Download or read book Light written by Bruce Watson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Light begins at Stonehenge, where crowds cheer a solstice sunrise. After sampling myths explaining First Light, the story moves on to early philosophers' queries, then through the centuries, from Buddhist temples to Biblical scripture, when light was the soul of the divine. Battling darkness and despair, Gothic architects crafted radiant cathedrals while Dante dreamed a "heaven of pure light." Later, following Leonardo's advice, Renaissance artists learned to capture light on canvas. During the Scientific Revolution, Galileo gathered light in his telescope, Descartes measured the rainbow, and Newton used prisms to solidify the science of optics. But even after Newton, light was an enigma. Particle or wave? Did it flow through an invisible "ether"? Through the age of Edison and into the age of lasers, Light reveals how light sparked new wonders--relativity, quantum electrodynamics, fiber optics, and more. Although lasers now perform everyday miracles, light retains its eternal allure. "For the rest of my life," Einstein said, "I will reflect on what light is." Light explores and celebrates such curiosity.
Download or read book Buddhist Mah y na Texts written by Edward Byles Cowell and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1965-01-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Be Light written by Samuel Rodriguez and published by Waterbrook Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Light has always defined God and his followers. At creation, God spoke light into existence. Jesus is the light of the world. And we are born to absorb and then reflect God's light. Rodriguez provides a blueprint for confronting darkness in every realm of our lives. He issues a clarion call for individual believers and the church to rise up and once again be a bright city on a hill, exposing the invading darkness, and overcoming it with God's blazing light.
Download or read book God s Other Book written by Mohammad Salama and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In God's Other Book: The Qur'an between History and Ideology, Mohammad Salama presents a powerful critique of the ways we study and analyze early Islam and its sacred text, filling a glaring hole in our understanding of this formative environment. Interrogating the ideological framework of late antiquity, Salama exposes hidden assumptions that prevent scholars from truly placing Islam in its socio-historical and cultural milieu. He also offers an alternative theoretical and practical model focused on pre-Islamic Arabic cultural production. Foregrounding the indigenous Arab community of seventh-century Hijaz, Salama demonstrates how the Qur'an played an organic role in commenting on, interacting with, and taking sides concerning matters of ethnicity, ethics, dress codes, and social habits. While the study delves into the past, it carries implications for the future: only with renewed attention to the Qur'an itself, in all of its splendor and intricacy, can Western readers engage thoughtfully and ethically not only with Islamic studies but also with the cultures and traditions of those who live according to another book"--
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Download or read book A History of American Literature written by Richard Gray and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 933 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated throughout and with much new material, A History of American Literature, Second Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey available of the myriad forms of American Literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. The most comprehensive and up-to-date history of American literature available today Covers fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, as well as other forms of literature including folktale, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller, and science fiction Explores the plural character of American literature, including the contributions made by African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American writers Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past?thirty years Situates American literature in the contexts of American history, politics and society Offers an invaluable introduction to American literature for students at all levels, academic and general readers
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Download or read book Reform d Devotions The fifth edit revised and corrected To which are added the Contents And a holy office before at and after receiving the Holy Sacrament By Dr E Lake written by Theophilus DORRINGTON and published by . This book was released on 1700 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Currents and Countercurrents written by Robert E. Buswell, Jr. and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2005-05-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after the inception of Buddhism in the sixth or fifth century B.C.E., the Buddha ordered his small band of monks to wander forth for the welfare and weal of the many, a command that initiated one of the greatest missionary movements in world religious history. But this account of a monolithic missionary movement spreading outward from the Buddhist homeland of India across the Asian continent is just one part of the story. The case of East Asian Buddhism suggests another tale, one in which the dominant eastward current of diffusion creates important eddies, or countercurrents, of influence that redound back toward the center. These countercurrents have had significant, even profound, impact on neighboring traditions. In East Asia perhaps the most important countercurrent of influence came from Korea, the focus of this volume. Chapters examine the role played by the Paekche kingdom in introducing Buddhist material culture (especially monastic architecture) to Japan and the impact of Korean scholiasts on the creation of several distinctive features that eventually came to characterize Japanese Pure Land Buddhism. The lives and intellectual importance of the monks Sungnang (fl. ca. 490) and Wonch’uk (613–696) are reassessed, bringing to light their role in the development of early intellectual schools within Chinese Buddhism. Later chapters discuss the influential teachings of the semi-legendary master Musang (684–762), the patriarch of two of the earliest schools of Ch’an; the work of a dozen or so Korean monks active in the Chinese T’ient’ai tradition; and the Huiyin monastery.
