Okinawa-ken (Japan)
ISBN : 9780195124866

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Women of the Sacred Groves by Susan Starr Sered Pdf

Although most historical and contemporary religions are governed by men, there are, scattered throughout the world, a handful of well-documented religions led by women. Most of these are marginal, subordinate, or secondary religions in the societies in which they are located. The one known exception to this rule is the indigenous religion of Okinawa, where women lead the official mainstream religion of the society. In this fieldwork-based study, Susan Sered provides the first; in-depth look at this unique religious tradition, exploring the intersection between religion and gender. In addition to providing important information on this remarkable and little-studied group, this book helps to overturn our mostly unexamined assumptions that male dominance of the religious sphere is; universal, axiomatic, and necessary.

Author : G. Singh
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789387307681

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Sacred Groves Of Rajasthan by G. Singh Pdf

Author : Dr. Anjum Azaz
Publisher : Sankalp Publication
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789391173418

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Sacred Groves by Dr. Anjum Azaz Pdf

: Sacred groves are untouched plots of land that are secluded by the people inhabiting near them, primarily for religious purposes. The popular conception of a grove is a collection of exceptionally well-formed trees set in a place of outstanding natural beauty. These patches of land can be of varying sizes and shapes. It is believed that arborolatry is one of the earliest forms of worship in this world. It occupies an important place in folklore. There are innumerable examples of oral literature encircling around trees. Examples of reverence of trees in Indian mythology are multiple. We know about many proverbs and riddles that discuss the dreadful side of forests. In many of the Hindu rituals, we find marriage songs completely dedicated to herbs such as tulasi, etc. Tree worship also constitutes a major portion of the social folk customs of the people. By studying the role trees and plants play in a particular society, their significance is known. In addition, information about the socio-cultural and religion lives of the people of that particular community can also be studied.

Author : Michael J. Sheridan,Celia Nyamweru
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 0821417894

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African Sacred Groves by Michael J. Sheridan,Celia Nyamweru Pdf

In western scholarship, Africa’s so-called sacred forests are often treated as the remains of primeval forests, ethnographic curiosities, or cultural relics from a static precolonial past. Their continuing importance in African societies, however, shows that this “relic theory” is inadequate for understanding current social and ecological dynamics. African Sacred Groves challenges dominant views of these landscape features by redefining the subject matter beyond the compelling yet uninformative term “sacred.” The term “ethnoforests” incorporates the environmental, social-political, and symbolic aspects of these forests without giving undue primacy to their religious values. This interdisciplinary book by an international group of scholars and conservation practitioners provides a methodological framework for understanding these forests by examining their ecological characteristics, delineating how they relate to social dynamics and historical contexts, exploring their ideological aspects, and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses as sites for community-based resource management and the conservation of cultural and biological diversity.

Author : Rena Laisram
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527501072

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Sacred Groves, Cultural Ecosystems and Conservation by Rena Laisram Pdf

Sacred Groves, Cultural Ecosystems and Conservation addresses the increasing contemporary relevance of ecosystems being depleted at an alarming rate worldwide. The purpose of this collection of essays is to bring together different perspectives on sacred groves in the context of the cultural and spiritual dimensions of biodiversity conservation. In offering an experience of sacred natural sites in varied cultural contexts of Africa and Asia, it raises a common concern for natural resource management. Based on the long-term research of the contributing authors, the nine chapters reflect a continuous process of redefining sacred spaces within an interdisciplinary framework grounded on existing literature and ethnographic field research. The highlight of the discourse is the complex interactions and negotiations between the ‘sacred’ and the ‘secular’; which brings center-stage the subject of sacred status that communities have given to nature. This book will be of interest to researchers and general audience alike interested and concerned with earth ecosystems and the spiritual world, creating a space for critical enquiry and future hopes in the face of threatening habitat loss.

Author : Dr.C.Ravinder Singh M.Sc., Ph.D.,,Ms. M. Bhuvaneswari, M.Sc., D.C.A., M.Ed., M.Phil.,
Publisher : DARSHAN PUBLISHERS
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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SACRED GROVES OF NAMAKKAL DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR MEDICINAL USES by Dr.C.Ravinder Singh M.Sc., Ph.D.,,Ms. M. Bhuvaneswari, M.Sc., D.C.A., M.Ed., M.Phil., Pdf

Sacred Groves and their medicinal, commercial values known through the indigenious community and some of the medicinally valuable literature. In the conservation aspect we conducted awareness program for the local peoples, students of schools and colleges, teachers, pujari, traditional healers and land owners. Few groves were planted with water holding capable rich species and Oxygen producing species. These species were protected by local peoples and pujari of the concern grove.

Author : K. C. Malhotra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Forest reserves
ISBN : 8173053235

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Sacred Groves in India by K. C. Malhotra Pdf

Author : Eliza F. Kent
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199895465

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Sacred Groves and Local Gods by Eliza F. Kent Pdf

Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which south India's sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become objects of fascination and hope for Indian environmentalists.

