Download or read book Cavern Of The Heavens written by P.D. Stewart and published by D.K. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They had failed. This, as well as the reminder that they had lost one of their own, continued to plague all those involved with the quest. Magic had been returned, but it was chaotic, and very dangerous. Their world was slowly falling apart. But not all hope is lost. Prince Eric, newly discovered to be a War Wizard, has been told that the death had been the true start of the prophecy. A passage in a book speaks of one with his magic abilities and points to a place which could hold the key to fixing magic once and for all. Now, Eric and part of the band, set off to the Realm of Lungast, with hopes they may put things right. Danger is following them at every turn, and a war is brewing between the elves and humans of this land. Eric's one hope is that they can fix things in time to save them all.
Download or read book The Cave of Heaven written by Patrick Grainville and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 1991-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extravagant novel marks the English-language debut of one of France's most exciting and controversial writers. At the center is a mysterious excavation site in southwest France, where the skull of a 500,000-year-old man has been discovered. Simon, a journalist assigned to do a story on the cave, is a voluptuary keenly responsive to his surroundings, finding an erotic patina over everything he sees, hears, touches, imagines.
Download or read book Nature Displayed in the Heavens and on the Earth According to the Latest Observations and Discoveries written by Simeon Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cave and Cosmos written by Michael Harner and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pioneering author of The Way of the Shaman continues his exploration of universal shamanism in this “wonderful, fascinating” guide (Carlos Castaneda) In 1980, Michael Harner blazed the trail for the worldwide revival of shamanism with his seminal classic The Way of the Shaman. In this long-awaited sequel, he provides new evidence of the reality of heavens. Drawing from a lifetime of personal shamanic experiences and more than 2,500 reports of Westerners’ experiences during shamanic ascension, Harner highlights the striking similarities between their discoveries, indicating that the heavens and spirits they’ve encountered do indeed exist. He also provides instructions on his innovative core-shamanism techniques, so that readers too can ascend to heavenly realms, seek spirit teachers, and return later at will for additional healing and advice. Written by the leading authority on shamanism, Cave and Cosmos is a must-read not only for those interested in shamanism, but also for those interested in spirituality, comparative religion, near-death experiences, healing, consciousness, anthropology, and the nature of reality.
Download or read book The Great Cavern of the Winds written by Denise Hillman Moynahan and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the picturesque Backbone Mountain in the Appalachians, this gathering of myths and fables creates its own imaginative world. Short stories that draw on Native American folklore and rich, Tolkien-style universes tell of the adventures of the Alyphanties—the little mountain people—who once lived in caves on the mountain. Each chapter follows a different character, including Malik, the north wind; Esseldorph, the storyteller; Bardof, the magical hunter; and Nephod, the flute player. Perfect for lovers of folk tales or fantasy and aimed at readers of all ages, this collection of new fairy tales invokes a time and place that is familiar, yet exists just beyond this world.
Download or read book Writings of a Cave Man written by J. I. m. King and published by Jim King. This book was released on 2009 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Cave Art to Hubble written by Jonathan Powell and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since ancient times, humans have been engaged in a continual quest to find meaning in and make sense of sights and events in the night sky. Cultures spread around the world recorded their earliest efforts in artwork made directly on the natural landscapes around them, and from there they developed more and more sophisticated techniques for observing and documenting astronomy. This book brings readers on an astronomical journey through the ages, offering a history of how our species has recorded and interpreted the night sky over time. From cave art to parchment scribe to modern X-ray mapping of the sky, it chronicles the ever-quickening development of tools that informed and at times entirely toppled our understanding of the natural world. Our documentation and recording techniques formed the bedrock for increasingly complex forays into astronomy and celestial mechanics, which are addressed within these chapters. Additionally, the book explores how nature itself has recorded the skies in its own way, which can be unraveled through ongoing geological and archaeological studies. This tale of human discovery and ingenuity over the ages will appeal to anybody interested in the field of astronomy and its rich cultural history.
