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...Chapel, a rare phenomenon in art, may reflect the warlike nature of the Byzantines, who held the view that Christianity could and should be spread by the sword. But the Ravenna Christ looks more loving than awesome. A beardless youth, He lightly treads the lion and the serpent while presenting His eternal promise:"I am the way, the truth and the life...
...alphabet is Alpha, the Hebrew Aleph, 'a Bull' . . . Scanning down through the other letters of the Hebrew alphabet which have names with recognized meanings in the Hebrew, we find that they also deal with ideas current in astrology-a house, a hand, an eye, a fish, a serpent . . . while, strangely enough, the last of all in the Hebrew is Taw, a 'mark,' a 'sacred symbol,' the Aramaic Tor, 'oryx' or 'ox,' the Arabic Thaw, the Greek Tauros, the Latin Taurus, the Germanic Thor, 'the Thunderer.' Two bulls...
...Four Roses. Suddenly, what looked like a large island loomed up close behind the boat, and, in a summary fashion, smacked the teaser and then the bait. Momentarily surprised, the Captain set down his bottle and shouted, "Give him plenty of line!" This I did, but the island-like serpent took all my new nylon line and all my backing, despite the fact that the star drag was full...
...facts. They appear day after day in the dreams and doodlings of patients. If, for instance, a patient dreams of a snake held skyward, a Freudian analyst will automatically call it a phallic symbol. Jung concedes that it may mean that. But it is also a fact that the serpent has a much broader significance. For instance, to the Ophite Gnostics (2nd century A.D.) the serpent symbolized the redeeming principle of the world. It can stand, says Jung, for the recognition of the shadow side of life, the bringing out of evil into the open. Argues Jung: Why not test...
...EAGLE, THE JAGUAR, AND THE SERPENT, by Miguel Covarrubias (314 pp.; Knopf; $15), is a beautifully illustrated, splendidly produced volume on the primitive but often strangely modern-looking art of the North American Indian and the Eskimo. Obviously a labor of love, the text by Mexican Artist Covarrubias is lucid and authoritative...