The Serpent S Gift

Author : Jeffrey J. Kripal
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226453828

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The Serpent's Gift by Jeffrey J. Kripal Pdf

“Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field.” With those words in Genesis, God condemns the serpent for tempting Adam and Eve, and the serpent has shouldered the blame ever since. But how would the study of religion change if we looked at the Fall from the snake’s point of view? Would he appear as a bringer of wisdom, more generous than the God who wishes to keep his creation ignorant? Inspired by the early Gnostics who took that startling view, Jeffrey J. Kripal uses the serpent as a starting point for a groundbreaking reconsideration of religious studies and its methods. In a series of related essays, he moves beyond both rational and faith-based approaches to religion, exploring the erotics of the gospels and the sexualities of Jesus, John, and Mary Magdalene. He considers Feuerbach’s Gnosticism, the untapped mystical potential of comparative religion, and even the modern mythology of the X-Men. Ultimately, The Serpent’s Gift is a provocative call for a complete reorientation of religious studies, aimed at a larger understanding of the world, the self, and the divine.

Author : Helen Elaine Lee
Publisher : Scribner Book Company
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UCSC:32106014180803

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Serpent's Gift by Helen Elaine Lee Pdf

The lives of two African-American families who unite after a breadwinner dies. A son becomes a writer of folk stories and oral history, and it is he who provides the novel with its social and historical content.

Author : Lene Kaaberbol
Publisher : Pushkin Children's Books
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781782692294

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The Serpent Gift by Lene Kaaberbol Pdf

The third book in the thrilling fantasy adventure series, The Shamer Chronicles A watching face in a market crowd, a mist-shrouded figure on the moor, a haunting presence seen only when he wants to be seen? Sezuan, possessor of the Serpent Gift for lie and illusion, is a chilling and ambiguous figure at the best of times. He is also Dina's father. And when he comes to claim the daughter he has never seen, the Shamer and her family are catapulted into reckless flight and danger. With nowhere else to turn, Dina must learn to see through her father's deceit and use her own powers to her advantage.

Author : Helen Elaine Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995-07-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0747246661

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The Serpent's Gift by Helen Elaine Lee Pdf

Author : Jonathan Cahn
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781629989426

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The Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn Pdf

New York Times Best Seller! 1500 5-Star Reviews! From the author that brought you NEW YORK TIMES best selling books The Harbinger, The Mystery of the Shemitah, and The Paradigm selling over 3 MILLION copies Imagine if you discovered a treasure chest in which were hidden ancient mysteries, revelations from heaven, secrets of the ages, the answers to man’s most enduring, age-old questions, and the hidden keys that can transform your life to joy, success, and blessing…This is The Book of Mysteries.

Author : J Mccurdy
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443401548

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Serpent's Egg by J Mccurdy Pdf

Published in 2001, The Serpent’s Egg became an instant hit among Canadian middle readers and ’tweens, selling thousands by word-of-mouth alone. Ottawa is under siege. Parliament Hill has fallen to the Demon. The fate of the entire world rests in the hands of Miranda and her Ottawa school friends. Searching through the labyrinth of tunnels under the Library of Parliament, they must find a portal into a parallel world, where the only way to save the two worlds from the Demon and her crazed minions is to capture the Serpent’s egg. In the classic tradition of epic fantasy, The Serpent’s Egg has all the magic ingredients for a captivating tale: good versus evil, an unlikely heroine, awesome battles, evil-doers extraordinaire, and a story that puts courage and friendship to the test.

Author : Rae St. Clair Bridgman
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781525585913

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The Serpent's Spell by Rae St. Clair Bridgman Pdf

Unbeknownst to ten-year-old Wil Wychwood, he comes from a long line of mages. But with the death of his grandmother and his world upended, Wil moves to live with “the Aunts” and finds himself in MiddleGate – where buses drive through brick walls and leaning houses dot streets named Wog’s Hollow and Half Moon Lane. The four-hundred-and-ninety-four-year-old school, Gruffud’s Academy, is out of this world too. With classes in numeristics, botanicals, cartology and verbology, and textbooks like "Magykal Spelling, Grammar and Palaver," this is no ordinary school. Yet something dark brews beneath the veneer of this idyllic hidden city. When Wil and his cousin Sophie rescue the sacred snakes of Narcisse, they find themselves swept up in a dangerous plot. The secret society known as the Serpent’s Chain is on the loose, and Wil is carrying the very thing they’ve been searching for. "Beware the Serpent’s Chain," they were told, but what does that mean? What dangers await Wil and Sophie as they unravel this wicked mystery?

Author : Rick Riordan
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781423163275

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The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan Pdf

He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sade Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all.

Author : Brian A. Verrett
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725259843

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The Serpent in Samuel by Brian A. Verrett Pdf

In this study, Brian A. Verrett argues that 1–2 Samuel contains a serpent motif by practicing biblical theology and literary criticism. This motif derives from the serpent in Genesis 3, and its function within the Samuel narrative is to heighten the reader’s anticipation in the coming messiah, who is the son of David and the seed of the woman from Genesis 3:15. This messiah will defeat the serpent and inaugurate his glorious reign over a renewed world. When 1–2 Samuel is read in this way, one appreciates previously unnoticed features of the text, understands aspects of the text that were formerly confusing, and rightly sees that the whole of 1–2 Samuel is a messianic document.

