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Books on: paganism symbols

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European Paganism: The Realities of Cult from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Book by Ken Dowden; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Europe--Religion, Paganism--Europe--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...bring itself not to establish some symbols of the status of the gods Maximus...completely anthropomorphic of any paganism. We in our turn remain, even at a popular level, closer to Greek paganism and its Roman imitation than to any...
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Magic and Paganism in Early Christianity: The World of the Acts of the Apostles

Book by Hans-Josef Klauck, Brian Mcneil; Fortress Press, 2003

Subjects:

Bible--N.T--Acts--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Christianity And Other Religions--Roman--Biblical Teaching, Church History--Primitive And Early Church, Ca. 30-600, Magic, Ancient--Biblical Teaching, Magic--Religious Aspects--Christianity, Paganism, Rome--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...working is not linked exclusively to baptism. As is well known, he blows where he wills. In terms of the content of the symbols employed, baptism with water, considered on its own, evokes more strongly the washing away of sins and hence individual...
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Druid, Shaman, Priest: Metaphors of Celtic Paganism

Book by Leslie Ellen Jones; Hisarlik, 1998

Subjects:

Celts--Religion, Druids And Druidism, Druids And Druidism In Literature, Mythology, Celtic

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Roman army. The native Celtic paganism seems to have survived the...syncretism of Roman and Celtic paganism (Watts 1991; Green 1986...influence of both Roman and Celtic paganism on British Christianity by...in its buildings, burials, symbols, and inscriptions, Christianity...
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When the Norns Have Spoken: Time and Fate in Germanic Paganism

Book by Anthony Winterbourne; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004

Subjects:

Christianity And Other Religions--Germanic, Fate And Fatalism--Mythology, Mythology, Germanic, Time--Mythology

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...let alone philosophical-contextualizing, but also too of- ten poetically inept. 1. PAGANISM IN MYTH AND CULT 1. See Heinrich Zimmer, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization (New York: Harper and Row, 1962), 218. 2. Ibid...
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After Life in Roman Paganism: Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation

Book by Franz Cumont; Yale University Press, 1923

Subjects:

Future Life, Rome--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...shared the belief in the celestial banquet with the Syrian paganism and transmitted it to the Christians. The Paradise of the...conception of immortality suffered them to be looked upon only as symbols or metaphors. This conception of celestial beatitude originated...

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Journal Articles on: paganism symbols

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Sites, Sacredness, and Stories: Interactions of Archaeology and Contemporary Paganism

Journal article by Robert J. Wallis, Jenny Blain; Folklore, Vol. 114, 2003

Subjects:

Excavations (Archaeology)--England, Excavations (Archaeology)--Religious aspects, Folk literature--Research, Folklore--Research, Historic sites--Protection and preservation, Paganism--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...sacredness. Contemporary Paganism Paganism as a generic term encompasses...Blain 2002). Loosely put, Paganism (or the more correct but...decoration of specific places with symbols in chalk, such as spirals...interpretations of site and symbol, literature and history...
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A Knight of God or the Goddess?: Rethinking Religious Syncretism in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Journal article by Larissa Tracy; Arthuriana, Vol. 17, 2007

Subjects:

Christianity, Ideology, Literary criticism, Paganism & animism, Poetry, Traditions

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...into the poems various symbols. He appears deliberately...makes it the central symbol of Gawains protective...elements of Celtic paganism, in which there are...Gawain-poet employs symbols to describe his own...chivalric values to a symbol traditionally associated...sedimented into the symbols of SGGK, the poet...Christianity cancelled out paganism and destroyed it wherever...
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The Green Man in Cumbria

Journal article by John Satchell; Folklore, 1999

Subjects:

England--Folklore, legends, etc., Paganism--Folklore, legends, etc., Spirits--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...with its tongue extended (a symbol of lying). On the other...Man was a pagan fertility symbol, as is often suggested...church and reinterpreted as a symbol of resurrection--perhaps...in this part of Britain, paganism was too firmly entrenched...much accommodation with its symbols and motifs. Comment from...
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Social Work Practice with Pagans, Witches, and Wiccans: Guidelines for Practice with Children and Youths

Journal article by Meg Yardley; Social Work, Vol. 53, 2008

Subjects:

Children's services--Management, Children's services--Religious aspects, Paganism--Social aspects, Social case work--Religious aspects, Social work--Religious aspects, Witchcraft--Social aspects, Youth services--Management, Youth services--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...widely available in books on Paganism and Wicca, see for example...Carpenter (1996), is that Paganism typically refers to spiritual...insight through interpretation of symbols such as Tarot cards or Norse...likely than men to be drawn to Paganism because of its emphasis on...
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Witches of the Southern Cross: The Sacred Places and Sacred Spaces of Modern Australian Witches

Journal article by Lynne Hume; Journal of Australian Studies, 1999

Subjects:

Paganism--Evaluation, Sacred space--Evaluation, Witchcraft--Evaluation

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...worlds are apart. The goal of paganism is to bridge the gulf between...under the umbrella term `paganism are many subgroups such as...within a circle, a recurring symbol which reiterates notions of...important part of wicca (and of paganism in general) and witches prefer...aid the witch in her work. Symbols and actions unlock doorways...

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Magazine Articles on: paganism symbols

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The Evil Eye: The Occult Symbol Chosen for the Orwellian Information Awareness Office Has Links to Ancient Paganism and Modern Revolutionary Communism

Magazine article by William F. Jasper; The New American, Vol. 19, January 27, 2003

Subjects:

Evil eye--Usage, United States. Information Awareness Office

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The Evil Eye: The Occult Symbol Chosen for the Orwellian Information...Office Has Links to Ancient Paganism and Modern Revolutionary Communism...Office (IAO) is an ancient symbol steeped in mystery and foreboding...The eye-in-the-triangle symbol, however, has more often...
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Ecstasy in Late Imperial Rome

Magazine article by Dirk Bennett; History Today, Vol. 48, October 1998

Subjects:

Church history--4th century, Paganism--4th century, Rome (Ancient)--History, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. (Empire)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...rich world of ancient paganism, to its rituals, symbols, instruments, holy...places? Certainly, paganism survived until long...Christian liturgy. Symbols like the crescent moon of Isis became a symbol for the Virgin Mary...
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No Ordinary Churches: Pagan Symbolism, Occult Designs from Ancient Egypt, Flesh-Eating Gods, Masonic Cults, Jack the Ripper ... Charlie Furniss Explores the Bizarre Architectural Legacy of Nicholas Hawksmoor

Magazine article by Charlie Furniss; Geographical, Vol. 75, September 2003

Subjects:

Architects--Works, Churches--History, Hawksmoor, Nicholas--Works, London, England--Religious aspects, Paganism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...positions demarcate that most potent of occult symbols, the pentangle. He describes pagan symbolism...buildings. Surely there is no place for pagan symbols in their designs. Have they really been...The pyramids and altars are funerary symbols dedicated to the memories of the monarchs...
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The Problem with Salad Bowl Religion

Magazine article by Jon D. Levenson; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, December 1997

Subjects:

Syncretism (Religion)--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...stole which has on it a Jewish star and also crosses, symbols of Greek paganism and of nature, a depiction of a deity and a goddess...church on Sunday wearing crosses and symbols of Greek paganism and goddesses. But there is a deeper and more theological...
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Restoring Faith: At the End of the 19th Century, with Religious Belief under Increasing Attack, the British Antiquarian Arthur Evans Sought to 'Re-Enchant' the World with His Utopian Interpretation of Crete's Ancient Minoan Civilisation

Magazine article by Cathy Gere; History Today, Vol. 59, July 2009

Subjects:

Antiquarians--Works, Evans, Arthur John, Sir--Works, Minoan civilization, 3000-1450 BC--Evaluation, Minoans--Evaluation

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...with nature) had largely been supplanted by an eclectic neo-paganism inspired by anthropologists and archaeologists extensive catalogues of prehistoric rituals, myths and votive symbols. Of all the peddlers of scientific spirituality, perhaps...

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A Clash of Wagner's Symbols; OPERA

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 28, 2009

Subjects:

Lohengrin (Opera)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

A Clash of Wagners Symbols; OPERA. Byline: BARRY MILLINGTON LOHENGRIN Covent Garden, WC2...misconceived. Moshinsky presents the action as a confrontation of the old paganism and the new Christianity, although Wagner said quite specifically...
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Prisoners Free to Practise Witchcraft in Their Cell

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 18, 2005

Subjects:

Prisoners

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...considered racist. The rules on paganism, however, state that prisoners may use religious symbols which resemble those used...are not connected to paganism. It is thought the swastika...ceremonies. The new status of paganism was greeted with dismay...
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The Initiate Raised the Skull to His Mouth and His Lips Touched Dry Bone

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 13, 2009

Subjects:

The Da Vinci Code (Novel)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Browns newest novel, The Lost Symbol, is being published on Tuesday...his fourth novel. The Lost Symbol brings back Harvard University...was already writing The Lost Symbol when I started to realise...back in the same world of symbols, secret societies, art and...especially older ones, paganism, the Mother Earth concept...
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LIFESTYLE: Alternative Way to Say 'I Do'

Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), March 3, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...intrinsic to Druidism and Paganism. "This is something...paths of Druidism and Paganism place high importance...tradition, these are a symbol of the energy which...exchanging of these symbols also signifies that...loosely tied together is a symbol that each, while coming...through to modern day Paganism and Druidism". Could...
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Harry Potter Violates the Separation of Church and State

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 17, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...most fanciful, entertaining works whose symbols are to Christianity what the Harry Potter witchcraft symbols and concepts are to the very real practice...tide of the religious beliefs of neo-paganism on that same turf deserves serious and...

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