Author: Juan Eduardo Cirlot
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486425238
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
A valuable reference, this informative and entertaining volume presents a key to elucidating the symbolic worlds encountered in both the arts and the history of ideas. Alphabetical entries clarify essential meanings of each symbol, as drawn from religion, astrology, alchemy, numerology, other sources. 32 black-and-white illustrations.
A Dictionary of Symbols
Author: Juan Eduardo Cirlot
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486425238
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
A valuable reference, this informative and entertaining volume presents a key to elucidating the symbolic worlds encountered in both the arts and the history of ideas. Alphabetical entries clarify essential meanings of each symbol, as drawn from religion, astrology, alchemy, numerology, other sources. 32 black-and-white illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486425238
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
A valuable reference, this informative and entertaining volume presents a key to elucidating the symbolic worlds encountered in both the arts and the history of ideas. Alphabetical entries clarify essential meanings of each symbol, as drawn from religion, astrology, alchemy, numerology, other sources. 32 black-and-white illustrations.
The Mind of Primitive Man
Author: Franz Boas
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368613863
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1938.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368613863
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1938.
The Symbolism of Freemasonry
Author: Albert G. Mackey
Publisher: Blurb
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A legend differs from an historical narrative only in this-that it is without documentary evidence of authenticity. It is the offspring solely of tradition. Its details may be true in part or in whole. There may be no internal evidence to the contrary, or there may be internal evidence that they are altogether false. But neither the possibility of truth in the one case, nor the certainty of falsehood in the other, can remove the traditional narrative from the class of legends. It is a legend simply because it rests on no written foundation. It is oral, and therefore legendary.
Publisher: Blurb
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A legend differs from an historical narrative only in this-that it is without documentary evidence of authenticity. It is the offspring solely of tradition. Its details may be true in part or in whole. There may be no internal evidence to the contrary, or there may be internal evidence that they are altogether false. But neither the possibility of truth in the one case, nor the certainty of falsehood in the other, can remove the traditional narrative from the class of legends. It is a legend simply because it rests on no written foundation. It is oral, and therefore legendary.
The Dream in Native American and Other Primitive Cultures
Author: Jackson Steward Lincoln
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486427065
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This analysis opens with a historical review of dream interpretation, exploring the structure, theory, and function of dreams in primitive cultures and examining their predominant symbols, types, and forms. Focusing on Native American dreams, the study defines their significance to the individual and their relationship to the culture pattern.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486427065
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This analysis opens with a historical review of dream interpretation, exploring the structure, theory, and function of dreams in primitive cultures and examining their predominant symbols, types, and forms. Focusing on Native American dreams, the study defines their significance to the individual and their relationship to the culture pattern.
Symbols
Author: Raymond Firth
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415694663
Category : Signs and symbols
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This book first published in 1973 offers a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour. The study of symbolism is popular nowadays and anthropologists have made substantial contributions to it. Raymond Firth has long been internationally known for his field research in the Solomons and Malaysia, and for his theoretical work on kinship, economics and religion. Here from a new angle, he has produced a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour. Professor Firth examines definitions of symbol. He traces the history of scientific inquiry into the symbolism of religious cults, mythology and dreams back into the eighteenth century. He compares some modern approaches to symbolism in art, literature and philosophy with those in social anthropology. He then cites examples in anthropological treatment of symbolic material from cultures of varying sophistication. Finally he offers dispassionate analyses of symbols used in contemporary Western situations - from hair-styles to the use and abuse of national flags; from cults of Black Jesus to the Eucharistic rite. In all this Professor Firth combines social and political topicality with a scholarly and provocative theoretical inquiry.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415694663
Category : Signs and symbols
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This book first published in 1973 offers a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour. The study of symbolism is popular nowadays and anthropologists have made substantial contributions to it. Raymond Firth has long been internationally known for his field research in the Solomons and Malaysia, and for his theoretical work on kinship, economics and religion. Here from a new angle, he has produced a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour. Professor Firth examines definitions of symbol. He traces the history of scientific inquiry into the symbolism of religious cults, mythology and dreams back into the eighteenth century. He compares some modern approaches to symbolism in art, literature and philosophy with those in social anthropology. He then cites examples in anthropological treatment of symbolic material from cultures of varying sophistication. Finally he offers dispassionate analyses of symbols used in contemporary Western situations - from hair-styles to the use and abuse of national flags; from cults of Black Jesus to the Eucharistic rite. In all this Professor Firth combines social and political topicality with a scholarly and provocative theoretical inquiry.
