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Asking for Her Hand in Marriage, Tying the Knot, and Handfasting

July 9, 2008 – 3:17 pm

I was thinking yesterday that there might be more to the common saying “asking for her hand in marriage.”  Doing a few searches and I found that some believe it comes from a medieval ritual known as handfasting.  Today it has been adopted by certain Neopagan groups as part of their engagement or marriage rituals, [...]

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Palm up/Palm down in Middle Ages & Renaissance Christian Art

June 14, 2008 – 11:11 am

In response to a comment by Rick on my post “Consecrate = ‘A Filled Hand’ in Hebrew” I did some searching to see if I could find any commentary or studies of palm up/palm down symbolism in scholarship or art. What I found was interesting.  The palm up/palm down posture has a significant place in [...]

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The Genesis of the Round Dance – Part 4

February 2, 2008 – 7:47 am

(Continuation from Part 3) Middle Ages The ring dance was also present throughout the Middle Ages in the Reigen, or round dance of the peasants, and in the entertainment of the troubadours in the courts. At this time, there was still a cosmic element associated with the round dance pattern as Honorius states, “In their [...]

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