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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Pre-Christian European & Mediterranean religions

Winter of the Wolves: The Anglo-Saxon Age is Dawning (Paperback): Tony Bradman Winter of the Wolves: The Anglo-Saxon Age is Dawning (Paperback)
Tony Bradman 1
R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The history and partnership of the Angles and Saxons are explored in this thrilling adventure about the trials and tribulations of their settlement in Britain. Written by bestselling author Tony Bradman, this coming of age tale is perfect for fans of Rosemary Sutcliff and will have readers gripped from start to finish.

Oslaf works hard to prove his worth in the village: he labours on the farm, he trains as a warrior and he is slowly finding his place in the community. But when the Chieftain makes the decision to move the village across the sea to the great new land of Britannia, suddenly the Britons are a greater threat than Oslaf's rivalry with the Chieftain's son, Wermund. Can the Angles and the Saxons defeat the Britons? And will Oslaf be as brave as the hero in the tale of Beowulf?

This exciting and dramatic story is packed with great characters and insight into the Angles' migration, settlement and partnership with the Saxons in 6th century Britain. The Flashbacks series offers dramatic stories set in key moments of history, perfect for introducing children to historical topics.

Hathor Rising - The Serpent Power of Ancient Egypt (Paperback): Alison Roberts Hathor Rising - The Serpent Power of Ancient Egypt (Paperback)
Alison Roberts
R460 Discovery Miles 4 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

- The first book to seriously examine the feminine aspect of Egyptian religion sheds new light on the important role of the goddess Hathor-Sekhmet.- This accessible study sheds much new light on ancient Egypt and provides a powerful new perspective on women's theology.- The text is accompanied by nearly 200 striking and unusual illustrations Drawing from temple art, myths, rituals, and poetry, "Hathor Rising" is the first book to seriously examine the feminine aspect of the complex Egyptian pantheon and to shed new light on the pivotal place held there by the fiery serpent-eyed goddess, Hathor-Sekhmet. The primary importance of this goddess is emphasized by the serpent coiled over the forehead of every pharaoh--the supreme symbol of royal power in ancient Egypt. The erotic vitality and fierce aggression of the goddess, qualities commonly perceived as masculine in nature, gives the reigning Pharaoh the capacity for dynamic leadership. The author explores the symbolism behind this and other manifestations of the goddess in Egyptian cosmology and provides new revelations on the rich tradition of feminine divinity in Egypt. "Hathor Rising" is the most important study of one of the world's oldest civilizations to appear in years.

The Unbound Soul - A Visionary Guide to Spiritual Transformation and Enlightenment (Hardcover, 3rd - Hardback ed.): Richard L... The Unbound Soul - A Visionary Guide to Spiritual Transformation and Enlightenment (Hardcover, 3rd - Hardback ed.)
Richard L Haight; Edited by Hester Lee Furey, Edward Austin Hall
R688 Discovery Miles 6 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Goddess and the Warrior - The Naked Goddess and Mistress of the Animals in Early Greek Religion (Hardcover): Nanno Marinatos Goddess and the Warrior - The Naked Goddess and Mistress of the Animals in Early Greek Religion (Hardcover)
Nanno Marinatos
R4,472 Discovery Miles 44 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


The Naked Goddess can take on various forms: mistress of animals, seductress, fertility figure, even monster. Nudity, however, has a consistent message: power.
This book explores the power of naked females in the art of the Levant and Early Greece, tracing the path and transformation of these magical symbols from their place of origin to Crete and the mainland.
The Goddess and the Warrior presents a stimulating, provocative and lavishly illustrated analysis of the role of the naked goddess and the mistress of the animals within Greek religion.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203462858

What Does God Want From Me? - Learning to Hear God's Voice (Hardcover): Peggy Merritt Hammond What Does God Want From Me? - Learning to Hear God's Voice (Hardcover)
Peggy Merritt Hammond
R740 Discovery Miles 7 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient Greece (Hardcover): Sue Blundell, Margaret Williamson, Margaret Williamson**Nfa*** The Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient Greece (Hardcover)
Sue Blundell, Margaret Williamson, Margaret Williamson**Nfa***
R4,476 Discovery Miles 44 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Contents:
1. Introduction, Deities and their Worshippers, 2. The Gamos of Hera: Myth and Ritual, Isabelle Clark, 3. Domesticating Artemis, Susan Cole, Objects of Worship, 4. Marriage and the Maiden: Narratives on the Parthenon, Sue Blundell, 5. Born Old or Never Young? Femininity, Childhood and the Goddesses of Ancient Greece, Lesley Beaumont, 6. The Nature of Heroines, Emily Kearns, Ritual and Gender, 7. Death Becomes Her: Gender and Athenian Death Ritual, Karen Stears, 8. In the Mirror of Dionysus, Richard Seaford, Sources and Interpreters, 9. Thesmophoria and Haloa: Myth, Physics and Mysteries, Nick Lowe

