Gardening as a Sacred Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gardening as a Sacred Art write by Jeremy Naydler. This book was released on 2021-04-28. Gardening as a Sacred Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This beautifully illustrated book presents a history of our relationship with nature, beginning with the civilisations of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, when gardens served as ‘the dwelling place of the gods’. Tracing this history through subsequent epochs, the author shows how human awareness of the divine presence in nature was gradually eclipsed. As nature came to be viewed primarily as a physical resource to be controlled and exploited by us, this was reflected in the ordered, rational designs imposed on such gardens as Versailles. More recently, gardening has come to be seen less as an instrument of control than as an art in its own right, enhancing nature’s inherent beauty. Jeremy Naydler suggests that the future of gardening lies not simply in its being regarded as an art but as a sacred art, which once again honours and works with the spiritual dimension intrinsic to nature. ‘This thoughtful book challenges the gardener in us to work as an artist and experience the sacred presence around us by becoming creatively engaged with the hidden formative forces of Nature.’ – Network Review ‘The main thrust of this profound and inspiring volume is to remind us that gardens are essentially sacred spaces in which we may work together with Nature in order that we may help her – and ourselves in the process – express more fully the divine presence hidden within the heart of her outward beauty.’ – Resurgence ‘An exceptionally well-referenced, delightfully illustrated and informative work.’ – New View ‘In his beautifully illustrated book, [Naydler] re-sounds the call of the garden as a “necessary counterbalance and corrective”. It’s a welcome message towards re-sanctifying our world.’ – Nexus Magazine ‘Gardeners will love this book. Occasionally you look down the garden you have worked all day … and you have that peace, that sense of the numinous that cannot be understood except by somehow knowing that it is vital. Our author has been so kind as to declare it for us: gardening is a sacred art.’ – Derek Cunningham, Self and Society
Gardening As a Sacred Art
Gardening As a Sacred Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gardening As a Sacred Art write by Jeremy Naydler. This book was released on 2009-10. Gardening As a Sacred Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Cultivating Sacred Space
Cultivating Sacred Space - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cultivating Sacred Space write by Elizabeth Murray. This book was released on 1997. Cultivating Sacred Space available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Linda Greenlaw hadn't been blue-water fishing for ten years, since the great events chronicled in The Perfect Storm and The Hungry Ocean, when an old friend offered her the captaincy on his boat, Seahawk, for a season of swordfishing. She took the bait, of course, and thus opened a new chapter in a life that had already seen enough adventure for three lifetimes.The Seahawk turns out to be the rustiest of buckets, with sprung, busted, and ancient equipment guaranteed to fail at any critical moment. Life is never dull out on the Grand Banks, and no one is better at capturing the flavor and details of the wild ride that is swordfishing, from the technical complexities of longline fishing and the nuances of reading the weather and waves to the sheer beauty of the open water. The trip is full of surprises, "a bit hardier and saltier than I had hoped for," but none more unexpected than when the boat's lines inadvertently drift across the Canadian border and she lands in jail. Seaworthy is about nature -- human and other; about learning what you can control and what you do when fate takes matters out of your control. It's about how a middle-aged woman who sets a high bar for herself copes with challenge and change and frustration, about the struggle to succeed or fail on your own terms, and above all, about learning how to find your true self when you're caught between land and sea.
Gardens in Art
Gardens in Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gardens in Art write by Lucia Impelluso. This book was released on 2007. Gardens in Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Impelluso analyzes the constituent elements of gardens, both real and imagined, and uncovers their often-hidden symbolic meanings. Paintings and the nearly 400 works presented here provide a continuous visual record of the myriad forms of gardens.
Sacred Land
Sacred Land - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sacred Land write by Clea Danaan. This book was released on 2007. Sacred Land available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Learn how to plan and plant your garden, create compost, save seeds, conserve water, connect with garden goddesses and incorporate planetary energy in your garden.
