Sentences with phrase «ancient symbols of»

He has outlived a loving wife and then a steady girl, and he has outlasted all the other ancient symbols of sports.

The Ouroboros, a Greek word meaning «tail devourer», is the ancient symbol of a snake consuming its own body in perfect symmetry.

Those golden snakes on Ignatius's staff are an ancient symbol of wisdom.

In Byrd's honor a decal with his number 90 overlaying an ichthus, the outline of a fish that is an ancient symbol of Christianity, was affixed to every Jet helmet.

The eight - legged insect is actually an ancient symbol of power, mystery and growth.

«Take a look at my family crest, and you will find a boar's head, an ancient symbol of hospitality,» says the iconic pop superstar Fergie (Stacy Ferguson), of Grammy - winning Black Eyed Peas fame.

The red Phrygian cap, that conical hat with the tip pulled forward over the head, glorified (mistakenly) as an ancient symbol of freedom.

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It contained vast treasure, including the golden death mask that has become a symbol of ancient Egypt.

so just to get this correct christians carry around a symbol of ancient world torture as a good thing?

The lady of the Song speaks of her unguarded vineyard (1:6), and there is frequent reference (2:16; 4:5; 5:1; 6:2) to the garden (s) where the lover grazes, not among «lilies» (as traditionally understood), but on the lotus, an ancient and famous sexual symbol.

There follows now in chapter in an account, obviously ancient in origin, of the making of a covenant in which God in solemn, primitive symbol commits himself to the promises inherent in the election of Abraham.

And among the most powerful of these symbols are the unabashedly visual ones, whether in New Testament narrative, ancient creed, Renaissance fresco or Reformation hymn.

The followers of H. P. Blavatsky recognized each other by an ancient Eastern symbol of fertility — the swastika.

But when we stop to reflect, it is very odd that this most cruel of ancient Roman torture and execution methods has become the ubiquitous symbol of Christianity.

The perplexity of this leader from the image — ridden West, standing in the presence of a mystery that still evaded him, is a true symbol of Israel's place in the ancient world: a place that might well be equally unique in the modern, save for our debt to Israel herself.

Nothing is permanent, not even the mountains, which the ancient psalmists used to regard as symbols of enduring stability.

Our ancient forebears stood in such awe of the forces of nature that they created concepts, symbols and a language by which to understand them.

Justin points out that «rape had been used at times a s a symbol of domination, with armies raping the (male) leader of a conquered enemy... Clearly, in some cultures and contexts — whether in ancient times or in modern - day prisons — male - male rape had been used or threatened as a method of violent humiliation and domination.»

Now, if we recall another psychological phenomenon in ancient Israel, the normative sense of corporate personality, the identity of the one in the many and the many in the one, we are able to understand that in their application of Word and Symbol the prophets became not only executioners of Israel, but at once also their own executioners.

But sometimes symbols point to things that really happened and Christianity points to something that is more than just one of many ancient belief systems.

In part it is a revulsion against the sentimentality which substituted for the ancient symbols, with the realities to which they pointed, the dubious realities of man's inner religious and moral life.

The Monarch's ancient title articulates that principle — symbolically, yes, but as she said herself the worth of such symbols is measured in a whole lot more than conservatism or nostalgia.

But there are all sorts of ways of understanding the God symbol, with many thinking of God as a sort of philosophical ideal, much as the ancient Greeks might have done.

Finally, Tillich's greatest weakness was his relative inability to discern in classic religious symbols the fresh complexity of meaning that he found (with ease, insight and fluidity) in symbols from ancient Greek and modern secular culture.

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And with the cup, so clear a symbol of his blood in that red wine, he saw, as we did, that his life, poured forth, would seal a new commitment, would form upon the altar of God's grace a whole new covenant that would replace the ancient, worn - out slaughter of the animals with one complete and final act, the sacrifice of God's own son to show the world, to show us all the height and depth and majesty, the eternal glory of God's love, which gives itself forever, or until we come, at last, and offer up our own lives in return.

But, of course they won't because this ritual has nothing to do with the symbols of the United States but rather their ancient relationship to the animals.

The error of ancient theodicies is indeed in having failed to recognize this positive substructure affording an immense mass of symbols, rites, and attitudes which form the data on which a reflection on religion may be carried out.

Folks talk about the soul as a religious item — that it synonymous with religion — But religions don't really explain what a soul is — because they don't know — only a possible destination — Before you get all huffy, please consider where my concept comes from — I am no longer religious — I studied Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for dozens of years, and determined a different design, for what the glyphs could portend — and found some interesting thought processes hidden within — including what the soul is — for instance: The Ankh symbol represents Life — the charcters for An and kh, I translate as an = thought and kh = soul — Thus Life = the thought of the soul — The soul as described by the AE, is a continuity between 2 or more enti - ties — including the enti - ty Environment — Our environment creates us — some name their environment as god — some believe there is a continuity with their environment — that is soul --

4 - 9) is enigmatic: does it preserve the memory of actual casualties inflicted by serpents; or is it a cultic etiology to explain the presence of a bronze serpent in the Jerusalem temple in Hezekiah's time (II Kings 18:4); or is it distantly related to ancient, primitive cultic use of the serpent symbol?