Download or read book The Cave and the Light written by Arthur Herman and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive sequel to New York Times bestseller How the Scots Invented the Modern World is a magisterial account of how the two greatest thinkers of the ancient world, Plato and Aristotle, laid the foundations of Western culture—and how their rivalry shaped the essential features of our culture down to the present day. Plato came from a wealthy, connected Athenian family and lived a comfortable upper-class lifestyle until he met an odd little man named Socrates, who showed him a new world of ideas and ideals. Socrates taught Plato that a man must use reason to attain wisdom, and that the life of a lover of wisdom, a philosopher, was the pinnacle of achievement. Plato dedicated himself to living that ideal and went on to create a school, his famed Academy, to teach others the path to enlightenment through contemplation. However, the same Academy that spread Plato’s teachings also fostered his greatest rival. Born to a family of Greek physicians, Aristotle had learned early on the value of observation and hands-on experience. Rather than rely on pure contemplation, he insisted that the truest path to knowledge is through empirical discovery and exploration of the world around us. Aristotle, Plato’s most brilliant pupil, thus settled on a philosophy very different from his instructor’s and launched a rivalry with profound effects on Western culture. The two men disagreed on the fundamental purpose of the philosophy. For Plato, the image of the cave summed up man’s destined path, emerging from the darkness of material existence to the light of a higher and more spiritual truth. Aristotle thought otherwise. Instead of rising above mundane reality, he insisted, the philosopher’s job is to explain how the real world works, and how we can find our place in it. Aristotle set up a school in Athens to rival Plato’s Academy: the Lyceum. The competition that ensued between the two schools, and between Plato and Aristotle, set the world on an intellectual adventure that lasted through the Middle Ages and Renaissance and that still continues today. From Martin Luther (who named Aristotle the third great enemy of true religion, after the devil and the Pope) to Karl Marx (whose utopian views rival Plato’s), heroes and villains of history have been inspired and incensed by these two master philosophers—but never outside their influence. Accessible, riveting, and eloquently written, The Cave and the Light provides a stunning new perspective on the Western world, certain to open eyes and stir debate. Praise for The Cave and the Light “A sweeping intellectual history viewed through two ancient Greek lenses . . . breezy and enthusiastic but resting on a sturdy rock of research.”—Kirkus Reviews “Examining mathematics, politics, theology, and architecture, the book demonstrates the continuing relevance of the ancient world.”—Publishers Weekly “A fabulous way to understand over two millennia of history, all in one book.”—Library Journal “Entertaining and often illuminating.”—The Wall Street Journal
Download or read book Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds written by Dominic Sanderson and published by Sonicbond Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-08-22 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few artists can boast a career like Nick Cave, which has gone from strength to strength since the debut album from his band The Bad Seeds in 1984. Most musicians in their 60s are relegated to the periphery as the quality of their output becomes tired and predictable but Nick Cave is an exception. His 2019 album Ghosteen may arguably be his best, still sounding as potent as those Old Testament, drug-fuelled 80s albums or the mid-90s streak of classics for which the band are most renowned. Cave’s eclectic career has been fruitful, not only as a musician but as a literary mastermind whose lyrics have been analysed and theorised about on countless occasions, as he consistently and compellingly mulls over themes of religion, love, redemption, loss and death. This book delves into the music and lyrics of every track in The Bad Seeds’ catalogue, starting with the post-punk beginnings of From Her To Eternity through to the ambient, synth-driven soundscapes of Ghosteen. Hidden gems from the band’s two B-side compilations as well as their thrilling live albums are also included in this appraisal of a band that are still very much alive and kicking today. Dominic Sanderson is a musician and a writer, having written for Reader’s Digest and various online blogs about anything and everything music-related. He released an EP in September 2020 and when he is not composing and recording ideas for his future musical endeavours you can find him working on his MA in English literature at the University of Liverpool. He completed his BA in Popular Music and English Literature with first-class honours and his final dissertation focussed on the alternative religious framework that Nick Cave has constructed for himself through his writing. His hometown is Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK.
Download or read book The Cave by the Beech Fork written by Henry Stanislaus Spalding and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cave by the Beech Fork written by Henry S. Spalding and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Cave by the Beech Fork: A Story of Kentucky—1815" written by Henry S. Spalding is a gripping historical novel that unfolds in the picturesque setting of Kentucky in 1815. Spalding's vivid storytelling and meticulous attention to historical detail immerse readers in the lives of the characters and the tumultuous events of that era, making this book an enthralling read for fans of historical fiction.
