While a sacred symbol, the American flag is so much more.
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It's a sacred symbol of their order and it's on Becca's crypt.
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"It's a beheading of democracy, a beheading of a sacred symbol," Rodriguez said.
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I held the small wooden pole and watched the sacred symbol of America burn.
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Francisco Franco reduced this town, for centuries a sacred symbol of Basque identity, to rubble.
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"It's a beheading of democracy, a beheading of a sacred symbol," Rodriguez told the Washington Post.
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Unless you practice Hinduism, that might be your only experience with Om, but it's actually a sacred symbol and syllable.
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The symbol first appeared about 7,000 years ago, and is considered a sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and other belief systems.
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It is time to use our most sacred symbol to help break the hold that the National Rifle Association and its political cronies have on our country.
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The tooth became a sacred symbol, prompting the Esala Perahera festival in the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic) in the city of Kandy.
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Sacred symbol, tourist attraction, beacon for visitors and locals alike: After the fire, writers reflect on the building that has been both constant and ever-shifting in the life of Paris.
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I've always found it limp and lifeless, unlike the ancient Egyptians, who apparently saw meaning in its phallic shape and used it as a sacred symbol of Min, god of fertility.
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Shirtless and wearing purple and black spandex tights with a lotus flower on them (a sacred symbol in India), he was using an elastic band to "pump up" — solo exercises to make his many protruding muscles look more muscular.
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According to NBC's initial thinking, it would be unfair to label as racist what the Ku Klux Klan calls cross "lightings" because Klan members have long claimed they light in celebration rather than burn to destroy the sacred symbol of their Christian faith, and that the courts have said such acts can't automatically be deemed racist intimidation.
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The Swastika resembles auspiciousness in Indian religions, it is very sacred symbol for Bihari people.
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The museum is in the shape of a black bird, a sacred symbol of the culture.
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It is one of the most common symbols on Mesopotamian coins. The icon has been of spiritual significance to Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The swastika is a sacred symbol in the Bön religion, native to Tibet.
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Sabar, Shalom From Sacred Symbol to Key Ring: The Hamsa in Jewish and Israeli Societies, 141 The "strong hand" is representative of the hamsa which rooted its relevance in the community then. The helping hand exemplified God's willingness to help his people and direct them out of struggle. Around the time of the Byzantine period, artists would depict God's hand reaching from up above.Sabar, Shalom From Sacred Symbol to Key Ring, 142 God's hand from heaven would lead the Jewish people out of struggle, and the Jews quickly made a connection with the hamsa and their culture.
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In metaphysics, Bindu is considered the point at which creation begins and may become unity. It is also described as "the sacred symbol of the cosmos in its unmanifested state".Khanna 1979: p.171 Bindu is the point around which the mandala is created, representing the universe.
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It is located at the center of the main house. In the center, above the water pile is a Huaca Siqui, a sacred symbol of Kayambi Culture who survived to destruction after conquest period, given to Diego Bonifaz as a gift by the community of Oyacachi in 1987.
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"Nehushtan"; H. H. Rowley, "Zadok and Nehushtan" Journal of Biblical Literature 58.2 (June 1939:113–141) p. 132 observes, "We have no record of this Brazen Serpent before this time, save for the obvious aetiological story in Num. 8 f, which states that this sacred symbol had its origin in the Mosaic age".
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Only they were entrusted with working with fire - a sacred symbol of chosenness. Such families have always produced the best craftsmen - jewellers, masters and artists. Dashi began his apprenticeship in the art studio of Gennady Vasiliev, a Buryat sculptor, in Ulan-Ude. In 1988 Dashi started his studies at Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Fine Arts.
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Pythagoras is credited with having devised the tetractys, an important sacred symbol in later Pythagoreanism. According to Aristotle, the Pythagoreans used mathematics for solely mystical reasons, devoid of practical application. They believed that all things were made of numbers. The number one (the monad) represented the origin of all things and the number two (the dyad) represented matter.
