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Author: Julie Chajes Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190909145 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 224
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A sizeable minority of people with no particular connection to Eastern religions now believe in reincarnation. The rise in popularity of this belief over the last century and a half is directly traceable to the impact of the nineteenth century's largest and most influential Western esoteric movement, the Theosophical Society. In Recycled Lives, Julie Chajes looks at the rebirth doctrines of the matriarch of Theosophy, the controversial occultist Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891). Examining her teachings in detail, Chajes places them in the context of multiple dimensions of nineteenth-century intellectual and cultural life. In particular, she explores Blavatsky's readings (and misreadings) of Spiritualist currents, scientific theories, Platonism, and Hindu and Buddhist thought. These in turn are set in relief against broader nineteenth-century American and European trends. The chapters come together to reveal the contours of a modern perspective on reincarnation that is inseparable from the nineteenth-century discourses within which it emerged, and which has shaped how people in the West tend to view reincarnation today.
Author: Julie Chajes Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190909145 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
A sizeable minority of people with no particular connection to Eastern religions now believe in reincarnation. The rise in popularity of this belief over the last century and a half is directly traceable to the impact of the nineteenth century's largest and most influential Western esoteric movement, the Theosophical Society. In Recycled Lives, Julie Chajes looks at the rebirth doctrines of the matriarch of Theosophy, the controversial occultist Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891). Examining her teachings in detail, Chajes places them in the context of multiple dimensions of nineteenth-century intellectual and cultural life. In particular, she explores Blavatsky's readings (and misreadings) of Spiritualist currents, scientific theories, Platonism, and Hindu and Buddhist thought. These in turn are set in relief against broader nineteenth-century American and European trends. The chapters come together to reveal the contours of a modern perspective on reincarnation that is inseparable from the nineteenth-century discourses within which it emerged, and which has shaped how people in the West tend to view reincarnation today.
Author: Stephanie Kirkwood Walker Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press ISBN: 088920263X Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 229
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Walker (religion and culture, Wilfrid Laurier U.) contends with the "image" of Emily Carr, Canadian artist and writer, while at the same time paralleling how the work of Canadian biographers reflects shifting attitudes toward women, religion, and spirituality. Carr, like Georgia O'Keefe and Frieda Kahlo, is an elusive figure whose artistic quest by its innovative and individual nature set her apart from her time. Walker introduces the key elements responsible for the resurgence of interest in Carr during the last 20 years, opening questions on the very nature of feminist creation and its perception by society. Canadian card order number C95-932582-4. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Dan Gookin Publisher: Wiley Publishing ISBN: 9781568844831 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 630
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The first of a new line of IDG computer books published especially for the 90s, this book offers thorough coverage of Windows--and a task-oriented approach to learning its features--along with humor and a definite author point of view. Includes everything one needs to use the nifty new Windows 95 on-line features, a special section on solving Windows problems, and more.
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