Supplemental Keywords on Sacred Symbols
Sacred Symbols
guardian figures
astronomy/calendar and temples
Center
circumambulation
cosmic mountain
site of creation
sacred waters
tree of life
celestial temple
order vs. chaos
microcosm
purification
Sacred Stones
Paleolithic hunting ritual as sacrifice
Shaman
Tombs and ancestor cult
burial mounds
relation of temples and tombs
upright/raised stone (masseba)
aligned stones (
stone circles
theophany
Sacred Way
temenos wall
boundary markers
sacred waters
gateway
courtyard
altar (blood sacrifice)
columned hall
purification
sacred robes = transition
Holy of Holies
presentation to the gods
embracing the gods
procession
Mesopotmia
city-state
tribal democracy
hierocentric
polytheism
fertility cult
syncretism
Gudea of
Hammurabi
Ziggurat
investiture (presentation) scene
Creation Myths
myth
cosmogony
cosmology
primordial water
"unknown god"
creation by breath/spirit/wind
division into opposites
theomachy
temple as site of creation
"Immortals" as guardians
Tombs of emperors
Burial Mound
variations in different symbol systems
Pagoda
Stupa
Sanchi
mandala
parasol
circumambulation
China
incense altars
cloud pillars
royal burial mounds
Qin Shi Wangdi's tomb
terracotta warriors
tomb of the Yellow Emperor
ritual prostration
Altar of Heaven
dragon and phoenix stairs
dragon as guardian figure
Acropolis (temple)
Parthenon
mystery
griffin as guardian (cherub)
KRB = KRV = GRV = GRF
iconography of ritual
Israelite
Herod’s temple
Samaritans
Solomon’s Porch
Court of the Gentiles
Concentric zones of sacredness
Samaritan Passover Sacrifice
Monumental Gate
Veil
Holy of Holies
Dan
Early Christianity and the Great Apostasy
Esoteric Tradition
Prophets
Syncretism
Hellenistic Philosophy
Doctrinal Controversy
Caesaropapism = Imperial Church
Early Christian Sacred Symbols (Hagia Sophia, St. Catherine’s)
Simeon Stylites
Dome of Heaven
Christ Pantocrator
Ravenna Mosaics
Hand of God iconography
Hagia Sophia
Basilica
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Islamic Sacred Symbols (Dome of the Rock, Damascus, Hajj)
Hajj
Ka’ba
Black Stone
Ihram (white robe of consecration)
Muhammad’s Ascent
Celestial Dome
Garden of Paradise
Floral Mosaics
South Asia Sacred Symbols (Angkor Wat)
Mandala (microcosmic diagram)
Temple as 3D mandala
Angkor Wat
Temple as Cosmic Mountain
God-King
Circumambulation Galleries of Angkor Wat
Seeing the “face of God”
Africa (see main list)
Precolumbian Temples (see main list)
Book of Mormon
Limited Geography Theory
“Narrow Neck of Land” = Tehuantepec
Mesoamerican Cumorah
Lamanite as Cultural Term
Olmec and Jaredite thesis
Chronology
Urban Life
Writing
Warfare
Tibet Sacred Symbols (cut)
Lhasa
Song-sen Gempo
Lamistic Buddhism
Dalai Lama as God-King
Jokhang Temple
Potala Palace
Drepung Monastery
Western Europe Cathedrals
Cathedral
Chatres
Cruciform
Stained glass
Three orders
“Scripture of the illiterate”
sacred history in stone and glass