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Edward Henry Corbould, RI, RA, (British, 1814-1904), Una and the Redcrosse Knight In the Cavern of Despair,
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“Beauty is to adorn the inward man. The universe is the temple of the deity whom we serve, and beauty is the third pillar of his throne. Beauty shines through the whole of creation in symmetry and order.” - The Secret Power of Masonic Symbols by Robert Lomas
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First, he was found faultless in his five senses,
and his five fingers never failed him in any deed,
and all his faith in this world was in the five wounds
that Christ carried on the cross, as the Creed informs us.
No matter where he moved in melee or in battle
it was his fervent thought through thick or thin
that when he fought his courage came from the five joys
the high Queen of Heaven had of her child.
(And so the noble knight would never wear his shield
till her image had been painted on the inner half;
for when he saw her face his courage never failed.)
And a fifth five was found in Gawain:
bounty and brotherhood above all else;
courtesy and a clean heart (these were never crooked)
and the finest point, compassion – these five virtues
marked him more than any man alive.
Now all these five fives were fastened round this knight
and each embraced the others in unbroken pattern
and met in five fixed points that never failed,
nor bunched together, nor split in pieces,
but ran on endlessly at every point –
where the figure failed, it found new beginnings.
Therefore the shield shone with the knot thus shaped,
gold royally arranged against red gules –
the noble pentacle as it is known by men
of lore.
–Anonymous, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Detail from the tomb of Tut Ankh Amun
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Anahata (Sanskrit: अनाहत, IAST: Anāhata, English: “unstruck”) or heart chakra is the fourth primary chakra, according to Hindu Yogic, Shakta and Buddhist Tantric traditions. In Sanskrit, anahata means “unhurt, unstruck, and unbeaten”. Anahata Nad refers to the Vedic concept of unstruck sound (the sound of the celestial realm). - Wiki
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Sweet Raptured Light by Jonathan McFerran
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Grail art by Malcolm Godwin from his book The Holy Grail--Its origins, secrets and meaning revealed.
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“Our themes of the Sacred Marriage and the Lost Bride in Western culture have led us to explore enigmas in medieval art that might be illuminated by the tenets of the Grail heresy. Among these artworks must be included the fabulous unicorn tapestries that are relics of the late Middle Ages. It has been suggested that the tapestry series called La Dame a la Licorne in particular illustrates an unspecified doctrine of the Cathars. I am convinced that it was the Albigensian Grail heresy that inspired the artist to design this subtle masterpiece-in honor of the Bride.”
-Chapter VII “The Unicorn and The Lady” from The Woman with the Alabaster Jar by Margaret Starbird
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Elden ring by 冯伟 Feng Wei(c12)
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