The task had seemed simple enough at the beginning: where had the idea first come from that that little triangle of silk embroidery, hung with three tassels, had the strength to fend off evil? And where did people still believe in it? The third volume of Sheila Paine's odyssey - "Out of Central Asia" takes her through war-torn Eritrea and Somalia, past the ancient rock churches of Ethiopia and the tiny pyramids of Sudan, through Egypt and across the Mediterranean to Greece, ending in the bandit land of Albania. It is an adventure across the fault lines of history and religion too, as the Linen Goddess fades and reappears from view. Even amid Madonnas, petitions to Ab-Besma ab-Besma Wold, rusty bits of iron, broken white glass elephants and a myriad of blue beads, it has always been there. And after a journey through some of the least visited and most dangerous parts of the world, Sheila finally catches up with the goddess surprisingly close to home.
- ISBN10 1873429878
- ISBN13 9781873429877
- Publish Date 20 June 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 November 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pallas Athene Publishers
- Imprint Pallas Athene Arts
- Format Paperback
- Pages 220
- Language English