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The Hierophant stands for righteousness, sacredness, hierarchical order, [6] orthodoxy, [7] and moral righteousness. He is an exoteric figure, in contrast to the esoteric symbolism of The High Priestess. [2] Reversed, the Hierophant can be interpreted as standing for unorthodoxy, originality, and gullibility. [7]
The offices of Hierophant, High Priestess, and Dadouchousa priestess were all inherited within the Phileidae or Eumolpidae families, and the Hierophant and the High Priestess were of equal rank. [48] It was the task of the High Priestess to impersonate the roles of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone in the enactment during the mysteries, and ...
The High Priestess (II) is the second Major Arcana card in cartomantic Tarot decks. It is based on the 2nd trump of Tarot card packs . In the first Tarot pack with inscriptions, the 18th-century woodcut Tarot de Marseilles , this figure is crowned with the Papal tiara and labelled La Papesse , the Popess , a possible reference to the legend of ...
A hierophant (Ancient Greek: ἱεροφάντης, romanized: hierophántēs) is a person who brings religious congregants into the presence of that which is deemed holy. [1] As such, a hierophant is an interpreter of sacred mysteries and arcane principles.
The black-and-white checkered floor that is shown when Xena is in her BOTA high priestess card costume is taken from the justice card of the Golden Dawn tarot deck. That Golden Dawn justice card is related to the BOTA high priestess card because both cards incorporate the two masonic pillars, and have a person seated between them. The black-and ...
Among a crowd of happy and unhappy lovers, Achante and Céphise in their turn consult the oracle. Speaking through the High Priestess, the oracle decrees that when all hearts give themselves joyfully to love then these lovers will be united. It seems an impossible task, since love is so often combined with suffering.
In Wicca, High Priest and High Priestess are the roles of the man and woman who are leading a group ritual. High Priest and High Priestess are also titles sometimes conferred on the members of a Wiccan coven when they have completed their third, or fifth year of study and practice. Sometimes called Third degree, depending on path or tradition.
Hieros gamos of Hera (shown with Iris) and Zeus, 1900 drawing of a fresco at Pompeii.. Hieros gamos, (from Ancient Greek: ἱερός, romanized: hieros, lit. 'holy, sacred' and γάμος gamos 'marriage') or hierogamy (Ancient Greek: ἱερὸς γάμος, ἱερογαμία 'holy marriage') is a sacred marriage that takes place between gods, especially when enacted in a symbolic ritual ...