Paradise Gardens: Spiritual Inspiration and Earthly Expression

by Toby Musgrave

Plants and gardens have always been a cornerstone of all major world religions and belief systems. The Fields of Reeds in Ancient Egypt, Eden in Christianity, the Isles of the Immortals in China and the Pure Land in Buddhist Japan are just some of the divine gardens promised to the faithful or earthly paradises imbued with symbolism and ritual. And in all religions plants have their own religious meanings and associations, ceremonial or ritualistic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0711236534
• ISBN13: 9780711236530
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.2" x 11.7"