The Holy Spirit makes itself known in the secret redolence of flowers. The flower can be a symbol of flourishing, an emblem of a seeding place within all of us. Rooted below the surface and at the same time visible above, the flower has symbolised the bridging of the visible and invisible worlds, the material with the spiritual. In its most simple form, the flower with its circular shape is a natural mandala linking the flower with the wheel and the eternal cosmic movement around a mystic orienting centre.
Aristotle also once declared that plants have a soul. The Egyptians were perhaps the first culture to use flowers in their funeral rites, believing the subtle scent of flowers contained the key to divine powers. Flowers are incorporated into ritual and sacrament all over the world and have been emblems of beauty, joy, purity, fertility, perfection and resurrection. However, flowers can be in reality, extremely resilient, with wildflowers blooming on grassy verges and latching onto walls and railings.Īll of nature is enticed into the flower’s proliferation, and the flower has a sensual association, with heady perfumes. Flowers are the hallmarks of spring, a sign of renewal in the world, of awakening and rebirth, or mythic youths Their ephemeral blossoms have associated flowers with all the forms that quickly fade such as the transitory soul of antiquity. “There’s April in the west wind, and daffodils,” said the poet John Masefield. Flowers remind us of the beauty and brevity of life.
The Flower as a Symbolīeauty and brevity of life. I also include an introduction to some of the symbolism attributed to flowers over time. From time to time people ask about the symbolism of individual flowers, and thus I have compiled a list of flowers and some of their individual symbolic attributes. Sometimes a flower is chosen for its simple aesthetic beauty, and as an offering to strangers who pass by and enjoy the carving on the headstone. They may be chosen for their symbolic meaning, but most often, because they were a favourite flower of the deceased, or they remind the family of their loved one. Flowers are one of the most popular symbols I am asked to carve on a gravestone.
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