King Solomon's Ring: New light on animal ways (Routledge Classics)

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In this astonishing book he tells of his discoveries about jackdaws, in whose lives love, jealousy, hatred, team-spirit, and leadership play important parts! The English title refers to the legendary Seal of Solomon, a ring that supposedly gave King Solomon the power to speak to animals. Cuenta la leyenda que el rey Salomón podía hablar con las bestias, las aves, los peces y los gusanos. Il libro, ancora oggi consultato da studenti di etologia e psicologia, si concentra soprattutto sull’imprinting, ossia il fenomeno che permette ai nuovi nati di riconoscere come madre il primo essere che vedono. One fault I did find with the book; I don't like reading that foxes aren't really as smart as everyone thinks they are.

Credo sia uno dei motivi per cui una lettura così settoriale, seppur divulgativa, sia diventata tanto celebre ‒ oltre al fatto che si tratta di uno dei titoli di punta di Adelphi, che con le sue affascinanti copertine è in grado di risvegliare nei lettori interessi insospettabili, come lo zen, le biografie e l’etologia.

Kennett (1660–1728) makes reference to a "pentangle of Solomon" with the power of exorcising demons. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. Even though the animals aren't in their fully natural environment, he goes to great lengths to allow them to freely move about and behave as they naturally would. In one tale, a demon — either Asmodeus or Sakhr — obtained possession of the ring and ruled in Solomon's stead for forty days. Quello che mi aspettavo, era un trattato piuttosto scientifico sull'etologia, invece il libro è denso di racconti e aneddoti di diverse specie animali che sono entrate in contatto con la vita quotidiana di Lorenz durante le sue ricerche, alternati a spunti di riflessione interessanti, che mi sarebbe piaciuto venissero approfonditi.

The amulet endows its possessor with practicality, calculability, comprehensive skills and charisma. Il mio non è un giudizio sul libro, ma un ringraziamento per l'esperienza condivisa e per il piacere ricevuto nel leggerla. This ancient stone (described as a chunk of moldavite with glowing striations) had been preserved in a lamasery that Roerich visited. On one occasion, when the ring was in Amina's keeping, the rebellious spirit Sakhr took on Solomon's form and obtained the ring.

Add a unique touch to your personal jewelry collection with this remarkable ring from Ha'ari Jewelry. In a variant of the tale of the ring of Polycrates from Herodotus, the demon eventually threw the ring into the sea, where it was swallowed by a fish, caught by a charitable fisherman, who unknowingly fed it to the displaced Solomon, restoring him to power. By the time the chapter is over you can't help feeling like you've observed the jackdaws and water-shrews with Lorenz and grown familiar with their ways.

Lorenz fu un osservatore privilegiato, un uomo di indole pigra e felice che visse in completa comunione con gli animali e con la natura. Lorenz era l'unico che poteva riuscire a farmi cambiare idea ma l'impresa si è rivelata impossibile anche a lui. The ring was made from brass and iron, and the two parts were used to seal written commands to good and evil spirits, respectively. Since then that passage had stayed in my mind until recently when I came to realise that it was from this beautiful book. Se siete anche solo un po' più sensibili di me nei confronti degli animali è un libro interessantissimo.

I don't think I've ever found such a profound respect for someone in a book as I have for Lorenz in reading "King Solomon's Ring".

But man should abstain from judging his innocently cruel fellow creatures, for even if nature sometimes “shrieks against his creed”, what pain does he himself not inflict upon the living creatures that he hunts for pleasure and not for food? How about that jackdaws don't innately know to fear their natural predators; relying on social learning over instinct? He isn't all science, he tells personal stories, funny ones too that made me snicker, while always being extremely respectful.

Li comprendeva nel senso più profondo del termine, senza umanizzarli e sempre con un rispetto profondo, sacrale quasi. Charmingly illustrated by Lorenz himself, this book is a wonderfully written introduction to the world of our furred and feathered friends, a world which often provides an uncanny resemblance to our own. Non ho mai provato il desiderio di lasciare a metà un capitolo perché troppo dettagliato o descrittivo. If the scenes from a book stay with you for decades then it is a sign that the book must be really good.