Sacred Geography of the Ancient Greeks
Sacred Geography of the Ancient Greeks

Author: Jean Richer

Publisher: Suny Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13:

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This book provides proof of the existence and explains the significance of planned alignments between classical temples and oracle sites over a wide range of territory, pointing to an astrological system of planning in the ancient world. This system of symbolism may be used predictively and is supported by all relevant artifacts. Here is a unifying approach to the study of geomancy in the ancient world as a whole. Richer has found a network of significant geographic alignments, associated with the pathways of various legendary figures and gods, that are geomantic keys to many legends and texts. One of these texts is Plato's Laws in which Plato describes the layout of the ideal city. Richer found Plato's ideal city repeated around the most important oracular centers on ancient Greece. He shows how Plato's description was a later codification of a much earlier practice of dividing geography into twelve regions under the patronage of the gods of the zodiac. Several such twelve-part divisions of the Greek Territories are presented here.

Sacred Geography and Antiquities
Sacred Geography and Antiquities

Author: E. Barrows

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-03-22

Total Pages: 734

ISBN-13: 3382148137

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces
The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces

Author: Susan Verma Mishra

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-08-05

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1317194136

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This volume focuses on the religious shrine in western India as an institution of cultural integration in the period spanning 200 BCE to 800 CE. It presents an analysis of religious architecture at multiple levels, both temporal and spatial, and distinguishes it as a ritual instrument that integrates individuals and communities into a cultural fabric. The work shows how these structures emphasise on communication with a host of audiences such as the lay worshipper, the ritual specialist, the royalty and the elite as well as the artisan and the sculptor. It also examines religious imagery, inscriptions, traditional lore and Sanskrit literature. The book will be of special interest to researchers and scholars of ancient Indian history, Hinduism, religious studies, architecture and South Asian studies.

Sacred Geography
Sacred Geography

Author: Edward Fox

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2002-10

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780805071887

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Fox reveals the strange subdiscipline of biblical archaeology and pursues the various suspects--Islamic zealots, Jewish extremists, and rival archaeologists--only to find himself caught in an expanding labyrinth of deceit. A lively history and a riveting mystery, this is also the tragic story of a man who dedicated himself to a cause that ultimately destroyed him.

Encountering the Sacred
Encountering the Sacred

Author: Bruria Bitton-Ashkelony

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2005-12-30

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 0520241916

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Annotation A study of the response (political and theological) of early Christian intellectuals to the widespread practice of pilgrimage to holy places in Palestine.