Symbols of the shadows
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Body
Animals
clean animal | his meditation on the word produces a holy walk | |
Camel | teaches to judge | |
Coney | legalist who hides the love of the Word | |
Hare | spiritual drunk who celebrates all religions | |
Swine | Does not discern what he learns | |
Fish | Lives by the Word and uses it as his defense | |
no fins or scales | Compromised in the flesh and spirit | |
Eagle | Those who forget the revelation | |
Ossifrage | Tear apart the pure | |
Osprey | Goat/flesh | |
Kites | Doubter | |
Raven | Improperly mixing Holiness and Love | |
Owl | Questions God's purposes | |
Night hawk | loves violence | |
Cuckow | wastes away in fleshly pursuits | |
Hawk | speaks only of Christ's death, not of his resurrection | |
Little owl | angry | |
Cormorant | Those who have been cast out (for cause) | |
Great owl | Those presuming upon grace; continuing in sin | |
Swan | Destroyer (not builder) | |
Pelican | Rejects the word | |
Stork | Doesn't understand holiness and mercy | |
Heron | Anger within | |
Lapwing | Irregular obedience | |
Bat | Turned aside from the teaching | |
Leaping bugs | Reverent and no guile | |
Locust | Holiness within | |
Bald locust | Speaks and lives according to the finished work of Christ | |
Beetle | Ends fear by teaching | |
Grasshopper | Preaches life through the cross | |
Four feet | Improperly mix flesh with spirit and holiness with grace. | |
Carries the carcasse | exalts the dead flesh |