Author : Kirsten Riddle
Publisher : Ryland Peters & Small
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 17,20 MB
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 178249622X
A fascinating insight into the origins of ancient signs and symbols and how to harness their power to benefit your life.
Author : Genevieve von Petzinger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,83 MB
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 1476785503
"Archaeologist Genevieve von Petzinger looks past the horses, bison, ibex, and faceless humans in the ancient paintings and instead focuses on the abstract geometric images that accompany them. She offers her research on the terse symbols that appear more often than any other kinds of figures--signs that have never really been studied or explained until now"--
Author : Clare Gibson
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,99 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Signs and symbols
ISBN : 9780760702178
This wide-ranging compendium traces symbolism to its ancient roots, examining a vast variety of symbolic images.
Author : Adrian Frutiger
Publisher :
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,21 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.
Author : Mike Aquilina
Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 30,29 MB
Release : 2008-08-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1592767745
Imagine the dangerous life of an early Christian. You've embraced your newfound faith in Christ but fear the risk of persecution or death at the hands of the pagans living around you. Then a trusted friend tells you about some of Jesus' followers who secretly meet. He whispers into your ear, "Look for a fish carved in a paving stone" by a certain home on the Via Tiburtina. You smile in gratitude. Still today, modern society recognizes those Christian symbols that kept the early Christians safely connected: they appear on churches, bumper stickers, mugs -- even mints and stuffed animals. Yet we are often ignorant of the rich meaning of these symbols: their origins in Scripture, in ancient culture, and in the preaching of the Church Fathers. In this book, noted author Mike Aquilina conducts an intriguing and insightful tour of the symbols that expressed the life and devotion of the Church through the first four centuries of its existence. He explains how Christians freely borrowed pagan and Jewish symbols, giving them new, distinctly Christian meanings. Recover the zeal of our spiritual ancestors as you learn to read their symbolic language -- and discover the impact the symbols still have on your life today. More than a hundred illustrations, reproduced by artist Lea Marie Ravotti from the ancient originals, beautifully complement the text. View a mulitmedia presentation and listen to an interview of the author here.
Author : David Fontana
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 15,78 MB
Release : 2003-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780811838214
Explores the culture, history, and psychology that lies behind a wide range of symbols.
Author : Dan Brown
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 48,62 MB
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307950689
#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER • An intelligent, lightning-paced thriller set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., with surprises at every turn. “Impossible to put down.... Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story.” —The New York Times Famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon answers an unexpected summons to appear at the U.S. Capitol Building. His plans are interrupted when a disturbing object—artfully encoded with five symbols—is discovered in the building. Langdon recognizes in the find an ancient invitation into a lost world of esoteric, potentially dangerous wisdom. When his mentor Peter Solomon—a long-standing Mason and beloved philanthropist—is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that the only way to save Solomon is to accept the mystical invitation and plunge headlong into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and one inconceivable truth ... all under the watchful eye of Dan Brown's most terrifying villain to date.
Author : Patricia Rose Upczak
Publisher : Synchronicity Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,61 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Coincidence
ISBN : 9781891554193
Author : Barbara G. Walker
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 2626 pages
File Size : 25,27 MB
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0062288873
This fascinating guide to the history and mythology of woman-related symbols features: Unique organization by shape of symbol or type of sacred object 21 different sections including Round and Oval Motifs, Sacred Objects, Secular-Sacred Objects, Rituals, Deities' Signs, Supernaturals, Body Parts, Nature, Birds, Plants, Minerals, Stones and Shells, and more Introductory essays for each section 753 entries and 636 illustrations Alphabetical index for easy reference Three-Rayed Sun The sun suspended in heaven by three powers, perhaps the Triple Goddess who gave birth to it (see Three-Way Motifs). Corn Dolly An embodiment of the harvest to be set in the center of the harvest dance, or fed to the cattle to `make them thrive year round' (see Secular-Sacred Objects). Tongue In Asia, the extended tongue was a sign of life-force as the tongue between the lips imitated the sacred lingam-yoni: male within female genital. Sticking out the tongue is still a polite sign of greeting in northern India and Tibet (see Body Parts). Cosmic Egg In ancient times the primeval universe-or the Great Mother-took the form of an egg. It carried all numbers and letters within an ellipse, to show that everything is contained within one form at the beginning (see Round and Oval Motifs).
Author : Mark OConnell
Publisher : Lorenz Books
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 25,79 MB
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780754835301
The visual vocabulary and secret language that shape our thoughts and dreams and dictate our reactions to the world, with more than 2200 vivid images Many symbols carry an elemental power that transcends boundaries and holds significance for other cultures. This comprehensive and beautiful book discusses and illustrates thousands of these symbols and assesses their position in language, art, literature, mythology, magic, religion and psychology. In the second half of the book, how we dream and how we interpret dreams is analysed as a way of accessing our subconscious fears, desires and preoccupations. The erudite text provides a wealth of cultural background to primal metaphors that are part of mankind's universal language. The book is both a journey of discovery into the importance of symbolism and dreaming and a vast visual resource of signs and symbols.
