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Basically these symbols allows the brain to rewire itself so it can function in accord with the shapes viewed so you can function more holistically about the cosmos, your self and ALL that Is. However you may decide to view up to 3 times a day, no more than 15 minutes so that you can give the brain the ability to assimilate. This fits the best absorption rate and alteration of circuitry. If you do more, you could lose the effects. See these symbols as an individual being and facilitator promot
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“Great Mother goddesses are the most primitive manifestations of archetypal feminine symbolism; they present matriarchal symbolism in an undifferentiated form, before the split into elementary and …
Constructing her photographic still lives with an exceptional precision and high sense of aesthetics, Krista van der Niet reaches out the essence of mundane objects,...
Karl Blossfeldt Examining Leaves. c. 1894.
The High Altar at Worcester is dominated by Sir George Gilbert Scott's sculpted alabaster reredos depicting Christ enthroned with the Four Evangelists. The rear face has an incised and gilded design of a cross with the same five figures symbolised by their emblematic creatures. Worcester Cathedral is the commanding presence on the skyline of the city, perched on high ground overlooking the River Severn. It is one of England's most rewarding cathedrals, though denied first rank status owing to the heavy handed Victorian restorations it underwent, an unavoidable consequence of being built of soft red sandstone (a problem shared with Chester and Lichfield) and thus a 19th century feel pervades inside and out in it's mostly renewed external stonework and furnishings. The cathedral impresses with it's scale, one or our longer churches, crowned by a magnificent central tower (originally surmounted by a lead spire, lost sometime after the Refomation; subtle alterations to the tower's design were made when it was refaced in the Victorian restoration) and with a secondary pair of transepts flanking the choir (as at Salisbury, Lincoln, Rochester & Canterbury). Of the former monastic buildings the cloister and Norman chapter house have survived (along with the refectory, now part of neighbouring King's School), making this a more complex and enjoyable building to explore. The earliest parts are of the Norman period with the superb 12th century crypt under the choir. The west end of the nave is also Norman work, though very late and unusual in design, with transitional pointed arches. However the bulk of the building we see dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, the east end in Early English gothic style (where most of the windows were restored to stepped lancets by Sir George Gilbert Scott during the Victorian restoration, having been altered over the centuries), whilst the remainder of the nave and tower largely of the Decorated period (the cathedral originally also possessed a detached octagonal bell tower with a lead spire, which stood near the north east corner but was demolished in 1647). Of the original furnishings little remains beyond the fine set of misericords in the choir stalls. The stained glass too is nearly entirely Victorian (only some meagre, much restored medieval fragments survive in traceries of the south aisle). Much of the Victorian glass is quite impressive, particularly the great east and west windows by Hardman's of Birmingham. Worcester is however especially rich in tombs and monuments of all periods, with medieval effigies of bishops, knights and ladies, not all in good condition but worth seeking out. There are also several large tombs from the post-Reformation period (especially in the cluttered south aisle) and some fine Baroque work in the north transept. The most significant of the monuments here are Royal; in the centre of the choir lies the fine 13th century effigy of King John, best remembered for signing the Magna Carta. Nearby is the superb chantry chapel of Prince Arthur, elder brother of Henry VIII, whose premature death aged 15 changed England forever (one of the most pivotal moments in our history, had he survived the Reformation may never have happened). The gorgeous late Perpendicular gothic chapel stands to the south of the High Altar and is remarkable for it's rich sculpted detail. www.worcestercathedral.co.uk/
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1) Choose a crystal that you want to program. I enjoy healing with clear quartz and amethyst. A wand shape or a double terminated point is preferred. Use your intuition and choose a crystal that r…
“Everything happens according to a certain regularity which I sense inside me and which never lets me rest.” – Emma Kunz Do you see meaning in these drawings by Emma Kunz ( 1892–1963)? Emma was a Swiss telepathic healer, researcher and artist “gifted” with prophetic powers. In the 1940s she channeled therapeutic drawings … Continue reading "Emma Kunz: The Divine Pendulum Drawings"
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