February 20, 2008 – 2:08 pm
I was reading a blog of a friend of mine, Dave Stoker, over at Thoughts of a Seeker when I noticed a photograph of a statue he used in a post. This statue, that he identified as the Tian Tan Buddha, was intriguing to me because of its unique posture that I had not before [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Practices
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Also tagged abhaya, buddha, buddhism, gestures, hinduism, mudra, rituals, signs, symbols, varada
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February 18, 2008 – 3:53 pm
Since today is Presidents Day, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at the inauguration of the President of the United States into office. It is rightly called an oath of office or presidential oath. Wikipedia defines such an oath: An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes [...]
February 17, 2008 – 9:27 am
The Encyclopedia Britannica reports what is speculated to be the origin of the letter “E” in our modern alphabet: The letter E may have started as a picture sign of a man with arms upraised, as in Egyptian hieroglyphic writing (1) and in a very early Semitic writing used in about 1500 BC on the [...]
February 12, 2008 – 8:09 am
The word orant, or latin orans, is a noun form of the verb orare, to pray, and describes an early mode of prayer practiced by the first Christians. From Wikipedia we read: Orant is a type of gesture during prayer in which the hands are raised, set apart, and the palms face outward. It was [...]
February 8, 2008 – 8:01 am
An exhibition back in 2000 at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, which was curated by Yael Israeli and David Mevorah, shows artifacts from the early years of the Christian church. The exhibition was entitled “The Cradle of Christianity“: The exhibition attempts to synthesize the literary sources with finds that have been excavated in this country, particularly [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts
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Also tagged altar, anointing, architecture, Artifacts, baptism, early christian, eucharist, garments, liturgy, penalty, prayer, tithing, vestments
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