Visualizing the Sacred
Visualizing the Sacred

Author: George E. Lankford

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2011-01-15

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0292723083

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The prehistoric native peoples of the Mississippi River Valley and other areas of the Eastern Woodlands of the United States shared a complex set of symbols and motifs that constituted one of the greatest artistic traditions of the pre-Columbian Americas. Traditionally known as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, these artifacts of copper, shell, stone, clay, and wood were the subject of the groundbreaking 2007 book Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms: Interpretations of Mississippian Iconography, which presented a major reconstruction of the rituals, cosmology, ideology, and political structures of the Mississippian peoples. Visualizing the Sacred advances the study of Mississippian iconography by delving into the regional variations within what is now known as the Mississippian Iconographic Interaction Sphere (MIIS). Bringing archaeological, ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and iconographic perspectives to the analysis of Mississippian art, contributors from several disciplines discuss variations in symbols and motifs among major sites and regions across a wide span of time and also consider what visual symbols reveal about elite status in diverse political environments. These findings represent the first formal identification of style regions within the Mississippian Iconographic Interaction Sphere and call for a new understanding of the MIIS as a network of localized, yet interrelated religious systems that experienced both continuity and change over time.

Visualizing the Miraculous, Visualizing the Sacred
Visualizing the Miraculous, Visualizing the Sacred

Author: Robert H. Jackson

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2014-10-21

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1443870412

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French historian Robert Ricard postulated a quick and facile evangelization of the native populations of central Mexico. However, evidence shows that native peoples incorporated Catholicism into their religious beliefs on their own terms, and continued to make sacrifices to their traditional deities. In particular the deities of rain (Tlaloc and Dzahui) and the fertility of the soil (Xipe Totec) continued to be important following the conquest and the beginning of the so-called spiritual conquest. This study examines visual evidence of the persistence of traditional religious practices, including embedded pre-hispanic stones placed in churches and convents, and pre-hispanic iconography in what ostensibly were Christian murals.

Visualizing the Sacred
Visualizing the Sacred

Author: George E. Lankford

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2014-05-23

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 0292768087

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The prehistoric native peoples of the Mississippi River Valley and other areas of the Eastern Woodlands of the United States shared a complex set of symbols and motifs that constituted one of the greatest artistic traditions of the pre-Columbian Americas. Traditionally known as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, these artifacts of copper, shell, stone, clay, and wood were the subject of the groundbreaking 2007 book Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms: Interpretations of Mississippian Iconography, which presented a major reconstruction of the rituals, cosmology, ideology, and political structures of the Mississippian peoples. Visualizing the Sacred advances the study of Mississippian iconography by delving into the regional variations within what is now known as the Mississippian Iconographic Interaction Sphere (MIIS). Bringing archaeological, ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and iconographic perspectives to the analysis of Mississippian art, contributors from several disciplines discuss variations in symbols and motifs among major sites and regions across a wide span of time and also consider what visual symbols reveal about elite status in diverse political environments. These findings represent the first formal identification of style regions within the Mississippian Iconographic Interaction Sphere and call for a new understanding of the MIIS as a network of localized, yet interrelated religious systems that experienced both continuity and change over time.

Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms
Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms

Author: F. Kent Reilly

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0292774400

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Between AD 900-1600, the native peoples of the Mississippi River Valley and other areas of the Eastern Woodlands of the United States conceived and executed one of the greatest artistic traditions of the Precolumbian Americas. Created in the media of copper, shell, stone, clay, and wood, and incised or carved with a complex set of symbols and motifs, this seven-hundred-year-old artistic tradition functioned within a multiethnic landscape centered on communities dominated by earthen mounds and plazas. Previous researchers have referred to this material as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (SECC). This groundbreaking volume brings together ten essays by leading anthropologists, archaeologists, and art historians, who analyze the iconography of Mississippian art in order to reconstruct the ritual activities, cosmological vision, and ideology of these ancient precursors to several groups of contemporary Native Americans. Significantly, the authors correlate archaeological, ethnographic, and art historical data that illustrate the stylistic differences within Mississippian art as well as the numerous changes that occur through time. The research also demonstrates the inadequacy of the SECC label, since Mississippian art is not limited to the Southeast and reflects stylistic changes over time among several linked but distinct religious traditions. The term Mississippian Iconographic Interaction Sphere (MIIS) more adequately describes the corpus of this Mississippian art. Most important, the authors illustrate the overarching nature of the ancient Native American religious system, as a creation unique to the native American cultures of the eastern United States.

Visualizing the Miraculous, Visualizing the Sacred
Visualizing the Miraculous, Visualizing the Sacred

Author: Robert Howard Jackson

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781443864022

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French historian Robert Ricard postulated a quick and facile evangelization of the native populations of central Mexico. However, evidence shows that native peoples incorporated Catholicism into their religious beliefs on their own terms, and continued to make sacrifices to their traditional deities. In particular the deities of rain (Tlaloc and Dzahui) and the fertility of the soil (Xipe Totec) continued to be important following the conquest and the beginning of the so-called â oespiritual conquest.â This study examines visual evidence of the persistence of traditional religious practices, including embedded pre-hispanic stones placed in churches and convents, and pre-hispanic iconography in what ostensibly were Christian murals.

