Imaginal Journal

Imagination is Medicine

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Children of Heaven

Always touching to see this film in its innocence, nobility, sense of duty and dedication to the love of a sibling.

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20,000 Days on Earth

Spending my winter days considering the creative process and the artist. This is Nick Cave's way.

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Solstice Emblems

"The menorah combines two primordial images that are normally antagonistic to each other: a growing thing (tree or bush) and a burning thing (fire, sun, etc.). With the fusion of these two, a symbol expressive of the spiritual as coming both from above (heaven) and below (earth) is formed. Similar to the menorah is the traditional Christmas tree, which combines the two same elements: the living tree holding up burning candles. Associated since medieval times with the winter solstice, the menorah and the Christmas tree serve as reminders of the life and the light that have disappeared from the earth during the long dark days of deepest winter.

The Channukiah became the symbol of Channukah because of a legend related in later times that in the process of restoring the Temple, a tiny cruse of oil was found. The oil therein was sufficient for keeping the menorah in the Temple lit only one day, but miraculously the oil lasted for eight days, the entire time of rededication of the Temple. The menorah in the Temple itself symbolized the light of God's presence which dwelt in the Temple."

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