Halos are depicted in pictures of saints and others - what do they mean..?
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In Taoist, Buddhist, and advanced martial arts, "enlightenment" and "full mastery" can result in a person actually glowing and giving off light. Catholic Saints are said to be so "holy" and/or so filled with the presence of God that the light of God shines from them.
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They are the extension of osmeones aura or electromagnetic field which grows with mastery of the mind, and through spiritual adeptness. They can actually be seen if someone aura is strong enough
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Where did the halo originate? “Its origin was not Christian,” admits The Catholic Encyclopedia (1987 edition), “for it was used by pagan artists and sculptors to represent in symbol the great dignity and power of the various deities.” The book The Christians, by Bamber Gascoigne, contains a photograph obtained from the Capitoline Museum in Rome of a sun-god with halo. This god was worshiped by pagan Romans. Gascoigne commented, “the sun’s halo” was “borrowed by Christianity.” The halo is connected with pagan sun worship.
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In a ' roundabout ' way, they indicate the chosen 144,000 mentioned in the Bible....Rev. 7:4 & 14:1... A small group I comparison to the ' great crowd' of Rev. (Revelation 7:9) After this I saw, and look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands. A clear separation
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The New Encyclopædia Britannica says: “In Hellenistic and Roman art the sun-god Helios and Roman emperors often appear with a crown of rays. Because of its pagan origin, the form was avoided in Early Christian art, but a simple circular nimbus was adopted by Christian emperors for their official portraits. From the middle of the 4th century, Christ was also shown with this imperial attribute . . . it was not until the 6th century that the halo became customary for the Virgin Mary and other saints.” However, as we shall now see, the frail, halo-encircled, effeminate, melancholy, long-haired Christ, which often appears in Christendom’s art, is not accurate. In reality, it is a far cry from the Jesus of the Bible.
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