robe of the High Priest of Israel were often called "The Garments of Glory", for they resembled the regenerated and spiritualized nature of man, ...
Robe: The robe is our covering, a symbolic representation of stepping away from our daily lives, and cloths, and stepping into new clothing. It helps in the beginning to have a robe, for if nothing else, to help you change your mind set.
The robe wrapped casually around him reveals his strength and vigor. This could be seen as a very patriarchal image, implying continuing punishment for fallen humanity rather than the reconciliation of opposites which often informs this Arcanum.
The sable robe of night was drawn across the heavens, punctured by many shining stars, as Tilak moved noiselessly to a distant land.
3. I.e. the red robe, or mantle.
Now place yourself beside the altar looking towards the door and the open terrace; or if you be in the country place yourself at the western4 side, and commence by summoning the chief spirits and princes.
The candidate was attired in a white robe, emblematic of the purity which was expected (further symbolized by the preliminary bath, from which was derived the idea of Christian baptism), ...
Standing on the edge, robe flowing.
The wind rushes in as water splashes the cliff side.
The clouds are stirring as the waves splash violently.
The raging overture plays on.
Looking out at the horizon; a storm approaches.
As an exersize in concentration: Seated in meditation or lying down, formulate yourself standing in a Magical Robe, holding the Magical Dagger.
The first true example of what we consider sympathetic magick took place, when those early people put on the antlers and robe of their prey, invoked the power to draw that animal into the dance of life and death, ...
There they stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him, then put a crown of thorns on his head and a reed in his hand; and then they mocked him, saying "Hail, King of the Jews!" They then spat on him and took the reed and smote his head.
The philosophers have come to Athens for the festival of the Goddess of Wisdom whose splendidly embroidered robe "was carried like the sail of a galley"[66] in the procession, or theoria "in celebration of victory over the Titans who unloose chaos.
Angels are commonly represented by a figure with wings and wearing a long white robe. They are also sometimes depicted wearing halos which emanate from the angels' head in a glorious wreath of light, serving as a symbol of divine wisdom.
His dress was a chamber-robe of the richest Genoa velvet, with ample sleeves clasped with frogs of gold and lined with sables.
In peace his robe was purple, in war it was a panther's skin. According to some accounts he married Ariadne after her desertion by Theseus. The Romans seem to have confused this god with the ancient Italic deity Liber Pater, god of wine.
Visualize Him sitting in the lotus posture, saffron robe over one shoulder, hand raised in blessing, and see emanating for the heart center, the ajna center (between the eyebrows), and the upraised hand of the Buddha, a brilliant golden light.
If we recollect (a) The Robe marks the Novice; (b) The Tunic marks the Esquire; (c) It is only the Knight who is invested with the Mantle; we shall perceive that the Ritual still bears witness to these three stages.
There was no color correspondence in anything I ever came across for "Justice" , but in my visualization the color black seemed most approachable. It was comparable to a judicial robe, ...
 See also: Spirit, Light, World, Spiritual, Ritual
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