“We [Christians] have the dilemma of using a symbol system that was not made for our worldview, to give our worldview... I think the thing we're waiting for is a genius to come forth who can either make a new symbol system which is still modern, or more properly, as symbol systems don't come overnight, a group of people to modify the symbol systems of our day, so that we can use them for our Christian message without a disadvantage.” PeopleThinkingGivingMadeStillsUseChristianCultureWaitingChristianityGroupsModernGeniusMessagesSymbolsWorldviewDilemmaDisadvantages Author:Francis Schaeffer
“I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India.” WritingStoriesCultureAudienceFocusIndiaSacredLike MeSymbolsChineseRitual Author:Devdutt Pattanaik
“The Ganga, especially, is the river of India, beloved of her people, round which are intertwined her memories, her hopes and fears, her songs of triumph, her victories and her defeats. She has been a symbol of India's age-long culture and civilization, ever changing, ever flowing, and yet ever the same Ganga.” PeopleLongHas BeensAgeSongCultureMemoriesVictoryCivilizationRiversIndiaRoundsDefeatSymbolsTriumphBelovedIntertwinedHopes And Fears Book:Jawaharlal Nehru, an anthology Source: Jawaharlal Nehru, an anthology
“I've begun to recognize myself as a Catholic writer because my whole notion of the image, of symbol, of art and what it can do, has been conditioned by my immersion in Catholic culture, ritual, and art since my earliest days. Catholicism seeped into me through every pore. Catholicism is about seeping and pores!” Has BeensArtWholeCultureCan DoCatholicNotionSymbolsCatholicismRitualImmersion Author:Joyelle McSweeney
“Among archetypal images, the Sacred Tree is one of the most widely know symbols on Earth. There are few cultures in which the Sacred Tree does not figure: as an image of the cosmos, as a dwelling place of gods or spirits, as a medium of prophecy and knowledge, and as an agent of metamorphoses when the tree is transformed into human or divine form or when it bears a divine or human image as its fruit or flowers.” KnowsHumansDoeEarthFormSpiritCultureTreeFiguresDivineFlowerBearsSacredFruitMediumsSymbolsAgentsCosmosTransformedProphecyDwellingMetamorphosisDwelling Place Author:Christopher McDowell