Sex Worship and Symbolism
Author: Sanger Brown
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phallicism
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phallicism
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols
Author: J. C. Cooper
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500770913
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, J. C. Cooper has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. With over 200 illustrations and lively, informative and often ironic texts, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceana, and coming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Tantra, the cult of Cybele and the Great Goddess, the Pre-Columbian religions of the Western Hemisphere and the Voodoo cults of Brazil and West Africa.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500770913
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, J. C. Cooper has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. With over 200 illustrations and lively, informative and often ironic texts, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceana, and coming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Tantra, the cult of Cybele and the Great Goddess, the Pre-Columbian religions of the Western Hemisphere and the Voodoo cults of Brazil and West Africa.
Mackey's Symbolism of Freemasonry
Author: Albert Gallatin Mackey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Mackey'S Symbolism of Freemasonry : Its Science, Philosophy, Legends, Myths and Symbols by Robert Ingham Clegg, first published in 1921, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Mackey'S Symbolism of Freemasonry : Its Science, Philosophy, Legends, Myths and Symbols by Robert Ingham Clegg, first published in 1921, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Pharos VI: Symbolism
Author: Silas H. Shepherd Research Lodge #1843
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365960269
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Pharos VI: Symbolism - the 6th in a series from the Wisconsin Masonic Research Lodge: Silas H. Shepherd #1843 featuring Zachary J. Schmidt, Silas H. Shepherd, Earl W. Lintner, James D. Fleming, David P. Hullinger, William Wolfe, Richard Marcus, Carl J. Wussow, John Diesam, John F. Wackman III, Francis X. McKenna, Khristian E. Kay, Eugene Marcus, Charles L. Roblee, and Dan Bast.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365960269
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Pharos VI: Symbolism - the 6th in a series from the Wisconsin Masonic Research Lodge: Silas H. Shepherd #1843 featuring Zachary J. Schmidt, Silas H. Shepherd, Earl W. Lintner, James D. Fleming, David P. Hullinger, William Wolfe, Richard Marcus, Carl J. Wussow, John Diesam, John F. Wackman III, Francis X. McKenna, Khristian E. Kay, Eugene Marcus, Charles L. Roblee, and Dan Bast.
A Companion to Ricoeur's The Symbolism of Evil
Author: Scott Davidson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498587151
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The Symbolism of Evil is the final book in Ricoeur’s early trilogy on the will. While Freedom and Nature sets aside normative questions altogether and Fallible Man examines the question of what makes the bad will possible, here Ricoeur takes up the question of evil in its actuality. What is the nature of the will that has succumbed to evil? The question of evil resists reflection and remains inscrutable, leading Ricoeur to proceed indirectly through a study of the abundant resources contained in symbols and myths. Symbols, as Ricoeur famously says, “give rise to thought” and thereby open up a field of meanings which help to inform a philosophical reflection on evil. This hermeneutics of symbols signals an important shift in Ricoeur’s philosophical trajectory, which increasingly turns to language and the various forms of discourse which harbor multiple meanings. The contributors to this volume, edited by Scott Davidson, highlight a wide range of important themes in Ricoeur’s treatment of the symbolics of evil that resonate with current topics in contemporary philosophy and religion.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498587151
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The Symbolism of Evil is the final book in Ricoeur’s early trilogy on the will. While Freedom and Nature sets aside normative questions altogether and Fallible Man examines the question of what makes the bad will possible, here Ricoeur takes up the question of evil in its actuality. What is the nature of the will that has succumbed to evil? The question of evil resists reflection and remains inscrutable, leading Ricoeur to proceed indirectly through a study of the abundant resources contained in symbols and myths. Symbols, as Ricoeur famously says, “give rise to thought” and thereby open up a field of meanings which help to inform a philosophical reflection on evil. This hermeneutics of symbols signals an important shift in Ricoeur’s philosophical trajectory, which increasingly turns to language and the various forms of discourse which harbor multiple meanings. The contributors to this volume, edited by Scott Davidson, highlight a wide range of important themes in Ricoeur’s treatment of the symbolics of evil that resonate with current topics in contemporary philosophy and religion.