Tales of Darkness - The Mythology of Evil (Hardcover): Robert Ellwood Tales of Darkness - The Mythology of Evil (Hardcover)
Robert Ellwood
R3,538 Discovery Miles 35 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This title explores the causes of evil in myth, encompassing themes such as defilement, the figure of the trickster, evil people both within and outside the society, and traumatic initiations. Evil, an undeniable yet inexplicable force in human existence, is often defined as that which ought not to be, yet is - so it must be destroyed, or contained, or lived with. Myths of evil function to universalize the human condition, to show the tension between the ideal and the real, to reveal but not allegorize that condition, and to go some way to assist humanity in understanding, combating and coping with evil within its societies. "Tales of Darkness" explores the causes of evil in myth, encompassing themes such as defilement, the figure of the trickster, evil people both within and outside the society, and traumatic initiations. Robert Ellwood then looks at 'cures' for evil: laughter, sacrifice, the flood, the hero's quest, initiation, the saviour, divine wisdom and the end of days. This is a fascinating examination of how people have dealt with evil, not philosophically but in terms of the myths, ancient and modern, which present stories convergent with our own, from creation myths to Star Wars.

OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 31 and 34 - Greek Religion and Democracy and the Athenians (Paperback): Athina... OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 31 and 34 - Greek Religion and Democracy and the Athenians (Paperback)
Athina Mitropoulos, Tim Morrison, James Renshaw, Julietta Steinhauer
R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 31 and 34 from the 'Beliefs and Ideas' Component Group: Greek Religion by Athina Mitropoulos and Julietta Steinhauer Democracy and the Athenians by Tim Morrison and James Renshaw Why was worshipping the gods so important to ancient Greek life? To what extent did Greeks question religious belief? How and why did the Athenians invent democracy? How does Athenian democracy compare with democracy today? Drawing on modern scholarship and using a wide variety of illustrations, this book guides A-Level students to a greater understanding of these issues. It explores the fundamental features of Greek religion, as well as its major centres such as Delphi and Olympia. It then moves on to analyse the development and workings of Athenian democracy, as well as reflecting on ancient critiques of it, both celebratory and critical. The ideal preparation for the final examinations, all content is presented by experts and experienced teachers in a clear and accessible narrative. Ancient literary and visual sources are described and analysed, with supporting images. Helpful student features include study questions, quotations from contemporary scholars, further reading, and boxes focusing in on key people, events and terms. Practice questions and exam guidance prepare students for assessment. A Companion Website is available at www.bloomsbury.com/class-civ-as-a-level.

Natural Druidry (Hardcover): Kristoffer Hughes Natural Druidry (Hardcover)
Kristoffer Hughes
R835 Discovery Miles 8 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Amduat - The Great Awakening (Hardcover): Diana Kreikamp Amduat - The Great Awakening (Hardcover)
Diana Kreikamp
R1,541 Discovery Miles 15 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Mystery of the Egyptian Mummy - A Spooky Ancient Egypt Adventure (Hardcover): Scott Peters Mystery of the Egyptian Mummy - A Spooky Ancient Egypt Adventure (Hardcover)
Scott Peters
R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Music Gods are Real - Volume 1 - The Road to the Show (Hardcover): Jonathan a Fink The Music Gods are Real - Volume 1 - The Road to the Show (Hardcover)
Jonathan a Fink
R588 Discovery Miles 5 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pedagogy in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity (Hardcover): Karina Martin Hogan, Matthew Goff, Emma Wasserman Pedagogy in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity (Hardcover)
Karina Martin Hogan, Matthew Goff, Emma Wasserman
R1,608 Discovery Miles 16 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wine & Wine Offering In The Religion Of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover): Mu-chou Poo Wine & Wine Offering In The Religion Of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)
Mu-chou Poo
R9,880 Discovery Miles 98 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As a literary civilization that has been studied intensively, ancient Egypt has yielded the outlines of its religious, political, economic and social institutions. Yet despite the fact that much is known about Egyptian culture, especially Egyptian religion, until now little has been known of the actual process through which an object of daily life, such as wine, was integrated into the religious system. This innovative study shows how the religious significance of wine was actually woven into rituals and how expressions were coined, stereotyped and transmitted over a long span of time. The study begins by examining the development of viticulture in Egypt, the location of the vineyards, the religious and medical use of wine and the attitude of the Egyptians towards wine drinking. It then moves on to study representations of wine offering from the earliest times to the Graeco-Roman period, and to examine liturgies of wine offering both in funerary and in divine cults. The historical and textual documentation of wine and wine offering is then used to explore the significance of wine and wine offering in Egyptian religion.

Egyptian Solar Religion (Hardcover): Assmann Egyptian Solar Religion (Hardcover)
Assmann
R4,485 Discovery Miles 44 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Revised and expanded, this volume deals with the religious traditions of ancient Egypt. New material allows a much more precise allocation of religious texts and ideas in terms of time, place and social context.

