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  New Georgia Encyclopedia: The Sacred Harp
Sacred Harp singings follow a characteristic pattern established by White and maintained by such later singing masters as the Densons and McGraw.
In The Sacred Harp a tune may be ascribed to a composer, an arranger who learned it from older singers, or merely to an earlier tune book.) Some tunes, either from their origin or because of shaping through generations of traditional singers, may properly be called folk tunes.
Sacred Harp singing preserves traditional ways from earlier times but is also a living art form in which composers write new songs.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-549   (1608 words)

  
 Sacred Geometry - Crystalinks
Sacred geometry is geometry that is sacred to the observer or discoverer.
Sacred geometry can be described as attributing a religious or cultural value to the graphical representation of the mathematical relationships and the design of the man-made objects that symbolize or represent these mathematical relationships.
The term "sacred geometry" is used by archaeologists, anthropologists, and geometricians to encompass the religious, philosophical, and spiritual beliefs that have sprung up around geometry in various cultures during the course of human history.
www.crystalinks.com /sacred_geometry.html   (468 words)

  
 Sacred Places: Sacredness
It is a feature of manifestations of the sacred that they are invariably interpreted or identified within the context of the religious beliefs of the beholder (or, in the case of people who are otherwise non-religious previous to their experience, with respect to prevailing religious beliefs of their culture).
Water and the Sacred), was tempted by the devil on a mountain and was crucified on a mountain, Mount Calvary (cf.
Trees and the Sacred), and was buried in a rock-cut tomb (cf.
witcombe.sbc.edu /sacredplaces/sacredness.html   (1403 words)

  
 3DAvenue.com - Gaming and tech, news and reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Sacred, however, attempts to go beyond what is classic and create an identity of its own.
If you share this belief, Sacred will offer a very extensive single player experience indeed, which can then be experienced over again on a new difficulty setting after first completing on the "Bronze" difficulty.
Hidden in the land of Ancaria are a few crazy items, including a Jason X mask and bloody machete, a pair of sunglasses at a tropical retreat and a lightsaber, not to mention probably other items either people haven't found yet or that will be included at a later time in a patch.
www.3davenue.com /index.php?mod=article&id=675   (1821 words)

  
 Human Form From Sacred Geometry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Sacred Geometry studies such primal systems which reveal the unity of the cosmos by representing the relationships between numbers geometrically.
The Vesica Piscis is one of the most fundamental geometrical forms of this ancient discipline and it reveals the relationship between the The Great Pyramid and the 2 dimensional expansion of a circle of one unit radius R as shown in Figure 1.
Sacred Geometry, the study of the unity of the cosmos, demonstrates relationships between Number and Space and the Human Form.
saturn.vcu.edu /~chenry   (2748 words)

  
 Frictionless Insight
Sacred's playable characters, for example, are charming to look at and genuinely different from one another in play style.
Sacred's action is fast even in wide open spaces, but it's difficult to pick and stay with a combat target – frustrating in itself but also something that tends to force otherwise distinct characters into homogenous styles of play.
Sacred is the sort of game that plays best when merely focusing your eyesight is all the stress you can handle in an evening.
www.frictionlessinsight.com /archives/2004/06/sacred_review.html   (817 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sacred Congregation of Propaganda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide, whose official title is "sacra congregatio christiano nomini propagando" is the department of the pontifical administration charged with the spread of Catholicism and with the regulation of ecclesiastical affairs in non-Catholic countries.
The intrinsic importance of its duties and the extraordinary extent of its authority and of the territory under its jurisdiction have caused the cardinal prefect of Propaganda to be known as the "red pope".
On 6 Jan., 1622, the pope summoned thirteen cardinals and two prelates, to whom he announced his intention of constituting a permanent and well-organized congregation for the propagation of Catholicism, and his hearers were appointed members of the congregation.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/12456a.htm   (4449 words)

  
 Sacred Sites: Places of Peace and Power   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Sacred sites are the most loved and visited places on planet earth.
Sacred Sites Book in the Works During the past twenty years Martin Gray has visited and photographed more than 1000 sacred sites in 80 countries.
Sacred Sites Prints AvailableMartin's collection of hundreds of sacred sites photographs are available as fine art prints through Magic Planet Productions.
www.sacredsites.com   (292 words)

  
 GameSpy: Sacred Preview
Sacred takes place in the kingdom of Ancaria, a fantasy world filled with your usual collection of orcs and elves and magic spells.
What makes this game interesting for the Diablo fan, though, is that Sacred seems to catch not only that fun Diablo-esque feeling of clicking and killing a million monsters, but it's actually trying to go the game one better by expanding the gameplay in a number of ways.
Sacred sports six different player classes, including the gladiator (close-combat specialist), dark elf assassin (who uses martial arts), an elvish ranger, and a battlemage.
pc.gamespy.com /pc/sacred/496888p1.html   (797 words)

