Such symbolism seems often to depend on sexual experiences in childhood.
But this does not destroy the splendid symbolism of his act of drinking absinthe in the Cheshire Cheese.
There is splendid symbolism in Ernest Dowson's act of drinking absinthe in the Cheshire Cheese.
The mistake that is so often made by religious organisations, which depend so largely upon symbolism, is the terrible limiting of this symbolism to traditional ceremonies and venerable ritual.
It may be well to give people such symbolism as they can understand, and the best symbols of all are those that deal with the commonest emotions.
At the same time the natural impatience of one who discerns a symbolismall about him, in tree and flower, in sunshine and rain, and who hates to see the range restricted, is a feeling that a wise and tolerant man ought to resist.
Already Ezekiel and Zechariah had employed the complex symbolism of the apocalypse to stir the imagination and strengthen the faith of their discouraged countrymen.
In the symbolism of the prophet the four beasts of Daniel 7 represented the Chaldean, Medean, Persian, and Greek Empires.
The symbolismof pearls links with that of jet, the symbolism of jet with that of Baltic amber, and the symbolism of Baltic amber with that of Adriatic amber and of Mediterranean coral.
The symbolism of gold and silver links closely with that of amber.
Their colour suggests that green symbolism has not necessarily a connection with agricultural religion, as some have supposed.
This symbolism could be employed to recall to the mind ethical precepts or religious tenets at solemn moments, and tone could become a doubly powerful agent by uniting the effect of vivid ideas to its inherent property of nerve excitement.
Where purely aesthetic considerations have for a time prevailed, as they often will even in a Church in which tradition and symbolism exert so strong an influence as they do in the Catholic, this archaic form of melody has been neglected.
And so it was that symbolism and the appeal to the senses aided in commending Christianity to a world which was not yet prepared for a faith which should require only a silent, unobtrusive experience.
Each motive was sincere, but the harsh realism of the Fleming shows how far art, even in reverent treatment of religious themes, had departed from the unhistoric symbolism formerly imposed by the Church.
And herein lies the justification of hersymbolism and emblematic expression in ecclesiastical art so long as this holds itself within the limits of tradition.
Therein lies the justification of symbolism and symbolic representation in ecclesiastical art.
He chose the method of symbolism, firstly because he was an artist, and symbolism is the speech of art; and secondly because the high truth that he prophesied was not, and is not, fit for vulgar ears.
All such symbolism of Greek religion as that of the worship of Dionysus and Ceres, shows this.
The symbolism of the story, disentangled from detail which may have been true enough in a lesser way, is clear to every reader.
No one who has realised the power and glory of the Eastern sun, can wonder at the identification both of the good and bad symbolism with the orb of day.
Much iconographic symbolism is to be found in this doorway, capable of various plausible explanations which shall not be attempted here.
The creeds, if their entire symbolism is for a moment forgotten, if they are taken as opaque statements of fact, are inconsistent, incredible.
Because you will not set yourselves to understand the symbolism of her ritual," he said.
From the old symbolism of the forgotten artists of past days, we come to the miscalled “Pre-Raphaelite” naturalism of modern architects.
So our Catholic symbolism is an open book, a text for the highest art, and a guide to the humblest mind.
We would here submit to the talented and enthusiastic author that the spirit of ancient art, the loss of which he so vehemently deplores, is intimately connected with that Catholic symbolism he so cavalierly dismisses.
History tells us how men became so spiritual, in their own conceit, that symbolism was held to be a sin; and how, by losing the sign, the thing signified was forgotten or denied.
St. Peter, in his First Epistle, does not disdain to give counsel as to the outward dress of women, thus dignifying the subject through the symbolism he wishes it to express.
In a word, symbolism is as old as creation, and there never was a time when men did not make for themselves a language of signs.
But for the majority symbolismis language, ceremonial is reading.
The symbolism which covered all lent an air of mystery and solemnity to these exciting entertainments.
