Author: Christine Taylor-Butler
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781600602559
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mount Everest - a place of mystery, majesty and unparalleled beauty - rises higher into the sky than any other mountain on Earth. Many stories have been told about the dangers and triumphs of climbing the summit - but few have been written about the Sherpa, the people who have lived on the mountain for centuries and consider it sacred. With stunning photographs and engaging text, Sacred Mountain presents a unique picture of Mount Everest - its history, ecology and people - that will captivate readers of all ages.
Author: John Einarsen
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The Sacred Mountain" is a symbol revered by people in every religious and ethnic tradition of Asia. The 29 articles contained here celebrate these sacred peaks through prose, poetry, travelogue, historical and spiritual texts, art, and photos, and will be of interest to all students of Asian culture.
Author: G. Reichel-Dolmatoff
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-11-27
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9004420533
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Kogi Indians of the Sierra Nevada, an isolated mountain massif of northern Colombia, have preserved much of their cultural heritage, notwithstanding the onslaught of outside influences. To the casual observer their austere and withdrawn way of life presents a picture of abject poverty but long-term ethnological study reveals dimensions of inner depth which are evidence of a very rich and cherished tradition going back to pre-Conquest times. Kogi cosmogony and cosmology, their religious philosophy, and their interpretation of nature, as described by men of priestly training, bear witness to a creative imagination of great power. This study tells us of their macrocosm and microcosm; the structure of the universe and the spinning of cotton thread; time-space concepts and the symbolism of a small gourd vessel; biological cycles and temple architecture, and all this within the compass of a sacred mountain which to the Kogi is the centre of the universe. The ethnological importance of this essay is equalled by its value to the Humanities, and opens a new dimension of Amerindian studies.
Author: Robert A. F. Thurman
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Chronicling the inner as well as the outer journey, an influential author offers his personal view of his spiritual adventure amid the breathtaking vistas of the Himalayas.
Author: Flynn Johnson
Publisher: Findhorn Press
Published: 2010-11-01
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1844094804
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book explores in depth the wisdom and fierce beauty of an ancient Sioux story, which teaches the value of setting out on a quest in the natural world in order to discover who and what one truly is. What unfolds, in a dramatic and inspiring way, is a vision of the elements intrinsic to the pathless path toward freeing oneself from constraining beliefs and conditioning in order to awaken to the wonder and mystery of pure presence before the soul of the world.
Author: Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz
Publisher:
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William James
Publisher:
Published: 2021-06-29
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9789814882088
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Edward Bernbaum
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-03-10
Total Pages: 429
ISBN-13: 1108834744
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A fascinating exploration of the symbolism of mountains in the mythologies, religions, literature, and art of cultures around the world.
Author: Russell Johnson
Publisher: Park Street Press
Published: 1999-10-01
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780892818471
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →• The record of a spiritual journey through an extraordinary land, and of the devoted pilgrims who seek to climb Mount Kailas. • Two Americans recount their experiences during the sacred pilgrimage to one of the most remote places on Earth. • With more than 100 color photographs that capture the awe-inspiring landscape and the tireless determination of the pilgrims. In a remote corner of western Tibet, in one of the highest, most pristine places on Earth, rises a sublime snow-clad pyramid of rock and snow--Mount Kailas. To Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims this 22,028-foot mountain is the throne of the gods, the "Navel of the Earth," the place where the divine takes earthly form. For more than a thousand years these pilgrims have journeyed here to pay homage to the mountain's mystery, circumambulating it in an ancient ritual of devotion that continues to the present day. Spinning prayer wheels, chanting mantras, and prostrating themselves at shrines, the pilgrims make the arduous climb toward the physical and emotional high point of the journey, the lofty pass known as the Dolma La. With spectacular color photography and vivid travel writing, Tibet's Sacred Mountain provides a stunning account of this awe-inspiring landscape, and of the variety, vitality, and sheer determination of the pilgrims who venture there. Both photographer Russell Johnson and writer Kerry Moran have made the difficult pilgrimage around the mountain several times. Tibet's Sacred Mountain is the record of their inspiring journey that opens a window on a magical land of pure light and dazzling color where the temporal and the eternal unite and where every feature of the landscape holds its own divinity.