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Author: Philip Taylor
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Published: 2004-03-31
Total Pages: 352
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn innovative and multidimensional account of translocal religious practice, this sophisticated study, the first of its kind for Vietnam, blurs disciplinary boundaries and disrupts preconceived images of Vietnamese society.
Author: Philip Taylor
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2004-03-31
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 0824844513
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the early 1990s, the shrine of Ba Chua Xu, the Lady of the Realm, has become the most visited religious site in southern Vietnam, receiving more than a million visitors annually. Mother, benevolent creditor, healer, relationship advisor, business consultant, the Lady of the Realm is one of a group of goddesses whose shrines attract devotees from all corners of rural and urban society. Goddess on the Rise follows these pilgrims' pathways, taking readers on a journey through a cultural landscape of popular rites, beliefs, and exegesis into a world where female deities reign supreme. Philip Taylor's in-depth study of pilgrimage introduces readers to the practical expectations, passions, and controversies that surround the goddesses, bringing to life the effervescence, creativity, and flux of modern Vietnamese religion. He offers important insights into people's everyday experience of the profound economic, cultural, and social transformations underway in this socialist country.
Author: Philip G. Davis
Publisher: Spence Publishing Company
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780965320894
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a critical evaluation by a qualified scholar of the theological, anthropological, and historical claims of the "Goddess" movement, the most influential form of radical feminist spirituality.
Author: E. A. Carter
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Published: 2020-01-19
Total Pages: 670
ISBN-13: 9781641842754
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a world older than time, a portal stirs from its long slumber. From out of its cerulean mists, the warship of the scion of darkness and destroyer of worlds emerges. With its gods long gone, Elati is a world ripe for the taking. Marduk intends to take it all. Corrupted by Marduk's devices, Sethi succumbs to the grip of evil. A brutal, merciless commander, he oppresses the kingdoms of Elati, his violence awakening a weapon of the deepest darkness. Poisoned by lies and tainted by hate, he thirsts for its power to obliterate the light of the one he once loved beyond all reason. Desperate to reprieve Sethi from his corruption, Istara pursues her last hope, risking everything to retrieve powerful artifacts of Thoth's, her light her only defense against the growing darkness--and the one determined to annihilate her. Bound by love and driven by duty, Urhi-Teshub reaches the threshold of his destiny, where he faces the horrifying price he must pay to protect Istara. And at the heart of an abandoned island of gods, surrounded by an endless storm, an eternal tower awaits. Caught in the crosshairs of a primordial war for supremacy, Sethi and Istara must face each other one final time. Darkness and light. Enemies. Lovers. Gods.
Author: Tracy Pintchman
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2015-04-15
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1438416180
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the rise of the Great Goddess by focusing on the development of saakti (creative energy), maya (objective illusion), and prakr(materiality) from Vedic times to the late Puranic period, clarifying how these principles became central to her theology.
Author: A.L. Hawke
Publisher: A.L Hawke
Published: 2021-05-10
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1953919030
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbandoned. Imprisoned. Loved. Cora is the goddess Persephone, living in Greece in the fourteenth century B.C. In order to shelter her from prophecy, her mother, Demeter, sends her away to Azure Blue. The young girl is raised and protected by the nymph queen, Nephrea, in a dreamlike crystal palace among azure trees and amethyst fields under a green sun. She's adopted into the Amazon code of honor, bravery, and righteousness. But Cora is not an Amazon nymph. And prophecy holds quite a different fate for her as she grows into adulthood—Hades, Lord of the Underworld. Upon Persephone's fall, Demeter rages and threatens to freeze the entire world under ice and snow forever. Nephrea offers a sacrifice to quell her rage, but down in the fiery world below, it might be more than just the goddess who will need saving.
Author: Janine Canan
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 282
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carl Olson
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781577662730
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This comprehensive text, highly acclaimed as the premier sourcebook on goddesses, introduces students of religion to the various manifestations and complex nature of the goddess. Often a stranger to contemporary devotees of monotheistic religions, the goddess forces the recognition of female power, which can transform deeply held beliefs. The recent renewed interest in goddesses and the rise of feminist scholarship are addressed in this well-chosen collection of essays, written by an international group of scholars. The book elucidates the diverse religious cultures and periods of history in which goddesses have played an important role by providing examples of ancient and modern goddesses in Eastern and Western religious traditions, in major world and tribal religions, and in living religions and those no longer practiced."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Nikki Tegg
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Published: 2020-11-15
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780648870654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCelebrate a moonlit pathway of self-improvement and inner work Step into the enchanting world of the Goddess. Goddess Rising is here to ignite and guide your inner light and help you transverse the magical landscape of your deepest inner work. A call to self-discovery through a collection of poetry, affirmations, meditations and cultivating sacred space to empower the Goddess within; to stand and embrace all of you, whether in light or shadow, as you move through the seasons of life. By discovering and connecting with the gorgeous, powerful energy of the moon, you are guided to set new intentions, manifest and release what is no longer serving you. Most of all, this book gives you permission to start again, rewrite and recraft your own personal journey.
Author: A. L. Garris
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Published: 2023-07-11
Total Pages: 0
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