Author: Jess Richards
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1443410160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Set on an isolated island off the Scottish coast, in a community run by women who are in awe of a mysterious structure called the Thrashing House, the novel is narrated by two teenage girls in very different circumstances. Mary is doing her best to protect her younger brother, Barney, as the island’s sons are mysteriously disappearing. Morgan is scheming to escape the prison her parents have made of their home. The two girls unite, each on a desperate mission in which secrets will be revealed and lives changed forever.
Snake Ropes
Author: Jess Richards
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1443410160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Set on an isolated island off the Scottish coast, in a community run by women who are in awe of a mysterious structure called the Thrashing House, the novel is narrated by two teenage girls in very different circumstances. Mary is doing her best to protect her younger brother, Barney, as the island’s sons are mysteriously disappearing. Morgan is scheming to escape the prison her parents have made of their home. The two girls unite, each on a desperate mission in which secrets will be revealed and lives changed forever.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1443410160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Set on an isolated island off the Scottish coast, in a community run by women who are in awe of a mysterious structure called the Thrashing House, the novel is narrated by two teenage girls in very different circumstances. Mary is doing her best to protect her younger brother, Barney, as the island’s sons are mysteriously disappearing. Morgan is scheming to escape the prison her parents have made of their home. The two girls unite, each on a desperate mission in which secrets will be revealed and lives changed forever.
The Snake and the Rope
Author: Elder
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1457508788
Category : Jungian psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
While there are many psychological monographs on Hinduism, no work has surveyed the history of that tradition in a sustained way. Thus, The Snake and the Rope: A Jungian View of Hinduism breaks new ground both for religious studies and for psychology. Trained on both sides of the argument, the author of this work is uniquely qualified to elucidate what, for example, the Vedic hymns meant to the people who composed them and what they might mean for us today. He shows us what karma means for Hindus and what Jung says it canmean for us. We learn how Jungians use the term "Self" that Jung borrowed from the Upanishads and how it is the same and different in its new, modern context. The reader will witness a red thread of "goddess worship" from earliest India to Classical Hinduism. Jung says the modern equivalent is devotion to the collective unconscious deep within ourselves. Having served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a Thai village in the late 1960's, George R. Elder returned to the States to earn a Ph. D. in Buddhist Studies from Columbia University. He subsequently taught Comparative Religions at Hunter College (City University of New York) and would co-chair the Religion Program for several years. In 1989, Dr. Elder and his family relocated to Florida. He trained to become a Jungian analyst and maintains a professional relationship with the C.G. Jung Study Center of Southern California. His works include The Body: An Encyclopedia of Archetypal Symbolism in collaboration with ARAS (Shambhala, 1996). He recently co-edited An American Jungian: In Honor of Edward F. Edinger(Inner City, 2009).
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1457508788
Category : Jungian psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
While there are many psychological monographs on Hinduism, no work has surveyed the history of that tradition in a sustained way. Thus, The Snake and the Rope: A Jungian View of Hinduism breaks new ground both for religious studies and for psychology. Trained on both sides of the argument, the author of this work is uniquely qualified to elucidate what, for example, the Vedic hymns meant to the people who composed them and what they might mean for us today. He shows us what karma means for Hindus and what Jung says it canmean for us. We learn how Jungians use the term "Self" that Jung borrowed from the Upanishads and how it is the same and different in its new, modern context. The reader will witness a red thread of "goddess worship" from earliest India to Classical Hinduism. Jung says the modern equivalent is devotion to the collective unconscious deep within ourselves. Having served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a Thai village in the late 1960's, George R. Elder returned to the States to earn a Ph. D. in Buddhist Studies from Columbia University. He subsequently taught Comparative Religions at Hunter College (City University of New York) and would co-chair the Religion Program for several years. In 1989, Dr. Elder and his family relocated to Florida. He trained to become a Jungian analyst and maintains a professional relationship with the C.G. Jung Study Center of Southern California. His works include The Body: An Encyclopedia of Archetypal Symbolism in collaboration with ARAS (Shambhala, 1996). He recently co-edited An American Jungian: In Honor of Edward F. Edinger(Inner City, 2009).
