Culture, Cohesion, and Conceptualizing the Sacred Following on the heels of Walter van Beek’s anthropological approach, John Hofmann provides a more sociological approach (though the reader …

Disparate uses of the term "sacred" are illustrated, and three categories of meaning are suggested: religious, transcendent, and set apart. The latter concept is differen- tiatedfrom the other two, and its …

Measurability in terms of square area instead of length was the great secret of ancient Greek sacred geometry. The famous theorem of Pythagoras, known to every schoolchild, is understandable only in …

Sacred Geometry symbols may have its roots in Ancient Greece, or even further back. It describes the belief that God, when creating the universe and everything in it, used a consistent kind of geometry …

ens-is clear. From as long as 100,000 to 25,000 years ago, these humans practiced burial rites that indicate a belief in. an afterlife. They also apparently practiced rites of propitiation**, that is, made …

God inspired the human authors of Sacred Scripture to write down just what he wanted and nothing more. It contains the hope and promises of God's love, consolation in times of difficulty, and the …

Setting specific times and places apart as sacred is a fundamental structure in human cultures, without which no religion, nation-state or political ideology can insure the continuity of its power, hierarchy …