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Yungdrung is a left facing swastika, a sacred symbol of Bon religion. Bon, also spelled Bön (), is a Tibetan religion. Its relationship to Tibetan Buddhism has been a subject of debate. Followers of Bon, known as Bonpos (Wylie: bon po), believe that the religion originated in a land called Tazig (Wylie: stag gzig), identified as Persia by scholars.
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Symbol of Gorsedd, the Awen. The symbol commonly used to represent a Gorsedd is a triple line, the middle line upright and the outer two slanted towards the top of the centre, thus: .Barddas of Iolo Morganwg, Vol I – The Sacred Symbol This symbol, called "awen", is often explained as representing the sun.. The word "awen" means "muse" in Welsh.
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The birth of such a symbol and the longevity of its potency depends on its concurrent acceptance by the human community, in faith and within culture. A sacred symbol may work directly on individual awareness or indirectly, unconsciously. As the psyche of each individual constitutes the medium through which humanity encounters the divine, Dourley interprets the psyche as analogous to a living sacrament.
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It is a sacred symbol in Shaivism tradition of Hinduism. The protection of animal life was championed by Jainism, on the grounds that violence against life forms is a source of suffering in the universe and a human being creates bad karma by violence against any living being. The Chandogya Upanishad mentions the ethical value of Ahimsa, or non-violence towards all beings.Tähtinen, Unto (1976), Ahimsa.
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The Ofo is a symbolic object. It is the sacred symbol of truth, authority, justice, law and administrative power. It primarily bestows upon the holder or bearer the right to offer sacrifices - as well as perform rituals, make prayers, swear to oaths, pronounce judgement, deliberate policy within the family, clan or community, and invoke blessings or curses. The Ofo may be made from bronze, brass or wood.
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Symbol of Gorsedd, the Awen. The symbol commonly used to represent a Gorsedd is a triple line, the middle line upright and the outer two slanted towards the top of the centre, thus: .Barddas of Iolo Morganwg, Vol I – The Sacred Symbol This symbol, called "awen", is often explained as representing the sun.Gorseth Kernow – The Gorseth of Cornwall: Ceremonies and Regalia The word "awen" means "muse" in Welsh.
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The tree is a sacred symbol in Maya mythology. According to the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago, the Castle of the Devil is a huge C. pentandra growing deep in the forest in which Bazil the demon of death was imprisoned by a carpenter. The carpenter tricked the devil into entering the tree in which he carved seven rooms, one above the other, into the trunk. Folklore claims that Bazil still resides in that tree.
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The Ofo is the sacred symbol of truth, justice, law and authority. It plays a role in sacrificial rituals, prayer, oath taking, pronouncing judgement, deliberating policy within the family or community and involving blessings or curses. Brass Ofo often serve as symbols of family or community authority and become revered family heirlooms. Bronze Ofo serve as symbols of power and authority for office holders and titled men, or a sacred family icon.
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Harmandir Sahib (The Golden Temple) is culturally the most significant place of worship for the Sikhs. Sikhism originated in 15th-century Punjab, Delhi Sultanate (present-day India and Pakistan) with the teachings of Nanak and nine successive gurus. The principal belief in Sikhism is faith in Vāhigurū— represented by the sacred symbol of ēk ōaṅkār [meaning one god]. Sikhism's traditions and teachings are distinctly associated with the history, society and culture of the Punjab.
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The film is very true to the short story, but goes into less masonic detail. The different degrees are not mentioned by name. The identification of Dravot as a supposed god is made by the fact that he wears a pendant bearing a symbol, which is the sacred symbol of the Kafir natives. The symbol used in the film is not named, but is clearly shown, and is simply the Square and Compasses symbol of Freemasonry.
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A bindi (, from Sanskrit बिन्दु bindú, meaning "point, drop, dot or small particle") is a coloured dot worn on the center of the forehead, originally by Hindus and Jains from the Indian subcontinent. The word bindu dates back to the hymn of creation known as Nasadiya Sukta in the Rigveda. Bindu is considered the point at which creation begins and may become unity. It is also described as "the sacred symbol of the cosmos in its unmanifested state".
