Uncovering the Paradox Within the Archives of the Holy Shroud Guild
Uncovering the Paradox Within the Archives of the Holy Shroud Guild

Author: Holy Shroud Guild Past Present & Future

Publisher:

Published: 2019-01-19

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9780578432861

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With over 35 thousand documents to archive, this project lasted more than three years to complete. I have spent more than ten years of research that now includes digital scans, document organization, and interviews, which have made it possible to share the working inside of the Holy Shroud Guild. The preservation of these archives is extremely important. Their purpose serves as a time capsule, now liberated, providing over 60 years of historical Shroud studies from original correspondence associated with the Guild. This book reflects many different periods that significantly influenced five generations of Sindonologist studies.From each passing generation, not only a new breed of Sindonologists emerged, but the resurgence of a new enlightenment occurred affecting how science and faith interact. With these changes, the Roman Catholic Church, initiated by the Second Vatican Council, fostered an unprecedented transformation that included the ecumenical reconciliation. With the announcement of the ecumenism doctrine, it became the driving force that facilitated a small group of American Ecclesiastics, to achieve access to the most important Christian relic, the Shroud of Turin.Father Otterbein and Father Rinaldi are synonymous with the Holy Shroud Guild. With the blessing of the Ecclesiastical authorities in Turin, the Guild was erected in 1951 as the first American Ecclesiastical organization to have served and cooperated with the Centro in Turin. With the effort and fortitude by Father Otterbein and Father Rinaldi, these individuals made it possible for an American team of scientists to analyze and study the Holy Shroud of Turin. For anyone who is unfamiliar with the Holy Shroud of Turin, it is the most studied relic and is believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, proofing of the resurrection, according to the Gospels. Even though the Shroud is shared and venerated amongst many of the Christian communities, to the Italians, the Shroud of Turin is a national monument and where the Shroud rests. This reaffirms the Catholic Church is the guardian of this treasured relic.

Out Of Control
Out Of Control

Author: Kevin Kelly

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2009-04-30

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 078674703X

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Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.

The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 2, The Hellenistic Age
The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 2, The Hellenistic Age

Author: William David Davies

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 766

ISBN-13: 9780521219297

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Vol. 4 covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam. Focuses especially on the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections.

A History of Celibacy
A History of Celibacy

Author: Elizabeth Abbott

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 0684849437

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What causes people to give up sex? Abbott's provocative and entertaining exploration of celibacy through the ages debunks traditional notions about celibacy--a practice that reveals much about human sexual desires and drives.

An Introduction to the Old Testament
An Introduction to the Old Testament

Author: Walter Brueggemann

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2003-11-30

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1611643937

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In this book Walter Brueggemann, America's premier biblical theologian, introduces the reader to the broad theological scope and chronological sweep of the Old Testament. He covers every book of the Old Testament in the order in which it appears in the Hebrew Bible and treats the most important issues and methods in contemporary interpretation of the Old Testament--literary, historical, and theological.

Landscape in the Longue Durée
Landscape in the Longue Durée

Author: Christopher Tilley

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2017-10-06

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 1787350835

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Pebbles are usually found only on the beach, in the liminal space between land and sea. But what happens when pebbles extend inland and create a ridge brushing against the sky? Landscape in the Longue Durée is a 4,000 year history of pebbles. It is based on the results of a four-year archaeological research project of the east Devon Pebblebed heathlands, a fascinating and geologically unique landscape in the UK whose bedrock is composed entirely of water-rounded pebbles. Christopher Tilley uses this landscape to argue that pebbles are like no other kind of stone – they occupy an especial place both in the prehistoric past and in our contemporary culture. It is for this reason that we must re-think continuity and change in a radically new way by considering embodied relations between people and things over the long term. Dividing the book into two parts, Tilley first explores the prehistoric landscape from the Mesolithic to the end of the Iron Age, and follows with an analysis of the same landscape from the eighteenth into the twenty-first century. The major findings of the four-year study are revealed through this chronological journey: from archaeological discoveries, such as the excavation of three early Bronze Age cairns, to the documentation of all 829 surviving pebble structures, and beyond, to the impact of the landscape on local economies and its importance today as a military training camp. The results of the study will inform many disciplines including archaeology, cultural and art history, anthropology, conservation, and landscape studies.

