“I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India.” WritingStoriesCultureAudienceFocusIndiaSacredLike MeSymbolsChineseRitual Author:Devdutt Pattanaik
“Each person is sacred, no matter what his or her culture, religion, handicap, or fragility. Each person is created in God’s image; each one has a heart, a capacity to love and to be loved.” HeartPersonsMatterCultureCapacityNo Matter WhatSacredHandicapsFragilityCapacity To LoveCulture Religion Book:The Heart of L'Arche: A spirituality for every day Source: The Heart of L'Arche: A spirituality for every day
“In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that has been responsible for doing everything in its power to destroy Native American cultures.” Has BeensEndsGovernmentCultureIntegrityResponsibleSacredDeterminedAbsenceIronyNativeNative AmericanAmerican CultureNative American Culture Book:Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming Source: Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming
“Among archetypal images, the Sacred Tree is one of the most widely know symbols on Earth. There are few cultures in which the Sacred Tree does not figure: as an image of the cosmos, as a dwelling place of gods or spirits, as a medium of prophecy and knowledge, and as an agent of metamorphoses when the tree is transformed into human or divine form or when it bears a divine or human image as its fruit or flowers.” KnowsHumansDoeEarthFormSpiritCultureTreeFiguresDivineFlowerBearsSacredFruitMediumsSymbolsAgentsCosmosTransformedProphecyDwellingMetamorphosisDwelling Place Author:Christopher McDowell