Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism (1922)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.M.C.B.E · New York, Peter Eckler publishing company · leaf 197
a are sculptured before the throne. In the mysteries of Mithra, the symbols in Fig. 178 werealso employed. They represented the elements to which thesoul ought to be successively united in passing through thenew birth. We will add but two moreemblems, culled from mediae-valheraldry, Figs. 179 and… … Fig. 180. Fig. 179. PLATE XIX. 136 rudest to the most complex, we are thus able to trace acommon idea, viz., a feeling after God, as the life and lightof the Universe, an attempt to express a common hope invisible form. INDEX. Abraham, xxviii., 63.Abricot fendu, 7. Abuse does not change facts,…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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