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Shrine is a 1983 horror novel by English writer James Herbert, exploring themes of religious ecstasy, mass hysteria, demonic possession, faith healing and Catholicism. Plot [ edit ]
Shriners International, formally known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (AAONMS), is an American Masonic society. Founded in 1872 in New York City, it is headquartered in Tampa, Florida and has over 200 chapters across nine countries, with a global membership of nearly 1.7 million "Shriners". [ 1 ]
The book’s base ingredient is research-packed historical fiction, but there’s also a generous measure of mystery, a dash of romance, and a barely there float of playful authorial provocation. Like the sherry flip that one of its characters orders, this concoction is rich, frothy, but safely lightweight.
Badge of Evil is a novel written by Whit Masterson (a pseudonym used by the authors Robert Allison “Bob” Wade and H. Bill Miller) [1] and published in 1956. [2] This novel was the basis for the 1958 movie Touch of Evil , directed by Orson Welles and co-starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh .
The Inner Shrine (1909) The Wild Olive (1910) The Street Called Straight (1912) The Way Home (1913) The Letter of the Contract (1914) The Side of the Angels (1916) The High Heart (1917) The Lifted Veil (1917) Abraham's Bosom (1918) The Abolishing of Death (1919) The City of Comrades (1919) Going West (1919) The Thread of Flame (1920) The ...
The earliest and still iconic pilgrim 'badge' was the scallop shell worn by pilgrims to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela. Along with badges, vendors at holy sites sold ampullae , small, tin vessels designed to carry holy water or oil from the site.
The Badge of Honor novel series is a series of novels written by W.E.B. Griffin about the Philadelphia Police Department. Although the books were originally set in the 1970s and early 1980s, and the characters have only aged a few years (Matt Payne is still only 27), Book VIII, Final Justice , moves the story to the post-9/11 era .
Ó Floinn, Raghnall, "Description" of the "Book-shrine" on The Stowe Missal, from "Irish Script on Screen", with good images and catalogue information – select "Royal Irish Academy" from drop-down "collections" menu at bottom left, then select "Stowe Missal" from the next menu. Mitchell, Perette. "The Inscriptions on Pre-Norman Irish ...