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| adam_text | CONTENTS
PART
1:
IN
THE
BEGINNING
1
A
WORD
OF
INTRODUCTION
3
CHAPTER
LI:
MEDITERRANEAN
CREATION
MYTHS
5
THE
MEDITERRANEAN
BASIN
5
BABYLON:
THE
OLDEST
STORIES
OF
ALL
5
EGYPTIAN
COSMOGONY
7
CREATION
THROUGH
THE
EYES
OF
THE
ISRAELITES
10
GREEK
COSMOGONY
14
MEDITERRANEAN
MYTHS
IN
PERSPECTIVE
17
CHAPTER
1,2:
CREATION
MYTHS
OF
ASIA
18
THE
SOURCES
OF
ASIAN
COSMOGONY
AND
COSMOLOGY
21
CHAPTER
1
.3:
CREATION
MYTHS
OF
TRIBAL
SOCIETIES
22
ON
THE
ROAD
TO
CIVILIZATION
22
AFRICA
22
NORTH
AMERICA
25
PART
2:
ROADS
TO
CIVILIZATION
31
CHAPTER
2.1:
ON
THE
ROAD
TO
CIVILIZATION:
WATER
AS
A
CATALYST
33
CHAPTER
2.2:
A
GLANCE
AT
EARLY
CIVILIZATIONS
37
MESOPOTAMIA
37
SOME
CITIES
OF
MESOPOTAMIA
38
THE
INDUS
VALLEY
41
CHINA
43
IN
CONCLUSION
45
CHAPTER
2.3:
WEATHER
AND
WELTANSCHAUUNG
*
THE
PEOPLE
OF
THE
BIBLE
46
THE
BIBLE
AS
SOURCE
46
THE
FLOOD
46
THE
PATRIARCHS
47
WELLS
49
EXODUS
FROM
EGYPT
50
SOJOURN
IN THE
WILDERNESS
51
THE
PROMISED
LAND
52
CLIMATE,
CHARACTER
AND
WELTANSCHAUUNG
54
WATER
AS
METAPHOR
54
WATER
AND
WELLBEING
54
THREAT
,
ADMONITION,
AWE,
FEAR
AND
DESPAIR
55
XLIII
CHAPTER
2.4:
WATER
IN
LAW
58
INTRODUCTION
58
THE
CODE
OF
HAMMURABI
58
THE
CODE
OF
MANU
60
PART
3:
CITIES
AND
THEIR
WATER
63
A
WORD
OF
INTRODUCTION
65
CHAPTER
3.1:
JERUSALEM
AND
ITS
WATERS
67
UNIQUE
AMONG
THE
CITIES
67
BEGINNINGS
68
THE
CITY
OF
DAVID
68
WATER
FOR
SURVIVAL
69
THE
GIHON
SPRING
72
CISTERNS
*
PUBLIC
AND
PRIVATE
73
CONSERVING
THE
FLOOD
WATERS
75
WATER
FROM
AFAR
*
AQUEDUCTS
76
WATER
AND
LIFESTYLE
79
AFTER
THE
DESTRUCTION
OF
THE
SECOND
TEMPLE
81
THE
NINETEENTH
CENTURY
84
THE
END
OF
OTTOMAN
RULE:
WORLD
WAR
I
AND
AFTER
86
A
MODERN-DAY
SIEGE
87
STATEHOOD
AND
AFTER
89
CONCLUSION
89
CHAPTER
3.2:
THE
WATERS
OF
ROME
90
ROME
AND
ITS
WATERS
90
BEGINNINGS
90
THE
REPUBLIC
92
THE
FIRST
AQUEDUCTS
93
THE
EMPIRE
94
DECLINE
AND
RECOVERY
101
THE
GIFTS
OF
THE
POPES
102
THE
SECULAR
CITY
106
THE
NEW
AQUEDUCTS
107
THE
SYSTEM
108
MANAGEMENT
108
CASTELLA,
MOSTRE
AND
JUST
PLAIN
FOUNTAINS
108
FOUNTAINS
112
FROM
PAST
TO
FUTURE
116
CHAPTER
3.3:
BODY
AND
SOUL
118
EARLY
DAYS
118
CRETE
119
EGYPT
122
THE
GREEKS
123
THE
ISRAELITES
