ISBN: 9788186921050 - cosmology of the sacred world (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction/Yolotl Gonzalez Torres. 2. Cosmology in Tajin/Sara Ladron de Guevara. 3. The Maya 'Axis Mundi' diachronic vision of a cosmological concept/Henryk Karol Kocyba. 4. Some considerations on the vertical and horizontal levels of the universe/Yolotl Gonzalez Torres. 5. Lunar iconography in Lacandon Mayan Cosmology/Marie Odile Marion. 6. The womb that nourishes and devours: representations of the earth in the Cosmology of the Huave of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Mexico)/Alessandro Lupo. 7. Narratives and pilgrimages/Ari Rajsbaum Gorodezky. 8. Paez Cosmology/Hugo Portela and Hertinaldy Gomaez. 9. Significance of order music and dance: a study in musical and dance Cosmology of the santal tribe/Onkar Prasad. 10. Echoes of the Cosmic play/Baidyanath Saraswati. 11.Cosmology, religion, ethics, and philosophy in republican Rome: Lucretius' blend of cultural constituents/Albert Cook. "Ancient cultures everywhere sought (among other philosophical speculations), to unravel the mystery of the Universe: its origin, its ultimate root, and what-sustains and energizes it. As such, they not only tried to conceive the Universe according to their own vision, but also used varied metaphors/images to communicate the grand Cosmic mystery that transcends the constraints of space and time, of logic and casuality. Exploring beyond the 'New-age' trend, this volume offers some of the insightful studies of ancient cosmology and the unique human experience producing its diversified expressions across the continents. "Going into the beliefs of. 236 pp.…

Zustand: New. pp. x + 235 36 Figures Map.

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