Lotus Quest In Search of the Sacred Flower

Name: Lotus Quest In Search of the Sacred Flower
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ISBN: 9780312641481

ISBN-10: 0312641486

ISBN-13: 9780312641481

Edition: 2010

Authors: Mark Griffiths

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The author goes in search of the mystery of the Lotus, sacred flower from Egypt to Japan, touching on its medicinal uses as well as the inspiration it has provided to Western artists. Most of all, he unveils a stunning vision of Japan's feudal era in visits to shrines, ruins, gardens and wild landscapes. "From the Hardcover edition."

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 7/6/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements



Prologue: In the Strong Room



A Celestial Plant



The Sacred Lotus



Metamorphoses Transformed



Egyptian Mysteries



What 'Beans' Means



The Tree of Life



The Birth of Lakshmi



Western Dreamers



St Mary's Beehives



Lotus-Land



Honourable Foreigners



The Buddha among the Brahmins



Seeds of Eternity



Doctor Lotus



Oga-hasu



Lotus-Eating



Refugium



Through Looking Glass and Keyhole



A Thousand Petals, a Million Prayers



Sacred and Profane



Secret Lake



Lotus Love



The Mansion of a Thousand Autumns



Hasu-gari



Tales of Genji



The Hall of the Lotus King



The Wars of the Lotuses



The Hill of Cranes



And the lotos rose, quietly, quietly



A Dream of Islands



Lacustral



The Deep North



Bamboo Autumn



The Golden Hall



Samsara


Notes on Sources and Further Reading


Index