125
XLIV
FAR
EASTERN
ABLUTIONS
128
EARLY
CHRISTIANS
129
THE
ROMANS
AND
AFTER
130
URBAN
REVIVAL
AND
NEW
PATTERNS
OF
SANITATION
132
THE
BATH
*
PRECEPTS
AND
PRACTICE
IN
MEDIEVAL
DAYS
133
THE
DECLINE
OF
THE
BATH
134
THE
RETURN
TO
RESPECTABILITY
137
NEAR
EASTERN
ABLUTIONS
139
INTO
THE
TWENTIETH
CENTURY
140
AND INTO
THE
TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY
141
ENDWORD
144
CHAPTER
3.4:
WATER
QUALITY
145
INTRODUCTION
145
WHAT
HIPPOCRATES
PREACHED
145
AND
WHAT
FRONTINUS
PRACTICED
147
AFTER
THE
ROMANS
148
THE
ENGLISH
EXPERIENCE
148
PERCEPTION
PRECEDES
PRACTICE
151
THE
ANALYSIS
OF
WATER
151
SOCIAL
PHILOSOPHY
153
AT
THE
TURN
OF
THE
MILLENNIUM
154
CHAPTER
3.5:
CIRCLES
,
CYCLES
AND
CASCADES
156
A
WORD
OF
INTRODUCTION
156
FROM
WATER
TO
WASTEWATER
156
ANCIENT
GREEKS
157
ROME:
THE
CLOACA
MAXIMA
AND
SOME
LESSER
SEWERS
158
SEWERS
AND
SOCIETY
*
THE
UNDERGROUND
LIFE
OF
PARIS
159
NOTE
ON
VICTOR
HUGO
AND
THE
SEWERS
OF
PARIS
161
SEWERS
FROM
SCRATCH
*
SUBTERRANEAN
MANHATTAN
163
A
NOTE
ON
WATER
PURIFICATION
PROCESSES
*
IN
NATURE
AND
WITH
MANS
HELPING
HAND
165
IN
CONCLUSION
166
PART
4:
SETTLING
THE
ARID
LANDS:
MODERN
TIMES
167
INTRODUCTION
169
CHAPTER
4.1:
OH
,
EAST
IS
EAST
AND
WEST
IS
WEST:
THE
AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE
171
BEYOND
THE
HUNDREDTH
MERIDIAN
171
BEFORE
THE
EUROPEANS
*
INDIGENOUS
IRRIGATED
AGRICULTURE
172
THE
MORMONS:
THE
FIRST
EUROPEAN-AMERICAN
IRRIGATORS
175
WHITE
SETTLEMENT
OF
THE
WEST
*
THE
NEXT
WAVE
178
MYTH
AND
REALITY
179
THE
DEBUT
OF
PUBLIC
ENTERPRISE
*
THE
DAM
BUILDING
ERA
182
THE
FIRST
NINETY
YEARS
183
XLV
GROUNDWATER
TO
THE
RESCUE?
185
TRIUMPH
OR
TRAGEDY
187
A
NOTE
ON
IRRIGATION
188
PART
5:
SOME
RIVERS
AND
THEIR
EXPLORERS
191
INTRODUCTION
193
CHAPTER
5J:
PROFILE
OF
A
RIVER
*
THE
AMAZON
195
WHAT
*
S
IN
A
NAME?
195
RIVER
AND
PEOPLE
195
THE
FIRST
WAVE
OF
EXPLORATION:
CONQUISTADORES
AND
TREASURE
HUNTERS
196
THE
SECOND
WAVE
OF
EXPLORATION:
THE
SEARCH
FOR
KNOWLEDGE
197
THE
THIRD
WAVE
OF
EXPLORATION:
THE
SEARCH
FOR
UNDERSTANDING
199
ECOLOGY
OF
THE
RIVER
BASIN
200
HUMAN
IMPACT
ON
THE
AMAZON
ENVIRONMENT
203
CHAPTER
5.2:
PROFILE
OF
A
RIVER
*
*
THE
NILE
206
WHAT
*
S
IN
A
NAME?