Over time, ancient civilizations like the Mayas and the Incas discovered ways of cultivating cacao where it was recognized as a symbol of abundance.

Ancient and worldly, almonds have appeared throughout civilization from antiquity to modern times, celebrated as a symbol of good luck, fertility and love.

Ancient Egyptians farmed honey 3,000 years ago and considered bees the symbol of sacred femininity.

The boiling of a kid in its mother's milk was an ancient Canaanite fertility ritual which compounded the symbols of the baby kid with the mother's milk.

This is the most ancient and widely used symbol of Christianity.

The ancient Romans and Greeks believed in the magical power of amber, they even buried people with amber necklaces as a symbol of influence and power.

Spiritual Meanings from an Ancient Slav Zodiac [Article] What is Your Tree Sign Ancient Slavic Astrology Spiritual Development, Alchemy of Love, Symbols and Signs What is your Tree Sign Tree Magic Trees were respected since the beginning of time.

Praasha Desire Praatika Image / Symbolic Pracheeta Origin / Starting point Pradyuta To begin to shine Pragnika Clever lady Praharsha Happy girl Prahasini Continues smiling girl Prajisha Morning Pramik Best / Fulfilling desires Pranal God Pranamya Offering obeisances Pranani Most beautiful Pranavee Goddess Parvati / The first sound of universe Aum (Alternate Spelling: Pranavi) Pranaya Leader Pranidhi Spy Pranika Goddess Parvati Pranisha Love to life Pranja Very cute Pranusha Prathama Usha — first rays of the morning Sun Pranvi Forgiveness / Goddess of life / Maa Parvati Pranvuta Praised Prasheila Ancient time Prashi Accomplishment / Fame Prashvita Parvati / Lord Shivas wife Prathulya Incomparable Prathusha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Prathysha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Prathyumna Victory Prathyusha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Prati One who appreciates and loves music Pratichi West Pratika Image / Beautiful / Symbol / Symbolic Pratitha Well known Prattusha Beautiful / soft Prattysha Morning Pratusha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Pratushya Morning Pratyaksha One who is real Pratyaya Perception / Thought / Intention Pratyusha Bright morning Pravara Eminent Prayukta Experimented Prayushi Pure Prayuta Mingled with Saadhvi Religious women / Courteous / Polite Saahana Raga Saarya Name of a pious woman Saatvika Goddess Durga / Calm (Alternate Spelling: Saatwika) Saavi Goddess Lakshmi / The Sun Saavini Pertaining to the month of Saavan / One who prepares Soma Sabrang Rainbow Sachita Consciousness Sadhvi Religious women / Courteous / Polite Saesha With great desire and wish / Truth of life Sagnika Fiery / Passionate / Married / With fire Sahuri War / Powerful / Victorious / The earth Sahya A mountain in india Saisha With great desire and wish / Truth of life (Alternate Spelling: Saiyeisha) Saketa Lord Krishna (Alternate Spelling: Saketha) Samanvi One who has all the best qualities Sambhwi Durga Samiha Generous Samika Peaceful Samiksha Analysis Samita Collected Samithra Good friend Sanchana Gathering of good habits Sanchaya Collection Sanha Skilful / Radiance / Elegance / Conciseness Sanheeta A compilation or a bunch of vedic hymns / Code (Alternate Spelling: Sanhitha) Sanmaya Equal / Removal of obstacles / Etc Sanmita Goddess Parvati / Prasanna Lakshmi Sanoja Eternal Sanrakta Red / Pleasant / Beautiful Sanwari Dusky Sanya Eminent / Distinguished / Born on saturday Sarasvi Water / Saraswathi Goddess Sarayu A holy river Sarisha Charming Sarit River Sarjena Creative Sarunati Nobleminded Sarvani Durga / Universal / Complete Sarvari Night

They even elected a symbol of Europe's ancient regime, Jean - Claude Juncker, as the European Commission President.

One has no idea of what the act of destruction can have upon such a powerful ancient symbol whether they are here in Kingston NY or in England.

But ancient observers saw it as a symbol of mortality.

Heracles considered the hue to be so magnificent that he presented a purple robe to the king of Phoenicia, who promptly declared the color to be a symbol of royalty and made Tyre the ancient world's center of murex dye production.

For a century and a half, the 150 - million - year - old feathered creature called Archaeopteryx has reigned as the earliest known bird and as a symbol of the link between ancient dinosaurs and living fowl.

Nearly 15 years ago, two fishers in the waters off the southern coast of Sri Lanka hauled up a stone slab etched with ancient Hindu symbols.

Yet the citizens of Brak were already using imported materials to make fine goods in large workshops, including a marble - and - obsidian chalice and a stamp seal with the image of a lion being caught in a net — a classic symbol of kingship in the ancient Near East.

I was very interested by Alison George's description of cave art symbols used throughout the ancient world (12 November, p...

Analysis of ancient property records shows that the Aztecs used common algorithms and a distance standard for calculating land area and specific symbols to represent fractions.

Whether in ancient creation myths or modern public relations campaigns, names aren't merely collections of written symbols or uttered sounds — they are subtle - but - powerful tools to shape reality.

THEY might be ancient graffiti tags left by a worker or symbols of religious significance.

The ancient symbol for this was the Hindu God of Wisdom, Prosperity, Happiness and Good Fortune, Ganesha.