Book Information

Altars: Bringing Sacred Shrines into Your Everyday Life, by Denise Linn

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Brief Synopsis:

Making and using a home altar is a tradition that anyone can follow, regardless of philosophical or religious beliefs.

Long Synopsis:

TFrom the book: he urge to create sacred spaces is so deep in the human psyche that we often create them unconsciously. A gathering of photos on a piano, an arrangement of personal objects on a desk or fireplace mantel, are perhaps outer manifestations of an inner desire to establish hallowed and holy spaces in our environment. Denise Linn, the internationally acclaimed author of Sacred Space, speaks directly to this primal longing for sacred places. In Altars, she demonstrates in photos and text how you can enrich your home or office by creating unique shrines for healing and contemplation. Beautifully illustrated and thoroughly practical, Altars shows how to Create personal altars for devotion, transitions in life, manifestation, and love Choose the optimum place to locate your home altar, according to the points of the compass and the ancient principles of feng shui Select altar objects that are particularly suited to your special needs Purify yourself and your altars with incense, prayers, drumming, and chanting Everyone who yearns to enter into the mysterious and wondrous realms, to infuse ordinary moments with sacred meaning, will find a great abundance of beauty, inspiration, and wisdom in this unique book. Renowned lecturer, author, and visionary Denise Linn has researched spiritual practices from cultures throughout the world for more than twenty-nine years. Calling upon this wealth of knowledge, she originated the unique and groundbreaking feng shui system Interior Alignment . Her synthesis of practical information and spirituality has had a deep impact on thousands of participants worldwide. She is also the author of nine books, including Sacred Legacies, The Secret Language of Signs, Quest, and the international bestseller Sacred Space. Includes appendices which explain the meanings (traditionally) of items frequently used on altars: stones, shells, flowers, herbs and more.

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

135 Pages

ISBN-10:

0345434463

ISBN-13:

9780345434463

Publisher:

N/A

Date of Addition:

04/13/04

Copyright Date:

1999

Copyrighted By:

Denise Linn

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Home and Garden, Religion and Spirituality

Submitted By:

Donna Smith

Proofread By:

Lena Hinkle

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