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The origin of stained glass is obscure & may have been accidental, but evidence of the creation & use of coloured glass has been found in excavations of ancient civilizations--Arabian, Egyptian & Roman. Its best-known use has been for churches especially during medieval Europe in churches.
Traditionally, the images depicted in stained glass art tells a story or of an event; &/or creates an iconic image. The pentacle in stained glass can be seen as man in the earth, encased in matter yet striving for spiritual completion, to attain divinity.
The pentacle is composed of a 5-pointed star shape within a circle. The 5-pointed star is representative of man or the human spirit. The circle is perfect & complete in itself with no beginning nor ending. Expressive of the earthly life; life & death in the earth; eternity; the divine or the superconscious.
The depth of skill & labour required to produce stained glass relates it to knowledge & effort resulting/manifesting in a thing of beauty or the tangible (in the earth plane).
The bell seems to allude to when those stricken with leprosy were required to warn others of their condition. Old drawings oft depict them wearing not only ragged clothing, but with limbs wrapped in rags to hide the disfigurement & to prevent contact.
Bells are also used to repel "evil" or bad fortune; in ritual to dispel the negative or to mark one stage to another.
Traditionally, the images depicted in stained glass art tells a story or of an event; &/or creates an iconic image. The pentacle in stained glass can be seen as man in the earth, encased in matter yet striving for spiritual completion, to attain divinity.
The pentacle is composed of a 5-pointed star shape within a circle. The 5-pointed star is representative of man or the human spirit. The circle is perfect & complete in itself with no beginning nor ending. Expressive of the earthly life; life & death in the earth; eternity; the divine or the superconscious.
The depth of skill & labour required to produce stained glass relates it to knowledge & effort resulting/manifesting in a thing of beauty or the tangible (in the earth plane).
The bell seems to allude to when those stricken with leprosy were required to warn others of their condition. Old drawings oft depict them wearing not only ragged clothing, but with limbs wrapped in rags to hide the disfigurement & to prevent contact.
Bells are also used to repel "evil" or bad fortune; in ritual to dispel the negative or to mark one stage to another.