Compendium van rituele planten in Europa
5de druk
Marcel De Cleene, Marie Claire Lejeune
Sterck & De Vreese, 2024
€130,00
Why do we give a red rose to our loved one? Why do we hold on to wood if we want to protect ourselves from bad luck? Who still knows the meaning and origin of objects and customs such as the Christmas stump, the palm branch, the maypole? Many things that seem banal today once had a much deeper meaning. Our customs often have their origins in age-old rituals with great symbolic value.
This book discusses ritual plants that are native or naturalized in Europe (for example the Linden and the Rose), or that are exotic, but are still used ritually in Europe in one way or another (for example Myrrh, Frankincense and Rice). The common thread is man’s innate fear of losing control over his own world and the resulting flight to all kinds of spirits or strange forces. IN DUTCH!
ISBN: 9789056157104
