Early Christian Symbolism in Art
Throughout history saintly men and women have looked into a polished diamond and seen more than the physical beauty of a natural gemstone. They saw Early Christian Symbolism in Art that captures the beauty of the soul and the light of the soul. In the eleventh century, St. Simeon the New Theologian described what he saw, “In the way the light shines through the crystal …so he revealed himself to me as light”.
In the sixteenth century. St. Theresa of Avila wrote of the difficulty she had of finding anything in nature that could compare with”… the great beauty of the soul… because the soul of a righteous person is nothing but, a paradise, a sacred delight” But the she went on to share a vision. “I began to look at the soul as a single diamond, in which there are many rooms, just as in heaven there are many mansions”.
These two examples illustrate a long tradition of visualizing and understanding a polished diamond as a spiritual symbol. The Cross of light Diamond has been intentionally designed to “reflect” this tradition.
Throughout history saintly men and women have looked into a polished diamond and seen more than the physical beauty of a natural gemstone. They have seen a spiritual symbol that captures the beauty of the soul and the light of the soul. In the eleventh century, St. Simeon the New Theologian described what he saw, “In the way the light shines through the crystal …so he revealed himself to me as light”.
In the sixteenth century. St. Theresa of Avila wrote of the difficulty she had of finding anything in nature that could compare with”… the great beauty of the soul… because the soul of a righteous person is nothing but, a paradise, a sacred delight” But the she went on to share a vision. “I began to look at the soul as a single diamond, in which there are many rooms, just as in heaven there are many mansions”.
These two examples illustrate a long tradition of visualizing and understanding a polished diamond as a spiritual symbol. The Cross of light Diamond has been intentionally designed to “reflect” this tradition.