Esoteric Symbolism of the ‘Tree of Life’: A Cross-cultural Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
Relic Ratka
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Tree Of Life ◽  
Religious Experiences ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Indigenous Cultures ◽  
The World ◽  
Ecstatic Experience

The article reviews about esoteric symbolism of the tree of life in shamanic cultures and oriental traditions including classical Hindu and Buddhist systems, together with various esoteric and indigenous traditions. The very idea of the tree of life, in indigenous cultures, which is often called the ‘world tree’ or ‘shamanic tree’, is connected with human illumination process in the form of mystical or ecstatic experience gained through the process of the self-realization. These various forms of mystico-religious experiences could be found in many religious traditions, considered to be cross-cultural phenomena. The author made an attempt to make a classification of chakras and energetic structure of the human body according to cross-cultural analysis of various cultures.

scholarly journals THE SYSTEM OF EXERCISES IN THE STUDY OF PAREMIAS WITH LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE LESSONS OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 580-587
Author(s):  
Z. Bekmambetova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
National Language ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Unique Object ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Layers ◽  
Historical Nature

This article discusses the methodological system of studying paremias in Russian language lessons. Linguistic and cultural analysis of paremia allows us to identify the existing value-significant representations of an ethnic group based on accumulated information of a cultural and historical nature, first of all, about a person in the aggregate of certain properties, qualities, activities, and his attitude to the world. Paremias are aphorisms of folk origin, characterized by conciseness of form, reproducibility of meaning and having, as a rule, an edifying meaning. Paremia is a unique object for the study of language and culture, the purpose of which is to study cultural layers in the structure of the meaning of language units. Paremia is capable not only of expressing a conclusion, but also of forming generalized ideas about the laws of life. Since paremias are part of the national language picture of the world, and therefore part of the national language mentality, in this case, in our opinion, it is also possible to talk about the existence of a proverbial mentality, that is, the mentality of the nation, reflected in the paremiological Fund. When studying the discipline “Russian language”, students have the opportunity to master the skills of linguistic and cultural analysis of language units, get acquainted with different types of exercises and tasks, prepare to apply the acquired skills and implement the skills in regular, extracurricular and extracurricular activities.

Higher Education Scenario from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-55
Author(s):  
Enric Serradell-López ◽  
Pablo Lara-Navarra ◽  
Cristina Casado-Lumbreras
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Strategy Design ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Do So

Higher education institutions are crucial in the present. Universities play a role that varies with time and evolves with society. Globalization is changing the world and affecting higher education institutions in all their intrinsic characteristics: personnel, programs, infrastructures and students. Analyzed is the relevant research on cultural dimensions and applies it to higher education institutions focusing the analysis of the impact on eLearning setups. To do so, variables related to organizational strategy, design of curricula and teaching tools are proposed and analyzed from a set of cultural dimensions. Results show that higher education institutions are facing big challenges in their adaptation to multi-cultural arrangements.

scholarly journals A cross-cultural perspective on musealization: the museum’s reception by China and Japan in the second half of the nineteenth century

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Wan-Chen
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Far East ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Preservation ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
The West ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The World ◽  
China And Japan ◽  
Chinese Intellectuals

Historically museums emerged in the West and were subsequently taken up by people in other regions of the world, including the Far East, where the museum was adopted with alacrity by Japanese and Chinese intellectuals. This article explores how China and Japan imagined museums when they first encountered them in the West. It sketches how intellectuals in these two nations began to conduct ‘musealization’, and suggests that the museum in China and Japan was a product of appropriation of Western formats that was, however, deeply influenced by traditional attitudes to cultural preservation and display.

The social and personal functions of music in cross-cultural perspective

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

Music's uses and contexts are so many and so various that the task of cataloguing its functions is daunting: how can we make sense of this diversity? These functions appear to range from the individual (music can affect the way we feel and the way we manage our lives) to the social (it can facilitate the coordination of large numbers of people and help to forge a sense of group identity). This article argues that musical behaviour covers a vast middle ground in which relationships between self and other or between the individual and the collective are played out. It surveys some of the extant literature on music's functions – referring to literature from ethnomusicology, anthropology, musicology, psychology, and sociology, and discussing a wide variety of musical contexts from around the world – and develops an argument emphasizing music's role in the management of relationships between self and other.

