Sacred Earth Spirits of the Landscape An (Living Wisdom)

by Brian Leigh Molyneaux

Book Overview

From the Earth mysteries of the Celts to the modern concept of Gaia (which redefines the planet's biosphere as a self-regulating system), this book traces connections within the broad tradition that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333638492
• ISBN13: 9780333638491
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Macmillan U.K.
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

AN INSPIRATIONAL TREASURE TROVE

This beautifully illustrated work investigates the earth as a source of spiritual power or energy. It deals with a wide range of diverse topics such as creation myths, sacred journeys and pilgrimages, features of the landscape like stones and meteors, rock formations, caves, crevices, mountains and volcanoes. There are detailed discussions of places like Avebury, Bath, Delphi, Machu Picchu, Newgrange and the Ganges river. Other subjects include minerals, metals, precious stones, trees, groves, standing stones and circles, megalithic cultures, the pyramids (with a separate section on the great pyramid), early cave art and Lascaux in particular. There is even a discussion of Feng Shui! Most of the 250 illustrations are in full colour, all are impressive. Van Gogh's Starry Night is beautifully reproduced, and the book concludes with a glossary, bibliography and index. Sacred earth is a little masterpiece, it provides fascinating reading and serves as a unique reference work to our planet's places of peace and power and also mankind's efforts to reach out to the divine over thousands of years. Those who love symbolist or esoteric art will find it especially valuable, an inspirational treasure trove.