Celestial Twins

Celestial Twins

Author: Elizabetha Levin

Publisher:

Published: 2014-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789654943543

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From the ancient days of the King Solomon to the modern times of Mark Twain’s romance The Prince and the Pauper, there were numerous legends and folk stories about entwined destinies of the people who shared the same date of birth. Many thinkers and astrologers have tried to explore this phenomenon, but there were no solid facts confirming these legends. Celestial Twins is the first evidence-based work that establishes the historical truth behind such myths, exploring 17 representative life stories. It begins as a tale of one curious observation of meaningful interconnectedness between life-paths of two historical personalities born on the same day of the same year. This accidental observation led to a systematic 15-year study of well-known celestial twins in which cases of such entwined life stories were detected and studied. This research led to the discovery of a new phenomenon—the Effect of Celestial Twins (ECT)—which demonstrates that though each human being is unique, there is fairly exact matching between the biographical data of celestial twins. All personages in these stories are well-known historical characters, such as Ernest Hemingway, Oscar Wilde, Nancy Astor, King George VI, Carl Gustav Jung, and Pablo Casals. Each of them was believed to have an unprecedented life path; and yet each person in these stories had a “twin” who had the same unique life task, used the same methods to complete it, and gained the same results.


Twinkind

Twinkind

Author: William Viney

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2024-01-09

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0691254753

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An arresting illustrated history of twins in mythology, science, and visual culture Twins have captivated the imagination for centuries, occupying a unique place in our cultural and scientific history. Twinkind looks at twins in myth and legend; anatomy, sociology, and genetics; and as sources of spectacle, entertainment, and community. Drawing on hundreds of striking and sometimes haunting illustrations, William Viney examines depictions of twins as protagonists in creation stories ranging from Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca in Aztec mythology to Artemis and Apollo in Greek legend. He describes how twins have featured prominently in scientific research across the centuries, but especially in the work of Francis Galton, whose study of twins on the behavioral question of heredity versus environment gave rise to the pseudoscience of eugenics in the late nineteenth century. Viney explores the representation of twins in art, photography, and film—from the works of Roger Ballen to the cinema of Stanley Kubrick—and delves into the darker meanings ascribed to twins across the millennia. A visual journey like no other, this book sheds critical light on the competing visions of twins around the world and throughout history, showing how the lived experience of twinkind has elicited profound attraction and respect, but also puzzlement, fear, and fascination.


Explanations in Iconography

Explanations in Iconography

Author: Carol Diaz-Granados

Publisher: Oxbow Books

Published: 2023-10-15

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13:

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Case studies combine archaeological data and oral tradition to illustrate how the archaeological expression of beliefs and meanings passed down in the oral tradition may be interpreted. Explanations in Iconography: Ancient American Indian Art, Symbol, and Meaning is a significant contribution to the field of archaeology – a contribution in iconography studies that has gradually been coming into its own. Iconography is a rich and fascinating field, as applied to the complex, and heretofore enigmatic, imagery on many ancient Pre-Columbian artifacts. When viewed through the lens of early ethnographic records and American Indian oral traditions, as well as information from knowledgeable American Indian elders, it opens a world of understanding and clarity until recently unknown in the field of anthropological archaeology. It brings us closer to the people who created the artifacts and offers a glimpse into the symbols and beliefs that were important to them. Chapters cover a wide variety of artifacts and imagery from several ancient American Indian cultures. These artifacts include petroglyphs and pictographs (rock art), mounds, engraved shell cups and gorgets, burial architecture and grave furniture, pottery, copper repoussé, and other media. Ancient graphics, engravings, mounds, and all were created to deliver a message to the viewer – and many of those messages are finally coming to light. The artifacts included are from a variety of regions, mainly in the Midwest and Eastern United States. We hope that this volume will encourage others to look more deeply into the meaning behind the ancient imagery and arts and give the past a chance to be known.