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A sacred symbol of Bathala, depicting him in the middle with an anito guardian underneath him and a tigmamanukan omen bird behind him. The non-traditional image is influenced by modernity as the tigmamanukan is wrongfully portrayed as a sarimanok from Mindanao. Fairy bluebirds are believed to be the tigmamanukan omen birds of the Tagalog supreme god, Bathala. In Philippine mythology, the Tigmamanukan was believed by the Tagalog people to be an omen or augural bird.
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However, many people were against this and they started a movement called Sonnō-Jōi (revere the emperor and expel the barbarians). They believed that they should stand up and fight the foreigners to protect the country from outside domination. The Tokugawa had usurped political power from the emperor, but he was still considered by many to be the sacred symbol of Japan. To protect the country, the Sonnō-Jōi faction sought to restore the emperor's political authority by overthrowing the Tokugawa shogunate.
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In the anime series, he belongs to a family of shamans. ; (S.O.F.) : Hao's guardian ghost, formerly one of the five Elemental Spirits and a sacred symbol of the Patch Tribe until Patch Hao took it for his own 500 years ago. Its power was initially greatly diminished because of its journey back from Hell (where Hao negotiated the terms of his reincarnations with Taizan Kuzun, the god of the dead), forcing it to regain its strength by consuming other souls and spirits.
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Fort Saskatchewan's cemetery features two large stones that each bear a plaque detailing his accomplishments during the war. His name was not added to the community's cenotaph until 2008. The local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion hung his portrait in their canteen, named it in his honour, and placed an eagle feather, a sacred symbol in Cree culture, in glass beside his picture. It is estimated that Norwest has hundreds of descendants, mostly concentrated around Samson Cree First Nation in central Alberta.
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Dr Lynn writes: "It seems reasonable to suggest that, in the beginning of the first century BC, Navan was an otherworld place, the home of the gods and goddesses. It was a Celtic tribe's sanctuary, its capitol, its sacred symbol of sovereignty and cohesion". In the first or second century BC, a figure-of-eight structure was also built at the eastern site. It was similar to those at the western site and may have been built around the same time as the mound.Mallory, James Patrick (2002).
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Many of the converts from Asante were reluctant to train as teachers after their basic education. The Basel Mission therefore had to recruit teachers from Akwapim, Akyem, Kwahu, Ga and Krobo for the schools Ramseyer and his colleagues built in Asante territories. In March 1900, the political atmosphere worsened again when the British colonial administrators led by the British Governor, Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, demanded the relinquishing of the “Golden Stool”, the most sacred symbol of traditional authority of the Asante. Hodgson had succeeded Maxwell Scott as the British Governor in 1897.
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Great goddess Nut with her wings stretched across a coffin A sacred symbol of Nut was the ladder used by Osiris to enter her heavenly skies. This ladder-symbol was called maqet and was placed in tombs to protect the deceased, and to invoke the aid of the deity of the dead. Nut and her brother, Geb, may be considered enigmas in the world of mythology. In direct contrast to most other mythologies which usually develop a sky father associated with an Earth mother (or Mother Nature), she personified the sky and he the Earth.
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With the leader, Brock, captured, the organisation is doomed to fold and the Foamasi prepare to take the rogues for trial. Pangol refuses to let them pass, and takes up the Helmet of Theron (a sacred symbol for Argolins and a reminder to espouse peace and understanding) and rallies the Argolins to his cause. The Doctor, seeing what he is up to, takes the Randomiser from the TARDIS and attaches it to the Recreation Chamber, hoping to destabilise the mechanism. Romana tries to dissuade Pangol from using the Generator, but fails.
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During the war the flag was used throughout the North to symbolize American nationalism and rejection of secessionism. Goodheart explains the flag was transformed into a sacred symbol of patriotism: > Before that day, the flag had served mostly as a military ensign or a > convenient marking of American territory ... and displayed on special > occasions like the Fourth of July. But in the weeks after Major Anderson's > surprising stand, it became something different. Suddenly the Stars and > Stripes flew ... from houses, from storefronts, from churches; above the > village greens and college quads.