Nebraska Folklore
Author: Louise Pound
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803287242
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A distinguished scholar and writer who, in the words of H. L. Mencken, "put the study of American English on its legs," Louise Pound was always intensely interested in the folklore of her home state. Nebraska Folklore, first published in 1959, the year after herødeath, collects her best work in that rich vein. Included are cave legends, snake superstitions, weather lore, tales of strong men who rival Paul Bunyan, stories of Indian lovers' leaps, hoaxes of a petrified man and a land-locked sea monster, and the legends of Weeping Water and Lincoln Salt Basin. A section on old Nebraska folk customs provides a wealth of information about holiday observances, literary and debating societies, political rallies, spelling contests, and various social traditions. Going beyond Nebraska, the book ends with studies of the origins of American cowboy and folk songs and of the use of dialect in folklore. Its wit and honesty will appeal to readers everywhere.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803287242
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A distinguished scholar and writer who, in the words of H. L. Mencken, "put the study of American English on its legs," Louise Pound was always intensely interested in the folklore of her home state. Nebraska Folklore, first published in 1959, the year after herødeath, collects her best work in that rich vein. Included are cave legends, snake superstitions, weather lore, tales of strong men who rival Paul Bunyan, stories of Indian lovers' leaps, hoaxes of a petrified man and a land-locked sea monster, and the legends of Weeping Water and Lincoln Salt Basin. A section on old Nebraska folk customs provides a wealth of information about holiday observances, literary and debating societies, political rallies, spelling contests, and various social traditions. Going beyond Nebraska, the book ends with studies of the origins of American cowboy and folk songs and of the use of dialect in folklore. Its wit and honesty will appeal to readers everywhere.
The Spectrum of Consciousness
Author: Ken Wilber
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120818484
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
........Path-Breaking Book......Ken Willber Suceessfully Integrated Various Disciplines Reconciling The Approches Adopted By Western Psychology And Eastern Philosophies To Explore Human Consciousness.Spectrum Of Consciousness Lets In Fresh Air Into Increasingly Polarised Belief SystemsAnd Tunneled Perceptions And Provides Excellent Reading For Anyone Interested In Exploring The Nature Of Human Consciousness And Of His Own Mind.
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120818484
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
........Path-Breaking Book......Ken Willber Suceessfully Integrated Various Disciplines Reconciling The Approches Adopted By Western Psychology And Eastern Philosophies To Explore Human Consciousness.Spectrum Of Consciousness Lets In Fresh Air Into Increasingly Polarised Belief SystemsAnd Tunneled Perceptions And Provides Excellent Reading For Anyone Interested In Exploring The Nature Of Human Consciousness And Of His Own Mind.
The Rope and the Snake
Author: Arvind Sharma
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Rope And The Snake Is One Of The Popular Metaphors Employed In The Pedagogical And Didactic Expositions Of Advaita Vedanta. This Sustained And Extended Study Argues That The Metaphor Is Only A Good Starting Point In Explaining Advaita Vedanta. It Further Explores The Utility, Versatility And Occasional Inapplicability Of The Metaphor In The Study Of Advaita.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Rope And The Snake Is One Of The Popular Metaphors Employed In The Pedagogical And Didactic Expositions Of Advaita Vedanta. This Sustained And Extended Study Argues That The Metaphor Is Only A Good Starting Point In Explaining Advaita Vedanta. It Further Explores The Utility, Versatility And Occasional Inapplicability Of The Metaphor In The Study Of Advaita.
Adventure
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
The Triumph of the Snake Goddess
Author: Kaiser Haq
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674915119
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Snakes exist in the myths of most societies, often embodying magical, mysterious forces. Snake cults were especially important in eastern India and Bangladesh, where for centuries worshippers of the indigenous snake goddess Manasa resisted the competing religious influences of Indo-Europeans and Muslims. The result was a corpus of verse texts narrating Manasa’s struggle to win universal adoration. The Triumph of the Snake Goddess is the first comprehensive retelling of this epic tale in modern English. Scholar and poet Kaiser Haq offers a composite prose translation of Manasa’s story, based on five extant versions. Following the tradition of mangalkavyas—Bengali verse narratives celebrating the deeds of deities in order to win their blessings—the tale opens with a creation myth and a synopsis of Indian mythology, zooming in on Manasa, the miraculous child of the god Shiva. Manasa easily wins the allegiance of everyone except the wealthy merchant Chand, who holds fast in his devotion to Shiva despite seeing his sons massacred. A celestial couple is incarnated on earth to fulfill Manasa’s design: Behula, wife to one of Chand’s slain sons, undertakes a harrowing odyssey to restore him to life with Manasa’s help, ultimately persuading Chand to bow to the snake goddess. A prologue by Haq explores the Bengali oral, poetic, and manuscript traditions behind this Hindu folk epic—a vibrant part of popular Bengali culture, Hindu and Muslim, to this day—and an introduction by Wendy Doniger examines the history and significance of snake worship in classical Sanskrit texts.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674915119
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Snakes exist in the myths of most societies, often embodying magical, mysterious forces. Snake cults were especially important in eastern India and Bangladesh, where for centuries worshippers of the indigenous snake goddess Manasa resisted the competing religious influences of Indo-Europeans and Muslims. The result was a corpus of verse texts narrating Manasa’s struggle to win universal adoration. The Triumph of the Snake Goddess is the first comprehensive retelling of this epic tale in modern English. Scholar and poet Kaiser Haq offers a composite prose translation of Manasa’s story, based on five extant versions. Following the tradition of mangalkavyas—Bengali verse narratives celebrating the deeds of deities in order to win their blessings—the tale opens with a creation myth and a synopsis of Indian mythology, zooming in on Manasa, the miraculous child of the god Shiva. Manasa easily wins the allegiance of everyone except the wealthy merchant Chand, who holds fast in his devotion to Shiva despite seeing his sons massacred. A celestial couple is incarnated on earth to fulfill Manasa’s design: Behula, wife to one of Chand’s slain sons, undertakes a harrowing odyssey to restore him to life with Manasa’s help, ultimately persuading Chand to bow to the snake goddess. A prologue by Haq explores the Bengali oral, poetic, and manuscript traditions behind this Hindu folk epic—a vibrant part of popular Bengali culture, Hindu and Muslim, to this day—and an introduction by Wendy Doniger examines the history and significance of snake worship in classical Sanskrit texts.
Indian Philosophy
Author: Jonardon Ganeri
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100072817X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
The selection of essays in this volume aims to present Indian philosophy as an autonomous intellectual tradition, with its own internal dynamics, rhythms, techniques, problematics and approaches, and to show how the richness of this tradition has a vital role in a newly emerging global and international discipline of philosophy, one in which a diversity of traditions exchange ideas and grow through their interaction with one another. This new volume is an abridgement of the four-volume set, Indian Philosophy, published by Routledge in 2016. The selection of chapters was made in collaboration with the editors at Routledge. The purpose of this volume is to reintroduce the heritage of ‘Indian Philosophy’ to a contemporary readership by acquainting the reader with some of the core themes of Indian philosophy, such as the concept of philosophy, philosophy as a search for the self, Buddhist philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology, language and logic.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100072817X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
The selection of essays in this volume aims to present Indian philosophy as an autonomous intellectual tradition, with its own internal dynamics, rhythms, techniques, problematics and approaches, and to show how the richness of this tradition has a vital role in a newly emerging global and international discipline of philosophy, one in which a diversity of traditions exchange ideas and grow through their interaction with one another. This new volume is an abridgement of the four-volume set, Indian Philosophy, published by Routledge in 2016. The selection of chapters was made in collaboration with the editors at Routledge. The purpose of this volume is to reintroduce the heritage of ‘Indian Philosophy’ to a contemporary readership by acquainting the reader with some of the core themes of Indian philosophy, such as the concept of philosophy, philosophy as a search for the self, Buddhist philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology, language and logic.
Comparative Philosophy and J.L. Shaw
Author: Purushottama Bilimoria
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319178733
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
As a Festschrift, this book celebrates and honours the scholarly achievements of Professor Jaysankar Lal Shaw, one of the most eminent and internationally acclaimed comparative philosophers of our times. Original works by leading international philosophers and logicians are presented here, exploring themes such as: meaning, negation, perception and Indian and Buddhist systems of philosophy, especially Nyaya perspectives. Professor Shaw’s untiring effort to solve some of the problems of contemporary philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, metaphysics and morals from the perspectives of classical Indian philosophers or systems of philosophy is deserving of a tribute. Chapters in this volume reflect the diverse aspects of Shaw’s contribution to comparative philosophy and are organised into four sections: Language, Epistemology, Mathematics and Logic, Ethics and Politics. These chapters would appeal to anyone interested in philosophy or East-West thinking, including students and professionals. Graduates and researchers with interests in epistemology, metaphysics, political philosophy, logic and non-western philosophy will find this work highly relevant. Regarding the editors, Purushottama Bilimoria is a honorary professor at Deakin University and research fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia, a Visiting Professor and Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley and Graduate Theological Union; Michael Hemmingsen is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Philosophy at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319178733
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
As a Festschrift, this book celebrates and honours the scholarly achievements of Professor Jaysankar Lal Shaw, one of the most eminent and internationally acclaimed comparative philosophers of our times. Original works by leading international philosophers and logicians are presented here, exploring themes such as: meaning, negation, perception and Indian and Buddhist systems of philosophy, especially Nyaya perspectives. Professor Shaw’s untiring effort to solve some of the problems of contemporary philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, metaphysics and morals from the perspectives of classical Indian philosophers or systems of philosophy is deserving of a tribute. Chapters in this volume reflect the diverse aspects of Shaw’s contribution to comparative philosophy and are organised into four sections: Language, Epistemology, Mathematics and Logic, Ethics and Politics. These chapters would appeal to anyone interested in philosophy or East-West thinking, including students and professionals. Graduates and researchers with interests in epistemology, metaphysics, political philosophy, logic and non-western philosophy will find this work highly relevant. Regarding the editors, Purushottama Bilimoria is a honorary professor at Deakin University and research fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia, a Visiting Professor and Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley and Graduate Theological Union; Michael Hemmingsen is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Philosophy at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.
Rattlesnakes
Author: Laurence M. Klauber
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520040397
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Their habits, life histories, and influence on mankind.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520040397
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Their habits, life histories, and influence on mankind.