The Light The Stones And The Sacred

Author : Andrea Orlando
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319544878

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The Light, The Stones and The Sacred by Andrea Orlando Pdf

This book addresses a variety of topics within the growing discipline of Archaeoastronomy, focusing especially on Archaeoastronomy in Sicily and the Mediterranean and Cultural Astronomy. A further priority is discussion of the astronomical and statistical methods used today to ascertain the degree of reliability of the chronological and cultural definition of sites and artifacts of archaeoastronomical interest. The contributions were all delivered at the XVth Congress of the Italian Society of Archaeoastronomy (SIA), held under the rubric "The Light, the Stones and the Sacred" – a theme inspired by the International Year of Light 2015, organized by UNESCO. The full meaning of many ancient monuments can only be understood by examining their relation to light, given the effects that light radiation produces in “interacting” with lithic structures. Moreover, in addition to manifestations of the sacred through the medium of light (hierophanies), there are many ties between temples, tombs, megalithic structures, and the architecture of almost all ages and cultures and our star, the Sun. Readers will find the book to be a source of fascinating insights based on synergies between the disciplines of archaeology and astronomy.

Author : Galen Gillotte
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0738704008

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Sacred Stones of the Goddess by Galen Gillotte Pdf

Make everyday magic come alive with the beautiful prose and invocations found in Sacred Stones of the Goddess. This one-of-a-kind guidebook incorporates crystals and semiprecious stones in talismanic magic, combined with guided meditations and prayers to the Goddess. This book includes thirty-five Goddess-centered invocations for a variety of purposes, step-by-step instructions for putting together and using your own thirteen-stone divination set, and instructions for creating and using your own set of Wiccan prayer beads.

Author : Matthew Reilly
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416505075

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The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly Pdf

In the thrilling sequel to the bestselling "Seven Deadly Wonders," super-soldier Jack West, Jr. and his elite team must race to secure the world from a looming Armageddon.

Author : Christine Zucchelli
Publisher : Collins Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000116726823

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Stones of Adoration by Christine Zucchelli Pdf

"Different beliefs, practices and rituals behind the notion of their magical powers and virtues are revealed. The situations in which people resorted to them are also examined: selecting chieftains, establishing the truth, curing sickness, and promoting fertility. In conclusion, the role of sacred stones in the religious and spiritual life of modern Ireland is described. This is a reminder of our spiritual past as some of these stones and monuments enter their fifth millennium."--Jacket.

Author : Claude Lecouteux
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781594775086

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A Lapidary of Sacred Stones by Claude Lecouteux Pdf

A comprehensive dictionary of sacred and magical gem lore that draws on the rarest source texts of Antiquity and the Middle Ages • Reveals the healing and magical virtues of familiar gemstones, such as amethyst, emerald, and diamond, as well as the lore surrounding exotic stones such as astrios, a stone celebrated by ancient magicians • Examines bezoars (stones formed in animals’ bodies) and “magnets” that attract materials other than metal • Based on ancient Arabic, Greek, Jewish, and European sources, ranging from the observations of Pliny the Elder to extremely rare texts such as the Picatrix and Damigeron’s Virtue of Stones Our ancestors believed stones were home to sacred beings of power, entities that if properly understood and cultivated could provide people protection from ill fortune, envy, and witchcraft; grant invisibility and other magical powers; improve memory; and heal the sick from a wide variety of diseases. These benefits could be obtained by wearing the stone on a ring, bracelet, or pendant; through massage treatments with the stone; or by reducing the gem into a powder and drinking it mixed with water or wine. Drawing from a wealth of ancient Arabic, Greek, Jewish, and European sources--from the observations of Pliny the Elder to extremely rare texts such as the Picatrix and Damigeron’s Virtue of Stones--Claude Lecouteux provides a synthesis of all known lore for more than 800 stones. He includes such common examples as the emerald, which when engraved with the figure of a harpy holding a lamprey in its claws will banish panic and nightmares, and beryl, which when appropriately carved can summon water spirits or win its owner high renown, as well as more exotic stones such as astrios, a stone celebrated by ancient magicians and whose center glows like a star. Lecouteux also examines bezoars--stones formed in animals’ bodies--as well as “magnets” that attract materials other than iron, such as gold, flesh, cotton, or scorpions. This comprehensive dictionary of sacred and magical gem lore, drawn from the rarest sources of Antiquity and the Middle Ages, represents a one-of-a-kind resource for gem enthusiasts and magical practitioners alike.

