The Cosmic Zygote
Author | : Peter G. Roe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
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A South American Lowland Cosmological Model
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Author | : Peter G. Roe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
A South American Lowland Cosmological Model
Author | : Jeremy Narby |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1999-04-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1101494352 |
This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune said might herald "a Copernican revolution for the life sciences," leads the reader through unexplored jungles and uncharted aspects of mind to the heart of knowledge.In a first-person narrative of scientific discovery that opens new perspectives on biology, anthropology, and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpent reveals how startlingly different the world around us appears when we open our minds to it.
Author | : Deva Prakash Kalita |
Publisher | : Partridge Publishing |
Total Pages | : 75 |
Release | : 2015-12-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1482868598 |
Only physics and mathematics can answer the ultimate question that can be arising, by our intelligence. The string theory slowly approaches to solve the ultimate problem, where from the creation starts? In Indian philosophy some theory are written in a very abstract way, which has an absolute similarity with modern string theory. In search of pure knowledge, it is required to define knowledge and one has to define ultimate, at least philosophically. I hope, scientific observation and imagination with mathematical calculation will define ultimate theory in this century. This responsibility was already taken by the string cosmologist, success is no longer. This book will be helpful, for imagination of ultimate, to those who born in 21th century. I hope that they will establish the law of conservation of time. A quick process to think ultimate and the whole universe, is the second part of the story. But it will take a long time. Please wait, till then, good buy.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Rowman Altamira |
Total Pages | : 649 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard L. Thompson |
Publisher | : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Hindu cosmology |
ISBN | : 9788120819191 |
From the flat earth to the sun`s chariot traditional spiritual texts seem wedded to outmoded cosmologies that show, at best, the scientific limitations of their authors. The Bhagavata Purana, one of the classical scriptures of Hinduism, seems, at first glance, to be no exception. However, a closer examination of this text reveals unexpected depths of knowledge in ancient cosmology. This shows that the cosmology of the Bhagavata Purana is a sophisticated system, with multiple levels of meaning that encode at least four different astronomical, geographical, and spiritual world models. By viewing the text in the light of modern astronomy, Richard Thompson shows how ancient scientists expressed exact knowledge in apparently mythological terms. Comparison with the ancient traditions of Egypt and the Near East shows early cultural connections between India and these regions including a surprisingly advanced science. However, quantitative science is only part of the picture. This work also offers a clear understanding of how the spiritual dimension was integrated into ancient Indian cosmology. Contents Introduction to Bhagavata Cosmology, 1. Introduction to Texts, 2. The Islands and Oceans of Bhu-mandala, 3. The Solar System in Projection, 4. The Solar system in three Dimensions, 5. The Earth and Local Geography, 6. The Realm of the Demigods, 7. The Greater Universe, 8. Notes on Time and Chronology, 9. General Observations, Appendices, Bibliography, List of tables, Glossary, Index.
Author | : Candace Slater |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520226410 |
"The skill with which [Slater] combines various levels and modalities of narrative, utilizing her personal experience as a colorful unifying thread, is truly remarkable."—Antonio Candido, author of Antonio Candido: On Literature and Society (Howard S. Becker, editor) "A very important book, that quite gracefully, elegantly, and persuasively moves beyond the usual 'myth and history' format to put at its center stories about the Amazon and the people who tell them. Entangled Edens persuasively argues that the Amazon can only be grasped, understood, and come to terms with through its myths and stories. It addresses a very real failing of modern environmentalism, which for all its virtues, tends to dehumanize and metaphorically depopulate, when it does not villainize, populations that do share its concerns or share them in very different ways. Instead of forcing us to choose between land and people, Slater uses the stories and the people who tell them to rethink human relations with nature and each other."—Richard White, author of The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River "Elegant, erudite, profoundly serious, Entangled Edens is a source of inspiration and knowledge for the reader interested in the Amazon. Without the cultural tradition and the life experience of Amazonia’s people, any analysis of the Amazon risks becoming inconsequential or opportunistic. This is one of the powerful messages of this important reflection on the Amazon, whose greatest riches are ultimately its people. Candace Slater has written a book that will last."—Milton Hatoum, author of The Tree of the Seventh Heaven(1994) and The Brothers (2002)
Author | : Carla Stang |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2009-07-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1845459318 |
Our lives are mostly composed of ordinary reality — the flow of moment-to-moment existence — and yet it has been largely overlooked as a subject in itself for anthropological study. In this work, the author achieves an understanding of this part of reality for the Mehinaku Indians, an Amazonian people, in two stages: first by observing various aspects of their experience and second by relating how these different facets come to play in a stream of ordinary consciousness, a walk to the river. In this way, abstract schemata such as ‘cosmology,’ ‘sociality,’ ‘gender,’ and the ‘everyday’ are understood as they are actually lived. This book contributes to the ethnography of the Amazon, specifically the Upper Xingu, with an approach that crosses disciplinary boundaries between anthropology, philosophy, and psychology. In doing so it attempts to comprehend what Malinowski called the ‘imponderabilia of actual life.’
Author | : Nicholas J. Saunders |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2013-04-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1136605142 |
Icons of Power investigates why the image of the cat has been such a potent symbol in the art, religion and mythology of indigenous American cultures for three thousand years. The jaguar and the puma epitomize ideas of sacrifice, cannibalism, war, and status in a startling array of graphic and enduring images. Natural and supernatural felines inhabit a shape-shifting world of sorcery and spiritual power, revealing the shamanic nature of Amerindian world views. This pioneering collection offers a unique pan-American assessment of the feline icon through the diversity of cultural interpretations, but also striking parallels in its associations with hunters, warriors, kingship, fertility, and the sacred nature of political power. Evidence is drawn from the pre-Columbian Aztec and Maya of Mexico, Peruvian, and Panamanian civilizations, through recent pueblo and Iroquois cultures of North America, to current Amazonian and Andean societies. This well-illustrated volume is essential reading for all who are interested in the symbolic construction of animal icons, their variable meanings, and their place in a natural world conceived through the lens of culture. The cross-disciplinary approach embraces archaeology, anthropology, and art history.
Author | : David Carrasco |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780826342836 |
The culmination of recent restoration and analysis, these richly illustrated essays examine the history and meaning of one of Mesoamerica's surviving documents dating from the 1540s.
Author | : Timothy Insoll |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 1135 |
Release | : 2011-10-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 019923244X |
A comprehensive overview, by period and region, of the archaeology of ritual and religion. The coverage is global, and extends from the earliest prehistory to modern times. Written by over sixty renowned specialists, the Handbook presents the very best in current scholarship, and will also stimulate further research.