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Emblems of ottr Lord 



The Circle, anciently represented by a serpent 

 with its tail in its mouth, is the emblem of Eternity 

 and of Eternal God. Hermes Trismegistus says, 

 " God is a circle, whose centre is every where, but 

 whose circumference is nowhere to be found." 



Vesica Pisces.- — A term applied to the aureole, 

 from its fancied resemblance to a fish ; the nimbus is 

 the glory round the head, which is usually of a cir- 

 cular form ; but the nimbus of the Eternal Father is 

 often in the form of a triangle, and that of the Trinity 

 an emanation of light, the rays of which form the 

 three amis of a cross. The nimbus of the Virgin is 

 usually a simple ring, sometimes a crown or diadem ; 

 but the aureole following the shape of the body is 

 usually an elongated oval, with sharp points; and, from 

 a supposed resemblance to a fish, has been called 



Vesica Pisces." It has also been called " the divine 

 oval," and the "mystical almond;" mystical, as re- 

 ferring to some symbolical signification ; but rather 

 fanciful, if the only reason be that the almond is sup- 



