The sun king

King Louis XIV was nicknamed "The Sun King." His face as the Sun King is on Versailles.

Inspired by watching the new TV series 'Versailles' earlier this evening.

Louis XIV chose the sun as his emblem. The sun was associated with Apollo, god of peace and arts, and was also the heavenly body which gave life to all things, regulating everything as it rose and set. Like Apollo, the warrior-king Louis XIV brought peace, was a patron of the arts, and dispensed his bounty. The regularity of his work habits and his ritual risings and retirings (levee and couchee) were another point of solar comparison. Throughout Versailles, decoration combines images and…

The Sun King

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This post I dedicate to my dear, supportive friend Pagan Star :) Many Blessings my dear The period between Samhain and Yule was often referred by Pagans as “death period” or “dead time”. Not an unjustified statement If You ask me, considering people had seen Samhain as “the end of the year” even prior to Pagan religions, and also they had been observing Winter Solstice as the start of the New Year. Period in between was undefined, dark, often ( weather related ) cruel , with no celebrations…

The Sun King, Versailles

Conceived , compiled and designed by Stephen Ellcock and Hugh Hales-Tooke, the Celestial Archive Advent calendar follows the format of a traditional Advent calendar with 24 numbered doors, but the images are a celebration of the celestial rather than religious or other typical yuletide imagery. The calendar features a selection of pre-space age images … Continue reading "The Celestial Archive Advent Calendar"

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