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[omnistpilgrim]

I've resolved to study and re-read more spiritual texts this year (starting 2022), and share quotes I like. (note that this isn't meant to be a list of recommendations, just a record. not all of these have been spiritually edifying to me.) List of what I've read so far:

Anglicanism/ Episcopalianism

The Book of Common Prayer

Buddhism

The Dhammapada- translation by Eknath Easwaran

Peace is Every Step- Thich Nhat Hanh

Radical Acceptance- Tara Brach

Catholicism

The Faith Explained- Leo J Trese

Theology For Beginners- Frank Sheed

True Devotion to Mary- Louis de Montfort

The Modern Saints- Gracie Morbitzer

The Secret of the Rosary- Louis de Montfort

The Catechism of the Catholic Church

This is My Body, This is My Blood- Bob & Penny Lord

Good News About Sex & Marriage- Christopher West

The Story of A Soul- St Therese of Lisieux

Christianity (general)

The New Testament

The Screwtape Letters- CS Lewis

The Heart of Christianity- Marcus J Borg

God Can't- Thomas J Oord

Mere Christianity- CS Lewis

The Wisdom Jesus- Cynthia Bourgeault

The Universal Christ- Richard Rohr

The Case For Christ- Lee Strobel

The Great Divorce- CS Lewis

Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul- John Philip Newell

Searching for Sunday- Rachel Held Evans

Unlearning God- Phillip Gulley

Saving Jesus From the Church- Robin R Meyers

Christianity (biblical analysis)

Inspired- Rachel Held Evans

What is the Bible? - Rob Bell

The Uncensored Bible- Kaltner, Kilpatrick, & McKenzie

The Gay Gospels- Keith Sharpe

The Bible Doesn't Say That- Joel M Hoffman

The Sins of Scripture- John Shelby Spong

Paul and Jesus- James D Tabor

Reclaiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World- John Shelby Spong

Forged- Bart D Ehrman

Jesus, Interrupted- Bart D Ehrman

Zealot- Reza Aslan

Jezebel- Lesley Hazleton

101 Myths of the Bible- Gary Greenberg

Divine Feminine

The Way of the Rose- Clark Strand & Perdita Finn

Missing Mary- Charlene Spretnak

Circle of Mysteries- Christine Lore Weber

The Goddess in the Gospels- Margaret Starbird

Now is the Hour of Her Return- Clark Strand

Waking Up to the Dark- Clark Strand

Wild Mercy- Mirabai Starr

The Woman With the Alabaster Jar- Margaret Starbird

Goddess: 50 Goddesses, Spirits, Saints and Other Female Figures Who Have Shaped Belief- Ramírez & Walsh

Druidry/ Celtic Paganism

The Book of Hedge Druidry- Joanna van der Hoeven

The Druidry Handbook- John Michael Greer

The Druid Path- John Michael Greer

The Book of Celtic Myths- Jennifer Emmick

Ecospirituality

Sacred Nature- Karen Armstrong

Filianism/ Déanism

The Gospel of Our Mother God

Hellenistic Paganism

The Iliad- Homer

The Odyssey- Homer

Mythology- Edith Hamilton

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths- Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire

Hinduism

The Bhagavad Gita- translation by Barbara Stoler Miller

The Upanishads- translation by Eknath Easwaran

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Hinduism- Rasamandala Das

Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction- Kim Knott

Islam

The Qur'an- translation by Abdullah Yusufali

Judaism

The Tanakh

When Bad Things Happen to Good People- Harold S Kushner

Mormonism

The Book of Mormon

Norse Paganism/ Heathenry

Norse Mythology- Neil Gaiman

Hávamál- from the Poetic Edda

D'Aulaire's Book of Norse Myths- Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire

Paganism (general) / Wicca

The Spiral Dance- Starhawk

Paganism- Joyce & River Higgenbotham

Drawing Down the Moon- Margot Adler

The Path of a Christian Witch- Adelina St Clair

Tarot Fundamentals- Sasha Graham

Astrology- Carole Taylor

Tarot Magic- Donald Tyson

Wicca: A Guide For the Solitary Practitioner- Scott Cunningham

Cunningham's Book of Shadows- Scott Cunningham

The Witch's Book of Power- Devin Hunter

The Deep Heart of Witchcraft- David Salisbury

A Book of Pagan Prayer- Ceisiwr Serith

Quakerism

Faith and Practice- Baltimore Yearly Meeting

A Testament of Devotion- Thomas R Kelly

Living the Quaker Way- Philip Gulley

A Quaker Book of Wisdom- Robert Lawrence Smith

Letters to a Fellow Seeker- Steve Chase

Sikhism

Poems from the Sikh Sacred Tradition- Guru Nanak

Taoism

The Tao Te Ching- translation by Stephen Mitchell

The Tao of Pooh- Benjamin Hoff

Other/ Interfaith/ General Theism

A World of Prayer- edited by Rosalind Bradley

The Interfaith Prayer Book- compiled by Ted Brownstein

God of Love- Mirabai Starr

A New Earth- Eckhart Tolle

How to Believe in God- Clark Strand

Holy Envy- Barbara Brown Taylor

The Power of Now- Eckhart Tolle

Atheism

Atheism and the Case Against Christ- Matthew S McCormick

Letter to a Christian Nation- Sam Harris

Why I Became an Atheist- John W Loftus

God is Not Great- Christopher Hitchens

[joseandrestabarnia]

