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Palm Sunday itself marks the day Jesus entered Jerusalem. He entered the city knowing He would be tried and crucified—yet welcomed this fate in order to rise from the grave and save His ...
Typical of the mystic crucifixes is the body of Christ hanging on a Y-shaped tree fork with his head falling low over his chest, his mouth contorted with pain and his eyes full of tears. His narrow, sinewy arms stretch more upward than sideways, his thin body is strongly bent and deeply sunken below the breastbone, with prominently protruding ...
The third pictured, alchemical for black sulfur, is also known as a 'Leviathan Cross' or 'Satan's Cross'. Sun: Alchemy and Hermeticism: A symbol used with many different meanings, including but not limited to, gold, citrinitas, sulfur, the divine spark of man, nobility and incorruptibility. Sun cross: Iron Age religions and later gnosticism and ...
Orthodox images more often contained inscriptions with the names of saints, so the Eastern repertoire of attributes is generally smaller than the Western. Many of the most prominent saints, like Saint Peter and Saint John the Evangelist can also be recognised by a distinctive facial type. Some attributes are general, such as the martyr's palm. [4]
AMORC (standing for, among others, the Ancient Mystical Order of the Rosy Cross or the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis) is a Rosicrucian organization founded by Harvey Spencer Lewis in the United States in 1915. It has lodges, chapters and other affiliated bodies in several countries.
As portrayed at their martyrdom: St Felician is nailed to a tree and St Primus is forced to swallow molten lead [citation needed] Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864–1918) Religious habit [citation needed] Priscilla and Aquila: Crown of martyrdom, Martyr's palm, cross [citation needed] Procopius of Sázava
The veil of the Temple is behind her: it is embroidered with palm leaves (male) and pomegranates (female), [8] growing on a tree shaped like the Tree of Life. The motif that hangs behind the High Priestess’s throne, veiling whatever mysteries she guards, is suggested in the pattern of The Empress ' gown.
Kalpavriksha, the tree of life, also meaning "World Tree", finds mention in the Vedic scriptures. In the earliest account of the Samudra Manthana , or the "churning of the ocean of milk". Kalpavriksha emerged from the primal waters during the ocean churning process along with Kamadhenu, the divine cow that bestows all needs.