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在基督教徒眼中，其他人都是異教徒
【Pagans: The Visual Culture of Pagan Myths, Legends and Rituals】
《異教徒：異教神話、傳奇和儀式的視覺文化》
@ Thames & Hudson原文書
@全彩軟精裝/256頁/開本17.0 x 24.0 cm
@作者：Ethan Doyle White
★對豐富而美麗的異教文化與視覺藝術進行清晰、簡明且詳細的歷史分析
一千多年來，從愛爾蘭到印度，從安地斯到澳大利亞，各種各樣的人民都被那些與之相遇的基督徒標籤為“異教徒”。自20世紀以來，新的異教群體已經出現──像女巫、德魯伊、新興薩滿──他們公開自稱為異教徒。但是這些異教徒是誰，他們相信什麼？他們崇拜哪些神祇？他們崇尚自然嗎？他們實行占卜和魔法嗎？
從充滿超自然力量的神聖植物到手工雕刻的驅邪護身符，從淘氣的自然精靈到神聖的山脈，異教徒在自然界中找到神聖的價值，並在物質宇宙中找到靈性的意義。深入閱讀這些頁面，探究其中的眾多繪畫和雕塑、神龕和儀式物品，揭示了異教信仰的故事、符號和儀式。
【Contents List】
Introduction
Ancient Ways
1: Goddesses + Gods
2: Myths + Legends
3: Numinous Nature
Ritual
1: Sacred Sites
2: Witchcraft
3: Oracles + Divination
Community
1: Festivals
2: Embodied Faith
3: Journeying
A clear, concise and detailed historical analysis of the eclectic and beautiful visual and material culture of paganism
For more than a thousand years, a diverse range of peoples, from Ireland to India and from the Andes to Australia, have been labelled ‘Pagan’ by the Christians who encountered them. Since the twentieth century new groups have emerged – wiccans, druids, neo-shamans and heathens – who openly call themselves Pagans. But who are these Pagans and what do they believe? Which gods and goddesses do they revere? Do they worship nature? Do they practise divination and magic?
From sacred plants imbued with supernatural powers to hand-carved amulets that repel evil, and from mischievous spirits of nature to holy mountains, Pagans find divine value in the natural world and spiritual significance in the material universe. Delve within these pages and examine the myriad paintings and sculptures, shrines and ceremonial objects that reveal the stories, symbols and rituals of Paganism.