Author : Ernest Gibson
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781457504631

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The Serpent's Gift by Ernest Gibson Pdf

Justin Grant, a professor at a Chris an based college in the Midwest is struggling to come to terms with the death of his wife and child. During a leave of absence he is hiking through the mountains near a friend's cabin in Kentucky. He looks up and watches as a man slowly floats towards the ground. He blinks then thinks; "Where is the parachute? Is that a halo?" Thoughts vanish as the man plummets the last hundred feet to the ground. Justin runs to where the broken man lies, carries him to the cabin, and soon finds out that the man recuperating on his sofa is not of this world. As the stranger's wounds heal, Justin and the man he now knows as Sandel talk of many things, and Justin finds that he likes this mysterious man. As Justin listens, the story his new friend tells threatens to shatter everything Justin has ever known and in me uncovers the greatest hoax ever perpetrated against mankind. Ernest Gibson lives in the Midwest, far enough away from a major city to enjoy small town living. Ernest is a graduate of Purdue University. He is a re red designer in the auto industry, he works part me in an electronics store only because his family, a er he spent a year and a half at home, told him to get his ass out of the house and do something. He is a lifelong seeker of knowledge and truth, and strives to help others do the same. The one thing that he finds most abhorrent is a closed mind. He has never grown out of the enjoyment of the playing the game of "What If." A er reading this book you will see that the "What Ifs" went crazy. It is a er all what brought this book to life.

Author : John Bathurst Deane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Serpent worship
ISBN : NYPL:33433068182785

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The Worship of the Serpent Traced Throughout the World, and Its Traditions Referred to the Events in Paradise by John Bathurst Deane Pdf

Author : William E. Wilson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1984-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253203260

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The Angel and the Serpent by William E. Wilson Pdf

"The Angel and the Serpent is a book which combines scholarship and literary grace, and which recreates for us both the world of the Rappites and the Owenites.Ó ÑHenry Steele Commager, ÑThe New York Times Book ReviewÒWilson writes with clarity and humor and has given us a work which will be valuable both to the cultural historian and to the general reader.Ó ÑSt. Louis Globe DemocratÒ. . . exceedingly valuable addition to Indiana historiography.Ó ÑIndianapolis TimesHere is the story of George RappÕs German Harmonists and Robert OwenÕs IdealistsÑthe two vastly different communities that shaped the history of New Harmony, Indiana. Both the Rappites and the Owenites came to New Harmony to conduct communal living experimentsÑRapp expecting the millennium; Owen believing he had brought the millennium with him. Although the two men were motivated by different ideas, they shared the same goal: to see their people live together in happiness and peace. Their two experiments are probably the best known and most interesting efforts at establishing alternate or Utopian communities in America.

Author : Elizabeth Gaines Johnston
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781483427850

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Dragon’s Gift: Book One of The Gilded Serpents Trilogy by Elizabeth Gaines Johnston Pdf

Dragon's Gift, Book One in the Gilded Serpents Trilogy, is a thrilling tale of intrigue and adventure, complete with faeries, demons, mystical pendants and dragons. An ancient evil threatens the kingdom of Princess Kwyleena. After awakening from a coma, she befriends a dragon, Baelwyn, and soon learns of an impending war. She begins a journey across the lands in an effort to stop a vile prince from marrying her and destroying her kingdom! Throughout this quest, Kwyleeana and her companions make new friends and new foes, while encountering faeries, kidnappers, love, and a demon-possessed forest. With its twists, turns, and shocking revelations, you will find Dragon's Gift difficult to put down.

Author : Jeff Zentner
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781770498853

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The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner Pdf

Dillard Early, Jr., Travis Bohannon and Lydia Blankenship are three friends from different walks of life who have one thing in common: none of them seem to fit the mold in rural Tennessee's Forrestville High. Dill has always been branded as an outsider due to his family heritage as snake handlers and poison drinkers, an essential part of their Pentecostal faith. But after his father is sent to prison for sexual abuse of a young parishioner, Dill and his mother become real pariahs. His only two friends are Travis, a gentle giant who works at his family's lumberyard and is obsessed with a Game of Thrones-like fantasy series (much to his alcoholic father's chagrin); and Lydia, who runs a popular fashion blog that's part Tavi Gevinson and part Angela Chase, and is actively plotting her escape from Redneckville, Tennessee. As the three friends begin their senior year, it becomes clear that they won't all be getting to start a promising new life after graduation. How they deal with their diverging paths could cause the end of their friendship. Until a shattering act of random violence forces Dill to wrestle with his dark legacy and find a way into the light of a future worth living.

Author : Wade Davis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781451628364

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The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis Pdf

A scientific investigation and personal adventure story about zombis and the voudoun culture of Haiti by a Harvard scientist. In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis—people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of rituals and celebrations, Davis penetrated the vodoun mystique deeply enough to place zombification in its proper context within vodoun culture. In the course of his investigation, Davis came to realize that the story of vodoun is the history of Haiti—from the African origins of its people to the successful Haitian independence movement, down to the present day, where vodoun culture is, in effect, the government of Haiti’s countryside. The Serpent and the Rainbow combines anthropological investigation with a remarkable personal adventure to illuminate and finally explain a phenomenon that has long fascinated Americans.