#bookstudies

[mysticalmeditation]

'Practicing The Presence': Conversations With Yanni

To conclude their study, Heather Smith & Yanni Charalambous share thoughts, contemplations & short meditations on questions that have arisen in their recent book study group on Joel Goldsmith's 'Practicing The Presence'. 

Heather hosts weekly YouTube Lives every Saturday at 2pm UK time offering meditations and extracts from 'The Heart Of Mysticism' by Joel Goldsmith:

www.youtube.com/@mystical-meditation

For more information about our book study groups, see: www.linktr.ee/mysticalmeditation 

There's no charge for our meetings, and there's need to have the books or to know anything about Joel Goldsmith's work. All are welcome.

#spirituality #mystical #meditation #theinfiniteway #joelgoldsmith #consciousness #practicingthepresence #spiritualhealing #innerpeace #livestreams #contemplation #bookstudy

[paynewriting]

Penultimate question for the year, and one we will confess we had been dreading putting a hard answer on since long before it being asked here. From MedusaCarmilla, to Leonastra:

How long did it take to earn your rings from the college in Castine? What was that process like—like long bookstudy, or closer to an apprenticeship?

Leonastra:

At this point I hold six of a possible ten rings of mastery from the college of Metallurgy. Or five of nine and the ring of mastery. Which you can collect for any five of the nine. See, I'm exclusively a blacksmith, I'm not a whitesmith, or a red smith and those skills are two of the four rings I don't have, along with the specific jeweller's ring, and the mage smith's ring. I mean, I'm obviously good enough to put things like Coruscant or the bond rings together, but it's not my trade. I have rings for smithing bladesmithing, armoursmithing, magically-enhanced-smithing, sparksmithing, and for blacksmithing. These were all practically examined over about a week a piece at the college, along with another more general . . . 'exam' that included some teaching for my sixth ring. Honestly, for things at that level, especially coming in as self-taught rather than college-educated, they basically want to get to know you and your skills before putting their name against them. I did end up with some recommended reading when I was looking at going for them, and I did read that, or had before. I will read for craft and sometimes for pleasure. But I've always been more practical than academic-- Okay, before I say this, remember that I am fire-proof, but my grandfather had me smith my first knife before I would say I was truly comfortable reader. It might have been a while before I came back to it. But I was so chuffed with that knife, ate with it for years, and my parents got a bit grumpy because it meant I refused to properly learn chopsticks. Back on topic though, the college of metallurgy is incredibly practical, with anvils in class rooms and and teaching in forges, it was a delight to see, but they don't skip on book learning and teaching too, being able to understand it all is a very valuable skill, but not one everyone needs, so they pursue whatever works for people. Or the case of external candidates like me, they look for a level of knowledge, expertise, and skill that conveys mastery, and accept that that looks different from individual to individual. But, oh gosh, to actually answer the question, either seven weeks, or three hundred years, depends how you want to look at it.

[uicb]

We made it to the @newberrylibrary! Today, UICB students, faculty, and UI Conservation Lab staff are visiting rare book collections in Chicago, IL (just a few hours away from Iowa City, IA). Follow our feed and our story throughout the day for exciting photos of our bookapalooza adventures! #uiowa #uicb #rarebook #adventures #books #bookhistory #history #historicalbooks #mfa #bookstudies #historicalstructures (at Newberry Library)

[umair20]

Hi

Looking for book to psychology in Top 5 book Aapke study

[pats-auf-deutsch]

Hey guys, I started a Bookstagram account and it would mean the world to me If you could give me a follow! @wordsmaderight_

Some of my fave books:

-red, white and royal blue

-all the Percy Jackson books

-THE BOOK THIEF

-The Shadow Of The Wind

-Anxious People

-Heartstopper

-the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo

And my fave TV shows are Gilmore Girls and Bones

[createyou86]

For #onebookjuly2021 I’m going old school, and doing V3.0 (via 2017), and one of my sections in my planner will be a deep dive book study of Archetypal Tarot by @marykgreer I’m pretty excited about diving in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #tarot #tarotcards #tarotreading #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarotspreads #witch #witchy #witchyvibes #witchesofinstagram #tarotbook #theoryofwitches #archetypal #archetypaltarot #marykgreer #book #bookstudy #deepdive #books #bookhaul #witchybooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CQoMJXZpe10/?utm_medium=tumblr

[inkhead]

Evidence of squirrels: study #17

omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent (all knowing where all the bulbs, seeds, and new seedlings are)

[5am-studies]

It’s November and Winter’s here!!!! So i decided to give this month’s spread a theme and it’s the first spread to have one. It’s a clementine themed one because that’s my favorite winter fruit.

[rheinstudy]

[mysticalmeditation]

Heather Smith & Yanni Charalambous continue to share thoughts, contemplations & short meditations on questions that have arisen in their recent study group on Joel Goldsmith's book 'Practicing The Presence'. 

