CHESMAYNE

Midi: Starwar-5 - Melody: 2 Out Of 3

Gold

Gold Angel inside Santa Maria Maggiore

01 The central dark cells of B$A (A02 and A04, the bull’s-eye). 

02 Symbol of worth and value.   Universal signifier of either (at its most symbolic) excellence or else (at its most literal) untold, undreamt-of riches.   Both as myth and metal, immutability has always been the primary quality of gold.   Gold has extraordinary properties.   It is an exceptionally soft metal and can be beaten when cold.   It has an inherent gorgeousness, an exquisite radiance, is resistant to erosion, incorruptible and indestructible.  This subterrenean treasure can be fashioned into articles of utility, tools or jewels.   The most ancient symbol of worldly value and wealth.   Deaurate: guilded or golden.   The Greeks imagined their gods as being blond (golden).   Symbol of esoteric knowledge and the alchemists attempt to purify the soul.   Synonym for money/cash.   Golden calf: excessive pursuit of material goods/wealth (modern view).   Golden Fleece: the pelt of a ram which is guarded by a dragon. 

Golden Angel Atop The Great Star Victory Column

03 Gold, Myrrh and frankincense were presented to the child Jesus. 

04 Black gold (oil).   Silence is ‘golden’.  Youth is ‘golden’.   Those who marry for money are ‘gold-diggers’.   Attempting to improve the unimprovable is referred to as ‘guilding the lily’.  Proverb: ‘All that glitters is not gold.’   KIs are escorted to Westminister Abbey in a golden coach, anointed from a golden ampulla, crowned with a golden crown and a golden scepter is placed in his hands.   Olympic athletes are awarded gold medals.   Hollywood Oscars are plated with gold.   The winning film at the Cannes Festival is a ‘golden palm’, at Venice a ‘golden lion’ and at Berlin a ‘golden bear’.   The treasures filched from the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamen were of pure gold.   Christian artists lavished gold leaf on their paintings.  Pop artists receive gold and platinum disks.   The ‘Midas touch’ (see ‘Midas’).   ‘Gold Blend’ (coffee).  In France, gold coins and ingots are often concealed behind fireside bricks and under mattresses.   James Bond’s adversary was Auric Goldfinger (Shirley Eaton’s naked body was painted in gold paint).   The demand for gold has always been greater than the supply.  

   

05 Gold is not attacked by acids but reacts to Aqua Fortis and Aqua Regia - ‘the acid test’.   Any decisive or searching test. 

06 Golden Rose:  the highest award reserved for women in the Vatican – gift of the Pope – reserved for female sovereigns – rarely bestowed.   Presently, there are no living recipients!?! 

Gold Towers Of Kremlin Churches, Moscow

 

 

 

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