1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954961603321

Autore

Church F. Forrester

Titolo

Love & death : my journey through the valley of the shadow / / Forrest Church

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Beacon Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8070-9714-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Disciplina

289.1092

B

Soggetti

Spirituality - Unitarian Universalist churches

Christian life - Unitarian Universalist authors

Death - Religious aspects - Unitarian Universalist churches

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

The journey -- The destination.

Sommario/riassunto

Our book will reveal what's never been written before a blueprint packed with simple logical solutions on how the Great Pyramid of Giza was actually completed in a realistic time-frame of less than 7 years. To ensure the pyramid realised its purpose, pharaoh Khufu's final resting place. The Great pyramid of Giza, supposedly took 20 years to build. This estimated time-frame appears logical on the surface yet when the pyramid of Giza is analysed its purpose proves this time-frame impractical. The most important fact that hasn't been considered is the purpose of the Egyptian Pyramids, tombs, in which to secure the Pharaohs body and facilitate their soul's journey into the afterlife. "Pharaoh Khufu," with his beliefs and religion created a monument that stands today and is seen as one of the 7 wonders of the world. Their religious beliefs were the governing factor that created the essence that dictated the driving force and the time-frame throughout the whole project from beginning to end. You cannot imagine the consequences on the society of the time if they failed to complete the Pharaohs resting place before his death. It's illogical to accept the luxury of a 20 year time-frame or longer when you consider the fact that the average life expectancy of an ancient Egyptian was 35 years. Encompassing this



factuality it's inconceivable to work with a 20 year time-frame so there had to be practical solutions that shrank this timetable dramatically. Realistically the pyramid had to be completed within a timeline between 3 to 7 years. Throughout the past 4,500 years people have marvelled at this majestic monument that the ancient Egyptians immortalised. Countless theories have been documented, a myriad of investigations undertaken to determine and establish how the pyramids were built. What were their methods? What tools did they use? How many workers were required? The analysis continues up to this present day. Yet one of the most compelling questions that takes precedence is the purpose of the pyramid and the life expectancy of the pharaoh Khufu.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960000803321

Autore

Yelle Robert A

Titolo

Explaining mantras : ritual, rhetoric, and the dream of a natural language in Hindu tantra / / Robert A. Yelle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-135-88817-5

1-280-07996-7

0-203-48338-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Collana

Religion in history, society and culture ; ; 3

Disciplina

294.5/37

Soggetti

Hindu mantras

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-177) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Note on Translation; Introduction: The Word and the World; Opening the Puzzle Box: Mantras, Poetry, and Magic; Chanting the Cosmogony: Mantras as Diagrams of Creation; The Linguistic Ideology of the Tantras:Language, Canon, and Idolatry; The Science of Illusion, Part One: Poetry and the Dream of a Natural Language; The Science of Illusion, Part Two: The Rhetoric of Ritual; Toward a Genealogy of Ritual and Rhetoric: Iconophiles and Iconophobes; Notes; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Explaining Mantras explores the intersection of poetry and magic in the mantras or verbal formulas of Hindu Tantra and combines the study of ancient Tantric rituals with the latest theories in the human sciences.