206
THE
PHYSIOGRAPHY
OF
THE
RIVER
206
IN
SEARCH
OF
THE
SOURCE
207
CHAPTER
5.
3:
THE
STRONG
BROWN
GOD
*
THE
NIGER
216
PART
6:
TRANSPORT,
COMMUNICATION
AND
POWER
225
CHAPTER
6.
1:
CANALS
227
OVERVIEW
227
THE
FIRST
GRAND
CANAL
228
EUROPE
AWAKENS
233
CANALS
AND
INDUSTRY
TRANSFORM
ENGLAND
235
THE
MIDDLE
AGES
AND
AFTER
235
DAWN
OF
THE
CANAL
AGE
237
THE
TRANSFORMATION
240
AMERICA
FOLLOWS
SUIT
241
LIFE
ON
THE
SHALLOW
WATERWAYS
245
GRAND
OPENINGS
245
LIFE
ON
THE
WATER
THROUGH
THE
EYES
OF
SOME
INTREPID
TRAVELERS
247
EVERYDAY
LIFE
ON
THE
CANALS
250
CANAL
SONGS
251
OVERTAKEN
253
A
GLANCE
AT
THE
ENGINEERING
254
THE
FLASH
LOCK
254
THE
POUND
LOCK
255
THE
INCLINED
PLANE
256
THE
TUNNEL
257
XLVI
EMBANKMENTS
AND
AQUEDUCTS
258
BRIDGES
259
WATER
SUPPLY
260
CHAPTER
6.2:
STRONGER
THAN
A
HUNDRED
MEN
*
ANCIENT
AND
MEDIEVAL
USE
OF
WATER
POWER
261
INTRODUCTION
261
EARLY
DAYS
262
INTO
THE
MIDDLE
AGES
263
POWERING
MEDIEVAL
INDUSTRY
265
A
NOTE
ON
THE
MECHANICS
OF
WATER
POWER
267
BEYOND
THE
WATER
WHEEL
*
A
VERY
BRIEF
NOTE
ON
HYDRO-ELECTRIC
POWER
268
PART
7:
WATER,
SOUL
AND
PSYCHE
271
CHAPTER
7.1:
WATER
AND
THE
POETS
273
THE
IMAGERY
OF
POETRY
273
CREATION
273
NATURE
275
RIVERS
AND
STREAMS
275
OF
RIVERS
IN
GENERAL
275
OF
PARTICULAR
RIVERS
2
77
RAIN
AND
DROUGHT
283
CLOUDS
AND
MIST
287
WATER
AS
METAPHOR
289
TAO
289
LOVE
AND
BEAUTY
289
THE
MUTABILITY
OF
LIFE
291
MOODS
292
MISCELLANEOUS
METAPHORS
294
TRIBUTES
295
COMIC
AND
CURIOUS
295
THE
COMIC
295
AND
THE
CURIOUS
296
THE
TWENTIETH
CENTURY
297
CHAPTER
7.2:
WATER
AND
THE
VISUAL
ARTS
299
THE
ROLES
OF
WATER
299
DREAMTIME
300
ILLUSTRATING
THE
BIBLE
303
IN
THE
JEWISH
TRADITION
303
IN
THE
CHRISTIAN
TRADITION
306
A
MODICUM
OF
GEOGRAPHICAL
REALISM
314
WATER
IN
THE
FOREGROUND
*
DUTCH
LANDSCAPES
OF
THE
16TH
AND
17TH
CENTURIES
320
NOSTALGIA
*
LANDSCAPES
OF
17TH
CENTURY
ITALY
323
NATURE
THROUGH
ENGLISH
AND
FRENCH
EYES
*
THE
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
AND
AFTER
325
XLVII
CHAPTER
7.3:
CULTS
AND
CUSTOMS;
CEREMONIES
AND
SUPERSTITIONS
329
FULL
OF
GREAT
VERTUES
329
IMMORTALITY
329
MAGICAL