Título: Bailando Ganesh y las Mahavidyas

Siglo 19

Artistas: Artista desconocido

Sobre

Es común ver a Ganesh bailando con las siete Madres, pero es extremadamente raro verlo bailando con un grupo de diosas llamadas Mahavidyas (el Gran Conocimiento). Aún más rara es la representación de un 'yantra' o mandala (un diagrama místico) con Ganesh como figura central. Quizás refleje la influencia de Rasamandala en la ciudad de Jagannath, aunque es un elemento esencial en el ritual tántrico.

Que esto estaba destinado a la adoración tántrica se desprende de la inclusión de las diez diosas Mahavidya cuyo culto ha seguido siendo especialmente popular en Bengala y Orissa. Por supuesto, todas son emanaciones de la Gran Diosa e incluyen deidades budistas tan conocidas como Tara y Chinnamasta. De hecho, algunos también se incluyen entre los Jain Vidyadevis. Así, parece que son un grupo sincrético creado cuando el budismo se desintegraba después del siglo XII.

No hay nada inusual en la figura de Ganesh bailando, excepto que no se incluye un cuenco de dulces. En cambio, su tronco agarra su colmillo derecho roto, que parece ser una innovación iconográfica de este artista. Según el mito, Ganesh rompi�� el colmillo y lo arrojó a la luna que se había atrevido a reírse de su travesura. De ahí las marcas en la luna. Las cuatro diosas en las cuatro esquinas (Ganga y Yamuna en la parte inferior y Sarasvati y Lakshmi en la parte superior) también bailan en poses de la danza Odissi.

Pratapaditya Pal, 'Bailando con la flauta - Música y danza en el arte indio', AGNSW 1997 pág. 68-70.

Detalles:

Lugar donde se realizó el trabajo: Puri → Orissa → India

Fecha: Siglo 19

Categoría de medios: Cuadro

Materiales usados: pintar sobre lienzo 'pata'

Dimensiones: Vista de 58,3 x 58,5 cm; Marco de 83,1 x 81,4 x 3,0 cm

Fecha de firma: No firmado. Sin fecha.

Crédito: Fondo de legado de DG Wilson 2000

Información de la web de la Art Gallery NSW.

[harvardfineartslib]

Happy National Dance Day!

We may not be able to dance with many people in a crowded space during the coronavirus pandemic, but dance is good for individuals, as well as for society. Dance is not only beneficial for one’s physical well-being, but also for one’s mental health by allowing us to express our feelings by moving our bodies. Many dance forms and gatherings moved to virtual platforms, so we can still “dance together” with many people around the world.

We hope you are finding a way to keep dancing.

Rasamandala (Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, Jaipur, AG-1382) Alternate Title: Lord Krishna's Cosmic Dance Opaque watercolor on paper 67.3 x 50.8 cm. Rajput Krishna , Indian [subject] Late 18th cent. Repository: Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, Jaipur (Rājasthān, India) (inhabited place) HOLLIS number: 8001545235

[krishnstoreblog-blog]

Philosoph(ies) of Education

For more than 50 years the fans of ISKCON have embraced instructive activities under the motivation of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. Every single such exertion are glorious.While a few instructive activities have showed, some may not be driven by unequivocally expressed theory of training. It is significant that every instructive activity inside ISKCON are driven by an appropriate reasoning of training. Else it is seen that there is a great deal of contention on what is "the" ISKCON rationality of training. In such manner the ISKCON Ministry of Education felt that there is a squeezing requirement for ISKCON to arrange a report about ISKCON philosophy(ies) of instruction. Books on Krishna Consciousness

This is in no way, shape or form going to be the last exertion on this subject for the following 10,000 years. Or maybe it is an earnest endeavor to deliver what the present instructors inside ISKCON feel the logic of training ought to be founded on the understanding they have created by examining His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada's guidance on this subject and applying it in their particular instructive endeavors. Each 3 to 5 years reflections ought to be agitated to expand on this exertion. Hare Krishna Traditional Clothing This record is intended to be a prologue to how the task would develop. It incorporates the general venture plan with explicit due dates for every achievement, terms of reference, trailed by illustrative AIMS of instruction shared by Rasamandala Das (ACBSP) and consummation with a solicitation for devoteesto partake in different limits. Bhagavad Gita

Points of ISKCON's Educational System

The premier point of any instructive framework ought to be to satisfy the request of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada and create Krishna Prema. However in the meantime, the papers should address this issue by intelligent on certain contemplations as expressed beneath to help set up regard for ISKCON Educational activities inside the bigger society.

