A'aisa's Gifts
A'aisa's Gifts

Author: Michele Stephen

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-09-01

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 0520915275

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Filled with insight, provocative in its conclusions, A'aisa's Gifts is a groundbreaking ethnography of the Mekeo of Papua New Guinea and a valuable contribution to anthropological theory. Based on twenty years' fieldwork, this richly detailed study of Mekeo esoteric knowledge, cosmology, and self-conceptualizations recasts accepted notions about magic and selfhood. Drawing on accounts by Mekeo ritual experts and laypersons, this is the first book to demonstrate magic's profound role in creating the self. It also argues convincingly that dream reporting provides a natural context for self-reflection. In presenting its data, the book develops the concept of "autonomous imagination" into a new theoretical framework for exploring subjective imagery processes across cultures.

Five Minutes to Eternity
Five Minutes to Eternity

Author: Jon Smith

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2021-04-23

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1664228683

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Surely there was a village nearby. “Stop!” Without warning three armed men suddenly appeared in front of the two young Lifestory Tellers. “Who are you and what are you doing here?” “We are teachers sir,” Asgat replied, humbly but clearly. “We don’t want any teachers. Go away, or we will kill you!” “Wait,” Asgat said. “If you have children we have a story for them.” “What kind of story?” “A beautiful story about God.” All was quiet as the elders stared at the young men. “You may come to our school and tell the children the story, but then you must leave immediately after.” Asgat and Alifaz smiled and gave a customary greeting. Soon many households in this village had heard about Jesus for the first time and said yes to following Him. God did several miracles that day in that large village. But how did the gospel get to this remote part of the Himalayas? Jerri and I had spent years praying, fasting and struggling to share God’s love with the people group to whom we had been sent. But we were only seeing a few come to faith each month, and they weren’t winning others. Finally the Lord had mercy, and showed us how the gospel could multiply in our field just as it did in the book of Acts.

The Chinese Dreamscape, 300 BCE - 800 CE
The Chinese Dreamscape, 300 BCE - 800 CE

Author: Robert Ford Campany

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-03-07

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1684176425

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Dreaming is a near-universal human experience, but there is no consensus on why we dream or what dreams should be taken to mean. In this book, Robert Ford Campany investigates what people in late classical and early medieval China thought of dreams. He maps a common dreamscape—an array of ideas about what dreams are and what responses they should provoke—that underlies texts of diverse persuasions and genres over several centuries. These writings include manuals of dream interpretation, scriptural instructions, essays, treatises, poems, recovered manuscripts, histories, and anecdotes of successful dream-based predictions. In these many sources, we find culturally distinctive answers to questions peoples the world over have asked for millennia: What happens when we dream? Do dreams foretell future events? If so, how might their imagistic code be unlocked to yield predictions? Could dreams enable direct communication between the living and the dead, or between humans and nonhuman animals? The Chinese Dreamscape, 300 BCE – 800 CE sheds light on how people in a distant age negotiated these mysteries and brings Chinese notions of dreaming into conversation with studies of dreams in other cultures, ancient and contemporary. Taking stock of how Chinese people wrestled with—and celebrated—the strangeness of dreams, Campany asks us to reflect on how we might reconsider our own notions of dreaming.

Dreams, Vampires and Ghosts
Dreams, Vampires and Ghosts

Author: Louise Child

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2023-07-13

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1350087122

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Drawing from social theory and the anthropology of religion, this book explores popular media's fascination with dreams, vampires, demons, ghosts and spirits. Dreams, Vampires and Ghosts does so in the light of contemporary animist studies of societies in which other-than-human persons are not merely a source of entertainment, but a lived social reality. Films and television programs explored include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twin Peaks, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Truly Madly Deeply and the films of Hitchcock. Louise Child draws attention to how they both depict and challenge ideas and practices rooted in psychology, while quality television has also facilitated a wave of programming that can explore the interaction of characters in complex social worlds over time. In addition to drawing on theories of film from Freudian psychology and feminist theory, Dreams, Vampires and Ghosts uses approaches derived from a combination of Jungian film studies and anthropology that offer fresh insights for exploring film and television. This book draws attention to explicit and subtle ways in which cinematic narratives engage with myth and religion while at the same time exploring collective dimensions to social and personal life. It advances new developments in genre studies and gender as well as contributing to the growing field of implicit religion using in-depth analyses of communicative dreaming, the shadow, and mystical lovers in film and television.

