“For the Hebrews, names provided a direct link with the Creator. They understood words as being the creative fire of God, the ‘black fire on white fire’ of His Law. Every utterance and every act of creation through which He… — Anne Hamilton Copy Share Image
“...to limit the meaning of Aslan simply to lion from Turkish is to miss its deep northern resonances and the song of the snowflakes whirling around it. Lewis admitted that, as a boy, he had been ‘crazed by northern–ness’ and there are many subtle references to Norse mythology in the story. In fact, if we treat Aslan as a word… — Anne Hamilton Copy Share
“For the Hebrews, names provided a direct link with the Creator. They understood words as being the creative fire of God, the ‘black fire… — Anne Hamilton Copy Share Image
“If this interpretation of nashamah by the rabbis is right ... then it is naming that creates soul.” — Anne Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Throughout the ancient world, naming was a sacred act. It was the word by which a child was called into his calling. It was… — Anne Hamilton Copy Share Image
“From the moment Adam named his wife ‘Eve’ her defining moment was eminently predictable. Almost inevitably, it was going to revolve around an incident… — Anne Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Shadow is Light’s child. It is nothing without the Light, and nothing if it falls into Darkness.” — Anne Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Take a good long look at The Lord’s Prayer . It’s all ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’. There is no ‘me’, ‘I’ or ‘mine’ anywhere.” — Anne Hamilton Copy Share Image