Raise the status of ISKCON instruction, declaring its key job in societal initiative

Help sustain a communityof fan instructors andeducationalists

Advance exchange between ISKCON educationalists and 'pariah' partners

Raise the principles in ISKCON-sponsored instruction

Empower ISKCON to emphatically contribute towards the instruction world

Advance intelligent commitment among hypothesis and practice

Urge ISKCON educationalists to look into, compose and distribute

Unite different intrigue gatherings to advance a progressively synergistic, commonly advantageous way to deal with training

Energize the advancement of a vital methodology towards instruction.

[joseandrestabarnia]

Título: Bailando Ganesh y las Mahavidyas

Siglo 19

Artistas: Artista desconocido

Sobre

Es común ver a Ganesh bailando con las siete Madres, pero es extremadamente raro verlo bailando con un grupo de diosas llamadas Mahavidyas (el Gran Conocimiento). Aún más rara es la representación de un 'yantra' o mandala (un diagrama místico) con Ganesh como figura central. Quizás refleje la influencia de Rasamandala en la ciudad de Jagannath, aunque es un elemento esencial en el ritual tántrico.

Que esto estaba destinado a la adoración tántrica se desprende de la inclusión de las diez diosas Mahavidya cuyo culto ha seguido siendo especialmente popular en Bengala y Orissa. Por supuesto, todas son emanaciones de la Gran Diosa e incluyen deidades budistas tan conocidas como Tara y Chinnamasta. De hecho, algunos también se incluyen entre los Jain Vidyadevis. Así, parece que son un grupo sincrético creado cuando el budismo se desintegraba después del siglo XII.

No hay nada inusual en la figura de Ganesh bailando, excepto que no se incluye un cuenco de dulces. En cambio, su tronco agarra su colmillo derecho roto, que parece ser una innovación iconográfica de este artista. Según el mito, Ganesh rompió el colmillo y lo arrojó a la luna que se había atrevido a reírse de su travesura. De ahí las marcas en la luna. Las cuatro diosas en las cuatro esquinas (Ganga y Yamuna en la parte inferior y Sarasvati y Lakshmi en la parte superior) también bailan en poses de la danza Odissi.

Pratapaditya Pal, 'Bailando con la flauta - Música y danza en el arte indio', AGNSW 1997 pág. 68-70.

Detalles:

Lugar donde se realizó el trabajo: Puri → Orissa → India

Fecha: Siglo 19

Categoría de medios: Cuadro

Materiales usados: pintar sobre lienzo 'pata'

Dimensiones: Vista de 58,3 x 58,5 cm; Marco de 83,1 x 81,4 x 3,0 cm

Fecha de firma: No firmado. Sin fecha.

Crédito: Fondo de legado de DG Wilson 2000

Información de la web de la Art Gallery NSW.

[krishnstoreblog-blog]

Philosoph(ies) of Education

For more than 50 years the fans of ISKCON have embraced instructive activities under the motivation of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. Every single such exertion are glorious.While a few instructive activities have showed, some may not be driven by unequivocally expressed theory of training. It is significant that every instructive activity inside ISKCON are driven by an appropriate reasoning of training. Else it is seen that there is a great deal of contention on what is "the" ISKCON rationality of training. In such manner the ISKCON Ministry of Education felt that there is a squeezing requirement for ISKCON to arrange a report about ISKCON philosophy(ies) of instruction.

This is in no way, shape or form going to be the last exertion on this subject for the following 10,000 years. Or maybe it is an earnest endeavor to deliver what the present instructors inside ISKCON feel the logic of training ought to be founded on the understanding they have created by examining His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada's guidance on this subject and applying it in their particular instructive endeavors. Each 3 to 5 years reflections ought to be agitated to expand on this exertion. This record is intended to be a prologue to how the task would develop. It incorporates the general venture plan with explicit due dates for every achievement, terms of reference, trailed by illustrative AIMS of instruction shared by Rasamandala Das (ACBSP) and consummation with a solicitation for devoteesto partake in different limits.

Points of ISKCON's Educational System

The premier point of any instructive framework ought to be to satisfy the request of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada and create Krishna Prema. However in the meantime, the papers should address this issue by intelligent on certain contemplations as expressed beneath to help set up regard for ISKCON Educational activities inside the bigger society.

Raise the status of ISKCON instruction, declaring its key job in societal initiative

Help sustain a communityof fan instructors andeducationalists

Advance exchange between ISKCON educationalists and 'pariah' partners

Raise the principles in ISKCON-sponsored instruction

Empower ISKCON to emphatically contribute towards the instruction world

Advance intelligent commitment among hypothesis and practice

Urge ISKCON educationalists to look into, compose and distribute

Unite different intrigue gatherings to advance a progressively synergistic, commonly advantageous way to deal with training

Energize the advancement of a vital methodology towards instruction.