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9780811818629

The Secret Language of the Soul

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  • ISBN13:

    9780811818629

  • ISBN10:

    0811818624

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-12-01
  • Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc
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Summary

The latest in the Secret Language series, The Secret Language of the Soul is an inspiring survey of faith and ritual through the ages, from Native American vision quests to chakras, avatars, and archangels. Turning to all the major religious traditions as well as more obscure philosophies, author Jane Hope considers destiny, enlightenment, and salvation; the lives of spiritual figures; and esoteric ideas as diverse as Tantric meditation and spirit helpers. Original and ancient artworks depict some of the most profound and compelling images ever devised -- the Tibetan Wheel of Life; the Judaic seven-branched candlestick; the ancient Egyptian Eye of Horus. In the tradition of Huston Smith's World Religions, this richly illustrated volume is an inviting universal guide to the realm of the divine.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 8(6)
SOUL AND COSMOS
14(32)
The World Soul
14(2)
The Great Mother
16(2)
The World Axis
18(2)
Cycles of Time
20(2)
Sacred Calendars
22(2)
Sacred Skies
24(2)
The World of Illusion
26(2)
Illusion and Ego
28(2)
Pantheons of the Gods
30(2)
Balancing Heaven and Earth
32(2)
Divination
34(2)
Sacred Space
36(2)
Directory:
38(8)
Celestial Realms
38(2)
Gods
40(2)
Goddesses
42(4)
BODY AND SOUL
46(34)
The Soul in the Body
46(2)
Chakras and Meridians
48(2)
Male and Female
50(2)
Sexual Energy
52(2)
Pilgrimage
54(2)
Sacred Dance
56(2)
The Act of Prayer
58(2)
The Way of the Warrior
60(2)
Sacrifice
62(2)
Sickness and Healing
64(2)
Fear of Death
66(2)
Confronting Death
68(2)
Survival of the Soul
70(2)
Directory:
72(8)
Sex and Gender
72(2)
Immortality
74(2)
Forms of the Spirit
76(4)
NATURE AND THE SOUL
80(28)
The Sacred Earth
80(2)
Spirits of Nature
82(2)
The Living Landscape
84(2)
Fertility
86(2)
Lines of Force
88(2)
Spirit of the Hunters
90(2)
Dreamtime
92(2)
Directory:
94(14)
Air
94(2)
Fire
96(2)
Earth
98(2)
Water
100(2)
Sacred Animals
102(6)
THE SPIRIT WORLD
108(22)
Soul Realms
108(2)
Spirit Helpers
110(2)
Stealers of the Soul
112(2)
Dreams and Visions
114(2)
Communicating with the Gods
116(2)
Turning-Points of the Year
118(2)
Perilous Journeys
120(2)
Directory:
122(8)
Angels
122(2)
Heaven
124(2)
Hell
126(4)
SOUL AND TRANSCENDENCE
130(34)
Faith
130(2)
The Defeat of Suffering
132(2)
Penitence
134(2)
Vision Quests
136(2)
Toward Non-Attachment
138(2)
Meditation
140(2)
Prayer
142(2)
Retreat
144(2)
Ecstasy and Transformation
146(2)
Teachers of Faith
148(2)
The Path of Ritual
150(2)
The Exceptional Life
152(2)
Paradise
154(2)
Enlightenment
156(2)
Directory:
158(6)
Sacred Figures
158(2)
Miracles
160(2)
Sacred Texts
162(2)
Belief Systems of the World 164(5)
Glossary 169(1)
Index 170(6)
Acknowledgments 176

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