Download or read book In the Shadow of the Sacred Grove written by Carol Spindel and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoir of a young American woman living in a rural community in northern Ivory Coast, West Africa. A New York Times Notable Book in 1989. Back in print.
Download or read book Tenure in the Sacred Grove written by Joanne E. Cooper and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2002-02-19 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasure trove of information for women and minorities in the academy who are beginning their quest for tenure.
Download or read book History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints written by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women of the Sacred Groves written by Susan Starr Sered and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Sacred Groves and Local Gods written by Eliza F. Kent and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Women of Academe written by Nadya Aisenberg and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on more than sixty interviews, this book examines women's struggle to gain authority in the academic profession and to use the at authority to change conventional practices. The authors argue that as women rise in academe, they are stymied at acertain level by the remaining force of the old norms which in the past barred women from professional life altogether.
Download or read book Spirits of the Sacred Grove written by Emma Restall Orr and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Sacred Grove written by Seerat Bajwa and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? HOW CAN WE REACH INDIA FROM IRAN? It all started when destiny forced him to leave his village. 13 year old Korbin has no idea where he should go. But life has something in store for him. He ends up in a land he never knew about. But they say, it's where he belongs. Endeavors full of mysticism, beauty and mystery teaches Korbin that the life he used to ignore, now calls him.
Download or read book Sacred Groves Of Rajasthan written by G. Singh and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gardens of the Roman Empire written by Wilhelmina F. Jashemski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gardens of the Roman Empire, the pioneering archaeologist Wilhelmina F. Jashemski sets out to examine the role of ancient Roman gardens in daily life throughout the empire. This study, therefore, includes for the first time, archaeological, literary, and artistic evidence about ancient Roman gardens across the entire Roman Empire from Britain to Arabia. Through well-illustrated essays by leading scholars in the field, various types of gardens are examined, from how Romans actually created their gardens to the experience of gardens as revealed in literature and art. Demonstrating the central role and value of gardens in Roman civilization, Jashemski and a distinguished, international team of contributors have created a landmark reference work that will serve as the foundation for future scholarship on this topic. An accompanying digital catalogue will be made available at: www.gardensoftheromanempire.org.
Download or read book Druidry and Meditation written by Nimue Brown and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-27 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I started running meditation groups, I searched for a book that would tell me how to do it. There wasn’t one. Like many Pagans, I hate dogma and resent being told exactly what to do. But at the same time, like everyone starting out on something new, I wanted a frame to hang my work from. I learned the hard, slow way. Druidry and Meditation is a guide for Druids who want to meditate. It explores meditation for the body, the intellect, the emotions and for spiritual practice. There are plenty of easy to follow exercises, along with prompts about how to develop your own work from there, held by a philosophical framework. I’ve included sample pathworkings to get people started, and a detailed explanation of how to construct your own. There’s a chapter on how to run a meditation group – covering practical issues as well as the art of writing for groups and the technicalities of guiding. I’ve also included a section on how to incorporate meditation into group ritual, covering practical issues. Druidry is a beautiful, multifaceted, non-dogmatic spirituality. Every aspect of Druidry can be supported with meditative work. Meditation is not Druidry and Druidry is not meditation, but the two combine to inspiring effect. Many Pagans question, all the time, how we can make our spirituality an intrinsic part of our lives. This meditative approach to Druidry is one answer to that question. Through greater self-awareness, with deep contemplation, spiritual openness and conscious nurturing of creativity, we can explore and express our Paganism in ever more rewarding ways.
Download or read book Sacred Groves in India written by K. C. Malhotra and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The sacred grove written by Sidney Dillon Ripley and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Peace in Passing written by Maribeth Coye Decker and published by Highlander Press. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does grief still grip your heart whenever you think about the loss of a beloved animal? Or, when you anticipate losing an animal that is starting to decline? Losing our animals is one of the most difficult parts of loving them. In Peace in Passing, Maribeth Decker debunks the myths about animals' passing which leave us crippled with grief, unable to find peace. She offers instead a roadmap to support you as you negotiate the treacherous path we walk before, during, and after our animals' transition. This book will help you find peace amidst the enormous loss of your beloved animal companion. This second edition is expanded to include information on ways to ease their physical decline; energetic techniques to connect you with your animal; and how to view the timing of their death through a spiritual lens.
Download or read book The Sacred Grove written by Dillon Ripley and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African Sacred Groves written by Michael J. Sheridan and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Prodigal Prophet written by Dylan Morrison and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book has touched my heart in a way that no other book has done in so many years! Dylan's willingness be vulnerable and open about his spiritual journey let me know that I am not alone.' The Prodigal Prophet is a page-turning, roller coaster tale of one man's spiritual quest. Traveling through the emotional mine fields of spiritual abuse and religious disillusionment, Morrison's powerful narrative ignites our own hunger for answers to life's big questions. He unexpectedly finds what he's looking for in the most unlikely of places. We might too!