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Celtic researcher Edward Davies deemed Creirwy "the Proserpine of the British Druids"—also comparing her mother Ceridwen to Ceres of Roman myth.The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids, page 205 Mythographer Jacob Bryant theorized that Creirwy and Ceridwen were essentially "the same mystical personage." Her name possibly means "sacred symbol of the egg" (i.e., "mundane egg", "adder stone") from the Welsh elements "a token, jewel, sacred object, relic, talisman, treasure, richly decorated article, object of admiration or love, darling, safeguard, strength, hand-bell, church- bell"Hunt, August.
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The hand was identified in Jewish text, and acquired as an influential icon throughout the community. Amongst the Jewish people, the hamsa is a very respected, holy, and common symbol. It is used in the Ketubah, or marriage contracts, as well as items that dress the Torah such as pointers, and the Passover Haggadah.Sabar, Shalom From Sacred Symbol to Key Ring, 144 The use of the hand as images both in and out of the synagogue suggests the importance and relevance that the Jewish people associated with the hamsa.
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The use of the Garuda emblem was further regulated in an Act on the Garuda Emblem in 1991. A penalty for the misuse and misrepresentation of the Garuda was set to; imprisonment of no longer than one year, or a fine of between three and six thousand Baht, or both.Garuda Emblem Act (1991) In 2001 the Office of the Prime Minister issued a guideline outlining the use of the emblem. The document recommended that the Garuda should be treated with respect as it is considered a sacred symbol.
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There are several techniques taught by the Dhammakaya tradition to help focus the attention on the center of the body. Practitioners visualize a mental image at the center of the body–characteristically, a crystal ball or a crystal clear Buddha image. The use of crystal ball as an aid to meditation in the Dhammakaya practice has been compared with meditation on a bright object in the Visuddhimagga, and the crystal ball has become a sacred symbol of the meditation tradition. According to Buddhist studies scholar Potprecha Cholvijarn, other objects to maintain focus at the center can also be used.
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Tambur is a sacred symbol of Yarsanism and is played during religious ceremonies The Yarsani follow the mystical teachings of Sultan Sahak. From the Yarsani point of view, the universe is composed of two distinct yet interrelated worlds: the internal (Bātinī) and the external (zāhirī), each having its own order and rules. Although humans are only aware of the outer world, their lives are governed according to the rules of the inner world. This aspect of the Yarsani faith can be identified as Kurdish esoterism which emerged under the intense influence of Bātinī-Sufism during the last two centuries.
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By wearing the bonnet rouge and sans-culottes ("without silk breeches"), the Parisian working class made their revolutionary ardor and plebeian solidarity immediately recognizable. By mid-1791, these mocking fashion statements included the bonnet rouge as Parisian hairstyle, proclaimed by the Marquis de Villette (12 July 1791) as "the civic crown of the free man and French regeneration." On 15 July 1792, seeking to suppress the frivolity, François Christophe Kellermann, 1st Duc de Valmy, published an essay in which the Duke sought to establish the bonnet rouge as a sacred symbol that could only be worn by those with merit.
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We are going to create a culture about which > no one knows much, but which we will make as convincing as possible. We are > basing it on clues gained from places like Skara Brae and the Tomb of the > Eagles in Orkney, so that we will have them worshipping pagan symbols, like > the seal and the eagle. The reason they have seized the emblem of the Roman > eagle from the legion is because to them it [was] a sacred symbol. Achiltibuie, a village in northwest Scotland, was used as a filming location for the "Seal People".
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In the third season, he leaves the island after not wanting to be a part of Jaha's insane missions, and gets a boat ride from Emori. After Emori transports him and Jaha across the sea, he refuses to take the key and flees with Emori. They start robbing people in the Commander's Forrest and he is eventually captured by Grounder warriors and brought to Polis, as one of the captors discovers a chip in his pocket which has the "Sacred Symbol of the Commander". He is tortured for information by Titus and eventually tells him what he knows.