Pylarini and Timoni very properly dropped the symbolism of the Greek woman, and inserted the matter at any convenient spot, choosing usually the skin of the forearm.
There is true beauty in symbolism because of the variety of possible interpretations.
In "The Book of Gud" there is great symbolism, and insymbolism there can be nothing degrading, as each mind interprets it according to its own intellectual and moral plane.
It is merely the symbolism of a suppressed wish to be famous.
Perhaps the artist by this symbolism wished to convey the idea that the time for love's free play had passed and by the laurel tree intended to suggest the famous house of Este.
To-day such symbolism would excite only derision and mirth, but the plastic taste of the Italian of that day was not offended by it.
The possibilities of the Irish must indeed be great if they could inspire the rich humor of a Lady Gregory, the deep symbolism of a Yeats, the poetic fancy of a Synge, and the rebellion of a Robinson and Murray.
Symbolism of the Church Building "As soon as the early Christians were at liberty to build churches according to their own mind, they took pains to make them significant of their religion.
The chancel, as we have seen, represents in the symbolism of God's house that part of the life of His Church which is reached through death.
This plan of constructive symbolism affects not only the fabric of the church as a whole, but each separate part of the church has its religious character and meaning.
In the symbolism of the church building it represents that part of the holy Catholic Church which is known as the "Church expectant"--those who have passed through death into the rest and waiting of Paradise.
It is the one contribution of the new continent to the ecclesiastical symbolism of flowers.
So, also, we find the use of symbolismin Christianity.
A deep and true symbolism was carried out in the plan and construction of their {18} churches.
In this connection we may note the symbolism attached to certain plants and flowers.
Its symbolism felt also the redeeming touch of Christian sentiment.
Where incense is employed as an adjunct of worship, its symbolism is the same as that which it had in the worship of the Temple.
The palm, however, was not the only instance of such adoption into Christian symbolism from pagan use.
Euro An attempt to explainsymbolism is usually a dangerous matter.
If successful, it cheapens the value of the symbolism; symbolism being a kind of an overtone to verbal reasoning, to which it bears much the same relationship as music does to poetry.
In some cases flowers seem to have derived their symbolism from certain events associated with them.
Hence, whether we turn to the pages of the Sacred Volume, or to the early Greek writings, we find the symbolism of flowers most eloquently illustrated, while Persian poetry is rich in allusions of the same kind.
But he can build up a most cunning symbolism of knocks which shall suffice for all practical purposes.
The mental symbolism is thus built into the objects around us, and constructs are formed.
Yet their conduct betrayed their ignorance, for they saw not the end of that grand old prophetic age, nor the fading symbolism of the temple, nor the departing glory and decay of their nation.
The numericalsymbolism of the Bible is as yet but little understood.
The four kingdoms of the metallic image are in this dream presented by the symbolism of four beasts.
Suspended animation finds no fuller symbolism than the sculptor here presents to us in abstract form.
Against this interpretation is the fact that we have no precise authority for the symbolism of the torches, except only the common inversion of the life-brand by the Genius of Death.
At the same time there is something too impressive in the mass for any perfunctory performance to divest its symbolism of sublimity.
Much speculation has been indulged in as to the meaning of the symbolism of these tombs, and having no theory of my own to offer, I am glad to borrow Mr. Gerald S.
The whole effect is not quite spiritual, and the symbolism of the nails and the crown of thorns held up for the Child to see is rather too cruel and obvious.
They are continually associated in function, or hold derivative powers, or are related to each other in mysterious triads; uniting always symbolism of physical phenomena with real spiritual power.
Of Athena I do not know one authentic type of great beauty; but the intense ugliness which the Greeks could tolerate in their symbolism of her will be convincingly proved to you by the coin represented in Plate VI.
At this time the righteous Nephites in the land of Zarahemla were keeping the law of Moses strictly, so far as its outward ordinances were concerned, and understandingly with regard to its symbolism and similitudes.
The Nephites were not left by their Priesthood in ignorance of the intent and symbolism of these ceremonies.
