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Mysteries of the landscape
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The Earth's surface gave shape to the early cosmologies of almost every culture. This program explores that universal phenomenon, traveling across the globe to examine the role of geology in religi...
The Earth's surface gave shape to the early cosmologies of almost every culture. This program explores that universal phenomenon, traveling across the globe to examine the role of geology in religion and myth. From the revered Uluru/Ayers Rock in Australia to Crete's Diktaeon cave-according to tradition, the birthplace of Zeus-the video explains the spiritual significance of numerous sites while connecting them with historical events and scientific concepts. Sacred, monumental additions to the landscape are also featured, including the Mayan pyramids, the stone dolmens of Europe, the dragon trees of Tenerife, and the Meteora monasteries atop the Pindus Mountains.
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- Creator
- Kifaru Productions
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2006], c2005
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (53 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781421344485
- OCLC
- ocn709671836
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on June 13, 2006.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Australia's Sacred Places (5:43) -- Mongol Worship (5:00) -- Mongol Home and Cardinal Points (2:28) -- Sun and Mayan Cosmology (4:16) -- Sun: Primordial Deity (2:33) -- Mother Goddesses: Earth and Fertility (2:37) -- Meteora: Monasteries of the Air (3:43) -- Vulcan's Domain (3:01) -- Columns and Megaliths (8:38) -- Menhirs, Dolmens, and Stone Circles (3:45) -- Magical Trees (3:58) -- Sacred and Medicinal Trees (4:13) -- Gold and God (4:23)