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Seal of the City of New York: Hierophany of 'The Abiding City'

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
The corporate seal of the City of New York portrays the cosmogony of the mesocosmic universe, that is, the City of New York. At the center, or axis mundi, of this cosmos is the circular seal, imitative of the eternal shape of the sun. Mircea Eliade, historian of religion at the University of Chicago, recognized the symbolic value of the sun, “The sun ...
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Mythic Identifications of the Space-Body-Nature Relationship in the Context of Hierophany

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The relationship between space, body, and nature is examined within the framework of the concept of hierophany in the context of mythological thought. From the earliest periods of human history, space has been perceived not only as a physical area but also as a dynamic structure imbued with symbolic and cultural meanings, where the sacred manifests ...
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Biwa Masters and Musical Hierophanies in the Heike monogatari and Other Medieval Texts

Journal of Religion in Japan, 2013
Abstract The Heike monogatari has long been at the center of discussions about the function of medieval Japanese performing arts, linked variously to ritual placation, purification, and to Buddhist sermonizing and entertainment.
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Combining Myrrh (bola) with Cubeb (kakkola): A Complex Figure of Speech for Hierophany

Tantric Buddhism expresses higher realities in the argot of enigmatic or allusive language, sandhyābhāṣā. Many terms for transgressive praxis in this argot are identified with the names of fragrant substances. One key phrase, “the combining of myrrh and cubeb” (bola-kakkola-yoga), which designates the process of hierophany, refers to ritual coition ...
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Hierophant and Hierophany in Yoruba Spirituality:

2018
Raymond Ogunade, Gbenga Zaccheaus
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Natural Hierophanies

2020
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Hierophany

2012
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Sacred landscapes: hierophanies of folklore into placemaking

GeoJournal
Chorjitkanta Sharma Kongbrailatpam, Vidhu Bansal   +1 more
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Hierophany or Theophany?

2016
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L'Oeuvre Insolite de Georges Bataille: Une Hierophanie moderne

The Modern Language Journal, 1980
Roland A. Champagne, David Hawley
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