Sacred Fire
Author : Tiziana De Rovere
Publisher : Celestial Arts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,80 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Angels
ISBN : 9780890877609
The Book of Ceremonies
Author : Gabriel Horn
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 22,76 MB
Release : 2011-02-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1577319893
Book Description
Within these pages, celebrated Native American writer Gabriel Horn weaves a hauntingly beautiful tapestry of traditional stories, songs, and prayers that highlight the sacred Native way of life. Interwoven throughout this visionary work are detailed ceremonies and rituals for: Marriage, Pregnancy, Birth, Greeting the Day, Death Divorce, Presenting an Infant to the Sun, Dreams and Visions Solstice and Equinox, Healing, and more... The Book of Ceremonies is filled with the heartfelt words of a powerful writer and the original illustrations of Carises Horn, a talented young artist. All of us who live on this sacred land will enjoy and treasure this beautiful book. Celebrated Native American writer Gabriel Horn weaves a beautiful tapestry of stories and short pieces that show us the sacred Native way of life. The writing is beautiful and emotional throughout. It is the work of a talented writer who has walked the native path for years, and is able to show us the native way in all aspects of life. The Book of Ceremonies offers clear explanations of a wide variety of ceremonies.
Sacred Rituals at Home
Author : Jane Alexander
Publisher : Sterling Publishing (NY)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,52 MB
Release : 2000-12-31
Category : Home
ISBN : 9780806971599
Book Description
Are you ready to cleanse, purify, change, and cure your body and spirit? Here are the tools to achieve your spiritual goals, right in your own home! This amazing book adapts the most effective rituals of the ages, from ancient yoga practices, Native American smudging and medicine wheels, and Balinese traditions, to Kabbalistic protection ceremonies, feng shui, candle magic, and more. Banish stress and attract love, soothe yourself, or give yourself energy. Cleanse and protect your home, free yourself from destructive or dependent relationships, and release negative thoughts. Using these rituals, give blessings to conceptions, births, marriages, funerals, bring your family closer together, and help it adjust to the healing seasonal rhythms of the years. All the rituals are complete with simple--and brief--step-by-step instructions. This intensely practical handbook is a distillation of some of the finest and most useful rituals ever devised, and an invaluable tool to refer to over a lifetime. Perform these sacred ceremonies, share them with loved ones, and become more in touch with the divine!
Sacred Origins of Profound Things
Author : Charles Panati
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 27,60 MB
Release : 1996-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1101656077
Book Description
In this enlightening and entertaining work, Charles Panati explores the origins of hundreds of religious rituals, customs, and practices in many faiths, the reasons for religious holidays and sacred symbols, and the meanings of vestments, sacraments, devotions, and prayers. Its many revelations include: * Why the Star of David became the Jewish counterpart of the Christian cross * What mortal remains of the Buddha are venerated today * How the diamond engagement ring became a standard * That the first pope was a happily married man * How Hindu thinkers arrived at their concept of reincarnation * Why Jews don't eat pork, why some Muslims don't eat certain vegetables, and how some Christians came to observe meatless Fridays Sacred Origins of Profound Things is an indispensable resource for all those interested in the history of religion and the history of ideas--and an inspiring guide to those seeking to understand their faith.
Creation of the Sacred
Author : Walter Burkert
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 1998-01-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674175709
Book Description
Sacrifice is essential to all religions. Could there be a natural, even biological, reason? Why are sacrifice and numerous other religious rituals and concepts shared by so many different cultures? In this extraordinary book, one of the world’s leading authorities on ancient religions explores the possibility of natural religion.
Liturgy of the Ordinary
Author : Tish Harrison Warren
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 14,27 MB
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830892206
Book Description
Framed around one ordinary day, this book explores daily life through the lens of liturgy, small practices, and habits that form us. Each chapter looks at something author Tish Harrison Warren does in a day—making the bed, brushing her teeth, losing her keys—and relates it to spiritual practice as well as to our Sunday worship.
Rituals and Sabbats
Author : Lady Passion
Publisher : Sterling Publishing (NY)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,1 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781454926771
Book Description
"Written by the High Priestess and High Priest of Coven Oldenwilde, this book vividly describes their ten favorite Sabbat rituals, gatherings, and obsevances. They also teach: how to perform a full ritual in detail; circle etiquette and preparation; how to create an alter and use altar tools; scripts for covens and groups, spellwork, and more"--From back cover.
The Sacred and the Profane
Author : Mircea Eliade
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,77 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780156792011
Book Description
Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares with that of the nonreligious. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also emcompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence. -- P. [4] of cover.
How to Create Sacred Water
Author : Kathryn W. Ravenwood
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 25,12 MB
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1591438039
Book Description
A hands-on method to heal the waters of Gaia using powerful elixirs created with a sacred altar and consecrated crystals • Reveals, step by step, the shamanic rituals and techniques to prepare crystal homeopathic elixirs to heal the waters of the Earth • Explains how to create a sacred water altar in your home for elixir preparation as well as program the crystals used with healing intentions • Includes shamanic journey meditations to connect with ancient water spirits and infuse your water-healing work with sacred intention When Hurricane Floyd ravaged the North Carolina coast in 1999, Kathryn Ravenwood--living thousands of miles away in Seattle--was called by Spirit to help heal the toxic waters left behind. Combining her longtime devotion to sacred altars with her newfound connection to crystals, she developed a process to make crystal homeopathic elixirs to cleanse bodies of water both near and far. Sharing her journey of spiritual calling and discovery, Ravenwood explains how to create crystal homeopathic elixirs using a sacred water altar and attuned crystals. Detailing how to create a personal altar in your home, the crystals most suitable for this work (such as amethyst and selenite), as well as how to program them with your healing intentions, she describes the month-long cycle--from full moon to full moon--of ritual and prayer at the core of the process that infuses the elixirs with their cleansing and healing powers. Ravenwood provides shamanic journey meditations based on Native American and Egyptian traditions to help you connect with ancient water spirits and guides and instill your water-healing work with sacred purpose. She explains how to ceremonially apply an elixir to a body of water and how the remedy will propagate outward to the ocean, bringing healing to the waters it spans as well as to the animals it encounters. Bringing spirituality into physicality and providing a practical application for the work of Dr. Masaru Emoto, this hands-on shamanic method enables each of us to take part in transforming our planet as well as our selves--for the health of Gaia and our own bodies is directly tied to the health of the waters that surround and are within us.
Religion on the Battlefield
Author : Ron E. Hassner
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 17,61 MB
Release : 2016-05-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1501703684
Book Description
How does religion shape the modern battlefield? Ron E. Hassner proposes that religion acts as a force multiplier, both enabling and constraining military operations. This is true not only for religiously radicalized fighters but also for professional soldiers. In the last century, religion has influenced modern militaries in the timing of attacks, the selection of targets for assault, the zeal with which units execute their mission, and the ability of individual soldiers to face the challenge of war. Religious ideas have not provided the reasons why conventional militaries fight, but religious practices have influenced their ability to do so effectively.In Religion on the Battlefield, Hassner focuses on the everyday practice of religion in a military context: the prayers, rituals, fasts, and feasts of the religious practitioners who make up the bulk of the adversaries in, bystanders to, and observers of armed conflicts. To show that religious practices have influenced battlefield decision making, Hassner draws most of his examples from major wars involving Western militaries. They include British soldiers in the trenches of World War I, U.S. pilots in World War II, and U.S. Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hassner shows that even modern, rational, and bureaucratized military organizations have taken—and must take—religious practice into account in the conduct of war.
