Rose has been considered the symbol of love, beauty and divine perfection since ancient antiquity. Rose essence was used in cooking, medicine and various ceremonies at the time of Zoroaster (circa 1000 BC) in Persia. Washing the hands and face with rosewater for purification, sprinkling rose water on one another, drinking rose syrup, burning rose incense featured various ethnic, cultural, religious ceremonies. During the middle ages, the rose was cultivated in monastery courtyards and was used for incense and medicinal purposes. It is been said that the finest rose water and oil is extracted from what is commonly known today …
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But already my desire and my will Were being turned like a wheel, all at one speed, By the love which moves the sun and the other stars. in his timeless Divine Comedy, Dante described the euphoric state of love as the gravitational force which moves the solar systems and which holds the universe together. Simone Weil (1909-1943), the renowned French philosopher, teacher and activist with outstanding intellectual gifts and mystical devotion said : Two forces rule the universe: Light and gravity. She described the soul’s movements in Gravity and Grace : All the natural movements of the soul …
But already my desire and my willWere being turned like a wheel, all at one speed,By the love which moves the sun and the other stars. Dante Alighieri[1265 Florence-1321 Ravenna] Dante started to write Divine Comedy at the age of 35 when he had to leave his hometown Florence due to a political dispute between the two prominent families. His journey in exile coincides with the narration of Divine Comedy which is considered as one of the timeless masterpieces of western literature. In his epic book, he recounts his afterlife journey to the other world where souls dwell in …
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