ICHTHYS

ICHTHYS

The Golden Bough

Caviar

Fire

Firmament

First Class

Firth

Fish

Western

 

1John4:15

"Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God."

 

 

 

 

 

 

The symbol of the fish in Christianity is called ichthys or ichthus, which is a Greek word meaning “fish”. It is composed of five letters that are the initials of the phrase “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior” in Greek: ΙΧΘΥΣ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chess: "ICHTHYS" "The Golden Bough" "Caviar" "Fire" "Firmament" "First Class"  "Firth" "Fish" "Western"

 

 

Salmon roe (left) and sturgeon caviar (right) served with mother of pearl caviar spoons to avoid tainting the taste of the caviar

 

 

 

 

The title of the book The Golden Bough comes from an episode in the epic poem The Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil. In this episode, the hero Aeneas and the Sibyl (a prophetess) have to find a golden bough in a sacred grove to enter the underworld. The golden bough is a symbol of life and death, and also of the power to communicate with the gods

 

 

 

 

 

"Truth, he wrote in an Op-Ed article in The New York Times in 1981, “does not reside in exact recording of every detail. It never has. Instead, it resides in myth — generalizing myths that direct attention to what is common amid diversity by neglecting trivial differences of detail.”

“Indeed,” he continued, “the principal reason for studying the past is that it promotes the formulation and reformulation of useful myths about the conduct of public affairs, creates and confirms public identities, and offers models of behavior for leaders and followers alike that help to guide us through present perplexities.” "~~~New York Times

 

The "Iron Dome": Western!

John 15:18

“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.”

"You and love are still my argument"~~~Shakespeare