91. Roku Kōmori

Roku Kōmori: (Japanese); ‘six bats’.

Friday, 22 January 2010

92. Rosslyn Chapel

Rosslyn Chapel: Nestled in the village of Roslin, Scotland, the Rosslyn Chapel, or Collegiate Chapel of St Matthew, was founded by William Sinclair – descended from a noble ancestry of Norman knights. Used originally to celebrate the Divine Office...

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93. Sabatier, Apollonie

Sabatier, Apollonie: French courtesan and thought-of as the muse for many artists, Apollonie owned a salon in 1850s Paris, in which she entertained the likes of Gustave Flaubert and Victor Hugo. Most notably, she was the inspiration for Charles...

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94. Sacramentum

Sacramentum: Traditionally, a Christian sacrament isbelieved to be “a visible sign of an invisible reality”; a physical, tangible symbol of divine faith, representative of the grace that is present within the soul of every true believer – a...

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95. Sacratum

Sacratum: (Latin); a hallowed or sacrosanct thing.

Tuesday, 07 April 2009

96. Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart, The: A symbolic devotion to Jesus’ physical heart, representative of not only his love for humanity, but also his sacrifice and intense suffering.

Tuesday, 03 November 2009 | Read more

97. Saligia

Saligia: (The Seven Deadly Sins) – pronounced ‘SaLeeJea’ – a Mediaevil Latin ‘mnemonic’ name, (a memory aid - a made-up word or phrase to remember any difficult sequence), given to the Seven Deadly Sins. Collectively these are:...

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98. Scarab

Scarab: A beetle revered in ancient Egypt as sacred, under the name Kephri, and a symbol of self-generation and new life.

Tuesday, 07 April 2009

99. Sephiroth

Sephiroth: Hebrew for ‘enumerations’. The ten emanations in Kabbalah, believed to be God’s methods of revealing himself and creating the physical realms of consciousness. It is believed that the sephiroth describe the spiritual lives of mortal...

Tuesday, 03 November 2009 | Read more

100. Seraphim

Seraphim: Plural form of ‘Seraph’; a celestial being belonging to the highest order in the hierarchy of angels. Caretakers of God’s throne, locked in an eternal song of praise known as the ‘Trisagion’.

Friday, 26 June 2009