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  2. Globus cruciger - Wikipedia

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    The globus cruciger (Latin for 'cross-bearing orb'), also known as stavroforos sphaira (Greek: σταυροφόρος σφαίρα) [1] or "the orb and cross", is an orb surmounted by a cross. It has been a Christian symbol of authority since the Middle Ages , used on coins , in iconography , and with a sceptre as royal regalia .

  3. Celestial spheres - Wikipedia

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    The celestial spheres, or celestial orbs, were the fundamental entities of the cosmological models developed by Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, and others. In these celestial models, the apparent motions of the fixed stars and planets are accounted for by treating them as embedded in rotating spheres made of an aetherial ...

  4. Will-o'-the-wisp - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, they are often called spook-lights, ghost-lights, or orbs by folklorists. [9] [10] [11] The Latin name ignis fatuus is composed of ignis, meaning 'fire' and fatuus, an adjective meaning 'foolish', 'silly' or 'simple'; it can thus be literally translated into English as 'foolish fire' or more idiomatically as 'giddy flame'. [1]

  5. Firmament - Wikipedia

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    The firmament is the boundary between the physical and spiritual worlds. [24] Origen's model of two heavens was followed by later writers who kept the concept of a spiritual and immaterial heaven of the first day (caelum) and the corporeal/sidereal firmamentum. [25] [26]

  6. What Are the Orb and Sceptre? Objects Adorning the ... - AOL

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    The orb has been used for every royal coronation since its creation and is expected to be held by King Charles III during his official crowning. Elizabeth’s coronation took place on June 2, 1953 ...

  7. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium - Wikipedia

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    De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (English translation: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) is the seminal work on the heliocentric theory of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) of the Polish Renaissance.

  8. 'It's trying to wake us up:' Hope Mills man featured in TV ...

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    Christopher Bledsoe Sr. says he encountered orbs and spiritual beings while fishing at the Cape Fear River in Fayetteville with his son Christopher Jr. and three other friends in 2007.

  9. Onibi - Wikipedia

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    Onibi (Wakan Sansai Zue)Onibi (鬼火, "Demon Fire") is a type of atmospheric ghost light in legends of Japan. According to folklore, they are the spirits born from the corpses of humans and animals.