AND
MIRACULOUS
POWERS
330
THE
ANCIENT
GREEKS
331
THE
BRITISH
ISLES
332
INDIA
333
CULTS
AND
CHRISTIANITY
334
WATER
SPIRITS
334
THE
GENERATION
OF
SPRINGS,
LAKES
AND
RIVERS
337
OATHS
339
WATER
LORE
340
THREE
GREEK
MYTHS
340
CHAPTER
7.4:
CONTROLLING
CLIMATE
*
MAGIC,
RELIGION,
CHARLATANISM
AND
A
SOUP^ON
OF
SCIENCE
342
ABOUT
THE
WEATHER
342
RAIN-MAKING
BY
MAGIC
342
BRINGING
THE
RAIN
343
HALTING
THE
RAIN
344
RAINMAKING
AND
RELIGION
344
SCOLDING
THE
GODS
347
SUPERSTITION,
CHARLATANISM
AND
PSEUDO-SCIENCE
347
WHAT
SCIENCE
HAS
TO
OFFER
348
PART
8:
SOME
ODDS
AND
ENDS
351
WATER
MUNDANE
AND
UNIQUE
353
WATER
MUNDANE
353
WATER
UNIQUE
354
SOLID,
LIQUID
AND
GAS
355
THE
ALMOST
UNIVERSAL
SOLVENT
355
THE
ANOMALY
OF
EXPANSION
ON
FREEZING
355
THE
ABSORPTION
AND
TRANSMISSION
OF
HEAT
355
SURFACE
TENSION
356
TRANSPARENCY
356
REFERENCE
TO
WATERY
FEATURES
IN
PLACE
NAMES
357
IN
CONCLUSION
361
REFERENCES
363
XLVIII
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CONTENTS
PART
1:
IN
THE
BEGINNING
1
A
WORD
OF
INTRODUCTION
3
CHAPTER
LI:
MEDITERRANEAN
CREATION
MYTHS
5
THE
MEDITERRANEAN
BASIN
5
BABYLON:
THE
OLDEST
STORIES
OF
ALL
5
EGYPTIAN
COSMOGONY
7
CREATION
THROUGH
THE
EYES
OF
THE
ISRAELITES
10
GREEK
COSMOGONY
14
MEDITERRANEAN
MYTHS
IN
PERSPECTIVE
17
CHAPTER
1,2:
CREATION
MYTHS
OF
ASIA
18
THE
SOURCES
OF
ASIAN
COSMOGONY
AND
COSMOLOGY
21
CHAPTER
1
.3:
CREATION
MYTHS
OF
TRIBAL
SOCIETIES
22
ON
THE
ROAD
TO
CIVILIZATION
22
AFRICA
22
NORTH
AMERICA
25
PART
2:
ROADS
TO
CIVILIZATION
31
CHAPTER
2.1:
ON
THE
ROAD
TO
CIVILIZATION:
WATER
AS
A
CATALYST
33
CHAPTER
2.2:
A
GLANCE
AT
EARLY
CIVILIZATIONS
37
MESOPOTAMIA
37
SOME
CITIES
OF
MESOPOTAMIA
38
THE
INDUS
VALLEY
41
CHINA
43
IN
CONCLUSION
45
CHAPTER
2.3:
WEATHER
AND
WELTANSCHAUUNG
*
THE
PEOPLE
OF
THE
BIBLE
46
THE
BIBLE
AS
SOURCE
46
THE
FLOOD
46
THE
PATRIARCHS
47
WELLS
49
EXODUS
FROM
EGYPT
50
SOJOURN
IN THE
WILDERNESS
51
THE
PROMISED
LAND
52
CLIMATE,
CHARACTER
AND
WELTANSCHAUUNG
54
WATER
AS
METAPHOR
54
WATER
AND
WELLBEING
54
THREAT
,
ADMONITION,
AWE,
FEAR
AND
DESPAIR
55
XLIII
CHAPTER
2.4:
WATER
IN
LAW