The Psychedelic Gospels
The Psychedelic Gospels

Author: Jerry B. Brown

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-09-15

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1620555034

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Reveals evidence of visionary plants in Christianity and the life of Jesus found in medieval art and biblical scripture--hidden in plain sight for centuries • Follows the authors’ anthropological adventure discovering sacred mushroom images in European and Middle Eastern churches, including Roslyn Chapel and Chartres • Provides color photos showing how R. Gordon Wasson’s psychedelic theory of religion clearly extends to Christianity and reveals why Wasson suppressed this information due to his secret relationship with the Vatican • Examines the Bible and the Gnostic Gospels to show that visionary plants were the catalyst for Jesus’s awakening to his divinity and immortality Throughout medieval Christianity, religious works of art emerged to illustrate the teachings of the Bible for the largely illiterate population. What, then, is the significance of the psychoactive mushrooms hiding in plain sight in the artwork and icons of many European and Middle-Eastern churches? Does Christianity have a psychedelic history? Providing stunning visual evidence from their anthropological journey throughout Europe and the Middle East, including visits to Roslyn Chapel and Chartres Cathedral, authors Julie and Jerry Brown document the role of visionary plants in Christianity. They retrace the pioneering research of R. Gordon Wasson, the famous “sacred mushroom seeker,” on psychedelics in ancient Greece and India, and among the present-day reindeer herders of Siberia and the Mazatecs of Mexico. Challenging Wasson’s legacy, the authors reveal his secret relationship with the Vatican that led to Wasson’s refusal to pursue his hallucinogen theory into the hallowed halls of Christianity. Examining the Bible and the Gnostic Gospels, the authors provide scriptural support to show that sacred mushrooms were the inspiration for Jesus’ revelation of the Kingdom of Heaven and that he was initiated into these mystical practices in Egypt during the Missing Years. They contend that the Trees of Knowledge and of Immortality in Eden were sacred mushrooms. Uncovering the role played by visionary plants in the origins of Judeo-Christianity, the authors invite us to rethink what we know about the life of Jesus and to consider a controversial theory that challenges us to explore these sacred pathways to the divine.

The Severed Head
The Severed Head

Author: Julia Kristeva

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0231157207

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Renowned philosopher and cultural theorist Kristeva (Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection) offers an extended consideration of artistic figurations of the severed head, the organizing theme to an exhibition she coordinated at the Louvre in 1998. Though she follows a single historical trajectory, moving from Paleolithic skull cults to antique Greek sculpture to the Surrealist drawings, Kristeva eschews the disciplinary constraints of art history, instead employing psychoanalysis to explore the intertwined problems of representation and mortality posed by the severed head. For Kristeva, the capacity to figure the life of the mind first requires a confrontation with this horrific object that stands at the boundary between life and death, registering not only the loss of corporeal form but also subjective interiority. Though this book does not engage with recent images of decapitation, it is not without contemporary political-cultural import; for Kristeva, these cruel artistic figurations offer us the capacity to contemplate the sacred within a technology-driven contemporary visual culture. Verdict While a challenging text, this beautifully written and richly layered meditation on mortality and representation will undoubtedly appeal to those readers interested in semiotic and psychoanalytically informed readings of art.-Jonathan Patkowski, CUNY Graduate Ctr.(c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism
The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism

Author: Geoffrey Galt Harpham

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2011-01-15

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0226316904

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In this bold interdisciplinary work, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that asceticism has played a major role in shaping Western ideas of the body, writing, ethics, and aesthetics. He suggests that we consider the ascetic as "the 'cultural' element in culture," and presents a close analysis of works by Athanasius, Augustine, Matthias, Grünewald, Nietzsche, Foucault, and other thinkers as proof of the extent of asceticism's resources. Harpham demonstrates the usefulness of his findings by deriving from asceticism a "discourse of resistance," a code of interpretation ultimately more generous and humane than those currently available to us.