Symbols and Themes in Sacred Texts
Symbols and Themes in Sacred Texts

Author: Barnabas Tiburtius

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2020-03-10

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1647608392

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In this information age, the need for explicit meaning in scriptures and rituals is a vital ingredient that is lacking. The literal interpretations and obligatory rituals have left a void in the individual’s spiritual journey and hence, the increasing disappointment in organized religions. There are 50 articles in this book whose contents aim to provide a deeper spiritual meaning that is conveyed through certain specific symbols and themes such as Agni or Fire, Cave, Cloud, twice-born, Four beasts, Dragon, Trilogy, Hero, Charioteer, Hostile brothers, Inner demon, East, Nakedness, Reincarnation, Redemption, Deluge, Sword, and Twins. These common symbols and themes, across many mythologies and the spiritual significance they convey, are brought out so that the higher nature of man and the spiritual path one has to traverse can be indicated. The very fact that man seeks a higher and more meaningful knowledge denotes that he is on a path to exploring his true nature or awake to his true self. These symbols and themes cut across all dominant spiritual traditions such as Vedic, Buddhist, Hebraic, Christian, and Islamic religions. Symbols and Themes in Sacred Texts contain the key to unlock the spiritual treasure hidden from humanity through literal and archaic cultural interpretations.

The Symbols of the Church
The Symbols of the Church

Author: Maurice Dilasser

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780814625385

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This colorful book looks both beyond the church building and deep within it to find symbols relevant to Judeo-Christianity.

The Sacred Symbols of Mu
The Sacred Symbols of Mu

Author: James Churchward

Publisher:

Published: 2016-05-31

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781533366924

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Fully illustrated. According to Churchward, Mu was a lost continent in the Pacific Ocean, which was destroyed in a global cataclysm tens of thousands of years ago; Mu was the original home of mankind, and all subsequent civilizations descended from it. The Pacific islands and their inhabitants are supposed to be the last survivors of this primordial motherland. Churchward's Mu was a huge continent, which stretched from Micronesia in the West to Easter Island and Hawaii in the East. He also believed in a literal mid-Atlantic Atlantis. He proposed a global network of huge gas-filled caverns which, if vented, could cause large areas of land to be submerged. He claimed that, while posted in India, he befriended a priest ('Rishi'), who revealed to him ancient tablets written in an otherwise unknown language. The Rishi taught him how to read this language, Naacal. The tablets described the land of Mu, the Lemuria of the Theosophists. He also claimed that he was able to discern writing from Mu on a mysterious set of tablets discovered in Mexico by an explorer named William Niven.

Symbolism, the Sacred, and the Arts
Symbolism, the Sacred, and the Arts

Author: Mircea Eliade

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Published: 1992-04-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780826406187

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Major work is distinguished by an intensity of inspiration and an overwhelming sense of personal vision. This merging of inspiration and vision permits the creation of a classic oeuvre whose creator is deemed to be a 'master of his craft, ' or perhaps better, 'a seminal mind.' Such is the work of the historian of religious, Mirceas Eliade. In his lifelong quest to understand the presence of the Sacred throughout human history, Eliade has been fascinated by two central themes: Creation and Time.

Books as Bodies and as Sacred Beings
Books as Bodies and as Sacred Beings

Author: James W. Watts

Publisher: Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781781798843

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In this volume an international team of scholars address the theme of books as sacred beings from an impressively diverse range of primary material and perspectives. Yet, as a group, they meld to engage and advance previous research to solidify the conclusion that human cultures, especially religious groups, often ritualize bodies as sacred books and books as divine beings. The studies collected here not only increase the range of examples of this phenomenon. They also show the wide variety of ways in which the identity of books, bodies and beings gets both ritualized and theorized. The articles are bracketed by an introduction to the collection, and then by a concluding essay that extrapolates the theme of books as sacred beings on a more general level.

Living in The Story
Living in The Story

Author: Charlotte Vaughan Coyle

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-08-26

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1666705233

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What kind of book is the Bible? Is it a rulebook or a guidebook for moral living? Is it a history book or a book filled with fascinating (and sometimes fantastic) stories? Did humans write the Bible or did God somehow speak a perfect message that the authors transcribed? Many people have asked these questions about the nature of this beautiful, odd, comforting, disturbing book the church calls its “Holy Scripture.” Charlotte Vaughan Coyle shares her own journey to make sense of the Bible in this read-through-the-Bible-in-a-year project. She discovered that the crucial work of asking hard questions and even arguing with the Bible revealed the Scriptures to be a symphony of polyphonic voices, a work of art that paints an alternative vision of reality, a complex novel-like story unavoidably embedded in its own culture and time, and yet able to give witness to the God beyond history who has acted (and continues to act) within history. With the heart of a pastor and the passion of a preacher, Rev. Coyle invites seekers and students (both churched and un-churched) to strap on their scuba gear and join her for a deeper dive beneath the surface of this immense, colorful, mysterious world of the Bible.

Zondervan Dictionary of Bible Themes
Zondervan Dictionary of Bible Themes

Author: Martin H. Manser

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 1308

ISBN-13:

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The Zondervan Dictionary of Bible Themes contains over 2,000 thematic articles with an explanation of the theme, key Bible references, and cross-references to related themes. --From publisher's description.

Images and Symbols
Images and Symbols

Author: Mircea Eliade

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-10-12

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0691238340

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Mircea Eliade--one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic--shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is still an essential function of human consciousness. He describes and analyzes some of the most powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development.

The Secret Language of Symbols
The Secret Language of Symbols

Author: David Fontana

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2003-02

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780811838214

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Explores the culture, history, and psychology that lies behind a wide range of symbols.