Project Gutenberg 2014-10-28 Public domain in the USA. 267 Philpot, J. H., Mrs. Philpot, Isaline Philpot, Joseph Henry, Mrs. 31006633 The Sacred Tree; or, the tree in religion and myth Produced by Shaun Pinder, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Sacred Tree; or, the Tree in Religion and Myth" by Mrs. J. H. Philpot is a detailed examination of the significance of tree worship across various societies, written in the late 19th century. This scholarly work synthesizes religious customs, legends, and practices related to trees, serving as a comprehensive overview of how the concept of the tree has been perceived as a spiritual entity throughout different cultures and epochs. It touches upon the role of tree worship in primitive religions and illustrates its widespread historical presence and persistence in both ancient and contemporary belief systems. The opening of the book sets the stage by establishing the premise that tree worship is one of the earliest and most widely distributed forms of spiritual practice. Philpot discusses the connection of trees with the divine, emphasizing that most cultures have recognized trees as sacred spaces inhabited by spirits or deities. She provides examples from archaeology, literature, and folklore to illustrate how deeply ingrained the notion of the tree-spirit is in human history, suggesting that its significance is still reflected in modern traditions. The initial chapters outline the distribution and origins of tree worship, the relationship of gods to trees, and the beliefs surrounding wood-demons and tree-spirits, laying a foundation for the exploration of this profound aspect of human spirituality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Tree worship BL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 477299 477303 2024-09-19T16:03:05.097462 2023-09-20T12:01:56.330091 text/html text/html 449635 2014-10-27T20:10:08 text/html; charset=utf-8 1650239 2014-10-27T20:11:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1826827 2024-09-19T16:03:15.868374 application/epub+zip 1838149 2024-09-19T16:03:08.100401 application/epub+zip 190167 2024-09-19T16:03:06.487418 application/epub+zip 1979845 2024-09-19T16:03:21.113337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1929303 2024-09-19T16:03:14.342388 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286181 2022-09-21T12:37:40.897118 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340299 2024-09-19T16:03:03.506458 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 341993 2014-10-27T20:10:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 128546 2014-10-27T20:11:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 340307 2014-10-27T20:10:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 128065 2014-10-27T20:11:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 340339 2014-10-27T20:10:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 127927 2014-10-27T20:11:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21275 2024-09-19T16:03:21.357333 application/rdf+xml 12591 2024-09-19T16:03:06.631390 image/jpeg 2338 2024-09-19T16:03:06.557402 image/jpeg 1791380 2024-09-19T16:03:05.208431 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog