WHEN NATURAL PHENOMENA ENTER THE SYMBOLIC SPHERE: AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON RITUAL TEXTS WITHIN THE EGYPTIAN FUNERARY CULT

Numen ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Erika Meyer-Dietrich
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Ancient Egypt ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Religious Ritual ◽  
Regular Event ◽  
Symbolic Value ◽  
Methodological Considerations

AbstractThis article presents a new approach in the study of the ecology of religion. Single ecological factors that appear as subject matter in religious sources are analyzed as factors in the religious world. The symbolic value is applied to environmental factors through ritualization. The natural phenomenon of the inundation of the river Nile was a regular event in ancient Egypt. To investigate the reproduction and use of this ecological factor in religious ritual a model has been developed called "The Dynamic Ecology of Religion." This model and its theoretical and hermeneutical basis are outlined, some methodological considerations are made, and the explanatory value of the model discussed.

scholarly journals Orchid Reintroduction Based on Seed Germination-Promoting Mycorrhizal Fungi Derived From Protocorms or Seedlings

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da-Ke Zhao ◽  
Marc-André Selosse ◽  
Limin Wu ◽  
Yan Luo ◽  
Shi-Cheng Shao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Germination ◽  
Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Practical Procedure ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Orchid Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Ecological Specificity

Orchids are among the most endangered in the plant kingdom. Lack of endosperm in their seeds renders orchids to depend on nutrients provided by orchid mycorrhizal fungi (OMF) for seed germination and seedling formation in the wild. OMF that parasitize in germination seeds is an essential element for orchid seedling formation, which can also help orchid reintroduction. Considering the limitations of the previous orchid reintroduction technology based on seed germination-promoting OMF (sgOMF) sourced from orchid roots, an innovative approach is proposed here in which orchid seeds are directly co-sown with sgOMF carrying ecological specificity from protocorms/seedlings. Based on this principle, an integrative and practical procedure concerning related ecological factors is further raised for re-constructing long-term and self-sustained orchid populations. We believe that this new approach will benefit the reintroduction of endangered orchids in nature.

scholarly journals AESTHETIC EVALUATION IN OLD RUSSIAN LITERARY MONUMENTS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
М.Вас. Пименова
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Aesthetic Evaluation ◽  
Value Differences ◽  
Religious Ritual ◽  
Old Russian ◽  
Russian Literary ◽  
Church Decoration ◽  
Architectural Structures

Статья посвящена диахроническому подходу к изучению аксиологии. Говорится о древнем синкретизме оценки и его постепенном расщеплении в связи с возникновением ценностных различий между внутренним и внешним. Рассматривается языковое выражение эстетической оценки в оригинальных памятниках литературы Древней Руси. Приводятся контексты проповеди, жития, летописи, хождения, «похвалы» празднику, повести, обращения к князю, торжественного «слова», в которых описываются единичные объекты и явления действительности (внешность человека, архитектурные сооружения, церковное убранство, религиозный ритуал, окружающая местность, природные явления), т.е. определяется «Что прекрасно?» (вопрос, поставленный еще в Древней Греции Сократом и Платоном). Подчеркивается необходимость дальнейшего изучения отражения в языке эстетической оценки (‘красиво’ – ‘безобразно’) для демонстрации процесса становления эстетики как науки, отвечающей на второй («парный») философский вопрос античности «Что такое прекрасное?». The article is devoted to the diachronic approach to the study of axiology. It is said about the ancient syncretism of evaluation and its gradual splitting due to the emergence of value differences between internal and external. The article considers the language expression of aesthetic evaluation in the original monuments of literature of Ancient Russia. The context of a sermon, a life, a chronicle, a walk, a «praise» for a holiday, a story, an address to the Prince, a solemn «word», which describes individual objects and phenomena of reality (human appearance, architectural structures, Church decoration, religious ritual, the surrounding area, natural phenomena), that is, defines «What is beautiful?» (a question posed in Ancient Greece by Socrates and Plato). The article emphasizes the need to further study the reflection of aesthetic evaluation in the language (‘beautiful’ – ‘ugly’) to demonstrate the process of formation of aesthetics as a science that answers the second («paired») philosophical question of antiquity «What is beautiful?».

scholarly journals Increasing the Understanding of the Physical Concept through the Usage of Video based on Natural Phenomena of Students in Grade VIII Mts. As'adiyah Puteri II Sengkang Center

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Besse Mutmainnah ◽  
Kaharuddin Arafah ◽  
Khaeruddin Khaeruddin
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Physical Concept ◽  
Path Diagram ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Research Stage

The study is a classroom action research, which aims at describing the comprehension of physics concept using natural phenomenon-based video of grade VIII students at MTs. As’adiyah Puteri II Pusat Sengkang. The research design employed path diagram in classroom action research (an adaptation of classroom action research stage of Mikayla-Exactio Tunujaya & Mumu model). The research subjects were students of grade VIII-1 at MTs. As’adiyah Puteri II Pusat Sengkang. The test of comprehension of physics concept and video of natural phenomenon-based were validated by two experts. Based on the results of the study, it is discovered that there is improving the percentage of comprehension of physics concept using natural phenomenon-based video, namely 34.78% in cycle 1 with 8 students obtain the incomplete score. There is 65.22% with 15 students obtain a complete score in cycle 1. In cycle 2, there is the improvement of comprehension of physics concept to 100% complete with 23 students who obtain a complete score. It indicates that there is an improvement of comprehension of physics concept with indicators of translation, interpretation, and extrapolation by using natural phenomenon-based video. 

THE NATURE-CONCEPT IN THE NOVELS OF Sh.MURTAZA

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-288
Author(s):  
А. Seitenova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
General Idea ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Personal View ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time ◽  
Black Pearl

In the article, the oeuvre of Sherkhan Murtaza are discussed in the context of the conceptual-figurative character of natural phenomena for the first time. The literary texts which have been previously studied in the context of various aspects have been analyzed in view of a new approach to the study of the artistic role of landscape. The landscape is considered to be a personal view of the world, reproduced by the writer, and in this regard, research along this cognitive line. As exemplified in the novels of “Aisha”, “Black Pearl”, and “Red Arrow” by Sherkhan Murtaza, the parallels of landscape sketches with the author’s intention are analyzed, resulting in uncovering of artistic concepts of earth, sky, fire, and water. A general idea of the concept-forming role of the artistic landscape in the poetry of Sh. Murtaza was systematized and formed.

Natura machinata: artifacts and nature as reciprocal models in Vitruvius

Apeiron ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-445
Author(s):  
Courtney Roby
Keyword(s):  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Natural System ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Roman Culture

Abstract The De architectura of Vitruvius represents architecture as a discipline blending elements of theory and practice, science and social utility, and Greek and Roman culture. His vision of architecture accordingly embraces both the natural and the artificial, emphasizing the connections between their governing principles rather than a polar or antagonistic opposition. He uses this connection to clarify and simplify his descriptions of both natural systems and mechanical artifacts, and to reinforce each body of knowledge using what is known from the other. The analogy between the natural and artificial appears as well in other ancient authors, but Vitruvius restructures this analogy in a distinctive way. His version is predicated on the careful observation of a specific set of mechanical artifacts, each chosen because it models some natural phenomenon particularly well. Artifacts that model natural phenomena, such as clocks and celestial models, help the user to visualize natural systems that may not be subject to direct sensory apprehension because of their great size. He insists that mechanical cleverness can elucidate the divinity within the principles of natural phenomena, which would otherwise remain hidden in the heavens. Vitruvius complements this type of modeling with a reciprocal version in which natural phenomena serve as models to shape technological works like theaters. Throughout the De architectura, Vitruvius proposes a variety of ways in which the natural and artificial can model one another. A material model may replicate the behavior of a natural system which is already known from observation; a material model may replicate unknown but hypothesized behavior of such a system; finally, a hypothesized material model may replicate the hypothesized behavior of a natural system through a kind of thought-experiment. Alternatively, the unknown behavior of one natural system may be hypothesized to resemble the behavior of another natural system known from observation, and this hypothesis applied to the design of man-made artifacts. From this viewpoint, describing technological artifacts and explaining the natural world are mutually reinforcing activities. So, in composing the De architectura, Vitruvius is not merely attempting to provide a picture of the state of the art of technology in his day, but is at the same time seeking to communicate a particular technologically-informed way of understanding natura itself.

Approach to the study

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Yardley
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Charles Taylor ◽  
Social World ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Practice Analysis ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Social ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
Selection Of

This chapter outlines the ontological, epistemological and methodological considerations of the empirical research reported in this book and proposes a new approach towards analysing media in crime, termed Ethnographic Media Practice Analysis for Criminology (EMPAC). It also explains the rationale for the selection of the three cases to which EMPAC has been applied: the murder of Jennifer Alfonso, the Janzen familicide, and the murder of Charles Taylor. After establishing the view of the social world that this study proceeds from, the chapter discusses the approach to understanding that social world — or epistemology. The objective is to identify what tools and techniques would be most appropriate for making sense of the social media confessions of homicide perpetrators.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING NATURAL PHENOMENON VIDEOS TO IMPROVE LEARNING OUTCOME ON PRESSURE MATERIALS IN SMP

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Achmad Fatoni Azis ◽  
Indrawati Indrawati ◽  
Iwan Wicaksono
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Learning Science ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Calculation Analysis ◽  
Difficult Subject

The use of media in learning science is still rarely used which affects students’ perception that science is a difficult subject, and results in low students’ learning outcomes. Using natural phenomena videos is a medium used to facilitate students in learning science. The purpose of this study was to describe the effectiveness of using natural phenomenon videos to improve the learning outcomes of pressure material in junior high school (SMP). This research used a quantitative descriptive study that aimed to see the effect of using media in improving the students’ learning outcomes. The design of the study used one group pre-test-post-test design. The data collection technique was a test of learning outcomes, where N-Gain used for the calculation analysis of learning outcomes. The results showed an increase in students’ learning outcomes after treated using natural phenomena videos on pressure material learning by 0.5977 that included in the medium category. Thus, learning using natural phenomena videos was effective in improving the students’ learning outcomes on pressure material in the medium category.

scholarly journals Dibalik Fakta dan Mitos Fenomena Super Blue “Blood” Moon

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Yunina Surtiana
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Shift ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Scientific Phenomenon ◽  
Points Of View

This article discusses a natural phenomenon namely Super Blue (Blood) Moon (later to be referred as SBBM) in terms of scientific and mythical points of view. The method used in this study is literature study promoting library research as its instrument.Thus, as much literature as possible in a variety of types such as books, journals, and any articles is collected and later analyzed. Having synthesized the literature, this study finds out that in terms of science, it is a very phenomenal occurrence since there are three natural phenomena namely super moon, blood moon, and blue moon happening simultaneously. Researchers and scientists usually seize this moment for science. For instance, some of them study the temperature shift of the moon. In the meantime, in terms of mythical point of view, some beliefs starting from the moon fights with the sun, the moon is eaten by a dragon, and the moon contributes to maternal fertility, still exist among people around the world. In conclusion, there needs to be further socialization that SBBM is a scientific phenomenon and that it has nothing to do with the existing myths around the globe.  

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