"Sacred Mountains" Zoom Talk with Dr. James Rietveld  Thurs August 10, 8 pm

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Join us for this "Sacred Mountains-Academic Study of Elevated Spiritual Places" Zoom talk by Dr. James Rietveld-Thursday, August 10, 8 p.m.

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"SACRED MOUNTAINS: An Academic Study of Elevated Places of Spiritual Power, Epiphany, Mystery, Ritual Transition, Pilgrimage, Metamorphosis, &amp; Home of the Gods"Join us for this "Sacred Mountains" Zoom talk by Dr. James Rietveld on Thursday, August 10, 8 p.m.Pay What You Wish: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/687650590427Mountains: Full of majesty they stand, often ascending into the clouds, their inclines appearing to move from Earth into Heaven. Almost every religion in the world has at least one sacred mountain or more, acting as monolithic thresholds, liminal places of transition, metaphors of power, great spirits in stone, or even homes for the gods, whether they are the foundations for their celestial cities or their mythic paradises. So often we think of Mount Olympus, the dwelling place of the Greek and Roman gods, or Mount Kailash, the home of Shiva in Hinduism and sacred to those of Buddhism and Jainism as well, but these mountains are literally everywhere! With Judaism we have Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments, Mount Zion, Mount Carmel, and Mount Moriah, the place of the Jewish Temple, with their Samaritan kin countering that God was to be found in connection to Mount Gerizim instead. Meanwhile Christianity has its Mount of Olives, the Mount of Transfigurations, and, for the Greek Orthodox, Mount Athos. Islam has its Mount Hira, Hinduism has its Mount Meru, Zoroastrianism has its Hara Berezati, Shintoism has its Mount Fuji and Mount Koya-san, and the list goes on. Sacred mountains were places for pilgrimages, places intended for spiritual contemplation and isolation, and places to encounter the supernatural realm, even to meet the gods. We will investigate exactly what it is that makes Sacred Mountains from the most ancient of times so important to humanity even today, investigating what these giant cathedrals of nature stirs in us as well as realizing many shared beliefs concerning them all over the world!Dr. James Rietveld is a professor at CSU, Fullerton and Cal Poly Pomona, CA of History, Anthropology, Religion with a PHD from Claremont School of Religion, is author of two books, and can be seen on History channel's "Crazy Rich Ancients."

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"Sacred Mountains" Zoom Talk with Dr. James Rietveld Thurs August 10, 8 pm

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