Sentences with phrase «mythical power of»

Koen Taselaar's Imaginary Band drawings derive from his long fascination with and the almost mythical power of bandnames like The Talking Heads or Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers to name a few.

The mythical power of popular music, the transformative promise of socialist movements and the trickery and concealment of politicians, oligarchs and big businesses all come under the spotlight as Deller assembles large - scale murals, drawings, photographs, film and historical materials to question what Englishness really means today.

Only where the world was aesthetically distanced could the gods be aesthetically projected, and only where the mythical power of the gods was broken by such a projection could man be really free to enjoy his aesthetically distanced environment.

The hot springs can be found close to the island's active volcano, where local guides will preach the mythical powers of these natural baths.

Not exact matches

Faith exists in everyone, whether it is in something as grandiose as a mythical being of awesome power or that the sun will simply rise in the morning and fall at night.

Modern dismissal of mythical monsters only makes their power more dangerous.

Everything else before was both good and bad all in one and then many of them — a pantheon of powers to go along with a pantheon of mythical creations of creation.

The power of Egypt is more than a mere mythical monster, it is a stark and dark reality; as such it is representative of the terrors of the chaotic waters of the primal deep.

Excepting parts of Proverbs and Psalms and the tenth chapter of I Kings (in which the uncritical praise of «Solomon in all his glory» is based on his power, pleasure and wealth), the biblical literature exposes the American success dream as mythical and full of false confidence.

My argument was that Pure Land Buddhism identified its founder with a mythical figure, Dharmakara, that there are advantages in connecting one's tradition to historical reality, that the emphasis on other power or grace is clearer in the Christian tradition than in most Buddhism, and that Jesus could function as an historical embodiment and teacher of grace.

The shift of the seat of existence from the unconscious to the conscious estranged the self from the sacred power, and the triumph of the rational consciousness over the mythical broke also the power of the sacred.

Finally, men appeared who, from the perspective of this strengthened rationality, could effectively destroy the power of the mythical world not only for themselves but for many others as well.

Among the Hebrews the mythical was ethicized and personalized so that the power of the sacred remained overwhelmingly present.

Thus the form of Gnostic self - expression can be understood as a consequence of the direct impact of Socratic existence on highly civilized peoples prepared for the axial revolution, but not yet freed from the dominant power of the mythical.

In its own origins, Socratic existence presupposed the prior victory of Homeric existence over the mythical powers, but in its spread through Syria, Egypt, and Mesopotamia, this precondition did not obtain.

Mythical man lived in a universe of sacred meanings and powers.

The power of mythical thinking was broken, and a new structure of existence emerged.

This mythical protagonist masks the reality that the powers we accumulate are always the powers of some and not of others.

Set in the mythical world of Westeros, GoT is an epic tale of lusts for power, wealth, sex and violence.

Man's consciousness moved into the center of a stage cleared of unconscious mythical power.

By the power of their mythical God, they could have greater hope they would be guarded throughout life, and if killed, life would not be over as a paradise called heaven awaited.

The «point beyond history» is also a «mythical» concept (to be taken not literally but nonetheless seriously) which connotes the Christian's faith that the power and goodness of God can be made even more manifest in the hearts and minds of men.

The «second coming» is a somewhat «mythical» or metaphorical concept used to indicate the New Testament faith in the power of God (manifested in the resurrection) to conquer the conditions that now define our earthly existence, particularly the condition of man's sinfulness.

In Daniel and Revelations, the principalities and powers are referred to as animals and mythical beasts which form a jungle of killing and death.

For the uninitiated, Game of Thrones is an epic fantasy story that deals with the quest for power in the mythical kingdom of Westeros.

More than two decades after Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson created New Labour, they are demanding a return to its 1990s embrace of corporate power and a mythical «centre ground».

Black Panther makes you believe in the mythical kingdom of Wakanda, and in its new ruler's quasi-Shakespearian assumption of power.

You take the role of «Incarnates», humans that command untold mythical powers as they vie to avoid tragedy and reshape the course of their world.

Players take the role of humans referred to as «Incarnates» who «command untold mythical powers.»

(Representative Image / Getty Images) A mythical gemstone, Draconite is extracted from the head of a dragon and is believed to have magical powers.

This almost mythical Aston Martin has silently rolled (under the power of gravity) from the covered trailer that delivered it here moments ago.

The only explanation is that the GlowLight must have some other form of mythical power behind it.

It is a country steeped in religious belief, where the powers and mythical lives of its gods tell the story of the importance of colour.

Link goes on to obtain the two pendants, the Pendant of Wisdom and the Pendant of Power, and ventures into the Lost Woods to find the mythical sword.

The Witcher's open world harbours monster contracts, side quests and mythical places of lost power.

I'm thinking of a game that's based on worldwide folk stories / fairy tales where Mario can collect different power - ups based on them, whether it's mythical Japanese creatures, Dracula, ect.

Currently in closed beta Raiders of the Broken Planet takes a pulp sci - fi approach melding comic book visuals with an intense narrative that involves various factions fighting for an mythical power source.

«Dusty Raging Fist is set in a world where powers of Mythical Guardians are scattered across the lands.

Match of champions is the usual free - for - all deathmatch where four to eight players can take each other on, using whatever mythical power - ups and traps are available.

Taking control of Noodle the Snake, accompanied by his hyperactive best buddy Doodle the Hummingbird, players will face snake - bending obstacles and perilous pitfalls in their quest to find and restore the Keystones that give Haven Tor its» mythical power!

There's an inescapable air of Indiana Jones here as you embark on a race against an unhinged criminal mastermind to uncover a mythical treasure of incredible value and power, yet this beautiful, ambitious and dramatic game still has more than enough personality to stand out on its own.

In the approximate 40 hour long campaign of Dark Souls 3 you will encounter a plethora of different enemies, from armored knights who wield weapons not unlike your own, to frightening beasts with mythical powers.

Curated by Dean Daderko, the museum website describes the exhibition as a stage for the artist's ongoing research concerning Mars» future and, more broadly, for the consideration of its «colonial implications of settling the planet, how scientific and mythical beliefs can co-exist, and imagination as a source of power.»

An ancient Egyptian panel from the sarcophagus of the scribe Menna will present viewers with one example of how people have ascribed sacred and mythical powers to animals.

Love is a force of near - mythical power that comes as soft as a breeze.

Since the mid-2000s, Fraleigh has explored power dynamics related to gender, sexuality, and class through depictions of mythical and historical female figures.

For another round of the subversive powers of the queer gaze, Noero's second venue hosts — among the frescoes, boiseries and stuccoes of an old palazzo in Piazza Carignano — one hundred gelatin silver prints and Polaroids by Robert Mapplethorpe, including a selection of photos from his voyages in Italy in the 1980s, when he exhibited at Lucio Amelio's mythical (and gloriously queer) gallery in Naples.

More broadly, MPA's exhibition considers the colonial implications of settling the planet, how scientific and mythical beliefs can co-exist, and imagination as a source of power.

Shawky's estrangement of narratives through the use of puppets, child actors and television - show formats emphasise the power that historical and mythical narratives hold over the way we think about ourselves and the world.

For more than a decade the wind industry and its political enablers have trotted out mythical figures, all based on fanciful modelling, claiming that the total cost of renewable power to consumers is less than -LSB-...]