Celestial Gems

Celestial Gems

Author: David R Ely

Publisher: Google Play

Published: 2024-03-05

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13:

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Embark on an illuminating journey through the cosmos as we explore some of the brightest stars that illuminate our night sky. This captivating book delves into the fascinating world of these celestial beacons, unraveling their intriguing stories and revealing their profound impact on our understanding of the universe. From Sirius, the dazzling diamond of the sky, to Betelgeuse, the colossal red giant, each star unveils its unique characteristics, weaving a tapestry of stellar diversity. We'll delve into their spectral types, luminosities, and distances, gaining insights into their evolutionary paths and the vastness of the cosmos they inhabit. Along the way, we'll uncover the profound connections between these celestial gems and human civilization. Learn how ancient astronomers navigated by the stars, how their constellations shaped myths and legends, and how modern scientists rely on these celestial beacons to unlock the mysteries of the universe. With captivating storytelling and stunning visuals, this book transforms the night sky into an immersive experience, guiding readers on an unforgettable celestial adventure. Features: Comprehensive coverage of the 200 brightest stars in the night sky Detailed descriptions of each star's characteristics, including spectral type, luminosity, and distance Engaging narratives that weave together astronomical facts with historical and cultural insights Stunning visuals, including photographs, illustrations, and maps, that bring the stars to life A comprehensive glossary of astronomical terms and concepts Target Audience: Astronomy enthusiasts of all ages Readers with a curious mind and a passion for the cosmos Educators seeking engaging resources to teach astronomy concepts Anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of the universe and their place within it


The Saint Augustine of Hippo Collection [53 Books]

The Saint Augustine of Hippo Collection [53 Books]

Author: Catholic Way Publishing

Publisher: Aeterna Press

Published: 2014-08-13

Total Pages: 11460

ISBN-13:

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THE SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO COLLECTION [53 BOOKS] SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO - 53 Books: 50 by the Author, 3 About the Author - Over4.6 Million Words in one E-Book - Includes the Complete Edition of Expositions on the Book of Psalms: Volumes I-VI, Psalms 1-150 - Includes an Active Index and Table of Contents for each book with Layered NCX Navigation - Includes Illustrations by Gustave Dore Saint Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 - 28 August 430) was an early Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings were very influential in the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was bishop of Hippo Regius (present-day Annaba, Algeria) located in the Roman province of Africa. Writing during the Patristic Era, he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in the West. Among his most important works are City of God and Confessions. The Confessions of Saint Augustine Translated by Frank Sheed. Expositions on the Book of Psalms Complete Edition Volumes I-VI. Psalms 1-150. Translated by John Henry Parker. All other books by the author part of the Church Fathers edited by Philip Schaff. INCLUDED BOOKS: -MAIN BOOKS- The Confessions of Saint Augustine The City of God On Christian Doctrine Letters of St. Augustin -DOCTRINAL TREATISES OF SAINT AUGUSTIN- On The Trinity The Enchiridion On the Catechising of the Uninstructed A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen On the Profit of Believing On the Creed -MORAL TREATISES OF SAINT AUGUSTIN- On Continence On the Good of Marriage Of Holy Virginity On the Good of Widowhood On Lying Against Lying Of the Work of Monks On Patience On Care to Be Had for the Dead -THE ANTI-MANICHAEAN WRITINGS- On The Morals Of The Catholic Church On The Morals Of The Manichaeans On Two Souls, Against The Manichaeans Acts Or Disputation Against Fortunatus The Manichaean Against The Epistle Of Manichaeus, Called Fundamental Reply To Faustus The Manichaean Concerning The Nature Of Good, Against The Manichaeans -THE ANTI-DONATIST WRITINGS- On Baptism, Against the Donatists Answer To The Letters of Petilian, The Donatist The Correction Of The Donatists -SAINT AUGUSTIN'S ANTI-PELAGIAN WORKS- A Treatise On The Merits And Forgiveness Of Sins, And On The Baptism Of Infants A Treatise On The Spirit And The Letter A Treatise On Nature And Grace A Treatise Concerning Man's Perfection In Righteousness A Work On The Proceedings Of Pelagius A Treatise On The Grace Of Christ, And On Original Sin On Marriage And Concupiscence A Treatise On The Soul And Its Origin A Treatise Against Two Letters Of The Pelagians A Treatise On Grace And Free Will A Treatise On Rebuke And Grace A Treatise On The Predestination Of The Saints A Treatise On The Gift Of Perseverance -MISCELLANEOUS- Our Lord's Sermon On The Mount The Harmony Of The Gospels Sermons On Selected Lessons Of The New Testament Lectures Or Tractates On The Gospel According To St. John Ten Homilies On The First Epistle Of John To The Parthians Two Books Of Soliloquies Expositions On The Book Of Psalms -ABOUT THE AUTHOR- Saint Augustin by Louis Bertrand Explanation of the Rule of Saint Augustine by Hugh of Saint Victor St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo by Rev. Fr. Alban Butler PUBLISHER: CATHOLIC WAY PUBLISHING


