As its title suggests, The Tree of Life is shot through with biblical, or at least spiritual, symbolism.
While doing his graduate work, he was writing his thesis on William Blake, whose spiritual symbolism he was coming to appreciate in new ways.
The future is another matter, and some traditional spiritual symbolism can take on a new life when representing the evolution of human cognition beyond current organic constraints.
Unlike Humanists, however, they have a deep appreciation for spiritual symbolism.
They are creatures not only in the service of Walker's spiritual symbolism, but also her creative ego.
Knots were also regarded as having spiritual and religious symbolism in addition to their aesthetic qualities.
The differences between the recipes cause several notable changes in the oil's characteristics, including edibility, fragrance, dermal sensation, and spiritual symbolism.
Bopp also emphasized spiritual symbolism with a "subtle interaction of color and the geometric construction of shape and space" that indicated the influence of Albers.
Besides their uses such as recording information and tying objects together, knots have interested humans for their aesthetics and spiritual symbolism.
Like a detective embroiled in an elusive chase, Ward takes us on an illuminating adventure into medieval cosmology and spiritual symbolism.