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Officials did not immediately given permission to start work. But after three days of fasting and prayer in the temple, the problem was resolved as usually monks in Nichiren sect like to do via trying to look into outer matters and invade in others thoughts etc rather than deepening their understanding. The building will be carried out by voluntary donations. The first on post-Soviet space Stupa — a sacred symbol of unity and harmony — will be raised on the Zmiyina mountain, its height — 30 meters, width — 50 m ()» Before joining Pan'kivka, the monks were going to start with Stupa on the All Religions Mount at Kam'yanka (Lutuhyne Raion, Luhansk Oblast).
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Zoroastrians offer sandalwood twigs to the afarganyu, the urn in which the fire is kept at the fire temple (called agiyari in Gujarati and dar-e mehr in Persian), to keep the fire burning during religious ceremonies. After the firekeeping priests complete the ceremony, attendees are allowed to come up to the afarganyu and place their own pieces of sandalwood into the fire. Fire has been a sacred symbol in the Zoroastrian religion since ancient times and it is considered very important to keep the fires in the temples constantly burning. Because of its high sensitivity to fire, sandalwood works very well for this.
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Sandham read to the House a longer extract from the speech, including the portion to which Winterton had objected: > When John Beckett touched the sacred symbol the other day, faces went white > with horror. When J. H. Thomas took the initiative some time ago in handing > over to the bankers the sacred reality of Parliamentary power, not a thrill > of apprehension of regret stirred the conscience of these same custodians of > democratic law and tradition. The sheer, stupid, tradition of this ghost- > house has got most of the Members in its deadly grip. Labour Members can > receive bribes to help pass doubtful Bills in the interests of private > individuals.
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In mid-January 772, the sacking and burning of the church of Deventer by a Saxon expedition was the casus belli for the first war waged by Charlemagne to the Saxons. It began with a Frankish invasion of Saxon territory and the subjugation of the Engrians and destruction of their sacred symbol Irminsul near Paderborn in 772 or 773 at Eresburg. Irminsul may have been a hollow tree trunk, presumably representing the pillar supporting the skies--similar to the Nordic tree Yggdrasil and apparently a common belief among the Germanic peoples. Charlemagne's campaign led all the way to the Weser River and destroyed several major Saxon strongholds.
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In Wicca, the God is seen as the masculine form of divinity, and the polar opposite, and equal, to the Goddess. The God is traditionally seen as the Horned God, an archetypal deity with links to the Celtic Cernunnos, English folkloric Herne the Hunter, Greek Pan, Roman Faunus and Indian Pashupati. This was the God whom Gerald Gardner presented as the old God of the ancient Witches, and who was supported by Margaret Murray's theory of the pan-European witch religion, which has largely been discredited. Horns are traditionally a sacred symbol of male virility, and male gods with horns or antlers were common in pagan religious iconography throughout the ancient world.
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In the short story, Dravot and co-conspirator Peachey Carnehan are members of the Third Degree of Freemasonry. Travelling to Kafiristan (in modern Afghanistan) with the intention of becoming kings, the two make a very convenient discovery: the natives are in possession of the secrets of both the First and Second Degrees of Freemasonry, but not those of the Third Degree. Dravot puts on his Master Mason's apron, whereupon the natives recognise the Third Degree symbol as their own sacred symbol concealed on the bottom of a stone. As luck would (again) have it, the stone on which the symbol is engraved is the very stone upon which Dravot is then sitting.
