church is that the church, in all her depravity, always kept the hinges of a tiny door, way in the back, well-oiled: a door upon the study of Semitic languages, and many church-goers found that door and entered it and left the outer court behind for a life within the mind of God...
to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels; also written 数黑论黄 真相大白 zhēn xiàng dà bái the whole truth is revealed (idiom); the truth has (at last) been revealed; the truth has been brought into daylight; the cat is out...
Like Helen, Israel came to mourn its decision but Israel had no Trojan horse that slipped behind enemy lines, it had a baby: Moses, bobbing on the Nile in a little crib and found and adopted by Pharaoh's daughter, which is an obvious metaphor for Egypt's wisdom tradition trying to adop...
There is a legendary story behind how the Yin and the Yang came together to form the symbol. Yin and Yang refer to two polarities or opposites that one can observe in all aspects of life in the universe. Yin yang consists of two colours white and black. Everything in our universe can...
In many ways, the meaning behind a dream about water overflowing is associated with emotional overflow or expressions that go beyond our normal capacity. You could see an overflowing tap, or even a room filling up with water. This dream could indicate you are feeling overwhelmed with emotions ...
Yoga symbols are a powerful tool to create a deeper understanding of the practice of yoga. Knowing & learning the symbols in yoga provides a deeper knowledge of the yogic philosophies, teachings and mythologies.
All the times we laughed and cried, I never thought I'd leave you behind. I don't want you to understand, You will never hold me in your hand. I don't want you to see my face, When I fade away and leave this place. All these songs that fill my head, ...
foretells how Greek (and later Roman) tradition would overwhelm the Egyptian one (it obviously did in the Alexandrian and Ptolemaic era), whilst the Jewish tradition of wisdom and learning would wax onto maturity and increasingly govern the world, invisibly from behind the world's waning pagan ...
form of literature (they really aren't), only that they reflect an awareness of it and an awakening onto it — kind of like a soap opera about a team of brain surgeons, lovingly written by someone who can only guess at what happens behind those doors, and has our brain surgeons flirt...
The Catholic and Orthodox array of saints is really an iteration of the traditional pantheon of the Greeks and Romans, with the ubiquitous aureoles representing the Invincible Sun looming behind every demigod or saint. In many ancient cultures, the sun was recognized as the light-bearer, and thus...