This understanding, of course, may in its turn take many forms and some of these -- especially those most interesting to the student of comparative literature -- are essentially historical.

In all his miscalculations, Stravinsky made the fatal historical blunder of presuming that he could transform other composers' inspirations -- representing many peoples, time periods and styles -- into his own music by warping the harmony, melody, or form, to verify his own experiments.

The brief notes introducing each work offer salient historical or technical points, and many listeners are probably grateful for being intelligently taken by the hand through an often difficult maze.

Despite this, Babbage's work fell into historical obscurity and the Analytical Engine was unknown to builders of electro-mechanical and electronic computing machines in the 1930s and 1940s when they began their work, resulting in the need to re-invent many of the architectural innovations Babbage had proposed.

* Farlang many full text historical references on Amber Theophrastus, George Frederick Kunz, and special on Baltic amber.

These were differently sized in different countries, for instance, the historical French acre was 4, 221 square metres, whereas in Germany as many variants of " acre " existed as there were German states.

The prose version has survived, but the Life is very much a hagiography: many of the stories it contains have obvious Biblical parallels, making them suspect as a historical record.

As with many other game species, the best sources of historical and large scale population data are hunting bag records and questionnaires.

* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

Most Protestants deny the need for this type of continuity and the historical claims involved have been severely questioned ; Eric Jay comments that the account given of the emergence of the episcopate in chapter III of Lumen Gentium " is very sketchy, and many ambiguities in the early history of the Christian ministry are passed over " Their reasons are given in detail below.

Aberfoyle has connections to many historical figures such as Rob Roy and Mary, Queen of Scots.

However, there are also many modern historians who object to this view and point out that such a hostile attitude towards Athanasius is based on an unfair judgment of historical sources.

During his time at Yale he worked on the description of the Hopi language, and the historical linguistics of the Uto-Aztecan languages, publishing many influential papers in professional journals.

The definition of a battle cannot be arrived at solely through the names of historical battles, many of which are misnomers.

Along with the secret history, many historical events portrayed in the series were anachronistic ( for example, the last Crusade to the Holy Land ended in 1291 ); this poetic licence would continue in the subsequent Blackadders.

Such influence has caused Aramaic to have many Persian loanwords that can be seen in later historical texts.

They say that the literal meaning is true but that hidden behind this historical account are many allegories.

Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.

For instance, an areal feature of the Pacific Northwest coast is that historical * has become palatalized in many languages, so that Saanich for example has and but no plain ; similarly, historical * in the Northwest Caucasian languages became palatalized to in Ubykh and in most Circassian dialects.

Chicanoism is an appreciation of a historical movement, but also is used by many to bring a new revived politicized feeling to voters young and old in the defense of Mexican and Mexican-American rights.

The historical accuracy and dating of many of the events in the later Anglo-Saxon Chronicle have been called into question, and his reign is variously listed as lasting seven, seventeen, or thirty-two years.

Like many other Chinese historical figures, Chiang used several names throughout his life.

The city has many nicknames, which reflect the impressions and opinions about historical and contemporary Chicago.

* Cold War Era Civil Defense Museum – Features much historical information about Civil Defense history, its equipment and methods, and many historical photographs and posters.

The accomplishment of the many tasks I have alluded to requires the continuous strengthening of the spiritual, intellectual, and economic sinews of American life.

" Although heterogeneous, the major CAM systems have many common characteristics, including a focus on individualizing treatments, treating the whole person, promoting self-care and self-healing, and recognizing the spiritual nature of each individual.

Art clearly does have spiritual goals in many contexts, but what exactly is the difference between religious art and religion per se?

Steiner described numerous exercises he believed would bring spiritual development ; other anthroposophists have added many others.

He also wants to instruct the reader by spiritual example, and to entertain, and to the latter end he adds stories about many of the places and people about which he wrote.

To many historic church denominations, to be " born again " was understood as spiritual regeneration via the sacrament of baptism by the power of water and word.

Under the influence of the Enlightenment, many mainstream denominations had relegated spiritual healing to the realm of a one-time dispensation rather than a modern practice.

These duties included the administration of justice with the Episcopal court, the negotiation of ransom for captures, teaching and preaching to the masses, converting non-believers, offering spiritual guidance, maintaining political duties, and many other important duties.

According to Lorena Laura Stookey, many myths feature sacred mountains as " the sites of revelations ": " In myth, the ascent of the holy mountain is a spiritual journey, promising purification, insight, wisdom, or knowledge of the sacred ".

Because much physical and spiritual violence was done to Jews in the name of Jesus and his followers, and because evangelism is still an active aspect of many church's activities, many Jews are uncomfortable with discussing Jesus and treat him as a non-person.

What is clear is that formally, there is mostly peaceful living side by side, with strong inter-dialogue at many levels to reconcile past differences between the two groups, and many Christians emphasize common historical heritage and religious continuity with the ancient spiritual lineage of the Jews.

The perfecti were the spiritual elite, highly respected by many of the local people, leading a life of austerity and charity.

Dance is a type of art that generally involves movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, performed in many different cultures and used as a form of expression, social interaction and exercise or presented in a spiritual or performance setting.

By 1962 the morale of the Foreign Legion was at an all-time low ; it had lost its traditional and spiritual home ( Algeria ), elite units had been disbanded, and in addition, many officers and men were arrested or deserted to escape prosecution.

Spurred by the perception that women were not treated equitably in many religions, some women turned to a Female Deity as more in tune with their spiritual needs.

Except for Irenaeus ' 2nd-century reference to many in the church speaking all kinds of languages ' through the Spirit ', and Tertullian's reference in 207 AD to the spiritual gift of interpretation of tongues being encountered in his day, there are no other known first-hand accounts of glossolalia, and very few second-hand accounts among their writings.

Often referred to as Gaianism, or the Gaian Religion, this spiritual aspect of the philosophy is very broad and inclusive, making it adaptable to other religions: Taoism, Neo-Paganism, Pantheism, Judeo-Christian Religions, and many others.

In many religions, entrance to Heaven is conditional on having lived a " good life " ( within the terms of the spiritual system ) or " accepting God into your heart.

The Maya saw these powerful felines as their companions in the spiritual world, and a number of Maya rulers bore names that incorporated the Mayan word for jaguar ( b ' alam in many of the Mayan languages ).

It is unclear that Jahangir even understood what a Sikh was, referring to Guru Arjun as a Hindu, who had " captured many of the simple-hearted of the Hindus, and even of the ignorant and foolish followers of Islam, by his ways and manners ... for three or four generations ( of spiritual successors ) they had kept this shop warm.

Out of it he drew his comprehensive statements in support of his reformatory views – after intense study and many spiritual conflicts.

Jasmuheen makes appearances at New Age conferences worldwide, has hosted spiritual retreats in Thailand and sells many self-penned books and audios on her website.

Of his many literary adaptations, works including Jun ' ichirō Tanizaki's The Key ( Kagi ), Natsume Sōseki's The Heart ( Kokoro ) and I Am a Cat ( Wagahai wa neko de aru ), in which a teacher's cat critiques the foibles of the humans surrounding him, and Yukio Mishima's Conflagration ( Enjo ), in which a priest burns down his temple to save it from spiritual pollution, were brought to the screen.