The Sacred Mountains
of Asia
150 pg., 8 1/4 " x 11" paperback. The sacred mountain is a
symbol revered by people in every ethnic & religious tradition of Asia,
from India to Japan-whether 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
& spiritual texts, art, & photographs. |