Eagle's Mead - Initiatory Poetry and Prose (Hardcover): Eirik Westcoat Eagle's Mead - Initiatory Poetry and Prose (Hardcover)
Eirik Westcoat
R927 Discovery Miles 9 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bardskull (Hardcover): Martin Shaw Bardskull (Hardcover)
Martin Shaw
R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bardskull is the record of three journeys made by Martin Shaw, the celebrated storyteller and interpreter of myth, in the year before he turned fifty. It is unlike anything he has written before. This is not a book about myth or narrative: rather, it is a sequence of incantations, a series of battles. Each of the three journeys sees Shaw walk alone into a Dartmoor forest and wait. What arrive are stories - fragments of myth that he has carried within him for decades: the deep history of Dartmoor itself; the lives of distant family members; Arthurian legend; and tales from India, Persia, Lapland, the Caucasus and Siberia. But these stories and their tellers don't arrive as the bearers of solace or easy wisdom. As with all quests, Shaw is entering a domain of traps and tests. Bardskull can be read as a fable, as memoir, as auto-fiction or as an attempt to undomesticate myth. It is a magnificent, unclassifiable work of the imagination.

Elysian (Hardcover): Rebecca Queen Elysian (Hardcover)
Rebecca Queen
R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Goddesses in Myth and Cultural Memory (Hardcover): Emilie Kutash Goddesses in Myth and Cultural Memory (Hardcover)
Emilie Kutash
R3,268 Discovery Miles 32 680 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

How have the goddesses of ancient myth survived, prevalent even now as literary and cultural icons? How do allegory, symbolic interpretation, and political context transform the goddess from her regional and individual identity into a goddess of philosophy and literature? Emilie Kutash explores these questions, beginning from the premise that cultural memory, a collective cultural and social phenomenon, can last thousands of years. Kutash demonstrates a continuing practice of interpreting and allegorizing ancient myths, tracing these goddesses of archaic origin through history. Chapters follow the goddesses from their ancient near eastern prototypes, to their place in the epic poetry, drama and hymns of classical Greece, to their appearance in Platonic and Neoplatonic philosophy, Medieval allegory, and their association with Christendom. Finally, Kutash considers how goddesses were made into Jungian archetypes, and how some contemporary feminists made them a counterfoil to male divinity, thereby addressing the continued role of goddesses in perpetuating gender binaries.

The Innateness of Myth - A New Interpretation of Joseph Campbell's Reception of C.G. Jung (Hardcover, New): Ritske Rensma The Innateness of Myth - A New Interpretation of Joseph Campbell's Reception of C.G. Jung (Hardcover, New)
Ritske Rensma
R4,923 Discovery Miles 49 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Joseph Campbell (1904-1988) was one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. His work, however, has never fully received the same amount of scholarly interest and critical reflection that some of his contemporaries have received.
In this book, based on extensive research in the Joseph Campbell Archive in Santa Barbara, Ritske Rensma shows that reflecting on C.G. Jung's influence on Campbell greatly furthers our understanding of these ideas, and that once this goal is achieved it becomes obvious that Campbell was a scholar whose ideas are still of significance today. Following Jung's lead, Campbell put great emphasis on the innate structures of the mind, an approach which pre-echoes the current 'evolutionary turn' in fields such as cognitive theory, psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology.
This study will therefore not just be of interest to students and scholars interested in psychological approaches to the study of religion as well as Jung and Campbell, but also to those with an interest in recent developments in the above-mentioned fields

The Religion of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover): W.M. Flinders Petrie The Religion of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)
W.M. Flinders Petrie
R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Goddess of the North (Hardcover): Georgina Kamsika Goddess of the North (Hardcover)
Georgina Kamsika
R685 R618 Discovery Miles 6 180 Save R67 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Gates of the Necronomicon - The Secret Anunnaki Tradition of Babylon (Hardcover, 10th Anniversary Collector's ed.): Joshua... Gates of the Necronomicon - The Secret Anunnaki Tradition of Babylon (Hardcover, 10th Anniversary Collector's ed.)
Joshua Free
R1,203 R1,089 Discovery Miles 10 890 Save R114 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Mythical Creatures Coloring Books for Adults - Legendary Beasts and Monsters from Folklore (Paperback): Young Dreamers Press Mythical Creatures Coloring Books for Adults - Legendary Beasts and Monsters from Folklore (Paperback)
Young Dreamers Press; Illustrated by Florencia Galetto
R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Calm Mind - Discover How to Calm Your Mind, Improve Your Health, and Take Back Control of Your Life (Paperback): Michael Dutts Calm Mind - Discover How to Calm Your Mind, Improve Your Health, and Take Back Control of Your Life (Paperback)
Michael Dutts
R169 Discovery Miles 1 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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