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AllatRa by Anastasia Novykh
So, pearl itself in ancient Rus was called “inchi”, which means “different”, “the one”,
“the only”, “the true one, the right one” among many Slavic and other peoples. That is
why later in Christianity the monk was called “inok” and nuns – “inokinia”. The pearl
was an associative symbol of the Soul from another (spiritual) world. The ancient
Russian word “rakovina” “perlamutr” is derived from the ancient words of the Slavic
peoples living in Eastern Europe. “Raky”, “rakъve” is a “shell” and is similar to the
Latin word “аrсеō” meaning “I lock”. In other words, a pearl in the shell is a symbolic
notation of the Soul locked inside the material shell of the body, which had been brought
here from another world and can liberate itself only when the human consciousness (the
Personality) fuses (connects) with the Soul with the help of spiritual, creative power and
the dominance of the Spiritual nature in man.
Anastasia: This information is really very interesting for the people today. Interestingly,
large pearls in the ancient times were called Orient (the Latin word “orientis” meaning
the “rising sun”). This word is borrowed from the East. This is how something “different
which attracts with its unidentified quality and inner beauty” was often called in poetry.
Rigden: Quite true. Large pearls were called exactly “unio” (from Latin – “the only
one”), and the word “orient” in the East originally meant radiance of natural pearls.
Anastasia: Yes, from the perspective of spiritual symbols you look at all this in a quite a
different way!
Rigden: I will say even more. The cylindrical room under the central large dome or a
tower in the central inner part of the cross-domed temple was called the main, central
apse, where the place for the throne and the altar was allotted. The ceiling of the apse in
the form of semi-dome (conch meaning a “shell”, a “spiral whirlwind”, “vortex”)
symbolised the “sky”. In architecture, the locking stone, which “locks” the arch or the
dome, is still called the key. So, originally on the inner concave surface of the apse, as a
rule, there was a mosaic image or a painting of the Mother of God “Oranta” with raised
hands as a symbol of the “one who opens the Gate of Heaven”.
Anastasia: Yes, all the symbols of man’s spiritual work on himself are really present
here, including the attainment of liberation with the help of the divine power of feminine
principle… The image of the Mother of God “Oranta” was known in Ancient Rus’
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