Climate, Culture, Change
Climate, Culture, Change

Author: Timothy B. Leduc

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0776607502

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Every passing day brings new headlines about climate change as politicians debate how to respond, scientists offer new revelations and sceptics critique the validity of the research. In Climate, Culture, Change, these many political, economic and scientific uncertainties that today inundate our collective consciousness are analyzed in a way that reveals the cultural scope of the challenge. --

Dreaming in the World's Religions
Dreaming in the World's Religions

Author: Kelly Bulkeley

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2008-07-19

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 0814799574

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Backstreet Boys were the biggest band in the world for a short while and that period is documented on their first hits compilation, 2001's The Hits: Chapter One. Twelve years later came Essential Backstreet Boys, a double-disc set that has all 13 songs from The Hits, along with another 16 songs -- generally, songs that came after 2001, when BSB started to slide down the charts. There were hits -- 2005's "Incomplete," 2007's "Inconsolable" -- that just showed up on the Adult Contemporary charts; a fair approximation of where the group wound up in their second decade. Essential Backstreet Boys traces this evolution, filling in a few more details of those early hit-making years, which makes this worthwhile for the dedicated fan, but many listeners may find either The Hits, or the variety of budget-line collections released since, to be a better bet as they contain the hits and nothing but. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Just My Type
Just My Type

Author: Hannah Doyle

Publisher: Review

Published: 2019-04-18

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1472260074

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'I am officially a fan-girl' LUCY VINE The new bestselling novel from Hannah Doyle, author of the hit rom-com THE YEAR OF SAYING YES, perfect for fans of Love Island, Lucy Vine's What Fresh Hell and Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love. Picked by Closer as a Must Read! He's my type on paper . . . but IRL? Meet Jasmine: - The quirky/cool photographer to a superstar blogger - She's going on a date with a SUPER hot guy on the London Eye tonight - Best friend Mila is her wifey for life - This millennial is #LivingHerBestLife But fast-forward a few hours, and the reality isn't quite so picture perfect. Jasmine hates her stuck-up blogger boss. She can barely afford rent in her stupid London flat. Her best friend seems to have all her sh*t together. Oh, and that date she was so excited about? She got dumped. On the London Eye. In the middle of a thunderstorm. With a bunch of tourists watching... Best friend Mila decides that Jasmine needs a new 'type on paper', because Jasmine's current criteria is so off that her dating history is one long line-up of fools. So Mila challenges Jasmine to look once, if not twice, at the guys who wouldn't normally fit her 'type'. With nothing to lose, Jasmine accepts. Maybe, just maybe, she'll surprise herself. ______________________________ Readers love Hannah Doyle! 'A hilarious read' BELLA 'Ultimate beach read' REVEAL 'Move over Bridget Jones there's a new girl in town!' GOODREADS REVIEWER ON THE YEAR OF SAYING YES 'Omg there is a new Bridget Jones in town!' CLAIRE LOVES TO READ 'Loved it' LISA DICKENSON

Arabic Names for Girls
Arabic Names for Girls

Author: Hseham Amrahs

Publisher: Mahesh Dutt Sharma

Published: 2023-12-31

Total Pages: 816

ISBN-13:

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Embark on the delightful journey of naming your bundle of joy "Wonderful Beginnings." This comprehensive baby name book is a treasure trove of possibilities, offering a rich tapestry of names inspired by tradition, culture, and contemporary trends. From timeless classics to unique and modern choices, each name is accompanied by its meaning, origin, and cultural significance. Navigate through the chapters to discover the perfect name that encapsulates the essence of your child. Whether you're drawn to the elegance of historical names or the charm of innovative trends, "Wonderful Beginnings" is your trusted companion in crafting a name that resonates with love, joy, and the promise of a beautiful future.