  
 Sacred Places: Sacred Geometry
Sacred Geometry is a term that is used by archaeologists, anthropologists, and geometricians.
He discovered that the spirals on the Ionic column capitals of ancient Greek temples were laid out by the "whirling rectangle" method for creation of a logarithmic spiral.
Sacred Geometry is very interesting as it can play a very important role in many differnet aspects of our lives.
www.arthistory.sbc.edu /sacredplaces/sacredgeo.html   (1511 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Since, moreover, the love of Jesus manifests itself to the devout soul as a love despised and outraged, especially in the Eucharist, the love expressed in the devotion naturally assumes a character of reparation, and hence the importance of acts of atonement, the Communion of reparation, and compassion for Jesus suffering.
From the earliest centuries, in accordance with the example of the Evangelist, Christ's open side and the mystery of blood and water were meditated upon, and the Church was beheld issuing from the side of Jesus, as Eve came forth from the side of Adam.
Little by little the devotion to the Sacred Heart became a separate one, and on 31 August, 1670, the first feast of the Sacred Heart was celebrated with great solemnity in the Grand Seminary of Rennes.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07163a.htm   (3905 words)

  
 Sacred Review - PC Gaming Review - Australia's PAL Gaming Network
Sacred is presented in the massive game-world of Ancaria, which is 70% accessible for players from the get-go.
While Sacred offers some unique and exciting areas, and is a much larger game than Diablo, it’s still highly recommended to immerse yourself in the compelling experience of a real, and clean, action/RPG title in Diablo II, a game four years older than Sacred and still much better.
Sacred is a somewhat interesting action/RPG title underneath all the terrible flaws, but these problems occur way too often and tend to hurt the overall feel of the game on all accounts.
palgn.com.au /article.php?id=2485   (1926 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Sacred: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The biggest thing in Sacred that sets it apart from the crowd is the fact that you can ride horses into battle, trampling your foes beneath you or scampering away to pound them with magic or arrows from afar.
Sacred is a unique character-based fantasy role-player where you'll travel in an ancient world.
Sacred is a Diablo-style hack-n-slash RPG with a large game world and a ton of possible side quests.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001IMDAG?v=glance   (3540 words)

  
 Sacred Places: Introduction
These same sacred forms and shapes derived from natural objects and features become symbolic or emblematic of the sacred or divine.
Although the sacred places are often rich in aesthetic experience, I am more interested in the origins, meaning and function of the sacred objects, forms, symbols, and shapes that compose the art and architecture of a sacred place.
It is through the art and architecture that the sacred or the divine is manifest or represented.
witcombe.sbc.edu /sacredplaces/sacredplacesintro.html   (396 words)

  
 Sacred Text Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ CreatedByGod.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Many religions and spiritual movements believe that their sacred texts (or scriptures) are the "Word of God", often feeling that the texts are wholly divine or spiritually inspired in origin.
Even non-believers often capitalize the names of sacred scriptures as a mark of respect or tradition.
Most religions promulgate policies defining the limits of the sacred texts and controlling or forbidding changes and additions.
www.createdbygod.com /encyclopedia/Sacred_text   (447 words)

  
 AVault | PC | Sacred Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Sacred will strike the casual observer as being awfully similar to Blizzard’s triumphant Diablo and somewhat like Microsoft’s Dungeon Siege; however, I don’t entirely feel it’s fair to call it a clone.
While there’s no arguing that this release is cut from the same cloth that Blizzard wove eight years ago, it has enough details and class to stand on its own, out from under the shadow of Tristram, as it were.
Each of these choices has a different approach to combat: gladiators are masters of multi-opponent close fighting, while seraphim are somewhat more martial in their approach, using quicker, lighter weapons in conjunction with divine magic.
www.avault.com /reviews/review_temp.asp?game=sacred   (680 words)

  
 Sacred geometry -- What Is It?
The term "sacred geometry" is used by archaeologists, anthropologists, and geometricians to encompass the religious, philosohical, and spiritual beliefs that have sprung up around geometry in various cultures during the course of human history.
Not everyone who catalogues and writes about sacred geometry considers geometry itself to be inherently spiritual; for some of us, sacred geometry is an adjunct to the study of archaeology, architecture, art history, comparative religion, anthropology, archaeoastronomy, or geometry itself.
Like all sacred geometry detectives, he had to work backwards -- he took arithmetic measurements of Greek vases and temples and derived from them their geometric construction.
www.luckymojo.com /sacreddefined.html   (1503 words)

  
 Sacred Heart Health System - Sacred Heart Foundation
Sacred Heart Foundation was established in 1984 to support and further the
At Sacred Heart, each patient and each person is a unique individual who is treated with dignity and respect, regardless of financial resources.
Sacred Heart Foundation is the private fund raising arm of the Sacred Heart Health System, soliciting support from the philanthropic community to support all facets of health care within the Sacred Heart system.
www.sacred-heart.org /foundation.asp   (245 words)

  
 Sacred - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In various religions, sacred (from Latin, sacrum, "sacrifice") or "holy", objects, places or concepts are believed by followers to be intimately connected with the supernatural, or divinity, and are thus greatly revered.
Reverence is the "deep respect and veneration for some thing, place, or person regarded as having a sacred or exalted character." OED
For instance, a United States citizen might say that they consider the Stars and Stripes to be sacred.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sacred   (176 words)