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Alexander, Ben. "Contested Memories, Divided Diaspora: Armenian Americans, the Thousand-day Republic, and the Polarized Response to an Archbishop’s Murder" Journal of American Ethnic History 27.1 From the archbishop's point of view, appearing beside this flag would provoke the wrath of Armenia's Soviet government, which was a serious concern, since the church's ultimate seat of spiritual authority lay in the Holy See at Etchmiadzin, within the borders of Soviet Armenia, and the Catholicos of All Armenians felt bound to keep peace with Soviet authorities. However the members of the nationalist Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), known as Dashnaks, for whom the flag was a sacred symbol of the Armenian nation, took this as an act of treason. Tourian was soon attacked by five ARF members in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Diagnoses of "mental illness" or "mental disorder" (the latter expression called by Szasz a "weasel term" for mental illness) are passed off as "scientific categories" but they remain merely judgments (judgments of disdain) to support certain uses of power by psychiatric authorities. In that line of thinking, schizophrenia becomes not the name of a disease entity but a judgment of extreme psychiatric and social disapprobation. Szasz called schizophrenia "the sacred symbol of psychiatry" because those so labeled have long provided and continue to provide justification for psychiatric theories, treatments, abuses, and reforms. The figure of the psychotic or schizophrenic person to psychiatric experts and authorities, according to Szasz, is analogous with the figure of the heretic or blasphemer to theological experts and authorities.
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Flowers: Peonies: Known as the Queen of Flowers, both the tree peony and the herbaceous peony symbolize royalty, riches, honor, female beauty, and love. Lotus: The lotus is recognizable as a sacred symbol in Buddhism and can be found in ponds of both Buddhist temples and Confucian academies, symbolizing purity, transformation, and enlightenment. Rocks: The symbolism of rocks can be found in their number and structure, for instance, three rocks in an arrangement can represent the three mountain gods in the Dangun creation story. Matthews notes that, “… rocks appear in two’s, three’s, nine’s, or twelves, although there are occasional extravagant arrangements of sixty.” Rocks can be selected and assigned special names either based upon their appearance, or some unconnected meaning, however, no stones are taken from far distances and added to the garden.
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In their cross-cultural study of signs and symbols, Patterns that Connect, Carl Schuster and Edmund Carpenter present various forms of the labyrinth and suggest various possible meanings, including not only a sacred path to the home of a sacred ancestor, but also, perhaps, a representation of the ancestor him/herself: ."..many [New World] Indians who make the labyrinth regard it as a sacred symbol, a beneficial ancestor, a deity. In this they may be preserving its original meaning: the ultimate ancestor, here evoked by two continuous lines joining its twelve primary joints." Schuster also observes the common theme of the labyrinth being a refuge for a trickster; in India, the demon Ravana has dominion over labyrinths, the trickster Djonaha lives in a labyrinth according to Sumatran Bataks, and Europeans say it is the home of a rogue.
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A little of the real would go a long way after the smoke > and mirrors defining her career to date. Lansky was disappointed with the track, and wrote in his Idolator article that "Aura" consisted of all "the best and worst things about Lady Gaga amplified"; it was "weird and frustrating and great and terrible and brilliant and a failure all at once". Umema Aimem of The Washington Post criticized the song's lyrics: "The song actually started out well ... but then you lost me when you proceeded to turn such a sacred symbol of [Islam] into an exotic costume". Mark Hogan of Spin called it "a grasping EDM mess" and "all over the place"; he disliked the burqa lyrics, "along with plenty of moments that bring to mind all the 'blog house' producers following in the path of Crystal Castles or Simian Mobile Disco circa 2007".
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Guebre ceremony in Ateshgah temple Some scholars have speculated that the Ateshgah may have been an ancient Zoroastrian shrine that was decimated by invading Islamic armies during the Muslim conquest of Persia and its neighboring regions. It has also been asserted that, "according to historical sources, before the construction of the Indian Temple of Fire (Atashgah) in Surakhani at the end of the 17th century, the local people also worshipped at this site because of the 'seven holes with burning flame'.". Fire is considered sacred in Hinduism and Zoroastrianism (as Agni and Atar respectively), and there has been debate on whether the Atashgah was originally a Hindu structure, or a Zoroastrian one. The trident mounted atop the structure is usually a distinctly Hindu sacred symbol (as the Trishula, which is commonly mounted on temples) and has been cited by Zoroastrian scholars as a specific reason for considering the Atashgah as a Hindu site.
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