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  • The Faces of the Gods
    Leslie G. Desmangles / Leslie GDesmangles
    Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology and rituals of Vodou, focusing particularly on the inclusion of West African and European elements in Vodouisants’ beliefs and practices.Desmangles sees Vodou not simply as a graftin...
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    61,15 €

  • Body and Emotion
    Robert Desjarlais
    Shelter Blues Sanity and Selfhood Among the Homeless Robert R. Desjarlais Winner of the 1999 Victor Turner Prize of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology 'Beautifully crafted, powerfully illustrated with conversation, theoretically important, and almost unique as an ethnography.'--Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University Desjarlais shows us not anonymous faces of the homeless b...
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    34,74 €

  • Wisdom of the Ancients
    Francis Bacon
    Wisdom of the Ancients is a book written by the renowned philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon. It is a collection of ancient myths and fables from various cultures, including Greek, Roman, and Egyptian. Bacon uses these stories to illustrate his philosophical ideas and teachings, drawing parallels between the ancient wisdom and contemporary knowledge. The book covers a wide ...
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    23,96 €

  • The Sacred Void
    David Parkin
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    200,04 €

  • Buddhist Monastic Life
    Mohan Wijayaratna / Claude Grangier / Steven Collins
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    60,56 €

  • Buddhist Monastic Life
    Mohan Wijayaratna / Claude Grangier / Steven Collins
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    132,38 €

  • The Shape of the Turtle
    Sarah Allan
    Many Chinese philosophic concepts derive from an ancient cosmology. This work is the first reconstructions of the mythic thought of the Shang Dynasty (ca. 1700- 1100 B.C.) which laid the foundation for later Chinese patterns of thought. Allan regards the myth, cosmology, divination, sacrificial ritual, and art of the Shang as different manifestations of a common religious sys...
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    43,42 €

  • Selfless Persons
    Steven Collins
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    88,81 €

  • Rastafari and Reggae
    Becky Mulvaney / Carlos Nelson
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    88,86 €

  • Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought
    Here, Western environmental philosophers and some of our most distinguished representatives of Asian and comparative philosophy critically consider what Asia has to offer.The first section provides an ecological world view as a basis for comparison. Subsequent sections include chapters by leading contemporary scholars in Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Buddhist thought that exp...
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    42,94 €

  • Voices of Our Ancestors
    Dhyani Ywahoo
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    21,70 €

  • Religion, Morality and the Person
    Meyer Fortes
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    75,63 €

  • Tokugawa Religion
    Robert Neelly Bellah
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    20,78 €

  • Horses, Musicians and Gods
    Fremont E. Besmer / Fremont EBesmer
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    82,17 €

  • Grafting Old Rootstock
    Studies the culture and religion of the Chamba, Duru, Gula, and Gbaya of Cameroon. Discusses attempts of expatriates and Africans to ask questions, to learn, and to interpret what is important in the lives and traditions of African societies in the light of the Christian Church. ...
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    32,56 €

  • The First and Last Freedom
    Jiddu Krishnamurti
    Krishnamurti is a leading spiritual teacher of our century. In The First and Last Freedom he cuts away symbols and false associations in the search for pure truth and perfect freedom. Through discussions on suffering, fear, gossip, sex and other topics, Krishnamurti’s quest becomes the readers, an undertaking of tremendous significance. ...
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    14,55 €

  • Ritual of the Bicabs
    Ralph L. Roys
    'Roys has provided anthropologists, student of linguistics, and historians with an exceptional study of interest and value.' The Americas 'It deserves to rank with Popol Vuh and The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel as the greatest of Maya documents yet published.' Journal of the West The Mayas believed the four gods, the Bacabs, held up the sky. The Bacabs were also invoked...
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    28,57 €

  • Ancient Egypt
    Gerald Massey
    Gerald Massey’s masterwork is presented to readers anew in this splendid new edition, which combines all twelve books plus the appendix into a single volume.A voracious student of Ancient Egypt, Massey’s enquiries deepened and widened as years went by. This work, standing at over half a million words, examines the importance of individual Egyptian Gods, and the significance of ...
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    32,66 €

  • Lectures on the Religion of the Semites
    William Robertson Smith
    In this in-depth enquiry, the religion and spiritual traditions of peoples inhabiting the ancient Middle East is investigated by Professor W. R. Smith of Cambridge University.This investigation concerns the Semitic peoples as a whole, who inhabited several ancient countries in the Middle East. The peoples included in Smith’s work include Arabs, Hebrews, Phoenicians, Aramaeans, ...
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    18,29 €