The Culture of the Copy

The Culture of the Copy

Author: Hillel Schwartz

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2014-11-02

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 1935408453

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A novel attempt to make sense of our preoccupation with copies of all kinds—from counterfeits to instant replay, from parrots to photocopies. The Culture of the Copy is a novel attempt to make sense of the Western fascination with replicas, duplicates, and twins. In a work that is breathtaking in its synthetic and critical achievements, Hillel Schwartz charts the repercussions of our entanglement with copies of all kinds, whose presence alternately sustains and overwhelms us. This updated edition takes notice of recent shifts in thought with regard to such issues as biological cloning, conjoined twins, copyright, digital reproduction, and multiple personality disorder. At once abbreviated and refined, it will be of interest to anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality. Through intriguing, and at times humorous, historical analysis and case studies in contemporary culture, Schwartz investigates a stunning array of simulacra: counterfeits, decoys, mannequins, and portraits; ditto marks, genetic cloning, war games, and camouflage; instant replays, digital imaging, parrots, and photocopies; wax museums, apes, and art forgeries—not to mention the very notion of the Real McCoy. Working through a range of theories on biological, mechanical, and electronic reproduction, Schwartz questions the modern esteem for authenticity and uniqueness. The Culture of the Copy shows how the ethical dilemmas central to so many fields of endeavor have become inseparable from our pursuit of copies—of the natural world, of our own creations, indeed of our very selves. The book is an innovative blend of microsociology, cultural history, and philosophical reflection, of interest to anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality. Praise for the first edition “[T]he author... brings his considerable synthetic powers to bear on our uneasy preoccupation with doubles, likenesses, facsimiles, replicas and re-enactments. I doubt that these cultural phenomena have ever been more comprehensively or more creatively chronicled.... [A] book that gets you to see the world anew, again.” —The New York Times “A sprightly and disconcerting piece of cultural history” —Terence Hawkes, London Review of Books “In The Culture of the Copy, [Schwartz] has written the perfect book: original and repetitive at once.” —Todd Gitlin, Los Angeles Times Book Review


Archaeo–Astronometria

Archaeo–Astronometria

Author: Dean Clarke

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2008-10-23

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 1477160884

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There have been many books on the origin of astronomy some good and some very poorly address the issues of ancient mans interests in the stars. The ancient Sumer and Egyptian notions of music mostly confirms how ancient this notion is in their chorded progressions of tone. This notion is more an Upper Paleolithic celestial idea. In a sense man during this time man was beginning to have a concept of north, south, east and west in spatial terms. It involves the curvature of the ribs of Nut the Egyptian Sky Goddess as a ribbed vaulted sky, and sometimes in a horizon sense of a bowing arch of a stars path, or the curve of a bone in the stars moving path. The half way point of this fall for say our Nut, Adam and Eve would thus be about 27,000 BC which falls in a significant period Ice Age re-emergence and a deserts expanding in equator regions. These are only a small part of what had to addressed in origins of night sky studies. The point being this piece as fake or not is that the components of the animals, man, plants and mans artifacts were very early on displayed. We might ask in such a condition what was their night sky? If we look at all of these constellations they fall below the Celestial Equator in the South Pole region mostly. It would seem that all these birds to them being placed in the night sky like the stars and as they watched what directions the birds along with stars as to where they went in order to ascertain their relations to dusk or dawn night sky. What caused the South Africa plight of 80,000 BC? The Antarctica had been growing ice forms from 170,000 BC to 80,000 BC towards the north, and then around 70,000 BC there seemed to be a melting trend back south. In an astronomy sense we can thank him for larger game entering in the pantheon of the constellations, or the leaf, otter, and some constellations lost to time like the mammoths. What does this have to do with constellations, taboos, or the advent of Cro-Magnon man well in the depictions of constellation images? Slowly from east to west the stars move, but then it did not take man not long after 70,000 BC to note that some planets or stars seemed to move retrograde in the night sky? This book address what ideas did they show or have before or after these earth changes. As ideas such as: "Maybe, it was a lasso constellation for some animals capture as a God of Capture." And, "Somewhere around the time of 50,000 BC in the region of northern England to the region above the Black Sea there occurred a melting phase between the ice ages and cultures began to spread". The evidence of this is found by different locations in Europe and Central Europe of the use of rock shadows, stars noted by hands in movement, and certain hand symbols by star images or dots as stars not just stab marks. Ironic again that Man beside Woman on the pole treetop does not have strong reminders of the Adam-Eve Tree and the Serpent as maybe Draco? The symbol anciently always shows the snake at the foot of the tree or ascended the tree at the apex of the trunk which if astronomy wise would mean an ascended constellation to the Zenith or the Pole! Draco thus deposed Adam and Eve from their own constellation garden and domain by it ascending as an ancient Pole Axis Mundi? Thus the smoke screen really is a tied between this local area of France and Late Paleolithic Mans ideas of that region in the night sky of a certain year or month period of hunting. Although we have jumped forward in the time of ancient astronomy beginnings in a way really in this sense we have not. To the real beginnings of little known ancient astronomy.


