Sacred Mountains of the World - Hardcover

Bernbaum, Edwin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871567121 ISBN 13: 9780871567123

Publisher: Random House, Inc., 1990

Synopsis

Examines the myths, beliefs, powers, and mysteries of mountains which help to explain why they are held in such reverence

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Review:

Mountaineer and scholar of comparative religion Edwin Bernbaum knows his subject from experience as well as from texts. In his award-winning collection of luminous photographs, Sacred Mountains of the World, Bernbaum takes you through the sacred ranges of six continents, while weaving the stories of gods and spirits with those of explorers and mountaineers. The best, most substantive, book of its kind. --Brian Bruya

From the Inside Flap:

"This book is fascinating . . . full of adventure, cultural significance and religious symbology."—Sir Edmund Hillary

"A treasure of a book that masterfully weaves together fact, history, legend, and spiritual truth."—Jacob Needleman, author of The New Religions

"Edwin Bernbaum has succeeded in unfolding the many aspects of this rich symbol, and has never forgotten to let the reader climb with him in this symbolic ascent. In our time of increasing ecological disasters—as well as awareness—such a book is a timely and important contribution."—Raimon Panikkar, University of California, Santa Barbara

"Once in a great and precious while, a book comes across a columnist's desk that arrests the spirit and causes one to see the world in a breathtakingly new way. [This] is such a book."—Georgie Ann Geyer, Universal Press Syndicate

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House, Inc.
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0871567121
• ISBN 13: 9780871567123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 291