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For example the fire in Buddhism is the last reincarnation in the process of death and solution in cosmos-body becomes soil, soil absorbs with water, water with fire. Mythology gives us example not just of birth and renewing of world in fire. In Edda of ancient Viking fire burns out the world in the time of god fight with the beasts. In the Christian picture of the world fire is connected with the infernal sufferings and with the divine holiness. Pictures of hell are always connected with scorching heat and shadows falling from the unseen fire, hellish fire is always placed somewhere underneath(Evil holes in Divine Comedy by Dante). Sufferings of sinners in Christian religion are exactly connected with burning of fire tongue, there is no escape from it. Holy fire is completely different from punitive fire. John the Baptist says about Jesus Christ:”He will christen you with Holy Ghost and fire.

Kierkegaard wrote:”Christianity – it is the fire, lighted by Jesus, this light needs to be supported…this fomentation of a human being by the passion…-this fomentation is oriented to give birth to conflict between father and son, between daughter and her mother… Lighting with the aim to pull them from each other, to create separated person- this is the will of god. Christians put the fire always on top, using it as a source of fire, but not as a source of warmth.

Descent of the Holy Ghost is shown as tongues of fire. But this kind of fire does not burn. Jerusalem’s fire during celebration of Pesah is also harmless. Pilgrims wash their face in such fire. The realm of god glows like fire of candle, it does not burn. Punitive fire is also connected with burning. Sanctuary is also connected fire, it is harmless, it gives light, which sometimes burn eyes. In Buddism such kind of fire has negative symbolic restriction. Fire was the last watcher on the way to Nirvana. Nirvana means the dying down fire on the language Sanskrit. In Islam fire is associated with sin and craft of evil. Koran agrees with the free embodiment of intellect :angels are created from light, gins-are made of the clear fire, and the human beings are created of dust. The most popular function of fire is cleansing. There is a ritual of cleansing for foreigners, ritual of deprivation of their skills.

There was a ritual of exorcism in New Britain. Clearing fire was lighted in Europe against fatal diseases such as plague. The night before Catholic Eastern people used to put out candles in church and to light them up with the help of flint. Big Eastern candle and other candles were lighted up with this fire. Resembling rituals were carried out by African tribes. Every Year North-American Indians clear their fields before collecting of harvest. This holy fire put in altar eats up all crimes except of killing. It seems fire rituals divide nations from each other. In these rituals human being connects himself with fire, he creates essence similar to the sacred one. In other cultures scarifying does not bears such tight connection with fire. Hellenes and Christians used fire as symbol attending the divinity. Fire was was hated by Muslims and Mongols. Fire was dangerous and fearful for Slavs. They treated it like a person. There is visible incompatibility of fire of Catholics and Muslims, which pray in cold temples, do not seeing in fire anything good except of tortures and fears. Change of nations and cultures leads to modernization of human being which does not see any mystic symbols in physical events. Losev writes about electricity: ”Boring is the scene of electrical light. You can not love with electrical light, looking on this light you just look for victim. You can not pray with electric fire. It is stupid to replace fire of candle with electricity. ” Social essence of fire In legends and philosophy destiny carries connection of fire between politics and authority. Fire has such properties as liveliness, continuity, vitality. There is an element of unexpectedness in fire. The fire is connected with the truth which solves the conflict between question be or not to be. Looking through fire is similar to being in the new world, to excel ourselves, to become superhuman with another social function. Variation of use of fire in religious rituals are different. In Jerusalem temple of God Resurrection. Taking part in such kind of mystery leaves a strong trace in experiences of human being. He perceives this trace as trace of sacred , he connects it with mystic tradition. Looking at candle of fire man thinks about sacred fire. Fire turns him to the center of scene. It becomes more than simple source of light, it becomes source of knowledge. Gaston Bachelard writes:”Fire is something deep and personal. It lives in heart. It lives on heaven. It breaks through material as a present of love. It hides in the bottom of material. It has the ability to carry out the contrasts of good and evil. Fire is the confluence of Hell and Heaven, of endearment and torture. It gives felicity and wants you to be respectful. Fire is contrary, that is why it is one of the universal beginnings of explaining the world. Fire creates the desire of changes ,a wish to be enclosed with the time. Such kind of dream is really exiting and dramatic, it enlarges horizons of human destiny, connects small with huge, hearth with Vulcan , existence of piece of world with the being the whole world. ” Connection of fire with act plays an important role in life of human beings. Fire is the most strong symbol of mass. It is the most important tool for destruction .

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Meaning of the Amnesty barbed wire

Barbed wire is the wire composed of two zinc-coated strands twisted together and having barbs spaced regularly along them, it is a humanly erected barrier between two divisions of land, used to mark a legal or other boundary, to keep animals or people in or out, and sometimes as an ornament. The advent of barbed-wire fences on the plains transformed the cattle industry, ending the open range to a large extent and making possible the introduction of blooded cattle. The transformation was not without protests, which often led to bloodshed. In the 20th cent. barbed wire gained importance as an instrument of defense through its use in wartime for entanglements and obstacles. Barbed-wire fences have been replaced in some applications by other types, e.g., woven-wire fences. Barbed wire was adapted for military use during the Boer War and used in enormous quantities during World War I. Although barbed wire is often used for security, agriculture still accounts for 90% of it use Barbed wire means being stuffed in a really bad situation with no way out. To see barbed wire in your dream, represents difficulty in breaking through or getting your point across to someone. To dream that you are caught in barbed wire, suggests that you are feeling trapped and restricted in some relationship. You find yourself confined to specific boundaries.