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The Lalibela Handbook

Damien Pryor

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  • 102 sidor
  • 2014
This guide to the famous rock churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia is the only book that explores the deeper mystical purpose implied in its artworks and cultural context. *Tour these extraordinary underground sanctuaries, and see how to read their architecture* Learn of rare reports about Lalibela from travelers in earlier centuries* Read actual texts from the Life of King Lalibela, describing how his 3-day mystical sleep inspired him to build these ten buildings Discover:* Ancient Egyptian sun-god beliefs embedded in Lalibela's cosmic view of Christianity* The Church of the Virgin Mary is actually a sanctuary dedicated to a new form of the Egyptian goddess Isis* A carving of Three Beasts, opponents of spirituality, echoing Dante's Divine Comedy and the Egyptian Book of the Dead* Apocalyptic carvings kept secret in the crypt, according to travelers' reports* Christ as a sun god, and carvings of the solar Akeru deity from Egypt* Allusions to the Odes of Solomon and to Melchizedek* Medhanie Alem; the sanctuary dedicated to the global Community of Goodwill* Why rumours about Lalibela and the Templars are false.

  • Författare: Damien Pryor
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780958134194
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 102
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2014-09-30
  • Förlag: Threshold Publishing