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St. Paul the Apostle is a very revered saint in the Sicilian town of Palazzolo Acreide, the feast in his honor is celebrated on two occasions (very important periods if referring to peasant civilization), on 29 June (the day I took this photo story this year 2023) date of his martyrdom, and January 25, the date of his conversion to Christianity. The "summer party" of June 29, begins with a particular collection of donut-shaped bread (in Sicilian called "cuddura"), donated by the villagers and collected on a cart, this is the "round of bread", these loaves (called "di San Paolo") have decorations that recall snakes: the reference is always to San Paolo, considered the protector from the poisonous bites of vipers, this is the ancestral legacy of an ancient peasant civilization, the wheat harvest period that coincides with the feast, it makes working in sunburnt fields particularly dangerous; once there were characters to whom supernatural gifts were attributed, they were called "ciarauli", capable of protecting from the venomous bites of the viper (This year, a very nice man of Palazzolo Acreide, who was also present last year, was present at the feast to recall these ancient figures. Instead of little snakes, as was once the custom, he had with him a very calm python, also because it was full). The procession takes the name of "sciuta", with reference to the "exit" from the basilica of San Paolo of two floats, first the float comes out with the relic of the saint, carried on the shoulders by the devotees, immediately after, at 13.00 o'clock the exit of the float takes place with the ancient statue of Saint Paul holding a sword in his hand (the iconography represents him with the sword for two reasons, he was beheaded with a sword stroke, and because he, referring to the word of God, defined it more effective and sharper than a double-bladed sword), at this point they begin among the most spectacular and evocative pyrotechnic games that I have ever seen, we witness a phantasmagoric and kaleidoscopic explosion of colors made with enormous colored confetti and with colored ribbons about two meters long called 'nzareddi, which recall the shape and movement of snakes. During the procession we witness the rite of children who, completely naked, are taken by their parents by the expert hands of two devotees present on the float, they are thus placed in front of St. Paul to ask for his intercession and protection, sometimes these children are adorned with paper money, in fact, the donation of money is part of the rites that accompany the procession. Among these rites is the vow of the "bare shoulder" made by devout bearers, and that of women who walk barefoot by vow. The procession with the two vare then arrives, as a sign of devotion, in the church of the Annunziata.
San Paolo Apostolo è un santo molto venerato nel paese siciliano di Palazzolo Acreide, la festa in suo onore viene celebrata in due occasioni (periodi molto importanti se riferiti alla civiltà contadina), il 29 giugno (giorno in cui ho realizzato quest’anno 2023 questo foto-racconto) data del suo martirio, ed il 25 gennaio, data della sua conversione al cristianesimo. La “festa estiva” del 29 giugno, inizia con una particolare raccolta di pane a forma di ciambella (in siciliano detta “cuddura”), donato dai paesani e raccolto su di un carretto, questo è il “giro del pane”, questi pani (detti “di San Paolo”) presentano delle decorazioni che richiamano i serpenti: il riferimento è sempre a San Paolo, ritenuto il protettore dai morsi velenosi delle vipere, questo è il retaggio ancestrale di un’antica civiltà contadina, il periodo della mietitura che coincide con la festa, rende particolarmente pericoloso il lavoro nei campi arsi dal sole; una volta esistevano dei personaggi a cui si attribuivano doti sovrannaturali, erano chiamati “ciarauli”, capaci di proteggere dai morsi velenosi della vipera (quest’anno era presente nella festa, a rievocare queste antiche figure, un simpaticissimo Palazzolese, presente anche l'anno scorso, che al posto delle bisce, come si usava una volta, aveva con se un docilissimo pitone, anche perchè satollo). La processione prende il nome di “sciuta”, con riferimento alla “uscita” dalla basilica di San Paolo di due vare, dapprima esce la vara con la reliquia del santo, portata in spalla dai devoti, subito dopo, alle 13,00 in punto avviene l’uscita della vara con l’antica statua di San Paolo che stringe una spada in pugno (l’iconografia lo rappresenta con la spada per due motivi, egli fu decapitato con un colpo di spada, e perché egli, riferendosi alla parola di Dio, la definiva più efficace e più tagliente di una spada a doppia lama), a questo punto iniziano tra i più spettacolari e suggestivi giochi pirotecnici che io che io abbia mai visto, si assiste ad una fantasmagorica e caleidoscopica esplosione di colori realizzati con enormi coriandoli colorati e con dei nastri colorati lunghi circa due metri chiamati ‘nzareddi, che richiamano la forma ed il movimento dei serpenti. Durante la processione si assiste al rito dei bambini che, completamente nudi, vengono presi dai genitori dalle esperte mani di due devoti presenti sulla vara, vengono così messi al cospetto di San Paolo a chiederne la sua intercessione e protezione, a volte questi bimbi sono adornati con della carta moneta, infatti la donazione di denaro fa parte dei riti che accompagnano la processione. Tra questi riti c’è il voto della “spalla nuda” fatto dai devoti portatori, e quello delle donne che per voto camminano scalze. La processione con le due vare giunge poi, in segno di devozione, nella chiesa dell’Annunziata.
