A Lake Beneath the Crescent Moon
Publisher: Shenandoah History
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Edinburg, Virginia, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 254
Description: Long before there was a Jerusalem, there was a widespread Church of the Moon, one that studied and praised the rhythm of heaven and of all life.  According to ancient Germans who carried the faith, every being was filled with slightly more good than evil.  A Lake Beneath the Crescent Moon contemplates such a view of the world.  Many folks want to believe that the good and the bad in life are separate, that they can divorce themselves from it all, project the bad elsewhere and demonize it.  All of this turns into the most fundamental questions that people might ask, such as "Who makes the awful problems of life?  Who is at fault?  Should people decide for themselves how to live, or must they be told what to do?"
Table of contents: title: contents; title: Preface... page viii; title: chapter i:  The Persistent Man in the Moon... page 2; title: chapter ii:  The Earliest Trace of Swiss Bachmans, 1271-1455... page 22; title: chapter iii:  The Registry of Names 	Along Reid Brook, 1455-1800... page 40; title: chapter iv:  Legends of the Swiss Highland and Wädenswil Castle... page 62; title: chapter v:   The Foodways from Early Times... page 74; title: chapter vi:   A Gallery of Old Zürich, 1300-1775... page 86; title: chapter vii:  New Homelands, 1530-1750... page 158; title: epilogue:  Notes from America, 1715-1865... page 172; title: reference  section; title: Maps...  page 200; title: Appendices A - G ... page 213; title: The Blueberry Bachmanns; The Wilderness Trust of Richterswil; Swiss Sources;; title: The Standing Stones; Baughman Historical Society Report; In Memoriam; Attacks on the Moon; title: Additions and Corrections to Earlier Research... page 236; title: Bibliography and A Guide to Footnoted Sources... page 241; title: Index...  page 246; title: illustrations; title: Moonlight on the Lake	frontis; title: The Lakeshore Artist	vii; title: The Bachmann Horn	x; title: c h a p t e r   1; title: The Persistent Man in the Moon; title: Old Towns by Lake Zürich	2; title: The Futhark Ruins	3; title: The Ancient German Forest	4; title: Hats from the Grave	5; title: Ceramic Horn Motif	5; title: Swiss Lakeside Village	6; title: Cuneiform	7; title: Golden Bull of Ur	8; title: Crowned by Horns	9; title: Migration to the Alps	10; title: Golden Bowl and Moon Icons	11; title: Halstatt Daggers	12; title: Sacrifice to the Graven Altar	13; title: Offering to the Crescent Moon	14; title: Felling the Sacred Oak	15; title: A Swiss Mother’s Tales	17; title: Archway moon in 1784	19; title: The Chair of Wädenswil	20; title: The Moon in Swiss Heraldry	21; title: c h a p t e r   2; title: The Earliest Trace of Swiss Bachmans; title: Europe’s Oldest Wooden House. . 22  Signature of the Emperor	23; title: A Noble Couple with Falcon	24; title: The Unanimous Vote	26; title: William Tell	27; title: A Healing Visit	28; title: The Cantons United	29; title: The Headquarters at Bubikon	30; title: The Seal of Zürich 	31; title: The Sihl River Gorge	32; title: Fruit Market in Zug	33; title: Paths to Einsiedeln	34; title: Defending the Sihl River Bridge. .37; title: Ravaging a Swiss Village	38; title: Peace Brokered on Lake Zürich	39; title: c h a p t e r   3; title: The Registry of Names; title: Along Reid Brook; title: Upper Meierhof	40; title: Wädenswil Castle	42; title: The Commanders of St. John	43; title: Vineyard Work	44; title: The Grape Harvest	45; title: The New Wädenswil Palace	46; title: Magistrate of Wädenswil	47; title: The View Beyond Meierhof	48; title: Lakeshore of Richterswil	49; title: Diagram of Old Castle Ruins	50; title: Diagram of a Swiss Farmhouse	51; title: The Hills by Laubegg	52; title: An Iron Stag Hinge	53; title: Hospitality at The Bath	53; title: The Old Wise Woman	54; title: A Swiss Miller’s House	55; title: The Devil Consults his List	57; title: Witch Burning	58; title: A Zürich Taler from 1558	61; title: c h a p t e r   4; title: Legends of the Swiss Highland; title: and Wädenswil Castle; title: The Interrupted Tale	62; title: A Musician from Wädenswil	65; title: A Moon Above the Castle	66; title: Artifacts from Old Castle	67; title: The Wädenswil Ruins	68; title: A Maypole	70; title: The Circle Motifs	70; title: A Swiss Mask	71; title: A Visit on Christmas Eve	72; title: Gathering of Swiss