Creating Sacred Spaces for Communities

Creating Sacred Spaces for Communities
Author: Samuel Welsh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780984737314

Drawing on lessons from the past, this book takes construction and architecture into a whole new dimension. New age teacher Samuel Welsh, reveals the secrets of the ancient builders of such sacred places as Stonehenge, Machu Picchu, and the pyramids. He shows how techniques used to build ancient churches and monuments can be applied today to create sacred spaces in our homes and in our communities. Sacred space brings grace, harmony, and joy to those within it. But it offers tangible benefits as well. Environments that carry sacred energies have long been known to enhance quality of life, improve health, and increase longevity. Many of the techniques described in this book are intended for those involved in building design and construction such as architects, land use planners, and community developers. Yet, because most of these approaches are simple enough to be used on a smaller scale, Welsh explains in simple terms how anyone can create sacred spaces that bring peace and serenity into their hectic life. He includes step-by-step suggestions for designing sacred spaces on a more intimate scale such as quiet retreats, meditation rooms, and spaces to enjoy creative activities.

The Politics of Public Space in Republican Rome

The Politics of Public Space in Republican Rome
Author: Amy Russell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2016
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1107040493

This book explores how public space in Republican Rome was an unstable category marked, experienced, and defined by multiple actors and audiences.

Holistic Spaces

Holistic Spaces
Author: Anjie Cho
Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2018-12-06
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1782497730

Transform your home into a calm, balanced and harmonious oasis using architect Anjie Cho's helpful advice, drawing on her background in green design and feng shui. You don't have to get rid of all your possessions and become an ascetic to change your space and discover the benefits that living in a considered, organic way can bring. The easy suggestions in Holistic Spaces show you how to implement the principles of feng shui and green design in your home. Written for the way we live today, as we move toward a more mindful approach to health, diet and the way that we choose the objects in our homes, this is the perfect guide to help you to clear and refresh your living environment. Learn how to make every room in your home serve its highest purpose, create eco-friendly spaces, bring nature indoors, choose colours for maximum impact, select a space for meditation practice, and overall, create a peaceful and organic home. From the bedroom to the home office, these intuitive, straightforward tips will teach you to how improve your spaces to boost the flow of energy through your life.

faith and community

faith and community
Author: Creative Street Inc
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2003-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781882079216

Sacred spaces shape our identity and reflect our values. Learn how creating, defining, and maintaining sacred spaces in a community can be enriching - and sometimes controversial.

Holy Places

Holy Places
Author: Nancy DeMott
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2007-11-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1566995477

Building communicate. Stained glass windows, high altars, multi-purpose worship/gymnasium spaces, Plexiglas pulpits, padded pews--these and all other architectural elements say something about a congregation's theology and mission. They point to a faith community's beliefs about worship, identity, purpose, and more. From the stark simplicity of a Quaker meetinghouse to the splendor of a Romanesque Revival building, sacred spaces speak loudly. What they say can either reinforce a congregation's mission or detract from it. Holy Places is designed to be used by congregations who are involved in or are contemplating work on their facilities. This could include renovation, remodeling, expansion, or building. No matter how extensive the project, approaching the work with mission at the forefront is the key to having a final result that strengthens the congregation's ministry. The process outlined in this book--discern, decide, do--lets congregations begin where they are and provides the help they need to move to the next level.

Your Altar

Your Altar
Author: Sandra Kynes
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2007
Genre: Altars
ISBN: 0738711055

A reminder of the Divine, a space for spiritual encounter, or a focal point for meditation--the altar is a powerful tool for people of all faiths. Sandra Kynes demonstrates how to create personal altars and empower these sacred spaces according to your needs. Discover how to harness energies to manifest change, make decisions, receive wisdom, find balance, explore your soul, and grow spiritually. Kynes's unique approach provides nine overall matrices--each one corresponding to the number of objects placed on the altar--and the numerological significance of each. You'll also find suggested meditations and a wealth of helpful information--spanning chakras, colors, days of the week, elements, gemstones, gods/goddesses, runes, and more--for choosing appropriate symbols and objects that reflect your needs.

The Sabbath

The Sabbath
Author: Abraham Joshua Heschel
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2005-08-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1466800097

Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabbath has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication--and has been read by thousands of people seeking meaning in modern life. In this brief yet profound meditation on the meaning of the Seventh Day, Heschel, one of the most widely respected religious leaders of the twentieth century, introduced the influential idea of an 'architecture of holiness" that appears not in space but in time. Judaism, he argues, is a religion of time: it finds meaning not in space and the materials things that fill it but in time and the eternity that imbues it, so that 'the Sabbaths are our great catherdrals.' Featuring black-and-white illustrations by Ilya Schor

Bless This House

Bless This House
Author: Donna Henes
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2018-05-16
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0486829952

An urban shaman explains how to conduct blessing ceremonies that sanctify the home and other personal spaces. Learn about cleansing agents and how to use them to shower the home with love, luck, abundance, and protection.

Searching for Sacred Space

Searching for Sacred Space
Author: John Ander Runkle
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780898693713

Every Sunday we walk through those doors and enter a sacred space. It is familiar, maybe comforting--or maybe not. It might be downright uncomfortable and unwelcoming. What can we do about it? In twelve thoughtful and provocative essays, the writers ask important questions about the relationship between sacred spaces and the worship that takes place in them: -How do our buildings convey a vision of God's kingdom on earth? -How are our places of worship reflecting our beliefs? -In what visible, tangible forms are we proclaiming a faith in the living God? -How are our church buildings helping this church bring the Gospel into a new century?