Author: Rudolf Steiner
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Rudolf Steiner's 'Four Mystery Plays' take us on a journey into the depths of the human soul and spirit, where super-sensible beings and hidden worlds are revealed. In this series of Christian Mystery Plays, Steiner guides us through the experiences of the soul during initiation, showing us the psychic development of man up to the moment when he can pierce the veil and see into the beyond. The author portrays a diverse range of characters, including an artist, scientist, philosopher, historian, mystic, and a man of the world, all on a quest for spiritual growth and understanding.
Four Mystery Plays
Author: Rudolf Steiner
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Rudolf Steiner's 'Four Mystery Plays' take us on a journey into the depths of the human soul and spirit, where super-sensible beings and hidden worlds are revealed. In this series of Christian Mystery Plays, Steiner guides us through the experiences of the soul during initiation, showing us the psychic development of man up to the moment when he can pierce the veil and see into the beyond. The author portrays a diverse range of characters, including an artist, scientist, philosopher, historian, mystic, and a man of the world, all on a quest for spiritual growth and understanding.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Rudolf Steiner's 'Four Mystery Plays' take us on a journey into the depths of the human soul and spirit, where super-sensible beings and hidden worlds are revealed. In this series of Christian Mystery Plays, Steiner guides us through the experiences of the soul during initiation, showing us the psychic development of man up to the moment when he can pierce the veil and see into the beyond. The author portrays a diverse range of characters, including an artist, scientist, philosopher, historian, mystic, and a man of the world, all on a quest for spiritual growth and understanding.
Mystical Origins of the Tarot
Author: Paul Huson
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN: 9780892811908
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
"A profusely illustrated history of the occult nature of the tarot from its origins in ancient Persia. The origins of the tarot have been lost in the mists of time. Most scholars have guessed that its origins were in China, Egypt, or India. Huson has expertly tracked each symbol of the Minor Arcana to roots in ancient Persia and the Major Arcana Trump card images to the medieval world of mystery, miracle, and morality plays. A number of tarot historians have questioned the use of the tarot as a divination tool prior to the 18th century. But the author demonstrates that the symbolic meanings of the Major Arcana were evident from the time they were first employed in the mid-15th century in the popular divination practice of sortilege. He also reveals how the identities of the court cards in the Minor Arcana were derived from a blend of pagan and medieval sources that strongly influenced their interpretation in tarot divination."--Publisher marketing.
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN: 9780892811908
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
"A profusely illustrated history of the occult nature of the tarot from its origins in ancient Persia. The origins of the tarot have been lost in the mists of time. Most scholars have guessed that its origins were in China, Egypt, or India. Huson has expertly tracked each symbol of the Minor Arcana to roots in ancient Persia and the Major Arcana Trump card images to the medieval world of mystery, miracle, and morality plays. A number of tarot historians have questioned the use of the tarot as a divination tool prior to the 18th century. But the author demonstrates that the symbolic meanings of the Major Arcana were evident from the time they were first employed in the mid-15th century in the popular divination practice of sortilege. He also reveals how the identities of the court cards in the Minor Arcana were derived from a blend of pagan and medieval sources that strongly influenced their interpretation in tarot divination."--Publisher marketing.
Christian Iconography: The Trinity, angels, devils, death, the soul, the Christian scheme
Author: Adolphe Napoléon Didron
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
English Drama, 1900-1930
Author: Allardyce Nicoll
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9780521129473
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9780521129473
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
Christian Iconography: The Trinity. Angels. Devils. Death. The soul. The Christian scheme. Appendices
Author: Adolphe Napoléon Didron
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Christian Iconography, Or, The History of Christian Art in the Middle Ages
Author: Adolphe Napoléon Didron
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Christian iconography; or, The history of Christian art in the Middle ages, tr. by E.J. Millington (with additions and appendices by M. Stokes).
Author: Adolphe Napoléon Didron
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
York Mystery Plays
Author: Richard Beadle
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192837103
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This volume offers 22 of the central pageants which make up York's famous Corpus Christi cycle. The York cycle is the oldest and best-known of the English mystery cycles, and its depth and scope are reflected in the selection printed here. The shape of the cycle was governed by subjectmatter of enduring spiritual significance, both to its contemporary audience and in later literary and artistic tradition, and the selection reflects these concerns. Included are plays on the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection of Christ, and the Last Judgement.The Passion sequence has been expanded by six of the eight plays generally attributed to the great poetic dramatist known as the York Realist: the authentic text of these plays is not otherwise available in paperback. As well as providing detailed annotation, this edition offers an introductionwhich examines the history of the cycle and discusses the immensely popular modern productions in York and elsewhere.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192837103
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This volume offers 22 of the central pageants which make up York's famous Corpus Christi cycle. The York cycle is the oldest and best-known of the English mystery cycles, and its depth and scope are reflected in the selection printed here. The shape of the cycle was governed by subjectmatter of enduring spiritual significance, both to its contemporary audience and in later literary and artistic tradition, and the selection reflects these concerns. Included are plays on the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection of Christ, and the Last Judgement.The Passion sequence has been expanded by six of the eight plays generally attributed to the great poetic dramatist known as the York Realist: the authentic text of these plays is not otherwise available in paperback. As well as providing detailed annotation, this edition offers an introductionwhich examines the history of the cycle and discusses the immensely popular modern productions in York and elsewhere.
Mystery Cults, Theatre and Athenian Politics
Author: Luigi Barzini
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135018733X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This new comparative reading of Euripides' Bacchae and Aristophanes' Frogs sets the two plays squarely in their contemporary social and political context and explores their impact on the audiences of the time. Both were composed during a crucial period of Athenian political life following the oligarchic seizure of power in 411 BC and the restoration of democracy in 410 BC, and were in all likelihood produced nearly simultaneously a few months before the rise of the Thirty Tyrants and the ensuing civil war. They also demonstrate significant similarities that are particularly notable among extant Attic theatre productions, including the role of the god Dionysos as protagonist and architect of religious and political action, and the presence of Demetrian and Dionysiac mystic choruses as proponents of the appeasement of civil discord as the cure for Athens' ills. Focusing on the mystic, civic and political content of both Bacchae and Frogs, this volume offers not only a new reading of the plays, but also an interdisciplinary perspective on the special characteristics of mystery cults in Athens in their political context and the nature of theatrical audiences and their reaction to mystic themes. Its illumination of the function of each play at a pivotal moment in fifth-century Athenian politics will be of value to scholars and students of ancient Greek drama, religion and history.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135018733X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This new comparative reading of Euripides' Bacchae and Aristophanes' Frogs sets the two plays squarely in their contemporary social and political context and explores their impact on the audiences of the time. Both were composed during a crucial period of Athenian political life following the oligarchic seizure of power in 411 BC and the restoration of democracy in 410 BC, and were in all likelihood produced nearly simultaneously a few months before the rise of the Thirty Tyrants and the ensuing civil war. They also demonstrate significant similarities that are particularly notable among extant Attic theatre productions, including the role of the god Dionysos as protagonist and architect of religious and political action, and the presence of Demetrian and Dionysiac mystic choruses as proponents of the appeasement of civil discord as the cure for Athens' ills. Focusing on the mystic, civic and political content of both Bacchae and Frogs, this volume offers not only a new reading of the plays, but also an interdisciplinary perspective on the special characteristics of mystery cults in Athens in their political context and the nature of theatrical audiences and their reaction to mystic themes. Its illumination of the function of each play at a pivotal moment in fifth-century Athenian politics will be of value to scholars and students of ancient Greek drama, religion and history.
The Pall Mall Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description