More gnostic themes from Therion, in particular connected to Revelations. Ariel is an angel in Christian mysticism whose name literally means "Lion of God." (The song name means "The Lion Midnight.") In short, they're conflating him with the gnostic Demiurge, the Satan-like "God" that created the physical universe and is the source of evil as he leaves our souls trapped in the crude matter of creation.
Abaddon appears in Revelations and stuff about it as the "angel of the abyss," who some equate to Satan and others as the keeper of the gate to Hell who keeps Satan entrapped until the day of Armageddon.
I'm not sure about the stuff about the "three treasures," or the Eagle or Paroketh, but that's what I was able to find on the other stuff.
PAROKHET AND KAPPORET (Torah Ark curtain and valance)
PAROKHET AND KAPPORET (Torah Ark curtain and valance)
Valance (n.)
piece of drapery, mid-15c., from Anglo-French *valance, from valer "go down," variant of Old French avaler; or possibly from the plural of Old French avalant, from prp. of avaler "go down." The notion is of something "hanging down."
Valance (n.)
piece of drapery, mid-15c., from Anglo-French *valance, from valer "go down," variant of Old French avaler; or possibly from the plural of Old French avalant, from prp. of avaler "go down." The notion is of something "hanging down."
More gnostic themes from Therion, in particular connected to Revelations. Ariel is an angel in Christian mysticism whose name literally means "Lion of God." (The song name means "The Lion Midnight.") In short, they're conflating him with the gnostic Demiurge, the Satan-like "God" that created the physical universe and is the source of evil as he leaves our souls trapped in the crude matter of creation.
Abaddon appears in Revelations and stuff about it as the "angel of the abyss," who some equate to Satan and others as the keeper of the gate to Hell who keeps Satan entrapped until the day of Armageddon.
I'm not sure about the stuff about the "three treasures," or the Eagle or Paroketh, but that's what I was able to find on the other stuff.
PAROKHET AND KAPPORET (Torah Ark curtain and valance)
PAROKHET AND KAPPORET (Torah Ark curtain and valance)
Valance (n.) piece of drapery, mid-15c., from Anglo-French *valance, from valer "go down," variant of Old French avaler; or possibly from the plural of Old French avalant, from prp. of avaler "go down." The notion is of something "hanging down."
Valance (n.) piece of drapery, mid-15c., from Anglo-French *valance, from valer "go down," variant of Old French avaler; or possibly from the plural of Old French avalant, from prp. of avaler "go down." The notion is of something "hanging down."
uno signo reliquit one seal left
uno signo reliquit one seal left