Download or read book In Search of Solitude written by Thomas C. Oden and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Search of Solitude is a collection of meditations that record moments of a spiritual pilgrimage. The purpose of these meditations is to put the soul in touch with the eternal in an ordinary time frame. Tom Oden relies on the ancient classic pattern of daily meditative 'hours' to order the life of prayer. An 'hour' here refers not to sixty minutes but to the phases of the daily cycle, related to darkness and light. Spending even a minute in prayer and meditation, seven times a day, sanctifies the entire daily cycle. In Search of Solitude presents selections from Tom Oden's lifetime of personal meditations, arranged according to the daily 'hours' for seven weeks. A series of prose interludes explain the understanding of the flow of time in which the acts of praise occur. Organized during the ten years following his wife's death, the meditations point to particular events and glimpses of reality. Readers can meditate on them to grasp meaning and applications for their own lives. Those who mourn the lost richness of an ordered prayer life will find In Search of Solitude a contemporary means of re-grounding their spirituality, simply by accessing this celebrated ancient structure, made available in electronic format at their fingertips.
Download or read book Successful Farming written by Ernest E. Faville and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes various special sections or issues annually: 1968- Harvesting issue (usually no. 7 or 8); 1968- Crop planning issue (usually no. 12; title varies slightly); Machinery management issue (Usually no. 2); 1970- Crop planting issue (usually no. 4; title varies slightly.)
Download or read book Realization Into Hermetics Masters Part 2 written by Magnus Sarmarx and published by Lightbringer Publisher via PublishDrive. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Universal Fire establishing itself in the Magus as it was shown in the practices of the last book, grants it abilities and powers that for many were unknown and sometimes unbelievable, make use of its forces and carry on with all its Power, we will still speak in the First part of this book how to stabilize and deepen still further in this force, there is nothing in the world that can be compared to it, this Force and this Power is the Foundation for your salvation and after the Realization you can obtain with it the Supreme Most Holy Sacred Sword, And in obtaining this Upper and Crushing Force his horizons widened beyond the barriers of the mortal world and at this point he could "Open the Way" to his beloved brethren who, still trapped, the chains of the world follow in the midst of great sufferings with unshakeable strength and will on the way Of the Great Work. When the time comes, just as I am doing to you, my holy brother, lift your Supreme Most Holy Sacred Sword and Walk the Path for them. Magnus Sarmarx
Download or read book Canon EOS Rebel T2i 550D Digital Field Guide written by Charlotte K. Lowrie and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring an 18.0 megapixel CMOS sensor and DIGIC 4 image processor for high image quality and speed, ISO 100-6400 for shooting from bright to dim light, and many more great features, the Canon EOS Rebel T2i brings professional features into an entry-level digital SLR. The Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D Digital Field Guide will teach you how to get the most out of these impressive features so you can improve your photography skills. CHAPTER 1: Setting Up the EOS Rebel T2i/550D. – This chapter will help you set up your T2i so you can get the best image quality from your Canon T2i. It will also cover different ways to review your images and protect them from accidental deletion. CHAPTER 2: Controlling Exposure and Focus. – Learn about the different types of shooting modes on your T2i, as well as image exposure and how to modify it for individual shooting scenarios. CHAPTER 3: Getting Great Color. – This chapter explores the concepts of light and color, and teaches you how to select a white balance and picture style on your T2i for maximum color rendering. CHAPTER 4: Customizing the EOS Rebel T2i/550D. – Learn how to set up your T2i for common and uncommon shooting situations. CHAPTER 5: Shooting in Live View and Tethered. – This chapter explains the T2i’s Live View feature and how to shoot tethered to a computer. CHAPTER 6: Using Movie Mode. – A great starting point for any photographer to explore the world of digital video with the T2i, this chapter will teach you how to shoot and playback video on the T2i. CHAPTER 7: Using Flash. – This chapter explores flash technology, and how to use the T2i’s on board flash and menu options for the built-in flash and for EX-Series Speedlites. CHAPTER 8: Exploring Canon Lenses and Accessories. This chapter covers popular T2i lenses and how they impact the images you capture with your T2i. CHAPTER 9: The Elements of Exposure and Composition. – Learn how aperture, shutter speed, and ISO affect your images, and how they work together to determine exposure. This chapter also covers the basics of composing images with your T2i. CHAPTER 10: Event and Action Photography. – Learn how to capture action in your images, plus some tips and tricks for general event photography, including how to capture great photos in low lighting. CHAPTER 11: Nature and Landscape Photography. – This chapter explores how to approach shooting nature and landscape images with your T2i. CHAPTER 12: Portrait Photography. – Learn how to set up the T2i for portrait shooting, plus information on choosing backgrounds, lighting, and other tips and tricks for taking great portraits. APPENDIX A: Exploring RAW Capture. – This chapter contains an overview of RAW capture as well as a brief walk-through on converting RAW images into a final image. APPENDIX B: How to Use the Gray and Color Checker cards. – Learn how to produce photos with accurate color and exposure with these free-inside-the-book tools. A full-color, portable-trim book with beautiful photography for photographers on the go, the Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D Digital Field Guide includes a free Grey/Color checker card to help you achieve accurate white balance and color. With the Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D Digital Field Guide, you will gain a thorough understanding of the T2i dSLR, as well as the basic fundamentals of capturing the best possible photos.
