The Sacred Mountains of Asia By John Einarsen
1995 | 152 Pages | ISBN: 1570620881 | PDF | 53 MB
The sacred mountain is a symbol revered by people in every ethnic and religious tradition of Asia, from India to Japanwhether seen as the abode of the ancestors, a destination of pilgrimage, a pillar holding up the sky, a personification of the god Shiva, or a model of the entire cosmos. The twenty-nine pieces presented here celebrate the sacred peaks through prose, poetry, travelogue, historical and spiritual texts, art, and photographs.