Oldtidens religioner og mytologier

Discover the history of Samhain and how it is celebrated!Are you a pagan who wishes to expand your practice during Samhain?Did you know that this sabbat can help you reach your full potential?Are you interested in learning more about this ancient pagan holiday?For pagans, Samhain is the time of the year when anything is possible. Whether you are an experienced practitioner or just starting your pagan journey, connecting to one of the most illustrious pagan holidays will enhance your practice.In this book, you will:Gain a better understanding of the history of Samhain and how it's tied to HalloweenDiscover how Samhain is linked to the spiritual worldAcquire some practical skills to make your own Samhain crafts and decorationsLearn how to set up your altar to honor this pagan holidayUnderstand which herbs and plants to use on your altarUncover the ways to use food to celebrate this holidayFind ways to encourage your family and friends to participate in Samhain celebrationsLearn how to perform Samhain rituals, spells, baths, and much moreFind several prayers or blessings you can use at the altar or whenever you need them as you go through your dayRegardless of the type of pagan practices you follow, this comprehensive book will help you find a way to celebrate Samhain in a way it feels right to you. So, click the "add to cart" button now to start implementing new activities, create your own Samhain rituals, and reach your full potential.

Cosmological narratives like the creation story in the book of Genesis or the modern Big Bang are popularly understood to be descriptions of how the universe was created. However, cosmologies also say a great deal more. Indeed, the majority of cosmologies, ancient and modern, explore not simply how the world was made but how humans relate to their surrounding environment and the often thin line which separates humans from gods and animals. Combining approaches from classical studies, anthropology, and philosophy, this book studies three competing cosmologies of the early Greek world: Hesiod's Theogony; the Orphic Derveni Theogony; and Protagoras' creation myth in Plato's eponymous dialogue. Although all three cosmologies are part of a single mythic tradition and feature a number of similar events and characters, Olaf Almqvist argues they offer very different answers to an ongoing debate on what it is to be human. Engaging closely with the ontological turn in anthropology and in particular with the work of Philippe Descola, this book outlines three key sets of ontological assumptions - analogism, pantheism, and naturalism - found in early Greek literature and explores how these competing ontological assumptions result in contrasting attitudes to rituals such as prayer and sacrifice.

Den lille størrelse til trods rummer Danmark mange mærkelige og gådefulde steder og historiske sagn og begivenheder. I "Mystikkens Danmark. Bind 1" fortæller forfatter Kristian Kristiansen med stor passion om de ofte forbigåede eller glemte myter fra det østlige Danmark. Læs blandt andet om Dueoddes syngende sand, om den bornholmske Bermuda-trekant, det grædende krucifiks i Elmelunde, om Struensees hemmelige grav og mange flere obskure historier. Lokalhistorisk opslagsværk om danske sagn og myterKristian Kristiansen (f. 1953) er en dansk forfatter. Han har udgivet en række folkekulturhistoriske bøger og opslagsværker om blandt andet ordsprog, mytologi og overtro til både børn og voksne. Blandt de mest kendte udgivelser er "Lademanns mytologi leksikon" fra 1990 og "Danske ordsprog: talemåder, mundheld, mottoer" fra 2012.

Den lille størrelse til trods rummer Danmark mange mærkelige og gådefulde steder og historiske sagn og begivenheder. I "Mystikkens Danmark. Bind 2" fortæller forfatter Kristian Kristiansen med stor passion om de ofte forbigåede eller glemte myter fra det vestlige Danmark. Læs blandt andet om den hellige kilde på Samsø, UFO’er i trekantsområdet, røverne i Vissenbjerg, Atlantis og mange flere obskure historier.Lokalhistorisk opslagsværk om danske sagn og myterKristian Kristiansen (f. 1953) er en dansk forfatter. Han har udgivet en række folkekulturhistoriske bøger og opslagsværker om blandt andet ordsprog, mytologi og overtro til både børn og voksne. Blandt de mest kendte udgivelser er "Lademanns mytologi leksikon" fra 1990 og "Danske ordsprog: talemåder, mundheld, mottoer" fra 2012.

"In New Moon Magic, authors Dickens and Torok reclaim witchcraft as resistance in a time of commodification and capitalism. The authors create a book that offers wisdom and guidance, using witchcraft as a channel to resist systems of oppression and in turn transform and nurture our own spirituality and agency"--

With the beautifully illustrated beginner’s guide Celtic Mysticism, access the history of Celtic traditions by engaging in the mystical practices, key concepts, figures, and legends.

Ruby Wednesday's first published collection snatches the tiny moments in our lives that seem insignificant, yet leave a lasting scar on one's mind, one's heart and one's soul.'Grave Unknown' came creeping through the cracks when stoked by Ruby Wednesday's study of the Tarot and curiosity of the intricate webs that connect us; to each other and the world around us.'Ruby Wednesday breathes sharp and beautiful glitter into ordinary words.'- Amanda Palmer'In their journey through abandonment, decay and brittle vulnerability, these poems combine raw emotion with an underlying spirit of tenacity - they reach out to say hold on, survive, find a way through the dark, begin again.'- Dawn Gorman'There is blood here, viscera, but also a strange kind of nonorthodox transcendence. Intimate yet universal, Ruby's poems present a matter-of- fact acknowledgment of pain, but also the potential to move beyond it, or to move alongside it, together with a celebration of the creative act as a method of survival.'- Benjamin Louche

Kend dig selv – og find de svar, du leder efter i kulturhistorien! Oh menneske, kend dig selv stod der over indgangen til Apollons tempel i Delfi – en simpel, men kraftfuld opfordring. Kend dig selv var en del af det ideal, som førte til grækernes helt utrolige præstationer, og selvom antikkens grækere måske efterhånden er ved at være glemt, kan de stadig lære os en masse. For eksempel kan de hjælpe os med at finde os selv - det gjorde de med mig. Denne bog er en fortælling om at finde sig selv og om at finde mening i de store fortællinger fra vores egen kulturhistorie. Læs om, hvordan man trodser den fængslende frygt, der bor i os alle. Forstå vigtigheden af at iagttage og adskille følelse og tænkning. Læs om at omfavne smerten for at opnå udvikling og præstationer ligesom helten Herkules, eller læs om den frihed, vi har til at vælge, hvordan vi møder et nederlag. Undervejs vil du lære om vores græske arv og Odysseus udviklingsrejse, om Sokrates kamp for at søge sandheden og om Athens storslåede kamp for frihed og demokrati

In this practical guide, fifth-generation Druid Jon G. Hughes details how to use flowers in magical practice, focusing on flowering plants with a long history of magical use going back to Druidic times.

This is the first in-depth comparative analysis of envy, jealousy, and vengefulness experienced by divine personalities in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Greek texts, and the functions served by attributing negative emotions and traits to one's gods. Suitable for biblical, classical, and literary scholars.

A Prospect Book of the YearAn epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombsThe three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the distinctive elements of Chinese civilisation still in place today: an extraordinarily challenging geography and environment, formidable infrastructure, a society based on the strict hierarchy of the family, a shared written script of characters, a cuisine founded on rice and millet, a material culture of ceramics, bronze, silk and jade, and a unique concept of the universe, in which ancestors continue to exist alongside the living. Records of these early achievements, and their diverse and unexpected expressions, often lie not in written history, but in how people marked the end of their lives: their dwellings for the afterlife. Tombs, and the treasures within them, are almost the only artefacts to survive from Ancient China; their scale and sophistication rivals their equivalents in Ancient Egypt.Jessica Rawson, one of the most eminent Western scholars of China, explores twelve grand tombs - each from a specific historical moment and place - showing how they reveal wider political, dynastic and cultural developments, culminating in the lavish ambition of the First Emperor's monument, guarded by his army of terracotta warriors. Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries, Life and Afterlife in Ancient China illuminates a constellation of beliefs about life and death very different from our own and provides a remarkable new perspective on one of the oldest civilisations in the world.

This volume provides novel social-scientific and historical approaches to religious identifications in 3rd-12th century Egyptian papyri through exploration of a variety of case studies in different languages. Of interest to students and scholars of Late Antiquity, Egypt, and Late Antique religion.

The Descent of the Soul and the Archaic explores the motif of kátabasis (a "descent" into an imaginal underworld) and the importance it held for writers from antiquity to the present, with an emphasis on its place in psychoanalytic theory.