February 8th, 2009 by Kathleen
Doesn’t the garden in the photo below seem like a wonderful place of serenity for prayer and meditation, no matter what your religious beliefs?
Imagine sitting among the beautiful flowers, watched by the gentle eyes of this guardian angel sculpture.
Does an angelic presence dwell in this garden?
Having a serene place to meditate and pray. What a blessing!
Celestial Garden
Art Print by Birkenstock,…
11.5 in. x 17.1875 in.
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It is not known precisely where angels dwell—whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God’s pleasure that we should be informed of their abode. —Voltaire
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February 5th, 2009 by Kathleen
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are known as the Abrahamic religions. All three honor the patriarch Abraham, whose faith was so great that he was willing to sacrifice his own son because God told him to.
In the painting Abraham with Three Angels, by the Renaissance master Rembrandt van Rijn, Abraham is sitting outdoors, conversing with angels.
It is interesting to note that Rembrandt seldom used the color blue. Supposedly that was because at the time, blue paint was made with precious stones, such as lapis lazuli, and was extremely expensive. That’s why he uses mainly browns and other earth colors.
Yet Rembrandt manages to make his angels glow with light. He was, after all, a master the technique known as chiaroscuro, the dramatic depiction of light and shade.
Abraham Receives the Three Angels Giclee Print
Rembrandt van…
24 in. x 18 in.
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November 16th, 2008 by Kathleen
Today I’m grateful for being able to share visions and ideas on the Internet. One way I do that is by creating blogs like this one on angels. Another way is by joining Blog Your Blessings Sunday and posting about blessings each Sunday. If you would like to do the same, you can find information on joining on the Blog Your Blessings page of the NeoBlue Panther blog.
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November 14th, 2008 by Kathleen
Spanish painter Francisco de Zurburan (1598-1664) painted The Annunciation in oils on canvas. Notice that the angel has gray wings. Angels with dark or brightly colored wings were quite common until sometime in the 1800s. Some angels even had butterfly wings.
The angel Gabriel, a detail from Francisco de Zurburan
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