Gemini and the Sacred

Gemini and the Sacred

Author: Kimberley C. Patton

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-10-06

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 1786725916

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Why do twins remain uncanny to those born alone-in other words, most of us? Even with the rise of IVF and an increase in multiple births, why do we still do “a double take” when we encounter twins? Why has this been a near-universal response throughout human history, and how has it played out in religion and myth? Through the work of leading scholars in religion, folklore and mythology, history, anthropology, and archaeology, Gemini and the Sacred explores how twinship has long been imagined, especially in the complex relationship of sacred twin traditions to “twins on the ground” in biology and lived experience. The book considers the multiple ways in which the “doubling” of a human being may be interpreted as auspicious and powerful-or suppressed as unstable and dangerous. Why has this been so and how does it affect living twins today? Treating both famous and lesser-known twins-including supernatural animal twins-in the ancient Near Eastern and classical Mediterranean worlds; early Christianity and Gnosticism; Vedic, Hindu, West African, Black Atlantic, and native American traditions; ancient Mesoamerica, Celtic Roman Britain, and Scandinavia; and in the special, fraught bond shared by all twins, the book offers a variety of perspectives on this topic of great cultural significance.


STARGAZERS’ ALMANAC: NAVIGATING THE NIGHT SKY

STARGAZERS’ ALMANAC: NAVIGATING THE NIGHT SKY

Author: YAMINI MALHOTRA / SR SINGARASUBRAMANIAN

Publisher: kitab writing publication

Published: 2023-09-11

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 935868609X

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Navigating the Night Sky with Stargazers' Almanac In the wides tapestry of the universe, our Earth is but a tiny speck of dust. Yet, every night, as we turn our gazes skyward, we are transported into the boundless expanse of the cosmos. The night sky, adorned with its shimmering stars, holds stories that have captivated humanity for millennia. It's a celestial theatre, where constellations are the actors, and each star, a character in a timeless narrative. Welcome to the "Stargazers' Almanac," your celestial companion for the journey through the inky depths of space. In the pages that follow, we will embark on a voyage through the night sky, guided by the brilliance of stars that have inspired countless dreamers, scientists, and storytellers. These stars, each with its unique story and significance, will be our celestial landmarks. Our first stop on this cosmic odyssey is Pollux, the celestial twin of Castor, found in the constellation Gemini. As we gaze upon Pollux, we'll delve into the myths and science surrounding this luminous gem and its celestial sibling. Next, we'll set our course for Arcturus, the "Bear Guardian," a brilliant star in the constellation Bootes. Arcturus, like a cosmic lighthouse, has guided travellers for centuries and beckons us to explore its stellar neighbourhood. The fiery and unpredictable Betelgeuse in Orion will capture our attention next. As one of the brightest and most variable stars in the night sky, Betelgeuse has mystified and intrigued stargazers throughout history. Rigel, Orion's "Left Foot," will be our fourth stop. This dazzling blue star stands in stark contrast to Betelgeuse and holds its own unique allure. Then, we'll navigate to Sirius, the "Dog Star," in the constellation Canis Major. Brighter than any other star, Sirius has been revered by various cultures and holds a special place in the history of astronomy. As we venture into the cosmic ocean, we will also encounter other celestial wonders like Antares, the heart of Scorpius, and Regulus, the regal star in Leo. Each of these stars has its own tale to tell, and in these pages, we will uncover their secrets. But this almanac is not just about stargazing; it's about understanding the cosmos, embracing the stories woven into the night sky, and kindling the flames of curiosity. It's about exploring the science, mythology, and wonder that surround these celestial beacons. With this almanac in hand, you will embark on a journey of discovery, whether you are a seasoned astronomer or a novice stargazer. Together, we will navigate the night sky, uncovering the mysteries of the stars, and forging a deeper connection with the cosmos. So, dear readers and fellow stargazers, let us embark on this celestial adventure, guided by the stars that have ignited the human imagination for eons. The universe awaits, and the "Stargazers' Almanac" will be your trusted map to the wonders of the night sky.