Calendars of Mesoamerican civilisations are subjected to what is categorised as "ritual practices of time". The book is a comparative explication of rituals of time of four calendars: The Long Count calendar, the 260-day calendar, the 365-day calendar and the 52-years calendar. …
Calendars of Mesoamerican civilisations are subjected to what is categorised as "ritual practices of time". The book is a comparative explication of rituals of time of four calendars: The Long Count calendar, the 260-day calendar, the 365-day calendar and the 52-years calendar. …
The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community radically redefined the concept of time that they had inherited from earlier religions' beliefs and practices. This new temporal system, based on a lunar calendar and era, was complex and required sophistication and accuracy. …
"The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community radically redefined the concept of time that they had inherited from earlier religions' beliefs and practices. This new temporal system, based on a lunar calendar and era, was complex and required sophistication and accuracy.…
"Kalacakra and the Tibetan Calendar describes the contents of current Tibetan almanacs, from the most basic mathematics to the symbolic and historical information they contain. Essential for understanding the Kalacakra Tantra's first chapter, it traces and describes the origin o…
"This book takes as its theme the related issues of calendar, chronology and workship, as they were conceived and practiced in ancient Jewish and early Christian times." "After a general discussion of the way the three issues are related, there follow six chapters on the calenda…