Natural Materials of the Holy Land and the Visual Translation of Place, 500-1500
Natural Materials of the Holy Land and the Visual Translation of Place, 500-1500

Author: Renana Bartal

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-04-21

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 135180927X

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Natural Materials of the Holy Land and the Visual Translation of Place, 500-1500, focuses on the unique ways that natural materials carry the spirit of place. Since early Christianity, wood, earth, water and stone were taken from loca sancta to signify them elsewhere. Academic discourse has indiscriminately grouped material tokens from holy places and their containers with architectural and topographical emulations, two-dimensional images and bodily relics. However, unlike textual or visual representations, natural materials do not describe or interpret the Holy Land; they are part of it. Tangible and timeless, they realize the meaning of their place of origin in new locations. What makes earth, stones or bottled water transported from holy sites sacred? How do they become pars pro toto, signifying the whole from which they were taken? This book will examine natural media used for translating loca sancta, the processes of their sanctification and how, although inherently abstract, they become charged with meaning. It will address their metamorphosis, natural or induced; how they change the environment to which they are transported; their capacity to translate a static and distant site elsewhere; the effect of their relocation on users/viewers; and how their containers and staging are used to communicate their substance.

Visualizing Space in Banaras
Visualizing Space in Banaras

Author: Martin Gaenszle

Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9783447051873

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The city of Banaras is widely known as a unique, impressive and particularly ancient historical place. But for many it is above all a universal, cosmic, and in a sense timeless sacred space. Both of these seemingly contrasting depictions contribute to how the city is experienced by its inhabitants or visitors, and there is a great variety of sometimes competing views: Kasi the Luminous, the ancient Crossing, the city of Death, the place of Hindu-Muslim encounter and syncretism, the cosmopolitan centre of learning, etc. The present volume deals with the multiple ways this urban site is visualized, imagined, and culturally represented by different actors and groups. The forms of visualizations are manifold and include buildings, paintings, drawings, panoramas, photographs, traditional and modern maps, as well as verbal and mental images. The major focus will thus be on visual media, which are of special significance for the representation of space. But this cannot be divorced from other forms of expressions which are part of the local life-world ("Lebenswelt"). The contributions look at local as well as exogenous constructions of the rich topography of Kasi and show that these imaginations and constructions are not static but always embedded in social and cultural practices of representation, often contested and never complete.

My NDE beneath the SEA
My NDE beneath the SEA

Author: Michael William AngelOh

Publisher: Children of Light Publishing

Published: 2016-08-26

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1535458933

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Is there Life after Death..? For most of recorded history, people from all places across our little blue planet have asked the question; "What will happen to me when I die..?" This Book reveals the published manuscripts, of my drowning accident in the Ocean, or NDE (Near Death Experience) on August 28, 1966, in Santa Cruz California, which just happens to be on a Sunday, the same day it occurred, exactly fifty years ago, to the day. If you've ever wondered what your last day on earth might be like, then read on my friend. My name is Michael William AngelOh, and this is my own true, and personal, NDE story, which has been transcribed directly from my own Personal Diaries, which I have entitled; "My NDE beneath the SEA".

Facts are Sacred
Facts are Sacred

Author: Simon Rogers

Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780571301614

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A full-colour guide to the data that shapes our lives, looking behind the headlines and the soundbites to what's really going on. What are the real effects of the austerity measures? What is the true human cost of the war in Afghanistan?

The Sacred Geometry Guidebook
The Sacred Geometry Guidebook

Author: Sergio Rijo

Publisher: SERGIO RIJO

Published: 2023-08-07

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13:

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"The Sacred Geometry Guidebook: Illuminating the Power of Patterns" takes readers on an enlightening journey through the mysterious realm of sacred geometry. Delving into the divine secrets of ancient patterns, this comprehensive guidebook explores the deep spiritual connections and hidden knowledge carried by sacred shapes. From the timeless wisdom encoded within the Flower of Life to the magical properties of the golden ratio, readers will uncover the profound symbolism and significance of these geometric wonders. Throughout the book, readers will discover the omnipresence of sacred geometry in various cultural expressions, architecture, art, and the natural world. From ancient structures that possessed sacred shapes to the hidden geometry behind every number, this guidebook reveals how sacred geometry permeates every facet of human existence. Beyond mere theoretical exploration, "The Sacred Geometry Guidebook" empowers readers with practical applications. Understanding the science behind sacred geometry and its influence on the natural world, readers will learn how to harness the transformative power of these patterns for personal growth and spiritual evolution. By embracing sacred shapes in meditation, daily practices, and creative expressions, individuals can foster a deeper sense of unity and harmony with the universe. With its profound insights and easy-to-follow explanations, this guidebook is suitable for both beginners and enthusiasts of sacred geometry. Whether seeking spiritual enlightenment or simply curious about the mysteries of the universe, "The Sacred Geometry Guidebook: Illuminating the Power of Patterns" offers a captivating and transformative exploration into the magic and wisdom of sacred geometry.