Sacred mountains of the world

"Introduction Mountains and the Sacred As the highest and most dramatic features of the natural landscape, mountains have an extraordinary power to evoke the sacred. The ethereal rise of a ridge in mist, the glint of moonlight on an icy face, a flare of gold on a distant peak - such glimpses of...

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Main Author: Bernbaum, Edward (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2022
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Edition:Second edition
Further subjects:B Mountains Religious aspects

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