If communication with an entity on the `` other side '' is taking place, this too may assume the form of clairvoyant symbolism.

Syncretism of traditional Germanic animal-style with Christian symbolism is also present in artwork, but Christian symbolism becomes more and more prevalent during the 7th century.

Using the biblical Book of Revelation as a point of departure, Caesar Antichrist presents a parallel world of extreme formal symbolism in which Christ is resurrected not as an agent of spirituality but as an agent of the Roman Empire that seeks to dominate spirituality.

His commissions included The Triumphal Arch, a vast work printed from 192 separate blocks, the symbolism of which is partly informed by Pirckheimer's translation of Horapollo's Hieroglyphica.

The route taken is up to the arch and then around its side, out of respect for the tomb and its symbolism.

Such literature is " marked by distinctive literary features, particularly prediction of future events and accounts of visionary experiences or journeys to heaven, often involving vivid symbolism.

References to cannibalizing the enemy has also been seen in poetry written in the Song Dynasty, ( for example, in Man Jiang Hong ) although the cannibalizing is perhaps poetic symbolism, expressing hatred towards the enemy.

Remembering the suits and rankings of the tiles is easier if one understands the Chinese names of the tiles and the symbolism behind them.

In Quechua, the language of the Inca civilization, Crux is known as " Chakana ", which means literally " stair " ( chaka, bridge, link ; hanan, high, above ), but carries a deep symbolism within Quechua mysticism.

The two points at which there is the greatest overlap or mutual impingement of the two versions of critical theory are in their interrelated foci on language, symbolism, and communication and in their focus on social construction.

It is frequently traced to the symbolism of evergreen trees in supposed " pre-Christian winter rites ", especially with the story of the Donar Oak and Saint Boniface.

Some of the symbolism within the coronation ceremony for British monarchs, in which they are anointed with holy oils by the Archbishop of Canterbury, thereby ordaining them to monarchy, perpetuates the ancient Roman Catholic monarchical ideas and ceremonial ( although few Protestants realize this, the ceremony is nearly entirely based upon that of the Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor ).

Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the calendar.

Benito states " With Enki it is an interesting change of gender symbolism, the fertilising agent is also water, Sumerian " a " or " Ab " which also means " semen ".

The symbolism of the fasces suggested strength through unity: a single rod is easily broken, while the bundle is difficult to break.

Complex and filled with psychological symbolism, the film is set to a jaunty score by Nino Rota.

Martin rather enjoyed the symbolism of the seasons, with summer as a time of growth and plenty and joy, and winter as a dark time where there is a struggle for survival.

The Goddess is often portrayed with strong lunar symbolism, drawing on various cultures and deities such as Diana, Hecate, and Isis, and is often depicted as the Maiden, Mother and Crone triad popularised by Robert Graves ( see Triple Goddess below ).

However, in some of the newer traditions of Wicca, and especially those influenced by feminist ideology, there is more emphasis on the Goddess, and consequently the symbolism of the Horned God is less developed than that of the Goddess.

Leibniz embraced the concept fully calling differentials "... an evanescent quantity which yet retains the character of that which is disappearing ", and his notation for them is the current symbolism in calculus.

Crosby maintained a coterie of young ladies that he frequently bedded, and wrote and published poetry that dwelled on the symbolism of the sun and explored themes of death and suicide.

This racial symbolism is explored further in Mat Johnson's 2011 satirical fantasy Pym.

Chester's main poem is a long allegory in which the relationship between the birds is explored, and its symbolism articulated.

The fourth volume ( due to be published in 2012 ) addresses the interpersonal symbolism of the endowment received in Mormon temples, an epistemology of spiritual or testimony experiences in the Mormon tradition and the problem of evil.

Latin King symbolism is usually accompanied with the name and number of the chapter, region or city of the gang.

yet some must have survived, because the old interest in number symbolism, divination, and magic persisted on into the Han dynasty, which succeeded in reuniting China and keeping it together for a longer period ( from 202 B.C. to A.D. 220 ).

( This contrasted with Malinowski's functionalism, and was quite different from the later French structuralism, which examined the conceptual structures in language and symbolism.

The intervening 7th century was a period of genuine syncretism during which Christian symbolism and doctrine gradually grew in influence.

As an element, fire has very mixed symbolism because it represents energy, which can be helpful when controlled, but volatile if left unchecked.

#“ Experience which, if assimilated, would involve a change in the organization of self, tends to be resisted through denial or distortion of symbolism ” ( Rogers, 1951 ).

Italian Fascism, which derives its name from the fasces, arguably used this symbolism the most in the 20th century.

They point to the symbolism of wine and the importance it held in the mythology surrounding both Dionysus and Jesus Christ ; Wick argues that the use of wine symbolism in the Gospel of John, including the story of the Marriage at Cana at which Jesus turns water into wine, was intended to show Jesus as superior to Dionysus.

The symbolism of the donkey may refer to the Eastern tradition that it is an animal of peace, versus the horse, which is the animal of war.

The Nazi swastika is also not present, the German forces use a Wolfenstein logo which is a combination of a stylized double-headed eagle prominent in most Nazi symbolism, a " W " ( standing for Wolfenstein ), and the Quake III: Team Arena " QIII " logo ( the game engine and network code that RTCW is based upon ).

The symbolism regarding the tree of life, according to Emanuel Swedenborg, reflects the perception of our mind ( or spirit, which is the same thing according to Swedenborg's phylosophy ).

At the beginning of a public teaching, a lama will do prostrations to the throne on which he will teach due to its symbolism, or to an image of the Buddha behind that throne, then students will do prostrations to the lama after he is seated.

The tradition began in 1781, when Antoine Court de Gébelin, a Swiss clergyman, published Le Monde Primitif, a speculative study which included religious symbolism and its survival in the modern world.

The town's name is the Arabic word for ' dignity ', which elevated its symbolism in the eyes of the Arab people, especially after the collective Arab defeat in 1967.

This form is both functional and symbolic, its symbolism referring to the cross on which Jesus was crucified.

2 of which was published at his own expense ), Frege attempted to derive, by use of his symbolism, all of the laws of arithmetic from axioms he asserted as logical.

Sassenrath explains REBOL as a proper balance between the concepts of context and symbolism, allowing users to create new relationships between symbols and their meanings.

Lancaster confesses to his sins, explains various real and mythical medical remedies in terms of their theological symbolism, and exhorts the reader to greater morality.

1050 – 1148 ), the narrator explains the symbolism of the second exemplum, ending with a description of God as strongly vengeful.

Their alleged nationalism is therefore extremely questionable. In his 1917 book Francis P. Jones, an American friend of Griffith ’ s and historian of the early Sinn Féin movement explains the background to the creation of the trademark and the symbolism of its design.

Czech poet Ladislav Novák wrote a poem called Giorgione's Tempest where Meister Eckhart explains its symbolism in a wealthy man's study ( according to him, the man is a shepherd who represents Giorgione and the lady is a woman the painter loves but cannot hope his love will be requited ) and then he's shot and, wounded, falls to an orchestra pit.

For complex systems of symbols, the term is preferred to symbolism, which explains the symbolic meaning of a single cultural phenomenon.

In The Deathly Hallows Lectures, he explains the predominant eye symbolism of the series finale in light of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's natural theology and the consequent tradition of eye and mirror symbolism in Romantic literature.

" Borja explains his methodology and the symbolism in the ritual before he executes it.