Does Online Dating Promotion Vary Across Cultures? A Cross-cultural Analysis of Homepage Advertisements of Online Dating Services in 51 Countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 097325862110600
Author(s):  
Aditi Paul ◽  
Saifuddin Ahmed ◽  
Karolina Zaluski
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Uncertainty Avoidance ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Advertising Appeals ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

This study extends our understanding of the influence of culture on advertising within the novel context of online dating. People around the world have come to depend on online dating services (ODSs) to participate in the dating process. Since the norms and expectations of dating are influenced by a country’s cultural values, we expect ODSs to adapt their advertising messages to be congruent with these values. Using the Pollay–Hofstede framework, we examine the relationship between advertising appeals used by 1,003 ODSs from 51 countries and the cultural dimensions of these countries. Results showed that ODS advertisements appealed to people’s need for relationship, friendship, entertainment, sex, status, design and identity. The use of these appeals was congruent with only the individualism/collectivism and uncertainty avoidance cultural dimensions. Based on these results, we argue that ODS’s overwhelming use of culturally incongruent advertising messages can lead to a global transformation and homogenisation of the dating culture.

Reflecting the World “Out There”: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Worries, Values and Well-Being

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Boehnke ◽  
Claudia Stromberg ◽  
Murari Prasad Regmi ◽  
Bert O. Richmond ◽  
Subhas Chandra
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
The World

the Tree of Life as a Research Methodology

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian M. Jiménez Estrada
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Tree Of Life ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Indigenous Culture ◽  
Indigenous Cultures ◽  
General Overview ◽  
The World ◽  
Negative Impacts

AbstractThis paper is grounded on the premise that research, as a colonising practice, needs constant reconceptualisation and rethinking. I propose a methodology based on some of the values, visions and stories from my own Maya Indigenous culture and knowledge in addition to other Indigenous cultures across the world. I argue that researchers need to constantly acknowledge and change the negative impacts of ignoring multiple ways of knowing by engaging in respectful methods of knowledge collection and production. This paper contributes to the work Indigenous scholars have done in the area of research methodologies and knowledge production. First, a general overview of the values and concepts embedded in the Ceiba or the “Tree of Life” is presented; then, a discussion of what respectful research practices entail follows; finally, it concludes with a reflection on how the Ceiba is a small example of how researchers can adapt their research methodology to the local context.

“The World is So Much Bigger”

2021 ◽  
pp. 211-230
Author(s):  
Tina Marie Keller
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Religious Experiences ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The World ◽  
One Year ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
The Impact

Opportunities to experience diverse religious traditions while traveling abroad can create invitations to explore the role of religion in identity. This becomes important as teacher educators prepare preservice teachers for classrooms of increasing religious diversity. This study examined the impact of a two-week experience in Israel for three preservice teachers before, immediately after, and one year after the trip. The data suggests that purposeful inclusions of religious experiences, sites, and more importantly personal encounters with individuals of a variety of faiths can create occasions to reflect upon the role of religion in identity. The preservice teachers in this study, while each possessing unique perspectives, spoke to the impact of this experience upon their teaching in the classroom. The chapter concludes with suggested recommendations on how to incorporate religion while planning a trip with preservice teachers.

“The World is So Much Bigger”

2017 ◽  
pp. 275-294
Author(s):  
Tina Marie Keller
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Religious Experiences ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The World ◽  
One Year ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
The Impact

Opportunities to experience diverse religious traditions while traveling abroad can create invitations to explore the role of religion in identity. This becomes important as teacher educators prepare preservice teachers for classrooms of increasing religious diversity. This study examined the impact of a two-week experience in Israel for three preservice teachers before, immediately after, and one year after the trip. The data suggests that purposeful inclusions of religious experiences, sites, and more importantly personal encounters with individuals of a variety of faiths can create occasions to reflect upon the role of religion in identity. The preservice teachers in this study, while each possessing unique perspectives, spoke to the impact of this experience upon their teaching in the classroom. The chapter concludes with suggested recommendations on how to incorporate religion while planning a trip with preservice teachers.

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