58
INTRODUCTION
58
THE
CODE
OF
HAMMURABI
58
THE
CODE
OF
MANU
60
PART
3:
CITIES
AND
THEIR
WATER
63
A
WORD
OF
INTRODUCTION
65
CHAPTER
3.1:
JERUSALEM
AND
ITS
WATERS
67
UNIQUE
AMONG
THE
CITIES
67
BEGINNINGS
68
THE
CITY
OF
DAVID
68
WATER
FOR
SURVIVAL
69
THE
GIHON
SPRING
72
CISTERNS
*
PUBLIC
AND
PRIVATE
73
CONSERVING
THE
FLOOD
WATERS
75
WATER
FROM
AFAR
*
AQUEDUCTS
76
WATER
AND
LIFESTYLE
79
AFTER
THE
DESTRUCTION
OF
THE
SECOND
TEMPLE
81
THE
NINETEENTH
CENTURY
84
THE
END
OF
OTTOMAN
RULE:
WORLD
WAR
I
AND
AFTER
86
A
MODERN-DAY
SIEGE
87
STATEHOOD
AND
AFTER
89
CONCLUSION
89
CHAPTER
3.2:
THE
WATERS
OF
ROME
90
ROME
AND
ITS
WATERS
90
BEGINNINGS
90
THE
REPUBLIC
92
THE
FIRST
AQUEDUCTS
93
THE
EMPIRE
94
DECLINE
AND
RECOVERY
101
THE
GIFTS
OF
THE
POPES
102
THE
SECULAR
CITY
106
THE
NEW
AQUEDUCTS
107
THE
SYSTEM
108
MANAGEMENT
108
CASTELLA,
MOSTRE
AND
JUST
PLAIN
FOUNTAINS
108
FOUNTAINS
112
FROM
PAST
TO
FUTURE
116
CHAPTER
3.3:
BODY
AND
SOUL
118
EARLY
DAYS
118
CRETE
119
EGYPT
122
THE
GREEKS
123
THE
ISRAELITES
125
XLIV
FAR
EASTERN
ABLUTIONS
128
EARLY
CHRISTIANS
129
THE
ROMANS
AND
AFTER
130
URBAN
REVIVAL
AND
NEW
PATTERNS
OF
SANITATION
132
THE
BATH
*
PRECEPTS
AND
PRACTICE
IN
MEDIEVAL
DAYS
133
THE
DECLINE
OF
THE
BATH
134
THE
RETURN
TO
RESPECTABILITY
137
NEAR
EASTERN
ABLUTIONS
139
INTO
THE
TWENTIETH
CENTURY
140
AND INTO
THE
TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY
141
ENDWORD
144
CHAPTER
3.4:
WATER
QUALITY
145
INTRODUCTION
145
WHAT
HIPPOCRATES
PREACHED
145
AND
WHAT
FRONTINUS
PRACTICED
147
AFTER
THE
ROMANS
148
THE
ENGLISH
EXPERIENCE
148
PERCEPTION
PRECEDES
PRACTICE
151
THE
ANALYSIS
OF
WATER
151
SOCIAL
PHILOSOPHY
153
AT
THE
TURN
OF
THE
MILLENNIUM
154
CHAPTER
3.5:
CIRCLES
,
CYCLES
AND
CASCADES
156
A
WORD
OF
INTRODUCTION
156
FROM
WATER
TO
WASTEWATER
156
ANCIENT
GREEKS
157
ROME:
THE
CLOACA
MAXIMA
AND
SOME
LESSER
SEWERS
158
SEWERS
AND
SOCIETY
*
THE
UNDERGROUND
LIFE
OF
PARIS
159
NOTE
ON
VICTOR
HUGO
AND
THE
SEWERS
OF
PARIS
161
SEWERS
FROM
SCRATCH
*
SUBTERRANEAN
MANHATTAN
163
A
NOTE
ON
WATER
PURIFICATION
PROCESSES
*
IN
NATURE
AND
WITH