Heather hosts weekly YouTube Lives every Saturday at 2pm UK time offering meditations and extracts from 'The Heart Of Mysticism' by Joel Goldsmith:

www.youtube.com/@mystical-meditation

For more information about our book study groups, see: www.linktr.ee/mysticalmeditation 

There's no charge for our meetings, and there's need to have the books or to know anything about Joel Goldsmith's work. All are welcome.

#spirituality #mystical #meditation #theinfiniteway #joelgoldsmith #consciousness #practicingthepresence #spiritualhealing #innerpeace #livestreams #contemplation #bookstudy

[teachingliteracy]

Newest resource uploaded to my TpT store: That Book Life! - - This no-prep Book Study has 45 engaging Common Core-aligned activities/printables designed to delve deeper into Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora. 🍲 Thank You, Omu! is a sure-to-be-a-classic story about Omu, a loveable woman who makes the most delicious red stew ever. Pretty soon, everyone is knocking on her door for a bowl of her yummy stew...only to leave an empty pot for Omu when it comes time for her to eat! How does the community pull together to show their appreciation for the one-and-only Omu? - #teacherspayteachers #teachingliteracy #2ndgradeteacher #differentiation #3rdgradeteacher #readingspecialist #bookstudy #picturebook #thankyouomu #caldecott #ogemora #thatbooklife #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers https://www.instagram.com/p/Btjieschpb2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kmt43qcl6fd9

[uicb]

A group from AUA toured the UICB today and got to make a book, letterpress print a leaflet, have their name calligraphed, and learn about papermaking in less than an hour! #uicb #bookarts #bookstudies #letterpress #lettering #bookbinding #aua #uiowa

[aventurasconmaricris]

FRIENDS! Aquí les dejo un background check del libro que estudiaremos estas próximas semanas 🙌🏽✨ 👇🏽C O L O S E N S E S ✨Nombre Original: Al ser una carta no tiene título en sus orígenes. ✨Nombre actual: Epístola de Pablo a los Colosenses ✨Autor y Fecha: Pablo; alrededor del 60 d. C. ✨Dato curioso: Colosas era un país poderoso y reconocido pero hubo un terremoto para el año 61 d.C que lo fue debilitando tanto físicamente, como emocionalmente, como financieramente, en fin... el país vivía una crisis. ✨Lengua original: Griego ✨Esquema: - Prólogo (1:1-8) - La obra redentora de Dios (1:9-23) - El ministerio de Pablo (1:24 - 2:5) - La nueva vida en Cristo (2:6 - 4:6) - Epílogo (4:7-18) ✨Contenido: Esta es un carta donde Pablo presenta un breve descripción de la herejía que se estaba viviendo en Colosas y ofrece una buena respuesta para refutarla. La iglesia había estado enfrentando el legalismo judaizante, mezcla de religiones y creencias y hasta el agnosticismo, el cual estaba eclipsando el maravilloso ministerio de Jesús en la mente de los creyentes. Pablo pretende aclarar que Cristo es Señor de toda la creación, abarcando hasta lo invisible y que Jesús ha obtenido redención para todos sus hijos haciéndolos aptos para la salvación. ✨Jesús en Colosenses - Señor (1:10, 3:17, 23-24) - Amado Hijo (1:13) - imagen del Dios invisible (1:15) - Primogénito de toda la Creación (1:15) - En él las cosas fueron creadas (1:16) - Cabeza (1:18; 2:19) - Principio (1:18) - Primogénito de entre los muertos (1:18) - Misterio (1:26-27) - Esperanza de Gloria (1:27) - Nuestra vida (3:4) - El todo y EN todo (3:11) - Amo (4:1) Inicia este estudio conmigo 🙌🏽🤩 Mañana toca el capítulo 1... ¿Me acompañas? COMENTA ABAJO 👇🏽 #LaBibliaDeMaricris #EstudiandoColosenses #Biblebookstudy #bookstudy #biblejournaling #studybible #adventist #adventista #estudiobiblico #sac https://www.instagram.com/p/CjiJH5srf6U/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nerdy30trans-blog]

Making notes for a Bible and Book Study I will be leading this fall. The challenge rejecting the Christianity that has far too long oppressed and instead fight for equality. #transchristian #transrights #bookstudy #transforming https://www.instagram.com/p/BnMb0C_ASwb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pcvs10k1ro9q

[mjblazy-blog]

The Confidence Code: A Book Study

The Confidence Code: A Book Study

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062230638/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=minajblazy07-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=12466ce8be83461b9e242fbfa1fff1e7&creativeASIN=0062230638 Join us for a Global conversation on Clubhouse. We will be going through one chapter a month on Clubhouse to discuss the book. Grab you book above. If you’re interested in joining us send me a message on Instagram.…

[pittrarebooks]

The Function of a Book: Readers and Collectors

Special Collections welcomed Will Rhodes’ ENGLIT1125 Masterpieces of Renaissance Literature on Wednesday, March 15th. Students had the opportunity to examine facsimiles of Renaissance literature and poetry; fine press and private press editions of literature and poetry; and historical texts dating back to the Renaissance. Students worked closely with these materials and completed an in-class assignment to create a short essay.  Professor Rhodes selected a handful of these essays for us to feature on the Special Collections Tumblr.  We hope that you enjoy!