Download or read book The Phenomenon of B Sk la Cave written by Martin Golec and published by Vydavatelství Filozofické fakulty Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci. This book was released on with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is divided into seven parts of discussions on one of the most famous localities on the territory of Moravia. It explains the existence of the cave in the landscape, the communication network and the network of artefacts in the human world (Parts 1 to 3). It further presents the complete human activities in Býčí Skála Cave from the Palaeolithic to today (Part 4), it starts from the archaeological, historical and ethnographic sources accumulated between 2007 and 2016. In the fifth part, it presents the complete landscape of the people of the Hallstatt Period and the emergence of the cave sanctuary in the unsettled landscape. In the sixth part, this landscape is look at in relation to mankind and the cave from the perspectives of sociology, cultural anthropology and religious studies. In the seventh part, the world and the life of “Wenkel’s princess” – one of the wealthiest women of the time around the middle of the sixth century BC in Moravia from her birth to her death – is presented with elements of the archaeological reconstruction.
Download or read book Socrates in the Cave written by Paul J. Diduch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the problem of fully explaining Socrates’ motives for philosophic interlocution in Plato’s dialogues. Why, for instance, does Socrates talk to many philosophically immature and seemingly incapable interlocutors? Are his motives in these cases moral, prudential, erotic, pedagogic, or intellectual? In any one case, can Socrates’ reasons for engaging an unlikely interlocutor be explained fully on the grounds of intellectual self-interest (i.e., the promise of advancing his own wisdom)? Or does his activity, including his self-presentation and staging of his death, require additional motives for adequate explanation? Finally, how, if at all, does our conception of Socrates’ motives help illuminate our understanding of the life of reason as Plato presents it? By inviting a multitude of authors to contribute their thoughts on these question—all of whom share a commitment to close reading, but by no means agree on the meaning of Plato’s dialogues—this book provides the reader with an excellent map of the terrain of these problems and aims to help the student of Plato clarify the tensions involved, showing especially how each major stance on Socrates entails problematic assumptions that prompt further critical reflection.
Download or read book Escaping the Cave of God written by Zeko of Alexandria and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al-Kahf is the most popular chapter of the Quran and so many scholars tried to explain this surah. Studies created a wide range of tafsir from identity seeking to space travels in the far future. But what does this chapter really tell us? What did people of the era understand when they read this part of the book? This work claims that it's not necessary to teleport ourselves to the past to find the answer. This book is focused on solving the mind algorithms of the era by looking at nature with an ancient person's eyes. This work can make you forget all past tafsirs and gain a new viewpoint on the Holy Book.
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Download or read book A Cave King s Road to Paradise Climbing to the Top with My Almighty Mining Skills Volume 2 written by Hajime Naehara and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heale and Riena have confessed their feelings for each other, but life isn’t about to give them a break—they are interrupted by the arrival of a pirate ship! Orc pirates are the newest additions to Sheol’s community, but there’s friction between them and the goblins. Heale hopes to bridge the rift between the two races, but he understands that some things can’t be rushed. Instead, he focuses on what he can do—deciding the island’s next big construction project! Sheol has developed so much that all the residents can live a comfortable life, so Heale sets his sights on trade. But the most experienced sailors, the orcs, are reluctant to leave land—they’ve been traumatized by their encounter with a monster on the ocean. Furthermore, new discoveries underground and some increasingly powerful invaders throw a wrench into Heale’s plans. It’s an uphill battle, but Heale’s trusty comrades will support him every step of the way!
Download or read book Carving Devotion in the Jain Caves at Ellora written by Lisa Owen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on art historical, epigraphical, and textual evidence, this book is the first full-scale reconstruction of medieval Jain artistic and devotional practices at the rock-cut site of Ellora in Maharashtra, India. Created during the ninth and tenth centuries, Ellora's Jain caves are among the best-preserved examples of medieval Jain art in India. While this book briefly addresses traditional art historical issues of date and iconography, it primarily considers the articulation of sacred space within the caves and the role of imagery in shaping devotional practices. Building upon scholarship that examines Jainism within its larger South Asian context, this book also explores connections between the Jain monuments and their Hindu and Buddhist counterparts to reveal a lived religious world at Ellora.