  
 Sacred PC Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
RPG action games have to be one of the most common genres to grace the PC, the huge worlds in which to explore, the simple combat systems and the ability to upgrade your character throughout the game tends to have an addictive impact on gamers.
Sacred takes place in the large and detailed world of Ancaria, a 2D map bursting with wildlife (think rabbits and deer), domesticated animals (cows and horses) and of course as mentioned earlier NPC’s and enemies.
Sacred features decent audio but nothing that really stands out, music is your usual adventure gaming style and quickly forgotten however voice acting is pretty good and the sounds of battles are certainly not bad either.
www.realgamer.co.uk /pcgames/reviews/sacred.html   (758 words)

  
 AMASC - World Association of Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart
In this traditional Message for the World Day of Peace at the beginning of the New Year, I offer cordial greetings and good wishes to men and women everywhere, especially those who are suffering as a result of violence and armed conflicts.
Sacred Scripture, in its very first book, Genesis, points to the lie told at the very beginning of history by the animal with a forked tongue, whom the Evangelist John calls ''the father of lies'' (Jn 8:44).
Lying is also one of the sins spoken of in the final chapter of the last book of the Bible, Revelation, which bars liars from the heavenly Jerusalem: ''outside are...
www.amasc-sacrecoeur.org   (2538 words)

  
 CNN.com - 'Cold Mountain' spotlights sacred music - Feb. 14, 2004
And while only two Sacred Harp songs appear on the "Cold Mountain" soundtrack, there is talk of releasing an entire CD filled with shape note music from the "Cold Mountain" sessions.
Sacred Harp music was replaced in many parts of the country in the second half of the 19th century by religious hymns.
Now there are Sacred Harp groups across the nation and many enthusiasts fly cross-country on weekends to join other groups.
www.cnn.com /2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/14/sacred.harp.revival.ap/index.html   (899 words)

  
 ic-games Review - Sacred Plus - Review, Preview and Interview for PC, Xbox, PS2, Nintendo and N-Gage
The owners of the original Sacred can get the ‘Plus’ update for free from the Sacred website, but for those that haven’t delved into this title it gives them the chance to gain all the updates without a mega-sized download.
Sacred does feature the obligatory character select screen when you first play a game from scratch, as do most other RPGs on the market, where Sacred tends to differ however is that these diverse characters really do (for once) force you to play the game using a completely different style.
The whole landscape is breathtaking, and because Sacred looks so beautiful you’ll eyes will probably come across thousands of hidden items/stashes strewn around the world which would have been missed if you used the teleport.
www.ic-games.co.uk /index.php?location=1&&articleid=1355   (1365 words)

  
 Fasola.org - Sacred Harp and Shape Note singing
Sacred Harp singing is the largest surviving branch of traditional American Shape Note Singing.
The Sacred Harp Publishing Company is the non-profit publisher of the current and future editions of The Sacred Harp (1991 Denson edition).
SHMHA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose purpose is the preservation and perpetuation of Sacred Harp singing and its traditions.
fasola.org   (1518 words)

  
 sacred
There is no place in the Buddhist scheme for churches; the offering of flowers before the sacred tree or image of the Buddha takes the place of worship.
Buddhism does not acknowledge the efficacy of prayers; and in the warm countries where Buddhists live, the occasional reading of the law, or preaching of the word, in public, can take place best in the open air, by moonlight, under a simple roof of trees or palms.
He wished to learn as much as possible from an experiment, so that he did not confine himself to observing the single point to which the experiment was directed, and his power of seeing a number of other things was wonderful.
www.cooldictionary.com /words/sacred.word   (463 words)

  
 Sacred Harp Singing in Texas
Sacred Harp is religious folk music, which is sung with the aid of a unique shape-note songbook, The Sacred Harp, first published in 1844 by B.
Sacred Harp singers produce a quality of sound which is strangely compelling.
The East Texas Sacred Harp Singing Convention was organized in 1868, and is the second oldest continuous singing convention in the United States.
www.texasfasola.org   (679 words)

  
 FilePlanet: Sacred Demo [English]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
SACRED is a huge world full of incredible magic and ancient myth.
SACRED's interface concentrates on user friendliness and allows the player to give complete attention to the game events.
SACRED does not have a barren and empty landscape but is filled with life.
www.fileplanet.com /137063/130000/fileinfo/Sacred-Demo-[English]   (544 words)

  
 Sacred
Sacred is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
Different sacred sites have the power to heal the body, enlighten the mind, increase creativity, develop psychic abilities, and awaken the soul to a knowing of its true purpose in life.
Heat is both substantial and energic in character, and we may speak of it as being actually a fluidic emanation from living bodies; although it is equally possible to produce heat in so-called inanimate matter because of the stirring up of the same fluid in these bodies by means of intelligence acting to that end.
www.experiencefestival.com /sacred   (974 words)

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