Author : Anthony Doerr
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476746609

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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Pdf

*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the Resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge. Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, he illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Flute Player Publications
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780977653348

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Gospel of the Stone - ebook by Anonim Pdf

Author : Daniel C. Peterson,Jeffrey M. Bradshaw,Daniel Oswald
Publisher : The Interpreter Foundation
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781512360912

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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 14 (2015) by Daniel C. Peterson,Jeffrey M. Bradshaw,Daniel Oswald Pdf

This is volume 14 (2015) of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture published by The Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on a variety of topics including "Sustaining the Brethren," "Who Was Sherem," "Whoso Forbiddeth to Abstain from Meats," "Where in Cincinnati Was the Third Edition of the Book of Mormon Printed?" "Celestial Visits in the Scriptures, and a Plausible Mesoamerican Tradition," "Father is a Man: The Remarkable Mention of the name Abish in Alma 19:16 and Its Narrative Context," "A Redemptive Reading of Mark 5:25-34," "Restoring the Original Text of the Book of Mormon," "The Implications of Past-Tense Syntax in the Book of Mormon," "Reflections of Urim: Hebrew Poetry Sheds Light on the Directors-Interpreters Mystery," "John L. Sorenson's Complete Legacy: Reviewing Mormon's Codex," "Lehi the Smelter: New Light on Lehi's Profession," and "Place of Crushing: The Literary Function of Heshlon in Ether 13:25-31."

Author : William Sarabande
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1991-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553291056

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The Sacred Stones by William Sarabande Pdf

Courageous, passionate men and women battle for survival of their clans—in the shadow of the great mammoth who speaks with thunder . . . As the massive glaciers fade and the wide seas rise, the warm grasslands of the Americas bring prosperity to the gentle People of the Red World, followers of the Great Ghost Spirit, the White Mammoth. But farther north, where the harsh dry winds howl, another nation, the People of the Watching Star, are enmeshed with legends of an evil shaman and the man-eating monster called the wanawut. Relentlessly they have hunted the mammoth to near extinction. Now, as raiders and ravagers they are coming south to invade the villages of the People of the Red World. The only ones who can prevent the murder of innocents and the final slaughter of the mammoth are a young boy shaman to whom the animals speak, a man whose strength equals his conviction, and a woman who hopes that, beyond violence and cruelty, humankind will recognize a stronger power—the force of love.

Author : Melusine Draco
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781780991382

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Magic Crystals, Sacred Stones by Melusine Draco Pdf

Magic Crystals, Sacred Stones is aimed at those who have explored crystal working as a beginner and who now wish to understand the mysteries of the Earth at a deeper level. , ,

Author : Alberto Pérez Gómez,Alberto Perez-Garcia,Stephen Parcell
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780773538580

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Chora, Volume Six by Alberto Pérez Gómez,Alberto Perez-Garcia,Stephen Parcell Pdf

An interdisciplinary collection of essays in the history and philosophy of architecture.

Author : C. Riley Augé
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800735040

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Field Manual for the Archaeology of Ritual, Religion, and Magic by C. Riley Augé Pdf

By bringing together in one place specific objects, materials, and features indicating ritual, religious, or magical belief used by people around the world and through time, this tool will assist archaeologists in identifying evidence of belief-related behaviors and broadening their understanding of how those behaviors may also be seen through less obvious evidential lines. Instruction and templates for recording, typologizing, classifying, and analyzing ritual or magico-religious material culture are also provided to guide researchers in the survey, collection, and cataloging processes. The bulleted formatting and topical range make this a highly accessible work, while providing an incredible wealth of information in a single volume.

Author : Moyra Caldecott
Publisher : Celestial Arts
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1987-03-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0890874638

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Guardians of the Tall Stones by Moyra Caldecott Pdf

Fourteen-year-old Kyra has always felt different, but lately even her brother Karne has noticed her acting strangely--especially when she's near the ceremonial sacred stones that help guide and protect her village. When the villainous priest, Wardyke, overthrows the beloved elder, Maal, and threatens them all, Kyra must accept that her emerging psychic powers are her people's only hope. With guidance from Maal, and help from Karne and her best friend, Fern, Kyra enters the forbidden circle of stones to call upon unseen, mystical powers to banish Wardyke once and for all! Moyra Caldecott's The Sacred Stones series, set in Bronze Age Britain, introduces readers to a time when magic existed in the workings of everyday life and the threat of evil loomed in the shadows.

Author : David L. Haberman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190086718

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Loving Stones by David L. Haberman Pdf

"Loving Stones: Making the Impossible Possible in the Worship of Mount Govardhan is based on ethnographic and textual research with two major objectives. First, it is a study of the conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna. In this capacity it provides detailed information about the rich religious world associated with Mount Govardhan, much of which has not been available in previous scholarly literature. It is often said in that Mount Govardhan "makes the impossible possible" for devoted worshipers. This investigation includes examination of the perplexing paradox of an infinite god embodied in finite form, wherein each particular form is non-different from the unlimited. Second, it aims to address the challenge of interpreting something as radically different as the worship of a mountain and its stones for a culture in which this practice is quite alien. This challenge involves exploration of interpretive strategies that aspire to make the un-understandable understandable, and engages in theoretical considerations of incongruity, inconceivability, and like realms of the impossible. This aspect of the book includes critical consideration of the place and history of the pejorative concept of idolatry (and secondarily, its twin anthropomorphism) in the comparative study of religions. Accordingly, the second aim aspires to use the worship of Mount Govardhan as a site to explore ways in which scholars engaged in the difficult work of representing other cultures struggle to "make the impossible possible". ""--

Author : Alphonse Riesenfeld
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Megalithic monuments
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Megalithic Culture of Melanesia by Alphonse Riesenfeld Pdf