Chakras are subtle energy organs that affect all levels of your being: physical, psychological, and spiritual. In Llewellyn's Little Book of Chakras, you’ll discover why these spinning wheels of energ
Pesthy-Simon explores martyrdom as a voluntary human sacrifice in the Jewish and Greco-Roman milieu that generated early Christian martyrdom. Human sacrifices were originally addressed to the divi
In the late fourteenth century, the Iberian Peninsula was home to three major religions which co-existed in relative peace. Over the next two centuries, various political and social factors changed th
Discover the power of your words! Your cellphone rings--you automatically reach for it. Your child calls for you--your innate response is to go to him. Just like you are programmed for these responses
Material culture has emerged over the last decade as a significant theoretical concern for the study of religion. This book contributes to and evaluates this material turn, presenting 12 chapters of n
Although there has been a massive increase in the volume of pilgrimage research and publications, traditional Anglophone scholarship has been dominated by research in Western Europe and North America.
Traces the origins of the Sheela na gig from Medieval times to Paleolithic cave art ‧ Reveals the sacred display of the vulva to be a universal archetype and the most enduring image of creativity thr
In Sacrifice in Modernity: Community, Ritual, Identity it is demonstrated how sacrificial themes remain an essential element in our post-modern society.
Cultures around the world have long used bathing and bathhouses to connect with Spirit and to promote personal wellness and cultural milestones.The Book of Sacred Baths shows how to use this wonderful
One of the first English-language collections of essays dedicated to the millenarianism in the early modern Iberian world,Visions, Prophecies and Divinations offers an introduction to the complex phen
The volume Religion, Place and Modernity explores the spatial articulation of religion and modernity in and through places in Southeast and East Asia. Based on ethnographic, historical and theoretical
This book examines the “sweet smells of sanctity” within early Christianity and Islam. It is a comparative study of two nascent religious communities, located in disparate times and space, employing s
In this book, Daniel Dubuisson analyses the long history of the dichotomy between religion and magic, as well as the great stakes of power which it has concealed over the centuries.
On the chilly morning of May 17, 2006, Susan Beamer began a three-week journey. She was scheduled to rendezvous with a group of pastors and lay people in Berlin for a "Bonhoeffer Tour" and follow in a
Ritual scholars note that rituals have powerful psychological, social and even biological effects, but these findings have not yet been integrated into the practice of psychotherapy and psychiatry. In
Ritual scholars note that rituals have powerful psychological, social and even biological effects, but these findings have not yet been integrated into the practice of psychotherapy and psychiatry. In
This festschrift honors UCLA professor emerita Susan Downey and her meticulous scholarship on religious architecture and imagery in the Roman/Hellenistic world. The iconography of gods and goddesses,
