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Jared Diamond: Why societies collapse

06/11/2013 12:15
Reviewed by Jonathon Porritt As no other phenomenon in living memory, the Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami have reminded people of the raw power of natural forces at work. There was nothing "man-made" about this particular disaster, though it may well be that the overwhelming scale of...

Lost Civilizations: 12 Societies that Vanished in Mystery

06/11/2013 11:49
By Steph in History & Trivia, Science & Research Why would a flourishing civilization, advanced for its time, suddenly cease to exist, its inhabitants gone and its architecture abandoned? Conspiracy theorists offer all manner of offbeat explanations including alien abduction, but in the...

Creating a Sacred Space in Your Home

06/11/2013 11:35
One of the simplest (and most satisfying) ways to begin renewing your spiritual life is to create a sacred space – a personal place for meditation, prayer, and contemplation. In ancient times people found sacred space, noticing that certain mountain peaks or caves seemed to hold magical, holy...

Sacred Sites and the Awakening of Spiritual Consciousness

06/11/2013 11:32
by Martin Gray Stonehenge, Machu Picchu, the Pyramids, Jerusalem, Banaras and Mt. Fuji. . . . Since prehistoric times, these and other sacred places have exerted a mysterious attraction on billions of people around the world. Ancient legends and modern-day reports tell of...

Taxonomy of Sacred Mountains

06/11/2013 11:30
“There are mountains which are just mountains and there are mountains with personality. The personality of a mountain is more than merely a strange shape that makes it different from others-just as a strangely shaped face or strange actions do not make an individual into a personality. Personality...

Sacred places and biodiversity conservation

06/11/2013 11:24
Leslie E. Sponsel Sacred places are a new frontier for interdisciplinary research on their own merits and for their relevance for biodiversity conservation. The religious or cultural designation of an area as sacred, especially those which are relatively natural, may either intentionally or...

The Relationship Between Sacred Spaces & the Beliefs of Taoism

06/11/2013 11:22
by Julia Altman, Demand Media In Taoism, the entire cosmos is considered a sacred space, and in Taoist cosmology, space is conceptualized as complex and lacking stability. It varies in intensity from place to place, from diluted to highly concentrated. An interconnected grid of spiritual energy, or...

Sacredness

06/11/2013 09:01
The SACRED is that which is the object of veneration and awe. The term comes from the Latin sacer meaning restricted or set off. A person may be designated as sacred, and so can an object or a place which is regarded as extraordinary or unique. The term sacer is closely related to numen meaning...

Trees and the Sacred

06/11/2013 08:58
From the earliest times, trees have been the focus of religious life for many peoples around the world. As the largest plant on earth, the tree has been a major source of stimulation to the mythic imagination. Trees have been invested in all cultures with a dignity unique to their own nature, and...

Mountains and the Sacred

06/11/2013 08:57
Mountains loom large in any landscape and have long been invested with sacredness by many peoples around the world. They carry a rich symbolism. The vertical axis of the mountain drawn from its peak down to its base links it with the world-axis, and, as in the case of the Cosmic Tree (cf. Trees and...
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