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Is it not amazing that this beam enters the dark canyon and lights it up ? But, for such short time, only couple of minutes ! And each photographer is given few seconds of time to take pictures so that all hundreds of them get a chance to shoot it !
Antelope Canyon, Arizona
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as i was taking pics of yesterday's sunset.... & seen this rock window ...dat caught my attention...altho..it wasn't shiney...but of course....***heavenly***.....
^i^
* The Resolution * ~ song lyrics by Jack Mannequin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F61lyDl2vo4
There's a lot that I don't know
There's a lot that I'm still learning
But I think I'm letting go
To find my body is still burning
And you hold me down
And you got me living in the past
Come on and pick me up
Somebody clear the wreckage from the blast
And I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
I just need light
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution
And the bars are finally closed
So I try living in the moment
'Til the moment it just froze
And I felt sick and so alone
I can hear the sound
Of your voice still ringing in my ear
I'm going underground
But you'll find me anywhere I feel
That I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
I just need light
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution
You hold me down
You hold me down
I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
I just need light
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution
I need light, I need light
"We cannot escape remembering the important things that have happened, and we cannot escape the awareness of the important things that have not happened." --Ralph Salisbury, CHEROKEE
There is a Master Plan. There are Natural Laws that run the universe. Everything on the earth has a purpose. Change is constant. That which is built is constantly being destroyed. That which is loose is being used to build new things. Nothing can be destroyed, only rearranged. Change will happen and every setback is only temporary. Great Spirit, let me live today in acceptance of Your Master Plan.
The view outside my front door
I have chosen this for day 12 of the Christmas Countdown 2010
I hope that you like it. :-))
After purchasing his flowers Tim rests safely in his bed, having heavenly slumbers about the most beautiful girl he as ever seen!!!! the fabulous Melt..... he's dreaming of ways in which he could build up the courage to give her the flowers without falling over his tongue . Tim' s not too good when it comes to girls....
I was on my way out to do errands this afternoon when I saw the sky over Lake Tahoe. I had to go back to get my camera and try to capture some of the dramatic thunderheads that were developing all around the lake. This view is to the southeast toward Heavenly Valley ski resort and Nevada. A bit of snow remains on the tops of the highest peaks in the middle of July.
Huanglong scenic and historic interest area is in the northwest part of Sichuan province, China.
This area is known for its colorful pools formed by calcite deposits, especially in Huanglonggou (Yellow Dragon Gully). "Huanglong" in Chinese means yellow dragon because it looks like dragon lying across high mountain valley.
The scenic pools is 3.6Km long and fall over 400m in height. Today you can save your energy for getting to this beautiful view by using cable car and walk down along the trail to the colorful ponds and slowly walk up to this viewpoint. You have to spare at least 6 hours for walking in this valley and should aware of altitude sickness because it is around 3,600 meters above sea level. I used to run down this trail and suffered from such terrible sickness.
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How did Gaudi imagine the connection between the stained glass and the magnificent.heavenly light it would throw?
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after a heavenly night of rain in colorado, it was heavenly 2 wake 2 a mysical misty morning, i captured this pic on my path heading 2 town.....
^i^
"But the great spirit has provided
you and me with an opportunity for study in nature's university, the
forests, the rivers, the mountains, and the animals which include us."
---- Walking Buffalo, STONEY
What we really need to learn is how to
live life. Nature is the greatest university when we want to learn about
balance, harmony, the Natural Laws and how to live life. But we will
never learn unless we spend time in the "living university." Nature is
full of examples, lessons, and exercises about life. Nature will help
humans learn. Nature will help humans heal. Nature will help with
Medicine, knowledge and healing. The reason our Elders are so wise is
because they have attended the right educational system - nature's
university.
Great Spirit, help me to become wise.
I have no idea how I'm going to choose from the hundreds of great shots I got yesterday of my friend, so I'm just going to pick some randomly or I will be trying to make a decision forever.
This is unlike any of the other shots I took (in the fact that it's overexposed in the background), but I really like the sort of 'heavenly' look it has, so I decided it should be the first of the collection. Many more to come.
In fact, it's also unlike any other shots I took in that it's glamour. I liked shooting it more than I thought I would (the shoot was supposed to be more sensual/lounging lingerie), and may do more in the future.