MANS
HELPING
HAND
165
IN
CONCLUSION
166
PART
4:
SETTLING
THE
ARID
LANDS:
MODERN
TIMES
167
INTRODUCTION
169
CHAPTER
4.1:
OH
,
EAST
IS
EAST
AND
WEST
IS
WEST:
THE
AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE
171
BEYOND
THE
HUNDREDTH
MERIDIAN
171
BEFORE
THE
EUROPEANS
*
INDIGENOUS
IRRIGATED
AGRICULTURE
172
THE
MORMONS:
THE
FIRST
EUROPEAN-AMERICAN
IRRIGATORS
175
WHITE
SETTLEMENT
OF
THE
WEST
*
THE
NEXT
WAVE
178
MYTH
AND
REALITY
179
THE
DEBUT
OF
PUBLIC
ENTERPRISE
*
THE
DAM
BUILDING
ERA
182
THE
FIRST
NINETY
YEARS
183
XLV
GROUNDWATER
TO
THE
RESCUE?
185
TRIUMPH
OR
TRAGEDY
187
A
NOTE
ON
IRRIGATION
188
PART
5:
SOME
RIVERS
AND
THEIR
EXPLORERS
191
INTRODUCTION
193
CHAPTER
5J:
PROFILE
OF
A
RIVER
*
THE
AMAZON
195
WHAT
*
S
IN
A
NAME?
195
RIVER
AND
PEOPLE
195
THE
FIRST
WAVE
OF
EXPLORATION:
CONQUISTADORES
AND
TREASURE
HUNTERS
196
THE
SECOND
WAVE
OF
EXPLORATION:
THE
SEARCH
FOR
KNOWLEDGE
197
THE
THIRD
WAVE
OF
EXPLORATION:
THE
SEARCH
FOR
UNDERSTANDING
199
ECOLOGY
OF
THE
RIVER
BASIN
200
HUMAN
IMPACT
ON
THE
AMAZON
ENVIRONMENT
203
CHAPTER
5.2:
PROFILE
OF
A
RIVER
*
*
THE
NILE
206
WHAT
*
S
IN
A
NAME?
206
THE
PHYSIOGRAPHY
OF
THE
RIVER
206
IN
SEARCH
OF
THE
SOURCE
207
CHAPTER
5.
3:
THE
STRONG
BROWN
GOD
*
THE
NIGER
216
PART
6:
TRANSPORT,
COMMUNICATION
AND
POWER
225
CHAPTER
6.
1:
CANALS
227
OVERVIEW
227
THE
FIRST
GRAND
CANAL
228
EUROPE
AWAKENS
233
CANALS
AND
INDUSTRY
TRANSFORM
ENGLAND
235
THE
MIDDLE
AGES
AND
AFTER
235
DAWN
OF
THE
CANAL
AGE
237
THE
TRANSFORMATION
240
AMERICA
FOLLOWS
SUIT
241
LIFE
ON
THE
SHALLOW
WATERWAYS
245
GRAND
OPENINGS
245
LIFE
ON
THE
WATER
THROUGH
THE
EYES
OF
SOME
INTREPID
TRAVELERS
247
EVERYDAY
LIFE
ON
THE
CANALS
250
CANAL
SONGS
251
OVERTAKEN
253
A
GLANCE
AT
THE
ENGINEERING
254
THE
FLASH
LOCK
254
THE
POUND
LOCK
255
THE
INCLINED
PLANE
256
THE
TUNNEL
257
XLVI
EMBANKMENTS
AND
AQUEDUCTS
258
BRIDGES
259
WATER
SUPPLY
260
CHAPTER
6.2:
STRONGER
THAN
A
HUNDRED
MEN
*
ANCIENT
AND
MEDIEVAL
USE
OF
WATER
POWER
261
INTRODUCTION
261
EARLY
DAYS
262
INTO
THE
MIDDLE
AGES
263
POWERING
MEDIEVAL
INDUSTRY
265
A
NOTE
ON
THE
MECHANICS