Spinners	73; title: c h a p t e r   5; title: The  Foodways from Early Times; title: Farmhouse Suppertime	74; title: The Forbidden Fruit	75; title: Apple Peeling	76; title: A Swiss Dairyman	79; title: A Butcher	80; title: Redware Design	81; title: Canteen Drinking	82; title: Beehives	83; title: Shared Milk Soup	84; title: A Toast	85; title: c h a p t e r    6; title: A Gallery of Old Zürich; title: A Swiss Peddler of Pictures	86; title: The Plowman’s Reward	90; title: Master of the Kitchen	91; title: A Swiss Barber	92; title: Removing Lice with a Brush	93; title: The Harvester of July	94; title: Peasants Seek Entry into Zürich 	95; title: Travelers Returning from Bern	96; title: Woodsmen in Canton Zürich	97; title: Everyday Life Under the Zodiac	98; title: Lute and Zither in the Garden	99; title: The Castle Tower Goes Up	100; title: Executions from the Tower	101; title: A Citizen-Soldier Joins Up	102; title: Pikemen Hold off the Invaders	103; title: A Duel of Armored Knights	104; title: War Fleet of Canton Zürich	105; title: The Torch from Rapperswil	106; title: Lake Zürich Battle	107; title: Knight’s Prayer	108; title: Enemy in Battle Formation	109; title: Swiss Knight Applauds Death	110; title: Death Watches Over the Lake	111; title: Columbus’s Journey	112; title: Fierce Native Americans	113; title: Looking Eastward at Zürich	114; title: Zürich Growing	115; title: Closer Perspective of Zürich	116; title: View of Lake Zürich	117; title: The Bloom of Youth & Fashion	118; title: The Flower Matures	119; title: The Lakeside Stroll	120; title: A Swiss Mercenary	121; title: The Peasant Bladesman	122; title: Farmers’ Dance	123; title: A Porter’s Burden	124; title: The Common Attire of Women	125; title: Retreat from Marignano	126; title: Death on the Battlefield	127; title: Opening the Battle of Kappel	128; title: The Pitch of Battle	129; title: Sacking a Village	130; title: The War Booty	131; title: A Golden Foot Reliquary	132; title: Baptism at St. Peter’s Church	133; title: Church Reformation	134; title: Swiss Women Attack a Priest	135; title: A Reformed Church Service	136; title: Broken on the Wheel	137; title: Swiss Student Lessons	138; title: Swimming in Lake Zürich	139; title: Zürich’s Warship Neptune	140; title: General Werdmüller	141; title: Pastor Grob of Wädenswil	141; title: The Glutton	142; title: Alpine Tavern	143; title: Peasant Dresses	144; title: Swiss Labyrinthe Valentine	145; title: 18th Century Swiss Valentines	146; title: Ice Skaters on Lake Zürich	147; title: A Feast & Boys’ Handstand	148; title: Campsite Supper	149; title: A Baby’s First Steps	150; title: Swiss Child’s Play	151; title: Houseside Conversation	152; title: A Swiss Basket Weaver	153; title: The Angels of Death	154; title: Swiss Farming	155; title: Trees and Man	156; title: The Soul of a Tree	157; title: c h a p t e r    7; title: New Homelands; title: An Anabaptist Weaver		158; title: Bachman Home at Bottenstein	161; title: Zofingen’s Anabaptist Debates	162; title: The Anabaptist Exodus	163; title: The Palatine Migration	166; title: A British “Galley” Ship	167; title: Palatines in London	168; title: A German/English Lesson	169; title: Lesson Text	170	e  p  i  l  o  g  u  e; title: The Bachman Standing Stones	172; title: Alemannic Jewelry	173; title: Runic Letters in Virginia	174; title: The Grave Creek Mound	174; title: Susquehanna Inscription	175; title: A Germanic Druid	177; title: Strickler’s Garden Vorschrift	180; title: Strickler’s Dragon	181; title: The Almanac’s Moon	182; title: The Shooting Competition	184; title: Award Certificate Detail	185; title: Swiss Shooting Coins	186; title: Looking for their Men’s Names	189; title: Discharge of Colored Troops	196; title: Little Switzerland in the Ozarks	198; title: m   a   p   s; title: The Vinland Map	200; title: The Fertile Crescent	201; title: The Swiss Bachman Shields	202; title: Elevations by Lake Zürich	204; title: Homeland by Lake Finster	206; title: Settlement at Laubegg	207; title: Reid Brook Estates	208; title: Anabaptist Refuge in Aargau	209; title: Fairfax Survey	210; title: Holmans Creek Land	211; title: Elevations South of Third Hill	212; title: appendices a-d; title: View of Richterswil	216; title: Stone One & Stone Six	220; title: Location of the Bachman Stones	220; title: Cultural Center in Shenandoah Valley	232; title: Demonizing the Moon	234; title: additions and corrections; title: bibliography; title: Attack on St. Meinrad	236; title: New Amsterdam	240