Karl-Heinz Kohl, "Powerful Things: The History and Theory of Sacred Objects"
English | ISBN: 1912385244 | 2020 | 238 pages | PDF | 12 MB
We both give meanings to, and derive our own meanings from, the multitude of objects we live amongst. Trivial things remind us of past loves; old things embody an idealized past; on other things we believe our fate depends. In this book, Karl-Heinz Kohl describes relationships to sacred objects from the viewpoint of anthropology and the history of religion, showing how people of all cultures ascribe quite immeasurable value to things and make their own destiny dependent on these objects.
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