Again, used strobes for this shoot. SB600 shooting into an umbrella directly behind me. I had another SB600 to the side bouncing, and lighting the room (as well as obvious window light), but I still did want the "natural light" look, so the light was placed to hit her more straight on, or as fill. In real natural light, Paola's skin looks really unsaturated and sort of plain, so the strobes are important for her.
it's fortunate that was a big sunny day,
sunshine was a great helper to soft focus.
so I could take all of you to this heavenly beach!
the cottages rent out for any people who wanna have a leisurely holiday.(I think...;p)
but I think it might not cheap to rent one.
oooh btw, I got my XA2 from my friend vignlio yet.
it's such in good condition.
I can't wait carry it everywhere!!
thank you vignlio ;D
(now playing: The Kooks, Seaside)
Explore 3-15-2016
May your Monday be filled with the anticipation of heavenly blossoms filling the air with their sweet scent.
Some people believe it is hard to lead the heaven-bound life that is called "Spiritual" because they have heard that we need to renounce the world and give up the desires attributed to the body and the flesh and "live Spiritually." All they understand by this is spurning worldly interests, especially concerns for money and prestige, going around in constant devout meditation about God, salvation, and eternal life, devoting their lives to prayer, and reading the Word and religious literature. They think this is renouncing the world and living for the spirit and not for the flesh. However, the actual case is quite different, as I have learned from an abundance of experience and conversation with angels. In fact, people who renounce the world and live for the spirit in this fashion take on a mournful life for themselves, a life that is not open to heavenly joy, since our life does remain with us [after death]. No, if we would accept heaven's life, we need by all means to live in the world and to participate in its duties and affairs. In this way, we accept a Spiritual life by means of our moral and civic life; and there is no other way a spiritual life can be formed within us, no other way our spirits can be prepared for heaven. This is because living an inner life and not an outer life at the same time is like living in a house that has no foundation, that gradually either settles or develops gaping cracks or totters until it collapses.
Words written by Swedenborg - Taken from Heaven and Hell
Mystic and scientist, born in Stockholm, Sweden. He studied at Uppsala, travelled in Europe, and on his return was appointed assessor in the college of mines. He wrote books on algebra, navigation, astronomy, and chemistry, and in 1734 published his monumental Opera Philosophica Et Mineralia (Philosophical and Logical Works), a mixture of metallurgy and metaphysical speculation on the creation of the World. Curious dreams convinced him that he had direct access to the Spiritual world. He communicated his Spiritual explorations in Heavenly Arcana (1749–56), and spent the rest of his life in Amsterdam, Stockholm, and London where he died in 1772.
Painting V in the series to commemorate
The Swedenborg Society’s 200th Anniversary – London
Painting using acrylics, inks, pigments and gold leaf
for Flickriver ~ Sophie Shapiro
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Today I was challenged to style a look in thirty minutes with the theme of Heavenly Empress as my inspiration.Normally, I would nitpick and reevaluate a look for a couple of hours before being satisfied. Having the clock ticking added an unsusual thrilling element to the look that filled me with contradictory feelings of predatory vision but also nervousness as my hands shook and fear of it not coming together threatening to invade my focus.So I present to you, the Heavenly Empress,..my perspective of ethereal regality.
Skin - cStar Limited - Hope - Pearl
Lipstick - cStar - Lips Gloss 093
Eyes - Clemmm - Snicket Glass eyes
Hair - VIOLATOR-Restoration Platiunum Edition
Nails - :: PM :: Metallic Silver Nails
Dress - VIOLATOR-I Am The Monster-white
Shoes - Stiletto Moody Bare Katherine
Pose - MiaMai
Photography by Anubis Darkwatch
wishing u a heavenly day...may it be filled wit peace!
^i^
"May there be peace when we meet." ~ Audrey Shenandoah, ONONDAGA
The Elders tell us the greatest gift we can seek is peace of mind; to walk in balance, to respect all things. For us to do this, we must have peace within ourselves and peace within ourselves cannot come unless we are walking the path the Creator would have us walk. Sometimes the tests on this path are difficult, but we know that each test makes us stronger.
Oh Great Spirit, I ask You to whisper Your wisdom in my heart. You are the only one who knows the secret to peaceful living and the mystery of harmony. Teach me of Your peace, understanding and balance, and guide me onto your good path.
* The River * ~Native American Song
#5821 what else do you need to have an heavenly moment than a beautiful waterfall spraying you wet on a sunny day enjoying a beautiful rainbow
Wave of India Ocean always attacks east Bali beach. Sky was clear and I could view beautiful sunset almost every day. From south Kuta beach, it's good place to view sunset beside not in front and able to view confronting wave lines in perspective.. Pink reflection was sparkling all over. The man sat on surf swaying gentle with small waves cherish beautiful sunset. This heavenly scene just brought me out of this world for a while
(No manipulation at all)
South Kuta Beach
Near Discovery Mall
Bali, Indonesia