What is the purpose of a book? Well, to be read of course! But is that always true? While the contents of a book may never change, even down to the style of font it is published in in various editions, the purpose of the book may change. Special Collections houses many facsimiles, or exact copies, and modern editions of older books. I will compare one facsimile and one Renaissance book in order to show how a book is transformed from an object with a practical function to an object meant to be collected.

Purchas His Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World, Samuel Purchas, 1614

This book is an encyclopedic work, which describes various religions, their practices, and briefly about the nation from which they originate. Samuel Purchas was a well-educated Anglican priest, who, despite the extent of his works, never left England. In fact, he collected this knowledge from the stories of sailors and the manuscripts of past travelers. One might wonder why 17th century Christians would be interested in the traditions of other cultures. This is clearly answered on the title page.

Under the author’s name is the phrase “Unus Deus, Una Veritas,” meaning “One God, One Truth.” Therefore, these descriptions of other cultures represent what is false in the world. In an era where Europe is exploring and missioning to these places it would make sense to try and understand the culture of the native people. Purchas calls this his “pilgrimage.” This book therefore has a religious function. It is not a literal journey but a metaphoric journey around the world. The knowledge gained on this journey could allow others to better conduct their mission work in these countries.

But the book also functions to justify the growing authority of Christianity in these places. In one description of religious practice in China, the author writes that when people “obtain not their requests [to the Gods], they will whip and beat these Gods.” It is clear that these people do not understand the reverence and proper worship that Europeans do. This likely pleased, the Archbishop of Canterbury George Abbot, to whom the dedicatory epistle is written.

Another indication of its intended use by the clergy is the numerous printed notes in the margin. These often give evidence for what has been written or more avenues for research. The notes may be in Latin, Greek, or English, which implies the reader must have had the education to understand these annotations. The clergy would have learned Greek to read some of the oldest versions of the Bible and Latin for most church documents up until the reformation.

Essayes- Religious Meditations- Places of Perswasion and Disswasion, Francis Bacon, Originally Published 1597, Haslewood Edition: 1924

This collection of writings from philosopher and scientist Francis Bacon covers a wide variety of topics from a “regiment of health” to “atheism.” I am most interested in the middle text of the three works included in this book. It is called the “Meditationes Sacrae” or “Sacred Meditations.” This work is completely in Latin despite the other texts of this book being in English. Bacon must have had a sense that for anyone to take you seriously when writing about religious matters you had to write in Latin. In these short meditations he discusses common religious concerns such as the nature of Christ’s miracles and controversies between Church and scripture. This was likely regarded as a useful and edifying book in its time.

While one could make some interesting points about how Bacon’s logical scientific method influenced his religious beliefs, the fact that a facsimile was published more than three hundred years after it was originally published raises equally interesting ideas. While the book says it is an exact copy, “page for page and line for line,” of the first edition octavo this is not quite true. The note in the front of the book reveals that the outdated “f” has been replaced with the modern “s.” The frontispiece, shown above, is also redrawn from a different work of Bacon’s. It is also interesting that the editor’s note points out that this version is not the most well known, because Bacon continued to add to and edit these essays for many years.

This book is neither the text that made it famous nor a totally accurate copy of the original so perhaps the purpose is not for it to be read but to be collected. Part of the challenge and fun of collecting is the rarity of the object. For instance, you could go to a comic book store and buy any new comic and there’s no challenge there. But if you want issue #134 of Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen to complete your collection of Jack Kirby comics it’s a lot harder. So the publisher has created this sort of challenge by limiting the number of copies printed. This book had a run of only 975 books. 

Artist and architect Frederick Etchells founded Haslewood Press, the publisher of this book. This explains why this book is an object of aesthetic value. It was printed on all cotton paper with a deckled edge that gives the appearance of the paper being handmade. The top edge is gilt. It is these small details that make the book more beautiful almost to the point that it does not matter which classic work of literature it is. The back of this book is an advertisement for other books from this publisher. To promote the collecting of this series it announces that their copies of the first book have been “exhausted” and that only “some copies remain” of the second. Also interesting, is a review of one book, which describes the contents as “charming” but the printing to be “excellent” on “good rag paper.” A list of the upcoming books with their unique features is also included. These details further convey that in the case of these reprints, it seems more important to have a beautiful library of famous books than to be particularly invested in the contents of the book.

-Mark Connor, University of Pittsburgh undergraduate