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In one interpretation, the "Seven Spirits" represent the sevenfold ministry of the Spirit as depicted in the Book of Isaiah.As it is written: "The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD, and He will delight in the fear of the Lord."
The Seven Virtues are a set of moral principles that include chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility.
The Labyrinth of the Spirits (original title: El laberinto de los espíritus) is a fiction novel by Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafón. This is the fourth and final book in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. [1] [2] The novel was initially released on 17 November 2016 in Spain and Latin America by Planeta Group.
[5] [6] Although specific details differed, the construct suggested organization and centralization. [7] An 18th-century writer, Emanuel Swedenborg, influenced Spiritualist views of the spirit world. He described a series of concentric spheres each including a hierarchical organization of spirits in a setting more earth-like than theocentric. [8]
The Worship of Mammon (1909) by Evelyn De Morgan. In the words of Henry Edward Manning, avarice "plunges a man deep into the mire of this world, so that he makes it to be his god". [18] As defined outside Christian writings, greed is an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs, especially with respect to material wealth. [27]
The Testament of Solomon is a pseudepigraphical work, purportedly written by King Solomon, in which the author mostly describes particular demons who he enslaved to help build the temple, the questions he put to them about their deeds and how they could be thwarted, and their answers, which provide a kind of self-help manual against demonic activity.
The House of the Spirits (Spanish: La casa de los espíritus, 1982) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. The novel was rejected by several Spanish-language publishers before being published in Barcelona in 1982. [2] It became an instant best-seller, was critically acclaimed, and catapulted Allende to literary stardom.
The Latin word evocatio was the "calling forth" or "summoning away" of a city's tutelary deity.The ritual was conducted in a military setting either as a threat during a siege or as a result of surrender, and aimed at diverting the god's favor from the opposing city to the Roman side, customarily with a promise of a better-endowed cult or a more lavish temple. [4]