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253 - Left Hand / Right Hand Symbolism

The Symbolic World

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The Cross Over of St. Maximus

Saints maximus has such a deep intuition of scriptural symbolism and the scriptural images that he's able to show it in our everyday experience. And so this also seems to be suggested in the image of the transfiguration. On the left hand you have james, who is falling over backwards, kind of like saint paul on the on the donkey,. And he is facing elijah here. Elijah, interestingly enough, goes up in a flaming chariot. I think it really is to represent this crossing over that happens between the left and the right hand - depending on your perspective. It really is important to understand that this is not just like abstract art but can help us understand

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