The Beauty of the Primitive: Shamanism and Western Imagination 9780195172317, 0195172310

The Vision of the Soul: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in the Western Tradition 0813229286, 9780813229287

Ours is an age full of desires but impoverished in its understanding of where those desires lead―an age that claims mast

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Shamans : Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination 9780826446374, 9781847250278

With their ability to enter trances, to change into the bodies of other creatures, and to fly through the northern skies

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The Mirror of the Medieval: An Anthropology of the Western Historical Imagination 9781785335457

Since its invention by Renaissance humanists, the myth of the “Middle Ages” has held a uniquely important place in the W

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The Pueblo Potter: A Study of Creative Imagination in Primitive Art 9780231896795

Studies the creative imagination and symbolism in primitive art collected in two seasons work in the pueblos in New Mexi

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The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding 2019051567, 2019051568, 9780367141141, 9780429030284

This volume builds on two recent developments in philosophy on the relationship between art and science: the notion of r

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Imagination in the Western Psyche 9780367205164, 9780429537530, 9780429261978

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On the Development and Distribution of Primitive Locks and Keys

The materials for this paper, together with the rest of the Museum, have been in course of Collection since the year 185

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The Music of the Spheres in the Western Imagination 1793650357, 9781793650351

The Music of the Spheres in the Western Imagination describes various systematic musical ecologies of the cosmos by exam

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Primitive Italy: And the Beginnings of Roman Imperialism 1136197273, 9781136197277

Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. I

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The Primitive World and its Transformations

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