OF
WATER
POWER
267
BEYOND
THE
WATER
WHEEL
*
A
VERY
BRIEF
NOTE
ON
HYDRO-ELECTRIC
POWER
268
PART
7:
WATER,
SOUL
AND
PSYCHE
271
CHAPTER
7.1:
WATER
AND
THE
POETS
273
THE
IMAGERY
OF
POETRY
273
CREATION
273
NATURE
275
RIVERS
AND
STREAMS
275
OF
RIVERS
IN
GENERAL
275
OF
PARTICULAR
RIVERS
2
77
RAIN
AND
DROUGHT
283
CLOUDS
AND
MIST
287
WATER
AS
METAPHOR
289
TAO
289
LOVE
AND
BEAUTY
289
THE
MUTABILITY
OF
LIFE
291
MOODS
292
MISCELLANEOUS
METAPHORS
294
TRIBUTES
295
COMIC
AND
CURIOUS
295
THE
COMIC
295
AND
THE
CURIOUS
296
THE
TWENTIETH
CENTURY
297
CHAPTER
7.2:
WATER
AND
THE
VISUAL
ARTS
299
THE
ROLES
OF
WATER
299
DREAMTIME
300
ILLUSTRATING
THE
BIBLE
303
IN
THE
JEWISH
TRADITION
303
IN
THE
CHRISTIAN
TRADITION
306
A
MODICUM
OF
GEOGRAPHICAL
REALISM
314
WATER
IN
THE
FOREGROUND
*
DUTCH
LANDSCAPES
OF
THE
16TH
AND
17TH
CENTURIES
320
NOSTALGIA
*
LANDSCAPES
OF
17TH
CENTURY
ITALY
323
NATURE
THROUGH
ENGLISH
AND
FRENCH
EYES
*
THE
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
AND
AFTER
325
XLVII
CHAPTER
7.3:
CULTS
AND
CUSTOMS;
CEREMONIES
AND
SUPERSTITIONS
329
FULL
OF
GREAT
VERTUES
329
IMMORTALITY
329
MAGICAL
AND
MIRACULOUS
POWERS
330
THE
ANCIENT
GREEKS
331
THE
BRITISH
ISLES
332
INDIA
333
CULTS
AND
CHRISTIANITY
334
WATER
SPIRITS
334
THE
GENERATION
OF
SPRINGS,
LAKES
AND
RIVERS
337
OATHS
339
WATER
LORE
340
THREE
GREEK
MYTHS
340
CHAPTER
7.4:
CONTROLLING
CLIMATE
*
MAGIC,
RELIGION,
CHARLATANISM
AND
A
SOUP^ON
OF
SCIENCE
342
ABOUT
THE
WEATHER
342
RAIN-MAKING
BY
MAGIC
342
BRINGING
THE
RAIN
343
HALTING
THE
RAIN
344
RAINMAKING
AND
RELIGION
344
SCOLDING
THE
GODS
347
SUPERSTITION,
CHARLATANISM
AND
PSEUDO-SCIENCE
347
WHAT
SCIENCE
HAS
TO
OFFER
348
PART
8:
SOME
ODDS
AND
ENDS
351
WATER
MUNDANE
AND
UNIQUE
353
WATER
MUNDANE
353
WATER
UNIQUE
354
SOLID,
LIQUID
AND
GAS
355
THE
ALMOST
UNIVERSAL
SOLVENT
355
THE
ANOMALY
OF
EXPANSION
ON
FREEZING
355
THE
ABSORPTION
AND
TRANSMISSION
OF
HEAT
355
SURFACE
TENSION
356
TRANSPARENCY
356
REFERENCE
TO
WATERY
FEATURES
IN
PLACE
NAMES
357
IN
CONCLUSION
361
REFERENCES
363
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