Author : Chris Coggins,Bixia Chen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000577808

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Sacred Forests of Asia by Chris Coggins,Bixia Chen Pdf

Presenting a thorough examination of the sacred forests of Asia, this volume engages with dynamic new scholarly dialogues on the nature of sacred space, place, landscape, and ecology in the context of the sharply contested ideas of the Anthropocene. Given the vast geographic range of sacred groves in Asia, this volume discusses the diversity of associated cosmologies, ecologies, traditional local resource management practices, and environmental governance systems developed during the pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial periods. Adopting theoretical perspectives from political ecology, the book views ecology and polity as constitutive elements interacting within local, regional, and global networks. Readers will find the very first systematic comparative analysis of sacred forests that include the karchall mabhuy of the Katu people of Central Vietnam, the leuweng kolot of the Baduy people of West Java, the fengshui forests of southern China, the groves to the goddess Sarna Mata worshiped by the Oraon people of Jharkhand India, the mauelsoop and bibosoop of Korea, and many more. Comprising in-depth, field-based case studies, each chapter shows how the forest’s sacrality must not be conceptually delinked from its roles in common property regimes, resource security, spiritual matters of ultimate concern, and cultural identity. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of indigenous studies, environmental anthropology, political ecology, geography, religion and heritage, nature conservation, environmental protection, and Asian studies.

Author : Emma Restall Orr
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781782796848

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Spirits of the Sacred Grove by Emma Restall Orr Pdf

For many, the word Druidry conjures up images of white-robed figures involved in esoteric rituals. But modern Druidry is not wrapped up in a veil of secrecy - it is celebrated openly, in the sunlight of the meadow or the shady leafiness of forest glade. Druids are passionate about the environment, and their worship is above all focused on Nature through the celebration of the changing seasons of the year. Spirits of the Sacred Grove is a very personal journey through the seasons seen through the eyes of a modern female Druid. Emma Restall Orr takes the reader through the cycles of nature, from the chaos of Samhain or Hallowe'en into the dark of winter, through the energy of spring and into the bright summer months - then back through autumn to Samhain. At the same time she acts as a guide along the paths of the sacred rituals. Spirits of the Sacred Grove reveals Druidry as an accessible and compelling spiritual path that offers enormous potential for personal healing and empowerment. Exploring rites of passage and weaving in references to many other spiritual traditions, this book is an intensely rich mixture of the ideas and images of a Pagan Druid priestess.

Author : Debashis Debnath
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Ecology
ISBN : 8176253863

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Ecology and Rituals in Tribal Areas by Debashis Debnath Pdf

The Western And Indian Social- Cultural Anthropologists Contributed Much In Developing The Theories Of Primitive Or Tribal Religion. In Course Of Time The Ecological Anthropologists Have Extended Further Those Concepts, More Specifically The Ritualistic Functions, In The Analysis Of Human Adaptability Within An Ecosystem. Combining The Two This Book Deals With A Comparative Analysis Of Religious Live Of The Five Tribal Groups Living In A Common Ecological Setting In A Close Proximity To Establish The Inter-Relationship Between Ecology And Rituals In The Tribal Areas. This Is A Holistic Study Concerning All Aspects Of Live Related To Religion. This Micro Study Is Based On All-Important Parameters Like Ecological Settings, Socio-Economic Conditions, Ethnic Diversities And Culture-Historical Factors. This Book Will Help To Enhance Knowledge And To Develop The Methodological Tools And Techniques For The Researcher Belonging To The Subjects Like Social Anthropology, Sociology, Comparative Religion, Tribal Studies, Natural Resource Management And So On.

Author : J. J. Roy Burman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Koli (Indic people)
ISBN : UOM:39015061110154

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Sacred Groves Among Communities by J. J. Roy Burman Pdf

Sacred Groves Refer To Patches Of Forests Dedicated To Deities Often Fiery Ones. This Book Dispels The Myth Built Around Sacred Groves And Considers The Environment Management Dimension Only A Contingental Fallout Of The Institution Of Sacred Grove.

Author : Anders Andrén
Publisher : Nordic Academic Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789189116818

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Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives by Anders Andrén Pdf

The study of Old Norse Religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia are investigated and interpreted by archaeologists, historians, art historians, historians of religion as well as scholars of literature, onomastics and Scandinavian studies. For obvious reasons, these studies belong to the main curricula in Scandinavia but are also carried out at many other universities in Europe, the United States and Australia a fact that is evident to any reader of this book. In order to bring this broad and varied field of research together, an international conference on Old Norse religion was held in Lund in June 2004. About two hundred delegates from more than fifteen countries took part. The intention was to gather researchers to encourage and improve scholarly exchange and dialogue, and Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives presents a selection of the proceedings from that conference. The 75 contributions elucidate topics such as worldview and cosmology, ritual and religious practice, myth and memory as well as the reception and present-day use of Old Norse religion. The main editors of this volume have directed the multidisciplinary research project Roads to Midgard since 2000. The project is based at Lund University and funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation.